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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

minutes. It came as an ink blacE
cloud, widely distributed, and cover
| ed the whole town. On its front the
terrified people beheld cleaning
yellow crest with a sweeping, chang
ing, ominous aspect that betokened
another chariot of death. Many
sought refuge in cellars. while others
awaited fate in calm. deliberate OBJ
servation.
The tail end of the cyclone did
not break upon Kirksville, however,
seeming to go by overhead, gather
ing fury as it went. It is believed
that this second cyclone wave drop.
ped down to the ground before
travelling much farther. The heavens
became black for fifteen minutes,
after which heavy rain fell for an
hour and half. By s o'clock the
sky was clear and starry and an
ominous pail of quiet seemed to
hang out of the sky.
At Newton, village forty miles
northwest of Kirksville, in Sullivan
county, the loss of life was APPALLING.
The tornado swept into the city just
about dusk. The inhabitants were
unprepared. The day was unusually
warm, but nothing more than a
severe April shower was anticipated.
But suddenly the skies blackened.
For a moment the atmosphere was
intensely oppressive.
A feecy cloud appeared like rift
in the armament, quickly changing
to an ominous yellowish green color.
The next moment there was an awful
roar, as if of the clashing of the
elements, and the fearful storm
broke.
Frame houses were lifted from
their foundations and carried hun
dreds of feet, dropping in the road
side and crashing like so many egg
shells Bricks were torn from the
more substantial buildings and
dashed like shots against the Trailer
structures. Houses crumbled as the
wind sang its awful dirge of devas-
tation.
4 dozen houses went down stimuli
taneously as the tornado struck the
town. Their occupants were smoth-
cred to death or knocked insensible
by the debris and left to die, for
there was no one to render assistance
while the fatal wind toyed with life
and death.
In one house five people persisted.
Sherman Desper, his wife and their
four children were about to sit down
to their evening meal when the wind |
came up. In an instant their home |
was tum bled over, and the six VIC
Tins were crushed to death. Laban
Evans and his two daughters met a
similar fate.
The people of this section were
first made aware of the approach of
the cyclone by the roar, as it came
up from the Missouri river. The
terrifying noise could be heard for
twenty miles, and many people were
outside their homes, gazing in the
direction of the approaching lorna
10, before they realized the death
dealing nature of the approaching
tunnel. This accounts for the large
list of injured who were struck by
lying timber.
The large residence of George
Furne was the first building of i'm.
oortance destroyed. 1t was right
n the center of the cyclones track.
4 great splinter passed entirely
through Mrs. Furne. She died to
lay. The house was cut to pieces
ike so much kindling wood. The
i've daughters were found in as
many different places after the storm
had passed by their father, who was
himself badly hurt All the daugh-
.ers are badly hurt and sre not
to survive.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

1t was to be expected that every
little yelping and yowling and snarl-
idg coyote that roams the alkaline
wastes of republication and gold
bugism, would show his teeth and
howl at democratic governor-any
democratic governor. They did it
when Stone was governor, they did
it when Marmaduke, Crittenden and
Har din and all the rest of them sat
in the chair of state. But the sur
prise comes in when democratic
editors join in the fracas and add to
the confusion caused by these NANCY
distributors of the feas and vermin
of politics. It is time for democratic
editors to shake the dust from their
feet and get away from the infec.
tious crowd. Go fumigate your.
selves and get health certificate.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04
THE
THE
SPEER NURSERY
AND
FRUIT co.

Since the death of Henry Speer the
firm name, Henry Speer & Son will
be changed TO
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

