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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08
Captain Bob Has II New Story,

ErOm Leslie's Weekly.
Everyone who meets Captain Rob
sy d. Evans quickly learns that he
hsIikes being called Fighting
Sob" Not many men have the
3aoul.y of putting things in as pic
Suresque fashion as Captain Evans.
The naval lessons taught by the war,
ae thinks, are that we should con
sinue to have the best ships, the
BEST guns and the best ammunition
ahtsinable. With these, as we have
]he best men, the navy will continue
SO increase it's glories. Capt. Evans
says that when the ships of Spain
same out of Santiago harhor they
we're in position TO ram any of the
American vessels. The Spaniards
made no attempt in that direction,
aad Captain Evans believes that
they were So thoroughly ratified that
they just started TO run out of the
way as hard as they could" The
Captain tells the following exciting
accident of the naval battle of Santi
ago, which is now published for the
irst time: Captain Taylor of the
Indiana, which was closest in toward
The Spaniards, caught sight of their
torpedo boats, and thought the rest
Of us couldn't see them. He ran up
She signal. 'Enemy's torpedo boats
coming out Dick Wainwright, in
charge of the Gloucester. misread
ahe signal. He took it to be Gunboat
attack the enemY's torpedo boats.
He started right in after those tor.
Pedo boats, aud We came near sink
'ng the Gloucester. I said to myself
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08

ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED everywhere
n for The Story of the Philippines bv Au-
rat Halstssd, commissioned by The govern
ment eficiai historian TO the war depart
mont. The book was written in armv camps
81 san Francisco, on the Pacific with General
Merritt, in the hospitals 81 Honolulu, in Hong
Kong in the American trenches at Manila in
the fnsurgent camps with Aguinaldo on the
deck OF the Olympia with Dewey, and in the
roar of battle at the fall of Manila Bonanys
for agents. Brimfui Of original pictures taken
by government photographers on the spot.
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q 81 war books. Outft free. Address r
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WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE.
Farmers Lead in Legislature, With Lawyers
a Close Second.

dihiClo ICau IA GCS io'olutCg WIN Law C'S
a Close Second.
Jefferson City, Me, Dec. IAN
examination of the newly electe d
Missouri Legislature reveals some
surprising results There will be in
the new Legislature 105 democrats
and sixty-two republicans. There
will be just seven more farmers than
lawyers. While the farmers have an
overwhelming majority in the house,
the lawyers Will have verything
their own way in the senate. The
figures run this way: Ia the senate,
lawyers II, farmers Z; in the house,
lawyers 35, farmers So.
OF the thirty-four senators only
eight will be strangers to legislative
methods. In the lower house mex
perienced Legislators will have bru-
tai majority, aud if they organic
parliamentary law will be a back
number There viii be in the lower
house just eighty men who never
sat in a legislative body, and of the
new members ths farmers have the
same easy lead as ia the total mem
bership
After the farmers aud lawyers
come the physicians, who number
twelve in the house and one in the
senate. About the entire list of oc
equations is exhausted in the legis-
lative membership Here will be
the businesses and professions rep
resented: Farmer, lawyer, baker,
merchant, architect, hotel keeper,
real estate agent, molder, caterer,
lumber dealer, physician, account
ant, druggist, teacher, miner, stock
man, editor, cooper, carpenter, su
perintendsnt OF sidewalks, publisher,
coal dealer, superintendent street
railway company, banker, commercial
broker, abstracter, vintager, book
keeper and insurance agent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08
@. HACEDORN.
WANTED.

The Post-Dispatch wants al
Agent in every hamlet, every VII
Iage, every town. every city. This
is the opportunity Of lifetime to
establish profitable business. 1t
costs nothing to try. You can get
the support Of your leading citizens,
who will be only too glad to see you
start.
The Post-Dispatch is in great de-
mand. It's great paper. It's a
member of the Associated Press No
other st. Louis evening paper enjoys
this distinction. The Post-Dispatch
has war correspondents at all points
of interest and with the fleets now IN
the Pacific and Cuban waters.
By mail only 60 cents a month,
Write at once for particulars.
Address,
The POst-Dispatch,
ST LOUIS, MO.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08
Confess the Murder.
ton ago

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 1-Will
johnson, colored arrested at Mount
Sterling Yesterday, admits that he
is the murderer of Jupiter Lewis,
vice president of the colored fair as
ISOLATION, who was found dead on
Third street, fortnight ago
Robert Rowland, n jail hsre
charged with completely in the muir
der, ac&no wledges that johnson
was his companion, and says that he
tried to convict Dennis Smith, an
innocent boy, to shield johnson.
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Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given 10 all creditors
and al others interested in the estate Of
R H. Sproul, deceased, that We, n.
Z. CockreI and J. &. Sproull.
executors OF said estate, intend 70
make final settlement thereof, az the
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18th day OF November, 1895.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT VS.. HUMANITY.
Carnegie Prods Mckinley by Quoting His
Words to Congress, ForcibIe Acqui-

