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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
When Minds are Brightest.

Swift was 50 when his brain gave
birth to "Gulliver's Travels
Thomas Hoods The song of the
Shirt" and The Bridge of Signs
were writ ten when he was 46.
George Eliot was near her fiftieth
year when she wrote ''Middlemarch
and this was succeeded by Daniel
Deronda.
Bacon's greatest work took 90
wears to mature and GrOte's His
tory of Greece" some years longer
The New World.
Longfellow wrote "Hiawatha at
IS. and Oliver Wendell Holmes gave
US Songs in Many Keys when he
had passed his 10Th birthday.
Cowper had turned the half CEN
turv when he wrote The Task and
John Gilpin. and DeFoe was within
two years OF SO when he published
Robinson Crusoe'
Millions mind rose to its highest
capacity when the blind poet was
between ~ and 30. 1t was at this
period OF his existence when he offer
ed to the word Paradise Lost.
Sir Walter Scott was II when his
"Waverlv' made his appearance,
and nearly all these stories which
have conferred lasting fame upon
him were composed after the age Of
fOrty-slX
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
on AN ONION DIET.
Chicago University Is RedOlent With
GarlickX Fumes.

Chicago. H.. Oct. 1O.-OniOns ON
steaks. onions boiled. onions in sal
ads are the rage at the University OF
Chicago. and it all because DIR. Har-
per, the president OF the institution,
has been put on an onion diet.
Members OF the faculty and stu
dents desiring TO emulate the illus
triOus example set them vie with
one another III the amount of onions
they can consume and the number
OF dishes they can cOncoct from the
aromatic vegetable. Some are eat
ing onions i'll sincere faith i'll their
health giving properties: Others say
they are obliged TO fall in line for
sell defense.
DR.. Sarah DeLOss has been pre-
scribing for President Harper. She
believes in onions.
Il can easily prove to you the pc
tency OF onions, > said DR.. De Loss.
Just take IA piece OF lime stone-be
sure it l. lime stone, however-rub an
onion upon it. You VIII find that
the stone is soon reduced to "a pulpy
mass. SO it is in the system. Any
secretiOns OF lime are promptly dis
solved by the use OF onions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
COOMBS COMEDIES KENTUCKY.
Reports That the Republicans Can Carry
But Two Districts.

Frankfort, KY, Oct. 1.-THE re-
publicans in Kentucky are making
bold claims that they will carry the
third. fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth and
eleventh congressional district. 1t
has been learned however, that chair
man Leslie Coombs of the republican
state campaign committee has made
the following report to the congress
sional committee at Washington:
First four districts democratic,
fifth. republican, gain of one; sixth,
seventh and eighth, democratic,
ninth. now republican, probably dem
ocratic, loss of one; tenth, demo
cratic: eleventh, republican.
1t is thus apparent that the fifth
and the eleventh districts are all they
expect to carry.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
TWO AMERICANS RELEASED.
Belonged TO Lieut.. Alsladtter's Cap
tured Party and Say Filipinos
Treated Them Well.

Manila, Aug. ~. via San Francisco,
Oct. 11--Word has been received
from San Miguel to the effect that
two men belonging to Lieut.. Alslad-
ter's party We're given their liberty
on parole a few days ago. They re-
port that the lieutenant and the
other prisoners are now IN the hands
of Pablo Tecson and are well cared
for
Pagan, the deserter from the Tween
ty-fourth Infantry. is supposed to
have. planned the ambush The
treatment OF prisoners by Tecsou has
been most cOmmenda bic. and all the
reports brought from within his
lines indicate that Pablo is most hui
name in his methods The two men
who were given their parole We're re-
i quired to sign a paper, written i'll
Spanish, the fullimport of which they
did not know, but which they under
; stood to be a sort OF parole
Two horse thieves and deserters
from the Twenty-ninth Infantry,
/ United States volunteers, stationed
on the island of Masbate. were killed
| by party OF soldiers who were sent
to capture them. AS the little party
approached the deserters the latter
opened an ineffective fire, which was
: returned, and two deserters fell dead.
One of them was named Carran. but
the name of his companion has not
been learned. Two other soldiers
who were intimidated into joining
the deserters, made their escape and
: returned to camp
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
ALFRED SPEER ENTERTAINS
Bids Farewell to Old VINEYARDS
Passaic, \ j., Daily Herald, Oct /.

