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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
GOES To THE HAGUE.
Roosevelt Will Not Arbitrate Vene-
Euelan Trouble.

Washington. Dee. 20 1t has been
definitely decided that the differences
between Venezuela and the foreign
powers 10 besuhmitted to The Hague
tribunal for arbitration. This infor
nation was given out after the cabi-
net meeting this morning, and, after
two hours discussion OF the Vene-
zuela imhrolio by the president and
his advisers. No official statement
has been made in this connection,
but the decision is as sure as any
thing is sure in diplomacy.
The decision to refer to The Hague
was reached in consequence OF the
formal note which was received from
the powers the day before Christmas,
in which, while renewing the sugges'
ton that President Roosevelt act as
arbiter, an avenue to renew the sug-
gestion Of The Hague was left open.
As told in these dispatches at the
time this avenue was taken advau.
tage of and The Hague representa-
tons renewed Now the department
has word from its representatives
abroad that the powers accept The
Hagne,
The failure TO issue Il formal state.
ment is due to the fact that the
acceptance Of The Hague 10y all the
powers has not been received in
formal language,
The next step to take will be the
decisions as to the scope OF the arbi-
tration and what shall be the status
of relations between the powers while
the arb tratiou is incourse.
There is reason for believing thai
the powers are inclined To have the
prr'jminarirs disposed Of in proto.
col will provide certain conditions
which must be complied with before
the machinery Of The Hague can be
set inmotiun. Venezuela insists that
the ships of var seized 10y the allies
shall be returned tphor Great Brit
GtaHa Germany Insist That there
.hlll be- ap ,loti'S from Nrnczuala for
the insult to their flags, in the
stoning OF legations and the sum
mary treatment OF their subjects
after the coereive measures were in.
augurated. Venezuela wants all
coerciv measures suspended. She
also wants reparation for the alleged
aid given to the revolutionists by
the allies since the coercion was
APP died. Germany wants II cash pay
mnnt Of about $3.50 900 as a prelim.
mary to further steps toward arbi-
tration
The United States will want def
mite agreement by all the nations
that nothing in the awards shall
even remotely affect the Monroe doe
trine principle. i'll spite of the fact
thit the nations agreed to this
in agreeing to The Hague conven
ton. The United States will not be
a party, except Indirectly, to the
framing Of the protocol, but she will
probably infinite to the powers
that it will please her if the blockade
is suspended- She will -do-this- for
two reasons. One OF them is the fear
OF complication in ease some Yankee
skipper should attempt to run the
blockade II a single SHOT was fired
at him or a single drop oi the blood
Of an American was shed he senti-
ment in the country against the for
eign nations would be too strong to
resist.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01

ttis probable Mayor Nickerson, of
Nrarrensburg, will contest for the
domination for circuit Judge of the
7thmdicial district composed oithc
nultm~ o. Johnson ana Cl,s.
-iG"lr Nirkerson ia "a Yea Ing luwyrr
l Ne bar pi the district, and as
'ahnsou county holds rhn trump
ard il the convention, he can surely
}gnt ON the nomination i be asks
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
Postmaster Killed Himself.

Cincinnati, Dec. 2I.-Lieutenants
Reeee and lnglehart, with two SER
geants and four corporals and thirty
privates ofCompany NJ, Third United
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
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Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
A Question of Sex.

A bright little Washington girl, 4 years old, who is a descendant of Go bright, the veteran journalist of dec ade ago, shows q decided ability to think and decide for herself quite up to the standard of her brainy ances- tor.
 She was repeating her prapers at bedtime recently, the Lords Prayer first, and, as is her habit, winding up with a petition for blessings on the various members of the family of both sexes. But this time, when she came to the conclusion. she hesitated a mo- ment as new idea struck her and then in most devout tone added:
 Amen and awomen"
 "Why, daughter, you must not say that! What did you say 'awomen' for?" asked her mother in surprise.
 "Well," replied the young philoso- pher, didn't pray for women as we'll as men?"-Lippincott's.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
A Chicken Tale.