What has Governor Stephens don
to merit sEch abuse? He has az
pointed his wife's relation to Office
say some. The charge is too puer
lie and contemplate for manly me
to talk about. IF these relations ar
good citizens and capable. an
perform their duties honestly an,
faithfully. what ground hav
others for objection? Washington
and Adams and Grant and
great many others committed tn
same fault, If fault it be. On tn
other hand, Jefferson refused to ap
point any relative, on either side 0
his family, to any effice whatever
bat all men are not Jeffersous Tn,
offense is certainly forgivable, con
sidering the precedents. He appoint
ed Brady, say others. That wa
really grave offense. But he ais
appointed Geo. W. Jones, the pures
and ablest man that ever filed the
office of Election commissioner
Suppose we cancel Brady with Jonel
and call it even. Besides, there ar
other considerations. The Mayor
had the appointment of one election
commissioner, and everybody knew
what kind OF citizen would get The
place. His name is WurZburger, the
translation of which we believe is
the worst of Burghers. 1t was pre-
cisely such an appointment as the
public expected. Some good Dem,
ocrats thought it would not be amiss
to set ferret to catch rat and with
this object in view they advised the
governor to make the Brady appoint
ment We think it was bad politics,
and we have reasons for believing
that the governor regrets it as much
as any other good citiz5n. Sim;lia
simllibus curantur may be all right
in medicine, but it can hardly be
E success il Office holding
The asylum trouble is purely med
zeal disturbance. an incident of the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-05-04

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The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely
md been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit Of other wo-
men Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 255 Merrimac
~ Lowell, Mass, writes:
II affords me great pleasure to tell
sHsufering women of the beneftIhave
received from taking Lydia e. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound. 1canhard-
iyfind words oexpressm my gratitude for
what she hasIdone for me My trouble
was uleeratio1pf the womb. Twas un-
DER the doct4rs care. Upon examina-
tion he found1ffteen very large ulcers,
put he failed lido me good. took sew
eralbottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
nble Compound, also used the Sanative
Waah, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
madeleine saved my life, and / would
recommend it to all suffering women"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Edinburgh
VI, N. Y. writes:
oOh COtu dL bu0 tlAAC LILY O6Oy
Was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks Doctors did me no good. /
surely thought I would die. I was al
% troubled with falling of the womb.
could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times a day. One day a
lady came to see me and told me of the
0ensft she had derived from taking
lydia =. Pinkham's medicine, and adj
go me to try it. / did so, and had
MlEell only half q bottle before I was
aole to sit In q chair. After taking
sree bottles I could do my own work
IN now in perfect health"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
HAVE DOGS souLs2

What Many Great Authors Have Writ
ten on This Subject.
With regard to the immortality OF
dogs or other animals, many opinions
might be cited in the affirmative, says
the Westminster Review. As Lamar
tine says:
mo! God will never quench His spark
divine,
Whether within some glorious orb it
shine,
Who leads his poor blind master
through the
OF this dark world"
Translation.
Il hae never been able to persuade
my heart and my understanding that
doWgs haze ma immortal sowls," pants
the Shepherd in 'Noctes Ambrosianae,'
when Mr.. North's great Newfunlan''
sWlms out to the assistance of himself
n his companion, Mr.. Ticker, in a
rough sea off ~Portobello; his soul
maun be immortal" Later on this no.
Bile animal was cruelty poisoned and
Christopher North prof. Wilson,, and
his friends lament his many virtues.
Often do l WONDER" says the Shep-
herd again, whether or no birds and
beasts and insects have immortal
sowls.' To which the English Opium
Eater, who happens to be present, re-
plies: What God makes, why should
He annihilate?" True, true, Mr.. de
Quincy" gladly agrees Hogg. Some
OF our readers may remember Luther's
words to his dog: Never mind, little
Hans, thou too shalt have a golden
tail some day" or, according to a bet
ter translation: Thou, too, in the res
direction, shalt have a little golden
TAIL" S%winburne, in his sonnet to DR..
John Brown, speaks Of:
The night of deaths sweet sleep,
wherein may be
A star to show your spirit in present
sight,
Come happier island in the Elysian
sea,
Where Rab may lick the hand Of Mar
jorie."
My dear lord, there is a spirit
dwelling in good beasts, though
treamy and unconscious" says the
chaplain in Fouque's weird romance
OF "Sintram and His Companions"
Coleridge, writing long before Darwin,
seems inclined to conjecture the beast
TO be an "unripe or degenerated hui
mauity"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
The Vanishing Buffalo.

