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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

Dom and kitchen. All light rooms, the
advertisement says. The dining-room
s very pretty. There
IS a big square alcove window, but
Oming up in front Of 1t to darken the
neal hours is another big steel and
tone structure. The bedrooms look
out over the city, but already the con-
tractors are tearing down the neigh
boring houses and the blank white wall
Of still another giant hive will soon
shut the air and light from the sleep.
ing rooms.
Washington Is a city Of such mag.
nificent distances that people who
could otherwise afford to build in the
suburbs are obliged to move into apart.
ments in order to be near enough to
heir. Offices to insure punctuality In
business hours. In addition. for some
unaccountable reason, property even on
the outskirts Of the capital Is by nc
means cheap.
Chicago has a. passion for fat life
and sky-scrapers. Even San Francisco
the city Of shingles. il turning her
streets into canyons Of brick and NOR
tar.
The American traveller who asks
'why" Of the monotonous. streets OF
Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, that
stretch between endless walls broker
only by window or fantastic balcony
may ind the answer In the changing
character Of his own citiss-saving Of
spaea neAay. tina
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

miliar surroundings; here are the
square-built palaces of Vienna and
Budapest. The Russian suffers nc
homesickness here are the narrow
streets Of st. Petersburg and Moscow
Only the native American, with hi
lungs full Of country air, and his mind
filed with the picture of sunny, cot
tage-lined. village streets, stiles in the
dust and n0xious gases, gapes wonder.
struck at the sky-scrapers.
Fit Only for Paupers and MirIlonaires
1t Is these new Corners. too, who dc
their share toward changing the ap-
pearance Of the city. Wherever they
congregate, and the migratory impulse
seems to CARRY them no further than
the foreign sections of the cities In
which they land. they make life intol.
cradle for the American-born, and thus
drive out the moderately prosperous
from the less expensive localities, until
It is only the paupers and the million
aires who can afford to live In New
York.
Seven thousand dollars a year for ar
apartment in New York Is not, by any
means, the hikhest price. There are
buildings on Fifth. Park, and Madison
avenues between seth and 10th street
In which some Of the apartments rem
for $4,000 year. Yet, with the ex
seption Of Firth avenue which runs
along the east side Of Central Park
theee avenues are not particularly beau
hfutS Ths slostric cars run - 1Adi
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
LITERARY WORKS OF JOHN HAY
TO BE PUBLISHED BY HIS DAUGHTER

The country approves of John Hays
selection Of his literary executor. The
work of preparing the former states
mans papers for publication was be-
Queathed by him>tO his daughter, Mrs.
Payne Whitney, who was Miss Helen
Hay. She has inherited much Of the
high literary talent of her father and
has been a frequent contributor to the
leading periodicals Of both prose and
verse. 1t will be her pleasant duty to
prepare for publication the many un-
printed manuscripts from Mr.. Hays
facile pen.
Mrs. Whitney's first published vol
ume Of her own was a collection OF
poems which appeared in 1893. Quite
lately, and principally through the In
fluence Of her children, she has col
lected a series of charming stories for
little folks. Many of these have at
tracted critical attention through their
easily recognized smack Of chlldhood's
hours. As q possible explanation OF
how she was able to portray things so
genuinely from the childish standpoint
she has said that she has endeavored
always when writing them to bark
back to the scenes Of her own child
hood, and to assist her recollection and
Imagination abe has thrown herself on
the floor with pencil and tablet, getting
az near actually as possible to the
youngsters point of view.
At the National Capital Miss Hays
true worth made her a great favorite'
and both there and in London her
learning. wide reading and ready sym.
pathy with her father made her OF
great assistance to him in his work.
Her husband, Mr.. Payne Whitney, was
q classnlate of her brother, the late
Adelbert Hay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Heading or Lotteries.

