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The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
ABANDONED.
..,ve George TAYLOR Eludes the
Officers.


Officers.
Kansas City, Mo, May Mar
Jal J. B. Keshlear' who had charge
!, Rll TAYLOR while in Jail here, has
..,d nothing today from Shelton,
cab, where he went Saturday night
!, ..pture George Taylor, the fugi-
:. Meeks murderer. Keshlear re.
,,,ned here last night very much
|r.oomfted. He had gone to
|sslton on information that Geo.
r.,lor was stopping in that town.
The pursuit has been been aban-
,,,sd and it is believed that the
,,sscher friend from Carroll County
,ho was seen with George in Ne.
Is,ssks took him money and that the
|upitive has left the country.
When Keshlear reached Shelton
ss give information showing that
Taylor was the little town of Belve.
I,sre, where another brother, Albert,
had been traced on April 1G, and
I,om which point rescuing party
] r.s expected to go to Carrollton and
| and save Bill from execution.
On the train between hoDron and
shelton the Marshal noticed cleri
sllooking individual whom he
recognized as haying seen at Carroll
ton, No., at the time Bill Taylor was
| sken there to be hanged.
Just as the Marshal stepped from
| The caboose at the Shelton depot a
/ man, now known to be George Tay
Im, clalnbered into box car at the
| front end Of the train. Taylor was
still playing his role Of tramp, the
same as when he arrived there.
Keshlear discovered that he had
been misled shortly after ARRIVING al
Shelton and also found out to his
discontinue that trains only ran be-
tween Shelton and Kearney every
other day. He telegraphed to the
Marshal at Kearney stating that hs
believed George Taylor was on The
fast freight and received an answer
! severval hours afterward, signed b,
| 5. Glass, saying:
"Your man is here"
Keshlesr Immediately hired a rie
and drove 2S miles across the coun
Ky to Kearney. Taylor and the sup
posed preacher had jumped from
the freight a few miles east of Kear
nsy and disappeared as suddenly a
though the earth had swallowe,
them. The train crew saw them &C
ing due north, and it is believed tina
they were headed for North Platte
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
NeirNNai,

We take pleasure in announcing that
after this date Parks Sure cure will re-
move all traces o. rheumatism, kidney
troubles and liver complaint from the
user. Ii is the only medicine that is
guaranteed TO cure these diseases or.no
day. Paris sure cureiis sold by H. l..
Thicker.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

Coated, your throat dry, Yoa- eyes
6uIl and iE2arz.eG and IL y94 rec! mean
generally when rou Gee up N the morn
ir1. Your liver and kidney are Hc=
doing their WORK. Why doa'E vou take
Parks Sure cure. Il j. does Tot make
vou feel better ]. cos.s efo- ao.Eiag--
So.5 oy Y. I Tucker
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorfa.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

Speaking Of the possibility of Car
isles nomination bv the Chicago
convention, the Nevada Mail says:
"Mr. Carlisle will not get single
vote from the Missouri delegation;
and it is also true that he could not
carry a congressional district or pos.
sibly a county in the state # he
should be nominated upon a gold
platform. Does the Mail seek to con.
vev the idea that If the silver men
are not able to control the nomina
at Chicago they Will bolt' We do
not believe a word of it. This talk
about bolt should cease. If one
wing of the party is justified in bolt
ing if they can't have their way, the
other wing would also be justified
IN such an act under similar circum-
stances. A true democrat never
bolts. Per contra to the Mail S
statement. ex Governor Francis re-
Gently said: No matter who is nom
mated at Chicago or what sort OF
platform is adopted. I will do all in
my power to help the party win il
November. II Bland is nominated
will go into the fight with especially
hearty good will. '-Larmar Demo
crat.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
Murdered by n RGbDer.

Chicago, May S.--While chasing
robber from his store last night,
Thomas J. Marshall, proprietor of
the Golden Rule dry goods store,
West Madison street, was shot twice
and died few moments later On the
side walk in front Of his place. The
robber escaped, after firing several
shots 10 intimidate the people in the
street. He wounded two other per-
sons They are Alexander Beggs,
shot in the left leg, and Katie Hyres
shot through both knees
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
Grave Complications May Arse.

