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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

intended them to be. Mrs. Wus Wash
ington friends, with whom she keeps
up steady correspondence. state tina,
she Is able to walk now with com
fort.
By the will OF the late German
Field Marshal, Count Won Waldersee.
commander of the allied troops during
the Boxer uprising in China, his in.
sigma OF the Order Of the Black Eagle.
set with diamonds, was sold for the
benefit OF the needy soldiers in his old
regiment. Count Won Waldersee's wife
is Miss Lee, of New York, and as
serts most powerful influence at the
Berlin Court where she succeeded In
securing promotion after promotion for
her husband.
DR.. Wallason, the Cars American
dentist. lives in St. Petersburg in q
palace IN a quarter reserved for Grand
Dukes and Ambassadors. 1t Is furnish
ed with such exquisite things that each
room represents fortune in itself.
Wherever the Gear or Czarina or the
Grand Dukes are. they always send
Tor DR.. Wallason, and he is kept busy
travelling from one end of the big Rus.
sian empire to the other.
In the same way, DR.. Thomas an
american dentist at Vienna, has been
for many years an intimate friend of
the Emperor, and has never BETRAYED
the Emperors confidence by q single
indiscreet utterance.
The German Emperor's American
dentist not such very long time
since committed suicide.
Each Earl of Oxford, at his burial Is
driven in his hearse three times round |
the church before his remains are fin.
ally laid to rest. The origin of this
queer custom, according to family and
local tradition. is that Horatio, second
earl OF Oxford, destroyed the tomb
Of the Scalmers, former possessors of
Hall, in Norfolkshire, and
one of the unhappy ladies of this fam.
lily, finding no rest. still haunts the
always searching for the
remains of her relations. It is to mol.
lily her spirit that this weird drive of
he hearse round the churchyard takes
place on the occasion of the obseouies
If every Earl of Oxford. The present
1ord Oxford, whose wife is Louise
Corbin, daughter of D. G. Corbin, and
llece OF the great railroad magnate
" that name. is at present travelling
n tnis country. van Calava.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
Saxon had looked upon Plymouth

Saxon had looked upon Plymouth
Rock.
In the first half of the Sixteenth
Century the Spanish Conquistadores
seeking new fields of conquest for the
glory OF Spain, swept up the Rio
Grande Valley. They found pastoral
settlements Of Pueblo Indians prac-
dcing agriculture through the aid of
Irrigation, carrying the precious waters
OF the Rio Grande out upon the desert
and reaping harvests from fields which
had been in cultivation beyond the
traditions Of the oldest members of the
tribe. Spanish settlements followed
the conquerers. With the ready adap-
liability of the early explorers they
utilized the old irrigation systems.
Thresh by TrampIIag Of Goats.
The unprogressiveness Of the Span
ard IL no where more strikingly re-
veAled than in the Rio Grande Val.
4ey, where the descendants of the early
spanish explorers are to-day engaged
n agriculture in Just the same man
ner - their forefathers practiced II.
md iadeed with methods strangely IKE
1hcoo IN the days of Abraham Ynn
eau oee them reap with the sickle and
shresh By the trampling Of goats.
Progressive Americans settling In the
epp0e reaches Of the Rio Grande IN
1Esf yeafs, showed small regard for
She. settlers In tho lower valley. Soon
yhelf long lines Of broad canals began
% nake sad inroads In the water sub-
~ which was needed for the ola
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Weakness Of Engiish Colonies.

The new commonwealth Of Aus
tralia does not seem to be getting on
very well. The population In the ten
years ending with 1901 was 3,771.715.
the increase being co., 482 The whole
island continent has less population
than the city of Greater New YORK
Long a dependent upon England, it
has not developed internally. sWere
Australian ports" says the Sydney
Bulletin, shut by hostile warships
tomorrow, the commonwealth would
De without guns or cartridges for its
troops without ships or the means OF
making them. without fabrics for
clothing, without machinery for mine
or railway, without even paper on
which to print Its Journals. Australia
would have to beseech the grace Of
some master. crawl to the hand of
Whatever power was for the time most
strong Or lapse Into savasery."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
THE MEERSCHAUW PIPE.
Almost Impossible to Select q
Genuine One.

