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The times., 1897-06-27
She Didnt Mean 1t. After All

People never get an encoura cement for
doing the good samaritan act in the inter
ests OF the public, as the man decided who
Offered TO assist a distracted woman and
ameliorate the suffe-ings of lot of re-
spectacle people on a suburban car.
The boy who hOwls was in evidence, the
curled darling OF his only own mother and
the terror of everybody else. and he had
kept the car in state of wild xcitement
and exhausted the patience OF everybody.
including his doting parent.
ION, il your father Were only herer' she
had said for the fiftieth time. as she tried
vainly to restrain the bowling terror
at that he stopped bowling long enough
to beat the air with his small shins, and
the woman on the other side OF him re-
marked audibly that cage was the proper
place for savages like him.
johnny, dear" asked his mother, won't
you be good boy?''
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny
''Oh, wish your father were here to
give you good trouncing this very min
uee!' SHE walled, as she struggled with
him.
Then it was that the phj,1dth.opist of
the company asserted himself He had
been trying In vain TO read his morning
paper ever siuce ne started from home
ALLOW me, madam" he said, blandl VI:
81 am a father myself. and VIII be happy
to chastise your cherub in behalf OF his
absent parent
''Oh, 10 you won't, not il / know itr'
said Johnny's mother, rising in her wrath
like tigress. ''There amt that man liv-
. ing dare Law finger on that boy-hiS own
father or any other ugly old catamount
who thinks he knows 1t all, and she ef-
fectually shut off debate by going into the
next car and taking the sweet infant with
her.-Chicago Times Herald.
The times., 1897-06-27
Made Land.

''Thatnew arrival said the clerk, 'com-
plains that there is no scenery around
here"
Keep him quiet awhile replied theIand-
lord. I've just ordered a hundred trees,
carload of rock and six large hills''-
Atlanta Constitution.
The times., 1897-06-27
The Comforts of Home.

''This chair seems a little sticky
''Yes; my wife has been painting it,
whats the matter with your floor"
''My wife's been oiling it,
II noticed that the front door srncared
my sleeve
Yes; my wife's been vanishing It, By
the way. come out to the sdeboard and Join
me''
''In what?"
I'm q hottle OF gasoline-its splendid
for stains. s.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times., 1897-06-27
What Experience Is.

what is experience. Uncle Tom?''
"Experience, 1t Is what we learn from
wanting everything we don't get. and get
ting everything we don't want'-Louis-
Vile Courier-JournL.
The times., 1897-06-27
From Everlasting to Everlasting

'.Bobby asked me what continuous
performance was"
what did you tell him?"
81 said that the tariff discussion was as
near as could come to il. Chicago Rec
ord
The times., 1897-06-27
QUEEN VICTORIA AND IRELAND.
Some Most Cogent Reasons Why
Irishmen Cannot Celebrate.
40 tha Eaitornerha 1,irnes.

To the Editor OF The Times:
Permit me to thank you most cordially
for the interesting article On THE Lion
and the Shamrock" in your evening edition
of Tuesday.
In the Tejoicings over Victoria's jubilee,
the patriotic children of Ireland Will take
NO part. The reason is obvious. Her reign
presents, as far as Ireland is concerned,
sixty years OF Industrial decay, famine,
eviction and misgovernment. To par
ticipate in the jubiIation OF this week would
be an act OF serviIlty and abasement that
would make IrisfImen worthy OF the scorn
and contempt of the civilized world. The
facts OF English misgovernment are in
startling contrast TO the records of English
progress, as they are poured out, day after
day in tbeliterature OF the diamond-Jubilee
year. They cannot be shirked even by
the most eulogistic writers; and while ve
read of the growth of England's wealth,
in improvement in the condition OF the
masses OF the people, the extension Of her
empire, and the development of her In
dustries. the chroniclers have in almost
every instance been compelled TO admitthat
in these remarkable advances Ireland has
had no share.
mere dIc sOilfc Cl Tie idtts anu hrhiSS,
taken mainly from National Progress
in the Queens Reign" written by that
standard optimistic statistician. NJ. g. Null
hall:
Ireland's population in 1S4l was g.
200, 1000; touay II rs 1885, ,OtS, and the
singular fact pointed out that White
In IS41 Scotland had less than cne-thIId
OF the population or neland, at present
the twocountrles are aimosJequal. taxing
the first decennial period from 1c4l,
we find that the population or Ireland
had fallen TO q, 6,552, DC D III 1eo1, ana tbat
ten years later another thTee-Quarters or
a million had disappeared. Up TO the
present that drain mad continued with
fluctuations IN the decennlaI late or de-
crease, the result being tnat on the 1st
OF January, lo96, the population or Ire
land stood at 4,51i ,0iS. Ifeland's poptr
iatton is less by two millions than 1t was
IN S51, falling off similar in number
to that which took place in the three
or four years succeeding the famine. The
poor law statistics present 0 less
striking evidence of decay than the fig
ures already quoted; and, If we compare
the year 1864 with 1894 the total num-
Der OF persons in receipt OF relief under
the poor law had jpcIeas sed from fifty-twO
per thousand to ntnrty-five rer thousand.
For that period, in the I5S unions IN Ire
land the proportion of paupeTs for every
Thousand of the population has been doubled.
1he present reign has been the most dis
astrous since that OF Elizabeth as the
following statistics show: Died OF fam
Inc, 1,225,o 900, persons ey1cted, $685.
Evictions were more numerous after the
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

