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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
Fire Threatened Joplin. Mo.

Joplin, No, Dec. 19.-Early Tues
day morning fire destroyed a block Of
buildings at Sixth and Main Barney
Fergerson's residence and severa
store rooms were burned: loss, $1,000
The city was threatened for awhile
and much alarm was felt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

Manila. Dec. 1S.-The homeward
movement of volunteers will begin
New Years day with the embarkao-
ton of the Thirty volunteers.
The Eleventh cavalry will follow.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

"a Paso, Tex, Dec. ls.-Near Parral,
ex., an American miner named
Aefns killed two bandits who were
lying to rob him. He was going out
pay off his employees and took the
Hecaution to hide his money-S3,000
Under his wagon, and put his pistol
~ ms coat sleeve.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

bonneville, Ind, Dec. 1S.-,john Roi-
la, the third of the colored men inn
pIicated in the murder of Hollie Sim
ons. was hung to tree in the court
house ward here by u mob from Rock
port. Not shot was fired and
everything was conducted as quietly
as if the execution had been one un-
der the sanction of the law.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

Rome Dec. la.-The king of italy
Victor Emmanuel has informed the
nremfer Sipnor >aracco. that The
r,,,,.e,, viii become a mother about si5
rrsf,r-he hence
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
Drunken Father Killed His Child.

Topeka, Kan. Dec. 1s.-JoSeph Hoff-
ner. a Russian, was arrested for kill
ing his six-months-old baby. Hoffner
went to his home and attacked his
wife while she was holding the baby.
He fell over on the child two or three
times and killed it.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
No Education without Vaccination.

Marshall, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-There is
a well-developed smallpox scare IN
this county and the health authorities
declare that no child shall be allowed
to attend school unless it has been
successfully vaccinated. Poor children
are yaccinated free.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

San Juan, Porto Rico. Dec. 1s.-Tn
the house of delegates Mr.. Descarts
introduced bill granting unristrict-
Ell suffrage To women on the same
terms a. men.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

Native black soldiers at Kingston.
JAMAICA, started n riot in the streets
~au defied the authorities. Many peo-
pls were maltreated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

Ge,1 No. Dec Is.-Mrs. Joseph
To - found dead in her bed
Ia. red sometime during the
pieH ar husband did not know
there wa. ANYTHING wrong until he at
tempt4-d to awaken her
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
HOLIDAY Rates.

Ticket on sale De-. 23-24-2J and
81. 1900, and Jan. lst- 1901, to
points within 200 miles at rate Il
one fare for round trip.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
HoMEsEEKEks ExcURIoNs.

Tickets on sale to points in Ala,
Arizona. Ark. Colo, Florida, Geor-
gia, Idaho. Ind Ty, Iowa, Kansas,
Ean+ucky Louisiana, Michigan.
uisa No Neb.. Dakota and Okla.
Date If sale Dec. 4. and Is, 1900,
Ian. Let and 18th: Feby > 70 10:
March ; TO 10: April 2 TO is, 1901.
limited for return u daysfrom date
~ saIa AT rate Of one fare for the
round trip. f. c. VASDEKvooRT.
Agent
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20
os,ohon, Robbers Get $4,000.

Guthrie. Ok. Dec. 1S.-The bank of
rasl,i,,a ok. was entered and 81, 800
secured ly burglars J ne building
WAS wrecked by the force OF the eN-
pioSicn
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-20

The Sons of Veterans will establish
a national military college ut Mason
City, IL
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21
WIN Pay CoiisSs
Tuition from
Proeeeds,

