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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01

Bennett Wheeler Mere. Co.. Groceries
Hardware, Farm Implements. Etc.
a representative and popular es-
tablishman t in it's line in Butler is
that of Bennett Wheeler Mercantile
Co, who are steadily pushing their
way to public favor through the
channels of well directed efforts and
to day stands in the front rank Of
commercial enterprises. When one
considers the great strides the city
has taken in the past, he must needs
admit that the indefatigsble en-.
ergy and foresight of her msr
chants have formed solid and sub
stantial basis for her steady growth.
The above house is an excellent
illustration of this fact. Some ex-
tent of the business may be CLEANED
from the fact that the premises
although very large, are scarcely
sufficient to contain the quantity of
groceries, hard ware, CUTLERY, tools,
manufacturers supplies, builders
hardware, shelf goods aud tools for
all trades, also stoves, ranges, oil and
gasoline stoyes, etc. They also
carry large stock and complete as
sortment of farm implements includ
ing binders, mowers, reape-s, etc,
and do a general supply business
There is also shown one of the
largest assortment of carriages, bug
gies and harness in this section of
the state, all Of which are sold at
prices which challenge successful
competition. Their grocery depart
ment is stocked to overlooking with
everything in the line of staple aud
fancy groceries including fine teas,
coffees, relishes, sauces, table luxu
ries, canned goods of all kinds and
the very best of everything that the
market affords, and all goods can be
relied upon as being of the best and
freshest in the market. Through
representations pleasing to custom
ers large and prosperous trade has
been built up and the most honor
able and upright methods are pur-
sued in all transactions. Personally
Messrs o. A. Heinleiu and j. B.
the managers, are among
our enterprising and progressive
business men and have a repu-
tation which never comes by accident
and is held by the same principle
that made it, namely, sterling integ
rity and straight forward dealings
and it is favorably known through
out the city and vicinity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
Fisk & Erickson, Fine Family Groceries.

Fisk & Erickson, Fine Family Groceries.
There is no more progressive
branch of trade than that represent
ed by the above named. it being
among the leading and success
full business houses houses in this
line of trade. Special attention ia
paid to this popular and reliable es
Establishment. which is enjoying a lib
eral and permanent patronage owing
to the well directed effsrts of capital,
enterprise and energy coupled with
capable management, occupying well
appointed quarters, centrally located,
it is in every sense a permanent
source of credit to the mercantile
interests of Butler. The stock,
which Is extensive and well chosen.
embraces staple and fancy groceries
fine teas and coffees, canned goods
of all kinds, relishes, sauces, table
luxurIes of the very choicest kinds.
also foreign aud domestic fruits and
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
T. L. Pettys, Fine Family Groceries.


A leading and very prosperous
grocery house in Butler il the well
known enterprise of Thos Pestys
He carries full and complete as
sortment Of the finest staple and
fancy groceries obtainable, enbrsc
ing everything IN canned goodg,
teas, coffees and spices, butter,
cheese, fresh eggs, -four, etc, with
leading reputation for prime deli
cacies, relishes, sauces, table Injuries
and the very best of everything the
market affords Also fresh fruits.
vegetables, etc, in season. The
relations of the house with leading
sources of supply are of such a char.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
Deacon Bros. 4 Co., Groceries, Hardware,
Farm Implements, Etc.


Among the prominent and repre-.
sentative business men engaged in
the mercantile business in this Gee
sion special mention must be &C
corded Messrs. Deacon Bros. & Co,
who are successors 10 r. r Deacon,
who established the house In 1880
since which time they have built up
3 large first class trade, at the same
time sustained high reputation for
shelr enterprise and business sagac
ty. 1t would be impossible as well
rs impractical to attempt an enumer-
alton of the various articles pertain
ing to this important branch OF
commerce that may be found at this
establishment The stock is very
large, aud the specislties in some
articles of which they possess many,
are of such a nature and bear such
a character OF usefulness as to claim
universal attention and general pat
ronage The general stock carried
embraces every known article in the
line of cutlery. tools, manufacture
supplies, builders hardware, shelf
goods and general supplies in iron
goods and tools for all trades, also
stoves. ranges. oil and gasoline
stoves, making a specially of the cell
ebrated Majestic malleble iron and
steel ranges, which are ackno wledg-
ed as being superior to any range on
the market. They also carry all
kinds of farm implements, vehicles,
harness, etc, and conduct a general
supply business, and thier line of
farm implements are uurivaled BY
any similar establishment for utility,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
Farmers Bank Of Bates County.