Information has been received at
the Post Office Department alleging
that lottery ticket selling is again
furnishing in the United States.
which has led to an investigation and
recommendation of fraud order
against T.. Bogclsang. of Hamburg,
Germany. who is stated to be conduct
ng in the United States the Hamburg
state Lottery. the Brunswick state
Lottery and the lIrssian State Lottery.
Circulars intercepted ut the New York
Post Office. apparently mailed Mt
Hamburg. solicit rpmittances for ticket
drawings in the above lotteries and
'ircct that rcmittanccs be made To
Bogclsang. at Hamburg.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Ben Butler and New Orleans,


From the Buffalo Express,
1t would have done Ben Butler good
II he could have lived to see the day
when New Orleans would welcome
Federal control OF yellow fever
epidemic with such enthusiasm that
the citizens themselves would raise by
popular subscription the money To pay
for ii as was recently done. General
Butler established Federal control of
sanitation as of everything else in New
Orleans during the war. He was
roundly abused for it, hut he proved
the efficacy of cleanliness and strict
quarantine in preventing yellow fever.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
STORY OF an OLD LOVE.
The Romantic History of T wo Sweet.
hearts Of the Long Ago Mho Dis
covered Lach Other Only TO
be Separated,

The echo OF an old Virginia romance
COMES from Omaha, where Mrs. Leila
NOR. OF Lynchburg. Va, has been pros.
.rateu over the news that the sweet
heart or her youth. whom she has not
seen for half a century. but TO whom
she was en- route 10 be married, had
died suddenly. where the marriage was
TO have taken place upon her arrival.
Before the war, down In LynchburS,
Va. Leila Saunders was one Of the
bellies. while Charlie Clay was one of
The best matches" in the country. The
Two had been sweethearts from their
childhood and were engaged 10 be mar.
ried. But a lovers quarrel occurred
anu young Clay went West aud never
wrote home.
In 1852, Miss Saunders married, her
husband leaving the following day for
the war, ana three months later his
dead body was brought home.
Husband Was a Mason.
But her husband had been Mason,
and last February the Lynchburg Ma
sonic lodge was asked by the Elmo
lodge of Washington State to furnish
information concerning Miss Leila
Saunders. Shortly after, Mrs. Moir re-
ceived letter from the friend Of her
childhood, Charlie Clay.
lie told Of his wanderings through
the West and his final settlement in the
state of Washington. where fortune
had favored him with great financial
success. lie had married. raised Il
family and had finally lost his wife.
But he had kept the memory of his
Virginia swccthcart-his first lOvc-antl
he had carried her photograph during
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
MODERN CLIFF DKELLERS
THE SKY SCRAPERS OFBIC CITES
TAKING PLACE OF HOMES.
Not Only Used for Office Buildings,
But Occupied by Thousands of
Families.

Not Only Used for Office Buildings,
But Occupied by Thousands OF
Families.
When the United States Consul in
Europe says TO his visiting countryman,
Come over TO my house this afternoon
and have cup Of tea with U.S." the
listener makes careful memorandum
Of the address. and towards five O'Clock
goes out In search of an unpretentious
dwelling such rs the modest salary of
Il consul might warrant. What he
finds at the address given him is big
square building, into which he Is adj
mitted by an unseen porter. and the
innumerable stairs of which he climbs,
examining brass doorplates at every
landing, until ut last lie comes to the
apartment of his host.
MIR. w. j. Bryan. on his recent trip
abroad, finding one OF our Ambassa-
doris similarly lodged, the only differ
ence being the increased rental. In
Weighed against II as being un-Ameri-
can. lie wanted to know why a nice
American home wasn't provided-such
a house as would give the unlucky for
cigncr~ some idea of how we live In
America. Mr.. Bryan overlooked the
fact that In our own big cities his
ideal American home" is rapidly dis.
appearing, and that long before our
metropolis Is one-tenth the age of the
European capitals. increase of popula-
ton and greater need for economy wi
have rendered unattainable the mod
est individual home, and will have
driven city jewellers together under one
roof In apartment houses whose size
is limited only by the confines of the
block and the building laws regulating
height.
Private Homes Disappearing:
twenty-five years ago the New
Yorker who possessed an annual in
come Of $4,000 lived in his own house
and kept carriage. The New Yorker
Of to-day with only $4,000 year
hunts an apartment for the mere rent
of which he expects to pay not less
than $500, and he cannot afford a
carriage. The trouble is that on the
island of Manhattan there is not room
for Its millions to live in the old-fash-
toned way, and the cost of living has
increased enormously.
They must suspend their dwellings
high above the ground, every foot Of
which Is worth kings ransom.
There is no room for tie stately homes
6of revolutionary days-they are swept
away for the warehouses Of great mer-
camille companies. There is no room
for the smaller brick houses of the past
generation-their fronts are pulled off
and replaced with the immense plate
glass windows of the exclusive import
crs." There is no room for churches
they are torn down to make space for
annexes to the mammoth apartment
houses.
New York, which offers the best ex-
ample of the metamorphosis, is, of
course, the most un-American Of Amer
lean cities. The Italian walking up
from the Battery finds himself at
home; here are the high tenements of
Naples, Genoa, Venice. The Austrian
and the Hungarian land among ia
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

