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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
BACK AFTER NINETEEN YEARS
Man who MysteriOusly Disappeared
Almost Two Decades Ago Re-
turns with q Fortune.

Jesse Dixon has returned to his wife
and seven children at Stephens, Ark,
after mysterious absence of 10 years.
At the time he left here he was one
Of the most prominent farmers in the
community. a leading Methodist, de-
voted to his family, and highly respect
Cd. He had no eccentricities.
One day he told his wife he was 60
ing to feed the hogs, took few ears
Of corn, and went away. That was
the last seen Of him until to-day. when,
. bent and aged man, he got on a train
at the station. His eldest son met him,
the family having been informed Of
his coming. His wife suffered much
hardship after the desertion. but the
children grew up and the family pros
pered.
Dixon had made a small fortune in
the west He was very iii when he
notified his family Of his whereabouts.
He has not explained his absence
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
MUSIC MAY KILL MOSQUITOES.
BrOOklfne, Mass. Board Of Health Be-
1ieves Sudden Jar to Nerves of In
sects VIII Cause Their Death.

The Brookline (Mass.) board of
health, which is Systematically exter-
minating mosquitoes by means of kero-
sene oil, is about to take up a sug-
gestion calling attention to new proc
ess for lessening the evil by means Of
musical sounds.
The discoverer Of the new process
says: at has been found that practi-
cal application has been effected by
raising to great number of vibra-
tons per second the particular note
to which the mosquito is most sensi-
lively attuned. This intensified note
produced by sudden electrical impulse
upon a musical instrument causes ev-
cry mosqsito near to plunge headlong
to the instrument and die"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will
be received by the bridge commissioner at
Butler, Mo-, until noon September sth, 1908.
for contraction Of following steel bridges and
masonry abutn ents.
One thirty (30) feet steel span across Panther
Greek near center Of section three 81 Hudson
township One thirty (Su) feet steel span on
maaonry across Miami between southeast quar-
t.r Of the southeast quarter and southwest
Of southeast quarter Of section 1--we (1 West
Point township.
One twenty ave ta5) feet steel span on mason.
~ ACROSS McKibben branch between sections
fifteen tl0 and twenty-five (22), Charlotte twp.
One forty (a0) feet steel span on masonry
across Double Branch between section twenty
four a. Lone OAK township and section nine
teen (l9) Pleasant Gap township.
Plans and specifications are on fle In the
county surveyors once. Bids will be opened
ct two 81 o'clock p. m. Sept. 1908, and con-
tract awarded TO lowest bidder. The right 70
reject any or oil bids reserved. A certified
check for twepsy-nve dollars will be required
Of each bidder to secure making satisfactory
contrac ct and bond. Il. e. JOHNSON,
4l-3t Bridge Commissioner.
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Order OF Publication.

In the Circuit Court OF Bates county, Missou-
RI, in vacation Aug. IL, 1908, the State OF Mis-
souri, ct the relation and to the use OF W. I.
johnson, Elk -offici0 Coll ctor Of the Revenue OF
Bates county, In the State Missouri, plaintiff,
vs.. A. b. smith, defendant. Civil action for
delinquent taxes.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by her at
.orney before the under sign-d clerk of the Cir
cult Court Of Bates county In the state Of Mis-.
souri, In vacation and files her petition aud
afiIavit stating among other things that the
above named defendant, A. b. Smith Ia q nom
resident Of the stat OF Missouri: hereupon 1t
is ordered by the Clerk In vacation that the de-
fendant be notified by publication that plaintiff
has commenced a sui, against him in this court
by petition and afidavit, the object and general
nature Of which Is to enforce the lien of the
state OF Missouri for the delinquent taxes of the
year 1898 amounting in the aggregate to the
cum o 81 Is toge her with interest, costs, com.
missions and fees, upon the following described
tracts OF laud situated in Bates county, Nilsson
ri, to-wit: The northeast part of lot eight Of
the northeast quarter of section township 80
of range 81, and that unless the said defendant
be and appear at the next term of this court to
be begun and holden in the city of Butler, Bates
county. Missouri, on the first Monday In Octo-
Der, 1903, and on or before the third dav there
OF Qf the term shall 80 long c0ntinue, and IL not
then before the end of said term,) and plead to
said petition accord to law the same will be
taken as confessed and judgment rendered &C.
cording to the prayer of said petition and the
above described real estate sold to satisfy the
same.
And 1t is further ordered by the Clerk afore-
said that a copy hereof be published In the But
+efA We 4fsfBsJ a week. efTsPHpeF printed
and published In Bates county, Missouri. for
four weeks successfully, tho last insertion TO be
at least fifteen days before the first day of the
next term Of said court. true copy of the
Witness my hand as clerk aforesaid with
lsEAL the seal of said court hereunio affixed.
Done at Office In Butler, ON this the 18th
day OF August, 1903.
43-4t j. A. PATTERSON, Circuit Clerk.
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Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, J

