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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

CII,oSED TO THE SINGLE corn
- ~.
Of the sinP:c gold standard, under ,he |
law passed by the last republican con- |
eress, is detrimental to the best in
terests Of the people. The limited
measure of prosperity which the trusts
have permitted the people to enjoy
during this administration is Il vindi-
cation of the cumulative theory of
money advocated by the democratic
party. If the relatively meager in
crease in the output of gold, due to
the discovery of new gold mines, has
given tie country a degree Of pros
pCrity, how much greater would il
have been had the minis of the United
states been opened to the free and un-
limited coinage of both gold and sill
yer at the old ratio of !6 TO ], the gov
ernmeut experimenting this output
with the issue of legal tender notes
rather than national bank currency?
The currency Legislation Of the last
congress has still further enlarged and
fortified the powers of the Money
Trust, already dangerous menace to
all our interests.
MILITARISM AND STANDING
ARMY.
! am opposed to the spirit of mill
tariSm which dominates and controls
the republican party, and yet admit
that If we are to have colonial en-
pre- it can be maintained only by a
large standing army and great alb
normal navy. But felloW-litizens, mil
itariSm is costly lCXury. Tie five
great powers Of Russia, Great Britain,
Germany, France and the United
States appropriated during the last fis-
cal year $Sjj,92J, S62.G2 to maintain
stuptndous military and naval cstab-
lishments. The appropriations of our
own government reached the StIgger-
ing total of $l:9,207, 5O6.2l. a little
more II an one-ffth Of the entire out
lay. | may also adj that since the
declaration of war with Spain the
United States has appropriated $G13,-
S09,23S.79 to meet Spanish war
expenses, to subjugate the Fill
ipinos and to uphold the
republican colonial policy of conquest
and criminal aggression" The actual
war expenditures during the last fiscal
year were Sis for each one Of our
population.
Already the regular army has
grown under this administration
from $4,000 to 100000 men, and yet
the demand is for still further in
crease. That ACCOMPLISHED soldier.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

that y aeit-t; o,~ cri,incntl N,ut ~~Ns~N Xsss
governs himself and also governs an
other man, that is more than sclf-gov-
ernment--that is despotism. Our re-
lance is in the love of liberty which
God has planted in us; our defense
is in the spirit which prizes liberty rs
the heritage of all men, in all lands,
everywhere"
1t seems that these opinions of the
great captain of the republican party
should inspire that organization, and
yet ON the occasion of the recent Hill
noiS state republican convention Il res
olution of sympathy for the Beers
was greeted with dCrisive boots and
jeers. And Illinois is the state which
gave Lincoln to the Union, and be-
meath whose soil rests his illustrious
ashes, Is it any wonder that Harrison,
Hoar, Schurz, Sherman, Henderson,
Wellington, Edmunds, Boutwell,, Hale,
Reed and others who have been great
leaders of the republican party, should
endeavor TO call halt in the mad
race Of the present leadership of that
| DuI " Ibl NpI IN-Nl hC VII pm
The armies of the English empire
are slowly but surely crushing the cX-
piring South African republics. Liber-
| tv there will soon exist as n memory
| only. The war seems to be nearing
| its close, and the tattercd remnants
of that heroic band of patriots must
soon seek homes elsewhere. Let this
republic extend n cordial handgrasp
and welcome them to this old-time
asylum of liberty. The democratic
party bids them welcome, but if they
come, November will determine
whether their lot shall be cast in u
free republic or in colonial empire,
patterned after the mighty empire
which has just deprived them of home
and liberty.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL EXTRAV-
AGANCE.
Mr.. Chairman and fellow-citizens,
| there is another issue raised by the
national democratic platform of COM
handing interest to the people. The
denunciation Of continued war taxes,
after the war has closed, and the Law
ish appropriations Of the republican
congress are exceedingly timely.
We have already reached an cnor-
Gus total of federal appropriations
amounting practically to the confisCa-
tion of large part OF the earnings OF
the people. Year after year the re-
| :, ~ ri ~ IN hnnlt n,.n n.nnh nNnn
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

