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The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
Caueht the Thief.

Sheriff Colyer returned from
Pittsburg, Kansas, Friday night,
whittier he had gone to bring back
q man who gives his name as James
Station. The charge against the
prisoner is for stealing two horses
from J. B. Small, a farmer living
three miles north of this city. A
short time ago Mr.. Small hired
Station as a farm hand, and after
working two days resigned his po-
siton and received his pay. The
next morning two horses were miss
ing aud Mr.. Small charged the theft
to Station, and cards caught him at
the above named town, in Kansas
While in Jail at P,ttsburg, Station
with other prisoners made a break
for liberty and was shot in the head
bv the officers, but not seriously
hurt, and when be arrived in Butler
be was wearing a bandags on hi'
head and q pair of steel bracelet!
on his wrists. Ths prisoner since
his arrest said he was also being
charged with the robbery OF th'
depot at Richards, the freight trail
at Nassau and several stores in Ne
vada. He is evidently tough bat
bat a. the horses were not found il
his possession it is probable it wi
be hard to make . case against hin
unless some positive proof can b
brought forward that he stole them
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
Thanks, sidney.

CENTERvIEw, No, FEB. 18TH, '96.
j. d. ALLEN:
SIR:-Find enclosed Sl.00
for which send me the Butler TIMES
for 90. We think it a dollar well
spent, as through it. pages we hear
Of friends left behind. Our neigh
bors borrow it and think it ahead OF
any county paper in the state. What
has become Of your Culver CORES
pondent? Stir him up, as we would
like to hear from that quarter once
in a while. | remain ever a friend ot
the booming TIMES.
SIDNKY GRAHAM.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20

Turner Colvert, young man re |
Gently from Windsor, Mo, was ar
rested at Rich Hill the other dav,
taken to Kansas City by Us mar.
shal, on the charge of counterfeit
ing. He had a novel way of making
money by the process Of brighten.
ing copper cents and then coating
them with silver luster and passing
them for silver dimes.
The McPeak case, for pers onal
damages against the No. Pacific
Ry, went to trial Tuesday morning.
The defendant in the case now re.
sides IN Texss,and owing to sickness
in his family was unable to be pres
ent. The attorneys, however, agreed
to admit his testimony taken in the
previous trial of the cause and pro-
ceeded with the case. This suit has
been rehearsed in the TINES and our
readers are familiar with the facts
Graves & Clark, T. ". Silvers and
P. b. Holcomb, attorneys for Nc
Peak; R. T. Railey, represents the
railroad.
". K. Elliott, one of the boom.
ing TINES pioneer subscribers called
the other day and had his address
changed from Virginia to New Home.
A short time ago Mr. Elliott sold
his farm in Charlotte township to J
NJ. Shafer, an enterprising young
farmer from Wight county, Iowa
and Wednesday last gave him pos
session. Mr.. Elliott informed uf
that MIR. Shafer was not only good
farmer but died in-the wool demo
crat. The TINES was glad to learr
this and extends to Mr.. Shafer ano
his estimable family a hearty vel
) come to old Bates, and wishes hin
: ambundant success.
DR.. McAfee S speech at the Bap
tist church last Friday night was
very highly appreciated by large
audience. His subject "Christial
co operation" was a mastery pie,
for a closer union of the churches a
all points of contact. He referred
to the effort being made in thil
county along Sunday school line'
3 as one of the state officers, he sali
9 he knew that the eyes CT Missouri
, was on Bates county fully expecting
that the people would help the coun
ty association accomplish their plal
of presenting Bates county as tn
most progressive s. S. county Q
|, the world. The conference in tn
b condition of the roads, and thos
d present promised to 60 back hom
r and make an effort to put in practic
}, the suggestions made them.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
Hardware, Hardware,

