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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
Sherman's Hold-the- Fort Flag in Penn.
sylvdnia.

New York Sun.
Harrisburg. Pa..-The signal flag
used TO send the message OF General
Sherman that inspired the famous
hymn. Hold the Fort, for lam Com
ing has been deposited in the flag
room in the executive building here
with other relics OF the civil war. The
original message was sent to kenne-
saw mountain on October 4, 1864. to
the commanding officer at Altoona,
who was besieged by a confederate
force. to whose aid Generals Sher-
man and Vandiver were Fastening.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that l will on

Notice is hereby given that will on
Wednesday, June 9th, 1900,
from the east front door of the court house at
butler, Mo between the hours of pa m and
m, let by public out cry to lowest bidder,
subject to approval of county court, contract
Tor building an iron bridge and stone abut-
ments across Straight Branch in section twenty
two te2l, Deep Water township. A certified
chech for fifty dollars will be required of the
successful bidder to insure making satisfactory
contract and bond. Plans and specification
will be on fle in County Clerk IS Office after
May sOth R. + JOHNSON,
21-4t EN-officio Com'r of Roads and Bridges.
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Notice Of Final settlement

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
ell others interested in the estate OF
Brown deceased that l, HI. p. Nickel. ad
fnal settlement thereof, at the next term Of
the Bates County Probate court, in Bates
county, state OF Missouri. to be held at Butler
on the l4th day of May 1900.
Oh. p. NICKEL,
22-4t Administ traitor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14

and sold The v-orer
nvalids; get rid II and Injurious elements requires
wood casks. by drawing
It's sediment The oarse parts becomes roh and mellow
valuable blood
from the iron N the soil OF The SPee vineyards in Northern
The principal the Port Burgundy Sherry and Care1
Climax brandy All these when stored
fresh fuueated casks become vastly
products This
and
California They absolutely
the world Speer wines ordered by wealthy and refined
families Europe where they prescribed by physicians and
The -1crtul
during Mr. SpcerS life produce wine of the
much make
Il getting character. He
vineyards and wines the abovs
excellence The Brandy
Use QuaItO . q French brands.
To had Druggists and GroeTs who sell high class winef
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
EIANAo

VIII stand the present season of 1900 at m!
barn. miles due east of Butler aud miles
south of Montrose and Butler road and miies
west of Spruce.
Description and igree-Elamo is coal
black, mi ally nose and is the rise of Is hands
high, and he weighed / 10 pounds on the
25th of Februar In ordinary flesh, and wac
sired by the fine imported Jack direct IRON
Spain, brought to Cooper county by CharIes
Leonard. The dam OF Elamo was al o out OF
an Imported Jack and Black knight dam
owned by A Felger. Clarksburg. Mo.
Terms: SIS to Insure a colt to stand and
suck, If paid within ten days after colt II
foaled, one dollar Off The colt will stan6
coed for the season. After service has been
rendered, an one selling trading or about L,
remove mare forfeits Insurance and money
must be paid Care will be taken to
prevent accident but will not be responsible
should any occur. DEWITT MCDANIEL.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
Notice to Contractors.


Notice is hereby given that L will, from the
east front door of the court house at Butler, Mo.
Saturday May &c, 1900,
between o clock a IN. and o clock p. m. let
by public cutlery to lowest bidder, subject TO ap-
proval of county court contract for building a
steel bridge on line between sections and le,
in Summit township. A certified check of fifty
$3.50 dollars will be required of successful bid
der to insure making of satisfactory contract
and filing bond. Plans and specifications are
on file in county clerks office,
r. Z. JOHNSON,
25-4t Bridge Commissioner.
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Friday June %. 1900,

between the hours of nine o. clock in the fore
noon and i've o clock in the afternoon of that
day, at the east front door of the court house
in the city of Butler, Bates county, Missouri /.
sell the same or so much thereof as may be re-
quired at public vendue, TO the highest bidder
for cash to satisfy said execution and costs.
Z. c. MUDD,
3o-4t sheriff of Bates County, Mo.
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BsEs9fuz
Coils

