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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
Lightning hit the Gasoline.

Lafayette, Ind, Oct. 17-During a
violent storm to-day lightning struck
q gasoline chandelier in q house in
West Point, occupied by the Knights
Of Pythias, and Mrs. James Van
Meter was instantly killed Mre.
Alfred johnson, Miss Alfrette John
son, Miss Grace Stephenson. Mrs.
Hugh Swank and Miss Bessie White
head were badly burned by the fam
ing gasoline that covered their cloth.
ing.
The P thian Sisters had adjourned.
Several women were congregated
near the center Of hall beneath the
chandelier. The lightning bolt came
down the rod supporting the chande.
lier, containing q gasoline lamp and
tore two holes In the tank, liberating
the gasoline and setting Il on fire.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
ADOPT FLYING MACHINE.
War Department To own Langley In
Nenti0n which Experts Declare
to lie a Success.
An aerial train OF cars.

An aerial train Of cars.
This is the exciting and fascinat-
ing possibility of the Langley fly.
'ng machine" with which experiments
have been conducted by Mr. S. P.
Langley, C. w. Manley, and other gov.
eminent experts for the last two
months at Whitewater, on the Poto.
mac.
The interesting information comes
rom Whitewater that the principle Of
he machine has been pronounced in.
'allible by experts who were let into
the secret, and who are not connect.
ID with the government.
The management of the machine as.
'erts positively that the delays have
>een due entirely to defective ma
'hinery, and not to questionable prin.
'iples, The model Of the machine was
cen In actual flight by numerous per-
'ons, and the experts declared Off.
tally to the Smithsonian Institution
hat the flight was success
1t Is estimated that with the full
'ngine power the machine can be
propelled through the air at the rate
" 80 miles an hour, II will leave
he ways at that rate, although the mi.
ial velocity is made up partly by
. in'u,, projectors from the little
'ailway by a power independent of
he engine.
The war department will practically
)wn the perfected machine, and will
'ventually use it for war purposes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22

! October term of Bates county Circuit
Court, 1908.
To Honorable w. W. Graves, Circuit
Judge:
Pursuant to instructions given us by
the Honorable Circuit Judge, we, the
Grand Jurors. visited the County Poor
Farm on Oct. Sth, 1903, and beg leave
to make the following report:
Considering the system of manage
ment adopted by the Honorable County
Court, together with the inadequate
conditisn of the premises, we feel that
the person 10 charge, Mrs. Hall, is Civ
ing reasonable and prudent attention to
the unfortunate inmates. II the Court
deems it wise to continue the present
system, We would recommend that more
and better accommodations in the way
of new buildings, etc, be provided. But
We as a body, emphatically condemn
the present system as being an entire
failure in economy to the county and
comfort to the inmates. The sanitary
condition Of the unfortunates could be
greatly improved by providing a suita-
bile bath tub and requiring the inmates
to battle at regular, stated periods. We
consider it disgrace and a shame for
Bates county to treat her dependent
poor in the manner they are treated.
| We are unanimously of the opinion that
a competent superintendent should be
put in charge of the inmates, he to have
the supervision of the entire landed es-
tate belonging to the Farm and that he
be provided with suitable teams aud
machinery to farm the lands together
with cows, for milk, and hogs for meat
| We further recommend that the in
mates who are physically able to work,
be put to work caring for the stock and
tilling the soil, and thus in manner
become self supporting, We believe
that charity consists more in providing
unfortunates with the means of earn
ing their own living than it does in
maintaining them in idleness. We fur
ther recommend the fencing of the bur.
ial ground at the Farm, and that a sub.
stantially hound book be kept, showing
date Of death of each one buried there.
and that such record give age and form
or residence of the deceased and thai,
each grave be marked with plain suit
able stone which shall be numbered and
kept in conformity with the record.
On October 10th we visited the
County Jail and its surroundings and
found the interior model of neatness
and cleanliness. The prisoners all said
they were well fed on good and sub
stantial food, The exterior needs son e
attention from the County Court. The
| ak at the southwest corner of the Jail
Should receive immediate attention,
We would further reccomend that tn,
sewerage pipes be enlarged so that the,
will not become clogged as at present
That suitable tank be made to receiv,
sewerage and prevent surface water
from filling the cess pool.
| We visited the County Offices anc
| iauAu .ho 4, IS kept in neat ano
legible manner.
II. PHILBRCR, Foreman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
Betrayed Son to Prison in Petty
Spite.

