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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-24

1t is Ginger. A white line appears
directly below the eyes, and he is show
ing his teeth in smile. He raises his
arm, and, behold, another gun! Again
a white line Of teeth, and he puts the
weapon down. Five, 10, Is minutes
elapse. Ginger holds his ground Has
he gone to sleep? No. Another five
minutes, and he holds up another gun.
All, see. Little Buck, with catlike
tread, is gathering in the arms. That's
well. He is far better fitted for such
delicate work than stiff old negro.
The little pantoInime begins to take
shape in my mind and bring anticipa-
tons Of more than a fight for my own
life. If l can escape and Buck and
Ginger secure sufficient arms, it may
be possible for all our party to get to-
gether and make a defense. l must
tell Ginger to get some ammunition.
But with guard looking straight at
me 1T is no easy task to convey an
order by signs, and that to stupid
negro. Catching eight of small stone
beside me. put out my hand, yawnlng
to conceal my intention, let it fall on
the stone Sz4d soon had 1t between the
knuckle OF my thumb and the point Of
my foretnger, as q boy holds marble.
Watching till the guards head is turn
ed, looking meaningly at Ginger, I fire
the stone a short distance, hoping he
will understand the word "amtnuni-
ton" His face is blank; 1t is evil
dent that he does notsknow what I
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-24

Up AQUELINE once more became an
hi object Of undivided interest. The
81 men crowded about her. staring
lA at her rfterino exclamation of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Fell From d Window.

j. {. Hagan. the new clerk in the
Globe Clothing Store, had a perilous
experience last night and deems him
self lucky to be alive and wellto-day.
He went to bed last night at the
usual hour. His room is third
story one in the Hotel Atkinson. Be-
tween twelve and one O'Clock he was
awakened by coming into contact
with the ground with great force.
Hemust have walked in his sleep and
fell out Of the window, although he
remembers absolutely nothing about
il, No bones We're broken. nor was
he even bruised TO speak Of. which
that ne was lucky al
ter all.-Clnton Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Illinois Central Pensions.

Chicago, July About 200 EN-
ployees of the Illinois Central rail
road will be retired to-day on IA pen
sion under the system approved by
President Fish and General Manager
Harahan early in May, and which be-
came effective at midnight last night.
Their pensions will be based on their
average monthly pay during the last
ten years of their service. They are
given monthly a certain per cent Of
this amount for each year OF their
total service.
To carry out the pension scheme
the company has provided fund OF
Il million dollars, and each year a
sum not to exceed 100000 will be
set apart for the payment of thep
sion allowance for the year.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Troubles of a Minister.

To benefit Others Rev. J. I. W.
Vernon, OF Hartwell, Ga, writes:
For long time | had a running
sore on my leg. ! tried many rene
dies without benefit. until | used a
bottle OF Electric Bitters and a box
OF Bucklen's Arnica Salve. which
cured me sound and well. Sores.
eruptiOns, boils, eczema, letter. salt
rheum, show impurities Of the blood
Thousands have found in Electric
Bitters a grand blood purifier that
cures these troubles. Sat
isfactiOn is guaranteed or money re-
funded by H. l.. Tucker, druggist
Large bottles only soc.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Only One Man Killed.

London, Ky, June 2S.-Hepr
Barrett was killed near here las,
night in a road fight near Seedlin,
creek. Henry Turner, William Tur
ner, SIR, and his nephew, William
Turner, ir., were riding along The
road and met Barrett and engaged
i'll IA difficulty. Revolvers were used
freely and when the smoke had clear
ed away Barrett was dead with thrss
bullet holes i'll his body and the thres
Turner's were unhurt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Nebraska Drought Broken.

