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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
SUIT OVER MILK BOTTLE.
Plaintiff Sues for Five Cents, Which
Grocer Fails 20 Pay over-Court
Contest heated.

New York.-Mrs Nena C. Sheffield be-
lieved when she ieit'a deposit Of five
cents on the bottle which went with a
art OF milk purchased By her from the
corner grocer that the return Of the bot
"a, should be acknowledged by the re-
turn of the five cents.
But for some reasOn-the grocer said
the clerk VINO sold the milk was out, for
one thing-the live cents was not re-
funded, Mrs, Sheffield made several
trips 10 the grocery store OF Martin c.
Flor, ON Amsterdam avenue, near One
Hundred and Twelth street, where Mrs.
sheffield lives. On the last trip Flor
says that Mrs, Sheffield lost her temper
and smote him with the milk bottle.
Mrs. Sheffield consulted with her hus-
band, who is a Lawyer, MIR. Sheffield
thought it over from legal standpoint
and decided that ii was IA civil case, and
that Flor, The grocer had wilfully, fraud
ulentiy ard naliciously withheld i've
cents. Suit was brought.
judge Thomas l.. Murray, sitting in
lne-fwelhh Muuicipsl court. gravely lis
,ened to the argument by MIR. Sheiaeld,
Then he summed III and announced thai
the case weAt 10 the plaintitf. Shetlield,
and ordered that Flor, the grocer man.
pay five cents to the plaintiff, Sheffield,
and two dollars costs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
NEW WAY TO COUNTERFEIT
Reproduce by Electricity - Genuine
Bills Used to Stamp Spurious
Ones, According to Story.

New Haven, Conn.-Two men sup
posed to be William Gober and Samuel
Fastow, of New York, were arrested al
the point OF revolver in boarding
mouse here, where they had been for
three days. In their rooms was found
a new counterteiting outfit which had
turned out several one dollar bills, the
police assert, almost as good as the gen.
uine.
The police believe that an entirely
new counterleiting method has been
discovered. as the plan OF turning out
bogus bills is departure from the en-
graved plate and other methods general
ly employed. The plan apparently was
to take a new bill of any denomination
pour fluid said to he from Russia over
the bill and then stamp it on plain sheets
of specially prepared paper. After the
pieces are pressed together for some
time the whole is taken off and placed
on cylinder much the same as record
is placed on a phonOgraph This is fol
lowed by an electrical process that
makes a perfect reproduction on the
white paper. After drying process the
bill is peeled off apparently as good as
the one from which the copy is made
The original is not spoiled and the proc
ess, it is alleged. can be repeated as
many times as desired
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
DIDN'T WEAR TROUSERS.
Teacher OF Military Tactics Forgets
His Glass Is Composed of Women
They Applaud Break"

New Hayen, COnn.-Capt. Smoke, in
charge Oh military tactics at the sum.
mer school here, during the lecture
the other day on the rudiments Of
drill. branched off on the subject:
Standing at Attention" The room
was nearly full of women, for this
seems to if4 4r-e-beeenfe- popular
course with young ladies who want to
know all about theoretical war. Only
handful Oh men were present. The
captain has explained these things to
his Yale boys SO Often he now repeats
them gliIly without thinking If what
he is sayin..
"ln standing at attention. he said,
quoting the words of the manual. let
the arms and hands lang naturally by
the sides, with the little finger Oppo-
site the seam of the trousers"
The cheering section among the
young women Immediately was heard
when Capt. Smoke talked about
trousers, and the lecture had 4 break
in it of several minutes before the sal
liant captain was allowed to proceed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
DOME OF CAPITOL TO SHINE
To Be Lighted Up with 5000 Incan-
descent Globes-Plans to Be
Issued Soon.

