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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
RICH GIFT TO COLUMBIA.
Six Thousand Volumes of Chinese
Works Presented to the Unf--
versity by China.

The state department has notified
President Butler, Of Columbia univer-
sity, of the receipt of dispatch from
Minister Conger at Picking, giving full
information of the gift of books and
other material to illustrate the in
struction in Chinese subjects to be un-
dertaken on the new Dean Lung foun.
dation. It appears that the collection
selected by the foreign Office of China
for presentation to Columbia uniyer-
sity is known as the "T'u Shu Chi
Ch'eng." 1t is the most comprehensive
collection of books that has been made
in China, and consits of over 6.OOO vol
umes, treating of every subject known
to Chinese literature. The work was
originally undertaken by commits.
sion of eminent Chinese scholars an
pointed by Emperor Kang Hsi. who
reigned from 1862 to 1923. From the
scientific point Of view the gift is in.
valuable.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
FALLS HEIR TO MILLIONS.
Hotel Man whose Uncle Was a Part
ner of Aston Gets n Fortune
from Germany

Fred X. limerick. who for the last
three years has managed the New
Mackinac hotel at Mackinac Island,
Mich, has fallen heir to $4,000, 600. a
share of the estate of an uncle in
Germany who recently died. The
whole estate is valued at over $50
100000.
The elder limerick was probably
the best-known European agent in
the fur business. For 30 years he
was a partner in the fur business
with John Jacob Astor. He was sta
toned at Berlin, and it was in the
fur trade with the aid of Astor that
he accumulated the vast fortune. He
was never married. He left all his
property to the children of his two
brothers residing in the United
States.
Tt is reported to be the intention
of F. r. limerick, after receiving his
share of the fortune, to construct the
finest and largest summer hotel in
the world on Mackinac island. The
building is to cost $1,000,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27

Geo. Palm is showing a horse and
jack this spring. They are handles
Mr.. yandriff contemplates moving
to town this fall. He says farm work
is too hard on Mrs. V. and he thinks
stepping around town will suit him
aswell as trying tn crowd himself
into a 12-inch furrOw.
Mr.. Knight moved on the Vim.
Welch farm this spring.
Sunday school at the Black school
house every Sunday at 10 a. M.
Jas. Welch, W. Ealy and Mr..
Plunkett are on good terms and en-
pect to stay that way, as they are
fixing up their line fences. Good
fences make -ood neighbors any
where.
Mrs. Brixner is having her wood
hauled for the stove before farming
is in progress.
Pastures are starting out NIGEL y.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
FARM SLIDING DOWN HILL.
earthquake Jars Five Acres of Land
Loose In California Mountain
Side md 1t Is Moving.

Near Oxnard, the beet sugar GEN.
ter is a moving fve-acre field that
is covered with grain. On this land
the residences, granaries, animals
ana residents are sliding down the
valley. This five-acre tract is on
Springvifle hill, and, having been
Jared loose, is slowly making its
way toward the valley of the Santa
lnez river.
After the earthquake of February
that shook the Santa Ynez valley. n
line OF demarcation, the shape of a
long eliptical curve, having the ap-
pearance of newly-plowed furrow,
was noticed along the grain field
above one of the low bluffs from COR
ner to corner of the field. The space.
within the eclipse, five acres. is slid
ing away from the remainder of the
held at the rate of eight inches a.
week. The crevasse now formed is
II feet wide at the surface and is
several hundred feet deep.
The moving field is part of the Sol
ari estate, owned by James Kohler,
of Pasadena.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
BOY PRINCE AS OUTLAW.
Murders and Robberies Laid to the
Charge of a Russia Nobleman
of the Caucasus.

A 15-year-old Georgian prince liv-
ing near Kutais, in the Caucasus, has
been arrested, charged with a long
series of murders and highway rob-
berries. He owns an old stone medieval
castle in which are two dungeons high
over rapid mountain stream, near
the caravan road across Caucasus, and
for two years he has been in the habit
of raiding travellers. He is a boy of
great physical strength and singularly
handsome.
Incredible stories are told of his
exploits and reckless cruelty. 1t is al
legged that he has thrown prisoners
from the parapet of the castle into
the stream below. All his retainers
maintain absolute silence, and the Rus
sian authorities find it difficult to OBJ
tain evidence against him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
HOME WOMAN'S GOAL.
Prof. Kiehle DeplOres Her Training
Along Industrial Lines.
In AddreEA- before NafIonaI Educa-
uonai Association Minnesota
Teacher Declares Modern Civil
lIEation Fall. short of idenI.