:.
1t looked like old times at Speer's
vineyard and wine cellars and in
Speer's chateau Saturday afternoon.
The usual annualc crowd ofphysicians
lawyers and newspaper men were on
hand inspecting and sampling Mr.
Speer's grapes and wine. This time
the invitations were limited to New
ark, Orange and Passaic people. 1t
required a dozen earring and sta ges
to transport the guests to and from
the vineyards.
The veteran wine maker is now
nearly eighty years of age. and.
though hale and hearty for a man
at that advanced stage OF life. he
feels that he cannot gather his
friends around him many times i'll
the future. The progress of Passaic
is forcing his magnificent vineyards
out of the way, and buildings are
now going up where once the fair
ed.
The vineyard OF fifty-six acres on
Van Houten avenue is fast disap-
pearing, nearly all Of it having been
cut up into building lots. Time will
not wait for us to catch up: it never
did for anybody and it never will for
Us" wrote Mr.. Speer in his invita-
tons, and his friends did not fail to
take advantage of his kindness
About sixty guests met at the
chateau at : clock and after spend
ing Il short time viewing the hand
some building and the park, they
took seats in stages and carriages
and, led by Mr., Speer, were driven to
the big vineyards. The party was
escorted through the arbors. hung
with punches OF the grapes that have
made Mr.. Speer's wine famous. FIRE.
quent stops were taken to enjoy
the fruit.
On the return the party was taken
to the big wine house on lower Main
avenue and escorted through the
storage vaults. All watched with
interest the making of wine. Up
wards of / 900, 900 gallons OF choice
vintage is stored in the building
Some of the monster casks hold a
thousand gallons each. Mr.. Speer
personally conducted the party and
showed with interest the casks
filled with wine thirty years old. AS
soon as the tour OF inspection was
completed the party adjourned to
the chateau, where Il sumptuOus re-
past had been prepared by Manager
RAIDER. One OF the features OF the
luncheon was the presentation to the
guests of Mrs Belts, Mr.. Speer' $
mothers twin sister, who is aged
81 years. She is remarkably spry
for woman of her age, and came
unattended from New York to Pas
sale on Saturday for the purpose OF
attending the reception. She is MIR.
Speer's aunt.
Mr.. Speer introduced her to the
guests. and she made a short address
OF welcome, which was greeted with
applause. She said she had used Mr..
Speer's wine for forty years and
knew its good qualities. Mr.. Speer
was an interesting listener to the
short addresses which followed the
banquet.
Following the banquet each guest
was presented with two bottles oil
Mr.. Speer's fayOrite port and Bur
gundy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
FREE BLOOD CURE.

An Offer Proving Faith TO Sufferers.
Ulcers. cancers. eating sores, pain
full swellings, effects of blood poison.
persistent eruptions, that refuse to
heal under ordinary treatment are
quickly cured by b. b. B. BOTANIC
Blood Balnl. the most wonderful
blood purifier OF the age. made es-
peciallv to cure all terrible obstinate
deep-seated blood and skin troubles.
Is your blood thin? Are you pale?
Ali run down? Have you the
Eczema? Pimples? Blotches and
bumps? Skin or scalp humOrs !
Boils? Eruptions? Skin itches and
swollen? Aching bones? Rheume-
tism? Scrofula? Catarrh? Then
YOU need 3. b. B. (Botanic BLOOD
Balm. because it drains from the
blood and entire system all the
poisons and humors which cause all
| OF these troubles, and the cause being
removed. a permanent cure follows
b.. b. r. thoroughly tested for thirty
wears. aud thousands cured after
doctors and patent medicines had
failed. For sale by druggists at 81
/ Der large bottle. or large bottles
full treatnenrl -. To prove our
faith in B. B. B. we viii send a trial
bottle free TO sufferers. 50 they may
/ Hest the remedy at our expense.
! Address BLOOD BALM co, AT
anita GA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
THIEVES CAN'T VOTE.
New DISTINGUISHING Law by the Last
Legislature.

