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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-08

Is your liver tired: Does it fail to do
its dutye II SO don't neglect its cali tor
help y few doses CT Herbine NAV save
you spell OF sickness. Herbine Is the
only perfect liver medicine. 1t cures
eflills and tever, IS HI Tucker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-08
Crsp Conditions and Prospects .

The Corn Belt, issued by the
Chicago, Burlington * Quincy Rail
way, has this to say about the crop
in the States named:
Nebraska-The wheat is threshing
out finely, about the lowest yield
being twelve bushels TO the acre.
and the highest thirty bushels, Win
ter and Spring wheat running about
alike on account of the very favor
able early weather for the latter
There have been rumors of hot
winds recently, iujuring corn. There
proves TO be little or nothing in
these reports. Corn is in fine con
dltion in the western part and the
far eastern part of the state. Be
tween Hastings and Lincoln, on the
Burlington route. it does not look
SO we'll. Corn has lacked sufficient
cultivation, ON account of early wet
weather at a time when the work
was most needed to keep down the
weeds. OF reports from fifty six
counties, two say the prospect is
excellent for corn; fifty eight that it
is good, 102 fair, and seventy nine
poor. One declares the crop a
failure.
Iowa-Of 100 reports from thirty
counties eleven say the condition of
the corn is excellent, sixty that it 10
good, eighteen fair and one poor.
As to Winter wheat, thirty eight
reports say the quality is good to
excellent, twenty five that it is fair.
and four poor; aud as to Spring
wheat, thirty eight say good to ex.
cellent, twenty seven good, seventeen
fair and three poor.
Northern Kansas-Of twenty re
ports from seven counties one-half
say the present condition of cora is
good, one-fourth fair aud the others
that the prospect is poor.
Nothern Missouri-Of reports
from twenty-three counties, thirty
FIVE say the present condition of
corn is good to excellent, seventeen
fair and four poor; twenty that it Is
better than last year, nine that it is
the same, and twenty six that it is
worse. A large majority of the re-
ports agree in saying that the crop
is later in maturing this year, be
cause of wet weather at planting
time As to Winter wheat, twenty
three reports say the quality is good
to excellent, and twenty.one that it
is poor.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
WATER OUR TRUE BEVERAGE.
In Sustaining Life 1t Is Next in Inn
portance to the Air We Breathe.


portance to the Air We Breathe.
Water is really our only true bev-
erage. Forming, as it does, three-quar-
ters of the weight of the human body.
it is of the next Importance to the air
we breathe. Milk is a typical food, not
a beverage, and should never be used
as such. 1t is true that it contains
large amount of water, but only suffi-
cient for its digestion.
In very short time the nonwater
drinker becomes sailow, constipated
and uncomfortable. The poison mat
ter that should be dissolved by the free
use of water and carried off in the cir
culation and through the eXcretory or
gans is held in the system; the body
loses weight, the skin becomes dry and
rough, losing its life and brilliancy.
Three-quarters of the weight of the
living body should be water A large
quantity of this water is taken in the
form of green vegetables and fruits.
A healthy person should drink at least
quart and a half of cool (not iced)
water in each "a hours-a glass the first
thing in the morning and the last thing
at night, and the remaining quantity
after or between meals. Infants fire..
quently suffer more from lack of cool
water than from the lack of food-Mrs.
5. T. Rorer in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
THE NEW CREDIT SYSTEM.
Less Trust Put In Human Nature Now
Than Formerly In business.

"There is heap of difference" said
commercial agency man, between
the credit system now and the system
of only few years ago. When | started
in business it was the fashion for the
out-of-town merchant to come to the
market to make his purchases. He
visited the merchant he wanted to buy
goods of, and, whether he knew him
or not, the merchant in five minutes
had made up his mind whether he
wanted to sell goods to him or not and
just the amount and just the length
of credit he wanted to give. In very
few cases was there any investigation
of mans record. The merchant
simply sized his man up and then acted
on his Judgment. The system wasn't
bad, either, for those days, for it was
seldom that a merchant who had had
experience in dealing with men made
a mistake. You could tell then what
a man was after fve-minute talk.
"But to-day, good heavens! you talk
to man five minutes and you probably
know less about him than you did be-
fore you saw him. l mean, of course,
in the matter of business standing. The
merchant who tried to do business on
that plan to-day would be bankrupt in
month If he was worth millions to
start with. The man who comes in
looking for credit to-day gets just ss
good a reception as he did in the old
days, but after he has given his order
and goes away his record is gone over
with a fine-tooth comb before he gets
a cents worth of credit. I don't know
whether human nature has changed so
that it is impossible to tell whether
man is honest now and will keep his
word or not. burt certain it is that you
cant size man up to-day by talking
with him as you used to be able to size
him up. More trouble is taken to-day
to find out the trustworthiness of
man who wants 800 worth of credit
than was taken 20 years ago to looSl up
the trustworthiness of a man who
wanted $4,000 worth Of credit.-N. Y.
Sun
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
THE nERON'S NEST.

