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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05

George Washington's head gardener
was from some European kingdom;
where he had worked in the royal
grounds But coming to America he
left his wife behind. Hoineslckness
for his "gude'' woman's face. soon be
gan to prey on him, and Washington
noticed the anxious eye and drooplng
spirits of his servant. Finally the man
went. down to the river and declared
his intention Of shipping to the old
country, when who should come up
and lean over the side Of newly ar
srlyed vessel but his wife. The kind
'heafted general had secretly sent for
the woman, and she. fortunately sur
prisedsEe loving husband in one of his
! fits -despondency.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT,
Down to Time Of Edward III. TheS
Had Right of Voting.

Down to Time Of Edward III. ThsS
Had Right of voting.
The ladies of birth and quality sat In
council with the Saxon Wttas. The
Abbess Hflca presided in an ecclesias-
ticaisynod'
- IN Wighfred's great council OF Becon-
celd,SA.sD. 094, the abbesses sat and
.denberated, and five Of them signed the
DEGREES ron that council along with the
king, bishops and mobiles.
King Edgar's charter to the abbey Of
Crowland, A. D. 961, was with the con-
sent of the mobiles and abbesses, who
subscribed The charter.
IN Henry III. and Edward LIS time
four abbesses were summoned to par
.liatient-viz, OF Shaftesbury. Berking,
Et.tMary of Winchester, and OF Wilton
Ins the thirty-ffth Of Edward Ill
were summoned by writ to parliament,
to appear by their proxies, Mary
-counf&6s of Norfolk: Alienor. countess
Of Orm6hd; Anna Dispenser, Phillippa.
countess Of March; Johanna Fttx
Water, Agneta, countess Of Pembroke;
Mary de st. Paul, countess ofzRepk
REakeis 111ls's1 a!l'...s =
OF Athol. these 1l1ieFHla cs1lef By
their proxies. priyflfse peepliar to
the peerage. to appear and act by
proxy antiquities of PARLIAMENT"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
GREAT SUN SPOTS.
The Furious Solar Tempests That
Mark Their Appearance.

MARK Their Appearance.
Back in 1913, when the Millerites
were looking for the end of the world,
there was a great sun spot that to
many seemed to lend weight to the
Millerites' arguments from the time
prophecies in the Bible. For a week
in that year there was a sun spot that
was visible to the naked eye. 1t meas
ured 74,S16 miles across. On the day
of the eclipse in 1858 a spot 107, 900
miles in extent was clearly seen. These
spots are considered to be storms in
the glowing gases that correspond to
the atmosphere of this earth. If there
were ships on the sun as large as this
earth they would be tossed about like
autumn leaves in an ocean storm.
These solar spots are most abundant
on the two sides Of the suns equator,
where they mark something akin to
terrestrial cyclone belt. The center of
a cyclone is rarefied and therefore
colder Cold on the sun is darkness.
An astronomer says that these cyclones
carry down into the depths Of the
solar mass the cooler materials of the
upper layers, formed principally Of hy-
drogen, and thus produce in their Gen.
ter a decided extinction of light and
heat as long as the gyratory movement
lasts. Finally the hydrogen, set free
at the base of the whirlpool, becomes re-
heated at this great depth and rises up
tumultuously, forming irregular jets,
which appear above the chromosphere
Sun spots often break out or disap-
pear under the eye of the observer.
They divide like piece Of ice dropped
on the surface Of frozen pond, the
pieces sliding off in every direction, or
they combine like separate foes driven
together into a pack. Sometimes
spot will last for more than 200 days,
through six or eight revolutions Of the
sun. Sometimes a spot will last only
half an hour.
.'The velocities indicated by these
movements" writes Henry White
Warren, ID. D., "are incredible. An up
cush or downrush at the sides has been
measured of twenty miles second,
Siderush or whirl of 120 miles a second.
These tempests are over regions so
wide that our own Indian ocean is too
small to be used for comparison. As
they cease the advancing sides Of the
spots approach each other at the rate
pf 10000 miles an hour. They strike
together, and the rising spray leaps
thousands of miles into space."-Chi-
cago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
The Note the Pig squeaked.