Washington, d. c., May S.-The
proceedings of the Spanish court
martial in the case of the men cap
tured on the schooner Competitor
are being closely here, and there is
ground for the fear that unless the
matter is handled with great discre
tion it may result in straining the
present friendly and amicable rela-
tions between the United States and
Spain. Strong representations have
been made to the State department
on the subject, and the department
certainly will not fail to intervene
instantly if it should appear that at
least all the Americans among the
captives under trial are not treated
with all the privileges accorded by
the rules of civilized warfare. An
insistence on this point would obllge
the department to refuse to sanction
the execution Of the Americans. And
although it is not believed that there
is disposition to carry the case to
extremes, yet there is some danger
that the Spaniards may feel disposed
to go further than prudence per-
mits in the effort to discourage
American filibustering parties by
harsh treatment of these, the first
to fall into their hands.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

The esteemed s.. Louis Republic
is mistaken il the assertion hat
Tanner is the smallest
man ever nominated b. Illinois Re
rri7Iica~~ fo- .ha office Of Govern or.
T. ! capao.= Vi actual demon
stEa.-, 4as Pirate Joe" Fifer vas
and j. tbe smallest. scrubbiezt bit Of
Guoeg1atorial timber ever seen II
Illinois. With Fifer barred, the Re-
public's assertion viii pass uncaal-
leoge..--1-.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

At Fort Scott Tuesday William
Evars was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for ten years for holding Up
and robbing Grant Slater Of pee
ket knife, a bunch OF keys and a
lead pencil, A short time ago Banker
Colean vas sent to the penitentlai Y
from the same place, for s. much
shorter term. for wrecking a bank
and making way with $4,000 Or
more Of the funds entrusted to his
keeping. Such is the workings Of
..even banded" justice Nevada Mail.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14

We
City good cheap
intend
The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS GOODS

and
the of goods, wha
them 1t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
A New L;fe.Boat.

Anything that bears upon life saw
ing at sea is of great interest to hu-
name persons. There have been many
inventions in the way OF lite.boats.
but most of them have many obiec-
tions. and some have proven them.
selves in emergencies entirely worth
less. A new boat is divided into two
lengthwise sections. There are water
tight compartments which are filed
with air-tight metallic tanks. These
are fastened to the floor of the boat,
and are intended as receptacles for
provisions, water, clothing and the
like, and in cases of emergency,
ammunition. 1t makes not the slight
est difference how the boat comes in
contact with the water-whether she
be pitched in headforemost or dropped
backwards or sidewise-as she rights
herself almost instantly and is practi.
nally non. .sinkable. The tanks for
food assist in keeping her aaoat, as. if
properly used, they alone would keep
the boat from swamping.
Those who have studied the build Of
this boat declare it the most sensible
and practical article of its kind that
has as yet been produced. New York
Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
Life of a Cannon.

La Nature contains short note in
which the horse power of cannon is
calculated. An Italian cannon of one
hundred tons, with a charge OF $50
pounds of powder and shot weighing
about two thousand pounds, will give
an initial velocity of 253 meters per
second; the length of time during
which the powder acts is less than one
hundredth of q second, from which it
follows that the horse power developed
is about seventeen million. The writer
adds that after about one hundred
shots the cannon is put out of service,
and its total active life is therefore
only one second! In large modern
cannon the horse power Iuns as high
as twenty-four million. If the writer
had carried out these calculations still
farther. he would have found that,
after all, this $4,000, ,OOO-horse power
does not represent large amount Of
energy, as it would be just sufficient
to run thirty-one incandescent lamps
for only one day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
Absentminde;I.

The story is told Of a famous mathe.
maticiau that he was frequently guilty
during his courtship OF walking the
greater part of q mile with the young
lady of his choice without speaking.
One evening she took advantage of
his absentmindedness to play him a
trick, She slipped her hand from his
arm and hurried home nearer way.
He continued to hold his arm in the
same position, walked up the steps OF
her fathers house, and rang the bell,
when, to his astonishment, she her.
self opened the door. he startei in
au incredulous manner and exclaimed,
"Why, s., how in the world did you
get on that side Of the door2"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
PITH AND POINT.

