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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
WHERE TREES MUST HURRY
Speedy Growth Necessary to Keep
Ahead Of Accommodations on
Mississippi Bars.

The waters Of the Mississippi are al all
times so full of the seeds Of plants and
trees that wherever the current slack
ems enough to allow them to be depos-
tied they terminate, If the water gives
them a chance, and send up plants In an
incredible number. A sandbar which
is left long out of water, says Youths
Companion, is quickly covered with a
growth of young willow or cottonwood
trees. which shoot up tall and slender,
and so close together that they appear
like yellow hair on a mans head; hence
the sandbars so covered become known
as 'towheads."
A tree which grows in such place
often has to push up faster than dry
land tree would find 1t possible to do
In order to keep ahead Of the ground;
for the river at each rise deposits more
and more sand and silt about its roots.
A recent examination Of the willow
trees growing on the Angeles bar, below
Cairo, ILL.,, showed that some Of them
which we're but six feet tall above
ground, had stems 16 feet long under
ground. reaching down to their roots,
That represents their growth in their
contest with the river.
Sometimes when the land on which
tree stands is overwhelmed by a SIN
gle great flood and a deep deposit Is
made, the tree adapts itself to the
change by putting out new roots near
the new surface of the ground, A queer
result OF such an occurrence was a log
which for long time lay on the head
OF Beef Island-Island Number Forty
a few miles above Memphis, A gum
tree. about 16 inches In diameter, had
evidently been overwhelmed and sur
rounded by a new deposit Of earth ten
feet In depth. It had thereupon put out
a new set of roots ten feet above the o'f
ones, and continued to grow, Wher
at last the river In another change
swept II entirely away and cast II NJ
on the head of Island Number Forty, the
lower trunk was still 16 inches in diane
ter. but above the second circle Of roots
the bole was nearly 30 inches through
The irregular trunk, with its two cir
cles of roots. attracted much attention
from steamboat passengers, 1t wa
close by the landing at the head Of tn
island and was the target for many
cameras when boats ran in to deliver
freight or take on bale of cotton.
The hurrying growth Of the willow
and cottonwoods is great boon to TIT
government engineers, for they cu
them in huge quantities to weave int
mats with wire cables, which, sunk be
low water-level and ballasted by heav,
stones. form the basis Of the "revet
ments" which protect the banks iron
erosion.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
BRIGHT GIRL AT THE ZOO.
She Knew What She Knew and Fur
thermore Proved That
She Did.

On their way to the elephant house
a writer in st. James Budget says
Ethel halted abruptly.
'Id nearly forgotten!" she ex-
claimed. II must get some buns for
the rhinoceros.
1.-THE rhinoceros doesn't eat buns,
said the professor.
HE will for me-" said Ethel, con-
fdently.
my DEAR" said the professor, with
a sage smile, 1T is matter of COM
mon knowledge that the rhinoceros
belonging as it does to the odd-toed
set of ungulates, has a gnarled skin
thickened SO as to form massive
plates, which are united by thinner
portions forming flexible joints. Fur.
Their, the animal in question, although
fierce and savage when reused, is 6
vegetable feeder. In fact, he may b.
said to be herbivorous."
81 don't care!" said Ethel, defiant
ly. "All animals in the zoo eat buns.
81 can tell you three that don't" thu
professor placidly returned.
'I'll bet q shilling you can't
straight off," challenged Ethel.
There is the electric eel, the ce
cropian silk moth and the cocoanu
crab" the professor instanced
promptly.
So Ethel paid for their tea then an
there, and as they were leaving tn
tea house for the elephant house sh
bought some buns.
Nov you'll see." she said to tn
professor.
And so he did. In the elephan
house the rhinoceros took his bum
not with the resignation Of the car
tive beast, but toyfully.
II told you So" said Ethel.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Would Not Be a Mouser.