Among the musical gifts possessed
by Sir Herbert Oakeley, the famous
composer, organist and teacher, was an
ability to tell offhand the exact pitch
and key OF any sound he happened to
hear. AS a boy Of four years of age
he could, without seeing the keys, name
any note or combination Of notes play
ed on the piano.
An anecdote which illustrates the
musicians perfect perception of pitch
Is told.
Sir Herbert was staying with his old
friend, the bishop Of Colchester, at
High Wych and one day heard pig
squeak.
sc sharpw at once cried Sir Her
bert.
Some one ran to the piano, and g
sharp it was! "a.
LIFE ON A WARSHIP.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
Just What He Meant.

An American in London once attend
ed dinner where Henry Arthur Jones
told a story about Beerbohm Tree.
"Mr. Tree" said the playwright, "met
a friend of his one afternoon In Regent
street.
"The two stood and conversed a little
while, and then Mr. Tree said:
Have you been down to see me act
lately, my boyr
"'No; too poor said the other
"'Too poor Mr.. Tree exclaimed.
why, you spend enough on wine and
cigars
But the other, nettled, interrupted.
"T don't mean I'm too poor. / mean
you're too poor he said"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
A Startled Cuest.

!, Nine. Patti took elaborate precau-'
Stions against burglars at Craig-y- Nos
her castle. in Wales. A guest there
who was spending q sleqpless night
rose before dawn to openhis bedroom
window. Immediately there was a
violent ringing of bells in different
parts Of the castle. The visitor made,
his way; downstairs, only to find him.
self In Imminent danger of being LACE
Grated by whole troop OF swapping
and snarling dogs. 1t turned out that
he had unwittingly set the diva's'
patent burglar traps going, the dogs
being released from their chains by an
electric connection with the window.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
cramp In the Legs.

People who are subject to cramp In
the legs should always be provided
with good strong piece Of cord, espe-
cially in their bedrooms. When the
cramp comes on take the cord, wind it
round the leg over the place where 1t
is cramped, take an end in each hand
and give it sharp pull, one that will
hurt little, and the cramp viii cease
instantly. People much subject to
cramp in bed have found great relief
from wearing on each leg garter OF
wide tape which has several thin slices
of cork stitched on to If
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
LIFE ON A WARsHIP.
why the Men Are Allowed to Indulge
In Athletic sports.%

In Athletic Sports.-.
To see thirteen inch gun loaded
and fired is. a sight not to be forgotten.
The projectile is thirteen inches In
diameter, about three feet in length
and weighs LOO pounds. The powder
charge for target practice is 25O
pounds. The cost for each shot is
about $500. When all is ready ON the
range the signal siren sounds, there Is
binding flash, q roar like thunder
and a jarring shock. Then you hear
the whining screech OF the shell, for
all the world like fast express round
ing sharp curve. The projectile Is
visible almost from the time 1t leaves
the gun. You see 1t rip through. the
target and strike the water beyond,
throwing up a column Of liquid many
feet high. The shell skips, much like
the fiat stone skipper Of our boy
hood and again a column Of water
shoots up two miles or more farther
out, to be repeated time and again.
The shell in its flight can be watched
without the aid of glasses for eight
miles or more in clear weather.
While the life of sailor, from cap
tain down to apprentice, is an almost
continual round Of work, some time Is
found for athletic sports. such as
boat racing, football and baseball. The
object of this is to give the men rec
sreation and at the same time to foster
the spirit Of competition. Besides, 1t
makes the men easier to manage. The
ship with a strong football or baseball
team or the fastest race boat almost
Invariably has happy and easily
managed. crew.a crew. that will swear
tiht its 9officers lare the. finest5 men In
the world, and likewise the officers
swear by such crew. Some ships
have training tables for their athletic
teams, the expense usually being de-
frayed by the officers. The team or
boa. cfsw as. .zfsy ySase maj sbsI g
petted by the officers and idolized by
the crew, and for some time before
hard contest the men are excused from
various duties in order that they may
give more time to training.
Every battleship and cruiser hassjts'
race boat, purchased by contributing
from officers and men. The prices. paid
for these boats Is, as a=ruie, ,iccntlngent'
upon their winning cettpn specified
races. The-builders are Willing tostake
n chance. kffcvinEts THAT the 'cFew Wild
its best 10 wiz For 4 Whining boat the,
price is ofteif as much 'as 81 900. while
for a boat thatspfoves reg SPEEDY the
builder will accept $500 or less. On the
result Of a feet boat race as MUCH as
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
No. 80.