It is estimated that there are in all
about six hundred bison living in cap
tivity, most Of them in a half-domesti-
Gated state, and in this total are in
Guided the few in geological gardens in
America and Great Britain, and on the
Continent. The Montana herd of about
two hundred and fifty Is the largest
and most remarkable, for they are not
restrained by fences, but wander at
will like range cattle. Moreover, they
have been crossed with polled Angus
stock. The young beasts are said to
be magnificent animals, with fur that
is finer and closer than that of the
bison, and they yield NOSE excellent
meat. Nearly all the cross-bred ami
mails retain much of the instinct OF
their wild progenitors. In by-gone
times bison rarely succumbed to the
billiards. They punched together, in
a wedge-shaped mass, the bulls occu-
plying the outside and protecting the
cows and calves. Thus they were en-
abIed to survive the widest storm, be-
fore which domestic cattle would be
driven away, and wander miles from
their pastures, to perish for want of
food. The next largest herd Is that
in the Yellowstone Park. Here the
poacher is the great difficulty the au-
thorities have to contend with, and
this is not surprising when a bison
skin or a good head will fetch a hun
dred dollars. Two troops of cavalry
are quartered in the Park to act as
forest rangers. Three years ago there
were still about two hundred in the
bison herd; but last year they had
dwindled to fifty.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
SIR HERBERT KITCHENER.
A Good Judge of Character-Fair In
His Patronage.


Gems. Hunter and Rumble had al
ready distinguished themselves in the
khedival service before Kitchener be-
came their chief; Macdonald also,
Lewis Maxwell and others had joined
the Egyptian army under another sir
dar, but a crowd of good en- owed
their appointment to Kitchener, says
the Fortnightly Review. He has ever
tried to get the best assistance posi-
BILE; he Is a judge of character and he
has been very fair and public-spirlted
In the use of his patronage. A serv-
ice which offers large promises Of pro-
motion and distinction has been eager
ly sought after. Great pressure, po-
litical and social, has been brought to
bear upon the man who really con-
trolled nominations, for the sirdar's
recommendations have been invariably
respected at the war office. But in no
case has aught but merit availed and
the result is that the officers now serv-
ing in Egypt are the pick Of the
basket" the brightest and best in the
queens service. We may confidently
expect those trained in Egypt to rise
in due course to the very top of the
tree. The present generation of dis
tinguished soldiers is passing away.
At the end of another decade, soldiers
of the school of Wolseley and of Rob-
erts will be mostly disqualified by age
if they have not already joined the
majority, and the country must look
for their successors among the young
men now coming to the front. Oppor-
tunity is the only sure avenue to sue
cess in our army, and those who make
the most Of it rise fastest and highest.
In this way Egyptian service has Of
fsred the most abundant chances of
modern campaigns. Seldom, if ever
before, have quite young men-junior
in regular rank-found great openings,
responsible duties, large commands, at
a time when they would be no more
than regimental company officers, in
specting dinners or mounting guard.
Sir Herbert Kitchener occupies a posi-
ton almost unique in the experience of
British generals. Not only is he at the
head of a large army in the field before
he is fifty, but he has enjoyed extraor.
binary advantage in command, some
thing indeed like complete i%ndepend-
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

l like the newer, longer trails
" yielding turf or iron rails;
The glimpse OF herders as I pass,
The herds amid tie short plain-grass
And green alfalfa, where the hand
vi man has tanned the savage land.
And though the clouds drift not at all
Above the plain and no rains fall,
Yet man devises in his need
A store OF moisture, plants his seed
And trims the bough and tends the
shoot
And waters at his will the root.
Along the worlds new-broken trails
Life does not last when courage fails;
The hut is built, the mouths are fed
Only where valor first has led,
And wilderness or plain is good
To men Of faith and hal dihood.
Meredith Nicholson, in New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
4 Cornish anecdote relates that {

A Cornish anecdote relates that a
mall boy left at home to supervise the
'amily dinner while the rest Of the
household were at church, having, like
King Alfred, neglected his duty and
allowed the fig pudding to scorch, il
his dismay ran to the church and
from the doorway made signs to the
housewife to come forth. She indig-
nantly signed to him to wait, which
for a time he did, but at length, be-
coming impatient. cried aloud in reply
to her further winhs and grinaces-to
the scandal of the startle. congrega-
ton:
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY& Co. Toledo. 0.
We, the undersigned. have known t.J Che
new for the last Is years. and believe him per-
and financially able to carry out any obIlga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
K1SNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blOo,t and mucous sur
faces of the SYSTEM. Testimonials sent Tree.
Price, -5c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
No wonder Hobson is willing to go to thu
nts Of the earth.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
Two American Cities Debts.