Washington.-Three thousand mean
descent globes will soon be placed in
the dome of the capitol. and it will then
outshine the dome of the congressional
library, far famed for its great bril-
liancy Plans for the lighting have been
drawn by Elliott Woods. the superin-
tendent and the bids for furnishing and
installing of the new lights will shortly
be issued.
The lights are to be arranged in four
rows around the dome. The first row
will light the large fresco painting at
the top. The three other rows will be
at different distances, and so arranged
! that they cannot be seen. Only the light
\effect will be noticeable Lights also will
be placed over the eight large oil paint
ings that hang on the wall of the ro-
tunda. The corridors of the building
have just been fitted with new and ex-
pensive chandeliers. which materially
increase the lighting effects through the
building.
The dome of the capitol will soon rank
as one of the handsomest of its kind in
the world. so many are the improve
ments that are being made. The only
feature that is not complete is the freize
work which encircles the dome about
half way its height. The contract for
the finishing of this work is now under
advisement.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
BUYING UP THE BUYERS.
This Evil Practice Is Growing Com
mon in the Business Circles
of Germany.

Washington.-Bribing employees who
act as buyers for mercantile houses or
who in the capacity of salesman or
saleswoman attend TO customers in re-
tail shops, especially in the depart
ment stores, says United States Con-
SUI General Guenther, Frankfort
is an abuse which has grown in Ger
many for some years and has caused
many complaints in business circles.
1t has become SO serious that the
chambers of commerce and other mer-
camille bodies have considered 1t
necessary to discuss measures for re-
lief.
The commercial traveller or repre-
sentative of the manufacturer who
wishes to sell to the retail dealers.
will, in many cases, pay employees Of
the latter commissions in considera-
ton for giving the goods of the brib-
ing house the preference. showing
them to the customers in the shops
and keeping the goods of other flrms
out OF view. Some Of the iarse retail
firms employ men or women to pur-
chase supplies: Others, when order
ing. consult their salespeople as to
making selections.
This practice of bribing extends to
other branches. of business. "A case
has just been decided by the supreme
court of appeals at Cologne, where the
technical manager OF car-huildias
concern was discharged by The COM
pany which had employed him because
ne accepted a commission from a iirm
for which he procured orders. The
manager claimed that such gifts, that
is. percentages paid him in money
were customary and worked no injury
to his employers, but the court held
that the action constituted gross
breach of trust and that the manager
was in duty bound to study the inter
est of his employers and not to be in
lluenced by selfish considerations. Thd
lower court decided against the man
ager and the supreme court of appeals
affirmed the decision.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
BROTHERS. ODD MEETING.
They Are Engineers on Two Trains
Which Narrowly Escape Collision
at OnonGaga, Mich.

Onondaga, Mich.-What is said here
to be an error of Michigan Central
dispatcher caused two freight trains
running toward each other near this
city to almost plunge together in head
end collision. One extra freight was
bound for Jackson, the other for Grand
Rapids. and with orders to proceed re-
gardless of each other. When the dis
patcher discovered what he had done,
it was too late, and there are no night
offices between Charlotte and Rives
Junction. He Immediately ordere'
wrecking crew to be in readiness, as IL
was thought a wreck was almost inevi-
table.
The engineers saw each others head.
lights, and each made strenuous effort
to stop. and succeeded. with the engines
within ten car lengths Of each other.
What 10 especially interesting in con.
nection with the incident is the fact
that the opposing engineers who were
nearly trapped by the foolhardiness Of
the dispatcher, were Dan and Ed. Grow.
ley, Of jackson. brothers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
SAVES CHILD FROM SNAKE,
Dog Kills a Reptile Which Had
Wrapped Itself Around Body
of Little One.

