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The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19
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and that his name shall 60 on the
democratic state ticket, is good pol
itics, and it is, furthermore, a recog-
milton of the right of the people to
have direct voice in the election of
senators. It means, if the demo
Gratis shall control the next legisla
ture, each one of them shall consider
himself instructed to vote for Vest
for senator. A popular man NOM
mated in this way for senator will
always be an element of strength to
the ticket, while, On the other hand,
an unpopular man whom the rank
ana file of the party do not want as
their representative in the senate,
will be dead weight on the ticket.
This is one way, and, perhaps, the
most practical way, Of popularizing
the senate and making it less what
it is said to be now, club of mil
lionaires whose first duty is to them
selves and the money power, and
who acknowledge only a nominal al
legiance to the people. The election
of senators by state legislature has
proved by practice to be a failure.
In majority of cases the wishes of
the people are not consulted in the
matter, but the honor is really put
up at auction and the man who can
and will pay the most for 1t gets it.
| The men with money and no other
recommendation will not be likely
to seek popular nomination, with
the exceptions of buying them
through. nor will the other candi.
dates on a ticket consent to be
weighed down by having to carry
through the campaign an unpopular
or an incompetent senatorial candi-
date.
Members Of the senate of ability
and standing recognize this popular
demand for reform, and are willing
to do what they can to comply with
the wishes of the people, II the
senate as a body chooses to stand
out against a change in the law reg
ulating the election OF senators,
there does not seem to be any way
of getting around or overcoming
their opposition. The concurrence
OF the senate is necessary to any
change in the law, and the constitu
ton cannot be amended without the
senate votes to submit the amend
ment 10 the legislatures OF the states
for ratification. All the senate has
to do. then, to prevent a change m
the manner of electing senators, is
to DO nothing. There Is no power
to compel senators 20 agree to al
amendment if they do not like It. Ii
is well enough to talk about amend
ing the constitution, but 1t cannot
be done without q majority OF the
senators wanted it done.
But there is no denying that the
senate is not 10 touch with the peo
ple. and that is why it has been sc
frequently called, millionaire club
and perhaps the most luxurious ard
costly club in the world. Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, hal
constituted himself committee ot
one, and has been 20 ooking into the
cost of running it. His facts ane
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19
N senatorial Contest Ends just
Where II Eegan.

N senatorial Contest Ends Just
Where 1t Began.
frankfort, KY, March 1.-THE
xnlsturs adjourned tonight after
l,,y days Of disgraceful pickering.
|fhs legislature failed to accomplish
Astvo important acts it has before
l.-the election of a United States
m,tor and the enactment Of legis.
aEon TO save the states financial
nputstion
Governor Bradley has refused to
ader special session and the state
lain bad way. The senate special
sunnittee backed down today and
gs9ed report that was so mild,
vhen the threats to unseat the gov
amor are considered, that even the
anocrats laughed. In the house a
psolution was passed denouncing
/ he lawlessness and indorsing Gov
amor Bradley to the end The
| uoops had dress parade tonight
| nd leave to morrow.
Lieutenant Governor Worthing-
ton to day issued call for special
election April II to fill the vacancy
lin The senate caused by Senator
Hsssinger's death Senator Wal
| ton and Senator James will order
lpecial election, refusing to recog
we their expulsion by the senate
The senate committee appointed
70 investigate Governor Bradley
Nd impeach him for usurpatlon o'
Office, and impose both fine and im'
prsonment, reported to the senate
sAh evening. The report finds that
he militia was not placed under tht
control of any civil officer; members
we're prevented from entering the
house; soldiers entered the senat'
chamber while in session; no appli
atiou was made to the jailer o.
county Judge for assistance; the gov
amor made no inquiry of either
house as to the situation, and tina
The object in calling out the militi
sn to cast in the joint assembl.
Two votes and elect a senator.
The committee in closing 1T s re
port says: "Your committee, there
lore, finds and declares and recon-
nsuds that by the adoption of thi
report the senate of Kentucky dc
CARES that said use of military pow
aof the commonwealth by the gov
srnor was unnecessary for the pres
srvation of peace or for any othe
awful purpose; that said mllltar
lorce was not used by the governo
Tor the purpose of preserving tn
peace, but was used solely for part
San political purposes; that said az
aon of the governor was who'll
Without warrant Of law, and was an
snow a fragrant subyersion of th
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19

