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The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09
GONE WITH A MULATTO.
Young and Handsome Daughter Of Or.
Neal Of Sweet Springs, Mo.

i Young and Handsome Daughter Of Dr..
Neal Of Sweet Springs, Mo.
Spdalis, NJ, Dec 2-The society
people of Sweet Springs have not
vet recover d from the shock they
received last Saturday, morning
when i. was whispered around that
Mss Kate Neal, daughter of DR..
L. G Neal who ia an heiress to not
less than $25,OU0 had eIoped with
Joe johnson, a mul tito, who former.
ly WAS a coachmau tor A L. Martin.
ard more rec-ut'y acted in a similsr
capacity for Or Neal.
When it became known generlly
that Miss Nal aud the negro had
been seen together Last Friday even
ing in Kan.ss City md that there
WAS no doubt that the couple had
run away together, the greatest in
d'Rnation prevailed aud the elope-
ment caused 'he greatest sensation
ever kno osn in that part of the State
The friends Of DR. Neal, under the
leadership Of DR. @. L. Lsckey, At
once set in motion The machinery OF
law in an IF ,rt to head off the
couple, il possible, and return the
g,rl to her home and friends, but 90
far the elopers have eluded all forts
If the offic.r+ of ,hs two Kansas
Citys to locate them.
MISS N al ,s 10 years of age, pos
s+sses q Ii he, slim figure, just above
the medium height, has charming
face and q wealth of blond har
She was Que of the bellies of Sal,ue
county.
| Her lover is a good looking mu.
latto; tall, with broad shoulders,
about 25 years old, and q married
man, his wife aud two or three
children res ding 10 S"est Springs.
Only last June Miss Neal was
graduate d with honor from Me,ho,
dist seminary, and upon her return
home became more than ever the
idol of her father aud mother. Her
favorite amusement was horseback
riding, and she rode over the coun-
try as her will directed, sometime S
alone, but usually accompanied by
the mulatto, Joe johnson.
That the elopement was planned
deliberately there seems to be 10
d. ubt. The negro went to Kansas
City TN the morli iny train last Fri
day, aud Miss Neal departed on the
evening tran for the same point.
She took wi h her good supply of
clothing and all her jewelry and
such articles of value as she could
carry. Uoon her arrival in Kansas
City, she was met by the negro and
they took a coach from the Union
Station to Kansas City, Kas 1t
was reported in Sweet Springs they
were married in the latter city and
then took a Uuion Pacific tain for
Montana, but whether they wer-
married there cannot be learned
here to-,ight.
!, Dr. Neal. the father of the girl. is
one of the most respected citizens
in Saline County He is quite
wealthy; be owns l100 acres Of the
: richest land in Central Missouri
l The doctor is prostratei with grief
= over his daug-er's escapade. and is
: confined to his bed. Mrs. Neal also
is 10 vsrg delicate health.
. The exci,ement over the sffair ha:
reached such pieeA in Svest
T Springs that if the nesr2 - esozb.
D aud is tasen back there L9 suge5s
e viii ba ly1chsd
The government will qualify as
e bidder for the Kansas Pacific, unless
t the reorganization committee makes
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09

Gallatin Craig, chairman of the
Nodaway county democratic com
mittee, and leading Mary vile, Mo
lawyer. has been petiticned to b,
come candidate foa the. democratic
nomination for Judge Of the Fourth
circuit. He will become candidate.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09
FLIES FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
H. S. aaxim Says Ne Has Crossed america
in His Air Ship.