man. If she neglects this, she will be a
burden to herself, her husband and her
children. She will grow old before her
time. She will lose happiness and love
and life. 1t is easy for woman to keep
herself we'll and strong in womauly way
If she will only take the proper care of
herself and use the right remedy for her
peculiar troubles.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
boon to suffering women 1t cures all dis.
ease and weakness of the organs distinctly
feminine. 1t acts directly on those organs
and makes them strong and healthy. 1t
ailays inflammation, soothes pain and stops
weakening drains. Taken during the ne
riod preceding motherhood it does away
with the usual discomforts and makes
oaby's coming easy and almost painless.
Druggists sell it Substitutes are dangerous.
Miss Edith Cain. of Clinton, Allegheny Co.
Pa, writes: "Itake pleasure in expressing nv
faith in your Favorite Prescription. After two
years of suffering l began taking DR.. Pierce 5
medicine and now am entirely cured had
been troubled with female weakness for some
time and also with a troublesome drain on the
system, but now am happy and we'll / will
cheerfully recommend DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription to all invalid ladies"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
KENTUCKY POLITICS Is RIaZ.
ING HOT.

Personal Feeling Runs Higher Than ~
The Breckenridge Campaign.
St. Louis Republic.
d. S. Julian, the well known law
yer and democratic politician of
Kansas City, stopped over at the
Planters yesterday after two
weeks visit to his old home a,
Frankfort, Ky.
1.-The present campaigu in Ken
tucky IS the tis,cest and bitterest in
the HISTORY of the state" SAID Mr.
Julian to Il Republic reporter, "Pol
tics IN kentucky is always warm and
contests are waged with al energy
and vigor that do not characterize
campaigns IN other states, but the
pending fight has created more ex-
citement and aroused more personal
hostllltles that were ever known be
fore.
1t is actually dangerous for mar
to start political discussion a,
Frankfort where the war is bitter
est. Not even in the memorable
Bre ckenridge campaign did the
feeling luu as high as it does now
between the reeu.er democrats aud
boilers.
look for a great deal OF blood
shed before election day Brother
is against brother, father agains,
son, and lite long friendships are
beng broken up. 1t has come to
such II pass that lawyer in select.
ing a jury to try case finds out
what ticket democrats voted las,
year before ACCEPTING those sum
moned for jury duty. Ii the lawyer
is a regular democrat he wants nc
other sort or democrats On the jury,
and If he Is boiling democrat be
wants none but his kind of demo
Gratis 10 sit 10 Judgment on his eli
ent's case.
l confidently believe the regular
democratic ticket will win and that
Kentucky will be reclaimed The
gold men are not as strong numer
ically as they were year ago, but
are even more contentious and un
compromising. Governor Bradley {
bad administration has diseusted
kentuckians with republicanism
more even that hay. events at Wash
ington He has emptied the treas
ury and brought the management oil
a ma jor.ty of the stare institutions
into disrepu.e. His party is also
divided, and this is gciog to aid the
cause of t. e regul.r dem ocracy
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
ALMOST ANYTHING TO ELECT HANNA.
An Ohio Annex TO the Pension Bureau, 1t Is
Said Has Been Made.