Carnegie Prods Mckinley by Quoting Hi:
Words to Congress, ForcibIe Acqui-
sition Is Criminal Aggression"
In his third open letter 10 the
Post Dispatch Andrew Carnegie re-
sews his efforts to keep the republi,
san party, of which he j 5 SO conspic
szous q member, in line with its
declarations. He puts this question:
is he president Mckinley who
3old Congress 'forcible acquisition is
sziminal aggression to become the
greatest criminal aggressor of all? .
y Telegraph TO Editor Of tie Post-Dispatch
New York, Dec. 1.-The first act
VI the drama ends at Paris-the
Yartain falls.
An ancient and illustr!ous nation,
ae discoverer of the new world,
Jnoe the mightiest Of empires, has
5een overthrow by Young giant,
SIZE proclaimed champion of The
oppressed, the deliverer,' whose
4sen sword is drawn not for aggran
,kzsment, but for Humanity.
The second act shifts to Manila,
ne curtain is soon to rise
What is the second act to show?
That is still to be revealed.
Is the deliverer TO deliver" true |
10 his vow, or is he 10 prove false?
b humanity still his sovereign or
gelish gain his idol? Is 1.-The cham
pson" to DO welcomed by the
oppressed or to be himself the "op-
gressor?" Are the volunteers to
snain or demand prompt return
9sace having been declared?
Are the native soldiers to hail the
sdeliverer" or find in him an enemy?
Is 1ne President to appear, pro
claiming himself only the protector
oFGna island, that they may securely
establish independence, or is he to
attempt the thorny task of wrench
ing the lands of the Filipinos from
ihem to keep the people subject to
his sway?
Is ,la who told Congress, Torcible
acquisition is criminal aggression
Do become the greatest criminal
sggressor of all, and paso into his
orory to be pilloried there, the first
american President 80 to pass as
eoal with dishonor2
Upon these factors rests the plot
Of the second act, which still lies
1pon the laps of the gods
May the evil spirits fall which
Tempt men and nations to tread the
Degrading path of shame, and may
ssie good gods prevail! which hold
1oly guard over men and nations and
lsep them in the narrow path of
1onor, that the great republic, to
which men of other lands have
1therto looked for high example,
nay not be disgraced, and that her
s1ns may find in her history no page
which brings to their cheeks the
2ush of shame,
ANDREW CARNEGIE
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08
ONE GLASS OF WINE.
Persons Who Think That IT Changed
Course of Politics IN This Country q

Course Of Politics IN This Country
Atlanta Constitution.
1t is said that single glass 0
wine probably wrecked the demo
cratic party IA 1860. The story il
worth telling, After the breaking
up Of the national democratic con
vention at Charleston the party il
| Georgia held a state convention
Great excitement prevailed The
leaders OF ths party could not agree
It was critical period.
The majority report indorsed the
seceders or boilers at Charleston,
while the minority report opposed
their action The leading cham
pion of the minority was Herschel
Y. Johnson, and his followers were
confident that his eloqusnce and
logic would carry the day.
1t is quite likely that such would
have been the case but for an IN
fortunate mishap. Ex Governor
Johnson began his speech before
the noon adjournment on the sec
ond day, and concluded after din
ner.
Old men who remember that
speech say that it was & powerful ar
gument, and the impression gained
ground that after the noon recess the
speaker would demolsh his oppo
nents with q few sledge, hammer
blows.
But the over confident friends of
the minority report were doomed to
disappointment. Johson felt the
strain of the morning session so
much that he was unable to eat any
dinner, and he took glass of WINE
upon an empty stomach to strength
en- himself This was a fatal mis-
take. That one glass of wine per
haps changed the destiny of nation!
The great orator resumed his
speech, but the wine had nause ated
him. lie was hsz7, verbose and I'M
Ineligible at timss His style and
argument lacked vigor, consistency
and posltiveness. His friends look
ed at one another in despair. The
men on the other side were exultant.
It was evident that the speaker had
damaged his own cause.
Then Howell Cobb and Henry r.
Jackson followed each other for the
majority report. They spoke with
an air of expectant triumph and cap
tured the convention.
The majority report was adopted.
1t is unnecessary to follow the his
tory of the next few weeks. The
national democracy was completely
disrupted and put two tickets in the
field Lincoln was elected ard the
country plunged into a civil war,
Had Johnson succeeded in inducing
the Georgia convention to adopt his
conservative ideas, it is safe to say
that other southern states would
have fallen into line with our com
monwealth, and the national demo
cratic party would have remained
united.
This is the story Of what a little
glass of wine did It ruined a great
party, caused disastrous war, and
besides the loss of life, cost the
south over $4,000, 100000 Perhaps
this is rather speculative, bat there
are many who believed it a genera.
ton ago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-08

That dark brown taste and horrid
Or cath YOU have in the morning is caus-
I'd BY an inactive liver; some medicine
relieves tor awhile; others tor a few days
Sat Herbine cures. vt II. l.. fuckers
drugstore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
Poultry Diseases.