Training along industrial lines is
not the goal for women. Until
wealth brings its treasures from the
shop and bank To the home in forms
of use for the comfort of the family.
until art learns To beautify the dwell
ing place of the family as we'll as the
cathedral and the capitol and until
science devotes itself To the hcalthful
rearing of children aud the hygiene
of the home all these forces of our
modern civilization of which We are
so proud fall short of their highest
service"
This was the manner in which Prof
d. j. kiehle, of the University of Min,
nesota, opened his address before the
meeting of the department of supcr-
intendents of the National Educa-
tional association AT Chicago the
other day.
Other points brought out by Prof.
kiehle were:
This final and noblest application
OF wealth and learning must be eff
fected in the education of women.
With equal rights To do what they
may do in common with men, they
must be permitted To- continue their
education in preparation for the
higher duties of the home, which
they alone are able to make and
adorn.
There is as much intelligence and
good judgment required in applying
science to the care of the home and |
children as to the care of stock on
the farm, and it COMFORTS as well |
with the dignity of chemistry to APP
ply il to the making of bread for the |
maintenance of health as To the mix. |
ing OF drugs for its restoration when
lost through ignorance of the laws of
health. We are already under the in
fucnce of money-getting. CONNER
cial spirit which is intruding upon
the quiet comforts of home lfe and
ufverrrng uur Youth ffrurr- t,t-t-+.t items
which require diligent and steady ap-
piication to employments that prom
Use moderate yet certain and steady
returns in profit
Our daughters are headed away
from the home Preside and are
strung along the way from the mer-
chants counter and stenographer's
table up to the practice of law and
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
ROYALTY HONORS AN AUTHOR
Fairy Tales Written by Miss Myra
Hamilton Are Accepted by the
Princess of Wales

1t is not given to every writer to
penetrate into royal nurseries. Miss
Myra Hamilton has. however.
achieved the distinction with her re-
Gently published volume of fairy
tales, as copies of her book. which is
entitled Fancy Far Land" has been
accepted by the princess of Wales in
behalf of her children, Prince Ed
ward, Prince Albert and Princess Vic
toria of York.
Miss Hamilton, who is the step
daughter of A. w. Pinero, has writ
ten large number of short stories
in the principal magazines. The
well-known "Pinero Birthday Book"
which appeared year or two ago,
was also compiled by Miss Hamilton.
1.-THE Kings Race Horses" his
tory of the connection of his ma iesty
King Edward VII. with the national
sport, by Edward Spencer, will be
published by Long about the end of
April. The work will be printed on
handsome paper, with 20 plates in
photogravure, and will be limited to
300 copies at three guineas net.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
AGED MAN is APPRECIATIVE.
Wealthy New Yorker Adopts His
Faithful HOusekecper as His
Daughter and Heir,

y case which some lawyers say is
without parallel in the legal history of
the New York courts, was made known
the other day when Justice Mclean,
of the supreme court, signed the order
to allow William Hardness. 10 wears
old, to adopt as his daughter, Elizabeth
Holland Richardson, AZ years old, his
housekeeper. Hardness is the inventor
of one of the first fire extinguishers.
He is reported to be worth half a mil
lion dollars. Albert Hardness. his
brother, is professor of Brown uni
versity.
His lawyer, H. A. Snedeker, said re-
Gently Mr.. Hardness desired to reward
Mrs. Richardson for taking care of
him by relieving her of the social dis
advantages attaching to the mental
title of housekeeper, and by insuring
to her. in the event of his death. the
custody of his fortune. without the
possibility of contest by his relatives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
WILL SEE CORONATION.
American hoy to Act n Page 10 the
Duke Of Somerset ON the Day of
the Ceremonies.