We are now prepared to furnish
most everything in the hardware line
of the finest brands of everything.
We bought only the best brands, and
will save you at least one third by
buying Hardware of us. Our
large line of axes are the best
made, also our Hedge knives.
We intend to make the lowest
prices on garden hoes, rakes,
plows single and double trees, clev-
ices, lap rings, barb wire, etc. ever
made in Butler This line of hard
ware We put in with the intention
OF cutting the prices away below
what they were being sold at, for we
consider We have as good right to
handle hardware with groceries as
any other firm in Butler, parties con.
templating building will save money
by getting our prices for we can fit
you out in everything.
Our line to-day comprises every
thing the farmers use. We want to
impress on the minds of the people
that we have good stock OF hard
ware, pocket and table cutlery.
Rogers triple plated knives, forks
and spoons, Western Square wash
ing machines, patent churns, boys
iron wagons, wooden and willow
Ware, Economy clothes wringer, tin
ware, the best steamed salt that will
not get hard, in fact everything, ex-
eept dry goods, you can get at our
store. We will just say in regard to
groceries to save further expense on
advertising, that we are to-day SELL
ing groceries cheaper than all those
parties that are closing out at cost.
The truth of the matter is we can
sell at what the good cost them, and
make all the profit we need, besides
our prices are prices for every day
in the year, not for one week or two
, weeks, we don't say when you come
5 in, that you came too late, we were
i i selling that way, but our time is up
: We ask the the people to stay will
4 us and you will see that we keep th'
l. prices down at the lowest notch
d We cannot do it without biz
+ trade. Trade divided equal al
around town means high prices al
around. For it cost US just SO mucl
to sell $50 day, as it does 5000 I
day.
The people of Bates county kno,
z what We have done for them TO
y the last three or four years and "
p are in better shape to-day, to Civ
10 you lower prices than every befor'
N and We are having larger trade no.
st than We have ever had since v
- have been in Butler, and our lo'
10 prices and best goods, Of course,
10 70 what is doing it.
an Flour is advancing fast. "
L. bought $4,000 pounds before th
raise, and are in position to sell 20
y -four cheaper than anyone. and "
ca advise our customers to buy no
IN and save SOC per hundred.
n We will say in regard to pouli
f. and eggs, so that all will understan
~ ~ it; that We will pay as much fl
nv them. either in cash oa trade, as al
sh man II Butler II our otfer is u
FF as much a. some one else offers yo'
IN let Us know and We will meet it II
=. we cannot help any one fIom of1e
.St ing a cent more for something tha
=, it ia worth, bat will in ali cases me
their price. to protect our cussou
ers. Yours truly,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20

Want farm? Write A. Saxey,
Kossuth, Linn county, Kansas, about
his 80. Cheap. IA I'm.
Butler is pretty we'll stocked with
the mumps.
Lane & Adair are busy invoicing
their stock of goods.
Fisk Bros, opened out their new
stock of goods Saturday.
Jas. 81. Harman is suffering from
. severe attack of tho grip.
Mrs. Nellie Welch, of Kansas
City, is visiting relatives and friends
in Butler.
Sam Talbot, one of Rich Hills
efficient policemen, spent Tuesday
in the city.
VIM. r. Morrison, attending law
school in Kansas City, is home on a
short vacation.
Boots and shoes 35 per cent cheap
er at G. Ellingers than any place in
the city. 1926
Mrs. D. X. Walker, who has been
dangerously i'll for several weeks,
we are glad to learn, is improving.
Have yeu read Lee Culver & Co.,
price list grocery advertisement in the
paper. If you have not, it will pay
you to do so and compare prices.
The many friends of Mrs. j. R
Jenkins, who has been quite sick fol
some time, will be glad to learn she
is getting much better and will soor
be able to be up again.
Clyde Mcfarland came down from
Kansas City Saturday and spen
Sunday with his parents. Clyde i
in the employ of commission firm
and says the market is very dull il
the city.
The only thing for Col. Pace tt
do is to help place good man a
the head of tho ticket with him an
also below him. His nominatio
for auditor il about conceded Col
Go. Democrat.
VIM. NJ. Hughitt, aged FL, son 6
Marvin Hughitt, president of th
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
committed suicide by shooting hin
self with . pistol at the family res
dence in Chicago, Saturday.
Miss Millie Nallett and Mr.. NJ.
Prichard, Of Deepwater, Henry CO
: were united in marriage at the bon
Of the brides parents Mr.. and Dir
Houston Mallet, Sunday afternoo
Squire Nswsom officiating.
Q Miss Catharine Fuller. daught
. of the chief justice of the [. S S
|. preme court was married Saturdi
to Theodore Beecher, Of Butfal
New York, cousin of Henry Wa
= Beecher.
e }. Sam Brown of Wichita, ka,s
q aud state bank examiner. attendiI
. court in this city last week. was ia
a en- with a severe attack of infan
l. tory rheumatism while here and W
confined to his bed for several da'
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
The Time for Building

