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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Water to Succeed Fire.

Invention and discovery assure us
that there will be no limit to progress
in the long distance carrying of cleo
trio energy. says the New York World.
While water holds out to run, there
fore. why should man bother with
question Of coal mine exhaustion, or
wrestle endlessly with the smoke nui-
sance? Silently, clearly, without fuss
or fumes, a power that heats, lights
and moves, all from the same wire, will
be brought cheaply to the door Of
every shop and home.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Increase of Mormonism.

While it is commonly believed that
polygamy has been stamped out in
this country, that fact SHOULD not lead
people to believe that the Mormons
are booming fewer. Quite to the con-
trary is the case. In the last ten
years, according to late census re.
port, the number of Mormons in this
country has more than doubled, some
thing that cannot be said Of any Of the
orthodox churches of the land.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Administrst0r,a Notice

Notice 10 hereby given, that letter, Of admin.
iatiahon wi.h WILL anAexed, upon the ssssfs al
william N. ensss. deceased were grsnssd o
,o sne SnostsAgnso on me l7th day Of Apfil.
Missouri. oS~.sys
Al psfsons having claims against said -.
tate, are required 70 exhibit them for aiiov
snoe 70 me sdmnissrasrix within one ~
~ W. =, saaa ieseen, or they nay b
u sooa claims be mos sxhihassd vfthin svo
yeafs nom the date Of tAis publiceeion. ~
Will b forever barred. WY
ea a. w,.,,, A. b BELL.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Notice.

ssss !. hereby give. nat Letters OF sdn,,.
hMry Lutsenhiser, deosoeed. M -. ~ q
e e the UNDERMINED. b. he Bssss ~. .s.
ffooete Court, IN Bates County. niSSc.e
eeering dats the sssh day q NsS 4. ~ r.
Al ~. p srscss having claims agalnst said -
ence within one year nom - M ~
tsrs. o. they nay b prselpdod ~ ~ ~.
nipiteo within Two yeefs MN ~ ~ ~ ~
barred. DEI Ink ~ ~ n y 1--WE
@-lt Administrsssr wiz Nm s1s1s.s
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
rxte.u.tins Circumstances,

The man who was recently killed BY
an elephant was in an intoxicated con-
dition and was amusing himself BY an.
noying the elephant. Manslaughter 10
Of course reprehensible under almost
any conditions. says the Warrington
Star; but the elephant Il entitled 70
an investigation to discover sxtenust-
ing circumstances
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Millions for Railroad improvement.

Mi11ions for Railroad ImDfoveme ats,
Statements just furnished BY the
railroads entering Pittsburg to the
municipal authorities of thatcity, show
that the cost Of railroad improvement
made there within the past two years
and under way, will aggregate, $685..
COZ, 900. A large proportion of this
expense has been caused BY the steadily
Increasing demands Of the United
States Steel corporation for additional
transportation facilities.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
Fireproof Traine IN IIonloa,

All the new trains of the Central
London railway are to be Of firsproof
construction, steel and asbestos being
largely used. Other precautions for
the safety Of passengers are being
taken.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
HAY AND HIS TON OF COAL.
Secretary Of state Pays Bil1 in
Which Charges for Delivery Ex-
coed Price of the Coal.

Secretary Of State John Hay has
Just paid the record price for coal,
and it was common. ordinary, anthra-
cite coal. Some time ago, when the
family opened their summer cottage
at Lake unappee,N.H.. Mrs. Hay found
need of a fire to keep warm. There
was no coal in the house. and she tele-
phoued to the dealer in Windsor, ask
ing him that ton be sent over at
once. AS the Hay house is in rather
inaccessible location the dealer asked
how he should send the coal.
by express" was the order.
The coal was sent, and the bill has
Just been paid. 1t includes two items:
Coal ...........................
Express ........................... ~
Total ......................... .Ns
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-04
An ola Query Revived.

A government bulletin announces
that the United States uses 9.7o2, ooo,-
900 pins every year. What becomes Of
them, asks the Chicago Record Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
ODDS AND ENDS.