Among the cities in the United States
San Francisco has the least and Phila-
delphia has the greatest debt. The
debt of San Francisco is 1888, 917.01,
and of Philadelphia 500, ST., 795. %.
In the bonded debt per capita, Boston
is the highest with s97.33. while San
Francisco is the lowest, being thirty
eight cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

NEW TRAILS,

d not like the old, worn roads.
Ihat lead where thousands have abodes-
The shorter links worn fine and thin
vi town and town and inn and inn
But rather would turn my face
Toward some newer, stranger place:
Follow the woodlands ruthless axe
Far through the Northern tamaracks,
Or the c~lean-curved, alert canoe
Drive through some stream still fresh and
new.
In the low sod huts OF the plain
Through many a wild night 1 have laiE,
And | have felt midsummer heat
Amid Dakota's seas of wheat;
| like the steep slopes and the climb
That sets the heart to double time;
The near stars Of the furthest peaks
Where the bold wind its harvest seeks.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
Samoan Dancing Girls Wreathe Them
selves with Reptiles.

selves with Reptiles.
For the most part the Pacific islands
are destitute Of snakes. That Is abso-
lutely the case in Hawaii. In New
Zealand, equally free of these reptiles
the only knowledge which the Maorls
had of snakes may be found in a leg
end of a monster called the tanlWha,
concerning which authorities differ as
to whether 1t Is the ancestral and dim
recollection of a snake or of an alllga-
tor. All the eastern islands of Poly
nesia between these two outposts ara
snakeless. Westward from Hawaii.
down among the Gilberts and the Mar
shalls and the Caroiines, the square
bodied water snake begins to make lIs
appearance in the lagoons and mar
bors. By the time the Philippines are
reached the water snakes become botn
common and deadly, and the jungles OF
those islands are a~bundantly supplied
with snakes. From the Philippines. as
M follows down the chain OF ISLANDS,
snakes are found both abundant ana
venomous. In the wild lands OF the
western Pacific the reptiles are fire.
quently objects of worship, and III
some legends are credited with the
creation of the world. Samoa seems
to lie just on the boundary line Oh
snakes in the Pacific. In the eastern
islands Of the archipelago no snakes
are to be found; in Upolu a few are
seer at rare intervals; in Sava1l, only
a few miles to the westward, they are
common and attain great size, IN the
case of some kinds at least. None OF
them is venomous, and the
neither fear them nor exhibit any OF
that repugnance to their presence
which is commonly called instructive.
This Indifference to the reptiles ID
made most markedly manifest at the
hamlet of Iva, on the northeast coast
Of Savaii. Here are to be found small
snakes of a most brilliant red color
They are so common that a basketIul
may be picked up in any banana patcn.
The dancing girls of this town are IN
the habit of employing these gaudy
snakes for personal adornment IN tnell
dances. They tie them about thelr
necks, their ankles and their wrists,
festoon them in their head dresses ano
tuck a few extra nes in the belt IN
readiness to replace such as escape III
the dance. At their best these sivas
danced by the Samoans are either dull
or revolving shows Of savagery. 1t car
easily be imagined that they are made
no more attractive when the taupon OF
village maid and her crew OF attendant
girls go ~careering about with an as
sortment Of writhing red snakes. Still
the samoans, who have no stock o.
snake prejudices, look upon this as one
of the most successful and artistic
dances in their islands.-San Francisco
Examiner.
49, -, -o~~vrn~&-or nao M a0na
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples. boils. blotches, ~blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. lOc, 25c, SOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
Ono Verse of Poetry Paid for
Burns Dinner.