...s s-a.1s or - -.
| well chosen.
1t is also the occasion of real pride
| to know that the democratic party
| las not only effected the large reduc-
tion of the state debt, to which have
adverted, with a decreasing rate of
taxation, but it has enlarged and re-
built many of the state institutions,
established others and increased the
endowment for the support of the
ubhC schools and of the state univer-
Sity.
TuMBER OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
In 1870, when the liberal republican
administration of Gov. Brown drove
the radical republican party from
power, our state institutions consist
ed of: Lunatic Asylum No. l at Full
ten, School for Deaf and Dumb at
Fulton, School for the Blind in ST.
Louis, State University at Columbia,
Normal School No. / at Kirksville,
Normal School No. at Warrensburg,
Lincoln Institute (colored) at Jeffer-
son City and the penitentiary at JEFF
ferson City.
All OF these institutions, except the
t"o normal schools and Lincoln jnsti-
tntc. were established by the demo-
cratic party before the republican
party secured control of our state
government. Since that time demo-
cratic administrations have added the
following state institutions: Normal
School No. at Cape Girardeau,
School of Mines at Rolla, Lunatic
Asylum No. 2 at st. Joseph, Lunatic
Asylum No. at Nevada, Reform
SchC oil for Boys at Boonville, Indus
trial Home for Girls at Chillicothe,
Confederate Home at Higginsville and
he Federal Soldiers Home at St.
James.
In addition to these new institu-
tions. The state university at Column
LA has been rebuilt; Lunatic Asylum
No. ut Fulton has been reftted and
enlarged; Lunatic asylum No. at
| Pennington is now being constructed;
the conversion of splendid Fruit
and Experimental Station located at
Mountain Grove was recently laid;
the buildings for the care of the Fee
b Minded at Marshall are under con-
tract and construction, and the capt.
toll building at Jefferson City has
bc",' inn owed by the construction of
1--WE large wings at cost of about
$s!C CcG
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOL PUR.
! POSES.
The state has expended $6,482, 002.2o
| for 1hr Sllnnnrt and maintenance of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

belong TO a party pledged to foster |
~ - ss.-r
all the varied industries of this inn |
periai state. The man who, labors in
the mines, on the railways, cut on the
farms, in the workshops and manu-
factories. upon the streets OF our
great cities and elsewhere, shall SO far
as | can contribute to that result,
have the protection of laws which
shall cNemplify the old democratic
doctrine of Equal rights to all and
special privileges to none ! shall not
essay the role of a demagogue by de-
nouncing corporations, that l may
thus gain power, and then betray the
people. Corporations of all kinds
shall have the same equality of oppor-
tunity that other interests have. They
are entitled TO this equality, nothing
more, nothing less.
| desire to assure The business mon
and the business interests Of the state
that the powers of the Office of gov
crnor shall be employed within the
limitations of law, to secure the enact
ment OF Just laws and to prevent the
passage of all laws bestowing special
favors. Any attempt to influence leg
/ islation by improper means, if such
there should be, will be disapproyed
by the executive department. No in
permitted to dominate the policy of
the adm Illustration. My congressional
record is the best guarantee | can of
fer that | will be faitl full to every
trust, and that | will be the governor
of all the people regardless of party
| affiliations. ! pledge my word that
that tbepowers of the Chief Magistra-
| cy shah be invoked to secure honesty
and economy in the administration of
state affairs, and to promote all meas
ures which shall put our state in
! harmony with the progressive spirit of
this marvellous century now closing
and Of the new century upon which we
are about to enter.
IMPERIAL MISSOURI.
Fe]low-citizens, to-day Missouri
stands fifth in rank of population with
her sister states, but in many respects
other than in point Of population, she
Is the peer of any. The name Of Mis-
souri, is a synonym Of honor through
out the Union. TO be Missourian is
a distinction for any man, wherever he
muy journey, and meme can realize
this so fully as one who has been alb
sent from her borders and soiourned
elsewhere. The aspirations Of Mis-
soulians for continued state improve
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

vas in excess of the number really
required for the economical transac-
-, &c l,,e;nnce Tho bOnnrn hlp Crcn-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Ants on Fruit Trees.