A story is told of a smoker who spent
eight of the best years of his life trying
10 color meerschaum pipe, keeping it
enclosed most of the time in case so as
to prevent it getting scratched and its
finish being dulled by the oil and moist
ure from his hands, only to find at the.
end of that period that he had been
tenderly nursing an imitation instead
or the genuine '''ecume de mer." The
best imitation is composed of the par
lngs OF genuine meerschaum, combined
with mineral clay. These compost
lions can usually be determined from
the genuine meerschaum by their
greater weight, but there is no abso-
iutely certain test for distinguishing
the counterfeit. One method of test is
to look for slight imperfections. Com
position bowls never exhibit these
slight blemishes, which result from the
presence of foreign bodies in the natur.
al meerschaum however, as the blem-
lshes do not usually manifest them.
selves until after the bowl has been
used for some time, the test is not of
much value in buying new pipes.
Meerschaum Is q silicate Of magnesia.
and preparatory to carving it is soaked
In composition of wax and oil. The
wax and oil absorbed BY the meer-
schaum are the cause of the coIoring
OF the pipe due to smoking, and in con-
nection with the further absorption of
nicotine. Where meerschaums have
been smoked for some time without
having acquired good color, they can
frequently be improved BY rubbing.
when warm, with beeswax.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
AE EEGLISHMAE R7rH HUMoR.
How he Held His First dob and More
over Got q Raise In Wages.

/
over Got q Raise In Wages.
Herbert Kelley, one Of the leading
actors Of the present time, is an
EngliShman, but, unlike the usual type
from the Island has deep sense Of
humor. In speaking OF his first visit to
this country, he describes his exper-
fence something like this:
.Yes, was bit green when came
over to this country, and / 'ad to tike
hanythink In the wy of Job. / got
started in a department store on 9th
avenue, and the hoorwalker s'ys to me,
s'ys e:
Now, AIRY, wen give you three
trials, and IL you let three people get
away without selling them, Wen ave
to bounce YOU
"Well, l came down jolly early on
Monday, took my plice behind the
counter and w'fted for customers.
Pretty soon q Idly walked up and
asked me where she should tike the
tram for New Rochelle. / didn't know,
and she went aw'y. I looked at the
1oorwalker and the fioorwalker e
looked at me. That mide one," hold
Ing up lean foreinger. 'Then a man
came along and stopped to arsk me
where e could buy a at. I told i'm
where the at counter was, and e went
aw'y. That mide two. Jolly poor
luck. wasn't 1t now? I looked at the
foorwalker, and that foorwalker
looked at me like ell. but what could
l do? Then another Idly came along
as 'ad large piece of goods to match,
and she wanted another yard of the
same. l took 1t and pulled out hevery-
think on the shelves, but there was no
more of 1t left. was In a bit Of a
funk then, for IL l let 'er 60 without
mixing a sale l would lose my job, so l
seq:
"'Wite a bit, Idly; I'll see if we ave
any upstairs / went up, and seeing
there was no more there. either, l just |
cut yard off her own goods and
brought the two pieces down, rolled
them up, took the money, and she
went aw'y. l 'ad plenty of customers
after that but / didn't feel just COM
don't you know.
"The same afternoon she came back
md asked for the floorwalker.
Ere seq she, I brought FIVE
Yards of goods ere to match this
morning and bought yard more, but
when got home l found only four
ards In my own piece. Can you ex-
hin that, please?'
II 'emmed an 'awed and tried to
Measure the goods and hattempted to
ell the Idly that she must be mistaken
bout Ter own piece, but she only
Jared at me, and in q jiffy she was
up to the tioorwalker expl'nin' the
onditi n of affairs. 'Er tone hindu
ated that she was mad, and I said to
1eself, AIRY, you're dead 'un."
1.-THE foorwalker called me hout,
nd ! 'ad to tell i'm all about 1t, 'ow
ne first party wanted tram-car, and
le next at, and this one wanted
lore goods when we 'adn't any. l
d to Sell 'er some'0w, or lose my Job,
l give Ter bit from FER own piece.
he foorwalker looked so bloomin'
ad for bit that thought my time
as come for sure, but then e
arted to larf, and e larfed till l
fought ED bust Then e SEE, "Arry.'
z e. 1 guess Wen ave to keep you,
I'd raise your wages And e did"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
THE IyTELLIGENCEOF ANIMALS.
An English Naturalist Believes That
IL May be Far Greater
Than Imagined

Sir John Lubbock has brought more
popular attention to the subject of the
mental capacity Of animals than any
other writer. He has conducted many
careful investigations on the senses, in
stincts and intelligence Of animals and
insects. An interesting query pro-
pounded by the English scientist re-
lates to the existence of other organs
of sense than ours.
1--WE find," he says, Gin animals CON-
pick organs Of sense, richly supplied
with nerves, but the function Of which
we are as yet powerless to explain.
There may be fifty other senses as DIFF
ferent from ours as sound is from
sight, and even within the boundaries
OF our own senses there may be end
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
COHHERCIAL DISHONESTY.
IN ACKNOWLEDGED TRAIT OF
JAPANESE MERCHANTS,
They Have No Regard For a Con.
tract - Striking Contrast With
Chinese Traders.

