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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31
INDIAN ANTlPATHY TO FISH.
why Some Tribes VIII Not Use Them
Food.

as Food.
At recent meeting in Baltimore by
the American Folklore society, DR..
Washington Matthews, of Washington,
D. c., read paper on ''Icthyophobia,"
which he described as an antipathy to
fish. This aversion is especially strong
in the Navajo, Apache and other Indian
tribes of the far southwest, who will
not eat fish nor have anything to do
with articles made in the shape of fish.
This taboo" with the Navajos extends
to all things connected with water. A
probable reason why no more children
of these tribes are sent east to be edu-
Gated, DR.. Matthews thought, was n
fear that they might be required to
overcome this cherished taboo" super
stition, which is as firmly rooted as
any religion, says the Baltimore Sun.
A legend to account for this fish
taboo was given. There was a time
when food was scarce and the mountain
Indians had big pow-wow with the
river Indians. The result was that the
river Indians agreed TO kill no deer, but
live entirely on fish, and the mountain
Indians agreed to eat no fish, but live
entirely upon deer. This made food
plenty for both.
In the discussion of the paper it was
stated that the Zuna Indians will not
eat fish because savage tribes in desert
lands regard water as sacred because
of it's scarcity, and this reverence eX-
tends to animal life in water. Several
members thought, perhaps, this idea
conveyed the true reason for the fish
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31
Arrange for Fusion Next Fall.

Webb City, Mo-, March 19.-At
the city ball this afternoon commit
tees of FIVE, each from the demo.
Gratis, silver republicans and pspu.
Lists, respectively, Of this Casper
county held q meeting and decided
upon q triple alliance ticket for the
coming fall campaign, as follows:
Representatives, eastern district,
populist; western district, democrat;
presiding Judge of the county court,
and associate judge, eastern district,
democrat; western district, populist;
sheriff, democrat; collector, populist;
surveyor, treasurer, prosecuting at
torney, recorder, silver republicans
county clerk, democrat; circuit clerk,
assessor, and coroner, populIsts.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31

IRA Goodman lie the name Of
New Jersey citizen but, all the same,
he was arrested for burglary last
week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31

Chinese Coal for California.
Coal mined in China is being import
ed TO California.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31

The place to build glass houses in
on the Manitoba prairies. wheLaz
there are no stones.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-31
Virginia Items.

We write what We hear the yirginians say is
true;
Dear Reader, don't blame us five hear 'em say
What happens you.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
PA AND FREDDIE ABOARD.
An Exciting Time For Which There
Was Renlly No Occasion.

An Exciting Time For Which There
Was Really No Occasions.
AS passenger train on the Hannibal
was pulling out tall countryman, in
cum bered with four bundles, a scythe
snath, an ak handle, a bag of bananas
and small boy, came out Of the depot
and began to take his bearings. Up and
down the tracks his gaze wandered, up
and down the long lines of coaches
rs the rear coach was passing. him, he
caught sight Of the moving train.
"Come on, Freddie! Thar she goes!"
he yelled and began to transfer some of
his belongings from his right hand to
his left as he ran. Freddie made an
amazing record for one whose legs were
SO short, and they were soon beside the
steps on the rear end Of the last coach.
There was man standing on the plat
| form. ~ .e.< @'7 NJ
| Hay, stop 'er, stop er!'' cried Fred
dies pa. "Put on that ar wind brake,
! mister! Pull that ar rope up over your
head and make 'er stopp'
But the man only reached down and
caught Freddie, who was leaping and
swinging and dragging by turns in his
vain efforts to make his short legs
stretch far enough to get his feet on the
| lower step. Pa held on to him with one
hand and the man on the platform
| finally succeeded in drawing him up.
Pa slung the banana bag after him. It
slid on across the platform and went
| overheard on the other side. Pa made a
| leap for the steps, dropped a bundle and
stopped to pick it up. The recovery OF
| tbs bundle took but second, but the
| train was getting we'll under way and
was tails length ahead when he be-
| gan the chase again. One wild squirt,
with his coattails standing out behind
him, reckless leap, and pa, too, was
aboard, but a bundle containing an IN
! dershirt had been lost in the tussle.
! An employee of the depot picked the
bundle up, and section man who hap
pened by appropriated the bananas to
his own refreshment. The crowd that
had breathlessly awaited the result Of
the race melted away and the depot at
PENDANTS, who had been preparing to
pick pa up with shovels, went about
their duties.
Half an hour later very angry man
came prancing down the depot platform.
He was holding small boy by one
hand, and the ends of an AK handle and
scythe snath protruded from under his
| arm.
It was pa. He approached depot
official and said:
"Why didn't you tell me that WASH I
the Wabash? I wanted the Wabash
that's what wanted"
The official tenderly handed pa his
new undershirt and replied in the soft
tones that soothe the rufaed souls
II believe you forgot to ask me. -
Kansas City Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Too Suggestive of Luxury.

