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The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
His Wooden Leg.

Camden, Ark, Sept. S.-Joseph
Spivey ent, red the Swain Hotel to
day in dl unken condition and in
suited the wife of the proprietor,
where pon she enptied her revolver
at him
An Investigation proved that che
hit him twice, bu; that both bullets
entered his wooden l~g.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Kansas City Times.
The Only Metropolitan Free
Silver Paper in Missouri
and the West.
DAILY. 81 A YEAR,
TWICE A-TEEs TINES 500 4 ysAsIl

Democratic, Absolutely and
Unalterably in Favor OF Free Sill
yer, 1t Is the One and the Only
One Metropolitan Daily Support
ing the Cause of Free Silver and
the Chicago Platform-It Stands
at All Times for the Interests of
the People and the West and
Against Trust Domination, Po-
litical Corruption, Gang Rule,
Combines and Wall Street Shy
locks.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Shake in Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet. 1t
stau,ly takes the sting ont of corns and bum
ions It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight t-ht-
ting or new shoes feel easy. It's . sure enre
for sweating, callous and hot. tired. aching
feet. Try 1t to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. By mail for p cents In
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Al
len S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most wonder
full medical discovery of the age, pleasant and
refreshing to the taste act gently and positive
ly on the kidney liver and bowels. cleansing
the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache,
fever, habitual constipation and biliousness.
Please buy and try box of c. c. {. today; 10,
%, so cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by
alI hrugCists.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
I.,e...,ors Notice.

Notice il hereby given. that letters testa-
rnanrar- on the estate OF Henry ID BrooEs: DE-
ressed were granted 70 the und@rssasa On
no .sn.i siav Of September. i@s. By the prabafe
.o4z-rrsf Bates county. MissoErf-
All persons having claims szstssss -Asa essa.e
re- rsoatrei TO exhibit them fo- aASSaa %
.ha ara~-,tar within o@e ges- aFssr the saAs@ %
- raxte-z or tnav g4t a- pErc2g5Etgt fr51Ea
- tas,st; of said estate: and il suea claims be
~ - yn.bisaG within two Tesrs frcIn lae Isle
-. ~. notification. they snail be forever
S.--ss ir.sf- an sta+ of September 1-ss.
"0i WILLIS yEATES.
- 4. Exfe1sqT.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Reign of Terror.

Spring Valley H., Sept. S.-The
village of Ladd is excited over the
operations of gang of tirebugs and
burglars in this neighborhood.
The village hose house was set on
fire, and the next night President
Orlando's house was huined to the
ground.
John Kinder, living half mile
from Ladd, suffered the creates
financial loss. His barr and grain
cribs were set on fire and, together
with their entire contents, destroy
ed. Before this epidemic of fires
Ladd experienced l. series Of safe
burolaries.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
There is q Glass of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently
there has been placed in all the grocery stores
a new preparation called GEAIN-O, made of
pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it without dis
tress. and bat few can tell 1t from coffee. 1t
does not cost over IA as much. Children may
drink it with great benefit. I5c. ang 25c. per
package. Try 1t. Ask for GRAlN-O.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
To Cure Consti patton Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Catha rite. 1oc or PC.
If &. c. {. fail to cure, druggists refund
money.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
By Rat Poison.

Hot Springs. Ark, Sept S--Mrs.
Breese, recently arrived in this city
from Texas. committed suicide with
rat poison last evening. Before tax
ing the fatal dose the suicide de
stroyed large number OF costly
dresses By setting fire to them in
the yard.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-16
Educate Your Bowels With Cas-

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
1Oc Ii c. G. G. fail, druggists refund money
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Secret Senate Sessions.

