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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06

Ottumwa. Ia, Dec 30.-Abe Balm
a prominent farmer OF Lee county,
this stat, les dead at bis farm home
six miles north Of West Point, az the
result Of defending himself in an at
tempt that was made by a mob Of
farmers. to tar and feather him for
the neglect of an aged father, who
died in a6ject poverty Monday The
affair occurred Tuesday night and
Balm died yesterday evening.
The dead man was married and
with him his brother lived Their
father died of starvation. Even after
his death thu sons refused to aid in
his burial.
twenty-five men put on mask IS
went TO the house Of the two boys,
prepared to treat them to a cat OF
tar and feathers They had heard
OF the proposed visit. and when TIL.
mob appeared Abe ard his brother
stepped out with shot guns. Both
fred at the crowd bat without effect
Some one returned the ire and Abe
fell inortaIly wounded
On bis deathbed h. CAV the lanes
of seven prominent fzrDeC. g. his
a.sai!snts- The Iroth-r swore ont
warrants for their arrest, but tie
constable was afraid tc ssrye them
and the sheriff was sant for.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Maud Lewis

St. Louis Chronicle
Friends of Maud Lewis, the cn
vieted murderess Of state senator
Peter Morrissey, are still persistent
Ia their Efforts to secure q pardon.
Judge Henry L E1munds, who
tried the case, stated Wednesday
that if he were governor of Missouri
he would no doub. grant the woman
a pardon IF the governor should
ask my opinion, though, said Judge
Edmund., Il would say he would
be lustitsd in granting the pardon
from facts IN the case which were
not allowed in evidence, because
they were Inconsistent with the lirs
OF defense set up BY the Lewis wo.
man attorneys"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Two Millions a Year

When people buy, try, and buy again, it
means they re satisfied. The people of the
United States are now buying Cascarets Candy
Cathartic at the rate of two million boxes Of
year and it will be three million before New
Years. 1t means merit proved, that Cascarea
are the most delightful bowel regulator for
every body the year round. All druggist ll,ts
2Ac. SOC 4 box, cure guaranteed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Cracter PT1ce. ADVANCE.

Chicego, IL, Dec. 30.-Cracket s
have advanced another one half cent
per pound all over the country,
which places the rates trife above
where they were before the big bis
cult concern came to en- sgreenezt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
4 Sure Thing for You.

A transaction in which you cannot lose Is a
sure thing. BiuOusness, sick headache, fur
red tongue, fever, piles and Thousand other
ills are caused by constipation and sluggish liy-
er. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the wonderful
new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic are by
all druggists guaranteed 10 cure or money re-
funded. {. {. {. are sure thing. Try box
today: 10, p, 80 cents. Sample and booklet
free. See our big al.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
What Do the Children Drink?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIS-OF II IL de
locus and nourishing and takes the place Of
coffee. The more Grain-O YOU give the chill
dren the more health you distribute through
their sytems. Grain-O is made OF pure grains
and v hen properly prepared tastes like the
choice grades of coffee but costs about IL as
much. All grocers sell It. Ijc. and csc.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
CAMP AT SEA.
Fleets Ranged Like Armies
Before Battle.
England Decides TO Call Out
Naval Reserves France
Joins in Seizure in
l'hina