persons safety among the bees. SHE
says, depends much upon his or her
temperament. One must be perfectly
calm and self-possessed. The slight
est nervousness they notice in a mo-
ment. and even the twitching of a
muscle Of the face will often attrac;
their attention and excite their ami
mostly. The hives have frequently to
be fitted out with the frames and
boxes in which the honey Is stored
All of the carpenter work required il
putting these together Miss Mills doe
herself. Much of her honey Is sold IL
neat little pound boxes. More Of it sh
disposes of as extracted honey, VIII 'cl
is used as a syrup. The extracting is
a special department Of her work. TIL
honey Is taken from the hives il
frames, instead OF boxes. and these ar
placed in a machine which throws tn
honey out of the comb cells by mean
Of centrifugal force. Sweet clover an'
alfalfa clover and Eastwood blossom
are relied upon to furnish the bes
honey. Buckwheat blossoms furnish 5
darker variety. which is not so muc!
In demand. Her bees during the sum
mer take about three days week o.
her time. The rest she spends uro,
another industry, namely, fruit can
ming and the making Of iellies. Hei
culinary skill in this line also brough:
her several prizes at the state fair
She has a regular list Of patrons ir
Syracuse. people from whom she get
her orders the first Of the season. Dur
ing the two years that she has been
at work. Miss Mills has accumulated
q neat little bank account from which
TO draw ON for the money which sh
needs in starting for college course.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21
Welded on a
Sinking Vessel
Two Emisrants P1iGhted
Their Vows In the Face
Of DeAth.

woman who had become engaged OF
the voyage-hunted up the chaplain
and demanded to be married. The
chaplain declined at first saying they
had much better spend their time get
ting ready for the death that seemed
certain. The pair had no notion of
looking at the gloomy side and said
they would rather die as man and wife
If it was inevitable. Eventually the
clergyman married them before two
witnesses, with sinking ship instead
Of church, and the cries of terrified
passengers as chorus. The boats
were resorted to two hours later and
all were taken off. Of the 800 souls
on board only the newly married cou-
pie and six other people, in the small
est boat, ever saw land again. They
reached the isle of Socotra after twelve
days at sea.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21
Woman
Beekeeper'

An enterprising young woman has
Just entered Syracuse University with
the freshman class. She is Miss Mary
Mills, who will pay her way through
college by her beekeeping. For two
years since she was graduated from
the high schoo! she has been in the
business at her fathers farm, three
miles out of Syracuse, and she has
made 1t pay. At the New York state
fair, recently held in Syracuse, she
carried off the first prize for her bees.
and several others for her honey Miss
Mills has found that this kind Of work
brings her In more money than school
teaching or some other occupations
might Her eighty swarms Of bees she
takes entire charge Of. They are To-
Gated in vineyard, the site being
chosen 30 that when they swarm they
will be likely to light on the grape
vines, where they can be easily cap
tured. Even with this precaution, how
ever, they sometimes take to the trees.
The costume that Miss Mills wears In
her works consists Of bloomers and
short skirt OF denim. says the New
York Tribune. Brown is the color
chosen, because, as Miss Mills says.
beekeepers have observed that the bees
like this shade, and are much more
amicably inclined toward people who
wear it. On her head she wears an
ordinary farmers straw hat, shout
which black silk veil Is draped and
folded snugly around her neck for pro-
lection from the bees. On her hands
she sometimes wears kid gloves, but
this. she says, Is more to keep her nm
gers soft and pliable for playing the
piano than because she Is afraid Of
the bees. They seldom sting her. A
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21

Perhaps the most impressive mar
riaSe ceremony ever performed was
solemnized while death stood leering
by on the deck of the sinking emigrant
steamer St. Levan. The vessel was
bound to Australia, with 300 emigrants
on board and heavy cargo. During
a violent hurricane in the Indian
ocean the cargo shifted, throwing the
vessel over on her beam ends and .eav-
ing her entirely helpless. A panic en-
sued and before the ships officers
could quell it thirty Of the passengers
had leaped over the side in their ter
ror For days the ship drifted, swept
by the seas. and life was lost daily.
Finally it was decided to give the
steamer one more day and then take
to the boats. as the St. Levan was
sinking slowly. Then two of the pas
sengers-a young man and a young
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21
BLACK FOX SKINS.
Rare and Beautiful and Worth Their
Weight In Gold.

