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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
FIRED AT HIS REFLECTION.
Utah Miner on HIS Way East for First
Time Creates Panic In Pullman
Car Barber shop.

A Utah miner created Q sensation on
Union Pacific train No. 2 the other
night shortly after leaving Sidney.
Wyo. In conversation with passengers
he said he lived l16 miles from the near
est railroad, and had not seen a train
of cars for IL years. He was en- route
east to visit relatives, whom he had not
seen since childhood. He had made a
fortune in mining in Utah, he said, and
he proposed to have hot time in the
east.
The Utah man partook freely of
champagne and other beverages dur
ing the trip, and felt fine. Shortly
after leaving Sidney he went into the
buffet car to get shaved. Getting into
the chair he looked at his reflection
in the mirror moment and then drew
six-shooter and fred two shots at
his image.
The bullets went through the side
of the car and did no further damage.
The passengers were badly frightened,
for they feared they were in the pres
ence of a mailman. When asked why
he fred the shots, the Utahan replied
that he was "just thinking" He had
between $1,000 and $4,000 in bills on
his person.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
POPULAR GIRL TURNS JOKE.
Young Woman Finds BeAux Had Bet
~ to Which Would BE Her Es-
cort and Invites All.

Seven carriages drove up to the
home of Miss Carrie Berger at 1245
Madison avenue, New York city, at
seven o'clock the other night, and Q
young man hoped out of each, pre-
pared to take Miss Berger to the the
alter. Each young man had received
this note from her:
81 have two tickets for the theater
on Saturday evening. I would like
you to be brother to me and act as
my escort. Please do not tell any Of
the boys"
Each young man was nonplused
when he saw six others at the house.
Then Miss Berger explained. She had
heard that the young men had made
q bet among themselves as to which
one would first have the honor of
taking her to theater in 1908.
Miss Berger decided 10 outwit them
and take them all to theater her
self. She had q big automobile wait
ing, and, with some girl companions
they went to q Harlem theater. After
the theater there was a supper al
Miss Borger's house.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
TO PATROL ATLANTIC COAST.
One Of the Most Important Develop
ments of New Syst EN- Of Naval
Mobilization.

One of the most important devel-
opments of the new system of naval
mobilization adopted by the navy do
partment is the establishment OF .
coast division of the north Atlantic
squadron. It's duty viii be to patrol
the Atlantic coast. Rear Admiral ].
q. Sands. now In command of the
League island navy yard, will DO
Riven the command, with the battle
ship Texas as his flagship. the squad
ron including the monitors Puritan,
Amphitrite, Miantonomah, Terror,
Arkansas and the monitors Nevada
and Florida as soon as they are COM
missioned, together with the torpedo
boat destroyers Decatur and Chaun-
cey, half . dozen torpedo-boats COM
prising q torpedo-boat dotilla and
the submarine Holland and subma-
rines Adder and Moccasin when they
are commissioned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
A NEW UNIVERSITY.
Will Depart Somewhat from
Lines Of Other Schools.

A number Of capitalists of eastern
Indiana, among whom are George F.
McCulloch, president of the Union
Traction company, and Walter A.
Bell, state SENATOR incorporated the
Palmer university, which is to be
located at Muncie.
The articles state that the object
of the incorporators is "to give espe-
cial emphasis to the matchless truth
of God, of Christ, of psychology, Of
Christian ethics, and all to the peer
less end of bringing the students into
harmony with the divine administra-
ton of the immutable laws of their
being, and thus develop the creature
man into q symmetrical manhood
that will meet the approval of his
Creator, God"
The teachers of the university will
represent a departure from the lines
of other institutions in inealeating
the theories of evolutionary develop
ment, mental, race, or, in other
words, that man is a creature of law;
but the teachings must nevertheless
be .amphatically Christian, yet nom
denOmnationa1 and nonsectarian.
God, Christ, Manhood" is the
motto Of the institution, and char
acter, not human theology, is made
the test of its fellowship. Equal
|nr;vfle0es re IN he accorded IN ,uales
and females. The control is vested
in IL trustees, eight Of whom form
/ A ouOrum.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
NEW ELECTRIC SIGNAL.
steAms hips 90 BE Equipped with sys.
tenn which VIII Facilitate Com
munications at Night.