Lincoln, Neb,. July 1.-Lincoln got
an inch and a quarter ofrain between
the hours OF and ) this afternoon,
breaking an almost uninterrupted
drought existing since June ,, and
causing fall of temperature OF near
" forty degrees. All ofsoutheastern
Nebraska received a good wetting
and there was a heavy downpour
along the main line OF the Burling
ton 100 miles west, three inches fall
ing in some towns. The rain is OF
inestimable value to growing corn,
which was whitening.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
FIELDS AND MEADOWS BURNED.
Sparks from d Locomotive Start Dis
astr0uS Fire Near Dresden.

dStT0uS FIRE Near Dresden.
Sedalia. Mo. July Sunday al
ternoOn, sparks from a Missouri
Pacific locomotive set fire to Charles
Ingham ; wheat field, near Dresden.
The farmers of the neighborhoOd
turned out to fight the fire, assisting
the section men, who were first on
the scene. After burning over this
grain field, the wind carried the fire
to the north and west, into 25O-
acre hay field belonging to David
Brown, and 200 acres were burned
over The fire swept hedge fences
clean, leaving nothing but white
lines of ashes to mark its course.
The LamOnte section gang was sent
for, and later a special train carrying
a gang men from Sedalia was sent to
the scene In one field twenty ricks
OF hay were destroyed, and pasture
belonging to Mrs. Hull was burned
over before the flames were controll-
ed.
All the wheat fields and pasture
lands along the lines of Central Mis-
souri, railroads are guarded now, and
every precaution is being taken to
prevent the spread of fire. There is
much apprehension for the safety of
farm residences, many of which are
surrounded by acres of dry grass adj
jacent to the railroads.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
GRAIN, HAY AHO SEEDS.

Nineteen deaths and twenty pros
trations from heat occurred in New
York Sunday.
The heat has been intense in Bos-
ton the past week. In five days there
were five deaths and eighty five pros
tratiOns.
Horse thieves are doing business
in Vernon county. The Nevada Mail
says Mr.. Eaton, living near Milo,
had horse stolen Saturday night,
and since Friday four horses have
been stolen within a radius of 20
miles of Nevada.
Mrs. b. f Parker, of Warrensburg,
who had been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 6. Quick, near Nir-
ginia, left Monday for Genesee, Wis,
as a delegate to the national Y. W.
{. A. held in that city from July 2nd
to 18th, inclusive. The choosing of
Mrs. Parker to represent her society
at this important convention was an
honor wOrthily bestowed, she being Il
faithful and effective worker in the
cause.
Our esteemed friend b. Blackman,
a prominent farmer and feeder of
East Boone township, complimented
US pleasantly on Monday, in comp
any with Miss E. J. Matthews, a tai
ented young lady of LaFayette coun-
ty. Mr.. Blackman has a large
amount of stock on hand and the
continued drouth is making him very
uneasy. He is thinking of taking
his stock to western Kansas or Illi
nOis.
The Record quotes Fire Alarm
Flanagan as predicting that Judge
DeArmond will be the next nominee
of the democratic party for president.
Mr.. DeArmond is big enough for
president and no one would rejoice
more at such a contamination than
ourselves, but the next democratic
presidential nominee will not come
from Missouri. He will come from
some doubtful state whose vote is
necessary to success
On last week, a young man from
Sedalia, of respectable family but of
degenerate habits. was promptly
knocked down because of suggestive
remarks he made about ladies; in
particular within the hearing of the
wife of the ''knOcker.' The society
vagabond would do we'll to hunt
some other locality in which to while
away his more than worthless time.
Clinton Tribune, IS.
A newspaper of Jefferson City, Mis-
souri,, says: Senator Vest and his |
wife passed through here on Satur- |
day enroute to their home in Sweet |
Springs, after an extended visit at |
Hot Springs. Arkansas. The Little |
Giant is not a semblance OF his form |
or self. He is thin. emaciated and |
very weak. He said he was out of |
politics for good, and had no idea
who his successor would be. His |
strong and robust constitution has |
made a gallant fight against Father
Time, but it is gradually being van
pushed"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Virginia Items.
We heard it and iOtted it down,
What happens in and out of town