Wilmington, Del.-By killing a
blacksnake that had twined itself
about the frail body of five-year-old
Clara Marion, an English bulldog
probably saved the child's life. The
girl, with her father. was in the
chicken yard of their home, near the
grounds of the Wilmington Country
club.
Some one had been stealing the eggs
from the coop and Mr.. Marion was in.
vestigating. He discovered big hole
in one end of the yard, and thought
rats had been making raids on the
eggs. He stepped to another part OF
the Enclosure, when he heard the
screams of his little girl.
= Turning, he saw a black snake twin
fling itself about his daughters body
Mr.. Marion was so Mortified that he
could not move. The bulldog with
which the little girl had been playing
stood near, and when he heard the
child's screams sprang forward, caught
the writhing snake in its jaws and
dragged it off and killed it. The rep
tile was five feet long. The child was
not injured, but is Frustrated with
fright.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
NEW WAR TERROR.
"Dunnite," Explosive Invented by
American Naval Officer,
Causes Havoc.

New York.-That a 12-inch shell
loaded with only small charge of
dunnite, the worlds most effective ex-
plosive. will crumple in the side of the
heaviest armor-clad vessel, though the
shell fall short of its mark by 20
feet, has just been demonstrated at the
beginning of series of tests at the
government proving grounds at Sandy
Hook.
The great value of this explosive
lies in the fact that the she'll will
pierce armor plate and explode in the
interior of a vessel.
The explosive substance is named
after its inventor, Maj. Beverly w.
Dunn, U. s. A., and is closely guard
ed government secret. Foreign ma
tons have sought In vain to learn Of
its composition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
PASTOR WIPES" ENGINES.
Rev. Potter, of Oakland, CAL, Begins
K Work in Railroad Yards as
Sociological Study.

San FranclSco,-That he may tamil.
iarlze himself with the trials, tribula-
ions and temptations of he army Of
railroad men in Oakland, Rev. Dwight
+. Potter, pastor of the Union Street
Presbyterian church. has begun as an
ordinary engine wiper in the West
Oakland railroad yards. ALFRED in
blue overallS and with a bunch of
waste in his hands, Mr., Potter crawled
under a hot dirty locomotive and be-
gan his task.
The pastors church is not far from
the yards of the Southern Pacific COM
pany and many large manufacturing
establishments, His sympathics al
ways have been with the men who
work and his ambition has been 10
benefit them in any way in his power.
He wants to work and live with the
railroad men. whom he wishes to
reach in spiritual way and to come
into intimate contact with them in
pursuit of his sociological studies.
1t is Mr., Potters desire to work in
every department for a time. aud he
chose the lowly position of engine
wiper to begin with, He asked that
he be given exactly the treatment that
would be accorded the newest and
greenest hand on the road. He was
given what he asked for.
Mr.. Potter lid not rct4ra to his own
home after the first days work He
had hired a small rom in West
Oakland Westinghouse that is the
home Of many Of the laboring men in
he West Oakland yards. He desires
that his experience shall be thorough.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
WkNTEO-SNAKE BITE CURE
Carnegie Institute May Offer Reward
for Reliable AntiGote-Rep-
tiles Kill Many.

Brooklyn, n. I.-The Carnegie insti-
Iule, which has the spending of the SlO,-
100000 donated by the great ironmaster,
has been asked 10 set aside a good-sized
appropriation for the research work to
discover an antidote for snake venom
II is probable that the request will be
granted. For thousands OF years the Sc
cret has been sought in vain.
II was Prince Lucien Bonaparte who,
in lS43, first made chemical analysis of
the venom of the viper, separating and
determining its active principle, which
he called ''viperine." A similar princi-
pie has been separated from the poison
Of the rattlesnake by DR.. Weir Mitchell.
the celebrated physician, scientist and
author. which he named "crotaline. "
But until recently there was little know
ledge of anything antagonistic to this
great toxic agent, although so-called
cures for snake bite. ranging from whis-
Ky to the Indian sponge stone, were
plentiful enough.
In 1895 the experts Of the national mu-
scum announced that strychnine was an
absolute antidote for snake venom, but
this statement later was modified very
considerably. Several years ago Japa-
nese Investigator working under the di-
rection of Dr. Weir Mitchell, announced
a sure cure for rattlesnake venom, but,
rs a matter of fact, satisfactory anti
dote is yet TO be discovered. A surpris-
ingly large number of persons die from
snake bite in the United States every
year, and the public, as well as the medi-
cal fraternity, welcomes the announce
ment that the Carnegie institute has sci
aside fund for the purpose mentioned
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
Gold Found in Donegal.