There is one American boy at least
who will take part in the coronation
procession and will have something
To do. Tie is the little son of John
;, Sargent. the artist, and has been
selected by the duke of Somerset,
who carries the orb, as his page.
liy the way, the question of pages
is being much discussed. Only those
people who have to carry the vari-
Gus emhlems of state. and are CON
seqnently unable to carry their own
eoronetS. will he allowed To have pages
IN attendance. Very few, indeed,
will he able To see the actual corona
ton ceremony besides the royal fam
lily. the foreign royalties, other spe-
cially invited guests and those i'm i'm
mediate attendance on the king and
queen. Those favored with admis-
sion cards To the greater part of
Westminster Abbey will see absolute
ly nothing at all except the various
professions.
soclety is already beginning to dis
cuss the question who will be given
the vacant Garter now Lord Fitzwil-
liam is dead. This is generally con-
sidercd the highest order in the
world, and many foreign rulers would
gladly accept it. II is very likely to
be sent as a coronation gift to the
young king of Spain next May. The
order is conferred on those whose
ancestors for three generations have
been gentlemen free from dishonor
II any kind |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS II RUSSIA.
Many Lines Of Manufacturing said to
lie Threatened with Serious
Disaster

Although the Russian journals arg
mute on the subject, it is learned IT
Vienna that an industrial crisis lis
rapidly approaching in that obun-
try. For a long time il was con-
fined tn the metal industry, but now
it extends to other branches and es-
pecially to the textile industry. On
all sides, il says. there are COM
plants of bad business and speedy
help is demanded of the government.
as otherwise the crisis promises to
involve consequences which might
prove disastrous to the whole eco
monte and financial situation of Rus
STA. The majority of the Russian
manufacturers are firmly convinced
that Russian industry is insufficient
ly protected and that the only rem
edy for the present troubles lies in
an increase of import duties.
There is, however. no probability
that the government will depart
from its system of moderate protec-
tionism. which it regards as neces-
sary for the development of the ma
tional activity in all the treaties il
concludes. The optimism of the gAy-
eminent with regard to an eventu,A
improvement in the situation is nod
shared in interested circles, where
the conviction prevails that the
pending crisis will not prove to be a
temporary affair, but that it is con-
nected with the general economic sit
uation and that it will become in
rreasingly acute if no remedial meas
IIreS are taken.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
WOMEN VIE WITH SWORDS.
Annapolis (Md.) Society Girls Defeur
Ladies' Team from New York
in Fencing Contest.

-Four of the most popular young
women in Annapolis (Md.) society
worsted ladies' team from the New
York Fencers' club, winning by
score Of five to four bouts. The local
participants were Misses Hannah and
Mary Randall, daughters of ex-Sen-
ator Randall, and Violet and Rosamond
Niles. These are pupils of Swordmas-
ter Oorbesier, of the Naval academy.
The New York fencers were Miss
Marguerite Tracy and Margaret Slim
son and Mrs. George Etheridge. The
fourth member of the team was I'M
able to be present on account of ILL
ness.
The honors of the Annapolitans were
carried off by Miss Mary Randall and
Miss Violet Niles, both winning all
their bouts. All honors for the New
norkers were won by Miss Marguerite
Tracy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
GIFT TO LADY CURZON,


Thomas w. Lawson. the Boston cop-
per magnate, has started his son Ar
mold on the way to India to present
to the vicerine, Lady Curzon. former
ly Miss Letter, of Chicago. pair Of
splendid American horses. Just before
the steamer Kaiserin Maria Theresa
sailed from New York for Egypt the
two horses were taken on board. They
will occupy padded stalls. Two grooms
went along to give the horses every
care.
The Lawson party which sailed in
Guided Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott. wife
OF the painter and daughter of Julia
Ward Howe: Arnold Lawson and his
sisters. Gladys and Marion Lawson.
Mrs. Elliott went as chaperone of the
Misses Lawson on their proposed tour
of India and Europe.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
LETTERS THAT CAME AT LAST
Old Missives, Written Many Years
Ago, Are Delivered to Residents
of Chicago.

