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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
RATS CARRY CONSUMPTION.
POstm0rtemS on <he Rodents Ina Hal
timOre show They Are Infected
with Tuherculasls. -

1t is told at the health department.
of Baltimore that postmortem exami-
nations made upon rats captured at
an institution where are housed per-
sons suffering with consumption re-
yea1ed that The rodents in almost every
Instance had contracted tuberculosis.
II is represented that the animals
dwelling under floors between plaster
and not coming in actual contact with
the patients themselves contracted
the disease.
Health Commissioner Jones said ID
was known long ago that the lower
animals carried disease.
Rats and fieas," he declared, ARE
the natural conductors of the bubonic
plague. There is more danger or rats
introducing the pest than it coming
from any other source. "We can catch
human beings who may arrive at our
ports sick, but how are you going to
deal with rat? One rat that has come
in contact with the plague and then
gets ashore will do incaiculable dam
aga A vessel comes to port with the
pest aboard. 1t is stopped and every
possible precaution taken. A rat man
ages to land and 1t dies of the pest.
The fleas that leave the carcass will
spread the plague as sure as fate and
by what manner of means are you CO.
ing to fight these fieas? The rat is
one OF the greatest enemies of the
health officers AT any port and particu-
iarly where the plague has to be dealt
with. There is no doubt that the no,
dent family contracts and spreads
diseases. 1t is not only possible, but
probable, that living in house where
persons are affected with tuberculosis
the animals became infected. 1t may
affect them in different ways. In
human being of years tuberculosis at
taeks the lungs; in younger persons
the bones"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
City Marshal is Wounded.

Palmyra, Mo-, Feb. SIN a hand.
to.hand encounter this morning with
Charles Winters, e negro, wanted in
Iowa, Marshal John Wilson was cut
and severely wounded.
The encounter took place between
Moody and West Quincy, whittier
the Marshal had pursued the negro.
Wilson was badly cut with knife
about his right eye, and the wound
bled SO proiusely that he had to re.
turn here for medical attention.
Winters escaped to the woods with
bullets in his body.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
GRAPE ON DOOR FOR DOG.
New York Owner Of dead C.r,,
Also Has Notice of the Death
Printed.
In the Newark Evening News the
following notice appeared.

In the Newark Evening News the
following notice appeared:
"Died, January 10, 1903, Jack. dog
and friend of sterling qualities, in his
second year, after lingering illness.
He is mourned by his owner, William T.
Harris, and host of friends"
1t was placed below the regular
death notices. The dog was a fox ter
rier, owned by William T. Harris, of
rs Center street, Newark. He died of
distemper, after being iii three
months. He was treated by two vet
erinarians from New York and one
from this city.
The children of the neighborhood
were deeply interested in Jacks case
and some of them called every day to
learn how he was. That is why Mr..
Harris put Grape on THE door when
Jack died. The dog win be buried
privately in coffin that has been or.
dered. Jack won a prize at the last
dog show in Newark, and was from
long line of prize winners.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
IRRIGATION ON A BIG SCALE.
rhe work of Reclaiming 295,OOO
Acres of Desert Land In state
of Texas Begun.

The Dixie Irrigation company, com.
posed OF Texas and Philadelphia CAPT
ta4lstsrAaFe- jttst lsetsttti- work CONSTRUCT;
ing what is planned to be the most
extensive system of irrigation in the
United States. 1t is proposed to place
under irrigation 2o5,0O0 acres of land,
situated in the dry region of West
Texas.
The main canal will be 100 miles in
length, coming out on the west side
OF the river, 80 miles from the town
OF Pecos. and running along the edge
of the hills in southwark direction.
crossing the Texas & Pacific railroad
SIN miles west Of Pecos, and on TO
Ioyah lake, seven miles south Of Pecos.
where they will construct one of the
largest res ervoirs in existence.
From Toyah lake it will be con.
structed on and JON the Williams canal
80 miles further down the river. and
finally empty into the Pecos river GO
miles below pecos.
Inns canal VIII he constructed ar.
eordlng to the India lock-dam system.
and will be within itself vast rfser.
Volr, capable Of storing all the flood
water coming down the Pecos river
ana placing IL so that it will be of
practicable use to the lands.
Wherever there are hills and valleys
lakes VIII be formed, and wherever
water can be stored reservoirs will he
created. Toyah lake will be turned
INTO vast reservoir, with capacitv
OF SIN square acres, with an average
depth of l. feet. This water will be
reserved for irrigation purposes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
Committee to Report Favorably.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The House
Committee on Indian Affairs to-day
authorized a favorable report on the
bill to open the settlement OF sos, 900
acres ofland in the kiowa, Comanche
and Apache reservations in Okla
homa Territory.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12
What Money Can't nnx.

