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The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

A well known business man was
standing at street corner talking
with a friend the other afternoon,
when seedy looking chap with
oloated countenance and a whining
voice, approached and tackled the
business man for the loan of dollar.
The business man gruff1y declined the
shabby chaps appeal and told him to
De on his way in a canter.
This rather puzzled the companion
Of the business man. who knew that
he latter was of an extremely chari-
.able and open-handed disposition
4 man who rarely resisted the appeal
Of the commonest street beggar and
who made it point never to turn
1own an appeal for financial aid from,
unfortunate friends of former days.
The business man ohewed in silence
on the end of his cigar for while
and then he said:
You no doubt think it odd that I
knew me by my first name. on his
way with such suddennes and asper-
ity. So l might as well put you right
in the matter. That fellow IS the only
man in the world that l actually hate
and despise and ! marvel at his gall
for bracing me for as much as shoe
string. And I'll tell you why ] despise
him We two are of exactly the same
age and we were brought up together
in this town in the same neishbor-
hood. He was the model OF the neigh
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
spissrs That BOX the Compass.

If You discover you are lost during
the holidays on some lonely country
road, first stop and pull yourself to-
4ther. The next step is to fix the
points of the compass, When that
is done you will be able to go in the
general direction you wish.
Find a mature tree which stands
apart from its fellows; even if 1t is
only slightly Separated it will do. The
bark OF this tree will be harder,
drier, and lighter in color on the
south side. On the north it will be
darker, and often at the roots it will
have clrmp of mould or moss.
On the south side OF all evergreen
trees gum which oozes from wounds
or knotholes Will be hard and amber
colored; on the north this gum is
softer, gets covered with dust, and
is OF a dirty grey
Hardwood trees-the oak. ash
elms, hicEories, and SO forth-have
moss and pould on the north. Leaves
are smaner, tougher, lighter in color,
and with darker veins on the south !;
on the north they are longer, of darker
green, and with lighter Veins. Spiders
build on tpe south side. Cedars bend
their tips to the south. Any sawed
or cut stump will give you the south
side. The heart of the stump is thus
nearer to the north side.
Stones are bare on the south side,
and, if they have moss at all, it will
be on the north side.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

vertising feature. 1t gives the cigar
makers a prestige which they cannot
get in any other way King Edward
has his cigars specially made. All the
cigars that are made for crowned
heads by Cuban manufacturers are
bought by the men they are made
for, and scrupulous care is exercised
in the matter. The only men VINO
ever get any of these cigars either
get them on orders from royal per-
sonages or they get them as guests
of the royalty. particular kind OF
tobacco is used in the manufacture of
these cigars Take the case, for in
stance, OF the ear of Russia. Cigars
that are made for him are branded
with the Russian coat of arms, and
he buys all the cigars the factory can
make out of the material and in the
way specified by his order.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Don't Be a second-class Man.

You can hardly imagine boy say
ing: II am going to be second
class man. I don't want to be first
class and get the good jobs, the high
pay. Second-class jobs are good
enough for me- Such boy would
be regarded as lacking in good sense,
if not in sanity. You can get to be a
second-class man, however, by not
trying to be a frst-class one. Thou
sands do that all the time, so thai
second-class men are drug on the
market, remarks Success.
Second-class things are only wanted
when first-class can't be had. You
wear first-class clothes if you can pay
for them eat frst-class butter, first
class meat and first-class bread; or,
if you don't, you wish you could. Sec
ond-class men are no more wanted
than any other second-class commod-
ity. They are taken and used when
the better article is scarce or is too
high-priced for the occasion. For
work that really amounts to anything,
frst-class men are wanted.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
HATED .MODEL Boy

borhood, I was the hoodlum of the
neigh borhood. And that by was
thrown up to me morning. noon and
night. never did anything apsoiu-
tely vicious or wrong, but was sim
ply a tough kid, at the head of all
the boyish deviltry going on and never
out of mischief.
THAT fellow was marvel OF all
that was goody-goody in boy. lie
never got into mischief. He never
got in trouble with his folks. fie was
the whole thing as to tidiness, pune
tuality at school, lesson-learning and
all that sort of thing. So, OF course,
he was thrown at my head constantly.
NV mother and all of my sisters every
time | got into some sort OF scrape
tha required a whaling would wind
it all up by asking me why couidn I
be like little So-and-so, naming that
fellow Naturally l grew to nate him.
l couldn't help hating him.
I loneed to kick the daylignts out of
him. but was solemnly assured that
| if 1 ever did so / would be put in
reform school and that scared me.
But l woke up and went 10 bed nat
! ing that model boy.
well. now he's a booze bum and
he braces me on tae public street for
dollar. Time is a pretty hot Old
| boy, isn't he? But I'd rather give all
the money / have on earth TO build a
| Mormon church than ever hand tha'
/ ex-model boy one cent.
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Naif..