County Of Bates.
In the Circuit Court OF Bates county, Missou-
ri in vacation August Is 1903, the state of Mis-
souri, at the relation and to the use of W. T.
Johnson, Ex-Oficio Collector of the Revenue OF
iiates county, In the State OF Missouri, plain
III, We. Mary Herndon, defendant. Civil &C.
ton for delinquent taxes.
Now at this day comes the p slntif by her at
torney before the undersigned Clerk Of The cir
cult court OF Bates county, In the State OF Mis-
souri,, in vacation and files her petition and az
fidavit stating among other things that the
above named defendant, Mary Herndon, 10 Q
non. resident Of the state Of Missouri, where.
upon It Is ordered by the Clerk In vacation that
the defendant be notified by publication that
this court by petition and sfidsvif. the
object and general nature OF which 10
70 enf0ree the lien OF the State OF Missouri for
the delinquent taxes Of the years lS9s and 1879,
together with interest, costs, commissions and
fees, upon the following described tracts OF
land situated In Bates county, Missouri, to-
wit: South half OF lot 8 section 5 township 10
ant be and appear ct the next term OF this ,urt
to re begun and holden In the city OF But er.
Bates county, Missouri on the nrst Monday In
October, 1903. and on or before the third day
If not then before the end Of said term, J and
plead to said petition accord to law the ZANE
will be taken % conf ssed and Judgment rem
dered according TO the prayer Of slid petition
and the above described real estate sold to sat
isfy the same.
And tits further ordered by the clerk afore-
said that copy hereof be published in the But-
Ter Weekly TINS weekly newspaper printed
and published in Bates county. Missouri, for
four weeks successfully, the last ineertion TO
be OF least fifteen days before the first day OF the
next term Of said court. A true copy OF the rec
ord. Witness my hand - clerk Aforesaid
[sEAL1 with tue seal Of said court hereunto az
fixed Done 81 ONCE In Butler, on tbia
the 18th day VI August, 1858.
Sat J. A. PATTERSON, Circuit Clerk,
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HER EFFORTS VAIN.
Story Of How King kllan Rsgainsd
His Son.
Former sSrviaa Ruler Fereed 20 ssek
Assistance frsa G@zsz Kaiser
Before aussa Natalie Gives
Up Alexander.

The bloody events In Belgrade r.
Gently call to mind an interesting Ger
man episode In the history OF the house
If 0brenowitsch.
This was the giving up Of the late
King Alexander. then crown prince. to
his father. King Milan. Il was In July,
1883. when the divorce Of King Milan
from his wife. Natalie. had been decided
upon.
The queen. with the little prince. was
In Wiesbaden. Milan demanded the de-
livery Of his son. and he decided. In case
Natalie refused. TO call on the Prussian
otncials for aid. The queen categorically
declined to give up the prince.
In connection with this sensational
affair the most fantastic stories were
told.
II was said that the young prince
would be abducted by night by the serv-
ian Gen. Protisch. who. a. the represen-
tative OF King Milan. had arrived IN
wiesbaden.
He, however. relieved the fear Of the
queen by declaring that he never would
take refuge in such methods.
Then Natalie appealed to the German
kaiser. but his majesty answered in q
telegram that King Milan merely made
use Of his right as ruler and father and
that international law prohibited inter-
ference.
He therefore strongly advised her to
give up her son. However. the queen re-
fused, and thereupon the Prussian on
cials peremptorily demanded COM
pliance with Milan's request.
But again the queen refused. and took
steps to prevent the taking away Of
Alexander by force.
She armed her servants with weapons
The Prussian government had no desire
to see Servian matter fought out In It's
own territory. and so Natalie was made
to understand that II she opposed the
ofiicials she would be expelled from Ger
many.
Then she sent her aunt, Princess Ma
russi. to Berlin on a mission to secure
help, but the aunt returned to Wies-
baden without accomplishing anything.
and after Natalie had telegraphed in
vain to the kaiser she finally consented
to give up her son.
The painful episode. Of course. had at
tracted the widest attention. and very
early in the morning of July ~ large
concourse Of people had gathered before
the villa Of the queen.
About nine o'clock two Servian ON
GERS, Col. Bajalowitsch and Maj. Chi
nitsch, came to the villa to be the crown
princes adjutants.
An hour later the police president of
Wiesbaden. dressed In full uniform.
drove bfore the villa. followed by two
police inspectors, two commissioners
and - policemen. The negotiations in
the villa lasted for five minutes.
Then Alexander came out Of the
house. He laughed. but HIS mother,
from an upper window. babe him tear
full farewell.
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NO CHILDREN AS BEARERS.
New York Undertaken Protests
Against Youths Acting Mt Funerals
Says II Affects Their Nerves,