FdfHlSIS DAMN VI DdicS NOlUlt
Among the other prosperous instr
tutions of our city there is none we
speak of with more pleasure and
pride than the Farmers Bank of
Bates County. This Bank was es-
tablished in 1883 by able fnanciers
and from the very beginning had
ths confidence of the public, and is
now one of the strongest institution
Of the kind in this section OF the
state, and it might truthfully be
added, as ably and efficiently man
aged. These gentlemen are wide
awake and progressive in their own
business and see that all interests of
be bank are looked after, even to
shs smallest detail and are always to
shs front in all enterprises that
effect the city and countys welfare.
D. n. Thompson, a wealthy and
prominent farmer and progressive
citizen, is president; E. ID. Kipp has
been the cashier from the first and
it is largely through his untiring
ana Intelligent efforts the Bank has
reached and maintains it's high place
IL the financial world. He is cour-
teous and clever in the transactions
OF busip ass, as are all the employ es,
and retain the highest regard of the
people of the whole county. Geo. |
W. Newberry is the very Efficient
assistant cashier. The bank build
ing, located on the northeast cor
ner of the square, is now undergo |
ing repairs which, when completed |
will will make it the handsomest,
most conveniently and comfortably |
arranged of any banking room in the
state. Two large windows. ten feet
in width, are put in on the north
side, together with the other win
lows and doors, making it the
best lighted and ventilated room in
the city. Comfortable upholstered
window seats are arranged for the
convenience Of customers. The
lobby has been greatly enlarged by
moving back the handsome and
higsy finished cherry furniture,
much to the convenience of the pub
lie, and still leaving ample room on
the inside. 4 handsome waiting
and reading room is made in front,
raised about six inches abeve the lob
BY floor The president and cashier
have their desks just to the rear
of this room, accessible at ell times
to the customers and their friends
they have one Of the most con
Ssniently arranged vaults it is posi-
bic to imagine, with indexed files
for all papers; checks, notes, etc.
and safety vaults for private papers
Of their customers. To the rear OF
she main room handsomely fitted
ap, with a six foot window in the
north, light and airy, is the directors
room, convenient and private from
intrusion. Still farther back in the
handsomely fitted up law Office of 7.
W. Silvers & Son, which has been
with large windows. Back
Of this is the telegraph office which
will also be fitted with the double
windows.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
The HUCKLEBERRY.
Fame and Fortune Await the MINI
Who VIII Succeed in Improve
ing and Enlarging 1t. y

Sometimes somebody will make
money growing the delicious buckle
berry 1t is a product of considerable
commercial importance In the height
of the season New York takes 1000
bushels a day and the receipts at Chi
cago and other large cities are large.
Wisconsin markets from $4,000 to $780,
600 worth year. But the wild berry is
becoming scarcer and in time will cease
to exist The huckleberry and blue
berry are exceedingly shy in habit,
and there is some difficulty in domesti-
eating them, but enough has been done
in that direction to show that it is
possible. If small bushes are removed
from high ground, with a ball of earth
attached to each, in the early spring,
and planted closely together in soil in
which there is plenty of sand and loan,
the chances are that they will grow
and produce for-mahy- years. Cultiva-
ton will probably greatly enlarge the
fruit, and whoever can establish a
buckle berry patch will find more profit
in it than was ever made from the
blackberry or is now being made from
the strawberry. On some farms there
are unused swamps that might be
profitably utilized in growing certain
varieties of the huckleberry such as the
Observation-Disclosures Epitomist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30

THE ROAD MOVEMENT.