10000 has been known to change
hands, and large sums are also
wagered on baseball and football
games. This Is, of course, contrary to
the letter OF the regulations; but the
sporting instinct is as strong in the
navy as elsewhere-and 1t is not always
possible to hold down the lid.-Leslie's
Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05

What is the correct color for cats
fyes as related to the color OF, the cats
j. the question which has been answer
I'd rs follows: A black cat or one
known as n '"blue" cat should have
amber or orange eyes. White cats must
have blue eyes, chinchillas green, though
orange are permissible; orange, cream
or fawn cats must have orange or hazel
eyes; smokes, orange eyes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
RcIated Adxfce

s "That coat looks shabby remarked
Hicks to his intimate friend, thespoet.
WHY don't you hate, It .tdfhed z!
! cgo2x9u think athlss coat has, three
tldeg fgvfsked the impecunious one sad
y. And nothing more was said on
.he subject.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05

~ -s-ss.t Sleep and Death
stAn=antnal depriyed~of sleep dies
smcre quickly than from hunger. One
4 OF the. .cEpelest Of Chinese punishments
xis kill a mapr by preventing sleep
lie dying insane about the fourteenth
day. All apimals sleep for some period
.of5 thes es-twenty-fo hours. How And
fAyhen they do so depend ppans their
natural habits But they oil have: :thls
in common-that after any unusual a.
ertion they sleep longer. tondon Mall.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05

THAT horrid sUxorly has married
agaitx" 49,,
"YesHand he's a8faliys fond of his
latestWfe. He says she Ais glorious
fourth, Clicago Tribune, 4 = -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
LOOKED LIKE A BAD MAN.
Man Giving Name of John Smith Az
rested With Burglars Outfit in II

Man Giving Name of John Smith Ar
rested With Burglars Outfit in His
Possession.
Ottumwa, Jan. 13.-Equipped with
enough explosives to blow up an entire
city block, man giving his name as
John Smith was arrested by Chief of
Police John w. Gray and Sheriff j.
H. Cremer in the Lemly hotel at Chilli
Gothic, nearby town, late Wednesday
afternoon. Smith was brought to OF
tumwa and is now locked in the Wa
pello county Jail.
Following is list of articles found
on the man:
One quart Of nitroglcyerine.
Twenty safe drills.
One SO caliber revolver.
One 80 caliber revolver
One tobacco sack filled with cart
ridges.
Rubber tubes.
Rubber tape.
Miners fuse.
Dynamite caps.
One bar of soap.
Package of gun cotton.
Small oil stone.
One razor.
b, ach OF skeleton keys.
One sperm candle. partly used.
One package of coffee.
Cash. $3.50.
smith was arraigned before Justice
William Berry on the charge of carry
ing burglar tools and was bound over
to await the action Of the grand jury
~. r,.acant session
When the bottle of nitroglycerine ana
the other articles taken from Smith
were carried into the grand jury room
County Attorney Epps, Foreman G.
Chisman and the other members OF
the jury Immediately adjourned and
did not again assemble until assured
that the explosives had been removed
from the building.
Smith claims to be from the gold
district of Colorado and accounts for
the explosives being in his possession
by saving that he uses them in pros
pecting. Smith is about 35 years old
and has a dark complexion. He is
about five feet six inches tall and
weighs about 140 pounds.
Smith has been stayingin Chillicothe
at the Lemly hotel for the past week
or so and has made occasional trips
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
TILTED BRIDE IS WE'D
Hampton Girl Whose Prospect
i've Husband Failed to APP
pear, Marrics Another
SHE HAD TWO FAvoR'TEs
1t Is Said Cause Of oroom's Failure to
Appear at limo Set For Wedding
Was Jealousy of His Fiancees Ac-
ceptance of Attentions of Man She
: Now WEEDS.
sneclal to rimes-Repnblican.