in His Air Ship.
New Kensi' g'on, Pa, Dec @
Aerial navig.'i n is said TO b- Al"
acce N pliebed fact Hnap s. Maxim.
inventor Of the Maxim gun. uho has
spent years on the iDvartion Of an
air siip. has hu L. one # New ken
sipgton aluui um. He SAYS tba' b.
has travelled across the continen,
and back in his s'r,pee vessel, and
has spe+d d. d il to 100 miles an hou'.
Son month b. ago it WAS announce d
that the Pi,tsburg Reduction com
panv bad r-c.iv.d large order
fr. III the Ala tic and Par fic Aer'a
Navigation c, IN pnpy Tue order was
for large humber # ALUMINIUM
sh. ea, to be one hundr-dth Of a."
inch thick, two feet " ide and sixteen
feet lu length. III. bars, rIv-ts aud
various other pi- c-s OF the same
material were ordered at the SAM
time Not To- 6 after this the order
was duplicated To show that The
company meant business, the cash.
amounting 10 several 'houssnd d. !
lars, wss sent with each order.
DEsCRIBFS THE Nrw CRAFT
Mr. Msxm furnisb. the follow
ing DESCRIPTION of his vessel. Tn.
dimensions ar: Cylinder. 80 feet 2
inches in diameter aud 80 feet IT,
length; length of forward cone, so
feet; length Of "f'ercone, As fee;
to'al length, 1853 feet. It occupies
100000 cutie fer of space The
prope'l'ng lo~er is q los horse.
power nsphths engine The cy Under.
engine and every part OF the machine,
so far as practicable, is made Of
alumiuum, which was purchased Of
the reduction company here. The
ship will weigh about 5000 pounds
and will carry more Than q ton of
provisions and passengers The
napbtha for the engine will be stored
in cases winch hold enough to drive
the chip around the earth ~i'hou,
replenishing the tanks The skin of
the ship is double and q led with
hydrogen gas. It will be confined in
separate compartments. and will b.
in the upper part of the vessel and
in the cones.
The tail that projects upward
from the stern OF the sh,p dire cts it
up or dowa % Q bird directs lie
movements with its tail The rudde,
changes the course + ON right to
left. Motive power is secured b,
the big aeroplaue ut the stern, which
is driven by the paphtha engine A
speed of 100 miles I'm b. ur hss b. en-
attained without difficulty At this
rate the trip across the continent
would be twenty four hours jour
ney, while Jules Verne is outdone,
as Mr.. Maxim is able to make q tour
of the world in ten days instead Of
eighty.
Last summer great excitement was
caused in Kansas City. Denver, St.
Louis, Chicago and other Western
cities BY the appearances of what was
said to be an airsbip. floating over
these cities by night Ali that could
be seen was red and green ghts.
such as q steamboat carries No
further information was gained
about the nocturnal visitor until
some months had elapsed. Then it
was learned that the Atlantic and
Pacific Aerial Navigation company
had built an airsbip. It is asserted
that it travelled from San Francisco
as far east az Cleveland, O., making
the round.trip journey in three
days time.
Whafs fhs, IISa nf Ta1I;,n
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09

The Sedalia wooien mills have
been compelled to close on account
of the scarcity OF wool.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09

The statement Of the condition Of
The treasury shows: Available cash
balance, S2209l1,240; COLA reserve
$l5T, ,396,039
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09

The governmeut will qualify as q
bidder for the Kansas Pacific, unless
the reorganization committee makes
a satisfactory guarantee.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09

81 know one lady, the mother of three
children. who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained bottle of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful" :"
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-09
DANGER

to which the ENpectant Mother IS
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks lor-
ward to the hour or womans
scvcrest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
Whittier's BoyhOOd.

To illustrate the fact that children suf-
fer intensely from causes which their eld-
ers regard as trivial and which they them
selves are inclined to laugh at in later life
Mr.. Whittier once told this story of his
boyhood to friend: 1t was at an ancient
hillside farmyard near Haverhill. In
ascending this hill his father was in the
habit of relieving his horse by walking,
and Greenleaf was expected to walk also.
1t was a terrible trial to the boy, for a
gander would begin his warlke threats as
soon as he saw him, and in later life
Whittier declared he could have marched
up to hostile battery without such a
sinking Of the heart as he felt whenever
he approached this harmless but noisy
fowl If he had dared to tell his father of
his agony of dread, he could have remained
safely in the carriage. But the fear of be-
ing laughed at prevailed over every other
consideration. Mr.. Whittier thought this
was the experience of many children, and
that parents should treat their apparently
petty troubles with more seriousness than
Is their custom.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
A BIG TOBACCO BOX.
D, Weighs One Hundred Pounds and II
Carefully Guarded.

The biggest tobacco box in the world,
OF what is fondly believed TO be such, Is
carefully guarded by the overseers OF the
united parishes of st. Margaret and st.
John tho Evangelist, Westminster Eng
land. 1t weighs a hundredweight, and
Ii is a remarkable historical curiosity. lt
Is really not single box, but an agglom-
Grafton of them, ono outside the other,
like Chinese puzzle or an onion which
has been growing for the last Isl years.
The original tobacco box, the core, was
the property of old Henry Monck, who de-
cided To perpetuate his memory in this
peculiar way.
Tradition hath It that he purchased the
horn tobacco box at Horn fair, Plumstead,
for the small sum of fourponcc and present
cd the box to "A society formed Of tho past
and present members of the parish The
original box is only 4 = inches long by $50
inches wide, "a inches outside by three
quarters of an inch inside depth, and 1t
weighs 1917 ounces. The members were so
delighted with the old fellows gift they
ornamented IL with silver rim on which
his name was engraved. 1t was religious
ly committed to the custody of the senior
overseer for the time being, who handed
it to his successor, with some additional
silver ornament
So year after year the box has grown
bigger and bigger The gentlemen who
followed Monck in the office of overseer
thought fit at the end of their terms of
service to chronicle on the box events of
Importance which had occurred during
their terms of office. A similar act has
been carried on year after year, and the
original 4 penny tobacco box now rests
within no fewer than six massive cases,
the last one and pedestal being octagonal
in shape and constructed out of an oak
beam taken from Westminster abbey. 1t
is surmounted by beautiful chased silver
statuette of tho queen, which cost ESQ
and was added as memento to her maj
esty's year Of jubilee. The ceremony of
annually passing over the box from tho
outgoing overseer TO the incoming one is
very elaborate and has a distinctly pleasant
SAVIOR of the good old times" 1t takes
place after the customary dinner at the
annual general meeting. York Dis
patch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
Rubinstein's Eccentricities.