John d. Rockefeller has offered ST.
1000 for new stomach, and he
doesn't stipulate, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald, that there shall be n re-
bate on It. either.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-12

Probably IL il OF. Lorenz's opinion,
now, says ~ Chicago Tribune, tha<
london il even more provincial than
ChicaRo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

but were now very comfortably
fixed. Following the old country
custom they had goyerness for
the children, but Dan preferred
the public school and was allowed
to attend that. AT the noon recess
of this very Monday we have been
talking about one of the other
scholars, Bralen Taylor, had sneer-
ingly alluded to Dams red hair
when he, Dan, promptly slapped
his face, whereupon a lively fight
ensued. Braden was about two
years Dams senior, and was much
heavier and stronger. Dan, how
ever, was quick and wiry and was
putting up good fight when
the teacher appeared on the scene
and stopped the combat. "Boys,"
said he, Il am both surprised and
panied to see such sight on the
school grounds. What was the
cause of your trouble Gle
struck me tirst,'' said Braden. "He
called me red-headed," said Dan.
"But your hair is red, Daniel"
Eyes, sir, but / won't be called
that way" The boys were kept
in after school and given severe
lecture on the evils of fighting.
d. w. Il.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

fast and furiously and such q lick
as I would give the horse when !
thought Of his laughing at me.
The next time I try to hitch up
I'll do it by chart, each piece
numbered to correspond with the
angles and curves of a horse. I
arrived at New Orleans the follow
ing week and if you will be patient
with me, I'll try to describe that
city as saw it, in my next paper.
HARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18
cwo Clever Statesmen.

One crisis in Lord Palmerston's
life illustrates the absolute good
humor which may prevail even
when political enmity is at its
worst. Lord Derby had made an
attack upon him in the upper
house with such energy and elo-.
quence that the odds against him
seemed overwhelming. But he
defended himself and his policy
from the dusk of one day to the
dawn of another with such tact,
dexterity and force of appeal to
the national sense of honor that
he was acquitted of all blame by a
majority of fourscore.
Next day in passing through
the corridor leading from an ante
room to the upper house one swing
door opened to his hand at the
same moment the other to that of
Lord Derby. They were oppo-
nents. but they were also manly
and sweet natured men. They
smiled.
Il was just thinking" said Palm.
erston, what a clever fellow he
was who SO nearly put me in a
hole!'
"Ah," was the rejoinder, "but
like the cleverness of the
fellow who got you out of itp'-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18
row Summer coarist Rates.

Via Chicago Great Western
Railway. Round trips to Colorado,
Utah, Black Hills, New Mexico
and Texas points. Tickets on sale
daily June LIST to September Both.
Good to return October 31st. For
further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or j. P.
Elmer, g. P. A., Chicago.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18
BASEBALL.

Standing Of the Clubs in the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association,
June II.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