Readers who see mentions Of the
good roads movement IS do not realize
that in this there may be one Of the
great national issues Of our politics at
some time in the future, possibly with
In q comparatively short time. This
movement was started by the wheel
men through their national organiza-
ton, the League Of American Wheel
men, and hundreds of thousands Of dol.
lars have been spent by It in the agita
ton. s55
The principle Of the movement, as
advocated by the wheelmen, is that the
common roads Of the country are as i'm
portant as the railway systems, the
statement being made by them, and be
ing easily understood, that there is not
an ounce Of any commodity hauled over
the railroads that is not first transport
ed by wagons over country roads or
city streets. It does not matter if the
commodity is. manufactured articles
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
THE GEE Err Z CROP.


IN growing q good crop Of celery q
supply Of thrifty igorons plants is es-
'sential. These may be grown in q seed
bed. In order to have thrifty, yigor-.
Gus plants, the soil should be rich and
thorough ly prepared in good hills.
The plants must have plenty of room
to grow, and if they come up too quick
" it will pay to thin out.
In many cases good top dressing
of wood ashes after the seed is sown
will be beneficial. Make the rows ia the
seed bed about a foot apart. The seed
need very little covering, and it will pay
to firm the soil well after sowing the
seed; but if there is sufficient moist
ure in the soil to induce a good ger
mination this, is not necessary.
It is quite an item to have short,
stocky plants, and if this is done the
plants must have plenty of room to
grow. Give cultivation to keep down
the weeds and the soil in a good filth.
Some celery growers prefer to trans
plant twice, cutting back the tops
slightly at the first transplanting. It
is claimed that by this plan more and
better roots may be secured.
After the plants have made sufficient
growth they may be transplanted where
they are to grow and ma ture.
In many cases celery may be grown
where an early crop has been grown.
The middle or latter part of July is a
good time to set out the plants, though
it may be done as late as August. AS
the transplanting is usually done at a
dry time, it will nearly always be good
plan to water the plants well an hour
before taking them up. Use water
enough to soften the ground, so that
the plants will come up readily, and
without. injury to the roots.
Work the soil deep and thoroughly,
and then mark out the rows four feet
apart, with the plants ten to twelve
inches apart in the rows. Water two or
three times until the plants start to
grow. Clean, thorough cultivation is
necessary in order to secure thrifty,
vigorous growth.-St. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
An Unconventional. Emnre..

The late Empress Elizabeth of Aus
tria did many things which appeal to
the unconventionality of American
women more than they did to the
Journalists by whom she was surround
ed. At the, first state dinner after. her
marriage she Mortified the court ladies
by taking off her gloves. One Of them
demonstrated because it was a devia-
ton from the rules. But the empress
promptly settled the objection by saw
ing that the deviation should hence
forth be the rule. The court ladies had
another blow when the empress insist.
ed on wearing a pair of boots month
or: more. The rules had required an
empress to wear her shoes only; once.
Just think" feelingly exclaimed an
American girl, "of being always in
state of breaking in a new pair OF:
shoes! No wonder the poor lady re-
belled.'-N. Y. Sun. 4; 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
Machine Road Member.

& +. spite Of the constant advance in
chanical contrivances there are GER
tain occupations which must still de-
pend upon handiwork. Such we as
sumo sun to be the business Of picking up
with the pickax the stones Of mac
adamized road before fresh metal could
be laid and rolled upon it. But ma
chine called Kutty's patent macadam.
road scarifier may now be seen,at work
in London, and possibly elsewhere,
tearing up the street roadway in the
most satisfactory runner. It's Of the
nature Of q plow, the plowshare being
represented by thick spikes OF chilled
iron, which, set at an angle, tear up
the roadway as the machine is dragged
behind q steam roller Chambers
Journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
RAPID. u TING.