Down In the sedge by the river
That flows from the south to the west,
BY the iris blue pennants, a-quiver,
There builded a heron her nest.
With hay from the lowland meadow,
With twig from the forest tree,
Witw moss from the woodland shadow,
She wrought 1t cunningly.
Then, with mother love, she brooded above
And-hark! to the children three.
With the mists of the dawn upcurling
In vaporous wreaths to the sky,
The heron, her wings unfurling,
Went forth from her childern's cry.
when the lamps" she said. "of Heaven
Shall burn o'er the land and the sea,
In the cool of the dewy even
To my home l will hasten me-"
Then, in search of food. went she from her
brood,
And-alas! for the children three,
The eve was fed and the stars had burned
them
Adown to their sockets edge
The dawn was chill, and tho nestlings
turned them
In lone unrest in the sedge.
But home no more came the heron ever
From over the land and the sea-
Through the even song, and the dawning,
never
In all the years came she,
For the bullet had sped, and the heron
dead,
Lay-afar from the children three.
Emma M. Long. in N. Y. Independent.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
HOW ACTORS LEARN PARTS.
Peculiar Methods Are Adopted in
Memorizing the Words.

Actors methods of studying the lines
of part vary. Some memorize quickly.
After a few rehearsals with the book in
hand they know the lines, and no fur
ther effort in that direction is necessary.
Others burn much midnight oil in ac7
quiring the authors words. Some never
learn them. Others pace up and down
the stage, repeating the words monot-
onously, and a few go through every ac-
ton of the play while studying. Each
gesture and movement suggests line.
After a few rehearsals the stage man
ager notifies the actors that they must
be "rorgh perfect" by the next time,
The actors respond by knowing about
one line out of five They walk around
holding the books behind them, like bad
boys a school.
When the stage managers back is
turned they take peep. In this man.
ner they get through the ordeal. Some
times the stage manager discovers the
deception. He is wrathy, but the actors
take the matter good-naturedly. When
the actor is playing at the same time
that a new part is to be learned, re-
hearsed and costumed he has little time
to spare.
Learning part is harder for a wom-
an than for a man. The actress returns
from the theater about midnight. She
sits up late, studying the lines, and in
the morning she goes to rehearsal. In
the early stages of preparation of play
the rehearsals last from about IL
o'clock in the morning until four or five
in the afternoon. The remainder of the
day is devoted to the costumer. When
the hours for rehearsal have been re-
duced the afternoons are spent fitting
on dresses and in the selection of bon
nets and the various articles of an ac-
tress attire. These matters occupy the
afternoon usually, and allow only time
for a hasty dinner before the actress
must hurry off to the theater.
Added to the physical strain is
mental one. The actress is "in state
as she expresses it, just prior TO pro-
duction. The role is disappointing, the
dresses do not fit, "the bonnet is fright
and the stage manager is insolent.'-
Chicago News.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
kLONDlkE POKER.
One Man scOoped in Pot of $40
900 in Dust.

A poker game in which the players
bet two-quart jars and kerosene cans of
gold dust took place recently in Daw-
son City, the metropolis of the newly
discovered Klondike region. Jack
Thompson tells about it. Jack is man
who is known throughout the west. He
has been q faro dealer and miner, a
deputy sheriff and deputy marshal.
at was at Dawson City. Three of the
crowd started game of poker one night
in a saloon. Gradually the crowd grew
until there were five in the game.
Money, that is, coined money, is
scarce in that region, so dust and mug
gets were used. At the start of the
game white sheets of note paper were
spread on the table and when a man
would ante he would put in a pinch of
dust.
FINALLY the break came. Sandy
Mcleod, who hadgone into the country
as sergeant of mounted police, was one
of the players. He was dealt a hand
that seemed to suit him. After the bet
he turned to his pack, and, lifting out a
two-quart jar of gold, said; Traise you
that
"The next man was Joe Hollingshead
n Texan, the discoverer of the Bonanza
creek camp. Joe never moved a muscle
but saw the bet and raised il another
jar. The next man was a Swede, and he
passed out. The last man, the dealer
hesitated long, but finally tossed his
cards in the center also. The opener
saw the raise and lifted il another jar
Then he lay back complacently. San
dy' hesitated not n second, but reached
for his outfit again and produced car
of dust. This he calmly hoisted on the
table, together with the jar 60 see the
other raise, remarkng; Raise you Q
cam
"Hollngshead promptly saw the bet
Nearly all the three men had was on the
table and we knew the end was near
ain the deal the first man took two
cards. Sandy took two also, and Joe
took but one.
SANDY had no more oil cans OF
gold, but he had two jars full, and Joe
had an equal amount. A show dowr
was demanded Sandy had three aces
a queen and a Jack, and Joe had fouI
kings and an ace
"How much gold was on that table al
one time? Figure IL for yourself.
should estimate. however, that therS
was about $4,000 worth."-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15