The poultry yard is affected by many
diseases, but they are nearly all prevent
able if care and watchfulness be exercised
as a matter of habit. For example, such
diseases as distemper, canker and roup
give a good deal of trouble, and yet if
slight colds were promptly met by drop
ping a dozen aconite pellets, such as are
used in homeopathic practice, into a quart
of drinking water. and letting the fowls
have access to it, the diseases named
would rarely appear. 1t is pretty hard to
tell anybody how to treat roup after it
has actually broken out In the flock, but
if colds are not permitted to pave the
way for it, It. is not likely to break out.
If plenty of good sharp grit Is constantly
kept before the fowls a host of diseases
that have indigestion at the bottom of
them will be reduced TO minimum. Poul-
try is hard to treat for diseases and in
dividual value is so low that it would not
pay anyhow to be constantly doctoring
but il the means are taken to keep the
fowls in health and vigor they will have
good resisting power and will not need
doctoring: If the house is cleaned daily
and the water supply IS kept pure, no
scum being allowed to accumulate in the
drinking vessels, a long step is taken in
the direction of maintaining good health,
and IL the lice and mites are held in
check there will be few of those mys-
terious ailments that make the poultry
keeper so 'unlucky." A good many peo-
pie who are a little careless think that
success with poultry is chiefly matter
of luck, but those who succeed best know
that il is almost entirely a matter of care.
Many say that they took the best of care
and vet their flock did not thrive, but If
the management be scrutinized 1t is al
most always possible to see where good
care was lacking. 1t is the man or wo-
man who is thoroughly acquainted with
the flock and is able TO detect the first
symptoms of bad condition and correct it
that succeeds. Nobody does well with
poultry who doctors diseases; the sue
cessful prevent them,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

our Southern climate to give an abundance
OF nutritious food during the months of
winter and early spring, and if we would
devote little more thought and attention
to this subject great many of the hard
ships experienced by our range stock dur
ing the winter could be mitigated The
Mississippi experiment station has re-
Gently issued q report, as bulletin No. A.
on the winter pastures grown on that sta
ton, and has given special attention to
hairy vetch, turf oats and alfalfa. The
report claims that more and better graz
ing has been obtained from sowing the
hairy Yetch and turf oats together, Than
either when sown separately. The seed
ing should be done in August or Septem-
Der; one and a half bushels of the oats
and one bIshel of the Vetch seed per acre
being used. The two plants make a hap
py combination, both mature about the
same time, and while the oats is an ex-
haustive crop, the other viii add more
fertility to the soil than will be removed
by the oats. During the harvesting of the
crop in June enough seed of both will be
shattered out on The land to perfectly
reseed the field. Such was the experience
on the Mississippi station, and with the
first rains in the fan the seed of both oats
and vetch came up, perfectly covering
the land with green mat of oats and
vetch to a depth of six inches, and fur
nishing excellent grazing for cattle. In
experimenting with alfalfa, better results
were invariably secured from fall than
from spring seeding; the seed being
recommended TO be sown in August or
September and at the rate of twenty
pounds per acre. The report advises that
great care should be taken in turning
cattle or sheep on an alfalfa pasture, for
the reason that this plant when young
and tender, if wet from rains or heavy
dews, will produce "bloat' in these ami
mails. 1t does not however. have this
effect upon horses or hogs, and hogs will
keep in good condition on alfalfa pasture
with little other feed. When cattle or
sheep are to be put on an alfalfa meadow,
they should be well fed and watered,
and allowed to remain on this pasture
for only a short time at first. This pre-
caution being taken, the liability to bloat
win be greatly reduced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
Growing squnshes.