China.
London, Dec. 30.-Bulletin-Ac.
cording to information received by
the central news the English gov
eminent has decided to call out the
naval reserves forthwith.
Parie, Dec. 30-During the day
there was issued a semi-o ffcial con
tradlction of the report that the
French flag had been hoisted over
Hal Men.
London, Dec. 30.-With the sx-
ception of the reported seizure OF
Hal Nan Island by the French fleet,
which is said to have been accom-
plished without opposition by the
Chinese, the latest reports show no
change in the situation in the ORR
emit
Hal Nan Island is off the south
coast of China and separates the
Gulf of Tonquin from the China
coast 1t has an estimated area Of
$4,000 square miles, and a popula-
ton of million Chinese with the
exclusion of wild tribes in the in
terror.
The French press has begun to
protest loudly against French mac.
ton in the Far East and the alleged
subserviency Of the government to
Russia.
Meanwhile the Russian fleet con-
tinues at Port Arthur, where it is
moored in the outer harbor, no at
tempt having been made as yet to
occupy any of the territory. In fact,
Port Arthur is still held by its Chi
nese garrison. A portion of!the En-
glish squadron is at Chsmulpo, the
principal sea port OF Corea
There is no likelihood, however,
of the English feet remaining there
permanently. It is probable the
English fleet, and likewise a Japan
ese squadron, will take advantage of
the presence Of the Russian squad
ron at Port Arthur to winter either
at Port Hamilton at Quelport, both
Of which are within 100 miles dis
tance from the important Japanese
seaport at Nagaeaki, which may be
considered as base of supplies.
JAPAN HAS ADVANTAGE.
The remainder of the Japanese
feet is at Wei-Hai Wei, which, like
Port Arthur, commands the entrance
to the Gulf of Pechili, and there.
fore, the road to Pekin. Situated at
the end of two promonotoriss
stretching out toward one another,
Port Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei are
separated by less than 100 miles Of
sea, which the fast steaming Japan
csc warships could cover in the
space OF four hours.
This is the point that must not
be lost sight of in the event of the
Marquis Ito definitely accepting the
Japanese premiership and forming
war cabinet at Toxic.
For the Japanese naval force at
Wei-Hai-Wei is so superior in num-
Der and ornaments to that of Rus
STA at Port arthur that it would be
able to wipe :he latter off the face
of the earth.
The situation is all the more seri-
Gus for the Russians, as the great
naval arsenal of Vladivostok is al
ready ice bound, and, therefore. in
accessible for several months to
come. So that the Russians have
really no available base of supplies
in the case OF a conflict.
The almost certain return of Ito
to power in Japaa has made all the
money markets uneasy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Phded Pension Rolls

The New York Sun has been in
vestigating the pension business ani
from an exhaustive article in that
paper the following facts are con-
deDsed:
There are 187,5O0 people drawing
pensions who have no legal claim 10
them, and there are thousands more
who are clamoring to be let IN. In
the face Of all the talk Of deficiency
and inability to make the revenue OF
the government equal TO the outgo,
this statement Of the pension matter
is particularly pertinent. No count
ry in the world is so generous in re
warding it's old soldiers, and no
nation pays out such vast sums
every year for service received. But
the liberality of Uncle Sam has been
grossly abused, and the wauton
greed of selfish politicians, who care
nothing for the deserving old sol
der or his widow or children, has
filched the public pocketbook until it
is now fat.
A glance at the following table
tells the story offraud and greed:
Actual survivors Of tbs war...727,122
Survivors drawing pensions.733,
SGT. Survivors demanding pensions
1877, 500: Widows drawing pen
sions, 213,352. Widows demand
ing pensions, 104,93S. Pensioners
demanding increase, 1863
Total rebellion pensioners on rolls,
947, 1926. Total survivors, or widows
getting or demanding pensions, 1,
1887.
Last year-32 years after the
close Of the war-54,072 new pen.
sioners were added to the rolls.
More are getting In every day.
They come regularly through the
pension offices and they come by
Especial bulls" passed without in
vestigation or pretense at it.
Since 1888, during a period of IA
years. the pension rolls have been
steadily growing. In spite of
deaths, which have dscimated the
ranks of the survivors of the war,
the rolls have continued TO swell.
During the past 80 years the ma
tion has paid out in pensions the
enormous sum Of S2,175,755, 269, IS.
The pension expense for the one
year just closed is reported by the
secretary of the treasury to be SAL,
263, $50. This is more than 1t costs
to sustain the entire standing
army of any of the most powerful
nations on earth, except Russia.
The pension acts are supposed to
provide that no one shall receive the
governments bounty unless he is at
present disabled in whole or in part,
and therefore to a degree dependent
Some figures gatheredin 1890 show,
however, that of the total number
of 1,034,073 survivors OF the war
there were 964,587 engaged in oc-
clpa.ions BY winch, presumably,
they earned their living,
To add TO the evil, it is known
that in many cases those who sctu-
ally are entitled 10 pensions do not
get them, sometimes they do not
apply, being prevented by keen
sence Of honor from accepting gov
eminent charity unless compelled
by dire necessity. 4 pumber of
remedies for the pension evil have
been suggested, but none is in a
way 10 be carried out. The truth is
the average Washington statesman
Is too much of coward to come |
out ard speak his real convictions
on the subject, and for this reason |
the pension business has been the |
means Of fostering more schemes
and frauds than any Other depart
ment Of the government
nauI
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Extra Session Called.