the horse. "Whoa, old boy /
said. (The horse hadn't moved a
mucle, but 1 said, "Whoa, old boy.
because I heard man once say
it when he started to curry a
horse.) Then I advanced slowly
and laid my hand on the horses
flank. 'sWhoa, old boy" / said
again. [ took the brush and CON-
menced to brush his hind leg. He
stood it all right until { got down
by his knee. I suppose it's his
knee, altho it seems funny for
horses to have knees in their hind
legs, don't it?) Just as soon as |
touched his hind knee bones, that
horse objected. Yes, indeed. He
raised his foot, just as if he had
stepped on something sharp. 'sThis
horse is kind of ticklish," I thought.
well" / said out loud, eff you
don't want your hind legs combed
and brushed, all right, we won't
curry them, but if you have any
horse pride at all, you won't OBJ
ject to my currying your back will
you?"
The horse didn't answer, but he
turned his head around and looked
at me as if to say: SWELL, I've
got a fool in the same stall with
me-" He let me brush his back
for awhile, and then I got bold
enough to advance towards his
head.
Right there was where friend
ship ceased.
That horse wouldn't stand for
it. Not he. He commenced to
push me against the stall. / never
knew horses were such mammoth
creatures. Great Scott! he was a
big horse and how he did try to
crush me, but I fooled him. Yes,
indeed. I prodded him with the
handle Of the currycomb and said,
'sget over!' and he got over, altho
my voice trembled a little when I
said it. For was getting scared. |
So when he got over, I got out.
One good thing, he was tied tight
or he would no doubt have followed
me and given me an everlastingly |
good kick.
1 resumed my old seat on the
bushel measure until my breathing |
became natural once more. "This |
won't do" l said 'I've just got
to hitch that horse up. I'll not
bother about currying him for I
can curry him after I've got him
hitched up" Happy thought!
For I believed he had to be cur
ried in order to make good job.
Il know what I'll do,-I'll go
into the next stall and look over
at him and maybe I can figure out
how to unite his head" I took
the bushel measure to stand on,
bat it wasn't high enough. so
I crawled into the manger and
from there I could look at him to
my hearts content. He saw me
too, and we surveyed each other
quite calmly.
Glow in the dickens do you
slip that bride off his heads"
thought. q found out long after
wards that that thing on his head
was called halter.) Then I saw
q rope under his neck, and I fig
ared the only way I knew was to
cut the rope. "But suppose he
backs out of the stall! I can't
catch him. Even if I could, I
can't hold himr' So I abandoned
The idea. I got a hold on his
bride and pulled his head over toI
me, and then I saw a buckle. aHa,
ha! That's the secret! But he
will back out anyway What's the
natter.with pulling the carriage
INTO the stable and pushing the
shafts right up to his hind legs
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18
Dan.

| WlOt0 OIL Cu0 nlSQJ anu on Ln1s
morning, the 3rd of December,
/ 1860, the wintery scene was indeed
beautiful. The trees along the
roadside were loaded until il
seemed as tho their branches must
break. Some small evergreens
were entirely covered SO that they
looked like mammoth white cones.
The .stumps and posts were capped
with white, and occasional mounds
showed the whereabouts of the
trunk of some fallen tree.
In front Of a neat and commodi-
Gus farmhouse a boy of about
twelve years of age was shoveling
9 path to the front gate. He had
already made path to each of the
outbuildings, and around under
the clothesline, SO that his mother
could hang out her washing, for
this was Monday morning. He
was a tall, slender lad with bright
blue eyes, and curly red hair. His
face was covered with freckles and
several warts were to be seen on
his hands which were scrupnlous-
" clean. This was Dan. He
whistled merrily at his work, and
seemed as happy as happy could
be.
The front door of the house
opened and lady stepped out on
the piazza from which Dan had
just swept all the snow. Danny"
she said in a sweet voice, the
sweetest voice in all the world to
him, sit is almost s o'clock. You
had better come in now and get
ready for school. Pa can finish
the path" call right, ma. I
guess pail think I have done pref
ty well, this morning" eyes, in
deed, Danny, and you will find
that he has something to pay you
for being SO good boy. You may
leave the shovel there"
Dan stuck the shovel upright in
the snow and started toward the
house just as his father came
around the corner with as fine a |
hand sleigh as could be purchased
in La Crosse. 81 had intended to
keep this for Christmas present,
my boy, but this is such a fine
snow that I thought I'd better
give it to you now.'' "Hooray!
Oh but amt she a beaut! And it
is just what I wanted" In few
moments more he was on his way
to school, about mile distant,
dragging the sleigh behind him.
Half way to the schoolhouse he
had to pass the residence of Squire
McC lellan, and as he did so little |
Emma, aged eight years, came out
to start for school. Dan soon had
her tucked snugly upon his sled
and was off at run, while she
laughed and prattled on in child
ish glee. He drew up before the
schoolhouse door with a flourish,
and as he went to help Emma up
the steps he said, "Now, you ought
to give me a kiss for that ride.
Quick as a fash came her answer,
IF you want any kiss you'll have
to-steal it, cause my mamma says
I must never kiss the boys" And
then Dan committed his first lar
ceny.
donald Kinney was q prosper
GUS farmer in western Wisconsin.
He and his ''guid wife" were both
descendants of highland Scotland.
and were educated and refined.
They had located in the Black
River valley when it was practical-
49,
u wilderness, and had known all
The hardships Of q frontier life, /:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