son avenue and it is a long block from
the park. But il is on the east side
and fashionable. The third street be-
yond II Is roaring day and night with
the flight Of the elevated trains, and
beyond that lies one Of the poorest Sec
TOPS OF New York City, where the
children swarm like arts.
West Of Central Park, the apartment
buildings are sIill bigger, not 50 exclu-
Sive, ant the prices are lower. On
broadway, above Columbus Circle. or
Fifty-ninth street. where the Park be-
gins, n fairly comfortable seven-room
apartment in one Of the smaller build
ings, without elevators. may be had
for 500 a month and upward. In the
bigger twelve and fifteen story struc-
lures, where the apartments range
from eight to twelve rooms. rents run
from $500 a year up to $1,000 or
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

$1,000, at least. In the best known of
these creamy white fifteen-story
building, adorned with innumerable
grilled iron balconies painted green,
one may secure bachelor suite, con-
sisting Of parlor, bedroom and bath,
unfurnished, for the mere pittance OF
$1,000 year.
Tiny Hives for Homes.
On Riverside Drive rates are lower.
The Drive is the most beautiful resi-
dence street in the city, but it is far
from Fifth avenue, and the wind blow
ing in over five miles Of bay and river is
distressingly harsh during the winter.
Here for $500 one may find an apart
ment comprising parlor, library (by
courtesy so called, three bedrooms,
bath, dining-rOOm, pantry, servants
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

the fifty years of his absence. He
asked her TO write. Mrs. NlUir did
write at once. She. too, had kept the
photograph of yOun. Clay which Ire had
given to her when huy. Further let
tiers followed. She had M children.
while all of Mr.. Clay's children had
homes OF their own.
Forgot That Ihey Grew Old.
Throughout the correspondence the
two old people remembered each other
us they were in their young days anu
from their photographs. Neither pie
tured the other as old-thcy were again
the sweetheartS Of their youth. And
then il was arranged that they should
be married Mrs. Moir, siXty.thrcc
years old, started West To meet her flu
ture husband. Reaching Omaha. she
received two kilograms. one that he
was very sick, and MS she WAS prrpar-
linz To hasten TO his bedside another
came saying that he was dead The
old lady was stricken with grief and
taken seriously ILL., AS soon as she is
able to travel she will visit the grave
OF the man whom she says she has
loved all her life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Danger In Door Knobs.

A dirty door-knob, says the Lancet"
is an obvious ofense against sanitary
principles. Constant contact with the
hand means contamination sooner or
later. It II conceivable that q dirty
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Corks Made From Oil.

From the Washington Post.
The Melons PittSburg bankers.
started an opposition to the Standard
Oil Trust, and were promptly plugged.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Are the CataIorue Houses
Advantageous

While the mail order houses can do
a large business In every section
where they can get in touch with the
customers. 1t Is. however, Il much dis
'usSed question whether they are
"n"l benefit to the country. They can
ell cheaper than local merchants, ana
70 crdcrS are combined AMI wisely
placed they usually do enough so
~ more than pay the cost to
the purchaser of the express or
'""i"ht But on the other hand.
things must he ordered from cata-
'""ucs: there Is always more or less
disappointment upon their arrival,
SINCE there is no opportunity for a
choice. and II socms practically impos-
Sihlr for the average family to look
Nvcr one of these illustrated catalogues
md sond in an order without buying
numhcr of articles not In the least
needed. simply because they seem to
he bargains.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28

loor-handle would convey disease, and
here Is thus ample reason why door
andles should be kept as clean Us
.Iossible.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
japanese Reason for Success.