Seaton /. ,Iilligan, he British anti
quarry and geologist. in the course of
investigations in a remote mountain
Gus part of Donegal, Ireland, struck
gold bearing quartz reputed to produce
two ounces 10 the ton. With some
friend he Immediately took lease OF
the ground, with options on the ad-
joining land, and the lode has already
been followed TO a depth of 80 feel.
The whereabouts of the discovery has
been kept secret but the news caused
much excitement in Donegal and the
adjoining counties. Cold was found
in considerable quantities in Wicklow
in past ages, and ornaments made OF
native gold are numerous.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
PROPOSED IN HIS SLEEP.
Wyoming Ranchman, Defendant in
Breach Of Promise Case, Makes
Singular Plea.

Bordeaux. Wyo.-If Miss Katherine
Rippin, a young schOOl-teacher, exc
cutes her threat to sue Simon Brandt
for breach Of promise. Brandt will go
into court and defend the suit on the
ground thdt 10 his knowledge he never
made proposal of marriage to Miss
Rippin, AMI that ii he did propose to
her he did it when asleep. and there.
fore Us not % ne held to a moral or
legal accountability for his act.
Brandt is ranehman. well to do and
good looking Mss Rippin has OBJ
tanned legal @ and the case will
soon CON" e. 49,. Mss Rippin will
testify t-~; .l' ade 4 proposal
of marrla SO H'. 4 that she prom.
Used to mar r..s ~ right last win.
ter when it ca,'cr ~ o. md sat UP
with her pnt, ,it-r :. ,.i..t.
Bran Z vi admit he n,s. he even,
ing WIN Miss Rip"in an up with
her until a.t'r milni~ar he will
deny the l. consciously made a pro.
posal of m&!2 'A"e 81 net.
He will SEQ To show Ivy witnesses
that ever go r, WI 10Y he has
been addic. 20 80 ."'. Of talking.
walking al, him c.h"r things in his
sleep, and ~ what h aid and did
in his 81 ne Was uual j., y recall
after / G'uNt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
no TAXES NECESSARY
TOWN WHERE ALL REVENUES
COME FROM LICENSES.
Revenue from Privilege to Sell Liquor
and Light and Water Rentals
Suncient TO Run Town of
Silverton. col.

y Silverton, Col.-This village Of 2,OOJ
people is popularity Known Throughout;
the country as the town that runs
itself" The citizens have paid no city
taxes for more than a dozen years. yel
the town is one OF the most prosperous
in Colorado, and last year had an In.
come of more thar $4,000 above all ex,
penses.
Its entire revenues come from liquor
licenses and water and light rentals
and the success u municipal ownership
here is such hat the citizens would not
go back to the era of private publ,
service corporations under any circum.
stances. Two years ago the local light.
ing plant was purchased from the cor,
poration which owned il.
Last year It showed a gross income
of s17, 965,4O, including 1880 which the
town charged itself for street lighting
Its operating expenses were sl4.3SS.2S
The towns income for water renta
during the same period was s10,O09.47
and from saloon licenses Sl4122, The
total receipts from all sources were
$4s,SS9.49, an actual surplus over the
town 5 running expenses of s15,57032.
Practically all of this surplus was ex
pended in additions to the towns watci
system, which is valued at approximate
ly $4,000, The lighting plant is a.
praised at $4,000 The latter is me-
furnishing four times the amount 81
current produced at the time of its pur
chase by the city two years ago, the
abnormal increase being due to the ex
ceptionally low price of current.
! Light rentals and water rentals are
I lower than in any other city in tn,
west, the minimum charges being 81 81
per month, with meter service, subjec
to a discount Of 25 per cent. if paiC
when due. The discount on water rent
ais Is Is per cent.
Under the charter the mayor ant
the aldermen act as a board of man
ayers for both the water and the light
ing plants. Not a breath of scanda
has ever tainted their efforts in thi.
direction, though it is recognized her,
that a change in the statutes which
would take the management entirel,
out Of politics would be an improve
ment on the present system.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
Servant Girls in Demand,