Nashville, Tenn Dec. 30.-Gov,
Taylor has issued his call for the
legislature to meet January II, and
includes in the call the back assessing
of railroads for the difference be-
tween assessments OF former years
and that OF this year.
He also includes the subject of
placing q privilege tax on all rail-
roads and the passage of such laws
as will prevent tax payers enioining
the assessment of properly or col
lection OF taxes.
The conflict between the state
officers and the federal courts over
the order issued by the latter re.
strainiog the state from proceeding
to collect taxes levied on railway
property will be transferred to the
Legislature. The governor has de.
clared that he proposes to collect
the taxes even if the militia Gas to
be called upon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06

For five wesks / lived on cold
water, So TO speak" writes a man
who suffered terribly from ind ges-
ton.
He could hardly keep anything On
his stomach. What stayed. wasn't
properly digested aud gave lin ter
Ii5!e psogs
This j. uos sn uncommon Gaze.
Dyspeptics don't get enough nour
ishtnen;. They are generally thin
and weak.
They may eat enough. bat tLsT
don't digest enough. Much of wha.
they eat t1rrs i1to poison. II This
keeps On there's ID te ling what dis
ease the7 may get peIt.
Tnst's Why It = best - take
Shakers Digestive Cordial. as soon
as symptoms Of indigsstion appear.
It cures al the evi : Of Indigestion.
aud prevents the evils which j ndi.
gestion causes.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents
to S1.00 per bottle
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
BOSTON
MEAT MARKET,

=. W. 1hOCIOR, PROP II,
Successor to J. =. Hemstreet
This shop from now on will be run
in first-class style. Will keep none
but the best meats on hand for sale.
Give me a call and | guarantee salts.
faction.
CHAs. w. PROCTOR.
Southeast corner OF the square, first
door east OF the Grange store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Mince Pie Ten Feet hcros: -.

New York, Dec. IS As a Christ
mas present to his friend John Nee
han, owner OF the dotted race horse
Dolaudo, President Thompson, Of q
local pie concern, had made to order
an deliberately iced mince pie, ten
feet in diameter and four inches
thick. The crust was cast in sections
and then set in plscs by four pie
molsrs The insides of the pie
weighed eighty pounds. On top was
built frosted race track, with a
judges stan1 and a bunch Of sugar
race horses, with Dolando winning.
When five men were carrying the
pis into Meehan's house it proved
too big for the doorway and broke.
A squad wa. sent to the house and
repaired the breaks. The pie was
on exhibition all day yesterday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06

Topeka. Kan Dec 3O-The new
fee and salary law adopted by tie
las. legislature will 90 into effect
January 10.
It places t. salaries of the coun-
ty officers of Kansas upon a popula-
ton basis, and makes a general
scaling down of the salaries being
pad under the present law
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06
Educate Your Bowels With Gas.
carets.
Mob Law.

Candy Csthartic, cure constipation forever.
lac. II {. c. c. fail, druggists refund money
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06

London, Dec. 30.-Bulletin-Ac-
cording to information received by
the central news the English gov
eminent has decided to call out the
naval reserves forthwith.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-06

Paris, Dec. 30.-During the day
there was issued a semi-offcial con
tradlction of the report that the
French flag had been hoisted over
Hal Men.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23
THE KING OF THE WOODS.

Very few persons ever visit the south
ern portion of the United States and be-
come at all familiar with its woodland
life without being captivated by that
prince of singers, the hooking bird Not
only as a musician, but in general Smart
ness" he is far and away ahead of
anything that flies. He is the CYAN
kee" among birds. In vivacity in clev-
erness, in quick and deXterous use Of
his small but brilliant brain, it would
be hard to point out his equal And
when in the springtime the woods re-
sound with his clear, fiutelike and exult-
ant notes, even the man, if such there
be. who hath no music in his SOUP
would find it hard to resist the contag-
ious good humor of his glad and gleeful
song
And yet the mocking bird (rnimus
polyglottus) is incorrectly named. He
is by no means a natural mimic. Half
a dozen birds could be mentioned that
in this particular far surpass him. This
may seem a very strange thing to say
in view of the stories current so abund-
antly Illustrating and emphasizing this
supposed gift.
Prof Chandler, in a notable case in
a Boston court, once remarked, that 1t
was practically impossible for most peo-
pie to tell the truth even IL they tried
Especially Is this the case in observing
scientific phenomena by persons not
trained in that special field. Imaglna-
ton often plays strange tricks with the
recording cameras in such excited
brains.-Norman Robinson in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly for January.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

