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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

In delegate convention held in
the opera house in Osceola, IT'S rep
resentatives of the taxpayers in
every township decided by vote of
50 to 50 to permit their county
judges TO submit the question of
compromise of the debt to a vote of
the people. This proposition pro-
vides that the question TO be voted
upon shall be this: Shall the railroad
bond debt be compromised for
S231,OO0?
The convention was called to order
by Harvey Mckinley, first cousin
of President Mckinley, a populist,
and for years bitter opponent of
the holders of the county bonds.
He was ready to sempromise to day
however. He stated the case as fol-
lows:
est. Clair county voted bonds to
the amount of S25o,OOO in 1870 to
aid the building of branch of the
Tebo and Neosho railroad from
Clinton to Oscsola. Aftsrward the
county redeemed $4,000 of the
bonds, leaving S231,OOO outstand-
ing. The company that got the
bonds went broke and never built
the road. You see then that we
don't owe a cent, but we are getting
tired of having our county court
hiding out in the brush and paying
them 80 a day for lodging United
States marshals. The bondholders
want S1,50O,0CO, counting interest.
Judge Philips says we ought TO
settle fer 100000, but nobody in
this county will pay more than the
face value of the old bonds"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
Country School Gradu.,,.,

Pupils who expect to take III.
animation for country school grad
alton should remember that the las,
examination of the year is to be bsls
Saturday, May Doth, and Saturd,.
May 9th. 1t will be necessary !,
attend both Saturdays. Ask Won.
teacher for particulars; teacher a.
township committeeman. The plso.
of examination to be Determined ~
the committeeman and chairman u
each district.
CLIFTON b RAYBouRx,
School Commissions,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
kirksvlIIe Mystery Solved

Kirksville, Mo May 5.-The por-
ton of woman's scalp which was
found in a gunny sack in Bear Greek,
three miles from KirksYille, yester.
day, has been identified as that OF
Mrs, Panshott, who was killed in
the tornado of Thursday, April q
The childrsn's clothing, which was
also foand in the sack, is said to
have belonged to the children of
Mrs. Panshott, and were torn from
their dead bodies by the force of
the wind.
The mangled bodies were placed
in a sack and prepared for burial,
say the relatives of Mrs Paushott,
but somebody stole the CHASTITY
package, Finding the contents worse
than worthless, the thief evidently
dropped his load into the creek,
where it was found by movers.
She riff Blacklsdge is convinced
that this is the solution of the mys-
terry, and the investigation has been
dropped.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

It is Just about as hard to induce a
confirmed invalid, especially one suffer
ing with weakness of the lungs, to take
the first step to health. There is lack
of confidence, and perhaps a crushing
experience of a former failure which
depresses and discourages the sufferer.
In spite OF doubts and fears you will
take the first step TO health when you
take the first dose of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery It never fails to
help. In uinety-eight cases out OF one
hundred It never fails to cure. Never
mind about the symptoms. Obstinate
cough, bleeding of the lungs, splitting Of
blood, crnaciatiOn. nigft-sweats, cOndi-
tons which if neglected or uTlskillfully
treated terminate IN consumption, have
all been perfectly and permanently cured
by " Golden Medical Discovery"
Sick persons are invited to consult DR..
R Y Pierce by letter, absolutely without
fee or charge. Every letter IS regarded
as sacredIv confidential. Each answer IS
mailed IN plain envelope Address DR..
r. Y. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgi-
cal Institute, Buffalo, y. Y.
az Ny wife was taken sick in Angus. 1897. -
writes Wrn- EueiSig. Esq, Of Benton Franklin
Co. Ills The doctors and ueghboTs pro
physicians bat they did not do much good She
coughed night and day; could rot lie down
for coughing and she get down very low.
thought she never could be cured Thea go;
covery and she took all of il. and Is all right
now. She IS stoxteT than before we were mar
red She Is taking care Of the baby and doe.
all the housewo-k iaciudi1g the washing"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