Two letters for which the persons
to whom they are addressed have
long been waiting were delivered by
Chicago postmen the other day. One
was from William ID. Howells. in New
York city, and was written in reply
to letter from Carter II. Harrison,
mailed 20 years ago. The writer of
the other is not known, but it was
mailed November Is, 1874. in Chicago.
and is addressed to Frank Melon
mid, ffttorfrf- n pa4l4ae+- Hea.se- City -
No one in the hotel knew the adj
dressee, and ii was returned to the
post office.
When Chicagos mayor was 81 years
old he was keen after autographs.
On December "a, 1882, he wrote to
Mr.. Howells asking for few lines
in the authors handwriting. The
letter was returned the other day,
and on the reverse side of the paper
was written: 81 have at last found
time for subscribing myself. Yours
very truly, W. d. Howells.'
The letter received at the Palmer
house was written on stationery of
the Metropolitan hotel, which for
merly stood opposite the Reliance
building, at State and Washington
streets. and was mailed at that cor
ner. There were no postmarks ex-
cept the Chicago ones. "Nov. Is,
1874" and FEB. 20, 1902" to show
where the letter had been in the 20
years since it was written The en-
velope was Soiled and timc-stained.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
Wants His Ashe. Sc.,t.r.s

After the remains of DR.. Daniel
Schuyler Young were cremated at
Cincinnati the other day it was
learned that he had provided for the
ashes to be taken to his old boy
hood home in Montgomery couny, N.
T., where his wife was buried; one
fourth to be sprinkled on her grave,
one-fourth over the path to his old
schoolhouse. one-fourth at his old
home. and one-fourth shot, out of a
gun at the old homestead. This spe-
cific disposition of the ashes caused
much surprise among the associates
OF the noted physician, scientist and
author.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
BRAVERY REWARDED
Government Gives Position to Young
Man of North Carolina.
Story of His Battle with Thieves in
Post OHiee at Emma, n. c., and How
He spoiled Their Plans Al
though Severely wounded.

As a reward for his devotion to
duty and fearlessness in defending
his trust, Postmaster General Payne
has appointed Samuel H. Alexander,
a young man % years old, to a clerk
ship in the Office of the chief post
Office inspector at Washington. For
the last year young Alexander has
been assistant postmaster at Emma,
n. {. In February of last year the
post Office was, attacked by armed
burglars. Alexander fought them
off, and, though repeatedly wound
ed, succeeded in sounding an alarm.
Emma is a small town. The post
office is in the store of the postmas-
ter. Alexander was both assistant
postmaster and clerk and lived in n
rear room of the store. On the night
of February 6 he was preparing to
retire, when he heard knock on the
front door. He inquired what was
wanted, and on being told one of the
neighbors wanted his mail, unbarred
the doors. Immediately two masked
men entered. Covering him with
their revolvers, they cautioned him
to keep quiet.
At their command he opened the
fireproof safe, having first Surren-
dered his revolver. One of the men.
Frank johnson, stood guard over
Alexander while the other, Ben Fos-
ter, proceeded to loot the safe. Fos-
ter had laid his revolver on the desk |
above the safe and was STOPPING in |
front of it, when the noise of cat |
upsetting box in the rear of the
store caused Johnson to turn his |
head. Instantly Alexander seized the |
revolver and shot the kneeling bur-
glar near the heart. He tried to
shoot the other, but the revolver
only snapped, Selling Johnson, the
young man and the burglar fell to
the floor. A desperate struggle en-
sued -
Foster, although seriously wound
ed, drew another revolver and shot
A Alexander the nhdnmen. Alex
ander, seeing that Foster was about
to shoot at him again, swung John
son around in front of him. The bull
let from Fosters gun struck John
son in the left shoulder. passed
through his neck and lodged in his
light jaw, For fully five minutes the
men struggled about the room. Alex
lnder's face and hands were terribly
ut and bruised. and several bullets
lad lodged in his body. The burglars
we're both wounded and fast becom-
ng faint from the loss Of blood.
BY superhuman tax upon his
trength Alexander succeeded in
orcing the two men from the store
nto the street. Postmaster McClel-
an, seeing light in the post of
ice, found Alexander lying in Il faint
IN the front steps. For time the
'oung mans life was despaired of,
nut he finally rallied and now, eX-
epting the scars, has no serious re-
1inders of his terrible ordeal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
voyage for Youthful Pear