The People TO Vote for Senator.
Kansas City World.
The proposition that the Sedalia
convention shall nominate Mr.. Geo.
G. Vest for United States senator
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19
: One DOLLAR And UPWARDS FOR SPOT Cash =

vs will the goods regular retail price which will
low the lowest made by house Butler
hand you back 10 per of your cash all bills of ONE
MAR AND UPWARDS will include all goods the house
nusg Goods Silks Ginghans Table Linens Crash jeans
puades Ticking, Muns Sheetng Shirtng Caicoes Perca
Goods White Goods Embroderies, Laces, Corsets,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19

Hosiery Ladies and Gents undrwears Ladies Shoes Chdrens
Shoes Misses Shoes Mems Shoes Oveas Shirts
in fact everything the house EXCEPT CARPET WARP
PLOW SHOES Times is hard, money matter close make dollar
buy all We want your trade and will offer
book worth 50 buy $50 worth of goods table 81
$50 worth of goods piece of silver plated
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19

buy $40 worth OF goods of u.s. but 10 all with
for the 30 days will be
cash which Is worth more times like this than thing
offer Then not compelled SIS worth
to get this but get dollar before Now
call and examine the goods and prices yourself that
what tells the tale, trouble to SNOWY
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-19
grNTUCKY IN BAD ORDER.

.,.lsiurs LabOrs Sixty Days and
Accompiishes Nothing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
TRAYS O APPLES.

to keep the fruit from evaporating any
of its own juices. and capable OF being
held 1t Il low temperature-just above
the chilling points an almost ideal
place for the storing of apples. But the
location is not all. Large quantities
should not be heaped together, nor
should apples be kept in barrels, bins
or boxes where the air cannot circulate
freely through them. Any tendency
toward decay is sure to be augmented
under such circumstances. The ac-
companying Illustration is presented
as a%ffordinc an economical and exceed
ingly practical method of storing fruit.
Trays with Stat bottoms. each three
feet square, are supported. one above
another. upon brackets that are nailed
to pieces of upright studding. \ sue
cession of this studding with brackets
can extend along the whole side of the
cellar, or upon two sides, if desired.
The trays can be made as deep as de-
sired, and the fruit can be heaped up 4
little. In this way but a small quantity
of fruit is kept in 4 mass, and the air can
circulate about each and every apple.
Each tray can be removed 10 a table If
it is desired to look the fruit over for
the detection of incipient decay, or when
getting ready t o pack for market. Such
trays will last for a score of years, and
al easily he made in the home work
shop on rainy days.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
A DAUGHTERS MARRIAGE.
The Sense of Loss Parents Feel When
Their Girls Are Gone.

The departure of a son from beneath
the paternal roof does not present any
spectacle of d~esolatiOn. Masculine life
has, from infancy, an individuality, an
independence. an eXotism, so to say,
which is essentially wanting in female
existence. When a son abandons his
parents. to create for himself a separate
interest. this separation causes but lit
tie interruption in their mutual rela-
tionS. y man marrieS, II still main
tains his friendships. his habits and his
filial affections. Nothing is changed in
his life; it is only an additional tie.
His departure is, consequently, a mere
simple separation; while the departure
of a young girl, become the wife of a
few hours. is ii real desertiOn-a deser-
ton with all its duties and feelings still
fresh about it. In one word. the son is
a saplingwhich has always grown apart
from the trunk; while the daughter
has. on the contrary. formed an essen
tial portion of it. and to detach her
from her place is TO mutilate the tree
itself. You have surrounded her youth
with unspeakable tenderness-the eX-
haustless tenderness of your paternal
and maternal hearts; and she. in re-
turn, has appeared TO pour forth upon
YOU both an equally in~eXhaustible
gratitude: you loved her beyond all the
world. and she seemed to cling to you
with Il proportionable affection. But
one day. one ill-omcned day. n man
arrives, invited and welcomed by YOUR
selves: and this man of your own choice
carries off to his domestic eyrie your
gentle dove. far from the soft nest
which your love had made for her, and
to which hers had chung. On the NOR
TOW YOU look around you o listen,
you wait. YOU seek for something which
YOU cannOt find. The cage is empty;
the ~tuneful linnet has flown: silence
has succeeded TO its meiodious war
biings: it does not come as it did only
on the previous morning, iuttering its
perfumed wings about your pillow. and
awakening you by its soft caresses.
Nothing remains but a painful calm, a
painful silence, a painful void. The
chamber of the absent darling offers
only that disorder which is so melan-
choly for n mother to contemplate;
not the joyous and impatient disor-
der of occupation, but that of abandon
ment.-HOusehold Words.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
AUTUMN JACKETS.
Many Styles That Are Extrsneiy
Pretty.