The House at jefferson City has
adopted the following resolution:
"Resolved, that we will adjourn
when we get through with the work
we were sent here to do, regardless
Of the behsst of any man or set OF
men" If the house adher0s to it,
the legislature will not adjourn until
the work of revision shall be COM
pleted, which will be absut the last
of the month.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

We are in receipt of an invitation
to attend the Antitrust Free Silver
Democratic dinner, to be given by
the democrats of st. Louis under
the auspices of the Jefferson Club.
in the Coliseum of the exposition
building on Thursday evening. May
%, 1899. Hon. William J. Bryan
and other democratic speakers OF
national note will enunciate the IN.
yielding principles of the democratic
party. Covers will be laid for ZOO
guests. The invitation is signed BY
Lon Y. Stephens, chairman; E. A
Noonan, vice chairman; William j
Stone, E. G. Crow, A. III. Dockerv
David Ball and seventeen othe,
prominent democratic leaders.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
Had His Head Blown OFF.

Webb City, Mo, May 5.-At an
early hour this morning, at the
Richland mine in South Cartsrville,
Dick Ingrahsm, of Johnstown, was
instantly killed by having bis head
blown off He prsmaturely went
back to shot that had hung fire,
when it exploded. A widow and two
children survive him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

The st. Clair County Democrat
wants the office to seek the man,
and among the gentlemen mentioned
who would fill the bill it mentions
Judge W. W. Graves. Judge Graves
would make a most excellent Cover.
nor, there is no denying that fact,
but he is just now serving the people
OF this judicial district as Judge, and
they could not spare him VIXEN the
time comes for his further promo
ton, the supreme bench will be
about his size and, in fact, hi.
friends are already mentioning hi
name for that office.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
Ex-Gov. ogIe.by Inferred.

Springfield. IL. May the private
funeral Of ex-Gov. Richard J. OgIesby
was held to-day at the chapel IN Ogle-
hurst. near Enkhart- where the remains
have laid IN state since the public "a.
neral on April y. guarded by a detail,
of company II. Fifth Illinois infantry.
The services we're attended only by the
family and intimate friends The IN
terment was made IN the cemetery neal
the chapel
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

The republican trusts have in.
creased the prices of your cut nails,
barbed wire, picks, axes, shovels,
stoves and in fact nearly everything
in the hardware line. Republican
newspapers say it is all right-you
ought to pay it. They believe in a
rich government and poor people.
-Cassyille Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

SOtfee j. hereby given that 5ih' IL e-sie.r
east 'front.' door Of tie CONT house -
No, On
Monday. June tn, ia,
let By public outrry ~ ioWebt bleasst - rer =
approval Of county court. cODtfscI -. -
ing substructure u bridge On Line - go NJ
tons twenty-s-yeu 10 and shITly -lC- N
township forty-tWO ~ range lait =, ~ Z
vest Plans and .peridrafiOns VIII ~ ~ "a ~
sgurtv clerk = ofrcs % and after May y, -
A cash deposit Of ffty ~ dollars 1900 !
quired Of the successful bidder 20 oel W 4. :
Bates county, No.. in case TIE sDh.I@-' y
% MAKE a '@I''iSe''1y B-E. JOHS1os.
os-z. Bridge COmmIssi9--
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice IS hereby given 20 all ereuis'
and all others interested IN the ssl[G
IsaGora Nafus. deceased, that J, i,
Henry, administrator OF said est1lSt =
tend 70 make final settlement ueISDi -,
the next term OF the Bates count, - :
bate court, in Bates county, 49, -.
Missouri, 20 be held at Butlei' O-
I4th day OF August, G3g9. 60,
y. g. HENRY'
7rn Administrzfof
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Jefferson City, May Ex-Governor
Stephens yesterday issued a cattle
quarantine proclamation in order to
protect the cattle industry of the
state. No cattle from Texas, North.
ern Arkansas and many other South.
ern and Western states will be per-
mitted to enter this statel
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