doctor" said the member of parlia-
ment for rural district, are you sure
it's govt that has attacked me?'
''Positive. But you needn It be alarm
ed. It's nothing very serious
Doctor, you don't appreciate the
situation. You don It know what a pref
udice against govt there is in my COM
munity. I don't ask you to do anything
contrary to your conscience, but if I
manage to get the story started that I
caught my toe in piece of machinery
think Of my prospects and the welfare
of your country and don't contradict
it. London Tit-Bits. %.--a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
INSISTED ON PAYING.
A Man Who Wouldn't Accept Legal
Advice For Nothing.

A Man Who Wouldn't Accept Legal
Advice For Nothing.
The other day an old fellow slouched
into Attorney Oscar Kahn's Office, on
Legal row, and introduced himself as
Mr.. Smith, Jones, Brown, or something,
of a neighboring county. He said he
wanted to consult lawyer and was &C.
corded seat and one Of the attorneys
sweetest smiles
He then explained that while he was
away from home the sheriff or some
deputy bad attached his wife's sewing
machine and bureau for taxes. He did
not propose to tolerate such imposition,
he declared.
"What is the amount of taaes?' in
quired the lawyer.
'Lemme see-$1. 49," was the reply.
The lawyer could not conceal smile,
but FASTENED to say: "Well, Mr.. Smith,
If you want my advice, it is to go back
and settle that small amount. It looks
like the easiest and best way out of it. 3"
The old fellow thought a moment
and replied that he believed he would.
Answering, he asked, "dow much do
owe you?'
''Oh, nothing, SIR" was the reply.
II won't charge you anything for lit
tie advice like that
"But I allus pays fer whut git and
want ter pay yer jes' the same.''
"Oh, that's all right; come in again
some time when you need advice on
something more important, and We'll
square it then"
"Naw, I want ter pay it now. jess
squeal out. Eff it's 20 cents, I'll pay it.
Eff ye want SO, there it is!'' And he
threw down half dollar and left
Paducah (Ky.) Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
HArIinE Back.

Mrs. Acklins-I don want to be i'm
pertinent, but how old are you any
way? Some of the ladies were discuss.
ing your age at the club the other day,
and several Of them claimed that you
were at least 50, butt I insisted that you
were not more than So.
Mrs. Biswick-I'm glad you were so
kind. Of course you didn't mention the
fact that. you were ready to leave the
grammar grade. when I was in the
primary class at school. did you?-New
York World.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
RiLEY'S JOKES.
The Hoosier Poet Talks Interesting

The HOOS1er Poet Talks interesting.
" to a Reporter.
The Hoosier Poet was busy when the
Tales Of the Town man called upon
him.
"Glad you came in be said. ''Not
that I've been-but that's General
News story. General New of the Indi-
annapolis journal called on General
Grant during the latter's first term and
found the president warrior laughing
heartily. Of course New looked as
though he wanted to know the reason,
and the general told him. He said he'd
just had a call from an old friend who
lived in Galena, Ills, one of his early
day acquaintances, who said he'd been
in Washington for two or three days,
but had been so busy that he was I'M
liable to call upon his old friend, the
president, any sooner, and he apologize
ed for the delay. General Grant looked
lat him in his comical fashion and
gravely said: F..
Well, John, l haven't been lone
sonnet
You see, the visit occurred at a
time when the PRESIDENT was being
harassed to death by callers from all
directions who had driven him nearly
to distraction.
"A man who travels good deal
comes to know towns because of certain
points that are usually entirely person
al with him. Sometimes bad hotel,
sometimes an extremely early train,
will stamp a characteristic on town.
I remember that my old friend Bill
Nye was once chatting with Senator
Shirley of Maine and remarked upon
the fact that he (Nye) was born at
Shirley, in the senator's state, adding
that the town had doubtless been nam
ed for one of the senator's ancestors.
"'I didn't know, said the senator,
that there was such a town in Maine
as Shirley.
I" I didn't know it ether said Nye,
until I was born there! -
And the poet went on with his writ
ing. -Cleveland Plain DEALER.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
The FIRST Celebration of Christmas