Special to Times Republican.
Hampton, Jan. 13.-Yesterday after
noon at Sheffield Alexander Withers OF
Chaplin, and Olive Osborne. of Hamp-
ton, were married. The bride is the
same lady who waited In vain for
MIR. Frank T.. Brooks to appear and
marry her about three weeks ago. AT
the time when Brooks failed to arrive
at the last hour and the wedding was
called off, 1t was said by some that
Brooks was Jealous of the attention
which Mrs. Osborne had been accepting
from Mr.. Withers, and the climax was
reached by the marriage this week.
Withers is n prominent young man OF
Chaplin, and the newly married couple
will live at that place. Mrs. Withers
was formerly a telephone operator here
and Is we'll known in this community.
Roberts Staley.
Yesterday afternoon at the Baptist
parsonage Mr.. Joseph Henry Roberts
and Miss Amy Staley were united In
marriage by Rev. w. w. PatteRgill.
The bride Is the daughter of Mr.. j. X.
Staley. living near Hampton. Both
young people have grown up from
childhood in Franklin county and are
well known. They will reside on a
farm southwest of Hampton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13

laden with the necessary tools. was
sent to the vicinity of Schuctzen park,
whore a big car had become derniled.
The car WIS i'm charge of William
Fred Loitz. one of the barn men. He
had extricated the big car from it's
trouble. and was on the way back to
the barn when the accident occurred.
When the wrccking car had reach
ed tho crossing Mr.. Loitz thought he
could make the distance before the
train. which was approaching at some
distance. could overtnke him. He
might have done so on any other day.
and With any other conditions than
those which prevailed Mt the time.
Slippery rails occassoncd n low speed
In crossing the tracks and the wheels
whrled at times helplessy on the
rails He had not cleared the track
when the locomotive was upon tn"
car, hitting its, rear and turning the
car entirely around, rear and fore
most.
Motorman Loitz was the only per-
son on board and he was thrown out
of the vcstibule upon the pavement.
whence he was picked up and placed
i'm the wrecked car to await the COM
ing of the ambulance, which was sent
for.
He sustained no broken bones. but
there were severe pains about the
body which seemed to indicate inter-
nal injuries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
NEW TRIAL FOR CLARK.
Judge Blair Grants New Trial In Sen
sationaI MansIauof,tcr Case.

Special to Times Republican.
Manchester, Jan. 13.-Judge Blair
has sustained a motion for new trial
in the case of State vs.. Lester clark
for mansaughter. Clark was found
guilty as charged In the indictment
brought against him by the grand
jury. at midnight last Saturday night
after the jury had been celebrating for
five hours. The grounds for the sus-
tanning of the motion were that an
article published in last weeks Man
chester Press was prejudicial to the
interests of the defendant. The article
went on to state that. while the editor
did not wish to interfere with the case.
he believed Clark guilty and stated that
1t would be a travesty upon justice II
Clark We're not punished. The publi-
cation of the article created sensa-
ton and Judge Blair ordered the bailin
to keep the jury together and remain
with them at all times SO that they
could not get to hear conversation Of
others or read anything pertaining to
the trial. The attorneys for the state
were County Attorney Cloud. f. G..
Perkins and Durham. Norris & Stiles.
and Bronson & Carr We're counsel for
the defendant. The motion for the
new trial was argued by defendants
counsel yesterday and the Judge i'm
mediately granted the new trial asked
for. The former bond of the defendant
was discharged and his bondsmen re-
leased and a new bond has been filed.
The crime for which Clark must an
swer was the alleged killing of his
14-year- son through neglect. A
large number of witnesses We're ex-
amined. and during each session the
court room was crowded.
1t is probable that the new trial will
not be heard until the March term OF
court or later. owing to the general
publicity given to the proceedings and
the difficulty that will be encountered
in securing a Jury
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13