by saving that they would pay the boot
maker and the tailor, who in turn would
make the articles, and such being the
case, they could see no difference be-
tween that and making them them-s
selves "A
The Duchess of York takes up heA
mothers pet work with a special ardork
as she wishes it 10 be known as sorn
of memorial to her mother Every yeaQ
at distribution time special articles wilR
be given away in the name of the late
duchess, and Englands future QUEEN
will give them away with her own
hands.
/ 1t was at first intended that thes9i
articles should be sold, but there werel
various objections to this in the way
of disposal of the funds, and it was
finally concluded that after the articles
had been exhibited they should ba
distributed to the different charities OF
England. So they are divided every
spring just about this time between the
| different charties-Christian, JEWISH
missions, orphanages, hospitals honest
chapels and churches wherever needed
The work is entirely labor of love-
and there are so many willing hands to
help that it takes only week after the
exhibition closes to pack and distribute
everything.
There is no charity exactly like the
London Needlework Guild in this coun-
try, but if there are any who would like
let them address an envelope as directed
above and in the corners write the LETT
ters IN w. G. so that the secretary
will know the contents of the letter. All
of these letters are finally laid before
the Duchess of York who reads them
and expresses her delight at the success
of her charity.
Helen Ward.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

Such over-vigorous growth can be cor
rected by root-pruning
The land in orchards should not be
left bare. After fertilization a cover
crop should be sown. This will take in
the free nitrogen in the AIR, and when
the plants are ploughed under the soil
Will be enriched. use clover as a
cover crop. The crop should be sown
in August and ploughed under early in
The spring. This means shallow
ploughing; deep ploughing is danger
Gus. A summer cover drop should be
sown in early June Southern Cowpea
does very well. A grower who pursues
this method of green manuring need
buy hardly a dollars worth of high
priced nitrogen. OF other kinds of fer
tilizer phosphoric acid and potash are
most needed, but in deciding what to
use local conditions will nave to be
studied. But remember one thing
stable manure must be avoided in or
chards.
We hear much of the injurious San
Jose scale But there is one good thing
about it; it has scared fruit growers
Men now look over their fruit trees as
they never did before, and examine the
trees they buy, and as result the or
chards are better cared for.
The scale is. the one thing which will
kill apple trees, and as they have for
merly been rather left to themselves
they are now much better off So the
San Jose scale, dangerous pest as it is,
has proved a great blessing.
Then there is the disease of yellows
which attacks peach trees, and if left,
will kill them In eradicating this lis
ease most vigorous measures must be
taken. Every infested tree must be talk
en- up and burned. I was recently SELL
ing some peaches, and near by was a,
man who had two loads which were full
of yellows. His brought 25 cents a bas-
ket, while I received $1.35 for mine. I
was $1.10 ahead on every basket be-
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

going. That was the beginning of the
famous London Needlework Guild,
which is now known throughout the
world.
Every year around holiday time the
Imperial Institute is filled to overflow
ing with articles which the public is IN
vited in to inspect. A fee of admission
is charged. These articles are exqui-
sitely made and number up to some-
thing like 10000.
The members of the guild number
perhaps 10000, and every year sees
enormous additions to the list. All are
asked to join-men and wonderland
the roll of the secretary embraces not
only high class names, but some very
plebeian ones as we'll. In order to become
a member Of the London Needlework
Guild-tO be a member of the club of
which the Duchess Of York is president
you must send your name to Mrs.
Basil Ellis, at SouthWick Crescent,
High Park, London. In return you will
receive sau application form which in
turn you must fill out and send back
After that your yearly duty will be the
making of two nice garments for the
annual exhibit of the guild You can
make more than two if you desire to do
so. This year the Duchess of Teck sent
in 1850 garments and the duchess OF
York 5401 Mrs. Ellis, the secretary,
sent S41S and the Duke OF York con-
tributed 200 articles, including a good
supply of boots.
Some question was at first raised
whether men should be allowed to be-
long, as they could not make any arti-
cles and one of the requisites was
that they should be handmade. But
certain rOyal hig'hneSses. including the
Duke of York, overcome this objection
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23
ACHANCE TOCHUM
WITH ROYALTY.
Duchess Solicits Members to So
ciety of Which She is President.
Guild is Sixteen Years Old, But Handles
10000 Articles-How to Become
Member