Loves young dream often goes by
contraries.
A good many of the people who
dance contrive to owe the piper. =
Puck.
The world may owe us living, but
it isn't easy to hypothecate the claim.
Puck.
If man does not know when he is
beaten, some kind friend ispretty sure
to tell him.-Puck.
More loss of sleep has been caused
by defective stomachs than by guilty
consciences. Puck.
To write an epigram all you have to
do is to think up something mean in
two lines and make it rhyme.-Texas
Sitter.
"Would you call Brobson a
fool% Filkins-"Well, hardly; but
think ho knows the least on the most
subjects of any man of my acquaint-
ance."- Puck.
Poetry Fed: She (sentimentally)-
"What poetry there is in fre!" he
(sadly)-"Yes; a great deal of my
pretty poetry has gone there. -
Harper's Bazaar.
How He Found Them: Jimmy the
Con-"How are you finding things
these hard timesTt Mike, the Porch
climber-"Easy. Been using the Z
ray indianapolis Journal.
Chow large were the diamonds?"
asked the press agent, pausing in the
writing of the account for publication.
"About as large as chestnuts," con-
fessed the actress, unwittingly. In,
dianapolis Journal.
Winterbloom -"Don't you think
5000 is rather high for a tailormade
gown? Won BIumer tells me his wife
paid only $15O." Mrs. Winterbloom
-"True, my dear, but she got hers
before l got mine. Harlem Life.
Game Warden-"Look here. Don't
you know that you can't shoot deer
just nowl" Proud Amateur Sports
"Can't I? pointing to fine
dead buck). Look at that and see
whether can't. Boston Courier.
Proud Pop Ito old bachelor friend)
--'I tell you, Dawson, there's no baby
like my baby" Dawson'-"Im glad
you've walked up to that fact. knew
mighty we'll there never was q baby
like the one you desired. ."-Harper's 's
Bazaar.
"What a nasty smell burned powder
hasl" said Johnny. POWDER" ex-
claimed his elder sister, Miss Maud,
looking up. "Why. it hasn't any
sm-oh, you mean, gunpowder!" And
she turned lovely, creamy Shade OF
vermillion and became absorbed in
her fashion magazine again. Chicago
Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
MODERN BIG THINGS.

One of the largest checks ever drawn
in this country was S18, 600, ,000 by
President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
railroad, in payment oi 200, 600 shares
Of Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
moro railroad stock.
The pavement in front Of William
q. Vanderbilt's residence in New York
city cost over $4,000 The single
stone lying directly in front is the
largest known paving stone, and cost,
transportation and all, $1,000.
The largest bronze casting ever made
in America is the buffalo's head, which
hangs at the eastern entrance of the
Union Pacific bridge between Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
The largest statue in the United
States is Bartholdi's tsLiberty En-
Tightening the World" which stan Is
on Bedioe island, New York harbor.
The statue alone, without base or
pedestal, weighs 400, 900 pounds.
The highest building in the world,
monuments and towers not consider
ed, is the Cologne cathedral. The
heighth of this building from the
pavement to the copper tip on the
spire is 51l feet.
The 5,OOO-horsepower pumping en-.
gine in the mines at Friedensyille,
Pa, raises 1850 gallons of water al
each revolution of its gigantic fly.
wheel.-St. Louis Republic.
The great hammer at the Woolwict
gun works, Woolwich, Eng, weighl
forty tons, and it's drop is sheer fall
of forty-four feet three Inches.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
How to Remove a Fixed Ring.

When ring is fixed on the finger
from tie swelling Of the skin or joint
rub the finger with soap and cold
water, and 1t will then generally ed.
NIT of it's removal. If this fails, take
q strong thread or piece of fine twine,
and, beginning at the end Of the I'm.
ger, wind it regularly around and
around it, with the coils close to.
gether, till the ring is reached; then
slip the end through the ring from the
side next to the end of the finger, and
begin to unwind the string, which, as
it progresses, carries the ring with it.
Sometimes, however, when the finger
is very much swollen, and when the
ring is deeply embedded, even this
plan will not succeed, and the only
resource is to cut through the ring
with pair of cutting pliers, first slip
ping under it thin piece Of metal or
cardboard to protect the skin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
Odd Koala Bear of Australia.