Christmas was first celebrated in the
year 90, but it was 40 years Ia ter before
it was officially adopted as a Christian
festival, Nor was it until about the
fifth century that the day Of it's celebra-
tion became permanently fixed on the
25th of December. Up to that time it
had been irregularly observed at various
times Of the year-in December, in
April and in May, but most frequently
in January. Ladies Home journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

the result. The large red splotches on my
chest began to grow paler and smaller. and
before long disappeared entirely. I regained
my lost weight, became stronger, and my ap-
petite greatly improved. l was soon entirely
we'll and my skin as clear as piece of glass.
81. L. MYERS, 100 Mulberry St., Newark, N. J.
Don't destroy all possible chance of a
cure by taking the doctors treatment
OF mercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair to fall out, and will
wreck the entire system
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

The Egyptian women wore bangle
hoops Of gold in their ears, which
were regarded as the wearer' s choicest
possessions, and were parted from only
under direst stress. The golden calf was
supposed to: have been made entirely
from the earrings of the people.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
HE COWED THE BULLY.

Harold E7rcdcric's Encounter With a
Lortzly Prussian Lieutenant.
Harold Frederic self confidence and
power of dominating strangers stood
him in good stead in one of his first
visits-if not his very first visit-to
Berlin. The incident as he related it
seemed natural enough to al American
not brought up in awe of a military
caste, but to those who knew Germany
it was almost surprising that he came
through it with his life. He had been
paying some formal diplomatic calls,
and in the evening dropped in at the
Cafe Bauer in the unwonted glory Of a
frock coat and a tall silk hat. This hat
was carefully hung Oh Il hat stand, and
Frederic sat down to read an English
newspaper just arrived.
Enter particularly fine specimen of
the lieutenant, booted and spurred and
sworded and epauletted. He brushed
against the hat stand, knocked Frederic's
hat over into the sawdust and swag-
gered to his seat without so much as
looking around. The slight to the hat
was more than Frederic could endure.
In towering passion be went to the
lieutenant, stood over him and pointed
to the object on the floor. Pick up
that bat, sir!, bs roareas Ike officer
stared amazed; the walters we're par
alyzed with terror at hearing one so
much more than human so addressed
by civilian. "Pick up that hat!' re-
peated Frederic in tone more menac-
ing than before. And the lieutenant did
what be was told He was as irresisti-
bly, dominated by the courage and force
of the man as a schoolboy before his
master, or perhaps he thought Frederic
carried the customary west American
revolver. Saturday Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
W by, Of Course.

I've called to tell you, sir, that the
photographs you took of US the other
day are not at all satisfactory. Why,
my husband looks like an aper' Well,
madam, you should have thought Of
that before you had him taken -
Household Words.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
The Danger of Disease.

The danger from case of diphtheria
in New York at any season of the year
is far greater than the danger from a
case Of yellow fever in the same place.
Still persons whe would shun street
where a case of yellow fever existed
would deliberately enter the apartment
Of a person suffering from diphtheria.
A serious outbreak of typhoid fever
creates but little CONSERVATION, and the
presence in our midst of innumerab BILE
cases Of tuberculosis, disease which is
responsible for an incredible number of
deaths, is looked upon with Indifference
by the public. The misconception in
regard to the danger from this class of
diseases often renders the efforts of
health officials Intellectual -Alvah, H.
Doty, M. D., in North American Re-
Wow
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

The death penalty is rarely enforced
in Germany, Austria, Denmark or
Sweden. In New York II ont Of IL
murdereTs escape without any punish
ment, and in the United States only one
murderer in 30 suffers capital punish
ment
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Copper Colored
Sp1OtcheS.