Here Is a story told of Robert Burns
in his youth: Burns was living in the
town of Ayr, and, though still young.
had attained more than a local reputa-
ton as a poet. One day he was pass
ing through the main street OF the
town and saw two strangers sitting at
one OF the inn windows. With idle
curiosity he stopped to look at them.
Seeing him, and thinking that the
rustic might afford them some amuse-
ment while waiting, the strangers call
ed him In and asked him to dine with
them. Burns readily accepted the in
vitation and proved a merry, entertain
ing guest. When dinner was nearly
finished the strangers suggested that
each should try his hand at verse max
ing, and that the one who failed to
write q rhyme should pay for the din
ner. They felt secure in their cha
lenge, believing that their rustic guest
would pay for the meal. The rhymes
were read and Burns read the follow
ing: II, Johnny Peep, saw two sheep;
two sheep saw me. Half a crown apiece
will pay for their fleece, and ], Johnny
Peep, go free" The strangers aston
ishment was great and they both ex-
claimed: who are you? You must be
Robbie Burns"
The Savage Bachelor.
"They say" said the scientific
boarder, that microbes are the cause
Of badness" 1--WE said a good many
means things about wives" said the
Savage Bachelor, "but I never called
them microbes. Indianapolis Jour
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Detroit will be 200 years old in 1901. What
an old lady it is.
The New York Times tells US that there is
more activity in golf. This is reassurlng.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

What a pity it is that William I. Stead can
not cultivate more repOSe.
When the secretary of the interior is
Bliss, it is folly to resign.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Young Nick Of Russia would als0like to dis
arm us of some of our cash. but he will have
to put up some mighty good collateral.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Guaranteed tohaCcohahit cure. makes weak
men strong. blood pure. soc. 81. All druggists
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
10 Cure Constipation Forever.
SNAKES AS DECORATIONS.

Take C~ascarets Candy Cathartic. lOc or CSC.
&c. c.. C. fail to cure.druggists refund honey
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

The president has expanded into a full
eXpansionist.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Some men talk too much. some drink too
and some get kissed too much.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup forchildren
teething, %softens the gums.r Observation-Disclosures
ton, allays pain. cures WING collie. BIC. q oottia
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Dsa'tr Tobacco SPIT md Smoke 1osrkns XvsSs
To quit tobacco easily and forever, b m.o
,e.ie. fun Of life, nerve and vfsof, AKA No1k0
BAG, the wonder worker. hat makes veeA1
.,rone. An druggists, soc Or u. Cure gu.zs1'
.eed Booklet and sample frea AddTs9D
sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago q Nsw Ken
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

In writ.ns. an account of S~chley's victory
Or the Century Magazine, sampson no doubt
esires to do the real victor Justice.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Educate Your Bowels With CRscarOeA
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
loc- &c. Il c. c. C. fail. druggists refund mooGs
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
The Enormous Gold Prnduct of 1898.

This will be the greatest gold year in history.
From South Africa. the kloudike and Aus
tr-A- Ishe precious metal is Icing shipped in
I<ge Quantities. II is believed that this years
"a put Will E : nearly double that of any pre-
ter's Stomach Bitters a"c also increasing very
fast, and this year that famous remedy will
cure more people OF dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation, / Nrvousness and weakness than
ever before.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
n.r ro,,r,, s,;t md Smoke Yezrx

The Nicaragua canal would q v a wal
ship about seven weeks m
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

* THE MISERY'S LEGACY, ~
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He's come, Mr..
Herman"
''Come? Come
at last? Are you
sure of it, Joe?''
"S u r g a 8
taxes" said Joe
Poppinger, with
a, cOnhdant nod
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

The cars disarmament scheme seems to
lave been for publication only.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Congh medicine.-F. ii. ABBOTT, 33 Sem
sca St. Buffalo. N. Y MAYA 1891
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-04
Beauty Is Blood Deem,

No wonder Hobson is willing to go to th
nts of the earth,