A lady living in Maryland writes to the Woman's Journal as follows: want to tell the children story of little Plymouth Rock bullet that have. She was matched under the back porch. and has never been willing to live in the chicken-yard with the rest of the chickens, but stays around the house and is very tame
 One morning few days ago my hus- band said: How did an egg get on the staircase leading to the third story?"
 Sue said. T saw the little bullet in the front hall. I suspect she laid it."
 thought that was rather improb- able, but did not say so.
 This morning l was out in the gar den, and. happening to glance up. saw the little hen on the window sill of my bedroom in the second storyI She came down as quietly as she went up. Before l leave my room In the morn ing l always turn the bed back to air 1t; and there. on the wire mattress, found freshly laid egg. Was It not the funniest nest you eyer heard of?
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
JeHerson's Ten Rule..

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day.
 Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
 Never spend money before you have earned 1t.
 Never buy what you don't want be cause 1t is cheap.
 Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
 We seldom repent of having eaten too little.
 Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
 How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened!
 Take things always by the smooth handle.
 When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, count a hun dred
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

Gradually we are settling down to the common sense view of whether the United States lis" or are" As the Constitution uses the plural verb some devoted worshipers of that great in strument have considered it little short of sacrilege to use the singular verb in an official way In connection with the pane of this country. Finally the question had to be met squarely by the House Committee on the Revision of Laws. Some of the members stood valiantly by the constitutional form, while others were for adopting what has become common usage. In look ing up authorities to determine the matter they found a mass of evidence to show that for the last ten or if teen years ''is" has been used almost invariably in all official documents.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

More questions" groaned Jack. Questions were a mania with Elizabeth.
 "Yes," answered Elizabeth, calmly, seating herself on the study table (she did hate chairs sol, first, wouldn't you like to have me settled In nice little home of my own, where would be too busy to disturb your continuous honey moon"
 "Who Is the poor devil?" asked Jack, dodging penwiper and tossing it back to Elizabeth. Now, seriously, sister, 1t is time to confess. Out with it."
 "Very well, who Is this man?" And she passed him the picture of hand some, athletic-looking chap which she had found in an old desk of Jacks.
 "Ye gods-' said Jack, tragically, land does my adorable sister-ln-law as- pire 80 high"
 "Stop your nonsense, Jack, and tell us who he is?' commanded his wife.
 "I obey, as usual. He is Arthur Shir- ley, Jr, who was my college chum and crack athlete. After leaving college he made name for himself by devoting his time to writing under the pen name of Don James, which I see Is familiar to you. He inherited the Shirley for tune some two years ago, and is at present abroad, and when he returns to town you will see him often. But, listen and heed my warning, fair sister. He has never seen a woman he cared to marry, although designing mammas have forced their daughters upon him with great diligence. He is catch, Elizabeth, a great catch, with capi- tai O."
 Thank you, Jack. I should say he was just the man have been looking for. Behold the future Mrs. Arthur Shirley, Jr.," and Elizabeth swept trag- ically from the room.
 "Ill be hangedw calculated her broth er-in-law, and straightway he turned his attention to his wife.
 Six months later Arthur Shirley, Jr., was seated In Jacks study, smoking and waiting for Jack, and when that in- dividual entered the room he put down ms cigar ana Salu:
 "See here, old boy, wish you would tell me why Miss Martyr dislikes me so intensely. She is the most unaffect- ed, interesting, vivacious girl imagin- able with anyone else, and If appear she stiffens into regular puritanical Bostonian."
 "What do you carer" asked Jack, slowly.
 "A great 4eal," replied his friend Hang 1t all, you must see that love her. Never saw a girl before that I wanted to marry, and now, when I do really love one, what does she do? Snubs me so we can't even be decent friends. What is the matter with me, anyhowT and he looked so downheart-
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
MY LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.