Isabella, Ok, Oct. Thames G.
Fay, alias Oscar j. Van Slack, a
prominent business man ofthis place,
grain buyer for the firm OF Robb &
Co., OF Kingfsher, aud foremost in
church work here, was arrested Sat.
urday as convict escaped from the
Arkansae penitentiary fourteen years
ago. Yesterday an officer a rived
from Little Rock, Ark, and to. day
started back to the pentientiary with
his prisoner.
The escaped convict was betrayed
by his own father in revenge for be-
ing worsted in a trivial domestic
quarrel. Not only did the elder Fay
betrsy his son, but he also claimed
and received hall OF the reward Of
$25 that was offered for the latter's
arrest.
Sixteen years ago, when a boy
only II years Of age, young Fay and
two companions broke into a cloth
ing store in Little Rock, Fay's share
Of the plumber obtained being a suit
OF clothes and an overcoat. All vert
apprehended, tried, convicted and
sent to the penitentiary, Fsy's sen
tsnce being for four years. He serv
ed two years OF his time, being g
model.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
CALLED THE COURT NAMES.
How "Bert" NOrtOni Turned a
Break" Into a Victory.

New Cambria, Mo, Oct. 17.-Wh,n
Bert" Nortoni, now assistant United
States attorney for the eastern JUDI
cial district of Missouri, began the
practice OF law In New Cambria in
1891, be was engaged to defend
Fount Wilson, accused OF murder.
1t was Nortoni's first big criminal
case, and he fought it as though his
future staked on the result. The
preliminary hearing was beiort
Squire William Bennett at Calico
The justice was old and somewhat
lard OF hearing. The gravity of the
action suggested the calling in of the
'ther iusii'e of the township, +. NJ,
Keys, much younger man Almost
very resilient of Puzzle Ridge dis
ret, where the accused lived came to
zoe the lawsuit.
Nearly every question the prose
cutting attorney ask, d the witnesses
vas objected to by the energetic law
yer for the defense. By and by the
prosecuting attorn'y called Pear,
Morrow, who had been arrested with
Wilson as accessory, but who wai
willingto turn states evidence Tb,
fiery young lawyer for the defendant
was on his feet in an instant, denounc.
ing the states move. 81 am certain
your honors will not permit this, ht
said, Indignantly. "No court in thu
land would tolerate such an illegaI
proceeding, let alone a double. header
such as we have here"
There was a loud laugh among thu
spectators. and though Squire Ben
nett didn tcatch the term, heguesset
that something rejecting on tn,
courts dignity had been uttered. 81
he whispered to his associate iustic,
and the two went out to an ante
room to talk it over privately. Tn,
court deliberated half an hour ant
hen came back.
"Mr. Nortoni," said Squire Ben
nett, 81 understand you just now re
TERED to my colleague and myself IL
, 'double-header.' Will you please
explain what you meant by that?"
The appellation was trifle flip
pant, and Nortoni appreciated tn,
seriousness OF the situation for hi
lent il he did not right himself H,
vas ready, however.
'I.'s a railroad term, Your Honor,
he said, "signifying double strength
When they make up a big train in tn
yards and one engine can't haul i
Yea lie road they hook cn aLothe
me. Instead OF one there are tw'
furnaces under the boilers, two safet,
valves popping off and two stack
hrowing out smoke and fire anc
cinders. A double-header Away
moves whatever it's hitched up to; i
always gets there; nothing stops it
it's iniallible."
Something akin to a smile spread
over the aged iurist's face. To b
called a "double header wasn't 81
bad after all. The attorney was for
liven and at the conclusion OF th,
trial Fount Wilson was discharged.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
MILLIONAIRE'S POOR STOMACH

The WORKOUT stomach of the over
fed millionaire is often paraded in
public prints as q horrible example
VI evils attendant on the possessios
OF great wealth. But millionsires ave
NOS the only ones who are afae'a I'd
with bad stomache. The proporti
is far greater among the t pliers. b
pepsia and Indigestion are ramp,
among these people, and they sus <
far worse tortures than. the milkJa-
aire unless they avail themselves ofA
standard medicine like Green's Al
gust Flower, which has been favor
tie houeehold remedy for all stoaS h
troubles for over thirty FIVE yes,~
August Flower rouses the t,.rp;d
liver, thus creating appetite gro Il
suring perfect digestion. II t5,y-
and vitalizes the entire system an
makes life worth living, no rs.5.
what your station. trial tittf,-
25c; regular size, 75c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22