Arrangements have been completed
by which the steamship Deutschland,
Of the Hamburg-American line, will be
equipped with a system of electric
night signals, which, it is said, will
show any letter or number so visibly
that it can be seen for five or six miles
at sea. The inventors assert that not
only does it offer better signal facili-
ties than the fare light and lantern
system now in use, but that it also
records every signal which is trans
mitted.
The system is an expansion of the
electric carriage signals now in use
at the Metropolitan opera house, New
York, and, like its predecessor, is the
invention of Mortimer Norden, an cleo
trical engineer Of New York. The sig
nal board will be placed on each side
- Of the grillroom roof of the Deutsch-
and, and the letters and figures will
be ten feet high. 1t is asserted that
with the aid of the night glass the sig-
nails will be visible for nearly seven
miles.
In describing his invention, Mr.. Nor
den said: ut is many times quicker
than the other methods now in use,
and opportunities for mistakes are
greatly lessened. One ADVANTAGE which
was quickly recognized by the steam
chip companies was the value of the
records Of signals which can be kept.
Such records would put stop to all
lengthy disputes over questions
whether or not certain signals had
been sent
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
LESS EAGER TO WE'D.
Girls Prefer Work and independ.
ence to Matrimony.
Philadelphia Pastor Disceve~s . De-
crease In the Number of Mar
rLaxes AID Tells the
Reason Therefor.

According to Rev. Russell 81. Con-
we'll D. D., pastor Of the Baptist tenn
ple of Philadelphia, the fact that the
number of marriage licenses issued
during the last year in that city were
fewer than in the previous year by 1000
or more is due to the rapidly increas-
ing number Of young woman who
have acquired business college edu-
cation and are, therefore, fully
equipped to enter the lists OF the COM
mercial world and earn q comforts-
BILE livelihood.
No longer compelled to endure Q
life of enforced idleness, often with
out a fixed income, while waiting for
an eligible young man to turn up
with proposal of marriage, the aver
age young woman of the industrial
classes, DIR. Conway AYERS, now has
o substantial position to occupy her
time and to enable her to be indie
pendent.
Leaders of society in this city agree
with DIR. Conwell that the decrease In
the number of marriages has been
| confined to the Industrial classes.
Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson said to-
day that there had been no apparent
change in the fashionable spring and
autumn marriages, but on the other
hand there had perhaps been more
engagements announced during the
last year than for several years.
The books of the marriage license
bureau show that, despite the fact
that last month broke all records for
November in the history of the bu-
reau, and June, "the month of brides"
went far beyond the average this
year, Dan Cupid has been caught nap
,ping.
Although one day toward the end
of May more than 1870 licenses were
issued, this being the greatest single
days record since the bureau was e.
tablished in 1885, there was steady
falling off of requests for licenses COM
pared day by day with the previous
years.
"The secret of the decrease in mar
riage licenses" DR.. Conwell said, "may
be attributed, in my opinion, to the
significant fact that throughout the
city the business colleges are turn
ing out thousands Of young women
trained for the playing Of an active
part in the commercial world.
"The young woman Of to-day, who
formerly had little or no income, Is
no longer dependent upon the love
of some young man she may be fortu-
nate enough to win. There was time
when girl Of the working classes was
threatened with poverty and was con-
fronted with grave perils until she
married, and often she would give
herself to the first eligible man who
CHANGED to come her way.
snow she is well equipped with q
practical business education and 10 In
dependent She is able to support her
self, and there is nothing to force her
into matrimouy."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
Fewer Deaths from Cancer.

Statistics printed by the London
county council of the mortality from
cancer in London during 1902 show
that there was q slight decrease in
the death rate, the percentage being
% per 1000, as compared with IS
In the previous year. The proportion.
however, has been more than
doubled within 50 years, the rate be-
tween 1851 and 1850 being AZ. Even
In the year 1891 II was only Is. Com
parstively few cases were fatal b.
fore the year 1855. The heaviest
mortality was between 1855 and 1865.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
pARIsIANs SEEK CHEAP LIGHT.
An ERort Being Made to Have NM
nicipal Ceancil Reduce Charge
for Eleetrieity.