No fewer than two British peers
answer to the name of Lord Grey.
Fowls are supposed to have been
first domesticated in China 400 B. c.
The finest example of weaving in
the world is said to be the Panama
hats manufactured in Jipijapa (pro-
nounced Hippi-happi). in the prov
ince of Montecristi, Ecuador.
An Omar Khayyam" restaurant
has been opened at New York nearly
opposite the Waldorf-Astoria. The
cooking consists of all sorts of dishes
that may be concocted with hot,
spicy sauces and ingredients of rice
and curry.
Representative Babcock, of Wiscon-
sin, shaved off his luxuriant black
beard the other morning, and the door
keepers refused to admit him to the
floor of the house until he had been
identified. Mr.. Babcock had not been
shaved before in Is years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

80 per cent. The average is at least rs
per cent.
There has been no corresponding in
crease in the amounts received by any
wage earners in the country. The
trusts, monopolies and combines have
monopolized the harvest of prosperity.
None of the fruits goes to the common
everyday citizen trying to live on his
earnings, which are the same as they
were before we had our prosperity"
It is true that there are few or no
idle men. Our prosperity has given
employment to many thousands who
had been unable for years to obtain
livelihood by labor which they were
willing and anxious to perform. In
that respect our prosperity has been
of benefit to others aside from mem
bers of the trusts and combines.
But that is its limit. While it has
given means for livelihood to many
thousands who before it came were
idle it has not increased the means of
"a livelihood enjoyed by those who had
not been idle. On the contrary while
not increasing their pay and wages it
has increased by at least one-quarter
all the expenses of their homes and
methods of life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
PRESS COMMENTS.

SO far no apologist for the
Philippine policy of coercion and
cruelty has answered the speech of
Senator Hoar. 1t is invulnerable be-
cause it is true.-N. Y. World.
The Cuban reciprocity measure
could be brought in home with a sac
rifice hit on tariff revision, but that
strike the republicans are unwilling
to make.-Indianapo News lind J.
The Philadelphia Press re-
marks that ''the democratic party is
having a whole lot of trouble to get
an issue that will keep over night.
Perhaps this is mere ruse to get the
democrats to show their hand. The
democrats are not in power now, and
it is not incumbent on them to come
forward with issues. Their present
business is, rather, to poster the re.
publicans about what they have on
their hands It is the party in power
which just now, has to make good
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Having bought the Philippines
from Spain for $40, OOO, OO-with an in
surrection thrown init now appears
that we are likewise to buy up the
real estate holdings of the religious
orders in the islands, Just when we
shall get through paying for prop
erty which is already netting us a
loss of perhaps $50. 1000, 900 per year
is question which is eventually GO
ing to interest the taxpayer, whether
his sympathies be imperialistic or
otherwise.-Chicago CHI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

foreign competition would leave the
promoter without his occupa ton, and
terminate the practice of selling pros
pective profits, which, after all, is the
source of most of the evil in the ''ju-
dicious combination" The capitaliza-
ton of prospective profits makes it nee
essary to earn dividends not only on
the investment but on the prospective
earnings. The tablished method of
procedure in modern trust exploitation
is to issue bonds that represent ap-
proximately the value of the property,
and stock to the uttermost limit of
the promoters Imagination. Where
bonds are not issued, preferred stock
is substituted. Interest must be paid
on the bonds, or the property will
pass into the hands of a receiver. If
the stockholders receive anything, the
laborer and the consumer must both
be squeezed. The monopoly raises
prices for it's finished product; re-
duces so far as possible prices for raw
material; holds its employees down
to the lowest possible wage and strug-
giles to exist under a load of fraudu
lent evidences OF investment.
There can be no commercial stabil-
ity Under methods that nullify one of
the primary laws of trade, and even
if Mr.. Hills suggestion is not adopted
by congress, the legislation that he
advocates must eventually establish
itself. AS he said i'm his speech. the
laws of trade are as certain as the
laws of gravitation. They operate
more slowly, however. Sometimes they
do not enforce themselves until a de-
vastating commercial panic has RACED
the industrial structure to its founda-
tions. At rare intervals governments
are capable of foreseeing the conse-
quences of tampering with the laws of
trade, and they either remove abnor-
NAL conditions or establish normal
conditions in the name of the general
welfare. But it is needless to say that
congress could accomplish little in the
way of suppressing excessive capitali-
cation while tolerating a tariff that
invites excessive capitalization, that
encourages the promoter to capitalize
not only the profits but the tariff
schedules. The one violation of the
law of trade is the logicaloutcomeo of
the other violation of the law of trade,
and the secondary effect cannot be
cured while the primary law is nour-
ished.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
PRESCRIBED BY Mr.. HILL.
A Method of Dealing with the Trust
EVIL Recommended by a Mag
nate of Combines.