Little nose and much hair, was Ru-
binstein's own description Of himself, and
the description was literally correct. He
had a strong, Beethovenish cast of feature,
which was often remarked, and there is
an authentic story Of his being mistaken
mt an English provincial railway station
Tor the late Charles Bradlaugh, who was
expected to arrive by the same train.
This, by tho way, was curious incident.
On becoming aware of the mistake that
was being made Rubinstein entered thor
0ughly into the fun of the situation, and,
being an excellent Biblical scholar he i'm
proved the occasion by addressing his lad
n1trers" in terms which left them in some
confusion as to Mr.. Bradlaugh's consist
'oncy.
Rubinstein wore his jet black hair like
the name of lion. On one occasion he
BANDED at friend house in Liverpool aft
on having been for some time in Ireland,
where he had allowed his locks to grow TO
tnordinate length. He was persuaded to
visit the hairdresser, who of course asked
him whether he would have much taken
OF. On his reply in the negative, the
operator ventured the remark, Il would
really advise you to have good lot taken
OF, unless you wish to pass for German
flddleri' Rubinstein laughed heartily at
che sally, and, Charles Keene having heard
e 10, the incident was presently immor.
talized In Punch. Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THOUGH
a Couple of Illustrative Incidents In q
Preachers Experience.

The appended anecdotes concerning the
late President Robinson are given to the
public as too characteristic and too good
to be lost. They are from the recollections
If the Rev. DR.. A. j. Sage:
''Once in the classroom DIR. Robinson
was expatiating on the Importance of care
ful logical arrangement of thought In dis
course when he drew the following illus.
tration from his own experience: Once,
when ] was preaching, peculiar incident
occurred. | had gone through my intro
duction and first division, when my MEM
rory failed me. could not recall my second
division but instead of it came up the
FIRST point of the application. After vainly
trying to recall the missing head, / stated
TO the congregation that for "a special rea-
son would pass al once TO the application.
Il did so, and when | had discussed the
first point the missing part of my dis
course came back to me and | went
through il all without further difficulty.
On reaching home set myself down to
inquire the meaning of this incident, when
L discovered that that which had planned
as the first point of my application should
have been really the second division of the
sermon. The mind in the activity Of
speaking had been more loyal TO its own
principles than had permitted it to be in
the toll of preparation
"The doctor was speaking to the class
on the Importance of keeping the mind
free from preoccupying and disturbing
thoughts when about to speak extempore.
He said: Il was on my way to preach one
Sunday morning, absorbed in my dis
course, when a gentleman met me who
said, "Have you heard that - Is going
TO marry Miss - mentioning two per-
sons in whom 1 was Interested, whose
marriage would be particularly insult
able. The suggestion took possession of
my mind, and in spite of my best efforts
could not get rid of it.. All through my
sermon my thoughts were full of the
haunting idea of that unfortunate Inisal-
lance My discourse was "a failure You
may imagine that my feeling toward tho
source of this Ill timed Information was
not exceedingly amiable l could have
helped him over "a tall fence. New
York Examiner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
PROGRESS OF PARIS.
1t L. Ancient In Years and Essentially
Modern In Development.