After q struggle for cheaper gas
Parisians have now turned their atten-
ton to cheaper electricity. In the
original concessions to the electric
tight companies the maximum price
was fixed at is centimes hectowatt,
but the companies by charging for
meters, connections, etc., have man
aged to create charge to the extent
Of 100 francs q year. In renewing the
contracts the municipal council pro-
poses to get even by fixing the maxi
mum price at eight centimes and elm
mating the incidental charges.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
FouR-poUND GEM FOR POPE.
ness the largest Topas In
the World.

Catholics in every part of the world
are preparing to show their devotion
and fidelity to Pope Leo XIII. ct tho
end Of the celebration Of his silver
jubilee next April by presenting to.
him an almost priceless jewel. This 10
a topaz weighing nearly four pounds.
the largest in the world. II Is now in
the hands of skilled workmen in Rome.
where 1t is being richly carved.
The jewel will contain when finished
. representation Of the papal arms and
Of Christ breaking bread. Notice ON,
this subject will be displayed in al the
Roman Catholic churches in the coun-'
try.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
worthy s.eeesssr of Minister We.

Worthy Successor of Minister Wa.
Although the diplomatic circles at
Washington lost q treasure in WI
ring-fang, the late Chinese minister,
his place il likely to be well filed
BY his successor, Sir LANG Cheng.
That distinguished oriental will soon
marry the daughter Of Yu-Keng, the
Chinese minister Ut Paris. She II
y years old and has lived for the
hst three years at her fathers leka.
don, being almost -. well known
N Parisian society ~ Nine. WI was
n WaahinRton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
Piano Tuning.
To whom it may concern:

TO WHO'LL IL may CUHCerH'
This certifles that the bearer, F,
N. Skaggs, has done considerable
work for us, and we always found
his tuning and repairing perfectly
done. We consider him an honest
and perfectly reliable workman and
anyone entrusting work to his care
are sure it will be done satisfactorily
W. W. KMBALL & Co.
Manufacturer OF pianos and organs
Chicago, Ill. By W. b. CoTTER.
SOFT Leave orders at Mrs. Endres
restaurant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

The following are the changes made
in the assessment OF real and per-
sonal property in Bates county, Mo-,
by the County Board LIBERALIZATION,
April 6, z, and 8, 1908.
All lands in the following town
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

Al things now look, says the Chi.
pAgo Record Herald, the present sui
sAa Of Morocco may be glad TO get
> Job 1t the St. Louis exposition or
any other place that b . good dong
Nstanoo iron Horocco.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

Nine. Duse says abe met in Chicago
the most beautiful girl abe has even
seen. Nine. Duse is not original,
says the Chicago Record Herald, II.
tAis discovery, however.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

The stairway leading 70 the tower
II the Philadelphia city hall contains
,ss steps and IL ssn TO b the tallese
continuous stairway IN the world.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09
ships were raised:

Inc tofioNihk pfoPofS IN sasJ " ''
Was raised:
wyatt a Son all block from 5000 to $500
Jno Steele south Is feet lot block
10 from l~o 70 sooo
] p Edwards south IS feet lot
h,oes N from lSso to 5000
Paul Bengsch all lot block IL Ssoo 10 Aooo
A 4 DeBow ,1xsi feet block Mont
gomery's addition from So 70 eoO
N Fox all block Is Montgomery's
End addition from $50 to 900
Florence estate lots and block
Montgomery sra add'n from $50 10 zoo
" Choate west one-third block
Couches add'n from 100 to wv
Day middle thi.d blk sCouches
adm from 100 to 800
A seeiinger south half lot block
7Couch's adm from 800 to 900
o A Heinlein south half OF westhalf
blk Q Couch's sdd'n from l25 to 2oc
K A Bennett north half Of west half
blk Q COUGHS adm from lso to 2oc
Mrs Lee north half block Is Couch's
adm from 400 10 ON
Carpenter 4 Shafer west side block
fold town from 1000 10 Sooo
Al Culver west half lot block
Williams LIST adm from as to ooo
w Arnold west half lot 5 block
Williams lst adm from 800 to sot
W shafer east half lot bloct2
Williams LIST adm from 900 to Iec
Power Bros. lots 5 and blocks
valleys add'n from $500 to 5000
Everingham 8 l-2 acres north
main street from $500 TO ooot
s L Bales east half lot LOG, Adrian, ---
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-09