Ex.President Harrison says IN the
Ladies' Home Journal: In the Senate
The use ofthe secret session is frequent
and familiar. The Senate rules pro-
vide that on motion made and second
ed to close the doors on the discussion
of INV matter, the doors shall be
closed and remain closed during such
discussion. So when Executive noml-
nations or treaties ere under consider
alton, the galleries are cleared and the
doors closed-only Senators ana GER
tain necessary officers who are sworn
to secrecy being allowed in the cham
ber. There has been an earnest at
tempt made to abolish the secret ses'
sions of the Senate, but it has been IN,
effectual. These sessions are called
"executive sessions" because they are
almost wholly devoted to executive
business-namely, the consideration
of appointments to Office and foreign
treaties. 1t seems to me that it Is
ouite as necessary and appropriate
that the consultations in the Senate o.
TO appointments, and especially as tc
tresties, should be confidential o:
that the conference between the Presl
dent and his Cabinet, or between the
President and others whom he may
consult about the same matters, snohi'
la co
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The reason OF the factory being To-
.ated there. A branch railroad runs
into the property connecting with tne
principal railroads and the Delaware
River By these means the commodity
is shipped through the country and
TO the seaports.
The factory spreads over mile OF
swamp land and is nothing more than
three.score of wooden buildings, one
story in height, and not very securely
built. For the most part they iook
for all the world like the rundown
cabins of the South and are 1uss
about as handsome. They have one
modern appliance, however and tha'
is an attachment for depriving light
ming OF its powers.
None OF these shantles are very
close to TIE other. Plenty OF oper
snace is necessity when tens o
thousands of pounds of dynamite arr
always lying around. Commerce" IN
prudence accounts for the cheap an' M
scattering look of the factory. EA
perience has taught the owners that
single big building would be a ras.
enterprise. Explosions. occur ,9ID once .sa !.
a while no matter how carefully tne
are guarded against, and it is an eas
matter to replace the shanty.
A more potent reason is the prote,c
tion it affords to the work people
We're all the business concentrated
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

hands to do but run. -,
After all the acids have been added
the mixture is allowed to stand, and
then nitro. .glycerine comes to the top
like cream in milk. 1t is skinned OIL
and carried to another house. where
il is mixed with the prepared law
material, principally sawdust.
When the coalition has been effected
tbe result is loose dynamite, looking
for nil the world like brown sugar. 1t
is conveyed TO another building, called
| the pack house, where it is stuffed into
tbe cartridges. The loose dynamite IS
placed in a dampened troug b on q
damp table, and the men fill the long
narrow tubes with the stuff. using
wooden scoops. Great care is taken
that none of it drops on the floor, as
a happening of that kind might be t, the
preliminary of big disaster. In this
room the cartridges are packed tol
shipment. The women in the factory
are employed in little house given
over to making the paper caps for the
cartridges. As there IS no danger
about this work, machinery is em
ployed to some extent, and as resui
only dozen women are employed
As little finished dynamite is KEEP
on the ground as possible. Stock !
never maintained. The dynamite ]
! shipped Of as rapidly as it is mad
: into cartridges, and the burden G
watching IT passes on to others.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Oldest Known Insects.

The Oldest known insects are found
in the Devonian rocks OF North
America. They ore referred to the
order Neuroptera, and allied to the
Mayaies. In the succeeding epoch
the carboniferous insects make their
appearance similar to the cockroaSh'
the grasshopper, and the beetle. Ihe
moths are also doubtfully represented
hut no butterflies are known. 1t Is
not difficult to understand why the
earliest insects should not have been
highly colored. In the Devon1an and
carboniferous periods there were no
towering plants and no birds. Insects
are furnished with bright colors for
the purpose of protective mimicry.
Butterflies, for example, which have
no weapons of defense like the bees
ore colored to resemble flowers, with
which their lives are chiefly assoeia'
ted. Birds seek these insects as their
food, but they often mistake them for
flowers and thus pass them over. In
the ancient epochs, before birds e1'
listed, it was therefore needless ior In,
sects to be protected by their bright
color,-Boston Journal of Commerce
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
The Balancing of Trees.