Waif8. t
With faces tfned too soon with care
They glide along the street,
A scared looF IN the eyes that stare
Into the eyes they meet.
For bringipg. to the earth
The discord of their sobs and signs
That chill the soul of mirth.
Those little faces lined with care;
Those little shoeless feet
Tnat shiver IN the frosty air;
Those wistfni eyes meet
Ithey haunt ne through the busy day
And come TO me at night
Vnen home Watch my own at play.
So Glad of heart ana bright.
Thou, Father OF the fatherless.
/. Watch o.er them all the way,
Through ali 1ife's perils guide and bless
The. little ones. we pray
Who earlv face the orphans woe
And want while others waste.
The worla is KIND at heart-but Oh!
SO though tess in it's haste.
My needs are Shall; I ask not wealth.
And less care l for fame.
1he One rich doom / crave Is health
And strength of mind and frame.
that / with deeds of love may gem
The childhood of my own,
and stana between the world and them
Till they can stand alone,
w u. Sanford in Dallas News.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
NEW USES FOR ALCOHOL.
European Governments Experiment.
ina in Many Ways.

European Governments Experiment
ing in Many Ways.
No innovation in European automo-
bile practice within the last year or
two has attained such Importance as
the trial of alcohol in the place OF
gasoline. The attempt to effect
substitute has been stimulated by,
If it Gid not originate in, two potent
forces. One is the desire OF the 1or-
eisn farmers to find a use for the
superabundant and cheap spirit man
ufactured from sugar beet refuse and
from potatoes. The other Is tne aS-
eressively helpful attitude assumed
by the French and German govern
nents. Several exhibitions nave Deen
held within the last few months TO
illustrate the many practical apphca-
tions which can be made OF alconol
and in France two months ago an elap-
crate series of tests was made, under
the auspices of the minister OF agrl-
culture, to show its special fitness Tor
propelling vehicles. By the French 1t
is customary to employ mixture OF
alcohol and gasoline, and not the lat
| ter alone, because the gasoline engine
| can then be retained with little mod
| ifcation. In Germany an EFFORT is be-
| ing made to perfect motor working
| On the same general principle-eNplo-
| sion-but different enough in details
to burn pure alcohol. The problem has
| not been fully worked out, nor for
| that matter. is the economy of alco-
| hol fully ascertained. Enough is
| Known on this point, however, and also
| as to it's efficiency, to make 1t q for-
| midable rival of gasoline in countries
where there is no revenue tax on veg
| etable spirit.-New York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
THE UNBIDDEN GUEST

of authority that he does the poorest
noyel in the land. Vain all the elab-
orately constructed outposts and re-
doubts, and inner and outer walls,
and keep and sanctuary. Not all the
armed force CT all the world, not all
it's pride and pomp and chivalry can
hinder one jot the advance OF the
intruder, writes Frederic V. Collins
in the Washington Times. He passes
all the imposing barriers that sur
round the king, in one disdainful step,
and 10! the sovereign lord who is
about to ascend his throne amid the
obeisances of his mobiles and the plau-
dts of his people, lies stricken and
helpless, and envying, perhaps, the
humblest peasant who has health and
strength.
And so, however, reluctantly, we
acknowledge this grand work of hui
man vanity. a ''baselesS fabric. And
we recall the lines of the greatest of
poets:
We are such stuff as dreams are made
of
And our little lives are rounded by a
sleep.
Force is at best fearful thing, even
in a righteous cause.-Schiller.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Wa, Ais wav to Fortune.