Washington, Oct. 3-Tbe Wash.
ington Post Qndependent) to-day
says editolially:
is it possible that the Pension
Blu eau Is being converted into a
political machine? Here, on the eve
Of an election III Ohio, We are told
that Pension Commissioner Evans
has started an Ohio annex of his
Bureau, force of % clerks, so the
story goes, having been detailed
especially to expedite pension cases
for voters in this pivotal State.
The urfairness which such dis
crininat;oo exercises against deserv
ing pensioners in o:her States; the
very likely danger that dssre TO
secu votes will le id to the extrava.
CANT end dishonest expenditure of
public money; the debasing effect of
such a practice upon public morals;
in fac, the thousand and one i'll
effects which are certain to follow
are all mighty protests against the
continuance Of such a system.
Mo doubt the Ohio veteran is
desel wing of pension, but if he was
a brave soldier ard IS en- honest
man, he will resent the circumstances
under which it is now to be railroad
ed in.o his hands He will know, if
he has a sensitive soul, that the pen
sion is a mere bid for his vote and
that under other conditions be would
receive only the consideration which
is given to claimants in other states.
If his conscience Is SO blunted that
he cares not how he gets it, so that
it comes at all, then The more reason
'xists for speedy end to this
system
"The republicans are anxious to
win in Ohio. This is ratural and
nobody begrudges them everv leeiti-
mate weapon with which to fight
their battle. The Pension Bureau.
however, is public institution. 1t
is a monument to the courage and
devotion of patriotic men, 1t ought
not to be made political machine !"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Paul Dtxop, W. O Smith and
Tbos. Day, the self constituted r.
constructionists Of the popuist
party, who took upon themselves the
responsibility of calling a s'ate pop
ulist convention q. Kansas City for
The 9Th inst to depose the old party
leaders and officers and reconstruct
the state committe proved fash
in the pan The convention was
called off by Dixon, Day, Smith &
Co., sitter discovering they tai 10
following Rozslls and Carroll,
chairman and secretary Of the popu-
list state committee, ip a published
statement, call the trio Hanna's
henchmep, and We doubt not they
hit the ra,l On the head Thos. Day
has been in more parties than Alike
son. If there was ever born a polit
ical weathercock, then Thomas Day
is the Shanghai rooster
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
Typical Chicago Robbery,

Chicago, ILL.,, Oc;ober l.-Joseph
Grltfen was robb=d of $1,000 VI ster
day afternoon on State Street car
near Sixteenth street he tad
drawn the mon'y from the Ii,u. is
Trust and Savings Bank for the u e
of his employers the Cicero Gas Go
The car was crowded. and when
Griffen observed a man leaving the
car whom he had noticed in tie bank
be became suspicious and discover
ed that he had been robbed. He
seized the man who struggled des-
perately. The latter finding be
could not escape. passe / the pocket
book to confederate who Tough
his way out Of the car and escape d
The man arrest d CAV. tie nnme
of James w. Martir. The police
ihiuk be Is an old eff nder
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

DR. j W Norris. who Was shot at
Palmyra, Mo, by Daniel Rose on
account of the doctors relations with
his daughter, Mss Kate Rose. died
at thu Baptlst hospital IN st. Louis,
Monday morning after Al unsuccess
full operation to locate the bullet
After the shooting DR. Norr.s re
peatedly declared that he would
rather die than 1--we a cripple, a
burden on his family and frlende.
Several nights prior to the shooting
DR. Norris was discovered by MIR
Rose in his daughters rcom Mr..
Rose attacked the doctor with a
knife, but the younger man had no
trouble IN throwing off the father
and leaving the house unharmed
DIR. Norris redeemed his manhood
as near as possible by h. ing Mr.
Rose blame!ess, declaring that he
did what any father should have
done in defense of h,s daus h,t RS
honor, an declaring that he alone
was to blame, aud that the yonno
lady was entirely Innocent cf any
wrong doing.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

". J. Bryan spoke at the fair
grounds at Wichita, Kansas, last
Friday to one of the largest audi
ences ever attracted by one man III
the state. The crowd assem- bled TO
hear him was estimated at 60 900
AT noon Fred Cooper, POSTMASTER at
Lyons, Kansas, bought ticket No
1882 aud the focd of humanity,
the dispatches quote, did rot begin
to pour into the grouuds until after
that hour. At night Mr.. Bryan
spoke to 1000 peopl- in the opera
house, an! there were as many NOR.
on the outside unable to get in In
point OF a crowd OF reople the das
was the creates Wichita had eve
seen
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Rain.d Lead.