Mr.. James j. Hill is the man who is
always to be listened to respectfully;
but no public utterance he has ever
made, is entitled to more respectful
attention than the address he deliv-
cred at the dinner of the Illinois Man
ufacturers' association in Chicago re-
Gently. Mr.. Hill professed to discuss
Commercial Expansion" but his adj
dress was far broader than the title.
1t might more properly have been
named "a Plea for the Observance of
the Natural Laws of Trade on the Part
of Governments and individuals" The
title is cumbersome, but it is compre-
hensive, says the Detroit Free Press.
Naturally, the greater part of Mr..
Hills speech was devoted to the SUBJ
ject of railroads; but he touched the
trust question at two of its vital points
the tariff and excessive capitaliza-
ton. AS for the former, Mr.. Hill in
sisted that the tariff had outlived its
usefulness. AS for the latter. Mr.. Hill
could see no reason why congress, I'M
der its power to regulate commerce
between the states, should not enact an
incorporation law, under the provi-
sions of which companies should be
obliged to satisfy a commission that
their capital stock was actually paid
up, either in cash or in property.
That the tariff is becoming burden
to American commerce is already ap-
parent; but the tariff is the compile
ment of the policy Of excessive CAPT
talization, and while one exists the
o.,ier is likely to live with it's brother
n oonDorpic crime Without he IF
the excessive capitalization which Mr..
Hill complains of would hardly be pos
sible in industrials. The certainty of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
COST AND PROSPERITY.
by Members of Trusts and
MOnopolies.

The great prosperity of the country
rebounds most to the benefit of trust
proprietors, the manufacturers who
are combined in trusts with tariff
which gives them vast profits on their
products and to corporations trans
acting business in violation of the ma
tional and state antitrust laws. The
prosperity is abundant, but it is con-
fined to few, says the Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
country live on stated wages. All the
money earned by the vast majority
comes to them as wages and salaries
which cannot be advanced as the cost
of living increases day by day.
The result is obvious. The man iv-
ing on his salary or wages finds his
daily expenses for himself and family
much greater than formerly, while his
wages or Gslary remains about. the
same. Thy. men living on fixed wages
and they compose nine-tenths of the
male popula ton have no share in the
national prosperity.
On the contrary, they are worse off
relatively than they were before the
tidal wave of prosperity swept over
the country. The cost Of living-the
daily expens es of life in every home
can be stated at an average of 25 per
cent. more than the cost before pros
perity arrived. Every householder can
estimate for himself the harvest of
prosperity which he has gathered.
There are few necessaries of life
that have not advanced at least 10 per
cent. in cost within two years. Many
of the necessaries of life have ad-
vanced 40 or so per cent. in cost. Some
necessaries have advanced from 20 to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
The Secret of Health in Old Age

Sheperd, ILL.,, June 23rd.-Sarah E.
Rowe, of this place, is now 72 years of
age and just al the present time is en-
joying much better health than she has
for over 90 years. Her explanation of
.his is as follows:
'For many years past I have been
troubled constantly with severe Kid
ney trouble, my urine would scald and
burn when passing and was very mis-
cradle.
81 am u years of age and never ex-
pected to get anything to cure me, but
I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
thought it would do me no harm to try
them.
81 am very glad I did so, for they
cured me of Kidney Disease and
stopped all scalding sensations when
passing the urine.
81 feel better now than have for
twenty years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Mr.. schwab,s valued advice.