Any person who shall be convict
ed OF arson, burglary, robbery or
larceny in any degree, in this article
specified, or who shall be sentenced
to imprisonment in the penitentiary
for any other crime punishable under
the provisions OF this article. shall
be incompetent to serve as IL Juror in
any cause. and shall be forever dis
qualified from any election or hold
ing any office of honor, trust or
profit within this state. missouri
statute.
Politicians in the city are not pay
ing as much attention, as those in
the country, to the law passed by
the last legislature DISTINGUISHING
persons convicted of petty larceny.
This law is being used III rural com
munities all over the state, especially
against negro voters who have at
various and sundry times yielded to
the temptation presented by a fat
pullet on hen rOOst.
One conviction is sufficient to dis
franchise and there is nowin progress
a general overhauling of court rec
Ords fOra list of those who have come
under the ban since the law was
passed.
1t does not apply to those convict
ed prior to the passage OF the law.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
,.t,c IL TIE CID On 7
GROUND.

!. tenting tonight in the Phil
Rpines
u scanning ground mid the
drpping trees;
&c and death are nigh.
= are the hearts that are weary
io-night,
/ esbiug for the war to cease.
are the hearts looking for the
right
! ,.ee the dawn OF peace.
|-,,.sg tonight, tenting tonight
Eating on the old camp ground.
:, thinking Of home and the
I trends so dear
1Irs the ocean wide.
I no sad farewells as We sailed
j sEay
.nh soldiers hope and pride.
r. been fighting to-day Ger the
4 he same old ground.
OF natives slain,
tmany a camrade sleeps in death
4 rounded, writhes III pain.
/ vii follow our flag, though in
/ quiet hours
aEss the awful thought
~ We are denying our brother
man
/ rp rights for which he fought
Il il seems oftentimes that the
stars and stripes
Emblem OF Liberty
! stained with the blood OF the
l men we've slain
sause they would be fee.
N are calling to you in the old
home land
|Fo stop this needless STRIFE,
laeonquest and glory are dear at
cost
i aHberty and life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
Doubtful.
CIeS Gland Plain Dealer.
tort -SlN

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il see that 4 Washington druggist
fried an egg on the asphalt pavement
in front OF his store on the recent
Notwithstanding hot day there.
Thank YOU for letting me down
50 easy
w hat do you mean?
Il was afraid you were going to
say that a. Matched it out
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
Upton HOLDS ALL THE PORK.
aAnowledges That He Has COrnered
the Market.

london, Oct. l1.-Sir Thomas
Apson was questioned to-day re-
saiuing the pork corner and said:
IT'S fact that control to-day
e'aetlcally all the pork in the United
yates. | have no intention of rails.
s. the price to an exorbitant de-
am perfectly satisfied To make
All profit out OF the deal and
- 10 all possible to avoid cauS.
trouble to those who sold short.
y iaet, | let some 90 the other
~ Order to save a few threatened
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
STo1
Ro,-s+b. "A The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of &W2zzzMx
American Troops Worn Out.

San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 1O.-Lieu-
tenant A. DolgoroukOff OF the Rus
sian army is here on his way east,
where he will spend few days before
returning TO Russia.
The Lieutenant was on board the
Russian flag ship when the attack
was made on the forts at Taku. He
commended the work of the Ameri-
cans in China, but says they would
have done better had they been sent
fresh from the United States instead
of from Manila, as many OF them
were fatigued and worn out by pre-
vious fighting in the PHILIPPINES.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
A RAVING MANIAC.
Youtsey's Mental Condition Really

Pitiful.

GeOrget own, Ky, Oct 1O.-Henry
Youtsey has remained in cOmatose
condition all day. Whether this was
due to the opiates administered to
quiet him last night can not be ascot
tanned. He has answered no ques-
ton addressed to him by his nearest
relatives and physicians, but once or
twice during the day he held up his
hands and exclaimed.
There is no blood on my hands
there is no mans blood on my
hands.
He has kept his eyes closed all day,
and they are still slightly crossed, as
if drawn and set by the commissions
he had last night. The only nouriSh
ment he has taken was glass OF
milk. which was almost forced down
his throat by the physicians. pr,
Garrick says he Is in an extremely
critical condition. which may take a
sudden turn for the better or worse
at anv moment. and if for the worse
Youtsev will be permanently insane.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
|aHberty and life.