Look at his pretty face for just one min His braided frock and dainty buttoned
 shoes; His firm shut hand, the favorite play
 thing In it. Then tell me, mothers, vast not hard
 to lose
 And miss him from my side My little boy that died?
 charming, His fathers hope, his mothers one de
 light, Slips through strange sicknesses, all fear
 disarming, And lives long, long life in parents
 sight!
 Mine was so short a pride! And then-my poor boy died. see him rocking on his wooden charger; hear him pattering through the house
 all day; 1 watch his great blue eyes grow large
 and larger, Listening to stories, whether grave or
 gay,
 Told at the bright fireside, So dark now, since he died. But yet often think my boy Is living, AS living as my other children are. When good night kisses I all around am
 giving, I keep one for him, though he h 50 far. Can a mere grave divide Me from him-though he died? So, while I come and plant 1t o'er with
 daisies (Nothing but childish daisies all year
 round) Continually Gods hand the curtain raises And I can hear his merry voices
 sound,
 And feel him at my side My little boy that died. Miss Mulock.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
Ancient and Modern,

An old man and young one, while travelling from London to Brighton in a train, got into conversation. The old man asked:
 (Which would you sooner travel in the up-to date railway train or the old fashioned stage coach"
 "Why, the up-to-date railway train, of course" the young man answered.
 "Ah, would sooner travel in the old fashioned stage coach"
 "Why?
 Well, if you are In the old-fashioned stage coach and the wheel comes off, and you are thrown into a ditch it's .Hullo, old party, there you are! But If you are in the up-to-date railway train, and the boiler bursts, it's not 'Hullo, old party, there you are" but 'Hullo, old party, where the dickens are you|" "-London Answers.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
Ought to Re a Good Cake.

There was a church bazaar in the village of Comrie, Strathearn, Scotland, Aug. 31 and novelty at one of the stalls was a sale of what was called scripture cake" which was in great demand. It was made according to the following recipe: Take four and one-h half cups of l Kings. iy. 22 first clause); two and one-half cups of Judges. V. 25 Qast clause); two cups of Jeremiah, V, 20; two cups of Samuel, xxx, 12; two cups of Nahum, III. 12; one cup of Numbers. xvii. IS; two ta- blespoonfuls of Samuel xv. 25; sea son to taste with II Chronicles, K, 0; six of Jeremiah. xvii, II, pinch of Leviticus. il. IS; half cup of Judges. iv. 19 (baking powder). Finally. fol low Solomon's prescription. Proverbs. xxiii, 15. for making a good child. and you will have good cake.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

even In treaties. It was also shown that Grant. Cleveland. Harrison and Mckinley used 1t exclusively, and that from Hamilton to Olney 1t had been favored by most of the Secretaries of of State. It Is well known that Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hay use the singular almost invariably. and that in the periodicals and newspapers and among the people of the country "are" Is of rare occurrence. So the committee did the sensible thing and decided that, legally at least, the United States "is." May We at least hope that this practically settles the much discussed question? The United States '.is" a nation, a country con- pact, undivided, under one flag, one government, working with one object in view, unit in Its ideas of national dignity and purpose. The United States is singular, and neither Its peo- pie nor any other people will ever make it plural.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