Valdosta, Ga, Oct. 1-Shelton
Dampier, the outlaw slayer of Sam
uel Evans Parker, at Hahrira. three
weeks ago, was brought to this CITY
las. night, a pale, haggard aud
wounded p,isuner.
His arrest came after one of the
iercest fights en- record The posse.
which caught him in swamp IN this
place, fired several hundred shots at
the desperate, and be returned
nearly as many. For four hours the
fight was kept up. and Dampier did
not surrender until he was almost
shot to pieces.
There was some talk of lynching
last night, but the pitiful condition
of the prisoner prolonged, if it has
not saved his life. He had eaten
nothing for three days when cap
tured
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SIX hiLLED BY A TRAIN.
Ffl.htful Accident 10 II Prairie SchooE-
er at Wl,l3w Springs

er ut Wl.l3w Springs
Willew Springs, Mo, Oct A.
A passenger TRAM on the Kansas City
Fort Scot. aud Memphis railroad ran
into a wagon containing seven per-
sons at Dead Mans cut, three miles
north Of here, at 8 o'clock this fore
noon, instantly killing and fatally
wounding the other orc.
The train was stopped and the
remains Of the dea / and injured were
brought here Conductor Hathaway
says proper signals for crossing were
given bu. they were not heard TIE
crossing is considered che of the
most dangerous in the country be-
ing curve and heavy grade. The
bodies are now in charge Of the cor.
oner here. The persons killed live
in Texas county, Missouri, aud were
on their way to Arkansas 10 pick
cotton
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you ever saw, We wi!l not ask you to
buy.
Our stock is entirely too large TO
meu,lou all the good things we have
to sell. SO please come in aud see Tor
yourself: as we keep everything 10
stock and you can see just what you
are buying without having to wait :
or we-ks to have same ordered
Remember that We pay the highest
market price in cash or trade for all
kinds of country produce. We thank
all Of our customers for their liberal
patronage this year, and If they will
continue TO trade with us We will be
able TO sell them goods still lower.
Respectfully,
BENNETT-W " n EELER MER co
Leaders of Low Prices.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Some of the republican papers of
the state are becoming SO disguised
with the Filley-kerens wrangle, tla.
they are advocating that both be
unloaded off the party and retired to
private life. Nothing short of the
grave will ever separate these tvo
bosses from the leadership of the
republican party.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Sedalia, Mo, Oct About two
years ago the Rev. L, S Garrett,
priest of the Brett ZEN oftha Church
of Christ ia Love aud Union" locat
eI at Fuller post Office, in Benton
county and established church
The name Of the place was changed
TO Jakville, and ell members of TIE
church were required TO deed their
property TO Garrett.
Recently Garrest added a free
love Clau7e to his creed.
Finally this week vigilance com-
miitee. msda up Of 100 farmers from
the neighborhood, made a raid oa
Jaavilie. Garrett had fed. but the
committee visited his printing cfiice
from which be Issued the official
organ of the Jakville church, and
completely demolished the contents
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Dispatches from London convey
the news that the weakness of Pope
Leo NIII. head of the Catholic
church is increasing and that the
church dignitaries are afraid he will
not rally from the extreme feeble
ness and exhaustion reported by his
physicians
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Mr. F. D. ". Arnold is in receipt
of letter from Frank White, re-
Gently an employe in the Lamar
House, but who has low gene to the
klondike country, giving an account
Of the hardships to be endured on
such a trip His letter closes with
postscript in these words: There
is not money enough in the world to
pay you for making this trip. Never
attempt it.-Lamar Democrat.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

From now on we will be found at
our old stand in the TINES sanctgm
and will endeavor to not only keep
the paper up to its present high
standard OF excellence, but broade n
its plane of usefulness Come in
and gee US
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Henry Savage Lander, artist and
writer, was captured i'll Thibet aud
tortured with hot irons and by beir g
stretched on the rack
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
LAST OF SrAFFLERACkS.
Notorious Kansas Mur.ierelS Sentence
10 Long Terms.

