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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-30

The government has quite q job on
fits hands just now investigating the
Wholesale frauds in the postal de-
partment ct Washington.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-30

To wear an emblem Of q secret or.
Ger Of which you are not q member
"a a misdemeanor in Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-30
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

The WEEKLY TIMES, published every
Nursday. will be sent to any address
. {, year, postage paid, for St.oo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-30

Stops the Cold and Works off the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold III one day. No cure, no
pay. Price 25 cents.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-30
Gov. DOckery viii Accompany ROOse.
Velt

Jefferson City, April .24.-Gov.
Dockery Is to be absent from thecity
next week. He leaves Sunday to at
tend the national good roads con-
vention to be held in st. Louis.
From there be goes to Keokuk, La t,
to escort the President into the state
Of Missouri, going with him to st.
Louis. He will accompany the
President from st. Louis to Kansas
City and then return to st. Louis be-
fore returning here.
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SURPRISED OLD DRUIN.

4 wildwood adventure Of two Penn-
svlyaria boys comes from Pocono,
!.cGroe ccrnty, as follows: "Ine
wsrrn weather started the maple sap
to running. A great dsal OF maple
sugar is made in this vicinity. A
farmer named Bush, living near the
Knob, being ambitious. to send 10
Philadelphia buyer sugar made
month earlier than usual, tapped a
number of trees. One Sunday, recent
" his two; sons, Willie and Levi, aged
10 and 12 years, went to the woods 10
-.-ss,.ss- -;s,s-s s4sz TIC thsriGlg Of sap They
came suddenly upon a big ishel bear;
with three cubs, the latter being but
\ few Gays old. The mother bear was
regaling herself on the sap from one
of the pals. maple sap being great
delicacy with the bear family. The
bows were not discovered by the old
bear, and they held a,hurried council
and returned home. Without saying
a word to any of the household, the
bows took their fathers rifle, and get
ting away with 1t unobserved, made
haste back to the woods, which were
half a mile distant. When they
reached the spot the bear and her tam-
lily had disappeared: The boys were
on the point Of entering the thicket
when the old bear came rushing out
toward them. Levi, who carried the
gun. stood his ground, but his brother
ran away. Levi fired at the bear, anu
the ball crashed through her brain.
She dropped in her tracks and died
almost instantly. The three CUBS 1ol-
lowed their mother out of the brush
and the boy captured them alive, and
started home with them. Before ne
got there he met his father ana
brother, the latter having run home
ard told of the situation. The father
and O. hired man brought the carcass
of the old bear in, while Levi went on
with his three cubs. s."-Detroit Free
praea
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Last of the Cairidh.

The great mass of the reading pub
lie have possibly no idea of what the
"cairidh" really is, for out de the llm'
its of the Hebridean country it Is un'
known, says the Scottish American
The cairidh is neither more nor less
than q gigantic salmon trap. On the
west coast it was at one time common,
and was extensively in existence as
early as l549. OF course, catching sal.
mon by this means is illegal, yet the
last cairidh was only done away in
1889. A very old one it was, too, ira
dition ascribing it to the Norsemen,
whose ships ploughed the Minch ten
centuries ago. And now to let our
readers form some idea of what a
cairidh really is. Out into the shallow
water of a sea loch and for prefer
ence near the mouth of river, low
stone wall is built for about 100 yards,
according to the depth of water; tten,
bending round parallel to the coast, 1t
may be continued for from twice to
four times that distance. The wall
generally ends where there Is rise,
or bar, in the loch's bottom. With the
rising tide the salmon push up, in
tending to ascend the river, and con-
siderable numbers frequently enter the
open mouth of the cairidh, the wall at
the far end, of course, preventing their
further advance. When the tide re-
cedes the rise at the mouth of the
cairidh is left bare. and thus between
it and the wall, which is now above
water, the salmon are left in an en-.
closed pool. Here they fail easy vic
tins of the crofters, who wade in and
sometimes obtain good haul. When,
however, the western shores came
under the salmon act Of 1898 the
cairidh was demolished, the last being
probably the first, since it had reputed-
ly existed for 10 centuries.
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EDGEFIELD s. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 70. 1903.