COUNTY OF BATHS.
III. Y. Herrell, clerk Of the County Court.
do hereby certify the above and foregoing to be
true and correct copy of the proceedings Of the
Board OF Equalization.
In testimony whereof hereunto
[sKALl set my hand and afix the seal Of
said court. Done at ONCE in But
Ter. this 10th day Of April, 1903.
il HERRELL, County Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-06-12
! Efficient Fighting Force. = = 81

exercised in Designing the modern
battleships Of the different nations
In the United States we now have at
least ten shipyards that can contract
for the building Of a battleship, and
two plants that can make armor;5.
whereas only few years ago, even
after very considerable progress in
steel and iron industries, we could
ourselves provide no vessels for our
navy. But it costs us 80 per cent.
more to build warship than it costs
any European power, and 80 per cent.
more to- keep vessel in operation.
It was in 1882 congress passed the
first appropriation for our new navy
and that. year that an impetus was
given to American shipbui1ding. In
the succeeding 20 years over 40 vessels
were added to the navy, almost all
of them entirely planned and built
here, and it is calculated that this rec
ord will easily be distanced in the
next few:4years, for in 1900 s1ssves-
sells either were in the process OF
building or were planned for. And
now we build not only for our own
navy, but also for the navies of Rus
STA and Japan. 49, e:
The American sailor gets more, If
= he does cost more, than sailors in
snavies generally; he has better food,
better shelter and better pay. In the
manning Of a modern battleship as
much depends on stoker and engineer
II L
one-third the ships force working be-
meath the protective deck, and it be-.
ing necessary worker in engine
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stinct in man. They believed them
to understand the changes of the sea-
sons; that they stirred their vast
branches as if they were limbs, and
could spread out or contract their
boughs, inclining them towards
heaven or towards earth, according as
the snow prepared to fall or melt r.
Perhaps the earliest account of a
visit to the cedar grove is that by
Belon, who climbed the Lebanon in
1850 A: D. 1t will be interesting to
compare what he saw with the pho
tograph here shown of surviving
cedars to-day.~
cat a considerable height up the
mountain the traveller arrives at the
monastery of the Virgin Mary, which
is situated in valley. Thence; pro-
ceeding four miles further up the
mountain, he will arrive at the cedars,
the Maronites acting as guides. The
cedars stand in valley and not on
the top of the mountain, and they are
said to number 49,, though it is diff
fcult to count them, they being only
distant from one another few PAGES.
These the archbishop of Damascus
endeavored to prove were those which
Solomon planted with his own hands,
in the quincunx manner in which they
now stand: No other tree grows in
the valley in which they are situated,
and it is generally so covered with
snow as to be only accessible in sum-
mer.'
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dainty linen coats for little girls. One
of these is made in mauve linen with
cape collar of transparent cream
colored lace edged with wide linen
band. This coat fastens across the
front with. straps and buttons, while
the bell sleeves are drawn into wrist
bands of transparent Lace.
The other coat. for a little girl. is
carried out in pink linen made in a
double-breasted shape, fastened with
four linen buttons embroidered with
silk. Round the shoulders there IS a
pretty cape of pink linen edged with a
frill of white spotted muslin bordered
with lace, while the coat is. complete ed
by collar and cuffs Of lace and spot
ted muslin.
In our remaining illustration a
dainty summer frock for little girl
may be seen, carried out in pretty
floral muslin. The folds of muslin
hang loosely from (. yoke, which cor
sists of tucked muslin and lace inser-
ton, and the skirt is finished prettily
with rows of tucks and crossway
muslin frill. Round the shoulders a
little muslin fichu is draped, finished
on either side with small choux of the
same material. The sleeves are fully
draped and drawn into cuffs of tran
sparent cream lace, matching the in
sertion on the bodice. y
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wasn't Entitred to His.