Owing to the enormous increase In
the number of fielt mice on the estate
of the chairman of the local school
board of Negouitz, in Bavaria, that
gentleman gave the school children
mouse holidays" to enable them to
catch the rodents. On the teacher re-
monstrating, he was told that II he
we're "a decent sort of fellow" he
would help the children to trap the
mice. After waiting some days he had
the children's parents fined for moi
sending them to school, with the re-
suit that he was himself promptly
dismissed from his post-Londou
World.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
THE FIRST AMERICAN COINS.
They Were Copper Half Cents and
Were Issued from the Mint
in 1898.

The treasurer Of the United States
on May 6, 1903, redeemed two half cent
pieces. This is the first time in the
history of the country that such coins
have been presented for redemption.
It is more than a century since the
first half cent piece was coined. and Il
is nearly so years since the govern
ment discontinued minting them, says
the Gateway Magazine.
Possibly not one person in a thou
sand now living in the United States
ever saw a half cent piece.
The last annual report of the direc-
tor Of the mint, page 50. shows that
7,S95,222 Of these coins. representing
s39,476.11, we're issued. For almost
half q century each annual report OF
the treasury department has included
them among the outstanding" obliga-
tons of the government.
The half cent piece was the coin OF
the smallest denomination ever made
by this country. 1t enjoys the distinc-
ton also Of being the first coin issued
and also the first whose denomination
was discontinued. The United States
mint was established In 1892. and COP
per half cents and cents were issued In
1898. Half the total number of hall
cents issued were coined previous &c
1910, after which year their coinage
with few exceptions, was limited. None
was coined for circulation from ISL.
to 1924, nor from 1886 to 1S4S. Final.
ly, in 1857, their coinage, with that oI
the big copper cent, was discontinued
On account of their limited issue In
the last years Of their coinage they
practically had disappeared from tn,
channels Of trade.
The needs of adopting the half cen
as the lowest value computing factol
for coin were made in the early day
Of the republic, Colonial half cent!
and British farthings of the same com
mercial value were then in circula
ton, and many articles were price,
and sold In half-cents. With the prog
ress of the nation values rose and tn,
needs for half cent disappeared, ant
their use following the first decade o
the century was almost entirely con
fined to multiples,
While all other discontinued type
and denominations of United State
coin have found oblivion, the half cen
is the only one Of which the treasur.
reports do not record some portion o
the issue redeemed. This singular AM
unexplained fact has been one Of fire
quent comment and inquiry from min
and treasury officials.
Large stocks of half cents are to b
| found in the stocks of coin dealers
| The most common dates are sold at
good premium and the extremely rar
ones are worth their weight In gold.
Farran Zarbe, Of st. Louis, was tn
man who sent the two half cent piece
to Washington for redemption. H
now prizes highly the little vouche
calling for zone cent" which was sen
to him with that amount of curren
coin in exchange for the two half cen
pieces he had forwarded.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
where Thew Got baltimore -

Baltimore, in Maryland, gets iti
name from a small and unostentatious
fishing village in Ireland. The word
Baltimore signifies the Village that
grew UP about the big house." and the
derivation is plain when one sees the
UNCOVERED ruins Of the very remark.
able big house that was once tbs
stronghold Of the O'Driscolls. 1t Is
situated upon an imposing height, 9
sentinel over the numerous little
dwellings, that have sprung up anC
increased in the vicinity OF Its wrecked
and deserted life. From the village q
Baltimore enormous catches Of mack
srel are sent to America.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
WERE PETRIFIED INDIANS.
Minnesota Backwoodsman Exhumes
Pair Of Perfectly Solid
Redskins.