Up the system is at this season.
The cold weather has made unusual
drains upon the vital forces. The
blood has become impoverished and
impure, and all the functions of
the body suffer in consequence.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the great
builder. because it is the One True
Blood Purifier end nerve tonic.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
Interest Rates Reduced

The Missouri State Bank has a
large amount Of money to be loaned
on farms in Bates county at rates
lower than usual. Those wishing to
borrow or renew old loans are in.
vieed to call at Bank. Loans made
without commission. 49-tf.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
hitter WEEKLY TIMES
LOCAL ITEMS

Frank Allen, at the Missouri State
Bank, writes fire insurance. Best OF
umpsnies represented. Att
Ind Hand Feed Mill, nearly new,
a sale. Enquire of Bennett Wheel
Tx Mer. Co. IL I'm.
4 small pox scare is on at Kan
M City.
The TINES has the best local cor
MpOndents of any paper in the
Wuuty.
The healer Schlatter is reported
Dbe working in a chain gang at
Su Bsrnardino, California.
Four Of Hunters supporters IN
As senate deserted him Saturday
md Blackburn went under the wire
h.sd.
Saturday was regular circus in
Town. The city was full of visitor,
from the country and trading was
brisk.
9. W. Park, our valued Virgins
correspondent pulled our latch string
friday. He is an energetic worker
for the TINES.
| The roads which have been almos
lnppassaible for the past two OF
three weeks are getting in better
condition.
Never in the history of Butler ha
goods been sold as cheap as they ar
Isfsred by G. Ellinger. Is 2
Prof. Crutcher, of the Nevad
public schools has been suspended
lw immoral conduct. He holds
'ate certificate.
Or. ]. P. Mcfarland requests u
@sate that he will remain at Gu
M' No., where he solicits your pat
'oOags day or night.
Mn. Lease, the Kansas calamit
p0palist has quit politics and gon
@ preaching. She made her fir
pulpit bow to a Wichita audienc
ut Sunday.
The city council At Rich Hill h,
as'sd an ordinance requiring Il
a'lrosd companies to put a flagn'
"'hs prominent crossing in tn
own for the protection of the &c
snl public.
Inc street commissioner ought
!" on Ohio street with the scrap
ssoon as possible as the road
Win a dreadful condition by Il
'eent muddy spell and heavy ma,
ag over it.
Uncle Thomas Walls was in t
aE Friday. He said the protract
4eeting at Altona conducted t
tsss week by Mrs. Jos. Salee of Il
NY closed Sunday night. T
settings were largely attended a
great deal of good! was acco
liahed.I,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
For Present
Hosiery Needs.

A very comprehensive line OF
wool hose for men. women and
children. Don't run the risk of
taking cold with it its after re.
suits through not wear wool
hose, especially when prices 50
low As We offer them.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
All the Stylish Fabrics
Are to be had Here,

And IN many instances there is
less to pay than you would i'm
agine. Glossy Mohairs, bril-
liant Plsids, dignifed Broad.
cloths, without desirable style
missing. Why not inspect these
stylish fabrics when in the store.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20

The Christian Endeavor conven
ton which will be held in the Chris
tian church at Hume Oh the 9Th and
9Th of March, bids fair to be one Of
interest and profit. Rev Watkins
of Butler, breaches the opening ser
mon, and to those who have heard
him, will need no commendation.
Rev C B Lotspeich also Of Butler,
and we'll known as an able speaker,
will follow with lecture on Good
Citizenship. Thos Jones Of Kansas
City, sends greetings to Bates County
Eendeavorers for 1896, and promises
to be present and deliver an address.
These are only a few of the good
things which the program presents
lot every loyal endeavorer through
out the county be using his best eff
forts to secure a good attendance to
the coming convention. -"
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20

Quality first, then fit and looks.
The BUcKsKIN BREEcHEs are all that
good pants can be. We have made
them to please men who appreciate
fit as we'll as wear. They cost No
more than common goods and they
require no mending or sewing on of
buttons. We do this work right at
the start and it stands. Ask your
dealer to show you a pair.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20

Hoods Pills become the favorite
cathartic with all who use them. All
druggists. 25c
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
The New
Shirt Waist are Here.

