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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-26

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-26

Ii Mark and Mack keep their
promise they will soon pull down the
flag in Cuba.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-26

When is the war tax to be taken
off?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-26
Democratic National Ticket.

For President:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
For Vice President:
ADLAI T.. STEVENSON.
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
HOW IT HAPPENED

enter the room. and felt that she was
making herself generally useful by ar
ranging my pillows, bathing my head
as best she could. and attending TO my
numerous wants. l was suffering ter
rlbly and was cross in consequence.
c | lifted my eyes and looked
into the sweetest face and met the SYM
pathetic gaze of a pair of the most ex.
pressive, lovely gray eyes that | had
ever seen. They haunted me In my de-
lirium.
Although they found it necessary to
aandage my eyes, / soon learned the
touch of my nurses hand, the highest
whisper she lisped, the soft tread of her
feet, and when she took her needed
rest l was fretful and uneasy until her
return.
After the removal of the bandages,
when was convalescent, | awoke from
slumber one day and saw a woman
with silvery white hair and CARRIED in
the habiliments of a nurse-save the
cap-standing by the window with
her back toward me. / was angry and
made an imperative request for my
w nurse. She turned and came
quickly to me. I saw the same beauti-
full face, the lovely eyes, the sweet
smile of the nurse / had learned to
love so well. I touched the glistening
coronet 0 uncovered by a cap and
asked the meaning of it.
Ten years ago." she replied, my
father, my mother, my brother, and
myself were taking a pleasure trip on
the lake. A terrible storm arose, the
vessel was wrecked, and nearly all on
board persisted. / saw my loved ones
swept away from me. l alone was
spared. They brought me here to the
hospital in a dying condition and
nursed me to life, and through the long
illness caused by fright, exposure, and
grief. When I arose from my bed my
hair had turned white. have remain
ed here since that time, and probably
shall remain during life"
| told her what was true, that I
couldn't live away from her; that I
would need care during the term of
my natural life, and begged her to
come with me and be my nurse. That
is how it happened that l am now a.
Benedict.
Drop in and see us, old fellow; my
wife will be pleased to welcome YOU
Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Their Last Meeting.

An Afrikander by the name of Fry
boorg and an English miner named
Gorton struck up a great friendship in
johannesburg. When the South Afri-
can war broke out each enlisted on his
own side. Gorton joined the Imperial
Light Horse. He did not see his friend
again until the last action at Glands
laagte. There in the midst of a charge
they met face to face. Hello, Cor
ton" shouted the Johannesburger.
Then, as his friend stood UP from be-
hind coVer to see who called him, he
shot him through the heart. Later,
when Fryboorg vas taken prisoner, he
threw himself over his friends body
and burst into tears.-CoIlier's Week
ly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

How it happened, You have heard
that Jim Drury met his wife when he
was attending college down in the
southern part of the state. She was the
only child of a wealthy lumberman liv-
ing nea Ludington. He was not a
city-bred man, had lived for years on
the outskirts, owned a large tract of
timber land, and had plenty of the
ready"
The young people became attracted
and concluded to cast their lots to-
gether for veal or woe. Accordingly
Jim wrote the old man asking for his
daughter, who slipped a little pleasing
note inside the letter from herself.
She was the apple of the old mans
eye. ..
He replied that he could refuse moth
ing which would add to his daughters
happiness; that Jim might have her on
condition that he made his abode with
him. He wrote: There amt a darned
bit O. use of your liftin' your hand.
I've plenty of timber, and there's lots
OF hungry Burgers that'll be glad to get
1T ready for market"
| couldn't attend the wedding, but l
received an invitation from Jim and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
A Ferry.

Ferries in China are numerous, n
so are the heavy carts to be ferried.
The spectacle of a crossing is full OF
surprises, says Rev. Arthur H. Smith
in "Village Life in China" To get one
of the clumsy carts down the steep and
shelving incline to the river requires
| considerable engineering skill, m ac-
| cidents are not infrequent. When the
edge of the ferry is reached the whole
team must be unhitched, and each ami
NAL got on board as best it can be.
Some animals make no trouble, and
will give a mighty bound, landing
somewhere or everywhere, to the i'm
minent peril of any passengers on
board. When an animal refuses to
budge-an occurrence at almost every
crossing-its head is bandaged and 1t
is led around and around for a long
time, SO as to induce it to forget all
about the ferry-boat.
At last it is led to the edge and
urged to jump, which it will by no
means do. Then the drivers twist it's
tail, put a stick behind it as a lever,
and get six men at each end of the
stick, while six more tug at ropes
which are attached to the animals
horns.
After a struggle, often lasting half
an hour, and frequently after pro-
longed and cruel beatings, the poor
beasts are all on board, where the
more excitable prance about among
and over the human passengers.
Next the moving of the heavy
cart, which must be dragged on to the
ferry-boat by the strength of a small
army of men.
On the farther bank another exciting
struggle occurs The exit of the carts
and animals is impeded by the strug-
giles Of those who are eager to cross
to the other shore, and cannot be con-
tent to wait until the boat is unloaded.
Order is unknown, and it is a wonder
that people are not frequently killed
in these tumultuous crossings,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
The British
Lion,,,