Joe De Champ, 3 bsckvoodsman, lv-
ing in the Thief River falls region, in
northern Minnesota, has lately been en-
gagged in removing the remains Of In
dians from their graves in the lands
soon to be opened TO settlement The
bodies he reburied in places outside the
ceded lands, says q minneapolis re-
port.
Among the stories Of his experiences
in the former cemetery OF the aborigtnes
is one regarding the finding of several
perfectly petrified bodies and the I'M
canny feeling which one has when he
listens to the account is intensified at
the end when 1t is repeated that one OF
the petrifed aborigines was used as
hitching post, while another served as
a cigar sign.
Eight men worked with Joe digging
for the bodies of the dead Indians.
Joe receives s14.50 for each corpse from
the government: therefore, he is ex-
ceedingly industrious. The moon
beams, fltering through the branches Of
the pines. shone down on Joe one night
as he labored with pick and spade.
About him the RACED fence that had
been built about the final resting place
OF the tribal leader formed decorative
festoon.
Dig, dig. dig. stopping only TO wipe
the perspiration from his brow, Joe
labored on. He heard not the croak-
ing of the frogs in the pond near by,
nor paid any attention TO the echo
ing calls of the animals that roamed
abroad in their nocturnal search for
food.
Encoutering what appeared to be a
stone. Joe laid aside his shovel, mopped
his swarthy face, and then set to work
with pick. Joe Is callous man, used
to looking composedly on grinning
skulls and heaps OF bones, but when
he saw there, in the uncertain light,
the grim countenance Of a real red man,
sticking up in the hole he had made:
he fled for his assistants, aroused them
from their sleep, and enlisted their serv-
ices in calming his perturbed mind
and in completing the removal OF the
body.
Finally the report reached the Chip
pewa village and then there was more
trouble for De Champ, who had various
heart-to-heart talks with inquiring red
people.
The upshot of 1t all was that the cigar
sign and the hitching-posth have heen de-
Gently buried-if indeed, the bodies
were ever used for that purpose.
II was almost perfectly preserved and
was removed from its shallow grave
with difficulty. Near by another body
was encountered in the same condition
and the two were laid aside while the
work OF removing the other mortal re-
mains progressed.
It so happened that De Champ Is a
great joker, and when the story OF the
petrified Indian and the aboriginal
hitching post got around, his friends
began to ask about his resurrection op
erations with mock seriousness.
Altogether, Joe has taken up III In
dams. OF the number 26 were Of the
Catholic faith and were reburied al
the agency. The remainder, who were
old-time pagans, were taken across thu
Beltrami county line for burial. TIT
Catholics when taken up were found Il
be incased in wooden collins, but thos'
who remained loyal to the old Indiar
faith were wrapped in pitch bark. Thu
far only the two petrified bodies hav'
been found.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17

Tito Mattel. perhaps best known -
the composer Of some charming songs,
il pianist to the king Of Italy. At the
age of II he won the rank Of professor
Of the Santa Cecilia academy In Rome,
and the membership Of many philhar.
monte societies. But he was only i've
when he gave his nrst concert ct
Naples, and followed It up BY tour OF
the Italian cities, 40 be may be reck'
cd among the infant prodigiss whe
n1ee ~ bslisd tAsir early PROMISE
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Useless Plumber.

London jeweler recently had Their
mometer stolen from his shop, and the
next day he affixed the following notice
to his window: win the misguided In
dividual who took the thermometer with
out leave the other day please return the
same. He has made q mistake. 1t car
be Of no use to him in the place to which
he is going. as it only registers LIS de-
rrees of heat"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Monk Of ROYAL Blood.

Brother Karl, of the Benedictine
order, who was recently buried at
Prague, was of noble blood and had
q remarkable career. AS Prince Ed
ward Schoenberg, he was handsome.
dashing and Of rare promise. But at
IS q change came over his spirit, and
one day he rode straight to the alb
hey from the parade ground. and. in
full uniform. asked the prior for ad-
mission. The head Of the order at first
refused, but the prince broke his
sword. threw away his epaulets and
decorations and begged for monks
habit. He afterward went to Rome
studied theology. and was ordained.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Canal Across Florida,

The project Of building Z ship canal
across Florida has again come to the
fore. and there Is q strong probability
Of its being carried out. A canal.
known as the Florida coastllne csnal,
is rapidly nearing completion. and
now extends from st. Augustine on the
north to Key West on the south. Z
complete inland way Of over $50 miies
.-Scientifcf American.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Polluted wells in India.

In India polluted water In wells,
tanks, canals and other receptacles used
BY the natives Ia dosed with kerosene
oil or chemicals in order to render II
unpalatable 90 the natives viii NOT In
cur disease By using e for drinking
purpoasa
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
Has Money.