We heard it and jOtted it down,
What happens in and out of town.
Misses Leona FIesher and Maggie
Smith of Butler, spent last week Wis
iting relative and playmates. The
young ladies had good time; had
buggy ride, wheelbarrow rides, and
tumbled off the fence into the flower
garden.
Hay harvest commenced in the
river bottom last week. The bottom
was almost covered with men and
teams, some were cutting, others
were raking and loading wagons
most any time in the day. From Is
to 20 loads of hay could be seen
leaving the bottom at once.
Alton Park and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival of a fine boy.
b. F. Jenkins and Mr. Hocket have
been busy setting wagon tires.
Morton Jenkins has taken the con
tract to carry the rural mail from
Butler to Appleton City.
Fred Drysdale had a few of his
playmates come and eat ice cream
with him Saturday as it was his
birthday.
Flax harvest has commenced; some
say the yield will be small
Bert Watkins and wife ride in
new buggy.
Mrs. q. W. Park, who has been on
the sick list for several days, is better
again.
Water is getting TO be an object.
A few more weeks of dry weather the
stock will suffer for water The peo-
pie are trying to do better in order
TO shorten the drouth. but we are
afraid should rain come they will get
back in their old ways.
Many OF our good people will spend
their 4th at work caring for their
stock. We should like to see a 4th
OF 90 years ago, when people respect
I'd each Others rights, when might
did not rule, when the nation had
respect for the Declaration of hide
0endence. when the constitution did
ollow the flag. But things have
changed. Beer shops and other evil
things follow the flag now that are
Of no good TO the nation.
There will be an Ice cream supper
at the NJ. (. Church. in Virginia. the
hight of July 4th. The Virginia
band will furnish music. Everybody
come and celebrate the glorious
Fourth.
We will try and have something
lext week on the gas and oil ques- /
ion and the pulse of the peope beat !
hat direction. AARON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Notice To Wheelmen.

There's positively no need to en-.
dure discomfort by reason Of chafng
sunburn, insect sting, sore and per.
spring feet or accidental bruises
You forget these troubles in using
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Inialiibk
for pimples, blotches, skin eruptions
and piles. Sold by II. l.. Tucker, at
DC.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Hottest Day of the Season.

Marshall, Mo, July l. YESTERDAY
was the hottest day of the season.
the thermometer registering 1O4
in the shade. There has been much
suffering from the heat and drouth.
Young corn is dying throughout
Saline county. having been burned
by the hot winds. Live stock is also
suffering badly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to ell creditors sr,.
all others interested in the estate OF c. T Po--
ter, deceased that l. Joseph ne A Porter a.
ministratrtN with the will annexed, or said as
sste intend 20 make s fnsl settlement, thereof
st the next term OF the Bates Co Probate cour
IN Bstes county, stste Of Missouri. TO be held
st Butler. Mo-. on the 18th day eff Aug IafT
aS-4s JOSEPHINE A. PORTER
Administrsrrix
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

Carpenter 4 Shafer Mfg Co. We
want poultry and egg. We can nav
top prices at all times. Get our
prices before selling. We will not he
overbid in cash.
21-tf Yours for business.
CARPENTER K SHAFER M'F'G On.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
4 Poor Millionaire

Lately starved in London because
he could not digest his food. EarIv
Use OF DR.. king New Lie Pills would
have saved him. They strengthen
the stomach. aid digestion. promote
assimilation. improve appetite
Price DC. Money back if not salts
fed. Sold by Fl. L. Tucker. drug
gisr.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
False Reports.

A very much Disguised manis J. b.
Moore. who went from Clinton to
Kansas and Oklahoma, lured by
newspaper reports OF high wages
paid harvest hands Il found a big
wheat crop" he says, but couldn't
find any big wages. | went TO Vim
field. Kansas. and the south to
Guthrie, Okla, and the highest price
| heard of was S125 a day and
board Generally it was only 81.
For q man and team 81. so was paid
The man who goes west expecting to
get rich wages had better take money
to come home on or he will have to
work for what they choose to give
him. clinton Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

Epworth League meeting. San
Francisco. Cal, round trip only 80
On sale July 6 to -. Good return
to Aug. 81. Tickets good TO stop
over both going and returning.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04