Two years later the bubble had burst
and the canal company was hopeless
lyinsolvent. Ithad furnished much work
and little pay to Fred and to hundred
other settlers as unsophisticated as he.
The canal was incomplete; not a drop
of water had ever reached the parched
soil upon the little knoll they called
their home. Even the customary rainy
season HAD failed them, and the effort
to raise a crop of grain upon their small
holding had resulted only in loss of Ia
Dor and of seed. The wife had been
hopeful and helpful until the baby came
to the cabin for little time and thence
to a neighboring cemetery. Now she
was very i'll, and Fred was impover-
ished.
The old farmer had foreclosed on his
blanket mortgage, and already with
his gang plows was restoring the big
field to its former aspect. The cabins
that dotted it here and there, if not re-
moved by The settlers, were torn down
when the plows reached them. and only
ragged board piles and mounds of earth
where cellars had been dug marked
their former sites.
Fred took his wife TO hospital in the
county town and she died there.
In few months the winter rains will
transform all the landscape into fields
Of living green, Then, out Of the abaD-
doned colony, the little cellar mounds
at each cabin site will look like sodded
graves.
Fred is In the Highland asylum.
But the promoter fares sumptuousiy
every day.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
The Exodus of Squirrels.

tits said that every few years the gray
squirrels that abound in the vicinity of
Baraboo, Wis, gather In droves and mi
CRATE. The last exodus occurred eight
years ago, when thousands Of these ami
mails made their way southwark. The
exodus was repeated this fall, and the
woods surrounding Baraboo were alive
with them. They travel at the rate Of
about half a mile a day, and the migra-
tion period lasts about two weeks.
Nothing stops them on their route
Northwest Magazine.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15

People whose eloquence reveals rds'
eality are always said by the rascals
20 stalk too r''sch ~. Y. Independ-
ent.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
Wakefulness in Sleep.

On going to bed a man recalled that
he must rise the next day at eight, at
the same time forgetting that his clock
was half an hour fast. In the middle of
the night he awoke, and on looking at
his clock remembered that 1t was half
an hour fast, and that consequently he
must wake not when the clock struck
eight, but half an hour later. He then
fell into a sound slumber until he felt
himself disturbed by some unknown
cause. He started up with the dread
that he had awakened too late, but,
looking at his clock he saw that IL
pointed exactly to half-past eight.
Thus, in spite of deep sleep, the sleep
er's attention not only followed the
course of time, but even corrected the
error of the clock, the man sleeping
soundly while the clock struck eight
and awaking when the hand silently
pointed to the half hour-Sleep, Its
phvsioloov Etc
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15