tions they make mighty good eating"
the proprietor went on with profession
al alertness. Women are particularly
fond OF them. I have one customer up
town who has never been married in
her life and since she has had such bad
luck with her eyes and complexion l
am afraid she never will be, but she
buys a wedding cake regularly every
year. She began it fifteen years ago.
Most wedding cakes come high. The
cake itself, if of ordinary size, can be
made forlfrom $40 up. 1t is the decora-
tions that cost. Special appliances are
required for molding the pillars of su-
gar and the doves and cuplds and all
like ornaments, and by the time one
of those mountainous affairs that con-
tains ten dozen eggs for starting
point Isl ready for the table 1t weighs
anywhere from fifty to seventy-fivc
pounds and costs even dollars for
pounds. or perhaps more. But in spite
of their expense, wedding cakes are
ordered every day in the year. There
are a few of us who get married only
once in lifetime, and we cannot af-
ford to dispense with the cake when
we do make the riffle."-New York
Times.
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STABLES OF THE WEALTHY.
Every Convenience and Comfort for
the Horses.

Every Convenience and Comfort for
the Horses.
A glimpse into the interior OF one OF
The many handsome buildings in New
York set apart for lodging and feeding
horses would delight all lovers of the
intelligent equine. The total cost OF
stables which embody up.to-date scien-
tific fittings, sanitary flooring, perfect
ventilation, and correct style, varies
from $4,000 to s150,000. Instead OF
wooden flooring or earth, which is very
injurious to the animals feet, small
bricks are now used, making stand
ing place that is easily cleaned, and
insures perfect sanitation. The stalls
are massive and handsome, the sides
being of teakwood with a two-inch
dado; the wood extends upward about
four feet, or as high as horse might
be expected to kick under ordinary cir
cumstances. The oat and water man.
gers are On opposite sides, which is
an advantage, as the animal does not
slop his dry food; the hay is put in a
division of the manger with a wire
screen over it, so that it can be got
at easily, while undue waste does not
result, as in the days when it was
placed in rack over the horses head,
where it could be pulled down and
trodden under foot.
The doors of the stall are fitted with
ingenious devices which necessitate
the insertion of the finger and thumb
to open, and the tricky horse is thus
debarred from opening the door and
going for q stroll without as much as
"by your leave" There is profu-
sion of racks, with FURNISHED brass
fittings, for interchangeable name
letters, brcoms, shovels and forks, and
telescope suspensory racks to hold
harnesscleaning tables, with drawers
TO hold polish, ciamois and everything
needed to keep things bright and shin
in5.
The New York millionaire takes as
much pride in his stable as in any OF
the principal rooms in his own dwell.
ing house. When any new specially
is put ca the market whereby the sta
BILE can be improved or made more or.
nate he hastens to test its adequacy.
He is particular about hiring q
stable groom as ne would be in engag-
ing secretary, and the men ne picks
out to care for his animals must be
difigent, untiring, progressive and in
telligent. There are at least so stables
between West Fifty-e!ghth and One
Hundred and Twenty-Fifth streets
which are marvels of comfort and con-
venience. On entering any of these
the visitor is struck by the neatness,
order, and even elegance which per
vaJes the place. Plenty of light, fresh
air with no trace of the fumes usually
associated with stables, lofty ceilings,
and animals whose coats shine with
satiny lustre are found in profusion.-
New York Times.
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.B,eps PLANT TREES.