uOISo L UTON0 was lodIlulIy duu
wonderfully made animal of the
livery stable type, yet we got over
the road at a fairly decent rate Of
speed. [ commenced to feel hun
cry toward noon and at the next
planters house l intimated the
fact, and the planter sent word to
the kitchen that there would be
company for dinner. The horse
was led away by colored man to
whom I said, Feed him we'll,
Jerry, for he has a long afternoons
work to do" "AlI right, sah.'
After dinner [ sat out on the
veranda and talked with the plant
er. Shortly after l o'clock the
,colored laborers went to the fields
and the planter remarked that he
must go there too, "for," said he,
sunless you stand over those fell
lows with club they won'twork. .
The hot fields did not look very
attractive to me, so I babe the
planter goodbye, and said I would
rest awhile and smoke before GO
ing further. I remained for an
hour enjoying the siesta and pity
ing the folks afflicted with "labo-
ria
Jerry had gone with the others,
.and I was dismayed to find that
mo one brought my horse and
buggy around. I went in the
house and told the planters wife
that l was ready to go and she
said I would find the horse in the
first stall of the stable where Jerry
had put him. She then babe me
goodbye as did the others of the
family and [ mournfully made my
way to the stable. say mourn
fully for that horse, I knew, was
embarrassed. And let me further
say that I didn't know a thing
about Harvesting a horse. Now
what l should have done would
have been to confess to the LADY
of the house that [ was green
horn, but false pride kept me from
1T and / went to the stable and
walked in as if hitchiIg up horses
was my occupation.
Yes, there he was in the first
stall all right and for all l knew
he might stay there till evening
for honestly didn't know bride
from trace except in name. That
sounds absurd, but it's true, for at
home we never kept horse, street
cars were good enough for us.
All the horses I had ever handled
were always hitched up. 1 learned
to drive, but I always had the
reins handed to me: after ride
all / ever did was to take the whip
and robe out of the carriage. e
tell you this so you can appre-
ciate my feelings when I went into
that stable.
"This is a fine mess" I said to
myself, as l sat down ON bushel
measure to think it over. Here
/ am" I continued, "ffteen miles
from anywhere, not man around
to hitch that horse up and I must
get move on, too, if I want to
get that car loaded with tomatoes
tomorrow" The horse must have
got on to what 1 was saying for he
neighed in a very satisfied way.
He knew he could loaf as long as
I could. "Well," I said, sitting
on this measure will never hitch |
that horse, that's cinch."
Just then I spied a currycomb
and brush in a box at my feet. II
had often seen men in livery
stables use those things. 80 I
thought I'd try my hand at that
first, and the horse would get sort
of used to me in his stall. picked
them up and commencing to whis-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

carriage half way into the stable
when I suddenly remembered that
the space was too small to turn the
carriage, even if the horse did fall
into the trap | had intended fo1
him. By this time I was hot,
dusty and mad, and the horse just
laughed. / feel morally sure he was
having fun with me, Then I rolled
the carriage out again.
I shook my fist at the horse,
and swore I'd hitch him or die in
the attempt. I took the harness
down from the peg on which it
hung. Didn't have sense enough
to take it down piece by piece.
Then | threw it all together on the
floor and commenced to study out
the different parts.
"Now, this piece here is the piece
that goes on his back, because that
little brass hook is where the rein
goes that holds his head up" So I
spread it out on the floor on an
imaginary horse. "These long
pieces are the reins, but what in
the dickens are they tied up like
this for? Cant drive with reins
all tied up" I united the long
reins and laid one on each side of
the first piece, and SO on until I
had them all placed to my satisfac-
tion. Now I'll put them on the
horse.
So I took up the reins, which
I had unlocked from the bride,
because the bride zOould get in
the way, then I went into the
horses stall once more, and he be-
haved very nicely, for he evidently
had come to the conclusion that I
was a fool Of the harmless variety.
| tied one rein to his halter, then
went on the other side and tied
one on that side. So far, so good.
Next came the back piece, which
[ threw over his back and seeing
a strap swinging under his body [
buckled that astight as I could. It
was getting to be regular pud-
ding. Piece after piece went over
the horse | got holder and more
confident. l had everything fixed
except piece or two. One was
the collar-I tried a dozen times
to get that horses head through
his collar, and everytime it struck
his eyes he jerked his head back.
ALI this time he was still in his
halter. No wonder he jerked.
Well l took off his halter and then
was afraid he would bite. he
certainly looked savage when II
his halter. But he
lidn't bite. He was just going to
lot me do as I pleased and then
augh at me again. When II
aad every piece on him 1 backed
aim out and led him to the car
.iage.
As I was worrying with him, |
,rying to get him between the
shafts, I noticed ayoung lady COM
ng into the barn yard. She was
he planters daughter. "Thank
goodness" I said to myself, "she
lidn't see me wrestling with this
lorse in the stable" The young
ady came up and, Mamma she
aid, twas afraid you met with an
Iccident, so I came to see if every
hing was all right"
20 yes" l said, severything's all
light, but this horse is SO lazy I
lad some trouble getting him out
# the STALL" By good fortune the
lorse stepped into the right posi-
ion and I soon had the shafts
trough the leather thongs. "Why,
NJ. Blankp' exclaimed the young
ady, edo you know you have the
lorse's saddle on wrong?' mo.
49,. 0,,z Nl. e. ae |
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18