MANA GER Extraordinarily
lady or gentleman to manage bust
ness in this county and adjoining
territory for well and iavorably
known House OF solid financial stand
ing. $1,000 straight cash salary
and expenses. paid each Monday by
check direct from headquarters. Elk.
pense money advanced; position per.
manent. Address, Manager, Clio
Monon Bldg, Chicago, Ill. A 1st
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
Paul Kruger 70 Years Old.

Utrecht, Holland, Oct. 17.-Paul
Kruger, ex president Of the South
African republic, celebrated bis 18th
birthday anniversary near here yes
terdsy with a family fete, the=frst
since the Boer war.
N. T. Steyn, ex-president OF the
Orange Free State, and his family,
are living In a small villa Iear Cannes
in France. He suffersfrom paralysis
OF the limbs and is condemned to alb.
solute quiet.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
Group

Usually begins with the symptoms
OF a common cold; there is chilliness,
snet zing, sore throat, hot skin, quick
pulse, hoarseness and impeded respi.
ration. Give frequent small doses Of
Ballard's Ht rehound Syrup, 1.-THE
child will cry for it) and at the first
sien Of q croupy cough, apply fire..
ouently Billiards. Snow Liniment ex.
ternsliy to the throat. soc at H. l..
fuckers Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22

For piano tuning and musrsih..
strument repairing, address E.A,
Skaggs through the postoffioe a.
leave orders at the Endres ressau.
rant. 46.ti
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-22
Auctioneer.

Iwant to cry your sales. Give M
a trial. Satisfaction or no charges
Best Of references furnished on appli
cation. Call on or nddreee, G. E
ROBBINS, Amorett, Mo. 45-ti
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
THE COMPASS OF GOD.

Evening, morning, and at noon will I
pray
In the stern of a going vessel,
At morning, at noon and at night,
( saw there sturdy old boatswain
Who stood and uplifted his sight
To the mast that was towering above him,
While pendulant hung from his lip
The whistle whose shrill intonations
Determined the course of the ship.
And / wondered a what he was gazing
Till, stepping behind him, / stood
And followed his angle of vision
High up ON the pillar of wood;
And there. far above the attraction
Of body Of iron and of steel,
Was fastened compass whose needle
Corrected the one at the wheel.
0, wonderful lesson of science,
That crystalled in parable there
And brought in it's transparent vision
The meaning and purpose of prayer!
l. too, am a0rift on the ocean,
My compass, the spirit of man,
And with hand on hewheel Of Lies rudder
/ only can steer as l can.
But, praise to Gods infinite goodness,
Thy compass above I can see
The needle of Truth that Thy Spirit
Holds true for the spirit of me.
UnswerVed by earthss baser attraction.
1t points to the glories that shine;
l read it at morning and evening
And reckon my bearings from Thine.
Charles A. Foss, in Rams Horn
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Our Will and Our Beliefs.

Belief and unbelief are not simply
the effect of more or less evidence
presented to the mind. If they were
so. and the human mind acted in this
uniform way upon evidence, we all
would come to an agreement about
things great as well as small, and that
very quickly. But we see that the evil
dence which convinces one man leaves
another untouched by its force. While
other elements enter into the problem
it is not to be doubted that the choice
of the will has much to do with our be-
liefs. We decide to believe or to dis
believe, according to our notion of
what will suit us. The man who is fol-
lowing course of conduct which must
has a great inducement to disbelieve
eihtre Gods existence or His retrib-
utive !vstice. As Clough says:
There is no God the wicked saith.
And, if SO, it's a blessing;
For what he might have done with us
It's better only guessing. -
But he who is striving toward higher
and purer life has an equally great in
ducement to believe that God is. and
is the Helper and Inspirer of all honest
effort toward things above Him. His
needs make him welcome every dis
closure God makes of Himself as the
sum of ali projections, and mans guide
and support in seeking perfection.-
S. S. Times
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LOVE IS KIND.
Even Toward Those Who Are Unkind
and Unlovfng-RequireIn
of Christian Love.