New York women will have an op-
portunity this fall of wearing the most
exquisite and valuable furs known
among those beautiful adjuncts to
feminine wearing apparel. A big 9th
avenue shop, which has large and
fashionable clientele, has a number
of beautiful fox skins that are worth
their weight in gold. Many people do
not know that a black fox skin is as
rare as it is beautiful, and has value
in proportion to its rarity. The black
fox belongs to the silver fox family;
1t Is a Siberian animal and probably
not more than two dozen Of the skins
are to be found. says the New York
Times. The gem of the uptown collee-
tion is one of these black skins, which
sold for more money than was ever
before paid for single skin. There
Is another skin almost equally beauti-
ful, and the pair, which will make a
muff and boa for some fortunate
woman. are worth $4,000. The skins
are made up according to the individual
taste OF the wearer, the muff twisted
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21

carefully into shape and the skins
tackled in place with the greatest care
not to injure them. There is another
pair OF beautiful black fox skins, only
less fine than the first, which are worth
$4,000, and an exquisite gray skin is
valued at $4,000, and, with a COM
panion sfin, the pair are worth $4,000
Among the skins is one which appeals
particularly to women who delight in
warm, soft brown, brown fox, so
uncommon that a fur man says he has
never before seen one. This costs
$1,000. For the woman who delights
in sables there is a $1,000 sable muff
which is dark. rich, beautiful and
everything that a beautiful piece of
sable should be-
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21
Kalser's Mother An Artist

Empress Frederick, the kaiser's
mother, has always been an admirable
artist One room at Windsor is entire
ly hung with excellent water-colors
from her hand and two of her paint
ings were once sold for $1,000 each at
a charity bazaar. When visiting Eng
land she always visited such industrial
art centers as china works and potter
les.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-12-21

are practically anniki!ated
by the ocean cables IN /
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
cumferenCe of Old Earth n
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
FIRST MACHINE TOOL.
Potters Wheel Appears on Monument
of Ancient Egypt.

There can be very little doubt that
the potter's wheel, or potter's lathe, as
it Is also termed, represents today the
most ancient form of machine tool
known. Among the many sculptured
records Of the trades and occupations
which SO wildly represent the customs
and habits of the ancient Egyptians,
the potter and his wheel have been
found frequently depicted, and 1t Is
curious to note that through the al
most countless generations since that
time this crude type of lathe has un-
defgone no material modification, The
primitive form Hras evidently q small
5onnd table. set on a pivot, and free
to reyolye, being turned BY hand at In
terFais, and to this device there were
added In the course of time such sim
pie eonFenienees as a table to support
L and a foot or hand power turning
arrangement displaced. In recent
years. IN possibly a few Isolated cases,
by actual engine power driving In
general use. however, the pottef's
wheel Of the present time bears all the
characteristics of the one which. 1000
Years or more ago. served to turn out
pottery attesting indispensable taste
and skill. 1t is curious. too, that IN
none of those ancient records are there
shown examples of the forerunner Of
the common turning lathe as we know
It today, even though the art of turn
ing may be traced back to a very re-
mote period. Among Egyptian antiQ-
mites that have been found at
Thebes and other cities there have
been many specimens which exhibited
indubltable signs that the material.
While IN revolution, was subjected to
the action of tool held at rest-legs
Of stools and chairs, for example. and
lamps and musical Northumberland
In later centuries, among the Greeks
and Romans, the lathe was undoubted-
~ In common use Unfortunately,
however. none of these early writer's
have LETT any account Of the lathes
and tools employed by their eontem-
rosaries.-Cassier's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
Killed ESQ RattIxnOI hes.

The Omaha Bee publishes the FOB
lowing: Mr Berry and Miss Caldwell,
Of Sioux City. his niece, were strolliug
along the river bottom east of the
house, through beautiful natural
grove, when all at once they discovered
BY the warning whirr Of hundreds OF
horny tails that they were In the
midst Of a congress Of rattleshakes.
that seemed to be In session as a COM
mittee of the whole for executive BUSH
ness. Mr.. Berry happened to have a
spade in his hand and with 1t laid
about him vigorously right and left.
Miss Caldwell assisted with club.
When the battle was over they counted
256 dead rattlesuakes and half as many
blue racers. A great many of the
snakes had as high as Il rettles, They
were TN extraordinary vicious lot, and
instead of attempting TO escape came
savagety at the intruders and fought
doggedly until the last one was ex-
terminated. The rattles. which viii
I'll an ordinary cigar beS, they cut OF
and prize very highly as mementos OF
III exceedingly perilous position.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
YEA FLAVOR INJURED AT SEA.
Consequently Russian Epseures Have
Their supply Brought Overland.