The Northwestern Plow Manafac-
tursrs association met at Chicago
Monday and unanimously voted to
advance the selling price OF plows
Is per cent. The farmers alone use
plows and the farmers will fost the
bill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Chicago, ILL.,, May 4.-Women' s
clubs have started a crusade against
the wearing of cerssts. Members of
several organizations will dispense
with all restraining articles of cloth
ing and adopt the Grecian costume.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Havana. May s.-Ihe continued alb
senee Of yellow fever from this city as
tonishes even the sanitary department.
Resident physicians believe steps taken
since American occupation have made
possible summer OF comparative i'm
immunity from yellow fever.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Seventeen buildings were wreck
ed by cyclone at Chickasha, Okla ,
fourteen persons were injured and
one killed. In Canadian county
about twenty farm houses were de-
stroyed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

A bill has passed the Legislature
making it felony for any enc to
manufacture, mend, design or have
in his possession burglar taols.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Gen reports the death b. typhoid
fever on May ; OF Guv NeybegalL pri-
vate IN company J. Twentieth Kansas.
Private Arthur X. Moore OF company
H was reported severely wounded in
the hand.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

The WEEKLY TIMES. published every
Thursday. will be sent TO any address
one year, postage paid, for $I.oo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

The paint manufacturers are to
meet in Chicago and raise the price
of paint all over the country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11

Senator Hawkins urges the presi.
dent to call an extra session of con-
gress while Senator Elkins opposes
the proposition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
floods Saldqb03
IllZaa...ll I:l2GIEgg

HOOD, PIN. cure liver iIIs. he non irrtei.ai' 2.
ouly cl,hartic % take with Hold. s.L.-L-L-.--''
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-11
"He That Stays
Does the Business. "

All the qvorLd admire,
staying po9Ver. - On TIL,
quality success depends. The
blood is the best friend the
heart has, and " faint heart"
neUer qUon anything. Hood,
Sarsaparlla is the best fieud
the blood ever had; 1t cLeanSa
the blood of everything.
If you would be strong in the race d
life and do the business" you mus
stay" Hoods Sarsaparilla make
the struggle easy. 1t gives clear, strong
blood; hence perfect health ensues.
HiVes-"The itching Of hives whie
troubled me last summer was terribk
blotches came all over my body. HOoQi
Sarsaparilla and Hoods Pills cured ne
Mrs. MARY IBBOTT, 235 South Vol y
Baltimore, Nd.
All Run Down a. was as tired 10 ~
morning as at night. had no ambition. Eeal
and run down. Three bottles u Hoodi
Sarsaparilla built me up and cured y,
Can eat well and sleep we'll" MRs CHAa
MOLZ, AIS Madison 81. Sandusky, Ohio.
Female Troubles -" would have we
coined death any time as rellei Hv-
catarrh Of the womb and other serie1.
troubles. The best physicians said nl
case was helpless. I stopped taking even
thing else and took Hoods sarsaparlill.1,
New life came to me and ! gained unth
am perfectly well and strong" Mrs ~
J. FISHER, Lonedeil, Missouri
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23
STUCK TO HIM.
| The Annoying Experience of an Eng
| lish Bishop with IA Horsy
Station Master.
LTo BE Continued ]