There has never been a time since
the close of the Napoleonic wars
when the military of Great
Britain were more sorely taxed than
today. Her hands are full in Africa,
where two wars occupy her attention;
a spirit of unrest is sweeping over In
dla, the vast population of which she
rules by disunion, while the Chinese
horror looms up CHASTITY and horrible,
menacing Christian civilization itself.
She entered upon the war with the
Beers as though the campaign was to
be a picnic. True, she had made ex-
tens1ve preparations; but not one man
In a million in England doubted that
5000 men would be able to settle the
issue. But the first few weeks of the
campaign taught a different lesson.
Disaster after disaster followed Brit
lsh arms from the Modder to the
Iugela, and the country was forced
to equip and send to the front a larger
army than England ever before as
sembled. The picnic had become a
tragedy. and the tragedy goes on.
Butler was to have eaten his Christ
mas dinner in Pretoria as a victor. He
nearer to eating it in the Boer
capital as a prisoner. Up to the present
$4,000 British soldiers have been
Killed, wounded, captured or invaded
costly price to pay.
Nor is the end yet. Every soldier
low in South Africa is needed there,
Ind last week it was reported that
Roberts was calling for re-
nforcements. Not only are the e
not pacified; they are not con-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Taxation In France.

Taxation in France is most thorough
and complete. Almost everything of
any value or Of money-producing pow
er is taxed in France. If a saloon
keeper or restaurateur places, tables,
chairs, plants, flowers or s~tatuary in
front of hi. establishment, or an avn
ing over his front door or windows:
II a merchant, a secondhand furni-
ture dealer, grocer, greengrocer or
flower vendor displays goods in front
OF his establishment-he pays the city
a tax Oh a rent for the use Of the side
walk or the space In the air occupied
by the awning. Everything that comes
into the city in the shape of wine,
fruit, poultry, fish, any kind Of food
or drink, is taxed at the city gates.
All banks, stocks and credits are taxed.
Money unproductive is not taxed, and
no special effort Ia made to get at 1t.
The principle pervading the tax sys-
tenn is to make everything pay that Ia
productve.-New York Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Notes from the Paris Exposition.

"The Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, Of 149 Broadway, New York,
show their usual American enterprise
by having a very c%reditable exhibit
located in Group XIII, Glass 70, at the,
Paris international Exposition, where
they show to great advantage the cele-
brated Singer Sewing-Machine which
is used in every country on the GLOBE
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was high
ly pleased with this display and OBJ
served with much satisfaction that it
was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally.
The Grand Prize was awarded by
the International Jury to Singer Sew
ing-Machines for superior excellence
in design, construction, efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
ton to every stitching process used
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action OF
the International Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago,
where Singer machines received 81
distinct awards, being more than were
received by all other kinds of sewing
machines combined.
Should it be possible that any of
our readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
respectfully advise that they call at
any Of the Singer salesrooms which
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
He Is in a Bad
Way Between
Beers, Ashantis
and Boxers

quered. The Beers are still in the
field in the Free State and in the
T~ransvaal and the British command
ers find most difficult the task of pur
suing the enemy that melts away one
day ike a mist and re-appears the
next day as a thunder cloud.
While England's immense army. Or
lginally 300, 900 strong, is thus occu-
pied in South Africa, another war has
peer forced upon her on the west coast
or the Dark Continent, where the
Ashantis are in revolt. This, while
only a small affair, necessitates more
military outlay.
And while Great Britain is thus en-
gagged in one quarter of the world a
crisis. n which She is deeply on
cerned, has sprung up in another. At
a time when her best interests demand
that h should be free to deal with
the Chinese situation, she finds her
hands fully occupied elsewhere. AS
Lord Salisbury said in a recent
speech, the lions teeth are now in
South Africa.
This concept of the situation of
Great Britain is admirably portrayed
by the Saturday Globe cartoonist. He
depicts the British lion in an attitude
of mingled rage and uncertainty. with
the Beers jabbing him behind. the
Asnantis advancing from another
quarter, while in front a Chinese Bog
waves a barred sword, daring the
king of beasts to conflict. Well may
England regret, in view Of the Chi
nese horror, the fatuous policy that
led her to a war with the Beers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