-, p N. Pratt, Cave, s. c. writes !:
80. twenty years | was sorely
as,rd with boils and carbuncles
s.ssd nv impure blood. Il is impos-
e 80 10 describe my suffering part of
III being unable to work or sleep.
tnDs - doctors treated me and tried
s 2, she so-called blood remedies, but
- a.t;ro seemed to do me any good
r 1aa.;,,g the summer Of Isss ! was per-
psA5 "a fry S. s. S, and after taking
sss,ai bottles was entirely cured. nd
80 had no return of these painful
Ss M TO the present time"
.rd any information or advice v
-bateyer for this service. Send
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
Sheriff Sale

By virtue and authority of a special eNecu-
tion for delinquent taxes, issued from the ofllce
of the clerk of the circuit court of Bates Co
Mo- returnable at the Juue term, 1870,
of said court, to me directed in favor of A
Owen, eX-officio collector OF the revenue Ell
have levied and seized upon all the right, title,
interest and claim of said defendant James l..
Pace in and 10 the following described
real estate situated in Bates county, Missouri
to-wit:
Beginning I25 feet west of the northeast cor
ner of block six (e) running thence south IS feet
thence west - feet, thence north % feet. thence
east - feet, in Montgomery : LIST addition to the
,FR 7 xxS3l an
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Women sn Brazil sud Japan.

The legislative bodies of Brazii and Japan present rather striking con- trast in their policies toward the move inent for the freedom of women. The senate of Brazil has under considera- tion bill to authorize women to prae- tice the learned professions, and the Japanese parliament has just passed a new press law which prohibits women from becoming publishers or editors on the ground that "the discharge of such work by females is neither beq1Ihing nor desirable. A.@
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sUiclrE AND CIVILIZATION.
The More Progress the More There Is
 of gelf-Destruetion.

Felix Adler, the New York ethical clergyman, says of suicides: Suicides are op the increase in the present cen- tury. They have tripled in number in the last one hundred years. It is the disease of civilization, increasing ip numbers with the progress of civiliz3- sion. Germany, where civilization has reached the highest point on earth, is the blackest spot in this respect. II is the same story as you proceed from the less to the more liberal creed Where the population of a community is made up purely of the Russian church there are 40 suicides to the mil* lion; where the people are purely of the Catholic faith there are 58 to the million; in Protestant communities shere are 190 to the million. External conditions appear to have much to do with the act. There are more suicides n wet weather than in dry, more by night than by day, more on moonlight nights than on dark nightss and there are three times more men to dle by their own acts than women. can not sit in judgment on those who have done this deed; cannot enter into their inner life. But warn all who think of freeing themselves from this life that they have no right to do 1t. The duty of progress eompels us to remain-we must stay We are here to solve the problems of life, not to evada them We are here to fulfill our task, not 10 leave it unfinished. We must make the soul victorious over the senses and we do that not by evading pain but by conquering it..
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 a Peculiar Accident.

One Of the most peculiar accidents ever heard of happened to colored man near Red Deer, Va, a few days ago. Ed Jones took his gun and set out for day Of sport. He was not looking for large game, but he had not been in the woods long before he saw an immense deer coming at tre- mendous rate of speed immediately to- ward him. He at once fell upon his knees, preparatory to shot, and when the deer was within twenty feet of him fired and missed his aim. The deer had acquired such tremendous mo- mentum that it could not check itself, and with the next leap landed upon the hunter It knocked him down and bruised him badly upon the breast with one hind foot, the other going into the negro's mouth, knocking out q number of his teeth, tearing d part of his gums away, and passing dowr his throat. The whole thing was over in an instant, but when the darkey came to the deer was gone.
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Fell Short of Her A1aeai.

When schoolgirls grow confidential with one another they sometimes, am told, describe the sort of man who corresponds to what they call their beau ideal" Did you ever happen to hear what Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas was credited with saying on this topfez When was at school" she remarked, T used to vow that there were three kinds of men I never could be infu. enced to marry. First, never would marry man who was younger than I. Second, I never would marry a man who was shorter than l. Third, I never would marry a politician. Well, kept my VOW, except that in marry ing MT. Douglas l married a man who was rot quite as old as i, who was nor quite as tall as I, and who rfas one of the most prominent politicians of his day. .''-New York Mall and Ex- qress
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Smoke Shells Suggested.