This is the season of the year for
royert and box coats, those smart little
garments which when well made IRE
SO extremely stylish. There is not a
great deal of change from year to year
in the cut of the covert-coa:s. They
are two inches longer this autumn than
they were last spring, but the al
shape is worm, and they fasten under Il
flap just the same way. The sleeves,
however, are decidedly smaller. The
box coats, which are also light-colored,
are of the smooth cloth, have a let-in vel-
vet collar of the exact shade of the coat,
and, as a rule, are double-breasted. las
tened with big fancy bone or pearl but
tons. They are made with strapped
seams, q full back-that is, full skirts
TO the back-and the smartest are lined
with white satin. AS these coats are
not intended for hard wear. the white
satin is not so inappropriate as it
sounds. The cOvert-cOatS, on the rom
trary, which do receive hard usage,
have fancy Innings, but of dark colors.
As 4 rule. it is safer to nave these coats
made by some tailor, but occasionally
they can be bought ready-made and
with considerable style L them. There
is again an attempt to introduce the
shapeiess coat, which hangs apparently
from the shoulders without any fit
whatever. Three or four of .he swell
houses have these coats on exhibition,
but the style is too exaggerated and eX-
treme to suit a refined taste, and is I'M
becoming to everybody. The shapeless
long h~oX-coats which are occasionally
seen at the open-air horse shows in the
autumn look rather smart, ard on top
Of n coach such n coat seems aDprouri-
ate: but when anyone is buying
garment TO suit several occasions. any
thing in the least conspicuous should
be carefully avoided.
There are many styles of black Jack
cts for the autumn which are extremely
pretty. One double-breasted and quite
short resembles closely a riding habit.
This : made of smooth cloth. lined with
bright satin. The sleeves are quite
small, and the seams are strapped. 1t
is exceedingly severe, but very chic.
There are some in rough cloths also
tight-fitting. and bound all round with
broad braid, above which narrow braid
is put on in a scalloped design. These
jackets are fastened with black frogs,
and are always becoming. and look well
with any style of skirt. They are per-
haps the best investment possible, for
an interlining of flannel makes item
warm enough for winter wear with a
fur boa or collar.-Harper's Bazar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
Roads Built by the State.

Prof. II. II. Stone, NJ. y, of Emory COL
lege.Ga..in the Methodist Review, makes
an elaborate argument in favor of good
roads, and suggests that the state con-
struct in each county one road extend
ing in an east and west direction, and
one extending in a north and south
direction, and the roads of one county
to connect with the similar roads of
adjoining counties, so as to form a con
~tinuous system of first-class roads eX-
tending over the state: these roads TO
be carefully surveyed and located by
competent engineers, the cost fully es-
timated and the details of construction
perfected before the work is begin.
These roads would be object lessons
10 the counties and stimulate them to
bringing up all their roads to the high
est perfection. The farmer will be es-
sentially benefited by improved roads
20 market.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
III C~REAMOMETER.
Not Always Reliable, But Recommended
Because 1t Is Very sIm pie.