There is more or less complaint in
fruit sections about the ravages of ants
on cherry trees. The grower who
thinks that ants are making trouble for
him does not observe very closely, or
he would notice that the ants are not
only harmless, but do much good. The
real enemy is the minute aphis, which
frequently attacks the young growth
on cherry trees, sucking the sap
through the easily pierced bark AS
these insects are about the same color
as the bark, they are readily overlook
ed, while the ant which follows and
eats the exuding sap are noticed. To
rid the tree of the real pest, the aphis,
spray with bordeaux mixture or kero-
sene emulsion. The aphis feed on the
tender growth early in the season, Of
ten before the tree puts out many
leaves, so that they must be closely
watched, or they will will do consider
able harm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

being filled with hay to keep the pump
from freezing. This is not a difficult
Job, and the results are often worth a
great deal during a single winter even.
The pump can be lowered again for
summer use if desired setting the ele
waited platform away for use again the
following winter. Where water can be
run into the barn in the way suggested,
It will, ON standing a while, acquire the
Temperature of the barn. being then
much more suitable for cows to drink,
while the latter will also be saved the
exposure to cold winds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
The Corn Crop.

The United States Department of
Agriculture will make an effort at the
Paris Exposition to make the people of
Europe realize the value of the Ameri-
can corn Or maize as an article of food,
by having party there to cook it in all
the various ways in which our people
like it, and to distribute samples Of it
to tempt the appetite of those who
have never tested it at the table, but
have thought it only fit to use for fat
ten!ng cattle and swine. We suppose
corn bread, Carolina pone and the
Yankee mush, under whatever name it
may be known in other States, will be
served daily, and we hope they will not
omit the ''baked Indian" pudding,
which is such a favorite in New Eng
land. 1t is good work, for while we
have not thought it desirable to in
crease our exports of corn for stock
feeding in other countries, SO long as
we could use it at home for the same
purpose, and sell them our meats, if we
can get them to appreciate it as food
for the human race, they will buy it,
although prices may be advanced to a
point where they cannot afford to use
it for stock feed. And we know that
the corn crop of this country can be
largely increased as the demand may
increase, and that as the value of the
stalks becomes bette rknown, and they
are more carefully saved for forage in
the corn growing sections, the crop will'
become more profitable. Scientists say
that 40 per cent. of the feeding value
of the corn crop is in the stalks when
properly cared for, yet where the most
corn has ben grown this part of the
crop has often been wasted, or utilized
only in a careless fashion that saved
but small portion of it. The new uses
that are being found for the pith of the
stalk, and the grinding of the outer
hard shell into a meal, are industries
which seem to promise now to give an
increased value to the corn stover.-
American Cultiyator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Mixing Alfalfa.

A good growth of alfalfa was obtain
ed in south Jersey last season by mix
ing the seed with soil washed from
well-grown plants from the New Jer-
sey station field, letting the mixture
stand over night and sowing all to-
gether, afterward sprinkling the plot
with water in which the plants had
been soaked. The advice is to get a
stand by thick sowing and extra care
on well-fertilized soil and use the soil
from this to inoculate the seed for
more extended sowing. Alfalfa is most
desirable of the clovers on every ac-
coI1nt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Adulterated Milk.