With the treaty of peace, Japan ha
seen the accomplishment of a tasl
that has been the ambition of the EN-
pire-to hold front rank in the fam
lily of nations. This has been brought
about through such military achieve
ments as have evoked the admiration
of the civilized powers. but now II
seems that Japan has still before her
problem which means harder work
and q greater task than that which
she had before the commencement OF
the Russian-Japanese war.
That task, Is to redeem the CONNER.
cial reputation of her traders. a repu-
tation which is not enviable. Joseph
Walton, member OF the English par.
lament, man who has spent much
time In travel and knows the people of
the East thoroughly, says in his book
on the Orient:
Japanese traders are not special.
ly distinguished for honesty, particu.
larry in their business relations with
foreigners. We have in this a most
striking proof that the character of
the people is largely formed by the
nature of their surroundings. For hun
dreds of years the trading class In
Japan has occupied a very low place
In the social scale. In the last thirty
years, since the feudal system has
been abolished, the position of the
traders has greatly changed, and now
some OF those who were mobiles are en-.
gagged In trade; and / am told there
is reason to hope that shortly bust
ness affairs in Japan will be conducted
On more honest lines"
Peculiar Business Dishonesty.
The progress which the Japanese
nave made in the past fifty years
shows them to be a people self |
'eliant and determined to keep on ad-
RANGING towards the highest plane at
yet travellers in the East |
AVE been surprised that the traders |
II the Occident are so VIGOROUSLY dis. |
honest, for while the Japanese are far
superior to the Chinese as regards
achievement of national strength and
perseverance, yet the reverse is true
n the matter of commercial honesty.
1t appears that the Japanese mer-
AohsS nave NJ IeSdru LOT u contract,
is said that the most prosperous
commercial houses of Japan are man.
ged not by Japanese but by Chinese.
ne average Chinese merchant Is high.
Y esteemed the world over for his hon
sty; In fact a president of one of the
argest corporations of the United
tates once said that he would not be
fraid to ship barrel Of gold coin to
Chinese merchant with instructions
make use of 1t in trade, hut at the
nd OF the year he would receive a de-
Ill statement of where every coin
ent, but IL this were done to a jap
1ese merchant, he would consider ,
mself lucky to get back the empty
lrrel.
1t is believed that the hard task
'complished by the Japanese in the =
ar Just happily brought to an end
III be a beginning to bring out the
MUS for which the Japanese have :
EN- noted in war to utilization of
ace and commercialism. |.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
GOSSIP OF THE DIPLOMATS.
Foreign and Washington Notes.


The Sultan Of Turkey some short
time since. granted an audience to
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, and was so
much charmed with that genial Amer
lean gentleman that he conferred upon
him the grand Gordon of the Chefecat,
and presented Mrs. Bacon with a lot
of porcelain manufactured in the I'm
perial potteries. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Georgian Senator will ask
permission from Congress to be per-
United to accept the order Of the
Sultan.
Mrs. WI Ting Fang, wife of the for
mer Chinese Minister to this country,
has defied the time honored traditions
of her native land. by returning to
China with her feet enlarged" to a
normal size. When she came to this
country with her famous husband. Mrs.
WI had her feet tightly bound, as is
the custom among women of her rank
IN China While in this country she
had surgical operation performed. in
'reasing her feet to the size nature
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
Close CO-Operati0n.