A very simple test, and one which,
although not altogether reliable, is bet
ter than nome. is the Judgment of milk
by the mount of cream it will show.
This is not an accurate test, because
it may fail to show cream when it should
or ii may show more than it ought; how
ever, it will not show cream if there
is none in the milk. With two samples
OF milk having the same amount of fat
different results may appear with this
test, as the proportion of the fat glo-
bules which rise depends somewhat on
the age of the milk and the way IT was
handled before delivery. ii fat globules
have much difficulty in rising, only a
small part of them will get 10 the top
and they may carry up with them so
much of the other constituents that
there will be Il large bulk of poor cream.
When the test is carefully conducted
and conditions are favorable Il the rise
of cream, fair results can usually be
obtained. This test requires a long,
graduated glass tub Zig. s.. which is
filed with milk to the zero mark and
allowed to stand in a cool place for 20
10 "a hours. The cream is aided in ris-
ing by warming the milk to 100 degrees
Fahrenheit and then setting it, in the
tube. in old water, or the tube may be
filled half full of milk and the re-
mainder with warm water, which raises
the temperature and reduces the Wis
costly; in such case only half as much
cream will appear as the milk is to be
given credit for; for example, if the con-
tents of a glass are half water and show
ten per cent. cream upon the scale. this
means, of course, 20 per cent. of the
milk. If the milk is the same each day
and is tested in the same way. there
should be little difference in the cream
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17

The godet bodice, with its full pep
ium. is vanishing, but skirts to waists
viii he among the autumn fashions.
Oats. wheat and even corn leaves are
seen in some early autumn millinery,
notably in hats hat come out from
London.
Boleros and jacket bOdices which
have been of lace through the summer
now show in velvet to De worn over
vests OF sheer batiste embroidered in
Renaissance patterns.
The separate bodice of silk is down
in the list of autumn must-haves. again
TO replace the faithful cambria and
batiste waist. The only novelty about
them is that they will tone rather than
contrast with their accompanying
skirts.-Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
BEES N FLOWERS.
The Agency of Insects in the Fertiiiza-
ton of Plants.

\ writer in Meenan's Monthly in dis
cussing the agency of insects in the fer
tilization of flowers says that there are
few florists who have not been inter
ested in the particular speculations adj
vanced by writers with a limited knowl-
edge of plants in regard to the agency of
insects in the fertilization of flowers.
According to these s~peculations color
and fragrance have been made the attri-
butes of flowers. solely that insects may
be attracted, and thereby insure cross
fertilization. The insect is supposed to
carry pollen from the flowers of one
plant to the flowers of another. and it
is further supposed that the progeny of
these crosses have a greater power in
what is called 1.-The struggle for life"
than plants which originate from self
fertilization. Those, however, who
look closely into the nature of flowers
lind very much that cannot he explained
by these speculations. For instance, the
willow is 4 plant that bears male and
female flowers on separate plants. Fe-
male flowers have no fragrance, and
yet they are visited by bees, probably
Just as freely as if the flowers were
ever so sweet. The male flowers, on the
other hand, have a delightful fragrance
bees visit them also with freedom.
AS a general rule bees hat collect from
the male flowers seem to collect from
these male plants only. Usually indi-
vidual bees seem TO work wholly on the
female flowers; and, as bees visit the
sweet flowers and the scentlesS flowers
indiscriminately, what connection can
the Odor of the male have to do with
questions of Decentralization? This
seems equally true Of color. \ large
number of sweetest flowers are eX-
tremely insignificant as regards color.
while numbers of the most snowy
flowers have scarcely anything that
would invite nectar-loving insects. II
may be granted hat color and fra
GRANGE may have some little influence
in attracting insects, but these charac-
tiers certainly can have no great place in
building up aspeculation as to the great
changes in plants involved in theories Of
cross-fertilization.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
Almost Every Individual Is Interested ia
Their Maintenance.

hhti L"dihbthdhtcs
Every individual in this country who
owns a horse or bicycle has an active.
living, personal interest in good roaG8,
a Y the New York Ledger, but the
apathy with which many of them re-
gard the subject is only another ex-
ample of how use doth work a habit
IN a man" At present many roads are
in a frightful condition because of the
narrow tires that cut up and grind
out the country thOrough1ares. Prop
erty owners shrink responsibility be-
cause it takes money to improve the
highways, and many of them are so
given to procrastination that they can
not bring themselves to take anything
in hand hat demands immediate at
tention. In addition to this. most of
their wheels have narrow tires, which
in itself is quite enough to paralvze
some at least of the efforts toward re-
form. There is no more urgent need IN
this country than strict attention to
the condition of the ROADS. sOr a smoo1:,
hard surface means larger loads, great
er ease for the team and much comfort
for the driver. Bad roads are expensive
and annoying. and the only wonder is
that communities are not sufficiently
alive to their own interests &c put the
highways in order without the interfer-
ence Of state or national authorities.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
DAIRY