An old-time Arizona wood chopper
SAYS the blue jays have planted thou
sands of the trees now growing IN
Arizona. He says these birds have
a habit of burying small seeds IN the
ground with their beaks, and that they
frequent pine trees and bury large
numbers of the small pine nuts in the
ground. many of which sprout and
grow. He was walking through the
oines with an Eastern man q short
time ago, when one Of these. birds. birds
few from "a tree to the ground, stuck l
his bin into the eaftn SS,1!rr -
few away. When told what had hap
pened the Eastern man was skeptical;
but the two went to the spot and with
a knife blade dug out sound pine nut
from a depth of about an inch and a
half. Thus it will be seen that nature
has her own plan for forest perpetual
t,on.-Indianop News.
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Catches the Feminine Shopper,


There is one clever New York shop
man who has made study of the
type feminine. His show window is a
triumph of art and artiflce. This Solo,
mon is a vendor of shoes. He employs
the looking glass as bait for the fem
mime shopper, who, he declades, can
not pass one, even though she may
just have passed Dozen" But he is
sharper than the ordinary shopkeeper
and has observed that, while woman
stares into mirror.decked window,
she does not necessarily observe the
goods therein. Indeed, usually she is
so taken with her own reflection that
the mirror Is thus a distraction as well
as an attraction. Therefore he has
cunningly arranged group Of mirrors
behind his wares so deftly that, no
matter where she may stand, she can
not catch sight of her face in any one
of them. Any position she assumes a
long vista of dainty shoes is reflected,
but no counterfeit presentment of her.
self.-Pittsburg Despatch.
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Wireless TcIearaphy in Forests.

M. Maiche, a French inventor, has
made some experiments with wireless
telegraphy in the forests of st. Ger.
main. The transmittsr was placed
on the top of a house, but connected
to the ground in the manner of
lightning rod. A thousand yards dis
tant two iron poles 80 feet apart were
connected together by wire, and had
a telephone receiver in circuit. Sounds
from the transmitter were plainly
heard in it. Receivers off the line
Of transmission do not catch the mes
sage.
A British parliamentary paper
shows that as usual. nearly 10000
more boys than girls were born in the
British Isles last year. Whence, then,
the "superfuous woman?" The boys
die, during the first weeks and months
of life, a. a far greater rate than the
supposed weaker vessels" In a few
months they have sunk to an equality
and soon woman takes the lead, num-
srically, and keeps it, numerically.
The reason is not unconnected with
the larger size of the baby boys head,
for which he either pays the penalty
yery early or reaps the reward-R
woman Will forgive the hint-later,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

The women of the United States
viii probably he interested to learn
that Uncle Sam Is cultivatiug beau
ty plant In the experimental farm at
Washington. The women of Algeria
eat the seeds of this plant to make
them beautiful, and the government
experts are trying to determine what
grounds they have for the faith that
is in them. The outcome is not a
matter Of much practical Importance,
however, for there are many beauty
foods now, and little use Is made of
them. There are fresh fruit and
vegetables, and there is absolutely NO
doubt about their identifying quail
ties, according to Professor H. W. Wi
ley, the government chemist. Why
his is so ls not perfectly understood,
but their health and beauty giving
powers are marvellous, and the wom-
In who wants bright eyes and a clear
complexion can scarcely eat too much
If them.
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Wauner and the Return to Nature.

A Utopian society has established
itself in Asccna, a little place on the
borders of Italy and Switzerland. This
little society, which numbers 3S indi'
viduals, seeks to solve the problem OF
how to live happily. The members are
pledged to observe certain simple
rules of living, which they have car.
ried out now for three years. They
eat no meat, but live principally on
fruits and herbs, and they wear one
simple garment only, ard no hats.
There are 16 women in the sect.
They know no laws save those of ma
ture, and they amuse themselves with
Wagnerian music. The founder of
the colony is a Belgian. Each new
member is initiated on his finding suf,
fcient money to buy a plot of land, by
the cultivation CT which he IS expected
to support himself.-London Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

Recent forest fires and floods renew
public demand for measures on
large scale to prevent the occurrence
of such disasters. The average for
est.fre loss is estimated at S5o,OoO,-
600 a year, most of which, 1t is claim
ed, could be saved by greater care on
the part of campers and by the remov-
al OF underbrush kindling that starts
these fires going. The prevention of
floods is much more difficult mat
ter, but it is said that water storage
at the sources CT the great middle
western rivers and their tributaries
would prevent floods in the future. Ii
this can be demonstrated, remarks
Public Opinion, congress will doubt
less be as liberal In providing ways
and means as it was ~ appropriating
money for forest preservation and IT.
rigation.
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WHAT is BAD AIR?
lmpurity Of Air and the FreqSSnt
Catching of Cold.