NE morning in the early
part of August of the
year of my Southern
trip, l was driving along
a country road in lower
Mississippi, in quest of
tomatoes as usual. The
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-27
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:
Odds and Ends OF Information Per-
tanning to the Domestic
.YAenay t N n -. 1890 --

Mushrooms are always expensive,
but a pound goes a long way, and moth
ing seems to take the place of these
delicious things. For an unsual en-
tree at luncheon or dinner try mush-
ooms a la Jeanne, advises the New
York Post. With a biscuit or cooky
cutter cut as many rounds of bread
as there are mushrooms, but if the
mushrooms are small two may be al
lowed to each piece of bread. Fry the
bread sippets to a golden brown and
spread each with %anchovy paste. Saute
the mushrooms, place them on the
bread, and sprinkle with salt, pepper
and a little finely minced parsley.
Serve very hot.
AnchoVy biscuits are good little
savOries. Stir into a cupful Of cream
a sufficient quantity of anchovy sauce,
beat well with a Dover egg-beater and
pile on round soda or milk biscuits.
Garnish with parsley.
Pastry scraps may be utilized to
make luncheon basket dainties. Roll!
what is left from the pies into a thin
sheet and spread with chopped dates,
Iaisins, figs, nuts-a mixture of what
ever is at hand-lay another sheet of
paste on top and press lightly with
the roller. Tut into shapes and bake
a delicate brown. Or sprinkle the
r~olled-out scraps with grated cheese
seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper,
cut into long strips, and bake.
Austrian coffee is a novel drink to
serve after a club meeting with CAKE
or sandwiches. Cold coffee creamed
and sweetened is poured into tall
glasses, and a tablespoonful of vanilla
ice cream is placed on top just before
serving.
The clothes hamper is often a neg
lected piece Of furniture. 1t should be
scrubbed once in awhile with salt wa
ter, and rinsed with clear. Air it fire.
gently, taking advantage of wash day,
when the hamper is empty.
This is the way expert laundresses
are taught to wash tiannels in the
Hampton institute home training
classes. In the words of one of the
pupils, the simple process is thus de-
scrlbed: "On Tuesday morning I
make a soft soap by dissoiving in Wa
ter the small pieces of soar left from
the Monday washing. Into a tub filled
with warm water l PIT two dipperfuls
OF this solution, and when the water
Is nice and soapy I put in the ~fannels,
tour at a time If undergarments, one if
a shirtWaist. Where the flannels are
very dirty l rub them gently with the
hand, neve using a dashboard. After
they are thoroughly clean, I put them
through clean water of the same tenn
perature three times, and then into the
extractor"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-27
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS.
WORLDS LARGEST BACKYARD
Enormous Bank OF Easily Accessible
Clay Is Located mt Peterbor-
oGEh, England.

Peterborough, England, makes enough
brick in the course Of a year to
put a girdle four times around the earth.
1t is estimated that the busy brick-mak-
ing yards, which have grown UP in
Great number around the ancient city
in the last 20 years, turn out SEQ, 900. 900
bricks annually. AS the length OF a
brick is about eight inches, then, if
PcterborouGh's annual output were laid
out in a single line, it would stretch over
1000 miles. The brick industry has
revolutionized the trade Of Peterbor-
ough. Such is the wealth of clay and
the profit to be drawn from it that one
part Of the brick-making district has
been fifty named "Klondike." 1t lies in
beds of enormous area and depth, and
some of the experts say they could go on
taking out easily accessible clay for the
next century without taking thought as
to where the next supply of the mate
rial is to come from.