1 hsDaemia and most wOmen's all
as the digestion is weak, the
kasing OF color, flesh and strength
&Mof lood, is imperfect so that the
kiRnt is weak, wan, nervous and
|Eweptic. This condition can be
krected by taking a course OF Her
1R. Price 80 cents. For sale by
D |. Tucker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
Job Couldn't Have Stood 1t

If he'd had Itching Piles. They're
terribly annoying; but Bucklen 5
Arnica Salve will cure the worst case
OF Piles on earth. IT has cured thou
sands. For injuries, pains or bodily
eruptiOns it's the best salve in the
world. Only 21c. box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by H. l.. Tucker,
Druggist.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18

see TWO girls in smother column gathering
cranes for Spaert : wine. Read all all about
Thein. Speer's wines are uneNceiled by anx
in the world.
American Institute Farmers Club
Report the wines OF Alfred >peer. of PAssa;c,
New Jersey tue most reliable, Su1 his OporI
crane Wine as superior : . any in the world.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18

le the Cold and Works of the
Cold.
laAatlYe Bromo-Quinine Tablets
"a cold III one day. No cure, no
mi. Price - cents,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
To Cure a Cold in One Day

aake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
10 All druggists refund the money
|ah hils to cure. f. W. Groves sig
aatare is on each box. 25c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
WALTON TRUST COMPANY,
Butler, Missouri.

CAPITAL, $4,000.
loan Real Estate at rates OF
be No delay
able here.
We complete of Title all Lands and Town Lots
County, and kept with
Complete Abstracts furnished to
lin Bate County. reasonable
especially invited to CALL
ALLEN, VIM f. WALTON President.
lC Assistant Secy T. j. WRlGHTsVice President
WEI DoN YATES Abstracter J. BROWN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-13
THE TWICE-A-WEEK REPUBLIC.

Every Monday and Thursday a news
paper as good as a magazine-and
better, for it contains the latest by
telegraph as well as interesting stories
lis sent to the subscriber of the
'sTwice-a-Week" Republic, which is
only 81 a year.
The man who reads the s'Twice-a-
Week" Republic knows all about affairs
political, domestic and foreign events;
is posted about the markets and COM
mercial matters generally.
The woman who reads the Twice
a-Week". Republic gathers a bit of val
liable Information about household
affairs and late fashions and finds rec
reation in the bright stories that come
under both the headings OF fact and
fiction. There is gossip about
books and a dozen other topics of es-
pecial interest to the wide-awake man
and woman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-13
Humiliating But True.

The similarity of the situation in
South Africa to that in the Philippines
cannot fail to be recognized. In each
of these distant lands a nation repre-
senting the highest grade of modern
civilization is engaged in the subjuga-
ton of a people supposed to be of a
lower grade. In each the people are
fighting sturdily against tremendous
odds, for the right of ruling themselves
In their native land. In each, the
powers bent upon subjugation declare
that the government they propose to
substitute for independence is a better
government, and that the. progress of
the human race will be advanced when
the independent people are cerced and
held in subjugation. Both have the
same end 10 view, namely, the estab-
lishment of colonial rule over territories
and peoples DESTROYS of independence.
1t is like a chapter from ancient his
IOES. ~ Il IL SPECdo VI q dOuIuduG
race and a dominant language by force
through military conquest. We see
to what it leads in the burning of
homesteads, the devastation of farms
and the deportation of women aud
children by the British commander in
South Africa, aud in the announcement
of the inhuman .''reconcentrado'' policy.
How long will it be before this will be
PARALLEL in the conduct of the Ameri-
a forces in the Philippines? A peo-
pie stubborn in their patriotism cannot
be subjugated without cruelty. Great
Britain is used to it, and does not hest
tate. Kitchper, who butchered the
dervishes in the Soudan, will not shrink
from applying a similar policy to the
recalcitrant Beers. But will the peo-
pie of the United States consent that
the parallel shall be maintained?-
Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-13
M'Call's Stand for Justice.