Plate Glass, Accident or Burglar In
surance. 14-tf
For SALE-A Groom residence
good out buildings, and fruit trees,
near n. B. Netherlands park south
west part ofcity. Terms reasonable.
Address, RUFUS MckAN,
35-4t Cripple Creek, Col.
will be in Butler ten days
j. $. Pierce represents twelve com
panies and sells insurance that don t
"bust' 8 tt
Many progressive farmers who
have plowed up their oats, have
commenced sowing cowpeas. 1t is
claimed crop of these will mature in
60 days, and for feeding purposes
they are cellent.-ClintOn Demo-
crat
A Kansas City Judge favOrs whip
ping and believes that if you spare
the birch you spoil the child, but he
is also in favor of establishing the
whipping post for the parents who
allow their children to run at will
about the streets at night and per-
nit them to get into trouble.-Jef-
ferson City Press.
Squire Paul of Shawnee township,
was in town Wednesday. He says
the prevailing drouth is the worst
this country has had since 1860,
which year the grass on the wide open
prairies-then not taken up-dried
up las cured hay) but as no rain fell
it retained its strength and the cattle
lived on it all winter.-Chnton Trib-
une.
The Confederate monument to be
erected on the Wilson creek battle
ground near Springfield, Mo, reach
ed st. Louis on Wednesday. 1t is
the work of Chevalier Trentanove, a
well-known ItaEan-American sculp-
tor, who arrived in st. Louis few
days ago. The statue is of solid
bronze and was cast in Florence,
Italy. 1t weighs three and a half
tons, while the packing weighs two
tons more. The artist was given the
contract about year ago
Some men get so in the habit of us
ing what is generally looked upon as
profane language that it becomes a
second nature to them. Ifthey could
all be brought up as the man in the
following ancedote perhaps their
manners would soon be mended. Ex-
Gov. Taylor, Tennessee, tells this
story; "A stranger approached him
recently with extended him" and
said: Your face is familiar. where
in hill did | meet your" Il don
know replied the ex-governor.
what part of hill are you from?" -
Elk.
Editors may not be so bad as 9th
er people think. The Prison Mirror.
published in the Minnesota peniten-
tiary, says: why is it that from |
our first inception OF our paper until |
the present time We have never had |
an editor soiourn in our midst? 9th |
er professions have been we'll repre- /
sented; of preachers We had enough /
to furnish subsistence TO an African /
chief for year; doctors enough TO
depopulate state; enough lawyers
to start a fair sized colony in hades.
but no editors-not a single one.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

Columbus, Ga, Aug. 24, 1872 DR.
c. j. Moffett-Dear Doctor: We gave
your Teethina CTeething powders to
our little grandchild with the happi-
est results. The effects were almost
magical, and certainly more salts
factory than from anything we ever
used. Yours very truly,
JOSEPH :. KEY,
Pastor OF st. Paul Church.
(Now Bishop in Southern Methodist
Church, 34-2t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

See J. S. Pierce for Fire, Tornado,
Plate Glass, Accident or Burglar In
surance. 14-T1
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
Barber Shop Moved.

n Reavis K Rice have moved their
barber shop to the Dick Hurt stand
on North Main street. They are now
better prepared to accommodate
their patrons than ever. 35l-m.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
OIL IN BATES COUNTY.
THE BATES COUNTY OIL and MINERAL COMPANY
OF AMORET, MO.
the so 70
10 600 10 p.
value pai1a
100000.
Officers.

NJ. 1t ViPs. viceprs
l. E. w r. Supt
T. Attorney
of the best Kanssu
leasing w ndcoa Our stoi
This home
OFFICERS
time be too late.
wadva in the
time. For urth
write to w. r. Financial
Amoe, MO- Butler, No
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
STATEMENT OF THE
CONDITION OF THE
FARMERS BANK

at Foster, State of Missouri, AT the
close of business on the 29th day of
June, 1901.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

For SALE-A Groom residence
good out buildings, and fruit trees,
near n. B. Netherlands park south
west part ofcity. Terms reasonable.
Address, RUFUS MckAN,
35-4t Cripple Creek, Col.
| will be in Butler ten days
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

j. S. Pierce represents twelve com
panies and sells insurance that don't
"bust.' 9 tt
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04

\. n. Webster. 1st Nice-Pres
E. Bennett, Secretary,
L. w. Silvers. Attorney.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-08-29
HAD A coRNER I'm corn.