my patrons usually find me very
accommodating" said a New York I'M
dertaker, but there is one arrange
ment they frequently make that fight
against religiously. That is the i'm
pressment Of children into service az
pallbearers. To my mind II is a rep
rehensible practice. From the purely
sentimental standpoint It probably
looks pretty to see a little child car
ried to the grave by its playmates.
Doctors and undertakers. however, are
seldom sentimentalists. and as they
look at the thing from a strictly pro-
fessional point Of view they see harm
in the custom rather than beauty.
1T is harmful to the children. This
thing Of serving as pallbearers is not a
pleasant duty for anybody not Injured
to the business. and naturally It is par
dcularly trying on the nerves Of chill
dren. Many time have seen the lit
tie tots shaking In their boots as II
came time for them to lift the coffin.
and on a few occasions I have seen
one OF them keel right over. BY the
friends that sudden weakness was at
trfbuted to grief. but 1t was nothing
OF the kind. Probably the child did
feel badly over the loss of its compan-
ION, but sorrow would never afflict II
so serely. It was pure nervousness
that caused the collapse. I have
known an exceedingly sensitive child
to be all unstrung for weeks after
such an ordeal.
Fortunately parents do not insist
upon the practice so much as former
1y Even II they do incline to the idea
at first I generalfy find it possible to
talk them out Of the notion unless the
child has been pr6cocious in such mat
tiers and has requested that certain
little friends act as pallbearers. which
sometimes happens. In that case I find
all arguments nnaYailing- and much as
I dislike the custom I am Obliged to
conduct funeral with youthful pail
bearers"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
10 DETECT BAD FOOD.


FoE tie raFyess Of inssFizs pure feed
for the psopls Of thls country Secretary
Wilson has established q microscopic
laboratory In connection with the chem
iSai divizioz q the department Of agrl-
ealturs. Already II has been demon
strztsd that interruptions dealers are
pslming OF artificial coffee and other
impure food On the pablie- The sup
eossd eosfse berries were regularly
shaped and coiored. but were composed
Of ehieory. starch and other ingredients,
and when ground presented about the
usual appearance Of coffee.
Cocoa has come In for some curious
results under the nicroscops. and In fact
there 10 now no branch OF the DEPART
nsat a agriculture where this instru-
nsnt does not play IN important part
A large photo-microscopic camera oc-
cspies one side Of . large room. and In
% arranged that foods under inspection
may be photographed and the picture
thrown upon screen In the natural COLI
ora thing Of inestimable value to
students a grain and vegetable dis
ease-
A microtone for cutting up articles for
Investigation. such a. fruit. vegetables
and grain. TO the two hundred and twen-
ty-nve-thousandth part Of an inch. 10
one Of the new equipments. Arrange
merits are made for photographing these
minute waters while under the micro
scope. and from the enlarged sections
are made transparencies for throwing
upon the screen.
A test was made recently Of spruce
and linen pulp for the manufacture Of
paper In this country. and II was found
the manufacturers were being imposed
upon by the importers. and through the
determination Of the microscopic thou
sands OF dollars were saved. In import
ing sumac into this country fraud was
constantly practised on dealers and
manufactures. This was stopped
through this department. This APP
paratus is also used for getting at the
disease Of wheat and other grain, and
also the adaptability Of certain varieties
Of wheat to different climates. besides
ascertaining the amount of starch and
other nutritive qualities developed under
certain soil and climatic conditions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
i. Administrators Notice.