Victoria Mary. Duchess Of York, is the
president of a society which she would
like many American women to join.
This society is the Ladies' Needlework
Guild, of which the mother, the late
Duchess of Teck, was for many years
president. When the Duchess of Teck
died, two months ago, her daughter
was chosen by the ladies of England
to succeed her And now her royal
highness has picked up the gavel and
is preparing to carry on the work which
was the favorite charity of her beloved
mother.
The London Woodwork Guild was
founded in 1882 by Lady Wolverton,
who gathered around her a number Of
ladies, each pledged to donate a certain
number Of articles every year to the
guild. A few of the Weather ones Of
fered to give money and one or two
donated large sum to set the society
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

cause I was Scared of yellows.
Another disease which spreads on
some soils is the red rust of the straw
berry. Plants should be dipped into a
solution of Bordeaux Mixture and then
sprayed once or twice with the same in
the fall and again in the following
spring. If it costs $25, it will pay.
| wonder how many of you practice
thinning your fruit? An apple tree will
nearly care for itself, but the man who
wants good trees in the future will thin
his fruit. If tree bore 100 apples. I
should remove so. If the next year it
pore zoo, l should leave 100 70 ripen, and
me me next, if it had 1000 I should leave
o0O' Ih1s will get the tree into the habit
of bearings
A peach tree that will set 1000 peaches
needs to have SEQ or 700 thinned off
thus you will get more bushels to the
Tree Ihe more you throw away the
more you viii have and you viii prac-
tlcally get four dollars for one.
After producing fine fruit, learn how
70 sen It for the most money. The fruit
which brings most is that which is neat
est, fullest and most honestly packed.
/ PICK your fruit carefully and in the cool
OF the day Pack in a cool place and.
IN tight packages, for the less air thai
reaches the fruit. the better Then put
the crates in cool place In packing.
grade your fruit; the finest first, then
medium, etc. The three or four grades
should be uniform throughout. Ask
your dealers what kind of packages sell
best. Next, get a good dealer and tell
him you have a good thing Have
your commission man go and see your
place. The business side of fruit-grow-
ing means belief in yourself and then
making those with whom you trade be-
lieve in you. Finally, do not go into
the business until you have thought ii
out and made up your mind that you
will Succeed.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

ment is necessary. To the whole coun-
try has come the satisfying demonstra-
tons of its worth and value, and in every
hamlet, town, and city is to be found
those who have tested the Munyon
Remedies, and are ready to go on record
as witnesses for the truth.
Geo. D. Carter, 401 Essex Street,
Salem, Mass, says: 1 had Rheumatism
very badly in my feet and knees, and
was scarcely able to walk, the stiffness
and soreness were so great. l tried a
bottle of Munyon's Rheumatism Cure,
and in eight hours my pain had left me.
and now / am completely cured. II l
could not buy another bottle Of this
wonderful remedy 1 would not take any
money in place Of the cure 1 have OBJ
tanned"
Mr.. oliver Hill, Richmond Hill, New
Canaan, Conn, says: II suffered for
years with stomach trouble, was very
weak, and much run down. All the doc
toring that / could do seemed to give
me no relief until I began using Mum
yon's Remedies which benefited me SO
much that l feel like a new man. I
have recommended them to several
parties, who have also been benefited"
Munyon has a separate remedy for each
disease, and all druggists sell them. Most
ly % cents a vial. If in doubt, Professor
RIunyon invites you to write to him. at
1905 Arch Street, Philadelphia, for free
medical advice.