~Durndest experience l ever had
said the old farmer, who was caution
ing his son against speculation. Come
mighty nigh running me. You fellers
here in Detroit don't know nothin'
bout it. You kin squirm an wriggle
an git on yer feet someways, but there
me an Jim was out there in the las
row O. townships with no bank fur to
draw on a n both our farms mortgaged
up to the han'le."
How did it happen, dad?" inquired
the son, who had been on the right side
of the market often enough to make
himself comfortable.
me an Jim started In fur to cor
ner corn. l see a piece in the county
paper tellin' how the thing was done,
an / read it to Jim. Jim was the all
1redest excited man you ever saw,
and calculated that there wasn't nuth-
in anybody else could do that me an
him couldn't do. So we slips round
an bought in all the corn in the u
ty, payin' an average of IS cents a
bushel. We only give out cash where
we had to and the rest got u j'int
notes. 1t jest bout filled up Jim's
double-decker barn, and when the strff
was all cornered there we sat back and
counted up what WI was a goin' to
make.
like Simmons kim round and want
ed ter git ten bushels ter keep fer
seedin'. l asked him a plum dollar a
bushel and tole him he needn't take it
less he liked. We argied and then we
clinched, and he was wrapping me
round a apple tree when yer nav in
terfered. Me an Jim had four or five
pitched battles like that and was fig
urin' on gittin' shotguns at wholesale
by takin' two when we found out that
all the farmers were up there buyin'
corn from the counties j'inin'. They
were so dinged mad they wouldn't give
us nothin' fur ours, an we had to haul
1t sixteen miles and sell it to a banker
with a elevator fur twenty cents a
bushel. Took me ten years hard labor
ter git even, and l never had no use
fur corners or spectators, or bankers
since. Keep outen it, me boy."-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-08-29

line of trees out into the open toward
a small ridge, from the top of which
little puffs of white flew and dull re-
ports sounded, while the sharp crack
of twfgs behind us proved bad mark
manship. But once a man fell all
sprawled out. When we reached the
ridge l remember looking back and he
a not moved, still sprawled out, face
downward in the dirt, with a second
tangled heap near him.
We had driven them off the ridgetop,
a little feat that cost two men their
lives, only to have them stop obstin-
ately at another. some 200 yards the
other side Of a narrow stream that lay
before us. It's thick tropical vegeta-
ton, the bank at portions shaded,
seemed cool and pleasing to the eye,
a striking contrast to the sun reflect
ing rocks. 1t lay just a hundred yards
away and to cross that hundred yards
might cost your life; so it might as
well have been a mirage for all the
good it did the 40 thirsty men on the
hilltop. We waited for troops to
UHI WoAt0o dAu Wd1l6u Oil
that day.
1t was a rocky place and seemed as if
it had been baked and baked centuries
perhaps in that fierce sunlight till the
rocks became glazy hot, the shrubs
withered and the ground dry and pow
derry. AS if to make it worse for us,
"Grumbler" Doyle had been hit:
"Grumbler'' had got it at last as often
prophesied. He was shot through the
ches in such a way as to make it i'm
possible for him to live. Doyle was a
big, blustery man, who would growl
whether the officers backs were turned
or not; SO in a measure he was a brave
man, as you will agree if you ever
have soldiered.
We made him as comfortable as pos
sible in the almost imaginary shadow
of a large boulder and gave him little
by little the few hot drops of water left
in the canteens. The wound started to
trouble him after the water ran out.
1t was bad enough for us; the brain
seemed dulled, the mouth grew
parched and the eyes hurt from the
glare. But to be In the sun hour after
hour with a hole In the chest must be
m~addening. 1t is a bad thing, a hole
drilled by a Mauser; it is as clean and
complete as you might imagine. And
there on that hot ridge WI had to stay:
the lifting of a hand would bring a
shot.
For a while he lay quiet. Nothing
was to be heard but In insects drone,
while above us in the blue sky a vul-
ture wheeled in wide circles and wait
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-08-29
SHE sAvED N

She heard him rummaging around
in the attic. Then his strident, rau-
cous tones came drifting down the
stairs.
Where in t~hunderation," he
growled, sis that last summers fedora
shaped straw hat O. mine?"
'sThe time has come" she murmured
hoarsely to herself, and then she
donned a fedora-shaped straw hat that
was hidden behind the piano. 1t was
wrapped around with liberty silk, and
it looked bully on her fluffy hair.
Here it is" she said, when she got
to the top Of the attic stairs. Il
cleaned it with lemon Juice and fixed
it for myself. Saved you $17.35 for a
spring hat. Like it?"
Then the man was unreasonable and
churlish enough to storm and to de-
mand Of her when she intended to be-
gin wearing his shoes and smoking
his pipes.
Few married men have sense enough
to know when they've landed right
Washington Post.