Notice 10 hereby given, that letters OF I'd !.
minissration on estate Of Samantha A Carver
deceased. were granted 80 the undersigned on
the 18Th day Of Augu,s 1903, by the Probate
Court OF Bates County. Aissoun.
All persons having claims agxinsts aid estate ars
Il d Tired 80 exhibit them Tor allowance to the
executor within one year after the date OF
said letters. or they may be precluded from
any benefit Of said estate; and II such clsims be
OF this publication, they shall be- forever
barred. 7 II. LYNCH.
Ait Admtnis,rutOr
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Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI,

County Of Bates. b.
In the Circuit Court, of Bates county, Mis-.
sour, June term, 1853. The State
OF Missouri at the relation and to the use
Of W. 7. johnson. ex-oficio collector of the
revenue OF Bates county, In the State OF Mis-
souri,, plaintiff. We Leonard Fry and John
Showers. defendants.
Civil action for delinquent taxes,
Now st this day comes the plaintiff by
ner attorney before the clerk OF ,he circuit
court Of Bates county. In the state of Mis-
sour, In vacation, stating among other things
that defendants, Leonard Fry end John sho y.
ers are not residents Of the state OF Missouri
and that process cannot be served on said
defendants, Leonard Fry and John showers
u 10 therefore ordered by the clerk In vacation
that the said defendants be notified by publica-
ton tina. plaintiff has commenced suit against
shtin In this court oy petition the object and
general nature of which is to enforce the lien
u the state Of Missouri for the delinquent
taxes Of the years ISIS and ley9 amounting
In the aggregate to the sum Of 81 80, together
with Interest, costs, commissions and ices upon
the following described tracts OF land situated
IN Bates county. Missouri to-wit:
East middle pArt OF lot seven "a of the north
west quarter OF section one o. township thir-
~ mine, range thtrty-three 1857 and that
unless the sa'd defendants be and appear q,
the nexs term OF this court TO be begun and
noiden at the court house; in the city OF But
Ter, In said county, on the first Monday in DC
toDer. 1903, and on or before the third day
thereon. II the term shall 80 long continue. aud
II not then before the end of said term. and
pleai to said petition according 10 law the
same Will be taken as con fessed and judgment
rendered According to Lhe pral er Of. aaid peLi.
tton aud the above described real eslate sol 10
sa,isfy the same
And IL lie further ordered by the clerk afore-
said that copy hereof Ds puzzle he'd 10 the
buTLEh WhEKLY TIMES, q weekly newspaper
printed and published In Bats county, M.s-
sourf. for four weeks excessively, the iast
insertion 10 be at least thirty days before the
hrst day Of the next term OF the circuit court.
A true copy 0f the record. W.T.
lsfALl ness my hand and the seal of the
circuit court OF Bates county. this
18th day OF July, 1903 j. A. PATTERSON,
3a-%t circuit Cl-rk.
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Executors Notice.

Fotice is hereby given TO all parties having
accounts against the late c. N Teeter, to pres.
ent the same to the undersigned for payment At
once. II not plesented In one year they may be
precluded from any benefit OF such estate and
II not presented In two years, limit fixed By
law, the accounts will be forever barrei
Z. !. TEErER,
B. +. TEETKR
40-at Executors.
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The Chicago Daily News remarks
that Bulgaria Is thinking of having
. war. Servia cannot be permitted
to monopolize all the notoriety in the
Balkans.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03
Notice Of Final settlement

Notice lie hereby given TO ali creditors and
others interested In the estate OF lllina Ora
ham, deceased, that l. Minnie b. Graham.
executrix OF said estate, intend to make nnsl
settlement thereof, % the next term OF the
probate court In Bates county, state OF Missouri
ON the 9th day OF Nov. lsys
MINNIE B. GRAHAM,
Hit Executrix.
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II May Re So.

Pittsburg uses over 100000 worth
Of water each year. You would not
think 1t, remarks the Louisville
Post, to look at her face.
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Make II Silver.