Once there was boy Of the name
Of Hugh MCGOWAN, who Went to Kan
gas City in search of work. He found
this at the stables Of the street car
COMPANY and the work consisted
1argely in currying mules. The curry
ing of mules is not an attractive vo-
cation, but Hugh never grumbled, and
pc sent them out to Work looking
nore fit tpan they ever had in all
the history of rapid transit in Kansas
City. He curried those mules so
faithfully tpat now be does not have
70 curry mules any more. MCGOWAN
is now rich man, with millions Of
dollars under his control. He mad
reached the age of 40 before he had
earned So puch as 500 month
No man can rise to fame by the
mere process Of curry1ng mules, but
if this duty fall to his lot he can do
it so well as to show what is in MIN.
Thus did NcGowan; he attracted the
attention Of his superiors and was
promoted to the driving of car.
Then he got on the police force; all
stations humble enough. After a
while the agent Of a big concern
visited Kapsas City and while there
sought to fnd suitable man to rep
resent his Concern. MCGOWAN was
chosen, not merely because he had
curried mules well, but that he had
gone into every field inspired always
by the motive to do the best he could
He is now 4S years of age, solid
citizen, with long bank account
and a reputation that is Of far greater
value than any great sum of money.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

Sir Archibald Geikie, in a recent
address in London, said that figuring
from the stratified rocks of the esrth's
crust may range from a minimum of
73,000,0 900 years UP to maximum OF
S0,000,000 years. Dana on the same
basis figures that the earth's crust
is 4S,OO0.00 years while Alfred Rus
sci Wallace figures that the. earth's
crust has been forming for 2S,o0o,OU
years.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

three waters will thus be left un-
touched on the other side. and after
you have made it appear that there
aze no waters on either side, you may,
to all appearance, show three on each.
When turning the knife you must,
as you lift it up, turn it completely
round with your finger and thumb, SO
as always to bring the same side up
permost
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Originator of Postal Gard Dead.

Privy Councillor Emanuel Hermann,
who is said to have been the origina-
tor of the postal card, died in Vienna
recently.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
cioars for Crowned Heads.

Making cigars for princes and po-
tentates and crowned heads is great
business in Havana. II is a good ad
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

Usually when you want your UNI
brella it is not here, but over there.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

Force is at best a fearful thing, even
in a righteous cause.-Schiller
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Walton Trust Company.

AT the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders and directors of the
Walton Trust Company of Butler,
Missouri, held on January 9th, 1902,
the following named gentlemen were
elected to serve the ensuing year:
President-Wm. f. Walton.
Vice President, II. j. Wright.
Secretary-Frank Allen.
Clerk and assistant-C. A. Allen.
Abstracts-W. ID. Yates.
Clerk and bookkeeper-A. Ii. Peach,
The business Of the institution was
found in good condition and divi-
dend OF FIVE per cent was paid stock
holders out OF the earnings OF the
last six months and one thousand
dollars placed in the surplus fund,
During the year 1901 fifteen hun
dred dollars was placed in the sur
plus fund and stockholders received
nine per cent in dividends clear of
taxes. The surplus fund is now So
800 1t was found that during the
last five years the stockholders had
received in cash dividends nine and
one half per cent each year and that
one and four-tifths per cent each year
had been added to the surplus fund,
making the total net earnings aver
age eleven and three.tenths per cent
each year during the entire five years
clear Of all taxes or other expenses.
Mr., Walton, the president, report
ed that the Walton Trust Company
is loaning money for over one hun
dred money lenders including Savings
banks, Trust companies and individ-
uals, and is always supplied with
ready money to make loans on real
estate at very low rates, and that
during the year 1901, the Walton
Trust Co. loaned over Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars in southwest Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Walton said. of one thing
| am especially proud, and that is
that inter tfrirty=twoyears OF cortftt-
Hens business lending -eH- farms,
for hundreds Of people and banks,
making in all over ten thousand
loans, that in the aggregate amount
to over Fifteen Million Dollars, not
one Of our many lenders have lost "a
dollar, or own any land taken under
foreclosure to save the money loan
ed. 1t is needless to say that the
stockholders and directors were well
pleased with the good showing OF
this well known institution
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Johnson County is for DeArmond.