The demand for girls for general
homework in Chicago Is much larger
than the supply. Managers Of number
of the large employment bureaus, In
GLIDING the three conducted by the
state, say that they are receiving every
week more calls for domestics than II
Is possible for them to I'LL The
Swedish and Norwegian girl OF all
work still holds her place In the popu.
lar demand. = -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
But Nothing Restores Life.

The cost of the wreck Of the Twen-
tisth Century limited at Mentor Ia fig
ured thus far at 3771,o00. OF this sum
Insurance companies pay $4,000 on
life and accident policies to the heirs
Of the dead. The railway company
viii pay $4,000 for 10 deaths without
litigation. and The injury claims are
sstimatsd to reach at the present time,
without LITIGATION, . total Of $500, 900.
The hes Of rolling stock and various
Itnel4en1el lpsoss azs placed q seo,eoe
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
The Perpetual Complaint.

A radium clock constructed to run
1000 years would be unsatisfactory.
The man who had to wind it up 20 Gen.
turtles hence would complain as loudly
about It as you do about having to wind
up your house clock once week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
Troubles Of the Sultan,

Abdul Hamid, sultan Of Turkey, Is re-
ported to be in a critical condition
The case wouldn't be so bad II the sui
tan could only feel sure that the doc
tor wasn't trying to poison him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

august FtoWSh ASSpS ehS ShhiutCu ucatuy Auo
strong
Full of vgor and frolic the whole day long,
So when Mamma needs more they rush Of In
high glee,
And shout 70 the druggist: "Piease give II to
mel"
qInahility to get up brisk and fresh In
the morning, lack of appetite, pallor,
muddy complexion and poor spirits
these all indicate a disordered stomach
and bad digestion--in adults and children,
too. They also indicate the urgent need
Of taking Green's August Flower regu-
larly for q few days.
QIt's % reliable old remedy for ail stomach
troubles, never fails to cure indigestion,
dyspepsia and chronic constipation. and
Is natural tonic for body and mind.
qTwo dzea. asc and 7se. All druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
FATE OF RUSSIAN WRITER'S

From the New York Globe.
 LITT is not to blue books or to news
 paper leaders. but to the poem,
 the novel, the satire or literary crit .cism that one must go in Russia in order to understand the political, econ omical and social ideals of the coun- try says Prince Kropotkin in a preface to his history of Russian Literature" (McClure, Philips). And owing to the censorship and taboo and general diffi- culties put in the way of publication, even the poets and the novelists and lit- erary critics in Russia have been com pelled to invent certain methods and even language of their own Which, by the way. makes one wonder whether the works of Russian writers can be fully understood outside of Russia. For ex- ample, in quoting from War and Peace." what Pierre says when he tells his wife that he is going to join the Decembrists. Prince Kropotkin inserts parenthetically: Tt is told in yelled words, on account of censorship, but a Russian reader under stands nevertheless However, this is, it is owning to the peculiar conditions in Russia that what outwardy appears to be plain, unvarnished. dignfied history of Russian Literature" if read closely and curiously will be discovered to be one of the most gruesome records ever contained within the covers of a book. For Prince Kropothin has told not only what has been written in Russia but what has become of the writers, and thus in an innocent looking volume of literary criticism is to be found one of the severest indictments ever made against Russia.
 Writers in Russia have other questions than those of attic and poverty, royalties and copyright, to trouble them. From the time of Avakum, the rur,-conformist priest of the Seventeenth century who was burned at the stake in 16S1 and whose diary has been a model for Russian memoirs ever since, down to Gorlxy. just the other day, the history of Russian lt- erature is told in terms of exile and im- prisonment and persecution and death. Of