Ascum--Have you seen anything Of
Jiggins latelyf
Dr.. swellman.-Yes- I just prescribed
= trip to Europe for him this morning
Indeed! He's getting wealthy. ISM,
her
@well, I can remember when I used
10 prescribe for him simply Q dose d
sodium bromide for the same CON
plaint."-Philadslphia PrssA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17

Nothing for Him to Be Sorry For.
isn't that orator always saying
something he will be sorry forf'
sTt's worse than that" answered the
politician. HE IL always satisfied with
what he saya His political friends are
sesFy.s-Washingtoa stas.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
The Dipping Of Live Stock


Is the most perfect method OF apply
ing Dip. Every part Of animal Is
thoroughly saturated with Dip. 1t
10 Dip Saving method.
Our Dip Will Save You Money.
An absolute Germicide and Disin-
tectant. Prevents Disease. Has been
successfully used in stopping disease,
when hogs we're dying and has cured
them after they we're Injected by dis
ease. One gallon Dip to so gallons
water. Cures chin diseases, and Is
Sure Death to Lice and all Small Yer
min.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-17
BIacklsg Prevented.


Every calf should be protected from
Blackleg. Every owner Of young
cattle should be protected.
Blacklegoids sent BY mail to any
address, prepaid an reciept Of price.
$3.50 per 10 doses. IDiectors 81 20.
Will last a life time.
Also Pasteur Cord form. 10 Bees
$3.50, Iniectors 81 90. Sent by mall
prepaid.
COUGH 4 HESS
Butler, I 10.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26

S. NJ WhhesiIe. Aurora-Sufered
many years with Indigestion. consti-
patton. and stomach trouble. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea cured ne
completely. So cents. Tea or Tablets.
Paul g. Schuh G soas.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26
BUSY TIMES FOR
THE COAL DEALER
COLD CHAP CAUSES RUSH OF
SMALL ORDERS-CAiRO is
WELL SUPPLIED.

The present cold snap has had q
noticeable effect ON the coal business
and for the past few days the retail
dealers have been busy filling small
orders.
More people than usual have laid
in their winters supply of coal The
local dealers explain this by saying
hat they reduced the price % cents
en- the ton during the month of Au
gust and that they also advertised
more than usual during the summer
months. When reminded Of the ben
efits to be derived from laying in
the winters supply OF fuel during the
summer the customers readily re-
sponded and as a rcsul; are burning
coal at cheaper price than they
can now buy 1t.
However. the prices Of coal in Cairo
are not high compared with other
cities and there is no danger Of y
scarcity of the black diamonds" or
an immediate rise In prices. The very
best of lump coal is offered on the
market at s275 per ton and nut coal
at $3.50 per ton.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26
A FRIEND OF LABOR.
Judge Parker's Attitude Toward Tn
ions CONNIE ended.

The New York World says that Judge
Parker's decisions as chief justice Of
the court OF appeals upon questions az
fecting labor unions and the rights OF
individual wage eaners were COM
mended in resolutions adopted by the
worklngInen's Political league at q
meeting held in that city recently. says
the Indianapolis Sentinel. This organi-
zation IL an Incorporated state body
OF representative union men.
The resolutions express the warm
approval and appreciation OF organized
labor Of Judge Parker's attitude to
ward union labor and declare that
during his Judicial life he nevcr struck
o blow at labor. but has parted many
aimed by others and has made the
strongest argument ever Get forth in
support Of labor statutes" All Of
which Is beyond question. Judge Par
ker has always been absolutely just
and fair IN his treatment Of all inter
ests. That IL what makes him such a
splendid candidate. The sane quality
will mako him n splendid president
also
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26
WORK ON SUBWAY
BEGUN YESTERDAY
WILL PROBABLY BE COMPLETED
BEFORE JAN. t.--HOLBRook
EXTENSION FILL NEAR
ING COMPLETION.