Judge Bishop, at Des Moines, decided
that if person buys milk with the
knowledge that it contains boracic acid
or any harmless article put in it for the
purpose of preserving the milk, there
is not adulteration and that the statute
does not apply, but that if harmful
article should be added, or if boracic
acid was put in and the milk sold with
out giving notice of it's use, it would
amount to adulteration in the meaning
Of the statute. In the case under con-
sideration the purchaser had full
knowledge of the fact that boracic acid
was used.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Brief State happenings.

At Sheboygan fire damaged the factory
of the Frost Veneer Seating Company to
the extent of $780,
The residence of ID. J. Harff was de-
stroyed by fire at Kenosha. The loss is
So 900, partially insured.
f. Willis Swarthout of Sparta died Of
heart disease at Viloxi, Miss, where he
and his family spent the winter.
The promoters of the proposed electric
line at Kenosha have refused to accept
the city's terms in regard to franchise.
Levi Myhill killed his wife and then
committed suicide at their home in Ad-
ans County. Family trouble was the
cause.
Mrs 2. G.. Torrey, the wife of the reg
lister of deeds of Kenosha County, was
seriously injured in runaway accident
near Kenosha.
w. III. Wilde, former resident of
Marinette, and until a few months ago
head bookkeeper for the Scoheld Lumber
Company, was adjudged insane at Rhine
lander and taken to an asylum.
Cora Kruger, the 6-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kruger, was
badly burned at Brillion. She died from
the shock The child was playing around
a bonfire in back yard, when she APP
preached too close and her dress caught
fire.
Complaints are coming in from farmers
all along the Mississippi Black and La
Crosse rivers of the doings of drunken
Indians, Winnebagoes. Bucks and
sauaws, in a state of intoxication, are
being picked up almost daily along the
leyee in La Crosse by the police.
Fire destroyed the barns, hay sheds,
graneries and other outbuildngs, togeth-
err with most of their contents, at Au-
burn, belonging to William Bitney. Two
cows and some other live stock were
burned. A lantern, kicked out Of boys
hand by horse, was the cause of the
fire. The loss was about ST 800, partly
covered by insurance.
Byron Van Doozer of Sturgeon Bay
was struck and killed by the incoming
train on the Ahnapee and Western. He
was 35 years old.
Samuel Caddon, switchman in the en-
ploy of the st. Paul and Duluth road, fell
between two cars and was crushed to
death at West Superior.
Lawrence Patrieau was sentenced by
fudge yinje of the Circuit Court at West
Superior to fifteen years imprisonment at
Waupun. Patrieau's crime was alleged
robbery of young school teacher out in
the county, the crime having been COM
mitted several days agO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

Experiments at the Indiana station
corn planted the first week in May
gives the heaviest yield. During the
same series of tests it was shown that
three inches is as deep as the Guilt
yator should be run in corn fields at any
time. The yields on plats cultivated
two inches deep were about as heavy
as on any of the others. There seems
to be but little difference between hill
and drill planting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

made 80. I would advise the use or
bone meal in liberal quantity in prefer
ence to barnyard fertilizer, because It
never introduces the seeds Of weeds
into the lawn, as manure from the sta
bles is very sure to do. Coarse bone
meal, in the proportion of half pound
to each square yard, will give soil Of
ordinary quality strength enough to
produce an excellent growth of grass
Eben E. Rexford, in the New Lippin-
colt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
How to Make Handsome Lawn.

How to Make a Handsome Lawn.
Iawn-making is not so difficult as
most persons seem to think. You must
begin right if you would attain sat
fsfactory degree of success. The first
thing to do is to grade the ground
evenly. Most persons prefer lawn
that slopes away from house to road in
an almost imperceptibse incline of sur
face. Such a lawn is easier to make
than a level one, because any little de-
parture from a perfectly even surface
win be far less noticeable. To secure
the necessary slope, earth viii have to
be filed in near the house If the lot is a
comparatively level one. Wherever
there has been an excavation made
for the house walls or cellar there
will generally be enough earth near
the house to furnish all the filling need
ed in making the required slope. This
soil. which is almost always hard,
should be worked over until it ID as fine
and mellow as possible, for a good
lawn can not be made from soil that
is coarse and lumpy.
If the soil is not rich. It should be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
To Destroy Beetles and Borers.