Cows need both shade and sunshine,
but a wooded pasture is not as good as
one largely open.
Sweet corn makes one of the very best
feeds to cut off and feed green. when
pasturage begins to fail.
Have you stopped selling butter Mt
the country store? You must, if you are
10 make a success of the dairy.
German experimenters claim that
COWS calving in December give owe IS
per cent. mere milk han those freshen-
ing in May Or June.
A farmer friend says that in using
his Jersey bull on a small tread power
for running his cream separator is not
only a cheap and easy way to secure all
the cream, but results in more vigorous
calves.
Care for the cow at calving time, or
she will be profitless the rest of the
season; also, put Il little oil meal or oat-
meal in the milk for the calves, to keep
them plump, and see hat they do not
gorge themselves; and remember that
the calf makes the COW.
The COW requires Il ration to grow
bone and muscle as well as fat. Dc not
expect corn 10 supply all that it requires
in the way of grain. 1t is the food rich
in heterogeneous elements which will sup
ply that which is most wanted, such as
oats, bran, peas, linseed cakes with
clover hay.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
THE THERMOMETER.

shown. Tubes graduated specially for
this test are sold by daiiy-supply firms.
The cream test furnishes a good oppor-
tunity to look for sediment; if the milk
is not clean, dirt can be seen in the bot
tom of the cylinder. Care should be
taken to carry the tube quietly, so that
neither the cream nor the sediment
will be disturbed.-Report of United
States Department of Agriculture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
Important cohtr.ss.

Readers of this paper viii b interested
in learning that a large contract for adver-
Using No-To-Bac and Cascarets, the famous
preparations manufactured by the Sterling
Remedy Co. of Chicago aud New York, has
been given. The Sterling Remedy Co. ap-
p~reciate the value of this paper as al I'D
vertising medium, Inc the compliment is
the more marked, as the company is a con-
sentative concern which sells its products
under an absolute guarantee 70 cure or
money refunded. Every retail druggist Is
tobacco habit cure, and Cascarets, guaran-
teed constipation cure, under this absolute
guarantee. and readers need Tot hesitate to
buy these preparations. as it involves no
risk whatever, either physical OF financial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
HOT AFTER GEORGE TAYLOR.
Deputy Marshals Trailing Him in the In
dian Territory.

dian Territory.
GUTHRIE Okla, Oct. 1O.-Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal Frank Canton left
yesterday morning with Jour assist
ants to try and locate George Taylor,
the murderer of the Meeks family.
The men are trying to keep all their
movements secret, and it is impossible
to learn the route they have taken.
Taylor is supposed to be in hiding in
the Creek nation, where Canton claims
To have seen and spoken to him. The
escaped murderer, it is said, has or
ganiZed d gang OF outlaws, which
promises to become as dangerous as
those headed by Dalton, Doolin and
others. A few days ago Canton
reported hat Taylor was living in an
Indian camp, having taken up
the life of the red man. lie
said that he had made an effort to
get Taylor to talk, but did not sue
coed. Canton learned that the MeeiSs
murderer appeared among the Indians
on September -, having gone into
the nation by the way of the Sac and
Fox agency. Canton had been given a
tip hat Taylor was located in the
mountains near Rohitling's mill,
in southwest Missouri The dep
uty, with q few men, started
for the place, but the assist
ants changed their minds as to the adj
visibility of boarding the lion in his
den. Taylor, it IS presumed, hearing
OF the intended raid, changed his quar-
tiers, going into the land Of the Indian.
A second raid was planned, but lay
lor learned of it and again changed
his location. Canton is a fearless
man, and is determined to land his
man and secure the reward.