Although some cities in Italy present
more vivid and fascinating periods of ex-
amples, there is perhaps no other city in
Europe where the continuity of modern
civilization for at least seven centuries
can he traced so fully in its visible record.
From the tine Of Louis the Stout, A. ID.
HOS, Paris has boon the rich and power
ful metropolis Of a rich and charging state,
and from that day to this there is hardly
a single decade which has not left some
fragment or other of its work for our eyes.
The history of each of its great founda.
tions, ciyiI and ecclesiastical, would fill
volume, and indeed almost every one of
them has had many volumes devoted to its
gradual development or final disappear
ance and transformation to modern uses.
The history of the Cathedral Of Notre
Dame from the laying of the first stone
by Pope Alexander III in the age Of our
Henry ii and Beckett down to the final
restoration" by M. Violet le Duo and the
history Of all its annexes and dependencies,
Archeyeche, Hotel Dieu, together with an
exact account of all its carvings, glass,
reliefs, etc., would be history of art
itself The same would be true If one
followed out the history of the foundations
OF ST. Germain DIES Pres of st. Victor, Of
st. Martin DIES Champs, of the Temple
and of st. Genevieve.
Two or three of these enormous do.
mains would together occupy space
equal to the whole area of the original
site. They contained magnificent
churches, halls, libraries, refectories and
other buildings and down to the last CEN
tury were more or less in a state of fair
preservation or active existence OF them
all 1t seems that st. Victor, on the site of
the Halle aux Wins, and the Temple, on
the site of the square of that name, have
entirely disappeared. But Of the Others
interesting parts still remain. or the IL
great abbcys and 90 minor converts which
Paris still had at the revolution, none re-
mains complete, and the great majority
have left nothing but names to the new
streets. -Fortnightly Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
Do Fish Sleep?

asked the above question when In con-
versation with noted authority on the
piscatorial science, and his reply was: II
am not exactly prepared to answer that
question to the point, but am Of the
opinion that they, as well as all other
organized beings, go through periods of
coma, very brief in some cases, which is
analogous to the slumber of higher ami
mails. Fish consume but little oxygen,
and their waste of tissue is very small
Hence they have been known to do with
out either food or sleep for surprising
length of time. Some of my colaborcrs
in this branch of science are of the opin-
ion that their periods of coma are the same
as sleep only in a generic senso-they sim
ply relieve the functions of the body for
brief intervals. st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
The Grand est Remedy.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chill
howis, Va, certifies that he had con.
sumption. was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he could
hear OF. but got no relief; spent many
nights sitting up in a chair; was induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery and was
cured by use OF two bottles. For past
three years has been attending to bust
mess, and says, DR.. Kings New Discoy-
cry is the grandest remedy ever made, as
it has done 80 much for him and also for
Others in his community. DR.. Kings
New Discovery is guaranteed for coughs,
colds and consumption. 1t don't fail.
Trial bottles free at d. T. Macdonald's
drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be inrurable should read what Mr.. p.
E. Grisham, OF Gaars, Mills, La, has to
say on the subject, viz: 81 have been a
sufferer from chronic darrhoea ever since
the war and have tried all kinds of med
icine for it. At last found a remedy
that effected cure and that was Cham
berlaln's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy" This medicine can always be
depended upon for collie, cholera morbus,
dysentery and diarrhoea. 1t is pleasant
to take and never fails to effect a cure.
20 and so cent sizes for sale by Solder
gren & Sodergren, druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
The True Remcd v

W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chief," says: "We won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Exper-
imented with many others, but never got
the true remedy until we used DR., Kings
New Discovery. No other remedy can
take it's place in our home, as in it we
have certain and sure cure for coughs,
colds, whooping cough. etc." 1t is idle
to experiment with other remedies, even
il they are urged on you as just as good
as DIR. Kings New Discovery. They are
not as goou, because this remedy has a
record of cures and besides is guaranteed.
1t never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles
free at Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-21
INFLUENCE OF HOLMES.
What the "Autocrat" Has Done to Make
People Hate Shams.

What the "Autocrat" Has Done to Make
People Hate Shams.
Among the titles Of DR.. Holmes to graf
itudo and enduring remembrance which
recall themselves to us there is one which
1 hope no one will soon lose sight of, and
which perhaps ought to be called his in
1uence as a civilizer. He not only showed
us, it seems TO me-and l am thinking of
some of his more didactic poems, of the
opening chapters of Elsie Venner," of
countless passages in the "Autocrat' and
the Professor fine foundation
we Americans have to build upon, but no
was the means of melting directly null
titude of readers to work toward ideals of
real and sincere culture, not the sham ar
ticle, which have never in our literature
been put into such sane and comprehen-
sive form.
should like to see muster, and am
sure 1t should be large one of the men
now in middle age whose mental tone has
been, consciously or unconsciously, con-
siderably influenced by the kindly castiga-
ton until they seemed intolerable of
shams and half baked pretenses that 9TH
erwise they might have gone on tolerat-
ing; by the flashes.of unmalignant wit in
which even small boorishnesses and mean
nesses were suddenly shown up in so I'M
mistakable a light that it seemed impossi-
bic ever to commit them again; by the
numberless cumulative touches by which
an ideal of the gentleman was built up
wholesome, sensible, unpriggisb, attaina-
BILE by every sincere sham hating man,
yet also full of quiet high things, charity,
consideration for others-a man of gentle
will Magazine