A very interesting suggestion con-
irregular i arrangement of the branches rancho.
is made by correspondent of Nature.
Watching large plane tree during q
Gale. he observed that while one great
limb swayed in one direction. another
swayed the opposite way, and although
all the branches were plunging and
bending before the blast, they did not
move in unison, or all at once in the
same direction. But for the peculi'
alty arity in the motion of the branches, ora, s,
he thinks, the tree could not have
escaped uprooting; anl he suggests
that this kind of balancing serves ID
general to protect large trees, like
oaks and beeches, which have theit
branches unsymmetrically placed
from being overturned by high winds
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Dynamite is principally q mixture
OF sulphuric acid, Chile saltpeter and
lockwood sawdust. There are good
many other things which enter into
its composition, and before it takes
the shape of the finished cartridge it
passes through q variety of hands.
There is one thing that the dynamite
worker is thankful for, and that is his
job will never be usurped by maohln.
cry.
Nearly a dozen of the shanties are
chemical houses. They are called
"safety buildings" and are used for
the storage of the many acids which
help to make dynamite what it is.
One of the ioitiatory stages of the
cartridges is cooking" of the dyna.
mite geiatine. The product of the
cook is nitro-glycerine. Many acids
are poured into big leaden tub, the
most conspicuous feature of which is
a Thermometer like hawk, and chilled
water is added from time to time to
Keep the temperature OF the mixture
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

pne building and an explosion to occur
in any one department, the shoek
wonld cause instantaneous upheavals
throughout the building, killing or
maiming every oDe IN the place.
Several hundred people are employed
in the factory, including dozen
women. Each and every one OF them
realizes the danger of their calling, ana
thew exercise the greatest caution In
performing their work. There are GER
tain rnles formulated by the company
which they must obey, and this they
! are only too glad to do. One is that nc
matches. firearms or explosives OF any
Kind must be carried on the person.
Another is that no iron or steel pegs car
! be worn in the shoes. Wooden peg
I; are permissible, because they are sale
This latter rule was formulated some
Years AGO. after one of tho workmer
had stepped on q tiny piece of dyna
mite. The nails of his shoes causing
to exolode. The shock caused quite
quantity OF the stuff on one OF IN
work tables to go off, the shanty wa
blown up and there were some 'atali
ties among the workmen.
There is no need OF emp loylh
special men to see that the precau
tionary rules are observed. ss ever
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Birds Strangely Concealed.

Mr.. A. II. Thayer, an artist, believes
he has discovered that the hight color
Of the under parts OF blris aud small
mammals ser9es to conceal them IRON
their enemies. At recent meeting
OF the American Ornitholosists' Union
he proved by experiments that an OBJ
iecs nearly Of the color OF the srouh"'
like q potato, is very conspicuous when
placed lew inches above the SOIL ana
viewed from little dlstauce. but
When the under side is painted white,
anl graduslly shaded into the color OF
the upper part, the object dlsappear'
by blending with the groTad; the
gh;teress beueath aouuteracaS the Ell
feet OF the shadow O.; the body.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Edncatinc Two Lizards.

NV first two lizards had been cap.
tured, one in the Spanish Pyrenees
and the other at Tarn, in France;
wherefore 1 called them the Spanish
and the French lizards, but afterward
cave them the names of Pedro and
Pierre. was surprised on the very
first day that I occupied myself with
their education to observe the abso'
lutte contrariety of their characters
and dispositions. Pierre, won over az
once by the honeyed dainties offered
him, soon became accustomed 10 les
himself be handled without trying to
bite or run away, and to hide himself
in nv clothes, preferring the back.
where it was warmer. Pedro, Wild
and untamable, if one tried to eaten
him, withdrew into corner, and then
stretching his paws in front OF him.
his eve glistening and his mouth wide
open, kissing, springing at the hand
that came near him, aad, if he bit 1T
holding firmly md causing the blooe
to flow, revealed a resolution tina
even impressed the young man III inS
laboratory.
I made cage for the lizards OF lrol
wire, open above, and having g iafg
room in my country house into Wnlcl
the sun shone NIL day on three sides
nut chem IN it. Pierre soon Learned
to leave his cage, to climb up to tn
l., Gonna raos I had hung t
them, and passed from one to another
following the sun. in the evening h
returned to the cage. Pedro, NOR
i stupid, tried veinly to get out Of tb Il
prison, and, when l put him on !, tn tn
ledge of window in the sun. let hin
3 self be overtaken by the shade, pc
l sisted for hours in efforts to O.
: through the glass, and finally went
t sleep where he had been Left. De
u boeuf, in Appleton's Popular Sclene
e Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