In one of the hot interior valleys of
California, on a still June morning, a
vast field of ripe barley spread out on a
rolling plain, at the base of the butte,
like a great copper-colored blanket. 1t
was as though the towering mountain
had risen suddenly from sleep and flung
aside his covering. A harvesting ma
chime, itself well proportioned to the
largeness of the task, moved slowly
along the margin of the grain field, un-
raveling the blanket in strips 20 feet
wide. This modern evolution of the
sickle and the fail cut the grain, threshed
1t, put it into sacks, and scattered the
straw. Forty mules, eight abreast,
tugged and sweated at their task as they
dragged the machine upon the long
slope. A cloud of protesting locusts in
front, a dust and chaff cloud following
these with the four mem of the crew
were all the life and all the movement
within the prospect.
This is a fine morning. don't
think" said the man at the water-butt,
putting his head into bucketful. rs
that breeze never a-eoming? I've seen
the sand-augers down the valley for an
hour"
Hand me up a can of that stuff and
don't get impatient" replied the driver.
at is only about ten o'clock You'll
have chance to sizzle for an hour yet"
The machine groaned and numbered
along 10 the next corner, where halt
gave the kicker a chance to resume:
Say, is this place actually hotter than
every other place?"
"Oh, l don't know" was the re-
joinder; but l know you will think so
wherever you happen to be, in this
world or the next one"
mo wonder the old man has sold this
ranch for just about money enough to
oil the machine one season"
"What do you mean? / heard eight
dollars an acre"
"He told me himself that he got only
500 cash and gave two years time. l
reckon he will get the land back He
sold il twice before"
'If he does get the land again he'll be
out two crops of grain" persisted the
kicker.
"Much you know about il, said the
driver. II tell you the old man is a
weather sharp. He figures on a couple
Of dry seasons after this big crop. He
will save his seed and rest up the land,
get a small payment or two from these
fellows. and in about three years
we will be cutting him the big
gest crop he ever raised, with the mules
a-sweating and you a-kicking at every
corner, just like now"
whats the lay, anyhow" asked the
oiler.
"Why, haven't You heard about it?"
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
Lemons ms a Food ana Remedy.

The uses of lemons are manifold, and
the more we employ them the better we
shall find ourselves. For all people, in
sickness or in health, lemonade is not
only "A safe but remarkably pleasant
drink. 1t a specific against worms and
skin complaints The pippins crushed
may also be mixeu with water and used
as a drink. Lemon juice is the best anti
scorbutic remedy known; it not only
cures the disease, but. what Is better
than cure, it is a preventive. Sailors
make a daily use Of it for that purpose.
II is a good thing to rub the gums daily
with lemon juice to keep them in a
healthy condition. 1t prevents chill
blains. Lemons used in intermittent
fevers is mixed with strong, hot black
tea or coffee without sugar. Neuralgia
may be cured by rubbing the part af-
fected with a lemon. II is valuable also
TO cure warts and 70 destroy dandruff
on the head ny rubbing the roots of the
hair with it-N. Y. Ledger
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
Breaking IL Gradually,

She-And will you write to me. dear
est, every day after you go back to the
city?
He-Darling, haven't you heard tha.
ink Is full Of The most deadly mierobes7
N. y Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15

said the driver; the game Is a big
ditch around the side of that butte, and
another garden of Eden blossoming
out right here where we are standingl'
"0h" said the oiler
"oh, the deuce!" said the kicker.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15

A shepherd of Chambery, Savoy,
employs a horse instead of a dog 20
keep the herd together. The horse
understands the orders given him and
carries them out as inteu' gently as the
hest-trained dog
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
0 e0Ae>e~e~eo~e>S~0>e o. o
{: THE PROMOTER. a!
S~OO-0-O-~-N
D By G. B. Dunham. I
o~O%e~w&eea@s%0~S@u
THE SCHEME of the California Con-

THE SCHEME of the California Con-
solidated Ditch company COM
prised a dam across a mountain stream,
a storage reservoir, a canal several
miles in length curying around the base
of a granite butte, and farmers galore
upon the subjacent plain. The COM
pany was capitalized at $1,000000, and
its sole assets consisted of articles of in
corporation, office furniture, and pro-
moter. This may seem high inventory
value for promoter, but good one is
worth it, and this man certainly had his
work cut out for him. .
With an empty treasury, 1t became
necessary to reverse the rule obtaining
III similar engineering operatic of be-
ginning at the head of the works, and to
secure first the land, secondly the set
tiers, and lastly the water. The lands
included in this proposition We're in
use as grain fields and sheep ranges, and
as such were valued at but few dol
lars per acre. With water for irrigation,
they could be subdivided into ten-acre
1fulJ 1dGlllS ana SOIu IOE SU-IOlu lDelF
present value. The problem before the
promoter was to buy these lands with
cut money, to sell them without water,
and to get rich from a commission of Is
per cent. The company's problem was
to build the irrigation works out of the
proceeds of land sales, and to pay for
the land later from money received for
water tolls. The promoters instruc-
tions were Biblical: "What thou hast
to do, do quickly" But on long time,
sell for cash or good paper. The opera
tom was to be equivalent to kiting
checks on a grand scale. If they sue
ceeded, they were fnanciers; if they
failed, scamps.
"Fail?" quoth the promoter. Itisn't
on the cards. Within two years we shall
have every ten-acre tract sold and i'm
proved; in five years we shall be ship
ping fruit by the train Load. 1t is the
chance of a lifetime to secure, at nomi-
nal cost, a home in the citrus belt"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09
4f1-2 by $50 Ft.,withtlie
Brick Store Thereon.
SITUATED AT THE NORTHEAST COR
NER OF CARY AND LOMBARDY
STREETS.