Congressman Mccall of Massachu-
sets, by speaking in opposition to the
bill which proposes to infict upon the
country a permanent standing army of
panible to the number of several hun
dred thousand soldiers at the will of
the President, has again demonstrated
that he is one Republican who is brave
enough and broad enough to defy the
whip of pa%rtisanship and speak with
the voice of patriotism and of justice.
He showed that his Republican col
leagues have been making misleading
representations concerning the expense
of the proposed military establishment.
Those who compare our standing army
with the standing armies of Europe, he
declared, usually are careful not to
compare the relative costs. The French
army costs 1925. 600. 900 a year, the
German $3.50. 900, 600, the British $780,
600. 900, and the Russian $3.50, 900, 600.
These figures include pensions and for
tifcations.
s.If his bill passes" said Mr.. Mccall,
ssthe war department will need $113.-
600, 900. There is another cost not in
cluded in these figures which is a
necessary incident to the army and as
much a part of its cos as the pay of
the soldiers. That is the pension sys-
tenn. We are appropriating for that
purpose $145. 600, 900 a year. Our
total charges, therefore, for military
purposes are $500. 600. 900 a year-an
amount greater than the joint military
expenses of those two armed rivals
Germany and France"
But by far the most notable and
most laudable passage in Mr.. McCall's
speech vas that in which he pleaded
with his Republican colleagues to give
the Filipinos independence. where be
likened the uneonquerable spirit of
these islanders to that of the revolu-
tionary forces It Valley Forge; where
he told them that the time hal come
for the United States to frankly &C
knowledge its purpose and to give
these people assurances that we will
aid them for n year, or five years if
need be. in setting up a government of
their own, symbolized by their own
flag.
MI. McCall's bold stand against his
party's Philippine policy of subjuga-
ton is a fitting aud consistent supple
ment TO his attitude toward the Porto
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-13
The Friends of the Poor Borrower.

The tender soIicitude which the
money loaners feel for the money bor-
rover is touchingly pathetic. Not
content with the philauthropic bust
ness in which they are engaged, that
OF loauing money upon ~guilt-edged real
estate security at the highest possible
interest rate, they are now striving to
still further extend their unselfsh de-
votion to the debtors welfare by op-
posing the enforcement of the consti-
%tuiional amendment upon mortgage
taxation. This amendment, the thrifty
aud tender-hearted money-loaners de-
clare, will be for their own benefit,
but will injure the borrower. They
are therefore opposed to its enforce
ment. Their w~ell-knowu uuselfsh-
ness and deep-seated philanthropy COM
| pels them to sacrifice all the good that
would accrue to them because of the
proposed plan and to oppose it lest
they be helped at the expense of the
person to whom they loan money. The
anxiety of the sheepshearer lest the
lamb lose some wool is beautiful.
The whole purpose of the mortgage
taxation amendment is hal taxes
should be divided according to the in
terest which the two parties, the
mortgage and the mortgagor, hold in
the property. 1t would look like this
was lot an altogether bad object.
There would seem to be some Justice
ia a plan that proposes tEat the owner
of mortgaged property shall not be
taxed on what he borrows as we'll as
what he owns. But the holders OF
mortgages assert plaintively that such
a plan to relieve the borrower form
taxation will be ~ruinous to him. They
will get a larger rate of interest they
declare, and therefore are opposed to
it. By some strage misfortune, how
ever, the amendment has been appar-
emily adopted. Columbia Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-13
When Opportunity Knocked.
Every other night they met

Every other night they met
And gave mankind a rub,
The girls who hadn't the chance as yet
To give a beau a snub;
And yet their sign in words of jet
Read: "Bachelor Maidens' club"
They swore by the solar system and
The Scorpio group of stars
That man was only fit to stand
And drink at a dozen bars;
And they would never give their hand
To one that held cigars.
The leader wore a derby hat
And yellow, square-cut coat;
The secretary a red cravat
And a collar that pinched her throat;
While the treasurer looked SO mannish that
She could nave claimed vote.
There seems to nave been a mishap
To the plans of the maids antique;
The s'bachelor club'' has gone to rap
And the rooms are bare and bleak;
For it seems the president found a chap
Who was making fifteen per week.
Chicago Ne7VS.