half of cooked corn beer il tne -senrte
of the pot. Mix tablespoonful OF
molasses and a quarter OF saltspoon
of pepper with one quart OF boiling
wase.s.snd pour over the beans; IL
the LIQUID aees rot wholly cover them,
add enough boiling wsser to just cover
the beans. Cover the pot snG~ bake
slowly all day, being careful to keep
the beans Just covered with water:
Tbey must be moist when done, but
not sloppy. If the whole oven IS need
ed ed at any time, set the beans:pot on
the back of the stove until ready
to replace it. This quantity VIII
make more than two quarts when
done, aud what is left over can be used
as a salad for luncheon afterward. For
those who do not like corn beef or
pork, two iablespoonfuls OF butter aud
q heaping teaspoonful OF salt can be
used instead. At serving time turn
out on a fat dish and place the meat
in the centre. If the beans have been
properly cooked each will be WHOLE
yetnli will be tender and have O. ricn'
reddish color. Tomato catchup Is q
harmonious adjunct to baked neaus'
and takes the place of pickles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Faith in Human Nature.

IL is rather surprising 10 ind richt
on Park RoS, New York City, q cas,
that trusts It's customers perfectly
This place has probably 500 reguls,
callers. 1t is open day and night,
ana is run on system of implici,
faith in the honesty of man. While
not place strictly high class. it offers
what might be called n very s'com.
Portable" meal, with trimmings before
or after. Altogether, it is simply a
plain place for an everyday man,
with occasionally little something
extra on the bill of fare eonaling
anything in the city. This, of course,
can be said of hundreds of similar
places; but the system of payment is
fomethins novel. The proprietor,
q stout German, boasts no cashier, as
there is very little cash 10 take in.
On the cigar counter is e aay book.
The customer comes in, goes to the
Ice chest in the corner, il he wishes,
and takes quiet nip cut of black
bottle. Then he orders what he wants
on the bill OF fare. Ii is served
quickly and neatly. He then counts
up his own Indebtedness and puts it
opposite his name in tho book, in.
cluding the "nip," or o cigar, if he
prefers that. He then walks serenely
out, knowing no proprietor is glaring
at him and no cashier yelling for him
to come back and make the cash
register good. This sort of child.lik
simplicity in running business in
The very heart of g city filed with
green goods men and gold
bricks without number, is said to be
winning venture. The customers
Invariably settle weekly, Friday and
saturday being pay days, and the pro.
,rietor says he has yet to lose bill
trough deliberate fraud. A little
Experience with q man like that is
lmost enough to renew ones conf
ence IN human nature. e.-Pittsburg
)ispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