Their Supply Brought Overland.
Russian tea traders have received
apws that the great caravans Will
shortly start on their long Journey
across Siberia. Within recent years
much of the tea consumed in Russia
has made the sea voyage from Chinese
ports TO Odessa on the Black Sea. but
Russians say that tea transported By
sea loses much in flavor and quality.
n consequence of this the largest tea
merchants continue to receive the bulk
of their stock by the overland route.
Early IN January the caravans arrive
IN Tomsk. Between the LIST and Goth
of the month $4,000 sledges Of tea ara
expected. each sledge containing five
packages of about $50 pounds each.
The tea is not packed In cases. but In
Rtiffened OK hides. Five sledges are
lied together and drawn by one horse.
The last siedge of each group contains
hay and barley, which the horse Of the
next group quietly munches as he tray
els. In consequence of this arrange
ment the caravans lose no time. The
first horse only. who does not feed as
ne walks, Is changed from time to
time. The horses are changed in the
villages along the road. but as villages
are rarely met it often happens that
che horse collapse from overfatigue.
The leaders OF the caravan, usually
Yirghiz. sleep in the siedges. although
sShe thermometer IS often 40 degrees be.
lew freezing point, From the Chinese
tea growing districts to Tomsls Is
years journey by caravan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
The Burmese.

The Burmese will sacrifice any pros
pect of money-making to go to a feast,
These are called plves, and often the
entertainment is elaborate. remem-
Der going to one in Upper Burma.
There was good deal OF dancing. but
neither the host nor his guest danced;
that would have been undignifed. The
dancers were paid, and they twirled
lazily or jumped excitedly ae occasion
required. Most OF the tine, however,
was spent in chatter and smoking.
Smoking is the only thing at which the
Burmese are Industrious They start
smoking at the early age Of 5. and they
smoke themselves into the next world.
Girls smoke quite as assiduously as
the men, and as the cigars are very big
many a pretty mouth is strained to
accommodate giant cheroot.-Pall
Mall Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
sAlLon.s SUPERSTITION.
ssonae of the Things That Bring Bad
Luck TO q Ship.


Pets are believed to bring good luck,
and when, In the recent war With
spain, a man was struck and killed bs
a bursting shell on the Texas, all the
sailors in the fleet said 1t was because
the battleship was without a mascot,
The cat has a bad reputation among
seafaring men. most OF whom believe
that she brings ill-luck to a ship. If 8
cat falls overheard and Is drowned
tshe IS always rescued II possible1. the
men will often leave at the next port,
believing the ship IS doomed. and
have heard men-o'-war men cite the
case of the old Kearsarge as proof
thereof On her last voyage the frigate
carried cat and monkey. A violent
feud existed between them. and on
their way north, one dark and stormy
night. Joeko threw poor Tom over
board. running along the rail and chat
tefing like fiend as the unfortunate
net disappeared in the boiling waves
The seas were running too high to ad
nit Of launching a boat, and puss was
left 10 watery grave. but not without
t4ia1A3 5ip0Aiy lOIGbOdiflBoT VI AlltAt HCA1
realized soon afterwards. when the
Hearsarge stranded on the fatal reef.
10 fall down without any apparent
cause Is a warning of death in the i'm
mediate future. An American cruiser
was lying off Nice few years ago,
when a seaman fell prone on the deck.
llpon rising. he went to his bunk, and.
returning, placed slip of paper bear.
ing his mothers address III the hand Of
a messmate. saying he did not expect
TO see home again. For the nose to
bleed only few drops Is believed IN
she navy to foretell death In as many
days or weeks as there are drops of
blood. You may hear sailor sing at
sea, but he rarely whistles: whistling
is supposed to bring a hurricane, and
= always hushed By tile remark.
There's. a hurricane sailor here -
self-Culture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
CUBAN FLOWER
From Which the islands Flag Was
Originally Designed.