the two bottles having stood side by
side on the shelf. He at once took
an antidote for the poison in the shape
of epicac and hurried to physician
who used a stomach pump to good
effect and cleared out the Offending
drug. No serious damage was done
except a slight burning of the mem
branes by the zinc.
BIairstown.
A number OF prominent farmers in
that vicinity met at Blairstown last
Saturday afternoon and organized a
farmers institute. The following Of
ficers were elected: Theo A. Well,
president: r. Ferman, vice president;
A. F. Allen, treasurer; Henry j. Grun-
ewald, secretary. The membership of
farmers on the south slope Of Benton
the institute will be comprised Of
county and in the northern part Of
Iowa county, and other DESTROYS of
becoming members. An exhibition
Of seed corn and other grains will be
held soon, at which there will be
prizes for the best samples.
PauIIina.
Cy Young, of Paullina, ball play
er. shot himself in the head in the old
Davidson house saloon at Ireton last
week, killing him instantly. Young
had been assisting in carousal with
a number of young fellows Of Ireton
and his wife entered the room where
they were about four in the morning
and wanted him to come home with
her. He pushed her aside and going
into the hall overhead shot himself
He had been conducting pool hall in
Ireton for a few weeks. Before that
he lived for a number of years at Paul
lima. He was thirty-one years of age
and leaves a wife and daughter.
Vincent.
Elmer Jacques, the son of ]. D.
Jaques of Vincent, met with very
distressing accident Friday. He was
hauling a load Of corn to his home.
and as the day was cold he got off
the wagon and walked along by the
side the rear wheel. Stepping on a
bit Of ice, his foot slipped under the
wheel and the wheel passing over his
leg broke both bones between the knee
and the ankle. Stopping the horses
he managed to get upon the wagon, he
drove on. home. Arriving there he
found no one at home and was COM
PEELED to drive another mile on into
Vincent, where physician was found
to dresse the limb
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
PRIZE CORN SOLD
Ono Ear Which Won First Premium at
the Contest at Ames Brings $11 -
Some High Prices Paid for tho Corn
Exhibited at tho Show.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames. Jan. 13.-Corn, the finest ever
grown In the world, was sold yester-
day at the grain exhibit at the Iowa
State College at the most fabulous
sums ever paid for the cereal. One
ear of corn, the prize winner. was sold
for $11, and the 100 ears which won
the $4,000 wagon premium, were sold
for an aggregate amount of $102. Pro-
lessor j. w. Jones of the Iowa State
College was the auctioneer, and much
enthusiasm and exciting bidding mark
ed this greatest sale of cereals ever
known.
w. e. Johnson. Of Athens, ILL.,, grew
the 100 best ears Of corn, and as a
result received the $4,000 premium wa
gon, which took the first prize at the
st. Louis exposition. This corn was
perfect in shape, had uniform size.
and was declared by experts to be the
greatest collection Of maize ever pro-
duced in the world.
The corn was placed on sale after
the awards were granted. Mr.. john
son bid back forty ears of his prize
winning grain for the lump sum of
$35. l.. w. Roe of Oskaloosa pur-
chased ten ears for s13; ID. b. Minis
of Emerson secured ten for $13; and
W. p. Coon of Ames bought ten ears
for $12
Later l.. w. Roe bought twenty more
ears for $24. The intent is to use the
grain for seed purposes.
The prize for the finest single ear
was won by II. J. Ross of Farragut.
This, when placed for sale at auction.
created spirited bidding. Igo Broth
ers offered $40 for the single specimen,
but it was knocked down to ]. r. Alex
ander OF the firm of Alexander Ward
Il Conover, livestock commission mer-
chants, at the union stock yards. Chi
cago, for 81.
The second best ear grown by Fred
Hethershaw, OF Des Moines, was sold
to the Alexander firm for 81.
H. c. Caldwell, who raised the third
best single ear, purchased 1t himself.
paying the sum of $3.50.
The grain was declared to be the
finest ever sold, and the prices paid
the highest ever paid for grain. The
intent of the sale is to better the corn
thruout the country by distributing
these perfect specimens for seed pur-
poses. The prize winners were not alb
normally large, but We're declared by
the assembled agronomists to be the
most perfectly formed ears they had
ever inspected