The air which has been breatfed is
not fit to be breathed over again we
all know from experience; yet 1t is
not easy to give satisfactory scien-
tific reason. for this lact. What is the
vitiating constituent OF the human
breath? -
Certain it Is that the chief copstitu.
ent added to the air by respiration
namely, carbonic acid CASPER Sc has
little or no effect upon the health.
Indeed, 1t has been stated that men
can breathe for two or three hours
without marked discomfort air which
contains-with, of course, its full CON-
plement Of oxygen-as. much as ~
percent of carbonic acid, and the pres.
ence of / percent has not the slightest
effect. But if the carbonic acid In
the air be raised only to lilo percent
by human respiration, the resulting
air Is most unwholesome and detri-
mental. There is no chemical differ
ence, of course, between the carbonic
acid gas Of the human breath and the
carbonic acid gas obtained from chalk
or from the combustion of carbon or
coal gas. The Obvious deduction is
that the carbonic acid gas of respira-
tion has a poisonous companion, and
this companion has SO far eluded all
attempts at isolation and recognition.
This poisonous constituent may occur
as constant quantity in relation to
the carbonic acid gas; possibly it does
not. We do not know, although 1t Is
very important that this point should
be determined.
We are content, however, to judge
the impurity of air by measuring the
amount of carbonic :cid in 1t, and to
some extent this measure Is valua'
BILE guide. 1t is not satisfactory that
the evidence of impurity is not OBJ
tainei more directly than this. Every
one knows that air vitiated by human
respiration is offensive and poisonous.
In other words, bad ventilation-that
is, a condition in which the products
of human respiration are not removed
sooner or later produces toxic symp,
toms. There are usually less OF ap'
petite, discomfort, severe headache
and malaise, which cannot be traced
to infective organisms any more than
the absence of such organisms can
explain the curative effects OF fresh
-. N1oroo,or ;t 10 a pommnD oXDpri.
ence that sojourn in a badly ventl'
lated room occupied by a great num-
Der of people predisposes to disease.
There seems little doubt that the I'M
purity of the air has some connection
with the catching of a cold.' Ihe
presence of respiratory products ls
declared by an offensive smell, and it
seems odd that chemical analysis Is
net able to lay bare what actually
the nose readily detects. The effect
of bad air upon tne health cannot sim
ply be that of an offensive smell,
though that undoubtedly plays part.
"a It not only is absolutely de-
void of the vitalizing effect OF fresh
air, but it has almost sickenins
smell, and sooner OF later gives rise
to sense of oppression. WHAT is the
poison 1,,5;s tt,an nseds much h5 e
tended inquiry than has d pen ounistz. .herto
carried carried Out, for surely ehen,,s e sss and
physiology Shand in could event.
,,.i,,r o,,,nid.Ao th;s matter-The Ian.
Get.
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For moment the men saw a1most
a CLEAN of mirth on her face. Toms
better, but can't leave him yet awhile,
and as I've been intending to marry
him anyway as soon as I'd got in my
annual report, and the postotfice In
spector'd been here, l might as well
have it over now, and then nobody
can say anything about me taking care
of him."
They stood watching her trim, erect
figure as sne crossed the grass, hurry
ing back to her invalid.
wall" drawled Jack, "it took some
longer'n we he'd figgered, but the jobs
done better'n we hoped fer. Miss
Nervy's mitigated all right. .'-Woman's
Home Companion.
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The report of the French bark vi

The report of the French bark Vim
cenaes of sea of pumice stone six
miles long, south of the Tongan group
would seem to indicate that there has
been some great volcanic outburst in
the neighborhood. of which the rest
Of the world has not heard. The first
ships which passed through the Sum
do Straits after the eruption of Kra-
katoa found the sea for miles COW
,red with a thick coating of pumice
and for SOME Of them it was the first
Indication that anything extraordin-
ary had taken place.
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Her BirdlIke Voice,