Baron Komura ascribes the success
which Japan has had to Just cause,
absolute honesty In the administra.
ton Of her affairs, and extreme SIM
plicity Of life among the masses Of her
psopls.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
Country Merchants Forced Our.

"This means" continues the
Trade drought down to bare facts,
Il parcels post, II means that the big
mail order houses will hr enabled Ia
send their goods 10 farmers through
the mails nj n cost so little that II viii
he absolutely impossible for the coun-
try merchant to compete.
"Thc result will he one or more big
department stores, according to tn"
size Of IN" place. In each town in coun'
Try districts. and these will have
hard time to compete with IN" mHu
order houses. even though they VIII
h. able to get their goods in large
quantities ut first hand,
1T is therefore. AT once arnar"nt
'hat il il ms much to the interest or
the manufactures and wholesaler tn
eight the parcels post scheme as II Is
for the small merchant"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-28
THB PARCELS 20 7.
MOVEMENT TO SECURE ENACT
MEyT OF SUCH 4 Law.
II Would Drive to the Wall all Local
Stores-A Mooted Question Mheth-
or Mail Order Houses Are Real
BenS fits.


Stores-A Mooted Question Mheth-
or Mail Order Houses Are Real
Benefits.
The "St. Paul Trade" sharply disa.
grcrs with Ebert Hubbard in his
ideas ~ the value To the country Of Il
parcels post system. Mr. Hubbard
writes cnnvincin=ly in the "Philistine"
that the parcels post would be Il Splcn.
did thing for the country at large. but
the "St. raul Trade" atiirmS that such
a system would result In an enormous
concentration and congestion of bust
Hess in the few large cities which
would entirely drive out of business,
not only the small merchant but even
the department stores. The TRADE"
says:
THE great mail order houses OF the
country. selling direct Ia the customer.
are behind Il manufacturing organiza-
ton which has started at work an
endless chain scheme To secure the
united support of the manufacturers
ana wholesalers Of the entire country
for an amendment Ia the postal laws,
providing for two classes of mail mat
ter, one. the first class, TO consist OF
letter postage at one cent, aud the sec
and class Ia consist Of all other classes
of mailahlr matter At u rate just sufii'
Cirnt To pay expenses,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
THE COMING OF THE PRINCE
The Awakening When ''Romance'' Became Something
- More Than a Word in the Dictionary.
(SecOnd PriZe.l


3. More Than Word in the Dictionary. 49,
(Second Prize.) .'- IT,.
To the majority of people it will sound ridiculous
when say I 20 years of age, before fully realized
that ''grown up think was about as physi-
cay developed and mentally balanced the average
girl simply had not awakened to the fact that my
years had left childhood behind My early environments
may in degree account for this. the eldest of
sisters always felt matrony responsibility in the
family We had other associates but ourselves. The
practical side Of life taught such extent that
only word found in the dictionary, whose
meaning never got beyond its covers.
At IS the height Of my ambition gratifed. I
qualified teacher with school This school was
little world in which worked two years, knowing
and caring little for anything that did not interest it.
The while silently making great plans for my future.
When suddenly I "grew up!'' ...... r.. -. f.
Some else had been making his future plans, too,
and part of them! It passed my comprehension,
that little insignificant necessary to the completion
of big strong s life pan How unselfsh his pan
while mine all self qualification and Qualification. He
wanted the privilege Of providing for and protecting me-
something had planned to do for myself.
Well for three years enjoyed ''Grown-up-d DOM
Just year ago legally recognized my first school trus
tee my lord and MASTER and promised life long ODE
dence And will say conclusion that the past year has
contained true happiness than could have possibly
ensued from the naturalization of all my girsh air
ties. -(Mrs.) Margaret Broadfoot Lukens,
Wadena High School, .'.> :
Glass of 1898.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
First Prize-Mrs Florence Sullivan Hockey st.
Louis Park MINI.
Second Prize-Mrs Margaret Broadfoot Lukens,
Verndale MINI.
Third Prize-Myrtle A. Stevens, Foxhome, MINI.
THE RED-HEADED CALF
Three Seconds of Mutual Misunderstanding Brought
knowledge of ''Grown-upness."