Made in handsome up to date
style, in neat stripes, plaids etc
both light and dark, and the
prices are so low-well, you
would be wasting time to make
them.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
PLAIN
Truthful Remarks

Our business was organized in 1872
to supply the demands OF the trade
and for nearly thirty years we have
supplied a portion OF the trade in
every section OF the county in . most
satisfactory manner. We depend en-
tirelv on our business for our existence
and sell for cash, thus saving the
enormous expenses of collections.
Bad debts and collectors giving the
purchase the benefits ofquoting even
lower than market prices. The r. l..
Graves
HAND MADE HARNEM ARE FAMOUS
for their quality, make up and price
and a sample set purchashed hom
| him invariably assures continual fu-
ture success You can not afford 10
| keep house without the GRAVES
/ make Of harness. Now TO see If ad-
vertising does pay we propose 10
every purchaser OF goods from my
store 10 the amount Of $500 for cash
10 return the purchaser one silver
dollar. Bring copy Of this adver-
| tisement with Won. We have a full
! line of the celebrated AShEW Bros.
Western Saddle. Oh hand, the best
made, :denticalIy the same goods ~
YOU find AT my competitors, al much
les prices. Call and be convinced.
~. l.. Graves.
East side Butler Mo. l3-s
The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
The Last Call
On Blankets,

and the prices are down to a
notch where further reduction
is impossible, Not as many pairs
as you would wish, but all are
good, and first comers get the
best.
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FIG. /.

plant in one season. The plant is put
in a very rich bed, deeply trenched and
enriched the year previously with all
the manure that can be mixed thereon.
The plant then set, work the soil about
1T frequently, but not deep. Remove
oil the runners that appear at first. AS
the plant gains strength, permit the
runners to remain, and draw them out
in all directions from the parent plant,
laying a small stone over each where
the leaves appear. (See Fig. ~ When
rooted, separate them, set them from
four to six feet apart each way, and
treat them in the same manner as just
described above for the parent plant.
Continue this course, watering in time
OF drought with diluted liquid manure.
Soil so rich as that is not desirable for
producing fruit, but is just the thing
for growing more plants.
Propagating the black raspberry is
also easy to perform. If we observe
closely the plants in the woods and
learn the nature of self-propagation we
would be more benefited thcrefrom. We
observe the blaclcap, with its long canes
dropping the tips to the rich loose
pround, where they coil and assume 4
snakish appearance and send out root
lets into the rich soil, thus forming
new plant. The natural mode of self
propagation is almost unknown in a
great many places nowadays, since the
woods are being cleared out, as the
winds have full sway, swinging the
plants to and fro, forbidding them fix
ing their tips in the ground. Natural
conditions have been changed to some
extent, and now nature has to be as
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A London costermongcr was stran-
gled by his shirt collar while asleep
the other day.
More than 10000 persons are engaged
in the manufacture of explosives in
England. Last year 40 persons in the
business were killed and 1G7 injured by
accidents.
In India telegraphic dispatches are
headed: "After compliments" the re-
ceiving operator writing out set OF
complimentary formula established by
the telegraph company, which is indis-
pensable in oriental countries.
Paris gelee groseillee, which the care
less take to be currant jelly, is simply
agar-agar, or Ceylon sea moss, favored
with chemical essences which give ii
the taste of fruit. The authorities re-
fuse to interfere with the sale of the
substance on the ground that it is
harmless.
Next year the English church will
celebrate the 1300th anniversary of the
baptism of the first English king by
st. Augustine. The dean and chapter
of Canterbury still hold land in Essex
given by King Ethelbert of Kent, which
has been in their uninterrupted posses
sion since 597.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
PROFITS OF DAIRYING.
why Butter Makers Should Study the
Tastes of Their Customers.