College graduates may be benefited
by the advice of Charles M. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel
corporation, who, being credited
with a salary of $1,OOO,OOO a year,
may be regarded as a suitable per-
son to give advice. One million a
year is, of course, the ultimate aim
of each Of us, and if Mr.. Schwab will
kindly enlighten our young men on
how eto get $1,oOO,0OO a year he will
doubtless confer a great blessing on
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Queer Notions of Gratitude.

Cuban independence has brought
in its train amnesty and freedom for
all AMERICANS convicted of or. in
dicted for crime during federal oc-
cupation. of the island. Thus some
ingrained rascals of the more des-
perate sort will go unwhipped of
Justice after all. President Palma s
view of the matter is that it is sim
ply "an evidence of gratitude and
good will toward the American peo-
ple." In recognition of our benevo-
lence and generosity our scoundrels
are to be sent back to us.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
THE GUN-BARREL FENCE.
That Has Disappeared in
Washington.

ga small, but nevertheless interest
ing, landmark, as it were, of Wash
ington has disappeared, and with 1t
has gone another relic of the civil
war;" said an old resident, reports
the Star.
Il refer to the iron fence in the
arsenal grounds, which for so many
years surrounded the old wooden
hospital building on the right hand
of the main entrance at the foot of
Az street. This fence was of more
than ordinary interest and was his
toric, as it was made of musket bar
rels surmounted by bayonets taken
from muskets used in the civil war
1t made both unique and effective
barrier to the public, and was often
commented upon by visitors who,
strolling through the grounds, would
finger curiously the rusty points of
the bayonets, and wonder whether
they had ever seen actual service
upon the field of battle. AS a sentry
is on constant duty at this entrance
he was piled with questions as to the
| fence and the old cannon balls and
shells piled near the main archway.
As the troops at the arsenal were
constantly changing these inquiries
| were not always answered fully, the
men being new and uniformed.
81 made inquiry at the arsenal re-
Gently in hopes of discovering some
data as to the authentic history Of
this peculiar fence, now relegated to
the scrap heap, but, as the troops are
newcomers, / could obtain no posi-
tive information regarding the year
in which the fence was erected, and
who was in command at the time.
At any rate, it is gone, and old resi-
dents viii mourn the passing of an
other reminder of the old days.
1.-THE change may be said to be an
| improvement in that many of the
bayonets were broken off, and the
firing line, as it were, somewhat
jagged and irregular, the barrels be-
ing eaten and pitted by rust. The en-
| trance to the grounds looks less
| cramped than formerly, and with the
| removed of the old wooden guard
house, which has been replaced by a
| fine new brick building a little
| farther south, the approach to what
| is one of the prettiest water parks
| in this country will be made even
| more attractive. In fact the arsenal
grounds have been greatly improved
recently, especially as to the new
parade grounds, which are now
smooth and level. This park is not
fully appreciated by Washingtonians,
mainly because of it's remoteness
from the center of the city. 1t has
many natural beauties, and when the
plans of Secretary Root are carried
out it will be one of the show parks
| of the city, as it has hundreds of
| great old trees, with spreading
| branches, which no amount of money
| expended can duplicate on order.
perhaps some of the old readers
of the Star may be more familiar
with the history of what was one of
the most unique fences in any city
in the United States, but, in any
event, when they wander down to the
arsenal grounds, beneath the shade
of the giant naples, they will at
! once note it's absence"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
England,s washington mission.

Some of the London papers are
warning their government that the
rank of its representative at Wash
ington ought to be Immediately
raised. While the annual salary of
the British minister to Paris is $45,-
coo, ands those of the representa-
tives at Berlin, Constantinople and
Vienna $4,000, that of the minister
at Washington is only $4,000. The
salary of the British minister at
Washington, in fact, is smaller than
is that of the head. of the mission
at Rome.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Innovations of Peace.

Swords will not be beaten into
plowshares in South Africa nor
spears into pruning hooks, but it is
said that arrangements. have been
made for the sale of the barb wire
trochas to the Beers at a nominal
price for use in making fences. Thus
the wire that stopped the fierce Boer,
or failed to stop him, will keep peace
loving kline within proper bounds
hereafter and may it serve warlike
uses no more forever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Twenty Years of strikes.

Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of
labor. gives interesting statistics
with respect to labor strikes in the
United States the past 20 years. 1t
was in 1880 that the era of strikes
in this country began. Since there
have been $4,000 of them, involving
a total of 100000 workmen, lasting
an average of "a days and costing a
total of $25s, 100000 to the employees
and $123 ,OoO, 900 to their employers.
Of the total number of strikes, near
ly 81 per cent. were successful and
90 per cent. were partially so.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27


Hon. T. Y. Fitzpatrick. Congressman
from Kentucky, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, D. c., as fol-
lows:
cat the solicitation ola friend used
your Peruna and can cheerfuuy recon-
mend your remedy TO anyone suffering
with cafarrh or who needs q good
tonic. '---T. Y FITZPATRICK.
A Good Tonic.
Pe-ru-na is a natural and efficient
nerve tonic. 1t strengthens and re-
stores the activity of every nerve in
the body.t
Through the use of Pe7ru-na the
weakened or overworked nerves resume
their natural strength and the blood
vessels begin at once to regulate the
flow of blood according to natures
laws. Congestions Immediately disap-
pear.
Catarrh Cured
All phases of catarrh, acute or
chronic, are promptly and permanent.
~ cured. It is through its operation
upon the nervous system that Pe-ru-na
has attained such worldwide reputa-
ton as a sure and relia bic remedy for
-a4 phases of catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice free.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
HE CoNFIDENCED HIMSELF.
A Smart Detroit Man Who Wasn't to
Be Fooled and His Costly
Lesson.

81 had heard so much about con-
hdence men, said Detroit real es-
tate dealer, according to the Free
Press, ''that when 1 took my first
trip to Chicago, some years ago.
I thought every man / saw had a
trick up his sleeve. Two days passed
and no one approached me, and 1 had
begun to think they rated me too
sharp for 'em, when I had an ap-
pointment to meet a man at a Ger
tain number on State street. 1t was
a warm day, and I was hopping my
brow and rushing along, when a chap
overlook me with roll of money
in his hand and said:
Excuse me, sir, but you have
dropped your DOODLE"
'''Siri' said I, as I halted, 4 may
be a spring chicken, but 1 don't peck
at that kind of corn!'
I'm an honest man, he went On
as he held, out the roll.
"sThen keep the money for your
honesty
edo you mean it?'
"T certainly do, and I wish yot
better luck in picking up your next
fat
HE pocketed the money, smiled
and moved off," said the Detroiter
'tand for the next fifteen minutes ]
cackled over my sharpness. I had
heard of that old game fifty times
over, but that roll of greenbacks
looked so tempting that if I hadn't
been on my guard I should have fall
len a victim"
But you didn't fall,' was re
marked.
"Alasi no."
''But why alas?"
Because it was my own roll, and
there were $3.50 in it, I had pulled
it out of my hind pocket with nv
handkerchief, and an honest man had
met with insult in trying to restore
it to me. He was told to keep it.
and he certainly did; and if he
doesn't think I'm the biggest fool he
ever came across I certainly doi'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Creating a Desert.

Judkins-I learn that through your
agent you have bought the properties
on either side of your house and got
them cheap How did you manage it 1?
Foxley-Easily enough. Ny wife is
an elocutienist, my daughter plays the
piano, George the cornet, the violin,
Bob the banjo, Charley rattles the
bones and little Johnnie has the drum
STRAY Stories.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
.Iust Mhaterhex ave Paid For.

1t may be true, as the president
laid recently, that 1.-The average grad
nate of West Point during this hun
dred years has given greater
amount of service to the country
through his life than has the average
graduate of any other institution
in this broad land" But on the
other hand isn't that what the gov
eminent has educated him.. paid him
and expected him to do?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
ais Name Is HIS Fortune.

There is d man in the Office of the
auditor for the post Office depart
ment who, it is said, owes his APP
pointment largely to the fact that
his signature contains but five let
tiers. He is Second Deputy Auditor
N. Chew: He does little but sign his
name and he does that for about
eight hours day steadily.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
1t Came In Barrels.

ing that he was past 80 before he
accumulated his first $1,000. But
when wealth came it came with a
rush-about 600 barrels minute.