: Wasn't EntftEed to His.
;, It certainly was poor show, Even
the horny-handed ushers could not
applaud loud enough to raise any.
.semblance Of enthusiasm on the part
81 the audience Cold distrust was
written on the faces of the crowd, and
by the third act nearly every one in
the house was kissing whenever the
ushers applauded. One man who occu-s
pied a front row seat,was observed to-
be viewing the performance with a
certain gentle tolerance. One Of his.
neighbors saw this and leaned over and
said: ~ =.
Excuse me, sir. for addressing you,s
but I have noticed you are the only
person in the house who has not Kissed
the show. Is the author a friend Of
yours o. s..= .s
tsNo, replied the man. 81 came in
on pass and do not feel at liberty to
hiss. I'll sit through this act, and then
if the performance does not improve
TIM going out and buy ticket so I can.
hiss just as much as I like. IN. Y.
J Sun. So
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These gigantic cedars are fortunate
ly not the only survivors. In one
grove there were in 1882 nearly 500
younger trees. In 1886 it was noted
that while the smallest of the ancient
trees measured 36 feet inches in cir
conference, there were 40 younger
ones measuring from 10 to ~ feet be-
meath the SHOWS of Hermon.
The records of British forestry
give the date at which the cedar of
Lebanon was introduced into Eng
land in the middle of the seventeenth
century. If this is correct, the great
cedar of Childrey rectory, near Wan
tage in Berkshire, has strong claims
to he one of the first three planted
in England subsequent to 1641. The
story is an interesting one. The rec
tory, very ancient one, which
drew such large share of the pro-
ceeds of the three manors of Free
thornes, Maltravers and Rampaynes
in that parish, that they each conceded
about third of their land to the rec
tor in lieu of his 1.-THE, became the
possession of Corpus college at Ok
ford, the last of the Corpus Rcctors be-
ing the Rev. C. J. Cornish. who now
holds it. In the later years of the
reign of Charles I. Corpus college
granted it to the first oriental scholar
of the day, DR.. Pocock, who, according
to an unbroken tradition, planted this
| cedar from cone which he had brought
with him from Lebanon. Two other
cellars, now at Highclere; are said to
have been raised from cones brought
by him at the same time.
E. L. RILEY,
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lief being a lace jabot and collar
caught with bow Of green taffeta.
Fine white cloth frocks were also
seen to advantage. The skirt OF: one
was cut quite plain over the hips and
down the front, and was prettily
gauged at the sides. A very deep
cape collar Of the cloth was trimmed
with little tabs of the same and gold
buttons, finished with white kid belt
and. gold buckle. At the neck was a
green and white check cravat S !, (
The loose short sack is still worn,
but I do not think it is quite such q
favorite style as the close-fitting boz
lero. A blue cloth gown showed one Of
these sacks, trimmed with black gall
loon and green embroidered motifs,
with an inner. frill Of lace.
Partisan tailers understands So well
the art Of combining softening touches
with fabrics Of utilit Many ot the
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~ N two mighty ranges in the
NCN old world and in the new,
/ 1TN nature has set up temple
fAFStN unbuilt by hands to COM
MY pei the admiration and ex-
e. cite the wonder of those
creatures of day, mankind. In the
sequoia groves of California there
stand trees so old that they may well
have cast their leaves and shed their
seed on the night of the Nativity. On
Mount Lebanon the survivors of the
groves which escaped King Solomon's
four-score thousand hewers still
stretch their gigantic arms and scat
ter their cones for the children of
the west to bear away and propagate,
that they may have before their eyes
the offspring of the oldest trees of
which history has spoken. "Athene's
olive, or Dodona's oaks" have not lived
so long in story. 1t is nearly 80 GEN.
turtles since King David said: Il dwell
in house of cedar, but the Ark Of God
dwelleth within curtains" Solomon,
who knew every plant, "from the
cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop
that groweth on the WALL" was only
not wise in this, that he cut the cedars,
but did not, so far as history tells,
ever plant where he had reaped. Still
the cedars fourished, the. mightiest
of all the trees, and the most in
spring to human imagination.
Ezekiel must have seen them, with
their roots spreading towards the