Work Of excavating the Sycamore
street subway was commenced yes
teriay and will be pushed rapidly tc
completion.
Contractor B. r. Thistlewood, who
Is experimenting the contract. re
moved the first shovel fun of dirt OF
the excavation and work was begun
in earnest by as large a force of men
as could work to advantage in the
space where the excayating is being
done The men are digging en- the
north and east sides of the subway
and will make a passage sufficient
for vehicles. allowing travel to go on
uninterruptedly during the entire
work. Because of the small space in
which to work the men are using
wheelbarrows to take the dirt away
from tho excavation.
1t is expected that in a weeks time
if the weather is favorable. the work
will have progressed sufficiently to
allow a larger force of men to be en-
ployed and Mr. Thistlewood will
move the men now engaged in filling
the extension on Holbrook avenue
and Twentieth street to the subway
provided the extension is completed
at that time which will be the case
Il weather Is favorable.
II is believed the subway can be
completed in sixty days and perhaps
in less time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26

peculiarly adapted to the growing OF
roses that are rich in the oil that
gives them their odor, One dealer
in this country sells million dol
lars worth of Bulgarian altar Of
roses every year.
Hats busted Free.
Equally interesting are the men
who line up to a hole in one of the
booths from which air is escaping
and which they find will brush their
hats clean. Each one holds his hat
against it until it Is thoroughly
brushed" and goes away happy in
the satisfaction that there Is no col
ored man near by to demand a tip"
1t is only a feature of an exhibit
which illustrates the dustless method
Of cleaning carpets and furniture by
sending compressed air through them
by means Of hose attached to the
apparatus that stands out In
lie street. The old way was to
beat the life out of them" with a
stick.
LITTLE EGYPT"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26
DETECTIVES WITH
A DIAMOND THIEF
PASSED THROUGH CAIRO YES
TERDAY FOR MEMPHIS
SPENT PORTION OF THE
DAY HERE.

Chief OF Detectives G. T. o'HaveI
and Detective AL Hurs. OF Memphis
Tenn. passed through Cairo yester
day epropte from ST. Louis to Mem
phis with George Graham. alias Ed
ward WI. ght, who is charged with
stealing $500 worth of diamonds
from Mr. Frank Straider at Mem
pitts last Friday. The prisoner was
placed in The city Jail for safe keep.
ing while in Cairo
The pr.-oner was arrested by the
st. Louis police and gave the name
of George Graham. alias Edward
Wright lie said Memphis was his
home ami that he was an artist He
admitted being at the Straider home
last wee. where he was doing some
work. and also says he took the dia.
.nonds
Chief OHaver stated yesterday to
Bulletin reporter that he believed the
FELLOW e We novice and that he. had
,robably never committed theft of
my con oquenee before In his life.
The .prisaner took the stolen gems TO
jeweler and asked the value Of them,
lffering 10 pay the jeweler for the in.
formation. Before ascertaining II
they were OF great value he asked II
they were worth as much as 81 or IS
each and ras informed that they were.
He then offered to sell them to the
ieweler at tdat figure, but that per.
on bec1me suspicious and refused to
purchase he gems. He communicat.
I'd with t''e police and had Graham ar
rested
The ? soner Is young man and
had most " the stolen goods in his DO
session when arrested. One of The
rings WIS left at Memphis and Ora.
ham said be wouli reveal Its where,
abouts upon his arrival there.
The detectives departed with their
prisoner yesterday afternoon at 1880
for Memphis
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26
a HELPING HAND.
is oisd'y Extended BY Cairo citI.
zen.


There arc many enthusiastic citi-
se1s IN Cairo prepared TO tell their
experieDr, for The public good Test.
mony fr m such source is the best of
evidence and viii prove a helping
hand" TO scores of readers. Read the
following statement:
Horace A. Harmon. OF 221 Ninth
street. Real Estate Broker. says:
2after sending to Philadelphia, New
York ard other places Tor sure cures
or itching. hemorrhoids. after suffer
ing % ,0ag and so excrucia.ingly that
I never expected TO get relief let alone
cure it is no wonder that ! am so en-
thuslastic about the results obtained
from the use % Doan's Ointment, pro.
cured at Paul G. schuh's drug sore
Cd Commercial avenue. Very doubt
full about the claims made for the oint.
ment I commenced its use. and con
scientiously say that since | stopped
the treatment I have not had a symp-
>om Of the trouble for at least three
months
For sale b. all dealers Price 50
cents Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the Doan's-and
take 90 other.