Probably no part of the census of 1900 has elicited more comment-much of 1t very pesslmistic-than that which has set In strong light the apparently undue congestion of population In the large cities of the country. It has been spoken of with much regret as a most unfavorable indication of the tendency of modern civilization. It seems to have been forgotten that such a fact alone can hardly be considered as un- favorable in itself, because in the last analysis the whole population, urban and rural alike, must derive subsis- tence from the direct or indirect prod ucts of the earth. They must all be fed and clothed and sheltered, no mat ter where they may make their homes. The urban population cannot long be increased in numbers at the cost of the rural without setting up such an increased demand for the products of the earth developed only In rural con- ditions as to bring on inevitably a backward flow of population from the cities into the country in order to meet that demand. Aside from this, how ever, a new fact Is brought out in a re- cent bulletin from the census bureau that puts quite new face on the whole matter. This fact Is that the growth of population in the small towns and cities of the whole country, east and west, has kept pace with that of the large cities which has been such a striking fact and has stirred so much pessimistic walling. The official figures show that with very few eX- captions, the towns and cities exceed ing, say, 5000 or 4,0OO population each have quite held their own in growth either way. can most likely be explain ed by local exceptional conditions There is nothing alarming In this fact and 1t quite takes the alarm out of the other-large city-fact. Much, perhaps most, of the growth of these small cities comes of the removal of fami- lies that have prospered from farms to towns because of the superior edu- cational advantages of the latter. The farms have not therefore been aban- doned and turned out into wild land. Somebody else, son or son-in-law or a purchaser, has taken up the farm work and the new additions to the town people growing out of these re- movals of men who have accumulated q competence and by living in town cease to be producers In the primary sense simply operates to swell the de- mand for what the farms produce When the statistics of growth in the farming population itself and the in creased productive power of each in dividual arising from improved meth ods can be digested and studied the reasons for pessimistic wailng in this regard are likely to disappear alto gether.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
THOUGHT sLUsAEs WERE PAINT.
Mother1y Old Laiy Was Severe on
 the Girl Artist.

Mother1y Old Laiy Was Severe the Girl Artist.
 It was an Seth street cross town car and the girl boarded it weighed down with bundles. Enthusiastically she was an artist, for she carried paintbox and stretcher and under her arm was tucked campStOol.
 It didn't take Sherlock Holmes to discover that she had been at work all day and from the tired, overloaded look of her face one would think she had been working hard, too. People began to cast furtive glances at her and to speculate upon where she had been painting and one or two lmmacu- late gentlemen craned their necks pO- litely to see what was on the canvas.
 But the girl saw only the continued staring and suddenly sickening sense of fear came to her. What if she had got a dab of paint on her somewhere. Fancy what a sight she must be with T streak of green running zlgzag down the length of her nose, or indigo blue disportng itself on her forehead The thought alone made her flush rosy red.
 A motherly looking old lady sat be- side her. Ordinarily she was undoubt- edly plcasant-faced dame, but just when the girl caught her eye she glared furiously at that young offend CT. The girl felt her face growing redder and redder. Undoubtedly 1t was paint
 She could stand the suspense no longer, says the New York Times, and took out her handkerchief preparatory to rubbing off the offending blotch Putting the corner resolutely to her mouth to moisten it, she leaned over to the old lady beside her.
 Pardon me-" she said, but Is there any paint on my face?"
 The old lady drew herself up In stately fury. Yes" she said curtly.
 "Where" came the tentative query.
 All over 1t, you little hussy," an swered the enraged dame.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

European royalty has taken up the discussion of abrogating the ancient rule which requires that members of royal families marry only their equals in rank. When royalty started in business in this world it started with robust physique. The early king was the strongest of his clan. He had to be. When some one came along stronger than himself he abdicated. So long as might made right royal blood was virile. But royalty is fal- len on degenerate days. Secure in its reign, 1t has deteriorated. The blue blood is badly watered. Princes and princesses have intermarried until all the reigning families are kin. In con sequence decadence has come. In al- most every royal closet are gibbering imbeciles, the result of these inter- marriages. In other cases the chil- dren are physically deficient. Were 1t necessary many instances could be cited proving these assertions. The laws of nature are deeper than the laws of man and better enforced. These laws cannot be ignored with impunity. In physique man is not largely differentiated from the anil mals. An adherence to the absurd law of royal equality as to marriages has broken many heart. The supposed good of the state has been paramount to natural affection and marital hap piness. History is full of the proof. Royalty must mingle Its blue blood with the blood of the common people, which has red corpuscules. Thus 1t may last till that day-hasten its con- ing-when there shall be no royalty save merit.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