A firm in London, acting as special
agent for Australian wines, publishes
o striking advertisement representing
koala or Australian tree bear, with a
cub upon her back. The firm, which
is one of thirty years standing, an
nounces that it has in its possession
the only specimen Of tree bear in
England.
The koala is an interesting animal,
not because it helps to serve an Eng
lish wine merchant to advertise his
wares, but from the standpoint of the
zoologist. The koala is marsupial
Phalaugistidae, resembling the pha-
hangers in dentition, but possessing
much larger molar teeth. The koala
has hardly the ru1iment of tail. 1t
resembles small bear. It's scientific
name comes from two Greek words
meaning respectively pouch and q
bear. Its forefeet have five toes, two
of which are opposed to the other
three. This popularity does not ex.
tend to the hind limbs.
In speaking OF the koala an author
ity says that the animal ''lives much
on trees" The hasty reader should
not infer from this that the koals de-
yours trees in its efforts to sustain life.
The idea meant to be conveyed is that
the tree bear spends large part of its
life in the branches of the Australian
trees. 1.-The name koala is of Australian
origin, and seems to be an effort to put
into one word the peculiar sounds ut
tered by the tree bear. AS an adver-
tising feature the koala now leading a
lonely life with her Cub in London is
a thorough success. Many people who
are not interested in Australian wines
have visited the tree bear.-New York
World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
noods pills ssEs ssEs assy aiyss to a 19srafs sssZ
AS to Spelling,

If there is one accomplishment OF
which men are more proud than of any
other it is their ability to spell cor
rectly. That is why Deacon White,
DR.. Talmags, Henry Ward Beacher,
Frederic r. Coudert, Seth Low and
the whole host of able and influential
men enter with such glee into spelling
bees. And do you know not one OF
them can spell? There are two or
three ways of spelling almost every
thing these days, and no enc can say
which is proper. Worcester sticks in
his two rs wherever he can, while
Webster uses only one. Stornionth
splits the difference, and the Century
dictionary does not seem to know.
what to do. am forever at sea. It
hurts me to havs my idols shattered.
Pronunciation is hard thing to mas
ter. grew up with the Hde-fc-it, :"
and find it hard to say deficit, For;
years said ''f-nsnce," and it comes
very hard to say 'fee-nans. Old dogs
have hard time learning the new
tricks of this generation.-New York
Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
A STUDY IN FEM1NINITY.

See the young woman at the railway
station.
She is waiting to meet relatives who
are coming on the train.
See her rush eagerly to meet them.
They have come.
They are her dear cousins.
Fifth or sixth cousins.
See the haste with which she runs to
kiss Cousin Arabella.
She doesn't lose an instant.
But she is not in such hurry to
kiss Cousin Jack.
When she sees him approaching she
does not hasten.
She seems almost provoked because
ne wants 10 kiss her.
She keeps him waiting while
She lifts her veil.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
w11s. MAGGIE, AT THE FAIRS,

This is truth-as we srow older, and go
farther from the times
When the days we're formed in measure, and
the nights were writ in rhymes,
We grow fonder of the old things-for, in
that romantic age,
All our living was poem, printed on a
tinted page;
And the sweetest lyric written was at eve be-
meath the stars,
Long ago, there at the farmstead, with sweet
Maggie at the bars.
Ihave had somewhat of pleasure from q
worldly point OF view.
I have met with kindly bosoms. With their
hearts pulseting true;
But. somehow, the woods and meadows
have no flowers quite as fair
AS they bloomel when was younger, in tho
love surrounded air;
While the moons are not as tender, and not
quite so bright the stars,
As they shone when we were trysting-I aud
Maggie at the bars,
Will T. Hale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03

love you until I learned, through this
storm, how kind and good and unset.
fish you really are. You used to say
such hard things, but now ] see you
are one of those who practice but do
not preach"
And SO they sat, side by side, hand
in hand, happy in spite of their peril
happy, as romantic youth can be,
even in the thought of dying together.
But no such poetic climax was pos
sible. The storm subsidized gradually,
the waters began to recede, and as the
two watched, with tired eyes, the COM
ing CT dawn, they knew that fate had
spared them for life and love.-New
Orleans Times-D Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
when English and Boers Fought.