Paul says: Love suffereth long and
is kind" He who supposes that he pos
sesses q large measure of pure love to-
ward God should test himself by OBJ
serving how he feels and acts toward
those who plainly disagree with him.
He feels and acts, says c. III. Wetherbe,
in the Consecrated Life, kindly toward
the brother who agrees with him in re-
spect to religious questions; but when
the brother ceases to agree with him
and distinctly disagrees with him in
reference to the same questions, does
he continue to feel and act toward him
just as kindly as he formerly did?
Here is practical test; do not seek to
evade it. Do not say that the brother
by his now disagreeing with you, gives
you just ground for not being as kind
TO him as you were before he changed
his opinion. Love is kind, not because
some one agrees with the lover, but be-
cause it is it's nature, its character it's
quality, is truly and invariably kind.
Love is kind to the unkind. Can you
bear this test? Love is kind, not be-
cause people are kind to the lover, but
because they ought to be kindly treat
ed whether they be kind or unkind.
True love is ki2d toward the unthank-
full. Does your love hold out patiently
toward such ones? Or, just as soon
as receiver of your kind acts begins
to show signs of unthankfulness, do
you quit feeling and acting kindly to-
ward him? Do not now hunt for some
excuse for not being kind to that I'M
thankful person. You may feel like
saying: ''It is very provoking. He
does not deserve another favor from
me. He is too .meanto be helped. Yes.
all that is true. but our text is: Love
is kind Then, too, read what Christ
says about God: HE is kind to the I'M
thankful" Look at this brief argu-
ment: God is love-" therefore He is
kind to the unthankful. Is not this
logical? Surely it is. See again what
Christ says: eff We love them that
love you. what thank have YEP" \
testing question. is it not?
If you are kind to only those who are
kind to you. how much better or purer
or stronger is your love than is that
of the mass of sinners? If you are kind
to only those who are thankful for
what you do for them, is your love any
higher than that of common people?
Is too much required of Christian love?
We may be sometimestempted TO think
so, but really it, is not so. Christian
love never prompts its possessor, in
the name: of justice, to say mean words
about those who do not advocate the
same doctrines and the same reforms
that we advocate. 1t does not move
one to utter defaming language to-
ward men in governmental authority,
good men and true. who do not belong
to the same political party. Love is
kind in every relation of life. Let it
have its perfect work in your life.
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much greater than at any other
time, for there is an immense
number of bills, reports and docu-
ments of every kind which have
to be printed solely for the use Of con-
gress. But there is no time during the
year when the presses are not rumb-
ling and when publiea tons, sometimes
in sets Of many volumes and frequent
" with superb illustrations, are not
being thrown off.
There is no establishments in the
world where finer work can be done in
spite of the great mass of it, and the
beauty of it is that the work can be
done with astonishing rapidity. An
extraordinary instance of this was the
publication of the report Of the Samp-
son court of inquiry on the destruction
of the Maine. That report contained
800 pages and was illustrated with a
great many half-tone cuts Tt was
brought into the senate on the after
noon of March %, 1888, in manuscript.
The neAt morning it was on the desks
of every senator and representative,
printed and bound, and thousands of
copies had already bee1. struck Off.
Since that time the government print
ing office has given many other exhi-
billions OF speed and skill.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
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they declare would disfgure them and
would subject the owners to certain
amount of humilia ton. The most
strenuous objection, however, was to
the rule requiring the showing of IL
censes. It happens that large pro-
portion of the automobiles OF wash
ington are young women who have
hitherto enjoyed unhampered the free
dom Of the asphalt. A good many OF
them have never thought of such
thing as applying for a license or in
deed of taking any other steps to re-
cognize the rights and susceptibilitles
of timid pedestrians. The indignant
automobiles now declare that the
only object of the new regulation is to
afford fresh and cheeky policemen an
opportunity to stop any pretty girl
they see with an automobile and under
pretense of inspecting her license en-
gage her in agreeable conversation:
Suits are to be brought in the courts
to test the legality of the new regu-
lations and all sorts of denunciation
has been heaped on the unfortunate
commissioners; but public sentiment
is with them and would like to see even
more stringent regulations adopted
The asphalt streets of Washington
afford peculiar temptation for the