She was proud young mother, and
she was telling the crllsty old bache-
lor how talented her little girl was,
while that angel child ate sticky candy
and paved the bachelors immaculate
shirt front and piled him with ques
tions in q rhonograph voice.
"She sings beautifully" said the
mother. why, song flows at natural
ly from her as from little birdy."
From parrot, suppose" growled
the brute.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

The Ottoman Government has
bought the English concession for
line Of railroad from Halfa tc Dam
ascus. 1t is intended to build a rail-
way through Galilee to Mzerib, by
way of Meisan, connecting at Mzerib
with the Damascus-Mecca line. While
the line will be built for strategical
purposes, it can hardly fail gradual
ly to develop the trans-Jordan coun-
try-hitherto another Tnibet-by
bringing 1t into touch with the out
side world
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

A mouse recently wrecked train
ont West. 1t was walking along
rail, looking at the moon one even
ing. when an anl saw it. The owl
Immediately gave chase, and the
mouse retresej gracefully into the
laws of switch. The owl got wedg-
ed in the jaws of the switch, and pre-
vented its being closed, so that
freight train was derailed. Unfortu-
1ately the Western papers failed to
say whether or not the mouse escaped.
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CRUELTY IN REFINED FORM.

EYES," said the critic to the aspiring
young playwright, there ara great
possibilities in this play of yours"
THANK you. 1t Is very kind Of you
to say So"
But there will be greater possibili-
ties in the fellow who Is clever enough
to find them and get them out.
cago ReAord.He.ald.
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Aosuminp that exnerimentoI

Assuming that experimental tests
continue to verify the electronic hy-
pothesis, the discovery of the existence
of these infnitesimally small quanti-
ties of matter will remain monument
to the power of scientific research.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12
Unnecessary.

"And who is this Mrs. Smith that
lives across the street," asked the visi
tor.
"Oh, / never talk scandal" hastily
remarked her hostess.-New York
Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

The farmers of India, when fuel Is
scarce, cook an egg without fire. The
egg is placed in sling and whirled
around for about five minutes. until
the heat generated by the motion has
cooked it.
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MY VOW.

When I get rich, I'll give with lavish hand
To help the fallen rise In every land.
I'll give to spread the gospel far and wide,
To feed and clothe the poor on every side;
I'll advertise that have funds to spare
In doing good to others everywhere,
When I get rich.
When get rich, Why make so rash vow9
Avoice within me whispers, even now
Thou art already rich in resource grand.
\ voice that now can cheer, helping hand,
a heart that now should beat with love
divine
Give what thou hast, give freely what is
thine.
For thou art rich.
Charles W. Scarf, in Rams Horn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

The tail of a fish is his sculling oar.
He moves it first on one side and then
the other, using his fins as balances
to guide his motion. If the fish is
moving fast and wants to stop he
straightens out his fins just as the
rover of a boat does his oars.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

That magic wand" which locates
suitable places for wells has turned
up again. This time It is in Germany
that the little hazel twig is being
used with success and much discussed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The highest speed which matter has
been known to reach is that attained
by the eruption of hydrogen and 9TH
er gases from the SIN, which is at
times several hundred miles second.
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VOL. LXVIII.

When I get rich, I'll quit the road for good
And stay con ent at home as each man
should,
Who has home wherein the faithful wife
Through years Of lonesome labor spends
her life;
I'll give some younger man my timeworn
grip
And let him take my routine monthly trip,
When get rich.
When get rich, at homo I'll gladly stay,
And give my wife some comfort every day,
I'll smooth away the wrinkles from her face
That time has all too soon begun to trace;
I'll tighten all her labors, great and small,
An6sf she would consent, I'll bear them all,
When get rich.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-12

A woman in Paris is said to be the
largest specimen of her sex in the
world. Being unable to enter the
door of a railway carriage, she takes
her train journeys in the luggage van
An infant in Missouri is said to be
the smallest human atom, weighing
only pound.