In the earlier encounters between
British and Dutch at the Cape. the
British invariably had the victory. IN
1895 and 1906 at the battles OF MEiz.
lenberg and Blaauwberg, on each OF
the occasions when the British forces
took possession Of the Cape, our troops
had easily the best oft. 1t can hardly
be said, however, that the back coun-
try farmers had much to do with these
affairs. The battle of Blaauwberg,
thanks to which the English became
finally masters of the Cape, was very
hot affair. The Dutch fought brayely
and lost 700 men dead and wounded.
The British. under General Sir David
Baird, suffered to the extent OF 212
dead, wounded, and missing. Between
1906 and 1S4S there were various
small risings and insurfections in the
eastern part of Cape Colony, in which,
however, the Dutch were invariably
worsted. When we remember Presi-
dent Kruger''s clemency to DR.. jane
son and his followers after the recent
raid, we can scarcely plume ourselves
on our own deeds in similar emergen-
cies.
In 1915 small rising among the
Beers of the Eastern Province was
punished with extreme severity. Hen.
dirk Prinsloo, Stephanus Botman,
| Cornelis Faber, Theunis de Klerkp
Abraham Botman, and j. Kruger, we're
all sentenced to death as ringleaders.
OF these, Kruger, no doubt distant
connection of the present Transyaal
President, escaped with transporta.
tion for life. The remaining FIVE were
! ignominiously hanged in the presence
of q great concourse Of friends and re-
latives. The gallows broke down un-
der the weight of these unfortunates-
they were all turned off together--and
a long delay occurred. There was q
terrible scene, which one shudders to
think of even now. The poor half
hanged men as they slowly recovered,
crawled to the feet of the command
ing officer, and begged for mercy.
Their prayers were aided by the bit
ter cries and tears OF the multitude
standing around. But there WAS no
mercy for them. just before a1nset
these unhappy Beers were hanged
again, this time effectually enough.
The neck between the hills, where this
scene took place, is still well known
in Cape Colony as "Slaghters Neck"
(slaughter neck y and one of the big
gest grudges that the Beers still cherish
against the British is due to the indy
ing memory of that dreadful day.
Nineteenth Century.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
The Largest American Mule.

The largest mule that ever walked
on American soil is now, or was re.
Gently, the property of one George q.
johnson, farmer living a few miles
east of Honey Grove, Texas. His
muleship ls exactly 1Ss hands, or 6
feet Q inches in height, being exactly
II inches higher than the famous Los
Pecos (Old Mexico) mule, which was
so widely advertised in 1890-91 US
being "the most gigantic specimen of
the mule family the world has ever
known" The Honey Grove mule is
not slim ard raw-boned, but is built
in proportion to his height. weighing
1919 pounds. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Truth loves to be looked In the face.
A sunbeam in the heart ia bound to
light the face.
One who boasts of his honesty will
bear Watching.
Fine sense is not half so useful as
common sense.
A covetous rich man may be said to
freeze before the fire.
He that wants the earth will be sure
to get it when he dies.
A boy all his life is the object Of
some ones suspicious.
There is nothing in mourning loss
that cannot be restored.
Many supposed giant has turned
out to be only shadow.
Love never has to be watched to see
that it does honest work.
Arguments ere like bones with dogs,
They set men together by the ears.
One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply it.
Somehow people always applaud
singing, whether it is deserved or not.
1t is easier to be brave in time OF
danger than patient under suffering.
Do good for your own satisfaction,
and have no care of what may follow.
An ass covered with gold is more re-
pected than horse with pack-sad-
die.
Better than he who wipes away q
tear is he who prevents it from start-
ing.
He that speaks me fair and loves me
not, pll speak him fair and trust him
not.
A sincere confession of ignorance is
one OF the surest testimonies of iudg-
ment.
Families with babies and families
without babies are 30 sorry for each
other.
There is only one sure cure for
sleeplessness, and that is going to
sleep.
The brightest intellecta explain
their thoughts in the simplest Ian
guage.
We admirea mean man who gets
out of town and does not try "to live
it down."
Many people have SO much business
on hand that they never accomplish
anything.
Sentiment costs more in dollars and
cents than any other foolish feeling in
the world.
A civil question always demands an
answer, but you will find some who
will only spare growl.-The South
West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
Newspapers ERROR.

Excited Gent-"You go to Jericho
with your paper"
Editor (who is used to lt)-,"What's
up now9"
Excited Gent-"You stated the day
before yesterday that thief had en-
tered my room, broken opan my desk
and stolen sum of money, but that,
fortunately, he had overlooked the
gold watch which usually lies in the
bottom drawer"
Editor-"Well. believe the facts
are stated correctly"
Excited Gent :" They're correct
enough. But what is the result2 That
infamous man comes again last night
and fetches the watch. ."-London Tele-
graph.