why Butter Makers Should Study the
Tastes of Their Customers.
The pleasant feature about dairying
Is the profit. If the profit is not found,
there is no pleasure in the work. This
is general law, but it applies with
special force to dairying, because profit
able dairying is a fine art, and success
is won by strict attention to business.
The man who looks upon a cow as a
necessary evil, can never be a decided
success as dairyman, any more than
slovenly farmer can make a success at
farming. The price received for butter
depends chiefly upon the taste of the
consumer. The intelligent butter maker
are willing to pay well for what suits
them, and then he learns how to make
that kind of butter. 1t is the only way
he can get their money. 1t is not the
expense of manufacture that fixes the
price, says a writer. The consumer
cares not that the butter perhaps cost
untold labor on the part of some one
who churned and prepared it for mar
ket. If inferior, it sells for an inferior
ton, and if it is superior, it sells at top
prices, though made with ease and little
expense. And the bfruty remains that
the cost of producing the best butter
need not be greater than that of pro-
ducing goods of poorer quality; in
fact the bad article is generally made at
the greatest cost. Ignorance is expen-
sive. l think it will make every one
who owns cows better dairyman to sit
down and compare the prices of dairy
goods with other farm products. Ifyour
cheap grains can be converted into 90
and 25-cent butter and Decent cheese or
81 to $1.15 per 100 for milk, it will pay
better than selling the raw material
and robbing the farm of all the fer
tiiizing material that much of the land
Is already in need of.-Farmers' Voice,
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sisted somewhat to fill the deficiency.
Just after the fruit has been gathered is
the time to commence tipping" your
plants. Cultivate the soil very finely
and dig little holes two to three inches
deep, and bend the tip ends of the canes
into them perpendicularly, not slant
ingly, and cover with dirt to hold them
in place. (See Fig. 2.) BY following
this method attentively it is possible
to make above hundred plants from a
vigorous plant in a season.
The red raspberry and blackberry
are propagated from the roots sprout-
ing up. 1t is quite an item to the farmer
and fruit grower to understand propa-
cation; they may just have only one
plant of rar" variety and increase it
to many the same season, thus getting
start very cheaply, even if they do
pay big price for the first ones. c..
Vaughn, in Farm and Fireside.
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THE ROMAN ROADS
Some of Them Are Still in Use and Cell
for No Repairs.

for No Repairs.
The Roman road was built for eter-
nifty. When the roadbed had been pre-
pared by excavation it was carefully
refilled, regardless of expense, with
layers of sand, stones and cement. The
surface was so solidly dressed that the
wear and tear was reduced to mini
mum. Investigations with regard to
the preparation of the roadbeds were
made years ago by Bergier on Roman
roads that are still in use in France. and
with the following results: In one road
the excavation down to hardpan was
three feet deep. This trench was filled
up first with layer of sand and cement
an inch thick: then came foot layer of
fattish stones and cement; then a foot
layer of small Travelled stones and
cement. These last two layers were so
hard and firmly knit together that tools
could break off fragments only with
great difficulty. The next layer con-
sisted of foot of cement and sand,
covered with a top-dressing of gravel.
In another road in France the foot layer
of cement and sand changed places
with the layer of cement and travelled
stones. A third road in France was ex-
amine6 at point where it had been
raised 90 feet above the level of the sur.
rounding country, and vertical Sec
ton revealed structure of five layers.
First came the great fill of 1917 feet;
on top of this fill they placed first a
foot layer of f1attish stones and cement,
then foot layer of flattish stones with
out mortar of any kind, then half-toot
layer of firmly-pacled dirt, then a
half-foot layer of small gravel in hard
cement, and, lastly, half-foot layer
of cement and large gravel.
Paved roads were exceptional. An
example of paved roads is the Via APP
pia, whose pavement consists of hard
kind of stone, such as is used for mill
stones. The stones of this pavement
are carefully hewn and fitted together
so precisely that the road often appears
to be solid rock, and hus proved to be
so indestructible that after 1000 years
of continuous use it is still magnifi-
cent road. Ordinarily, however, the top
dressing of the road consisted of gravel
and hard cement, and when, in the
countless inscriptions such and such
a governor is said to have restored a
given road, reference is made to this top
dressing of gravel and cement. The
width of the military road was usually
60 feet; the raised center being 20 feet
wide, with side tracks each of the width
of 20 feet. In some roads the raised
center was paved. while the side tracks
were dressed with gravel and cement.
The viae privatae and the feeders of
the military roads were usually dirt
roads. They were much narrower than
the military roads; sometimes they had
width of only ten feet, and, indeed,
the feeders of the Via Appia were only
two feet wide, but paved. The width of
the Roman roads, all told, varied, there
fore, from two to 100 fect.-N. Y. In
dependent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
Crystal or Candied Cherries.

The recipe is the same as for pre-
serves, except that when the cherries
are taken out the first time, the sirup Is
cooked until it reaches the thickness
of sugar candy. Dip the cherries in,
letting them get thoroughly saturated
with the thick strip, and then dry
them. They make beautiful decorative
fruits for a luncheon served like bon
bons. 1t is said that the peculiar ex-
cellence of Queen Victoria's Christmas
plum buildings, which she sends to each
absent member of the royal household,
is the use of candied cherries with the
other fruits.-Good Housekeeping.