There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison-the disease which has
completely baffled the doctors. They
are totally unable to cure it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
up in the blood and concealing it from
view. S. S. S. cures the disease posi-
lively and permanently by forcing out
every trace of the faint.
was afflicted with a terrible blood disease,
which WAS in SPOTS at first. but afterwards
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
MINNEAPOLIS, NEW ULM & SOUTH
WESTERN RAILROAD.
Departure Of Trains.

Departure Of Trains.
No. Il st. Paul, Mpls Pass $50 A. NJ.
No. 81 IT. Paul, Mpls Pass 1l:'0 A. NJ.
No. 33 Winthrop Acc''lation 4 100 P. NJ.
Arrival of iranS
No. 81 Winthrop Acc'dation 100 A. M.
H.. 80 1T. Paul, MoiS p,>S 20 P. NJ.
No. Is ST. Paul, Mpis Pass 9:55 p. NJ.
All Daily Except Sunday.
30. Is arrives Nj ,ls so \. NJ. st Paul
lO:2O A. NJ.
No. Is leaves st. Paul 5 100 P. NJ. Mpls
5:35 P. W.
No change Of cars between New Tim
St. Paul & Mpls.
Close connections for Chicago Mil
waukee and Ill points East.
For full particulars apply to
JOHN RYCZEK. Agent
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21


spread all over my body.
These soon broke out I'M to
sores, and it is easy to
imagine the suffering I
endured. B efOre 1 be.
came convinced that the
doctors could do no good.
I had spent a hundred
dollars, which was really
thrown away. I tn e u
tried various patent
medicines, but they did
not reach the disease
When I had finished my
first bottle of S. S. s. !
was greatly improved
i -: -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
just What He Meant.
.It was a pitch battle, Z lac 81

IT was a pitch battle, : be said.
Pitched. you mean. she correct
ed.
dom mean anything Of the kind, 2
he replied. ST mean pitch. It was a
fight between tars. 2 Chicago Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
s. s. $. F ffs Blood

is PURELY VEGETABLE, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
potash, mercury, Or other mineral.
Books on the disease and it's treat
ment mailed free by Swift Specific Com
pany, Atlanta, Georgia.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
eAnADA As HIS EXEhaspEaa.EAsREsr

Hon. P. S. Grosscup, Federal Judge, Circuit
Court, recently said in an address:
Canada is. in every practical feature o. nde-
pendence as self-gOyerned as if she aciiEONI-
edged no allegia nee 80 the British crown. She
sends no representative to the Parllment huuSe
on the Thames. Great Britain sends none to
the Pertinent house the Ottawa. She pays
no taxes into the British excheguer; she re-
ceives none from any people outside of her own
boundaries. She is touched by no law relating
to her trade, her Developments, or her liberty
assemblies. She axes her own internal AFFAIRS
stands sponsor for her own internal peace and
social order. Her courts are made up from
her own citizens, appointed by authorities,
themselves, of her own citizenship. In every
syllable Of hsr political constitution IN every
self-goyerned people. The British flag is her
flag only by choice, the British crown her
sovereign only in name"
Farm lands are to be had free On
aDolication to
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21


terrier should be examined and, al
though warned repeatedly never to en-
ter such a boiler without an open light,
removed an upper manhole plate and
crawled in upon the braces with an
electric light. He told no one that he
was going into the boiler, and no one
was stationed to assist him in case Of
need His dead body was found half out
and half in the boiler manhole with the
electric light still burning brightly
within the boiler He had evidently
crawled in upon the braces, felt a faint
ness creeping over him and had en-
deavored to regain the open air, but lost
consciousness just as life lay within
his reach, and SO died Of asphyziation.
The air in the boiler had been entire
~ robbed Of its oxygen by the iron of
the she'll in the formation of rust, and
the residuum was unfit to breathe A
lighted candle was snuffed out immedi
atelv upon being thrust into the boiler,
aud this condition prevailed until a
lower manhole plate was removed, when
the heavy gas ran out as water might,
and the air within soon came to be
quite pure. No more vivid illustration
Of the dangers to be encountered in the
care Of ships ahoat and the precautions
necessary to be taken in this duty could
be given than this incident, which
shows that shot and she'll and bursting
steam pipes are not the only dangers
that confront the officers and men OF
Cnc!e Sans navy. New York Sun.
The evening times., 1898-10-26
OPERA HOUSE CoLLAPsEs.
One Man Killed and Several In.
jured.