The great loss of life incurred by the English troops is mainly attributable to the charges they have had to make across open spaces in order to dssis<sge the enemy from the sheltering kopJe Tn order to minimize the death roll IL has been suggested that just before g charge takes place smoke shells shoula he fired. which would temporarily hide the English soldiers.
 rnr,.is,, Women and Their Fortunes.#
 Turkish women do not come into control of their private fortuness until after marriage. Aftereshat they can a;enose of one-third of it without the husbands consent
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Children ae Toy Makers,

The official report of the government inspector of factories for Coburg- Gotha gives the details as to the labor of children under II years engaged in their homes making buttons, toys, etc. 1t appears that in this district 5.455 such children employed. They work from four and one-auarter to six hours per day, and earn in button-making from ? to cents. In making dolls they earn from to IS cents, while on toy work they earn from 2 to IA cents per day.--Baltimore= American,
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aiy Joking in the Pnrpit.

Before l went to college said A minister of Utica, T did supply work on a certain charge one summer. Tn the Methodist church we had service morning and evening There was a Presbyterian church in the village. and the pastor from another village supplied it, preaching there once T sunday in the afternoon. I went .o near him one afternoon. He was a eeilege-bred man and was supposed to ne away up. When he spied me in Fhe congregation he came down and asked me to assist in the opening ex- eFelses. When we were seated he asked me to read the first lesson. and 1t the same time announced that it was a certain chapter in the Book of Numbers. Just before I was to read l reached up to the desk and took down the Bible and opened to the place. l glanced down over the chap ter and saw it was a mass of unpro- nounceable names. I knew that he was working joke on me. He knew that could not get away with those names. l said nothing, but when the time came I stood up and announced the chapter following and read it. When I sat down he gave me look and he got one back. I whispered hoarsely, T guess not Those were the only words spoken on the subject" Utica Observer.
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"cLoCK STARS"

E Place of the Sun to Fix ths Time of Day.
 lably the majority of people sup- fat the obseryatories obtain the ' time from the sun. When the Ee man wishes to give his watch ghest praise he says, Tt regu- fhe sun" not being aware that Rh which would keep with the pund the year would have to be las bad as Captain Cuttle's. The
 may safely decide when to go FH by the sun, but if the mariner
 confident that the sun marked the correct time as the farmer EWould be sure to be at times SVO miles from where he thought
 In other words, the sun a sundial-is only correct on a Es n each year, and during the Enlng times gets as far as a Equarter hour fast or slow, ac-
 N Appleton's Populai Science E There are several hundred nose positions have been estab- Ewlth the greatest accuracy by Nl careful observations at 8
 or the principal observatories World. If a stars exact posi-
 Known. it can readily be cal- when it will pass the meridian
 gwen place-that is, the in-
 Will cross a north and south
 oush the place. The data res
 these stars are all published
 aautleal almanacs, which are
 oy several different observa-
 the use of nayigators and
 rs who have uses for them.
 laFs are known as "clock
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The Black Cat Fad.

The latest idea in the-way ofaa porte bonheur is to carry a tingf Rpssaof .wonk drous goldsmith,s work swinging as a aendant from the end of your lorgn. ette chain. The cat is made Of black enamel upon metal. It's eyes have a metallic green gleam. Are they not tiny aeat's-eyes? The sapient7 puss wears. collor of brilliants set close about sher neck. This 1t seems, is the very s2atest. g sls ais.1 1gs
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ne Ideal and the Real.

ne Ideal and the Real.
 |ps a kiDdly-faced woman, and [aSy to see that she was bub- N With love for the little folk. Rea modestly into the office of ealtor and inquired:: "Will se tell me which one of the that writes all those pretty res about children? I know ioVe the little folks, because sueh nice stories about them. tell him a precious litt!s vae ut, my darling boy, who is
 mats the man over there" :" u ~ the city editor. (Which
 That one with the corn ! his mouth and swearing at oy,-Omaha World Herald.
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Sucf, Is Fanfe.