ed that Jack had not the heart to laugh
 I'll tell you what to do, If you will follow my advice"
 Its bargain" replied Arthur.
 "Ellzabeth is down in the garden nice. secluded spot-you go down and walk right up and ask her to marry you before you have time to think about It. Not word; 1t Is the only way" said the benedict, authoritatively. "Tell her she has got to marry you"
 After little hesitation and a great deal of pushing he finally went down to denly, he said: Miss Martyr, I want you to become my wife. You must marry me-"
 She did not turn to look at him, but said, very calmly: What I must do have learned not to try to avoid"
 For moment Arthur was puzzled but he stopped before her in the path and said: Elizabeth, this Is a serious matter. Please look at me, dear. l love you, and"
 But he never finished the remark, for Elizabeth looked at him, and he knew he had won his case. Some time later Jack and his wife came slowly down the garden path, and as they drew near a certain sheltered nook Jack exclaimed, mocking Eliza beth's tragic declarations: Behold the future Mrs. Arthur Shirley, Jr."
 But Elizabeth made no reply.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

No more flattering tribute could be paid to the energy and intelligence dis played by people of the United States than the determination of the French government to establish schools in this country for the training of French youth It is planning now to establish two of these schools; one in Pittsburg for the training of engineers, and one in New York, to teach political sci ence; while others are in contempla- tion. If this new departure proves successful for France other foreign countries will be moved to take the same step, and thus the ideas, meth ods and influence of the United States will be spread rapidly all over the world.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
Mark Twain and the Compositor.

All composltors, however intelligent, are not gifted with sense of humor, and professional humorists sometimes suffer severely at their hands. Mark Twain once had trying experience with a compositor-one of those con scientious compositors who not only know, but know that they know. Mir. Clemens had received from his pub fishers the proofs of story which he considered as funny as anything he had ever written, but on reading the proofs he dismally discovered that the fun had been carefully eliminated. Mir. Clemens returned the proofs, congratu- lating the compositor upon having con sumed "only one week in making sense of a story which he himself required two weeks to make nonsense off, Harpers Weekly.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

Bill board and fence advertising Is like peddling, inasmuch as It makes use of public thoroughfares, and there fore is rightly subject to municipal su- pervision and control. Finally such ad- vertising Is not infrequently gross nuisance, marrlng the appearance of the city, offending the eye and lead ing up to the erection of huge fences that are a serious danger to passers on the streets and to adjacent property by reason of their liability to fire.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

ernmen in Massachusetts railroad and savings banks and insurance companies submit theirs to in specon It require their accounts to be made public
 1t prohibit the stock watering It prohibit every form of combination which shall prevent competition.
 We dependent these great combinations of capital do all things which individual strength Is totally inadequate. We dependent them to take great risk which individuals ought be asked to take and cannot take without liability to ruin. Above all, are dependent them largely to succeed in the great struggle for the markets and the carrying trade of the world
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

The fattery bestowed on American women of f-late years and their i'm proved chances to capture the nobility of Europe seems to have made this a diamond mad" country. In the jewel craze" We beat the world. Thousands of poor wretches are digging in the dead craters of Kimberly to provide the wherewith of the smart set' to outdazzle the world, and the tempta- tion to smuggle is chiefly fed on such things. Diamonds "is" trumps in this country.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

Missionary influence on legislation shows itself in the excellent bill which recently passed the Senate, forbidding the sale of firearms, opium and intoxi- eating liquors to the natives of the New Hebrides Islands. The demand for this legislation rests on the sim pie proposition that 1t Is not of much use to offer a savage Bible with one hand and gun and a bottle of whis- ky with the other.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05

Congress at the peril of exposing It's members to individual liability for all its debts and obligations and of being prohibited from doing interstate busi- ness. I see no necessity for any con- stitutional amendment. If, as be- lieve, Congress may rightfully prohibit any corporation or joint stock company
 from engaging in interstate or interna- tional commerce at all, It can prescribe the conditions on which 1t can so en- gage. It can declare that 1t shall sub
Alaska sentinel., 1903-02-05
Straw as Fuel,

Straw fuel is now being made In the great wheat at-producing countries, where huge stacks of straw are annually de- stroyed by burning in order to get rid of them. The straw is not required there and Is In the way. A machine has been invented to go from farm to farm and transform that straw into stances with 1t and compressing 1t.