(First Pnze) =r -"
AT thirteen, thru the antics of the redheaded calf
of certain acquaintance, my awakening came.
had been ILL., and with many admonitions to g play
out of door los' sent to ruscate. L must explain
that tho slightly younger than now, had always
been considered grownup' in my actions; it is only
since then that have grown down. to the happy state
of childish tastes and appropriations to such extent
garded my second childhood The second day of my
visit, had miserable headache However, per in
sructions, drove myself DOORS but lost for
pastime Spying calf pcketed OUT decided to get
quainted At first the calf seemed friendly but suddenly
with lowered head and flying heels, it made unge at
me, quite Emery round" ensuing. For time
being chased crcleward then turning the calf fisked off,
leaving appearing the pursuer just in time to
hear, 'Well, snum! guess anybody that chase
calf like that tomboy is ain very bad off, She 8 big
enough to be woman!''
oh, the humiliation of it all! Even now, after all
these years. recall but other experience bitter
viz woodtick having taken up his abode me- threw
into Mysteries, and until Journal Juniorsm be-
slowed literary honor upon for relating that expert
could become reconcled since then it has seemed
wholly pardonabe Perhaps, yea assuredly had the ed
tor wand turned this humiatng incident to golden hon
could have forgiven that caf-otherwse, never!
3'Vanty Of vanities, all is vanty!"
-(Mrs.) Florence Sullivan Hockey;
st. Louis Park, MIMI
Washington School, Minneapolis,
Left School, 1898.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
JANUARY. a, 1906.

mote past it almost impossible to ten at just what
period in existence the metamorphoss took place Ny
dresses crept slowly down to my ankles that per-
ceptibe increase in their length apparent But per-
haps tho first feeling Of that took pos
freshie" In the Superior state normal
school Il am sure that there was dignity added
to my bearing from the mnute addressed for the
first time in my life as Miss Pickett by that august
body the aweinspirng faculty Soon, however, what
ever feeling of Importance may have felt extn-
guished and I, became again humble, insignificant
freshman think, tho that never felt truly grown
up until began to lido up my hair the allimportant
moment in the of any girl first allowed the home
folks to admire the effect Of my style Of hair dress
ing. Then morning walked into the school room,
feeling decidedly foolishtike thirty cents' the
boys say forgot for the time being that very
small fractional part Of the student body and fancied
the cynosure of all eyes Of course of the OBJ
servant grinned knowingly and few told chow
becoming the style of couture Well, my hair
stayed cup" and soon began to realize what growing
up meantno short skirts and wearing of the hair
in pigtail down my backl Agnes Pickett
Left School 1903. g.: = Superior, Wis:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
*'DURING LONG DAYS OF PAIN"

It is puzzling this matter Of growing up Sometimes
think it is g as thief that in the night = AT
rate it reminds of the boy who being asked
locate Boston the map swept his hand the New
England states with the remark somewhere in there
but can It just put my finger it. - s~... -:
Fate denied tallness of stature. This together
with the fact that bore the appeaton itte to dis
tinguish from a cousin of the name, kept
little girl to everyone thru my senior high school
days. When entered college in the fall there q
faint idea that now would be grown up The Miss
Larson" Of the professors and the Fraulen' Of the
German class fostered this deusion, but in vain, for
among the older students felt woefuy young and little
So I quite certain that at the time my college days
to untimely end, had not grown up.
Then the imp, i'll health which had lowered all
my fe pounced down, and dug its claws deep into the
of eyes, meant exile from the world of study
and Of books almost from the world Of light itself 1t
meant burning pain and long, long days in the dark
but than all these it meant the giving up Of deeply
inwrought plans and hopes for life work. It was in
this time of struggle and readjustment first ~.
:" "During long days of pain, =. ....,
And nights devoid of ease.,: @ ->.~~z~.
and later when partial patton in many hours
spent at the hospital in company with of other
eyestricken folks, that grew up And the world into
which grewe Why, it is much broader and better,
it full of and interest," that it has been
worth all the tFgrowng palms, .@ . .
Cleveland High School, Emma M Larson,
, Glass Of 1900. 797 Maryland Ave, St. Paul.