Inc young duke of Leinster, who is
going for reasons of health on a WOW.
age to Australia and back, is not vet
To- but he has held his ancestral hon
ors and estates for more than eight
years, for he lost his father when but
SIX years of age, and his beautiful
mother-before her marriage Lady
hermione Duncombe-died two years
later, There has been of late good
deal of anxiety about the health os Ibs
ouke himself, who is being educated
AZ hton' and much is hoped from the
rest and long sea voyage to the antipo-.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
Items Of Interest BY Nm. Nestlerode.

items oil Interest by \. NJ. AestlerOde.
Friends, it has been six years since
| have written any for THE TINES.
am out of practice, but will try it
again. am in a new neighborhood
east of Butler and not acquainted,
so you will not expect much.
Wheat looks as il it would make a
good yield, at present.
Some spring blowing has been done.
About half of the ground was turned
over last fall, soft will give the far
mers quite n start in early seeding.
Some have made garden and plant
ed potatoes.
Some oats have been sowed.
Walton Ealy has the lumber on the
ground for n new Kitchen.
The spring term has begun at the
Black school house, with Miss Grace
Classify, teae; er,
Mrs, W, Ealy has just returned
from her visit to Kansas friends.
Mrs Plunkett has been under the
doctors care for n long time, and
is but very little better, ii any
change.
sam Boone family are all sick ex-
rept MIR, Boone.
saw a notice on the wire bridge
EAST of town, "game hay for sale 50
per ton
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
Elephant Lost in Paris

BY an odd mistake in shipment an
elephant was lost in Paris this week.
When the owner could not be found
galaxy of the bravest policemen
was ordered to escort the pachederm
to the pound. The animal had been
shipped from Havre. A railroad
crew at Batignolles shunted the car
to a side track, where it was for
gotten. The police and elephant, &C.
companied by great crowd, had
started for the pound when the own
er appeared, to the joy of all, includ-
ing the elephant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
Can't Keep 1t Secret.

The splendid work Of DR., Kings
Now Life Pills is daily coming To
light. No such grand remedy for
liver aud bowel troubles was ever
known before. Thousands bless them
for curing constipation, sick head
ache, biliousuess, jaundice aud in
digestion. Try them, 25c at II. l..
fuckers drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
High Price for n Kiss.

A Cincinnati man has had to nav
$1,000 for kiss. but, says the Chicago
Record-Herald, the telegraph doesn't
say whether she is especially pretty
or he is unusually homely.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
People Anxious to See Her.

A successful lecture tour, of course,
might enable Miss Stone to refund
to the donors that $4,000, says the
Chicago Tribune, but still
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-03-27
An After ThnuUhf

The Meteor slid down the WAYS,
but not into its native element, says
the Chicago Tribune. The native ele-
ment of the Meteor is the ether.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04

Thls dress Is constructed entirely of fine
put thicldy woven wire gauze It com
pletely encloses the wearer, Inclusive Of
hands, feet and head. Its total weight Is
33 pounds, it's resistance from hand to
hand OO17 ohms. and its capacity varies
from .00O2 up to .OO025 microfarads, accord
ing as the wearer Is far away or near
to wall The cooling surface is so great
that current Of 200 amperes can pass
through the dress for some seconds from
hand to hand without perceptible heating
effect. Standing uninsulated on the ground
and clad with this dress, Prof. Artemieff
drew sparks from the secondary terminals
of a transformer which was giving a ten
sion of $4,000 volts, the period being 30
cycles per second. He next seized the main,
and later on. the potential being raised to
10000 volts, he drew sparks from both
terminals. and handled the latter. The ma
chine supplying this transformer was of
1l0-kilowatt capacity. In concluding tie
experiments, the inventor short-circulated
this generator by clutchfng hold of the ter
minals. the potential difference between the
two being 1000 volts, and the current pass
ed 200 amperes. The circuit was broken
by simply letting go of one electrode
these experiments Prof Arte-
mieff declared he felt not the slightest
of any current through his body