Newport News. Va, Oct. 26.-The new
opera house while under erection coll
lapsed at o'clock yesterday afternoon
and killed one man and injured several
others. Walter Rogers, in charge of the
men, was killed, and his brother who is
missing, is believed to be under the de-
bris. Henry Newell was dragged out of
the building just before wall fell which
would have buried him. Eyewitnesses
saw man jump from second story win
dow. On striking the ground he fell and
before he could rise again the wall was
upon him A force of men worked at the
ruins till dark. but no trace of any other
victims has been found.
The opera house was large three-story
brick building. 1t was erected by an or
ganization OF colored men, known as the
Columbia Investment Association The
men working on the building and those
who saw the collapse say that the roof
first caved in and its weight on the next
floor caused the walls to spread The
third floor slid to one side and the second
to the other, causing complete destruc-
ton almost to the ground.
The evening times., 1898-10-26
FIVE YEARS A FUGITIVE.
James ID. HalIen Now Under Arrest
for DefrnudinS n Client.

IL
New York, Oct 26.-James D. Hallen,
a lawyer. charged with having fraudu-
lently obtained S23, ,OO0 from Mrs. Florence
Fl. Caldwell in 1893, was arrested yester-
day after being five years a fugitive.
The alleged fraud came to light in De-
cember, 1S93 when an attachment for S23,-
900 in favor of Mrs. Caldwell against
Hallen's property was issued. Mrs. Cald-
well charged that in October Hallen had
obtained from her s2,C0O to be invested IN
shares of the Consolidated Gas and I'm
proyement Company.
1t is said that Hallen later obtained
81. 500 more from her for similar invest
ment, and exhibited what he alleged was
draft Of $4,000, signed by Forman,
which was subsequently asserted TO be 4
forgery.
In 1893 Hallen obtained from Mrs. Cald-
well $1,000, to be invested in a mortgage
on the house of Henry L. Jones. The
mortgage was dated November 9, and
acknowledged November 10. but record
ed only on December ), under pressure
from Mrs. Caldwell. Charles May Mrs
Caldwelrs lawyer, is then said to have
discovered that Mr. Jones signature was
forged. and that he had sailed for Eu-
rope on November s. Hallen disappeared
after that, and, it was alleged. left his
wife penniless. 1t was alleged that he
took away about 10000 belonging to his
clients when he disappeared.
Nothing was heard of Hallen until two
weeks ago. when Capt McClusky, chief
of the detective bureau, was informed by
private detectives. who had not lost sight
of him since his departure from New
York, that he was living on his brothers
farm in Addison, n. Y. His arrest fol-
lowed
The evening times., 1898-10-26
HER FORTUNE TRULY TOLD.
Predictions of Seer to New
Brighton Girl Verified

Brighton Girl Verified.
New York, Oct 26.-Miss Gertrude Koch.
of New Brighton, S. J.. less than two
years ago. following the example of sew
eral Of her girl friends. invoked the mys-
terious powers Of woman fortune teller
The seer looked carefully at the palm of
her visitors right hand, and then told
her that she would take an ocean voyage
and on the journey would meet the man
who would become her husband
He Will be very handsome and
wealthy" she said, ''and in eighteen
months you viii wed him and be very
happy"
Every detail of the phophecy has come
true, II is said.
At the time it was made Miss Koch
paid little attention TO the prophecy She
was then a stenographer in a large mer-
camille house in this city, living in New
Brighton with her grandfather, Mr. Achil-
les, and her mother and brother Angus
tus. Three months later her grandfather.
who is in comfortable circumstances. left
for trip abroad. and took with him his
two grandchildren.
After visiting France Germany and
England, they started home In Septem-
Der, 1897. On board the steamship Au-
gustus struck up an acquaintance with a
tall, gOod-looking young Englishman, and
introduced him to his sister. The young
man was John Sutton Brown a carriage
manufacturer, Of Kingston, Jamaica. Af-
ter landing Mr.. Brown called frequently
upon Miss Koch at her home, and after
he had returned to Kingston corresponded
with her. Last June he came North, pro-
posed and was accepted. Mr.. Brown re-
turned to Jamaica, but came back three
weeks ago.
The couple were married last Monday
evening in the Episcopal Church of New
Brighton A reception followed, and later
MIR. and Mrs. Brown started on a tour