ssscitizen-off' sher! can you 1hie) te:.
 rae where I lbie). fliYe?s I'm Cue ssanate;r Bigbodaysl [ psa Know. somekr-t
 ys w5batss M yer(eoaK $ fIahse citi1en-as- ! Mary Ann (hic)s .lR3radsas Officer.
 Four blocks down and two donrs to
 yer rishy-Judges wy ss '-F'es'> " ' '
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THE BURLINGTON ROUTE

New Through Trains to Port land, Puget Sound. "The Bur. iington-Northern Pacific Ex- press, " No. II, from St. Louis, at 9.0C a, m, for Cansas City, St. Joseph Northwestern Nebraska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana, " ashington, ..Ta- eoma,.. Seattle, Puget Sound, and port land, Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line. and time ssaver to the Upper Northwest. To the Puget Sound in TT Hours. Through coaches, chair cars (seats free), stand ard sleepers and dining ears with through tourist sleepers from kansas City. This is the main travelled route St. Louis to the Northwest.
 Numbea "Nebraska- Colorado Ex- press" midday train from St. Louis for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast; one night 10 Denver Also for st. Paul. Minneapolis and beyond.
 No. I5, at 8 .d5 D. m. St. Louis to Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas, Nebraska Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast via Denver also to the Northwest--M Montana, Washing ton, Oregon. via Lincoln and Billings.
 Write.
 FM RUGG, L " WAKELY T P A, GOA Pine St., Gen. Passenger Ag,t
 St Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo-
 EHoWARD ELLIOTT, GenI Manager.
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Farming in coIorado ana New Mezleo.

Farming in Colorado and New Mexico.
 The Denver & Rio Grande Rail
 road, "The Scenic Line of the World" ]" has prepared an illustrated book ap- on the above subject, which will be sant free to farmers desiring to change their location. This publica- ton gives valuable information in regard to the agricultural, horticul- tural and live stock interests of this section. and should be in the hands ofevery one who desires 10 become acquainted with the methods of of farming by irri- 4tion. Write $. K. Hooker, G. P. &. T. A.. Denver, Colo If
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sure-Footed Beer Her,e,.

The horses which the Boers ride are very much like the Welsh or Scotch ponies, being very sure-footed, and with power Of leaping from rock to rock that is phenomenal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

what I dropped on the Equus Satur-
day? Exactly SIS, 009-and all because
of the Brave
Il begged you not to lay odds" the
lad began. Bascom laughed shortly.
You always do that he said II l
listened to you in six months I'd be
You have lost now for year, every
time you gave odds against The
Brave" the lad said huskily. Il reck-
oned 1t all UP Sunday-he has lost you
over $50 900. ! told you at the very first
he was your luck"
1.-The devils own luck!" Bascom said
savagely. yet I can't hate him, On
him. It's in me 20 love horse. ana
he's easily the horse of a generation
The Frightening east touched all the
gray and green of the course with suf-
fused rosy radiance. Sparrows were
twittering madly all about, flying IN
huddled flocks around the stable doors,
setting their heads aside, and quarrel
/ ing greedily over their fiotsam OF
chance oats. In the trees about the
trainers houses a few yenturesome rob-
ms let fall now. and then dropping
note The untouched turf was all
simmer of beaded dew. Every foot
mark showed on ii a print of vivid
green They were reasonably plenty,
and for the most part ran in straight
! lines toward that high upper corner.
where the straightaway came in. The
/ barrier. of course, was across it. Only
when a straight dash impended was
any training permitted over its elastic,
loamy breadth.
Rascom sprang a hundred yards
| from the corner. flu. the reips to his
companion saying: Put them up
'Driese, then come to me-but be sure
you don't get,gln over" He shot across
the track, lodging in and out OF NOV
ing maze, squeezed himself almost Ia
| against the rail, and ran until he came
to the place he sought. Already 1t nae
twenty occupantS-men, hOrsey men o.
all sorts ana conditions from the tou
to the millionaire. Though the free ma
sonry of sport for the time leveled ar
tificial distinctions they were almost 81
lent-too intent in gazing to waste tim'
in speech.
The course was alive. Six hundred
racers walked or cantered or gallope'
along it, some swathed in blankets ant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