From Which the islands Flag Was
Originally Designed.
New York Tribune. There is now on
exhibition ID the conservatory of Pros
pect park 9 Towering plant Witch Is
known IN Cuba as B1anco Estreih de
Cinco Puntas. This plant IS particu-
larry Interesting, as the Cubans orig
mated the design Of their flag from the
flower Of the plant The boz Of plants
was received by Park Commissioner
George Y. Brewer, With the regards Of
Capt ". Atwood French, who Is sta
toned IL Crisbo. Cuba, Capt, French.
II his letter which accompanied the
hoS OF plants states that the Cubans
derive the embiematie star in their
national flag, tn eD1ur and the number
OF points, from the flower, which Is a
white star with FIVE points. The star
emblem is used by the Gubans on all
the buttons Of their uniforms, in stick
pins brooches and tewelry worn by
women. Continuing. the captain says:
THE plant Is, truly speaking, a la
Cuban In almost every particular. ex-
cept, of course, color. as no one ever
saw Cuban lady as blanco as is this
flower. except after clneo o'clock D. m.
when she sailies forth with blanco
powder (thiek), accompanied by her
ehalefon lin all cases). usually little
brother or the old grandmother, who
Is ON the watch to see that she does
not notice the young Cuban beau aud
blush the blase coloring away and give
them encouragement. They are ex-
eeedingly shy and reserved. and never
look at any one while taking their
daily afternoon promenade"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
Young America.

IN one Of the large cities of the mid
die west a man who occupies an i'm
portant and responsible position in the
councils of the Standard Oil company
happens to reside not far from the
home of labor agitator. The two
men naturally have not much in COM
xnon, but their two boys, upon whom
ehe artificial distinctions Of society ex-
ercise less restraint, are great friends,
Papa" said the son Of the rich man.
coming in o>e day from romp with
ais playmate. ARE you going to vote
for Higglnson by which name may
De designated one of the candidates for
mayor in pending city election. ITO
be sure" answered his father. well,
! Wouldn't" said the boy. with great
positiveness. why, not. Freddy ?"
asked the magnate. considerably
amused. "Would you vote for the
other MANI No? What's your poll
tics, anyhow Z don't know yet"
reioined Freddy, but and he stuck
his hands in his pockets and stood
with his feet wide apart. I'm down on
trusts"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
The GOOD News Spreads

and our business
grows larger, and The prices small
er, every day, People come here
from all parts of the city. When
ever they need anything in our
line, they think of US. We have
furnished more coy homes than
we could possibly name. We
have done it to the owners salts
faction, and we can do the same
thing for you.
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
A Clean Coal Mine

The CHILEAN coal mines. opened In
1855, seem TO be nice places to work In.
The seam Of coal runs from the shore
under the waters Of the Pacific ocean,
and the tunnels are SO clean that you
eould walk through them In dress
suit without making yourself dirty.
They are lighted By electricity, and
yoa can have ride for mile under
the ocean ON an electric car at q speed
OF twenty miles an hour The mines
1orm quite a cataeomb of well-iighted
passages under the water. The OUT
put OF coal. Is now 1000 tons a day,
aud 76o miners are employed In them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-05
SUM- JOURNEY.
Velocity Is Between Six aud Twelve
Miles Per Second.

BY means Of the speetroseope we can
obtain probably more accurate deter
mtnation of the suns velocity through
space, says the Gentleman's Magazine.
As Is well known the velocity of star
In the line of sight can be found by
measuring the displacement OF the
lines visible IN the stars spectrum.
Now the stars near the position of the
solar "apex" should be approaching the
earth on account of the solar motion,
and those at the opposite point Of tho
sky-called the t'antiapex should be
seeding. This method has been en-.
piuyed by several astronomers. espec-
tally by Vogei at the Potsdam obserya-
tory. This able astronomer has found
from an examination of forty stars that
the suns velocity through space Is
about seven and eae~half miles a sec
ond, and an examination of a larger
number Of stars would be necessary
before we could consider this result as
thoroughly established. From an ex-
animation of the speefra of fourteen
rnebulaa, Prof Keller of the Lick OBJ
servatory has found velocities In the
line OF sight and from these the French
astronomer Tisserand has deduced q
velocity Of about nine and one-thiFd
miles for the solar motion. a result
which does mt differ widely from that
eeund by Vogei. We may, therefore,
perhaps conclude that the velocity OF
the SUMS motion through space Is be-
tween SIX and twelve miles per second
The average velocity Of the stars meas
ured at Potsdafn IS about ten and one
hair miles q second and possibly the
sun may have a similar velocity.