The congress for Christian archaeo-
logy which recently held lis session at
Rome aas petitioned the pope TO open
the crypts Of the Vatican to scientific
researches. Below The Basilica OF St.
Peter there are long rows of galleries
and a subterranean church, all con-
tanning valuable treasures. There are
hidden the large granite tomb of En-
peror Otto II. and numerous statues of
bishops, as well as many works of art,
many of which are from the master
hands of Ghiberti and Mino da Fie-
sole. All these Italian treasures have
hitherto been inaccessible not only to.
the public in general but eve to schol-
ars and artists-Wolfgang Voltz, in
Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Conversation IL a RaAa-Ms~pewa SER
mon shop. o

Conversation in n Hand~Me~Dewn SER
mon shop. o
That bill which a clergyman intro
duced into our state senate as a check
to the growing industry which pro-
vides Students with ready-made ora
lions and essays and compositions Is
attracting some unpleasant attention
in the east, where they don't under
stand u.s., says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The little bin is all right as
far as 1t goes, but 1t isn't elastic
enough. The clergyman meant well.
He thought he was doing u service for
literary aspirants, But, strange to say,
he blindly overlooked the clergy, No
doubt some of them need protection
from these bureau cormorants and
from these syndicated sharks. Think
of the temptation 1t is for an ener-
waited parson to step into n of these
hand-me-down sermon shops and say:
What have you in about twenty-min-
ute lengths?" "Ornate?" mo, just
simple and soothing" "Lemme see.
We got in a fresh lot of assorted har-
rangues yesterday. Jimmie, hand me
h proofs of that matter on the G
hook. You want it c~onservatively
orthodox" Yes; mildly progress
sive." Il know. Here, how's this?
Hold on, that's a thirty-minute talk.
Tell o what I'll do; I'll saw out this
long paragraph here on the duty of
the state and credit you with the
weight" 'The weight" Eyes; we
sell 'em by the weight of the metal.
There that's eleven pounds and seven
ounces. Two-dollars-seventy = three
cents, please. So many parsons like
to strike off the printed slips to dis
tribute among their hearers that we
find the metal plant the best one"
But isn't that a little high?" Not
for that grade. We've got some pot
boilers here, regular insomnia chasers,
that I could let you have for half the
money. But they amt what you want.
You've been fishing a pretty good ar
ticle out Of the bar'l, I've no doubt,
and they'd be too much OF a come
down. Of course, you understand that
this is not to be released until March
IL, and that only one sermon bearing
this rumber is to be preached in what
we call a theological section" Every
well. Wrap it up, please" THANK
you. Your address on this card. We
will send it up by our l o'clock de-
livery. Anything else?" I'D like a
little talk ON the duty of the hour, or
some kindred subject, for our Friday
evening gathering" Certainly. Take
this catalogue home with you and o
it over. There are t~wenty-three Duties
of the Hour there you will notice.
Good-day. Call again."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

This is the great Partisan store, the
Bon Marche, which has 1900 employees.
The smallest kettle contains 100 quarts
and the largest 500. Each of fifty
roasting pans is big enough for 900
outlets. Every dish for baking pota-
toes holds 225 pounds. When omelets
are on the bill of fare 1900 eggs are
used at once. For cooking alone sixty
cooks and 100 assistants are always at
the ranges.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Cases of and muscular af-
~fections, according to the Berlin cor
respondent of the Lancet, have been
observed i'm pianists, especially in
young players. BY the excessive
stretching of the fingers, the tendOns,
joints and ligaments of the hands are
injured. This condition may become
chronic If the patient continues to
play, and, in coarse Of time, the nerves
are involved. Neuralgia pains of the
hands and arms may occur and are
liable to extend to the shoulder and
the back. Arrophy of the muscles may
be a result Of the disease in severe
cases. The disease Is caused by the
circumstance that the ordinary key
board of pianos is too long for the
hands Of children. The patients must
abstain from playing for a certain
time, and massage, combined with
electricity and bandaging, is advisable
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
his bride that was to be to come up in

his bride that was to be to come up in
the hunting season every year; l would
be eve welcome.
Jim had been married five years
when | received a letter from him re-
newing the invitation and begging me
to come. So | picked up my traps and
started for Ludington. When nearing
that place the train was wrecked, and
fortunately-although l considered it
unfortunate at the time-I was among
the injured who were taken to the hos
Dital.
bitterly bemoaned my fate. was
~ years old, had Travelled all over the
world, and this was the first time that
l had ever met with an accident; and
to have it happen in that Godforsaken
hole was too much. l had some broken
bones and was badly cut about the
head. was in full possession of my
senses when we reached the hospital,
SO I requested a room and a nurse. and
paid what was required. After that the
fever seized me.
| just remember seeing a white-cap-
ped, wh~ite-aproned, sweet little body
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Poverty is an incentive and a disci-
pline. If most of us were rich and had
nothing to work for the world would
be lazy and degenerate, softened with
luxury, spoiled by lack of healthful op-
position. Any condition that deprives
us of hope is a condition of living
death; but a poverty that makes us
Industrious, resolute, hardens u bod
les and sharpens our wits is far from
unfortunate, for it contains within it.
self the elements of cure, and prime
among it's happy attributes is that
heaven-sent faculty of living in a flu
ture that has no offset to its perfect
ness-the faculty of hope.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