Warrensburg, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-The
democratic county central committee
met this afternoon, and not only de-
cided to express it's choice for United
States senator by ballot in the pri-
mary to nominate county officers,
but they decided upon an extremely
early date for the primary, thus tax
ing the initiative in the senatorial
fight.
Quite sensation was sprung in
the committee meeting when State
Senator Nick NJ. Bradley of the sew
enteenth district arose and announc-
ed that he was alreadypledged in his
choice for senator. He stated, how
ever, that he believed his choice would
also be that of the voters OF the
county, and that he would take the
stump in support of his candidate.
This brought out applause, as it was
understood that he mean Congress.
man David A. DeArmond.
Quite fight was put up for the
convention to nominate county OFF,
GERS, but the committee decided to
hold primary, and fixed the date
for March 20. johnson county led
in the matter OF its primary two
years ago, and was the first county
to declare for Governor Dockery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Elegant Reception.

OneOf the most brilliant and
tanning functions of society this sea-
son was the Reception given by
Mayor and Mrs. ". F. Duvall at
their elegantly appointed and COM
modious home on High street Tues
day evening OF this week. During
the hours from seven to eleven o 'clock,
the beautiful rooms were thronged
with gay crowds, who cast aside stiff
formality under the genial hospitality
of these very sensible young people
who possess the rare faculty of max
ing every one feel at ease.
The hall, parlor, library, sitting
and dining rooms were all beautiful
ly and tastefully decorated with
white, red and pink roses and carna-
tions, smilax and ferns. The soft
light from handsome electric globes
made very pleasing effect.
The guests were furnished carnations
as souvenirs, before entering the par
lors to meet the handsome host and
beautifuland gracious young hostess.
Those assisting were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown Walton, Mr.. and Mrs. J. RI
Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Walk
-ers Major and Mrs~F-H.l Crowell, Mr..
and Mrs. W. f. Walton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Buford Duvall, Mr.. and Mrs. J. d.
Allen, Miss Ruby Rosser and Homer
Duvall. Concealed in an alcove off
the library was a string band which
discoursed sweet music throughout
the evening.
The refreshments served were deli
cate, dainty and delicious. 1t was
an occasion long to be remembered
in our little city noted for its delight
full soc ial functions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Cheap Kansas Lands.

l will be at Hotel Lee, in Adrian,
Jan. Both, Merchants Hotel, Rich
Hill, and Republican Press Office in
Butler, Feb. LIST, with maps descrip-
tions and prices of wheat and alfalfa
lands, in the sheet water country in
Northwestern Kansas, and would be
pleased to meet all who feel disposed
to take advantage of the present
low prices. Cheap transportation
for land buyers Feb. 4. Resp.
z. b. ATKINSON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Claims Abandoned.
down.

Guthrie, 0. T. Jan. 1S.-Although
only thirty days remain in which
original homesteaders may file on
the claims drawn in the recent gov
eminent land lottery, there are still
hundreds of claims without visible
habitation or any other sign Of i'm
provement. This shows thatparties
who drew the claims are not going to
file and prove up, thus leaving the
lands for other settlers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
H. H. Haverly went to Butler Mon

II. H. Haverly went to Butler Mon
day morning to see the Coal Go in
regard to a lease for a drift south OF
town and also to find out what as
surance the r. R. Co. would give in
regard to the side track out to the
drift. He went from there to Kansas
City. Mr.. Hughes and some Rich
Hill parties have located a drift and
propose to take out several ears of
coal per day, provided the rate of
royalty on the coal is as low as 9th
er large companies have to pay and
provided the r. r. Co. builds the
switch.-Foster Times, 1G.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23

Miss Maud Shoemaker, % years of
age, attempted suicide at her home
in Bear Creek township, Henry coun-
ty, the other day. She took some
kind Of poison, but physician saved
her life after hard work. The family
were at a loss to know why she desir-
ed to kill herself.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23

Thomas Redmond, aged II years,
recently convicted of murder in the
second degree at Kansas City. for
having stabbed to death Thomas
Scruegs, son Of a wealthy cattleman,
was taken TO the penitentiary Satur-
day evening to serve a term of %
years. The parting in the court
room of the father, mother and three
sisters of the condemned boy is re-
ported to be very effecting.
A letter from {. B. Mcfarland, at
Sherman. Texas, reports himself and
wife in good health and enjoying
their trip to the Lone Star state.
Since they arrived in Texas they have
been going from town. to town and
city to city, but they expect to leave
in "A few days Tor the gulf, where they
will spend the rest of the winter.
Their many friends here hope they
will be permanently benefited in
health by their trip and come home
sound and well.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Nevada Mail.