A certain bishop, in travelling through
his diocese had occasion to change at
a wayside junction. While waiting for
his train, he seized the opportunity Of
making friends with the station-mas-
ter. One of the kindest-hearted men,
he was very fond of trying to enter into
the varied interests of those with whom
he came in contact. However, on this
occasion he did not find it easy to dis
cover the exact topic in which his new
friend was interested. So reluctantly
he fell back on his particular shop" i.
e., the traffic. Il suppose, with the
race meeting taking place to-day, there
has been some very heavy traffic on
your line ." inadvertently, the bishop
had indeed struck the stationmaster's
weakest point-not the traffic, but rae
ing. So for the next quarter of an hour
he listened in his kindly way tothe vari-
Gus merits of the horses engaged in the
st. Leger. and the chances of success.
At last, to the bishops great relief, it
must be admitted, the train arrived
and, shaking hands with his racing
friend, he got into a carriage. He had
not Travelled very FAR. however, when.
the train having pulled up, he heard the
station-masters voice. asking if the
bishop of - wasi in the train. Hastily
the bishop declared his presence. OF
course, his fellow passengers in the
third-class carriage (it was the bishops
boast that he always travelled tnird)
were on the qui vive to know what the
taI he NiSh
while quite little knot of spectators
gathered around the carriage window
Up comes the official, making a prodi-
gious salute to the great ecclesiastical
dignity. I've just received a wire, my
lord, from the station master at -.
asking me to tell your lordship that
Donovan won the Leger." - Corrhill
MAGAZINE
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23
GOOD MANAGEMENT.
Haste Makes Waste in Housekeeping
as in Every other Pursuit or
Undertaking.

The best managers in household af.
fairs are not those who never sit down
from early morn until night closes
about them. All, no. the best man
ayers are those who secure for them
selves an hour of that healthful tran
guiIlity so necessary to every human
heart, says Portland Transcript. The
habit of rush and haste takes posses.
sion of some housewives and their life
is burden to them as we'll as to those
who love them.
Every woman loves to be thought a
good manager. You are, if every de-
vice known to make your work light
er is used. For instance, the washing
of dishes three times day and clean
ing up the cooking vessels is a bust
ness in itself. SO make it easier, and
to do it in half the time let ME tell you
the New England way.
Always have plenty of hot water, as
hot as You can bear your hands in, in
fact it's best to use mops with china
and glass, so as to use very hot wa
ter and to have nice lather instead
of using soap. Use washing powder in
the hot water and wash quickly and
have plenty of nice tea towels to wipe
with. You can get through large pile
of dishes directly. Clean the cooking
vessels the same way. You will gain an
hour by this process of washing. Then,
if you have Il dining room where you
eau keep the table set and ready for
use. it save, many steps to have waiter
ready TO put your dishes in, and to place
them on the table after washing them.
The morning hours should be the busy
ones, but manage to have the after
Moons and evenings for agreeable work.
1t is a beautiful sight to see a we'll
balanced, well-poised woman, who is
true homemaller, elevating every
phase of life, making it subservient to
her good and those around her. This
is good management. We all feel its
power.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23

woman on the part of man as his equal.
We defer to our superiors and patroniZe
our interiors; but those whom we cen
slider our equals, hose whom we meet
on the same social and intellectual
plane w treat with a bon homie a
good fellowship which has in it a re-
freshing sincerity.
In the days when "chivalry" flour
ished with all its benefits and harm
fuIness. physical delicacy was con-
sidered good FORM and women re
sorted to all kinds of villainous de-
vices and cosmetics to produce an in
teresting pallor." Firm rose-tinted
flesh was frowned upon as "vulgarly
healthful'' in any but housemaids.
Nowadays not to have coed health is
almost criminal, and is usually an ac-
Acknowledgement of the, at least practical,
ignorance of sanitary laws.
In the rush and whirl of the business
of to-day, would it not be foolish for
us strong women to exact the slavish
attentions which the leisure of 50
years ago made possible to our weaker
sisters? The wife of to-day is a com
panion to her husband, and often in
business her timely advice saves him
thousands of dollars.
We do not now have men for our
knights errant, eXpending life and
blood for our sake while we sit idly by
and drop flowers on half-dead victors;
but man will fight with natures
weapons" as a rule, just as quickly to-
day as in ''ye olden time" for the fair
fame of mother, wife or sweetheart.
OF course there are emen-specimens,
not types-in every profession and in
every grade of society who cannot see
woman enter Il public office or pass
along the street without expressing the
sneer of baseness. These specimens"
however, existed half century ago.
Just the same as to-day, the only diff
ference being that women never ven
turing outside their own doors with
out Il protector, they feared the ready
sword thrust, considered ''discretion
the better part of valor," looked wise
and said--nothing.
Women, then. were dressed up dolls,
pretty playthings, to be petted or ca
ressed, or flung out of the window, ac
cordiug to the temper of their several
lords and masters. To-day we are
neither goddesses nor slaves; men are
neither heroes nor semidemops. We
just plod along life's road together,
men and women alike, and the favors
are, in most cases, eciprocal.-Cincin
natl Enquirer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23
- H7{;|:!}!5;5p'1E4|'l AK +
MA!Es2s]lz5a1zIf31,Z F!s1js:
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY.
Its Passing Away, CIeyerIy Argues
This Woman Writer, Is Sign
of True Equality.