DruDl..- -
She even went furSner anu -
her mind that the lady was q wiao",
end he'd used the traditional wlles OF
tbs widow on tho unsuspectins and
bashful Mr., Blinker. ,.
"By all means, Mr.. Blinker' ah ahe ,
said coldly, ''gein the wife. ine
m world is full of typewriters, but 1t IS
not every day that man can ges a
,rife AZ least such wife as you de-
serve" aud in spite OF herseit mere
was something soft IN her tone 'nA'
she did not want to be there. ,.,,
Mr. Blinker noticed it, too, but he
didn't stop to comment upon II.
"Gooa for you, Miss Prince, ne
,onobe1 81 knew you were a woman
OF sense" Ia ,oon
She shrank as If she haa oeen
| touched with hot iron.
"rhank you. Mr.. Blinker," she saia'
"Now, if you please, we will go Oh
with our work. -,
II had seemed as if lifetime had
mast since she had written the las'
Eord. and as she bent down over IL, a.
if the better see what it was' q tear lei
upon the line. s ,,,,
said nothing, seeming to enjoy it.
"Before we do, MISS Prince" h
said. "may ask favor at your mana
"A promise"
Mr.. Blinker braced himself.
, "rhat. if this woman whom az
i soon to ask formally to be my wife,
he said, "ahonld refuse me, that 20
b will marry me-"
t For an instant the girl looked
c him, then she rose to her teet' ner eye
fairly blazing.
" Mr. B!inker saw that the tigress vi
about to spring. and he was ir'gh
e "Wait, stop!" he exclaimed. hol'
n ;no nm his hands as il to shield hlmse
from the blow. "aold OIL till ] te
d YOU who the woman is. It's you, Mi
le Prince-you-you-youl Won't "
a marry meq Will you be my VIII
b. Haven't you always known l didI
care cent for any woman on earth b
* YOUR Ruth, darling, don't look
lg me like that!"
MIR. Blinker was going all to piec
t. mentally aud emotlonally, and t
is young woman took pity on him, Tor
ID ddawned upon her all at once that
t, more bashful a bachelor is the me
~ ridiculous he is in love, and the on
it way to preyent.a tender emotion irt
&C. becoming ludicrous is to accept IL
ry the spot. . !,
.as Which she did, and Mr.. B!inl
never had another pretty typeWrls'
:ss New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
An HONEST MEAT STEW.

Real honest meat stew is q delici sas
dish, but this is one of the best wnys
to make it. Cut the meat into small
dice with sharp knife and put to
stewing gently in pint of hot water
or sweet, not very salty, beef stock
Stew till tender, then put in three
tablespoonfuls of diced, cold.boiIed
potatoes. Stir in quarter of q cup of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of -four till
1t is smooth, one tablespoonful of beef
extract, teaspoonful of lemon Juice
and OIL q teaspoonfnl of chopped parsley.
Stir this evenly into the bubblirg
stew and season with salt and pepper
to taste. It's good and you are bound
to think so. Toasted bread is nice 10
eat with it. 1t is an excellent hurry.
up" dish.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Human Nature at Weadias,.

After all wedding brings out more
human nature than any other fuuc.
tlon and the comments, cynical and
otherwise, that fill sacred edi6ce on
such occasion would, ii collected,
prove an attractive form of reading
fos the happy couple after the honey
moon.
Last Wednesday night while the
Joyous ceremony was being celebrated
itwas my pleasure to gather these items
OF interest to the contracting parties:
eyes, indeed, she is at least two
years older than he is, and they say
it's her first offer; )" this from simper-
ing spinster.
"Ae's awfully good-looking and
rich, even if no one knows how he
made his money" commented the girl
in the ermine tippet.
"WAll. thev saY her fortune isn't
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

/ UuOIU
x located in this city, placed .
i large order for dynamite
variously estimated at from
30, 600 to 500, 600 pounds, says a New
York correspondent. Ii was probabl,
nearer the former than the latter fic
ure, but even If it was the minimum
amount. it would be sufficient to tear
some pretty big holes in the Spanish
ranks, II properly applied.
The concern that secured this order
has made lots of dynamite for the
Cuoans in the past twenty mouths; it
also supplies the needs OF Uncle Sam
whenever he is in want of anything in
this line. For long time it was kept
busy turning out 20, 600 pounds of the
stuff day for the contractors at work
on the Chicago canal. In a year it
turns out enough of the explosives to
almost blow the earth into smither.
Gems.
1t would seem that concern which
does all this would be an imposing
affair, with factory, or series of fac.
tories, with numberless acres of floor
space. But it is just the reverse, and
stranger could stand in the very GEN.
tire of the dynamite factory and not
recognize it as such.
Dynamite is a peculiar commodity,
and it is manufactured under peculiar !,
conditions. Uncertainty is the ruling
thing about dynamite, and this dom.
mating feature permeates the whole
The factory is located
at Gibbstown, N. j., place SO small,
and in section of the State so sparse
ly settled that the outside world would
never have heard of its existence, per.
haps, were it not for the dynamite.