NOW, Harold, this is your fifth birth
day party. Whom do you love best,
your father or me?
Father, sure.
But, Harold, you said yesterday that
you loved me best.
Yes; but I've slept over It. and /
realize that we men must stick to-
gether.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

Among the festivities organized for
the celebration of the seventy-fifth an.
niversary OF Belgium's independence
is the faithful reproduction Of one ~
the fitting tousts given by Philln thu
GOOD or Burgundy in 1452. in which
Philips son broke the lancee az nv.
teen opposing knights IN the presenc.
Burgundy, VI
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

RUINS OF OLD SPANISH CHURCH.
tons long held and regretfully let &c
OF, are that this sunny land OF the
border is the land of manama. of to-
morrow; that its day OF awakening ia
not yet come. Well, wake I'D! Life
Is Just as ZEAL. just as earnest and as
strenuous In Ell Paso as in New York
or Chicago, and when you rub up in
business against the Ell Pasoan Won
need all your shrewdness and business
acumeu.
The Old and The New.
Ell Paso is old-very old. and Ell
Paso is new, too-very new. This de-
Hghtful paradox is full of surprises
and charms. Right up against the old
Spanish dwelling of adobe with long,
low windows, heavily barred, and its
patio in the center, you are likely to
md modern Office building with ele-
vators and electric lights.
Something OF feeling of living In
the past comes over you when you en-
ter one of the old churches, down here
churches erected more than 300 years
ago. The solemn silence of these
shadowy halls has been broken by the
prisons Of countless thousands and
softly intoned ayes were echoing here
long before the eyes Of the Anglo
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

Mamma had told Dorothy that she
could not 90 out again. The little
maiden made one moro plea. please,
mamma 1t isn't very wet, and I Won't
60 on the grass"
mo, you cannot, Dorothy" said
mamma, smiling at the little ones per
sistency.
well, anyway, mamma, It seems to
ne that yoU'rs very cheerful about
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
The BarthOICi FOuufa;o-

Among art work displayed in
one of the public reservations in the
immediate Shadow of the Capitol, is
the Bartholdi Fountain. which plays
in the National Botanical Garden. Its
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

designer and sculptor was the man who
made the Statue of Liberty. which
france presented to the United States
and which stands in New York harbor
The Bartholdi Fountain performed it's
hrst service in this country at the Phil.
adeiphia exposition, at the close Of
which 1t was brought to Washington.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
0ID DFCFRT InUpEPVC
VAU UnD1Ill bUUlHhIO,
MODERY CIVILIZATION, THRIFT
IND ABUNDANCE IN SAGE
BRUSH COUNTRY.

where Sunshine and Fertile Soil
await the coming of Canal-Borne
Water to Laugh Abundant Har-
vests.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one Tn ousand
claims allowed through us dur
ing the last six months. Dis.
ability, Age and In.
ere a . e pensions obtained
IN the shortest possible time.
Widows claims a specially.
Usually granted within 90
days if placed with us immedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed by law and payable out of
allowed pension. A successful
experience of rs years and benefit
OF daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Mapis-
trates pecu niarily
benefited by sending vo.
claims.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

Wonder Work Of the AncientS.
Modern quarry machinery can handle
single stones larger than any Of the
monoliths of ancient Egypt. The really
surprising thing, however, is how did
the ancients handle their monoliths
with only their crude machines.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-16

canals. Mexico, Texas and New Mex-
leo we're arrayed against Colorado
Whlea robbed them Of their priceless
heritage and threatened TO transform
thousands of acres of fruitage and
bloom into its original state-that of
The desert AS the water grew scarce
there sprang up hostilities between the
citizens Of the whole Rio Grande VAL
ley. Neighbor began to be ar-aved
against neighbor; there were even fam
lily rows over the water For years
these conditions prevailed. Mexico
made respectful protest against the use
OF the waters of the Rio Grande in
Colorado which deprived the ancient
canals of the Republic of their rights
long established. The Comfy of Ma
lions was threatened.
To Build Huge Dam.
1t was the passage of the National
irrigation act which wrought a Won
drous change in the conditions and
knit together in one brotherhood all the |
citizens Of the lower valley, imhuing
them with q spirit OF cooperation and
enthusiasm. The Reclamation Service
took hold OF the project and worked
out plan TO store the vast Rio Grante
foods which we're annually a source
Of much loss to the valley and which
we're wholly unutilized. This plan the
people have accepted as q salvation.
one hundred miles above Ell Paso the ,
Tic Grande flows through n deep mar !
ow canyon. A dam 255 feet high ,
cross its lower end will create the :
lrgest artificial reservoir in this coun- ,
~. 1t will make a lake 40 miles long.
y miles wide and from 100 to IT'S
aot deep. 1t will contain water enough :,
cover 100000 acres q foot deep. !;
into this vast reservoir the greatest
ood the Rio Grande has ever known !
Ill quickly disappear and later when
eeded by 100000 thirsty acres in the :
alley below will be released and led
rough q net work of canals and !
tches through New Mexico into Tex
|, clear down into Old Mexico. . .
The Settlers Pay tile Cost.
1t will cost millions to do this work,
100000 is the figure, but what of
at? The settlers will gladly pay for n
Under the magic of irrigation Me- s.
la, La Palomas and Ell Paso val n
IS, now only dotted here and there v
tn green verdure, will spring into y
II fruitage, producing harvests unri- d
lied In quality and quantity. Ten o.
ousand new homes will cover the n
sert plain, and Ell Paso, the central 81
int for transportation and the great az
market in the valley, will wax into p'
city OF 100000 souls. Twenty thou In
nd acres of irrigated land support a
lendid city now. What shall 1t be CT
len 100000 acres are added to the 1t
,p producing area of Ell Paso terri &C
y? al
IT
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02
Appendicitis Caused
By a New Theory