| When we sigh over what we are
pleased to call the ''decadence of man
ners" and long for the return of
"chivalry," do we, as women, realize
what such a state of affairs would
mean for us? 1t would mean no more
clubs, no gymnasiums, no education
| higher than housekeeping, fine needle
work and dancing. 1t would mean
weakness, both mental and physical,
dependence, loss of personal liberty in
every form.
The conditions governing society in
years gone by were vastly different
from those of to-day. and, perhaps,
made the almost slavish attentions of
men to women necessity.
Whether chivalry was the cause of
the weakness and dependence of wom-
en-, or vice versa, it is impossible to
say. 1t is always difficult to judge be-
tween cause and effect in such matters;
but the fact remains that weakness and
chivalry existed at one and the same
| time and both ceased to exist stimuli
taneously.
No, this is not an age of chivalry;
world have women had so much lib
erty-liberty in thought, in action, in
everything-or been such an influence
in public affairs. True chivalry does
not consist in knowing how TO pick
up a Iady's kerchief gracefully-and
doing it-nor in guiding the steps of a
healthy woman as though she were a
wooden doll Nor does it consist in or
derng coffee and pistols for two" in
the gay dawn of early morning because
of some implied insult. But rather does
it consist of recognition, an appre-
citation and-what is more to the point
an acknowledgement of our moral and
mental qualifications.
What we call ''decadence of man
ners" is only an avowed recognition of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23

widow nearly quarter of a century,
Her husband was captain of a packet
in the palmy days of New Bedford. She
has had six children, and one of her
daughters now lives opposite to her.
At 95 Mrs. Darrow does her own
work, attending to the household du.
ties as she might at 5O-a fact worthy
of little more than passing comment.
She lives alone in the large white house
on the road skirtirg the harbor.
Perhaps one of the most striking
characteristics of the aged woman is
the lieenness and accuracy of her eye
sight. Without the aid of any artificial
agency she still reads her favOrite pas
sages from the Scriptures and her be-
loved hymns from the Methodist song
book.
For Mrs. Darrow is a Methodist, and
one of the old-fashioned school, too,
that doesn't mind n little noise now
and then. She is one of the original
members of the Vineyard Methodist
church, and one of the very oldest liV.
ing Methodists in Massachusetts,
Y Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23
WHAT HEN7

What ff the day be cold and lark and long?
', .Iat though l drag a burden through
the street?
den treat me coldly and affairs go wrong,
But L tonight shall hear two little feet,
And two soft hands shall stroke my weary
brow.
And two sweet lips shall press against
my check
What IL hear complaining only now;
What though 10 one has friendly words
to speak?
When men are coolest and the killing
grind
Weighs heaviest upon me through the
day.
How sweet it is to leave my cares behind
And rush To where | hold imperial sway;
To darce any loving subject on my knee.
To press his face against my own, to hear
Him lispiag baby words of praise for me,
And feel and know again that God is
near!
But, on. If after some dark day. and long.
When I have been pushed down by
stronger men;
H. after some sad day when things go
wrong.
I should not hear his little feet-what
then?
Oh. IL some night when. heavy-hearted,
Rush home to claim his loyalty again.
de should not meet me with his joyous
cry
II he were gone-what then, alas! what
tden?
b F. Kiser. in Chicago Daily News.