-Rev.-WrR. Smith, of Sheldon, died
last Friday. He was 60 years ofage
and had been Baptist minister for
many years. An attack of pneu-
monia caused his death.
Judge Davis. who was here attend
ing court, says that Rev. Smith just
before his death called his family
about his bed and selecting a teY
began to deliver sermon and died
while preaching.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
s., S and $50 Per Acre.

] sell the cheapest good land on
earth. Wheat and alfalfa land Il
speciality. Writefor prices and terms
and cheap transportation,
f. B ATKINSON,
Pit Grainfield. Kan.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23

For SALE:-Good work mare, 9
years old, dark bay, sound as a dol
lar. Call on b. F. Richards, at But
Ter Cash Department Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Brled hay for sale, in barn, by the

Brled hay for sale, in barn, by the
ton in Butler.
p. X. WILSON, Recorder.
The democrats seeking office in
Colecounty are getting in tie saddle.
The Jefferson City Press contains an
even dozen announcements.
Eleven conyirtS escaped from the
federai prison at Tacoma. Washing
ton. Sunday. They opened hole in
the cement floor and went out
through the sewer pipes.
We are informed that Mr.. Buckley,
of Seth Thomas Clock Co., Of Chi
cago. will be in Butler in a few days
to make an estimate for a clock in
the court house tower.
W. A. Downey, one OF Bates coun-
tvs best farmers aud worthy citizens,
was in to see us on Tuesday. He
says the Bates County Oil Co., in
which he is "a director. is not doing
any work now.
G. c. Duke informs us that he will
be candidate for county clerk be-
fore the next democratic convention.
Mr.. Duke is an old citizen and well
known in the county. He is thor
oughly competent and would make
splendid clerk
Butler hasn't been troubled much
with tramps this winter. The few
that have made their appearance in
town didn't remain long as the Of
fcers were not slow in presenting
them with tie ticket.
The long spell of pretty weather
has given the farmer a good oppor-
tunity to forge ahead with his work,
and many of them have Underground
ready to plant as soon as the buds
begin to swell.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
Toad Should Never Ache

Nevtr endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va.
She writes CDR. Kings New Life Pills
wholly cured me Of sick headaches l
had suffered from for two years "
Cure headache, constipation, bilious
ness. 25c at Fl. L. fuckers drug
store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23
recovery.

". b. Moreland, prosperous mer-
chant of Urich, Mo-, was in the city
the last of the week and favored us
with a pleasant call. He had his
dates set ahead to September, 1904,
thereby making him our banner sub.
scriber by few months, that place
being formerly held by A. NJ. Fritze.
Mr.. Moreland and the editor of The
TINES were boys together in New
Home, where Mr.. Moreland embark
ed in the mercantile business with his
brother. He married the charming
daughter of Judge c. ID. Cole. He
afterward owned and managed a
store at Ballard. We are glad to say
he hasprospered and is now wealthy,
all OF which he deserves, for he is a
royal good fellow and true to his
friends. Says he is for Bill Stone for
anything he wants from president
| down.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-23

age, living IOuf niles west OF CllntOn,
committed suicide Sunday morning
llast, by taking morphine. Noreason
can be assigned for the deed
The fire company was called out
about ) o'clock Monday morning to
subdue a fire at the residence of Mr..
Fisher on Mill street. The fire was
started by a defective fue, but was
discovered in time and a few buckets
of water stopped the blaze with but
slight damage to the building before
the fire boys arrived.
Sheriff Smith left Monday for Clay
county to be with his uncle, Mr..
Spicer, who is dangerously sick. On
his return home Tuesday Sheriff
Smith stopped at Kansas City to
witness the execution of negro man
in that city who was hung for the
brutal murder of q negro woman.
Name your farm and come to THE
TIMES and get your stationery print
ed. We will furnish you letter heads
and envelopes with the name of your
farm printed on them, and put up in
tablets about as cheap as you car
buy the blank paper. Every farmer
getting his mail on a rural route
should have his stationery printed
Come and see The TIMES.