There was recently discovered near
the Ocklockonnee river, Florida, what
is believed by experts to be the most
wonderfully pure vein of fuller's earth
ever discovered. This vein is said to
yield immense quantities of this pc
culiar earth, which stands the 100 test
that is to say, that it is absolutely
pure. Nearly all the mines of this
kind of earth contain, besides the val
liable commodity, rock, flint, gravel.
sand, etc, but this deposit is entirely
free of such substances.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
TALK wrrH LION tanner.
Herr 6esth's Methods and some Acct.
dents He Has Had.

ucnta fS h1s 6@0s
stalking a lion trainer for the pur-
pose Of an interview is no easy matter.
The modesty of the lion tanner is al
most proverblal. Have not the artistic
wags Of America and our W country
illustrated this from time to time in
many a witty sketch-the main mo-
tive being In n picture the heroic de-
meanor of the t~errorizer of the king OF
beasts In the lions cage, and as a
comic contrast his crestfallen demean-
or n the privacy of his own particular
domestic circle? This does not apply,
however, to Herr Seeth, who is a man
in every sense, both in the physical
and mental meaning of the word. Our
wholesale trainer of lions, a very
masculine man of s feet III inches in
height, and some seventeen stone odd
IN weight, at first entirely declined to
be interviewed. And in this condition
of mind a man of Herr Seeth's stamp
Is very difficult to deal with. However.
with the help of the press representa-
tive OF the h%ippodrome, | ran him lit
orally speaking to earth by the devious
passages that run under this mag
nifcent building and discovered per-
haps the greatest lion tanner that ever
existed in the privacy of his dressing
room. He was reclining in his chair
In the easy manner of an athlete. His
greeting was of the CHEEKY type. What
DO you want me for? What can / tell
you? | have not any birth certificate
with me-" And the great Herr re-
garded me in quizzical fashion from
under his eyelids and thoroughly en-
Joyed my discontinue. II know what
you are going to ask me. Well, my age
is thirty-six, and I was born in the
village of HOLMAN, in the province
of Holstein, and I have just three
minutes to dress myself in "One fact
/ should like to know | murmured.
You are the first trainer of lions that
we have eve seen turn his back on.
a lion" The massive frame of Herr
Seeth shook with merriment. "Ah,
my friend, the secret is to find out on
animal you can turn your back
with safety. l do not show my back
every one of my twenty-one lions.
When my animals growl and paw at
me, do they mean it? Sometimes they
do" remarked Herr Seeth, enigmati-
cally, land sometimes they don't
Whenever they do drop their paws on.
me, you will notice that I never move.
They are the big cats of the feline
and their habits are almost
Identical. You try to move quickly,
and at once they uncover their claws.
And a scratch from a lion is no light
matter. l carry two whips? There is
q good reason for this. One hand isa
disengaged, and the whip ise
used in a persuasive manner. / as
you that persuasion enters more
into the business of lion tanning than
force. have not the slightest fear
Of my animals. / have my accidents,
but my injuries are generally given in
q playful spirit."-London Globe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Ex-senator John Sherman has left
Mansfield, O.. and will hereafter re-
side in Washington, D. G. 1t is barely
possible the venerable Ohio statesman
may have felt that Mansfield's recently
acquired reputation in connection with
Dowieism is somewhat more than a
man in his feeble health should be
obliged to help to carry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Emile lola expresses his deep sym
pathy with Maitre Labori. who has
been SO boycotted because of his part
in the Dreyfus case. and in a recent
interview urged that every possible
support and aid be given to the brave
LAWYER.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

The first electric launch to be used
on the canals of Venice, Italy, has
been delivered from England. The
launch, which is called the Alessandro
Volta, will accommodate so passen-
gers. It's length is about SIS feet and
width 10 feet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

The largest balloon ever constructed,
capable of lifting over six tons, will
ascend from Berlin shortly to make
meteorological observations 1t viii
be supplied with provisions for several
weeks end two beds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

The physicians of Columbus, O.,
have organized to protect themselves
from dead beats. 1t is the live beats
that worry other folks, but probably
the ghosts of dead ones haunt physi-
clans.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Rosewood and Mahogany are SO
plentiful in Mexico that some of the
copper mines there are timbered with
rosewood, while mahogany is used as
fuel for the engines.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Meat has been preserved in a frozen
state for thirty years, and found per-
fectly eatable at the end of hat time.