Katie Smith, plaintiff, against 7. j.
Smith, Jr., ct ais. defendants: In the
Law ard Equity Court Of the city OF
Richmond; decree Of July 90 1897.
In pursuance OF the decree Ia the above
mentioned suit the undersigned thereby
appointed for the purpose, VIII sell Dy
auction. upon the premises, on
MONDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF OCTO-
BIER. 1888, at o'clock =. NJ.
the above mentioned PROPERTY, at
the northeast corner of Cary and Lom-
bariy streets, fronting on the north line
Of Cary street Al II feet and extending
back between parallel lines $50 feet. TINS
property possesses a bright future and
should attract the attendance OF money
makers.
TERMS: -One-f fourth cash. the residue
in equal installments at six, twelve ana
eighteen months, the purchaser 10 giNo
negotiable notes for the deferred pay
ments, with 6 per cent interest added,
FROM day Of sale, and the title to be re-
tained until all the purchase money Is
paid, and a conveyance is ordered by the
court. w. =. khDDN,
Special Commissioner
In the Law and Equity Court OF the city
OF Richmond:
Katie Smith ........................Pl Plaintiff.
against
T. ]. Smith. Jr.. ct ais Defendants.
!. 2. y. Winston, clerk Of said Court,
certify that the bond required Of the Spe-
cial Commissioner by the decree In said
cause OF July 20. 1897. has been duly given.
Given under my hand this 3lst day OF
July. 1897. z. y. WINSTON.
Clerk.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09

'RUSTEES AUCTION SAIL
IN FRONT OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09

FOR RENT DESIRABLE DWELLING
HOUSE. 40. 10 north Fourth street,
containing eight rooms. Rent moderate.
aprfv ai iOG east Franklin street oc9
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09

BY virtue of certain deed OF trust
dated June j.. 1896. TO the undersigned.
trustee. duly recorded In clerk office OF
the Richmond Chancery Court, j. Is. los
&C." page 17J. default having neen made
in payment Of "a part of the debt thereby
secured, and being required so TO do by
the beneficiary under said deed l shall
proceed TO sell, by public auction upon
the premises, on 100,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, ls9S
at5P NJ. the aforementioned property.
The improvements are all in good conul-
ton. and besides the CORNER STORE,
which is an excellent stand for BAR OK
GROCERY. with good dwelling apart
ments attached, there is a good COM
Portable detached dwelling in the rear OF
this store, on the same lot, fronting on
ADAMS STREET. The lot commences
pt the southeast corner Of Adams ana
Canal SITS, and fronts on the southeast
line of Canal street 10 feet
inches and extending back 100 feet deep
10 an alley I'm common 16 feet wide
TERMS. Cash as TO costs and expenses
of executing this trust, all past-due
taxes. city and State, and insurance with
note Of $50. due June II, 1873. and IN
terest thereon to day of sale; balance as
NAV lie announced at sale.
CHARLES A. ROSE,
oc6 trustee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09
BY r. b. Chaffin & Co, Incptd,
Real Estate Auctioneers,
No. l n. Tenth St.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
4 OF
VALUABLE FARM NEAR THE CITY
or MANCHESTER, ON PETERS
BURG ROAD.

Under a deed OF trust, dated August 80
1895. and of record in the clerk once
of Chesterfield County Court in ID. Il. 81,
page 4O4. default having been MADE IN
the payment Of money therein secured secured
and being so required by the note-holders'
we will sell, by public auction, on the
premises on ,,,,.,r, - -ooo
w ~ he land described I'm said deed,
as containing 100 acres on the east size
of the Petersburg turnpike about lW9
niles from the city of Manchester, and
adioining the lands Of f. G. Ruhin and
Chamberlayne. with Improvements. t mere
an and is the same real estate conveyed
10 II s. Purdy by Thomas Woods eng
wife, less 16 37-l00 acres part tnereol;;
heretofore released irom tho salu uo0' ~
i TERMS Cash as to expenses :, a aad 20 70
30 thereof. from September :, le5si pal,
pnce uDon easy terms, to be announce
al Sale' Il. d. STARKE.
Trustees.
X. s. Oh"'i'' oci