bandages, some stripped as if at the
bugle call. Every trainer stood. time
piece in hand, watching with intense
eyes his own particular charges. Now
and again one sent a long hail at a boy
who rode too fast or. too slow. Now
and again also a reckoning hand stop
ped a string short, waved them away
TO quarters, rub down and the test
of the thermometer. There was some
thing uncanny in the space, the silence,
the movement, above all in the files of
sheeted figures, each with a Semi-hu-
man lump crOuching upon its back. 1t
was amazing to recall that some of the
Jumps were jockeys, world-famOus,
with incomes a prince might envy, i'm
perious to all the world outside. yet
here almost abject before the slow, 81
lent men, with hard-lined faces, who
spoke shortly when they spoke at all,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

see the horses, but they exhaled
sweaty smell. which told that they had
been driven hard The driver pulled
with long vicious inhalations at a very
fine cigar He swOre between his teeth
as a second Out-cOming hooded string
forced him to check and pull sharply
to one side. The oath would have as
tonished those who, knowing him on
the surface. fancied they knew him ali
through They said that RiX Bascom,
book maker, had the austerity of
priest and the conscience of pirate.
A slim. lank lad. sitting at Bascom's
elbow gave a little distressed cry. You
know it's the worst sort OF Iuck-to
swear before breakfast he said, half
hesitatiugly. with a little catch under
the words. Bascom swore again, this
time outright. 1t don't seem like any
thing could make my luck worse, he
added. Il wonder if you know just
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

ground, two unique racers were thrown
into hiSh relief.
One was pigeon-blue, with white
name and tail, the other that rarest of
all things, a perfect golden chestnut
Both were stations, three years old,
and magnificently bred. Suleiman, the
pigeOn-blue, was grandson to Bend or,
if he did throw back in color to some
remote Barb ancestor. He stood sixteen
hands full, a big, slashing, long-strid-
ing beast, upheaded, and full of fire,
yet playful as a kitten. The Braves
coat was no such puzzle of heredity-
it came straight form his sire, St
Blaise, and was further legitimized by
his dams pedigree-on both sides she
was inbred to Lexington. AS tail as
Suleiman, in action he appeared half
hand lower. Suleiman ran all above
ground. The Brave had a fashion of
lying very close to it when he burnt
wind down the home stretch.
So far the vagaries of a peculiar rae
ing season had kept the pair apart.
Suleiman had moved down the west,
Just as The Brave had conquered the
east Both were unbeaten, and in the
minds of their following unbeatable.
In the books outside and at home Bas-
com had won on Suleiman a, few hum
dred dollars more than he had lost on
The Brave. They were to meet in the
Searchlight, Loris parks richest stake.
! 1T would sbe run upon the very last
( day of the protracted summer meeting.
! So that set it full three weeks ahead
much too far for any thought of final
preparation. Still the trainers of both
cracks kept them going cleverly. Both
| had raced hard since spring, neither
could ford a let-up, and both, it was
| certain, would be the better for a space
/ of Semi-retirement.
! It was the hope of seeing them that
! had brought at least half the crowd.
/ Before 'Driese, the lad, came back il
had swelled to near a hundred. 'Driese
/ threaded it shrinl1ingly, edging around
the burly figures which crowded thick
est at Bascom's elbows. AS the lad
moved whisper ran behind the backs
of hands: That's VauX-Andriese
Vaux-Bascom's confidential clerk, you
| know" When mods had answered the
whisper another ran back: Wonder if
ne couldn't give a mighty straight tip
for the Searchlight?"
One man, gray and pursy, and apple
checked, went so far as to pluck at
Dresses arm and say, in a carefully
unconcerned voice:
What's the good thing today, Vaux
We always know there's somethin' in
the wind when we see you and your
boss up with the lark
Bascom turned. frOwning heavily as
he caught the words: ''DrieSe, | want
you. At Once!" he said, reaching tC
clutch the lads shoulder. and draw hin
in front of himself next the rail- There
he thrust a chr0nometer into his hand
with a muttered order, only half audi
BILE to the rest. Still it suficed to Sc
up in them a sharp Dricking expect
ance. Where a horse or his preparation
was concerned, they believed supremel.
in Bascom He had been for half al
hour watching the course, and especial
ly the years equine gladiatoTS-he mus
be sure something of moment hung il
the wind, thus to leave his own eye
free for watching