speeding of machines, especially for
cutting fancy circles and executing
short turns to the decentralization of
man and beast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Gods pillow of sorrow is His promise
of harvest-Ram's Horn.
Every good deed has a crown for the
doer-United PreSby terrain.
There can be no friendship without
confidence, and no confidence without
egrity.-Rambler.
| find the great thing in this world
is, not so much where we stand, as
in what direction we are moving
Holmes.
We cannot remove the conditions un--
der which our work is to be done hut
we can transform them. They are the
elements out of which we must huii6
the temples wherein we serve.-Breoke
Foss Westcott
As you are ready for it, somewhere
or other you will find what is needfut
for you, in a book, or friend, or best
of ALL in your own thoughts-thee ter-
nal thought speaking in your thought
George Macdonald.
You need God in the very things hat
seem to separate you from Him. You
must seek Him in the very places where
the misery of life seems to be that
He is not. You must question the
stoniest paths for streams of water
Brooks.
Human help in our need, human for
giveness of our wrong doing, human
love in our loneliness, these are the
sacraments through which, at their
sweetest and purest, we feel divine
help and forgiveness and love flowing
into our souls.-G. S. Merriam.
1t is true that love cannot be-
forced, that it cannot be made to
order, that we cannot love because.
we ought or even because we want
But we can bring ourselves into the
presence of the loyable. We can enteF
into friendship through the door of dis
We can learn love, througEa
Hugh Black.
In the journey of life we often travel
in circles. Therefore, do to-day the
good that is in You. Plant your bios
SONS; you will come back to them hsr
and by. 1t is the beauty of the things
that you 90 to-day that has most tss
do with making beautiful your to-
morrow. One of the blessings OF tae
sunset is in reaping the memories OF
what was planted in the morning
United Presbyterian.
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the centennial of Louisiana purchase.
Thus Jefferson and Napoleon would
represent the period of purchase
When it comes to the time of the ex-
position, however. embarrassment
arises. The exposition will be opened
by Theodore Roosevelt, president of
the United States. The president Of
France is NJ. Loubet. President Roose-
velt's picture cannot GO on d stamp;
that would be contrary to a post Office
regulation of such long standing that
it now has the effect of law.
Instead of Roosevelt's picture, there
fore, it is proposed to use the bust of
Mckinley, which would be specially APP
propriate, because Mckinley was pres
ident when the law was enacted giving
the governments sanction to the expo
sition.
But if Rooseyel's portrait is barred
because the postal regula tons say that
no living American shall be represent
ed on a United States postage stamp,
how about Loubet who, to be sure, is
not an American, but who would seem
TO be less entitled to the honor?
To be sure, there is no regula ton
against it, but the American people
who use the stamps will hardly take
kindly to the Loubet proposition.
There may be a compromise by pic
turing some typical scene or industry,
just as the Buffalo stamp had picture
of a flying railroad train.
Up to the present time there is no
record of any nation except the
United States issuing postage stamp
bearing the efigy of any body but one
of it's own rulers.
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the post Office department authorized
such issues for Chicago and Buffalo;
and ST. Louis will hardly allow her
self to be ignored.
The proposition is to place the head
of Napoleon on one of the stamps
probably that of the five-cent denom-
ination.
This is not the first time that the
likeness Of foreign potentate has APP
peared on az american stamp. Isabel
Ia OF Spain was celebrated thus in the
Columbian series at the Chicago fair.
Not much attention was paid to the
fact, however, because the royal fea-
stamp, which never went into general
circulation and which was hardly seen
except by collectors. Columbus was
also celebrated in the same way, but
he was on the fiye-dollar stamp. These
are the only historical characters ex-
cept American citizens who have been
honored in such way.
If Napoleon goes on the fve-cent
stamp, which really goes out into gen
eral circula ton, it will amount prae-
tically to a precedent. The other
stamps of the new issue will bear the
pictures of Jefferson, Mckinley, and
some other, not yet determined. JEFF
Persons will GO on the two-cent stamps
which is a purely domestic affair, while
Mckinley's will go on the ten-cent
stamp, probably.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17

Hce-Iar ana away
the largest estab-
lishInent of its
kind in the world
will be occupied
and in operation.
1t is not gener-
ally knowp that
the United States,
amidst it's other
a C t i V tiles, con-
ducts a printing
business which is
more than twice
as extensive as any
other carried on