Scrape off the rough bark of apple
trees. Thus you destroy the chance of
the beetles or fat-headed borers find
ing a lodging in which later to lay eggs
and trouble. You can destroy 200 or
more tent caterpillars on apple trees
now about as easy as you can kill a
single worm in June. Their nests en-
circle the twigs near the ends, and on
sunny day they can easily be seen. Clip
and burn Vick's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Naming of Steamboats,.

Many steamboats,. like race horses
have names given for the reason thae
their names reflect some whim OF the
owner or are named after some object
of interest or affection TO him. Inc
steamboat ELLEN, which was sunk re-
Gently ut Island 81, and ON which the
wreckjng crew is still at work. had .
name which puzzled rivermen. Steam
boats are always named after some
thing. aud what ELLEN meant was
more than most OF them could de-
cipher. The boat was named a,.er
the wife of the owner. He IS a IA
ancah man. when the boat was launch
cd he decided to call her Nellie. HIS
wife objected to having the boat
named after her, so he satlsfled MN
self and wife too by spelling the name
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scimetar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

,uE UNSUCCESSFUL.
' ,' on the common way;
,as,pd and gave no sign
r. that had lost the day,
|srpres, half divine.
/, IN quiet place, we see
Enishty ranks contain
|, TOO great for victory,
|, tao unspoiled for gain.
psrth's splendid failures,
,lorions foughten fields;
|,;ar tbe wounds of combat,
|r,ne upon their shields
b,t still do battle here,
/ ID aught prevail,
lad a triumph not too dear,
.pstll. like theirs, to fail.
[sot6 c. Cardozo, in the Cen
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Closes $50, boo Land Deal.

The Chippewa Copper Mining Com
pany has just closed a $4,000 deal at
West Superior. The company has pur-
chased for that price 1880 acres of land
on the copper range in Douglas County,
the land adjoining the 16O acres upon
which the present 2OO-foot shaft has been
dug. Ordinarily the land there would not
be worth over one-twentieth of the
amount paid, but the fine copper showing
there raised the price.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
Thief Captured by a Woman.
Wanted to Kill Wife and Himself.

DIR. Leo Breitzmann, a WeII-knoWn phy-
stefan of Grafton, caused considerable
excitement at Neenah by brandishing
large butcher knife and threatening to kill
his wife and himself He had been drink
ing heavily and was placed under arrest
charged with being drunk and disorderly.
DIR. Breitzmann and his wife, from whom
he has separated, quarreled over the pos
session of their 9-year-old daughter, and
this trouble caused the doctor to drink
heavily
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17
To Pumn Water Into the Barn.

To Pump Water Into the Barn.
Some pumps need only little eleva-
ton to make it possible to run the
water by spout right into the barn,
where the cattle can drink without
being exposed to cold or storms. The
cut shows pump raised and the ele-
waited platform boxed in the interior
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

pr0pOrtlOh IN breast
and body generally.
The Embden ar e
W h / t e, somewhat
longer in the leg, but
possessi n g M a n Y
c h rae eri S ties
worthy Of attention.
Both of these breeds
combine all that is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

of harrington 10th, 65356. He was bred
and exhibited by Mr.. r. Fl. Dyke, BAN
bury, Oxfordshire, England. He won
the first prize of ESQ in his class at the
recent Birmingham Shorthorn Show,
and was sold for $40 guineas, or nearly
SO 700
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

EMBDEN GOOSE. necessary in geese.
The Chinese are pretty" perhaps, in
point of feather, but as table bird
they do not compare with either of
those named above.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-17

Magistrates are said to impose fines
and the defendants usually regard 1t as
an imposition.