The squash is a heavy feeder and must
have an abundance of fertilizer to do well,
says the American Agriculturist. Apply
ing wood, fine, well rotted barnyard man.
ure Is the best method of furnishing plant
food. At the outset do not think of saw
ing manure. If you can possibly get it,
apply not less than ten cords to the
acre. Put the bulk of ii
on broadcast, blowing it in, reserving only
one good shovelful to place in each hill.
Let the hills be made ten feet apart each
way. 1t is important to allow plenty of
room, as crowding means an excess of
vines and a loss of fruit. Plant not fewer
than ten seeds per hill, as 1t as necessary
to allow for some losses from depreda-
tons of bugs. or course not over three
or four good strong plants are to be left
in each hill.
The squash is badly troubled by at least
three forms of insect life. The striped
yellow beetles come first and the farmer
must be on the lookout for them, since
often during an hour or two of a bright
sunny day these pests win ruin every
ylant in a hill. They seem to issue from
the earth in legions and pounce upon the
tender leaves as soon as they peep out of
the ground. Land plaster, with the adj
diton of little kerosene oil, Is the remedy
for these insects. Add a couple OF table
spoonfuls of kerosene to two-quart mea-
sure of the plaster, thoroughly mixing.
Next comes the black or brown bug,
which smells so extensively. Place some
bits of wood. as shingles. around each hill
and these bugs will collect beneath them
to pass the night and may therefore be
caught and killed each morning. The
third great enemy the squash has Is the
cutworm This is an insect difficult to
find until the mischief has been done. The
best preventive measure is the use of wood
ashes and lime in the squash hills and
about the vines. 1t Is well to change the
land upon which squashes are grown about
every year. to, in some measure, escape
the many insect pests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
TROOPS ON THE SHIPS,
Soldiers Held Several Days in a
SweItering Sun.

From Tampa (Fla) Tribune, June 10.
The army is stl waiting for orders to
move, but the place of waiting has been
transferred from the camps in Tampa TO
the transport ships now at Port Tampa.
There are 2S of these ships crowded with
men, horses, mules, wagons, siege guns,
light artillery and supplies, and for three
days they have been lying at anchor In
Tampa Bay, or lied TO the docks at Port
Tampa.
Last Wednesday afternoon everything
was about ready for departure when or
ders came from Washington, postponing
the sailing of the expedition. No explain
alton was given, and If any of the army
oEicefs IN Tampa were informed of the
significance of the delay, they have kept
the information to themselves.
On Thursday and Friday some of the
troops on a few of the transports were
given permission to go ashore, and they
gladly aVailed themselves of such permis-
sion, for with the large number of men on
the ships it is a hard matter for all to
ind protection from the sun, and at the
same time to be in the fresh air. On the
ships in the stream there was coasidera-
bic suffering, and the men who came
ashore said 1t was almost impossible 10
sleep between decks a night on account Of
NNAA-c
er.
Yesterday afternoon the visitors to Port
Tampa, (and there We're a large number
Of them) witnessed a novel sight. There
were ten or twelve steamships lying In the
canal and fifteen others anchored in the
bay, and all OF the vessels were crowded
with men. The men were standing sitting,
and lying around on the decks of the YES
sells, and The rigging of each vessel swarm
ed with soldiers. The men had to stay on
| board, and the only thing they had 10 do
to pass away the time. was to watch what
was going on on the railroad docks
The scenes transpring on the docks We're
well worth witnessing. There was hurry.
| hustle and confusion everywhere. Several
| thousand soldiers, white and colOred were
| going back and forth from the steamers
at the end of the pier Officers of the army
| were moving about giving orders; the en-
! ploycs Of the railroad company were hard
! at work moving freight, ladies and gen
tlemcn were walking about taking in the
| sights, and chatting with the army officers
! Mingiing with the crowd were quite a num-
| Der Of foreign army officers i'm full uni
! form, sent here by their respective gov
ernments to go with the army Of invasion
to watch the conduct OF the campaign
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

as formerly, but in the South there has
been no noticeable decrease. The flies suck
the blood from the animals and cause a
large decrease In the milk supply. Sucn
being the case the matter of prevention
becomes of much Importance.
Remedies for this insect must be either
the application to the animals of some sub
stance to keep the flies off, or some sub
stance used to kill the flies and thus lessen
their number In that particular locality. 1
have found that the best application to
apply to the animals for keeping off the
flies consists of two parts OF any cheap
oil and one part Of thin tar, to which
may be added a little crude carbolic acid.
This should be applied to the backs and
sides of the animals by means of large
brush and win keep off the flies for about
four days.
The method which we practice for kill
ing the flies consists of a spray of kero-
sene mechanically mixed with mater or
a kerosene emulsion applied at milking
time at night. The mechanical mixture
is obtained by means of a special KNAPP
sack pump for such purpose. To make
the emulsion take one part of sour milk
and two parts of kerosene, run through a
spray pump, pumping the mixture back
into itself. When thoroughly mixed dilute
with nine parts of water. The cattle should
be given daily spraying with the emul-
sion for a period of eight days, after which
the flies will have almost entirely disap-
peared and the spraying need not be again
repeated until the flies become numerous.
One series of sprayings during a season is
generally sufficient, however. In a dairy
herd the spraying method is much the
best remedy, as 1T viii kill out the flies IN
that particular locality and as a rule they
will not go from one herd TO another I'M
less two herds are thrown together.