)
OF all the strange customs Of foreign
nations those that strike us to be most
peculiar are the marriage customs OF
the Russian peasants. It is the aim Of
every young peasant to acquire for
himself wife that will be suitable
aid both in the field and in the kitchen,
and he leaves the choice to his parents.
The beauty Of the young lady ana her
taste of dress and furniture is little
considered, but instead the dispatch
with which she can perform her daily
duties. And in the following peculiar
way her ability in that line is obtained:
The parents Of the young man decide
that certain young lady would make
suitable mate for him. They say
nothing about the matter to anyone,
but on some evening they will drop
around unexpectedly to the prospective
brides home and will stay for supper.
During the meal they will keep close
watch on the young lady. II she eats
fast she will perform her work speedi-
"; IT she goes neatly and cleanly about
her plate she will perform her work
neatly and clearly; if she does not talk
much she will work, and not talk, and
prove a faithful and obedient wife to
her husband; if she prefers rye bread
to white she will be satisfied with her
lot; if she does not gaze and stare at the
visitors she will be wife that will not
continually pry into her husbands BUSH
ness, and if she Immediately proceeds
to clean up the dishes. after the meal
she will bring prosperity to her hus-
band and will be economical with his
money. $3.50. 49,. 81. ~, %
Thus the fate of the young couple is
decided. Should she prove satisfactory
to the young mans parents, by the
aforementioned actions, the parents
stay after supper and close the bar
gain with the young lady's parents over
a bottle of good vodka. .
A most peculiar thing about the mar
rage ceremony is the fact that when
the couple enter the church both groom
and bride make dash for the platform,
on which is the pulpit. It is believed
that the one whose foot touches the
platform first will live the longer, and
that the children will take after that
one in size, health and beauty.
The festivities last three days, during
which all friends and relatives celebrate
a holiday. The bride is adorned in a
bandana Of the brightest hue and with
ribbons of all colors and shades. The
groom has a new fur hat and a skin
oVercoat tied with belt of brightest
red. The marriages generally take
place in the fall, after the harvest has
been gathered.-Cincinnat ENQUIRER.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
Bones Have Numerous Uses.

There are farmers who attach little
or no Importance to the bones that
are thrown away and made no use Of.
This is great mistake. They can be
utilized in many ways. They are an
excellent thing to make poultry lay, if
fresh and crushed fine with a bone mill.
You can get mill for five dollars and
ifyou cannot conveniently purchase one
at present, just crushs them with a.
sledge or an ak: If you get a mill you
can make bone meal, which is an excel
lent thing to feed to young chicks. They
can be placed around the roots of
grape vines and fruit trees, t. make
them yield better fruit They also
make an excellent fertilizer. Prairie
Farmer. - 8.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
The Life Of Peach Tr.a.

There is no reason for peach trees
dying out in ten years, Clearing them
selves out" some farmers will say.
What they mean is being starved out. .
A peach tree, barring accidents, should
be good for Is years. It should, how
ever, have as good cultivation, liberal
feeding, and as much general atten-
ton as an annual crop. It should be
examined twice year for borers, and
when its limbs begin to die out and
look straggly-so that people ordinari-
" will say it is played quit should
be pruned back severely cut way back
when new vigorous shoots with dark
green leaves will put forth, and the
second year after good crop may be
looked for. There are many 30-year-old
peach trees in the country ournal of
Agriculture. So s 49, s5S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
Thinning Fruit orch.rd..

Whether or not it pays to thin the
fruit Of an orchard, everyone agrees
that with a few trees it is advantageous
to thin an overburdened crop down to
q reasonable number of choice fruits.
In an experiment reported by the de-
spartment Of agriculture, thinning was
found to increase the total yield and
to decrease rot. The thinning was
practiced with apples, peaches and
plums, early thinning, giving the most,
practical results. It was concluded
that it pays best to commence work Of
this kind Immediately after the fruit
has set. .=..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
GREAT LEGAL VICTORY.
Value of an Honored Trade Name Up.
held by the United States
Circuit Court.