10 Long Terms.
Columbus. Kansas, Oct. 1.-Tt
Staih back family was sentenced t,s'
day, Ed aud George Stathe oac-.I
convicted OF murder III the tiest d
gree, were given life sentences in t.
Ienitentlasy, and MIS- StafnebacA,
who was convicted as an accessory,
got twenty one years. Under slsix
harsas law there IS no capita -san.
lshment
They murdered Frank Galbreath s
at Galeaa, Kan, last June, then !.
robbed the body and threw it INTO
an aband ned shaft. Mike Static. B
back was III jail fer rglary at that .
time, hence Was not implicated IN
the Gaibreath murder. He Pile AIDED j,
guilty of barg larry ands.--sa-ssszk
Ststf,enscl - cn.ra orment Mike
one of the principals sea MIN oelas
OF the peddler aug III tue 'hu'ue,
throu,pr tha,r boa,A two s,rls and
shaft t,., roors in another old
the ,e,,a;ns ~ 49, The search for
stopped until the ooo.es nus 'eeA
propr;stes more mfooh'y o0a'' "p
the work of pumping ghes 10 N. c,n''n1s
of the shafts. Inc "asea ous
Ed Stsifieback has been declared
insane by board of physicians ap-
pointed to examine his condition.
Fer some time be has been acting
strangely in jail aud seemed very
much depressed since his conviction
Tor murdt ring Frank Galbreath Ed
is the o dest of boys, being 36 years
OF age, and Is the one who, the wit
Ne sses swore, shot Galbrea,h IN the
head aud then cut bis throat.
In recent conversation with a
fellow prisoner Ei St. tflpback said
that the truth had never been told
concerning Galbrea,h's murder. He
denied participating In il, but says
he saw his brother Gto,ge and
Cha,lie Wilson, MIS-. Staffi-backs@
alleged husband, kill Gal5rtath arly
IN the evening He says Galbr ath
had a friend with him aud th, TREND
ran away. but returned later in the
night t. look for G4ltreath II.
says hs looked out of the window
while in bed sni eaw George and
Wilson throw a MATS body into the
shalt nearest tn the S.affieback
housa, ore that Las rot yet De.n
searched. MANY persons suppose
thst if Ell Steffl back saw man
murdered and thrown INTO the shaft
| described that msn wss Galbreath's
com panion
Geort Staff back ce.i the
story told bv bis brother Ell, and
says be is not positive that it was
Galbreath's body hs helped throw
into an old shaft Many croogsSA.
and conflicting statements have been
made by the S,sffiebacks and in their
efforts to shit the responsibility Of
these murders and place the blame
elsewhere some important dlsclcs.
ures will doubtless be made They
talk Of murder unconcernedly asIif
they were the most trivial affairs end
seem t have never ha1 auv regard
! for humsn life
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Webster Davis is now in posi-
tion to do the graceful thing by Col.
Bob Lewis. Being pie dispenser for
this state he might. if he woald, give
Bob a Job Of some kind
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

As another evidence of returning g
prosperity, the government has sold
its claim to fifty-three million dolla, s
against the Union Pacific railroad
for twenty-eight millions.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

A Washington paper says that an
Ohio annex has been established in
the Pension Bureau to help Hanna 8
campaign.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
II haoins Tn look aa fhouoh Eorep

1t begins to look as though Kerens
and Webster Davis are going 10
overlook Col Robs. E. Lewis, of
Clinton, 10 the distribution of pie
for this state. Bob ought to have
something by appointment as he is
an utter failure BY election.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

The change in Cabinets at Madrid
will not affect President McKlnley's
original instructions to Minister
Woodford.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

The National Congress of Miners
at Liege, Belgium, decided to make
demand for Is per cent advance
in wages.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

The Orange Judd Farmer estl
mates this years yield of wheat in
the United States at 5S9,000,O0O
bushels.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

An excursion train on the Denver
and Rio G.ande was wrecked near
Catapaxi, Colo. Two persons were
killed and 16 were hurt.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Ex-Mayor Fred Cope Of Vancouver,
British Columbia, was drowned on
the Skaguay trail.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Bishop Gaines (colored) has writ
ten q book on the theory that the
negro race will be absorbed by the
Caucasian.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

The Afridi and Orkzai chiefs have
arranged plan to oppose the
British advance.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

The total atte ndance at the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition to
October / was 1,l96,6S5
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Armed deputies with bloodhounds
are searching for the men who held
up the Rock Island train at Chicka.
saw.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Two young men held up cable
train a mile south of Kansas City
and robbed the conductor.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07
Executor Sale of Pers onal Propertv

Notice Is hereby given. that In pursnancs 4,
the order Of the probate coart OF Bates connav..
Alssouri, made on October let, 1897, we a
undersigned executors OF the rstst. orpM
sproull. deceased will on
Monday October 18th ls5-.
cell ct pabIic sale, for eash In hand.
the esst front door af the court ho,sa -
ety OF Butler, of Bates county, MsAonri. -
following dessrih+ ,peygoual propertv -
longing TO aad q ~ wit.
One note OF dAs 'fa,ra Isai 49,.
or before Jannarx hasSs
note of date October "a AP
IBE in.eres. s. rate of eiYHRpia PET aan1cn
mum. Both ofsstd notes being HUe3 ~ ons
Henry Helm to X II Sprouil, aad secured by a
second deed OF trust on la0 acres OF land In ~
Clair county. M.ssouri.
JOHN c. sPgDULI..
Fl. p. COCkRELL.
Executors OF Z. H. sproun. Decd
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

The WEEKLY TIMES. published every
Thursday. will be sent to any address
enc year, postage paid, for SI.oo.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-07

Sam Wilson, living near Perry,
Ok, shot and killed his landlord,
Henry Grouse.