At Blairsville. ILL.,. lightning struck
. church while the collection was be-
ing taken up. Copper will attract cleo
tricfty. says the Denver Post.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03

A cablegram that travels around
the earth is liable to have Its dates
mixed, says the Baltimore Herald.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-03

Mrs. Simpkins was often influenced
uneonseiossiy By Johnnie's pro
gsessivs spirit although the spirit
sometimes moved too fast and was
suddenly checked In . manner we'll
known to al boys.
The greatest victory IN John,
LIE was when he febelled against
eating soda crackers that had ab-
sofbsd too mueh Of the grocery
store atmosphere, and gave evil
denee Of famflias ASSOCIATION with
the maekerel barrel and kerosene
can.
Mrs. Simpkins said they tasted
exactly Ike the crackers they had
been eating al their lives, to which
Johnnie agreed, bot ne further said
they were not In II with the biscuit
Willie Smith brought to school, all
sealed up In an alright box.
Here the matter was dropped,
because Johnnie discovered the
danger signal in time, and side
tracked the subject.
The next day while Mrs. Simp-
kins was talking to a neighbor, a
close observer would have seen
Johnnie cautiously slipping into the
back door with a mysterious pur-
pie package tucked under one arm.
This was carefully opened and part
Of the contents neatly piled on one
Of the large blue plates which his
mother Usually used to serve sueh
things. When Mrs. Simpkins
came in, she picked up one Of the
new biscuit as a matter Of habit
and started to munch II.
"Why, John" she exelaimed,"I
don't see anything w,ong In that,
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II tastes As If II had come right from
the oven.~ Bot she looked Ettis
sufpris<d and examined the sext
biscuit critically.
my, bvt that's goodl Ithink
ri maks = cup Of tea and get som
Jam. The IDEA Of your saying
these crackers taste fishy. ri just
have to take some Of these new
fansled IDEAS out Of your head"
And thea she closely examined
another biscuit.
"U-N-E-E-D-A! Well, I swan,
II there ain't . name right On that
cracker. They must have got
mixed IN with that bag bought
yesterday" And then she glanced
toward Johnnie, whose eyes were
shining like two evening stars.
"No, they didn't, mother.
Uneeda Biscuit don't CONF In no
paper bag, they CONF al sealed
up in a package like this" And
Johnnie disclosed his treasure.
Slowly Mrs. Simpkins took the
package and looked at It inside and
out, spelled out the mystic word
"In-er-seal" on the end, sampled
another Of the biseuit, and asked
Jonathan, "whefe did you get
theses"
"Oh, l spent that nickel you
gave me for school. Amt they
bully, mar"
well, I always thought .
cracker was a cracker, bot l most
say, these beat anything l ever
tasted,~ and then Mrs. Simpkins
made the tea and got out the jam.
Another reform had taken plaes
In the Simpkins household.
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How Johnnie Simpkins Cured His Mother
of an Old Fashioned Habit.

Hfs. Simpkins was Q housewife
Of the old school, staid and pasties-
ks. Hes habis were the develop
ment Of many generations, dating
back to the good old days Of
Puritan custom.
Its trss that Ma. Simpkins had
long ago s6andoned the spinning
whssi and 10 longer burned tailow
lip, tst ID many things she still
dung to the Old fashioned notions
q her mother and her mothers
mother. She mads her own soap
for the same reason that she still
bought her soda crackers In .
brown paper bag, because h was
the habit Of her ancestors, and
what was good enough for them
must be good enough for her.
The Simpkins household had
always been conducted on this
good principle, and It Is possible
that nothing would ever have
changed the precise routine Of
affairs, bot for the beginning of
another generation in the person Of
Jonathan, j., better known to the
neighbors as plain Johnnie
Simpkins.
At thirteen, II was evident that
Johnnie had been born into the
wrong family. There was none Of
the real Simpkins about John. He
was all that was pfogressive-some-
times he was more.
Johnnie's first indication Of the
strenuous character was to convince
his mother that It was more desir-
able to buy trousers to fit him than
to abbreviate those previously worn
by Simpkins the elder. Alter that,
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In the circuit court Of Bates county, Missouri,
June term 1913, the state of Missouri at the
relation and to the use Of W. T. johnson, ex-
offcio collector tf the revenue OF Bates coun-
~, In the state Of Missouri, plaintiff, VS..
Edwin Webster and George q Green, de.