The California Fig Syrup Co., of San
Francisco, has just won legal victory
which is of utmost public interest, as it
establishes judicially fact long recog-
nized officially that the name or the
title OF an article is valuable property,
entitled to the same protection as chat
tells or commercial paper. The COM
Pany mentioned manufactures an ex-
cellent laxative which has been extern
sively advertised and acquired a valu-
able reputation under the name Syrup
of Figs" or Zig Syrup" Trading on
the reputation of this remedy other
manufacturing concerns applied the
same name to laxative medicines made
by them. The California Fig Syrup
Go. took the matter in the United States
courts and obtained a permanent in
junction, of which the following is the
text:
1T is thereupon ordered, adjudged and
decreed, that the injunction and restrain
ing order heretofore made herein be con-
t1nued until final decree herein, and to that
end that an injunction be issued as prayed
for in the bill of complaint herein, strictly
commanding and enjoining the defendants.
Clinton E. Worden & Company, corpora
tion,s J. A. Bright, T. F. Bacon, E. Little,
c. j. Schmelz and Lucius Little, and each
and all of them. their and each and all Of
their agents, employees, workmen, serv-
ants, attorneys and counselors, from max
ing, using or selling any liquid laxative
medicine, marked with the name Syrup
OF Figs or Fig Syrup or any colorado
imitation Of the same; from making, using
or selling any laxative medicine put up in
w nv orkn Hox> ! 1.<
same the name Syrup of Figs or Fig
Syrup, or any colorado imitation Of the
same; from making, using or selling any
liquid laxative medicine put up in boxes,
wrappers or cartons, so as to be like the
cartons, wrappers or boxes used by COM
plainant In connection with the liquid lax
alive medicine made by it, or SO as to be
colorado imitation Of the cartons marked
Exhibit A, and filed in this case, being q
carton, box or wrapper used by complain
ant for its liquid laxative medicine, marked
and named Syrup Of Figs or Fig Syrup
from making, using or selling any box,
wrapper or carton as a wrapper or case for
liquid laxative medicine, bearing upon It
the figure Of branch Of fig tree with
leaves and fruit, and surrounded by the
words in a circle San Francisco Syrup Of
Figs Company, San Francisco, Cal.,' or any
similar words or figures, or any colorado
Imitation Of such symbol or mark, or
from making use Of, in any way, in connec-
ton with liquid laxative medicine the
name Syrup Of Figs Co.. or from using
any name whereof the words Fig Syrup
Co.. or Syrup Of Figs Co. form part as
business name Of a company, CO con-
Germ, or corporation engaged in the busi-
ness Of making and selling laxative med
icine.''
This decision is Of far-reaching inn
portance to all manufacturers whose
products bear recognized title, as well
as a protection to the public whose con-
fidence naturally rests in large meas
ure upon the name Of the goods it buys.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
AMERICA "GETS THERE.
One of the Leading London Newspa-
pers Admits Defeat OF Brit
lsh \Trade.

American hustle is at last acknowl-
edged to beat British slowness, when
even the slowest of London newspapers;
the Times, is found admitting our COM
mercial alertness in these words:
"A good deal of comment has been
caused by the news that the contract
for the bridge which is to carry the new
Soudan railway over the River Atbara
has been given to an Americanfirm and
it seems to have been assumed in some
quarters that a transatlantic ironmas-
ter had been preferred to- a British
manufacturer, and that the Egyptian
government had gone out Gifts way to
ignore this country. But the facts are
exactly the reverse. The English agent
for the Egyptian government, who had
the ordering of the, Atbara bridge, gave
the first chance to British traders, and
would doubtless have given them the
sole chance but for the imperative i'm
portance of speedy delivery. Of the
British ironmasters approached not one
could guarantee delivery in the time at
which delivery was required.
Zone English firm ran the Americans
close as to time, but, speed being of par
amount Importance and as the Ameri-:
cans could insure it in the greatest
measure, there was no choice but to 90
to them for the work. In contrast to
the promptitude with which they have
shipped the component parts Of the
bridge may be placed the fact that the
agents of the Egyptian government had
to wait four months for one small
bridge of 81 tons ordered in England.
Probably the recent engineering dis
pute was responsible for this. It will
be found that, the locomotives for the
soudan railway, or, at all events, the
first batch delivered, will come. from
America. The reason in, this case is
precisely the same. The desire is to get
delivery with all possible dispatch, and
as America is in position to guarantee
greater speed than England the govern
ment here has had no choice but to 90
to the states for at least that portion of
the order which could not wait.'''-Chi-
cagO Chronicle ''. <"E -.