Washington, Aug. 7.-Another theory
has been advanced regarding the cause
Of appendicitis. Painstaking investi-
cation has led the surgeons away from
the suspected grape seed, which was at
first supposed to seek the appendix,
and from various other articles Of food
to danger altogether outside ordinary
diet.
DR.. Pond OF Liverpool publishes in
the London Lancet a new theory with
reference to the origin of appendicitis
and other disturbances of the diges-
tive organs. He calls attention to the
fact that such ailments often can be
attributed to antimonial poisoning and
the source of the antimony taken by
man is said to be the rubber rings
frequently used to close all sorts OF
bottles.
DR.. Pond has established the fact
that these rings consist of almost one
third their weight Of antimony Not
only is the antimony dissolved by min
eral waters, alkalais and organic acids,
but the rubber rings, as daily observa-
tion shows. soon become brittle and
some Of the compound falls into the
contents Of the bottles.
In series OF observations, DR.. Pond
claims to have found that the frequent
ly repeated introduction OF antimony
can become source Of series Of dis
turbances Of the nutritive and diges-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02
World news BY (ABL|
CHOLERA IN PRUSSIA.

CHOLERA IN PRUSSIA.
Berlin, Sept. 1. - Today 43 new
cases of cholera and nine deaths were
reported In West Prussia. Tne scourgs
ts thought to have come from Asis
through Russia.
ecouRGE IN GALicIA.
Vienna, Sept. 1. - The cholers
scourge has appeared In Galicia.
TREATY WILL BE READY.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. l. - The
treaty will be finished by the legal ad
visers of japan and Russia tomorrow
ready to be submitted to the plenipo
tentiaries for signature.
ENGLISH EXPRESS WRECKED.
Witham, England, Sept. 1. - The
London and Cromer express has been
wrecked. Ten persons were killed
and twenty injured.
SWEDiSH-NoRWEGIAN SPLIT.
Karlstad, Sept. 1T is reported
that the Swedish proposals are not
acceptable to the Norwegians.
ROBBED OF NECKLACE.
Brussels, Sept. IA valuable neck
lace belonging to a daughter of Rus
sian Peace Envoy Witte was stolen
from her at the theater.
ROBBERS TAKE 100000.
New York. Sept. Thieves have
.plundered the residence of Jose Ar
mars of property valued at 100000.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02
K|NAU SETS new
PASSENGER RECORD

The Kinau still keeps on bringing
biz crowds. She lad one hundred and
eleven last Saturday, but today that
record was buried out Of sight, One
hundred and thiity-seven cabin pas
sengers crowded the little steamer,
but Admiral BccRley had them admir-
ably accommodated and nobody kick.
-. The majority are from Hilo.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02

The BUSINESS MANS HANDY IN.
DEx, published In the Saturday BulIe.
tin and the Weekly Edition, gives q
concise and complete resume Of all 10.
gal notices, calls for tenders, Judg.
ments, building permits and real 60
tate transactions. Evening Bulletin,
rs cents per month. Weekly Bulletin,
81 per year.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02
Horse ShOein6.
W.W.Wri9htCO.

have opened a horseshoe
ing department In connec-
ton with their carriage
shop, etc. Having secur-
ed the services Of q first
class shoer, they are pre-
pared to do all work In
trusted to them In q first-
class manner.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-02
SUNDAY CONCERT

The Hawaiian Glee Club will give
o Sunday concert at the Kaimuki Zoo
from 2:30 until o'clock p. IN.
Take Sunday ride to the Zoo and
see the animals and hear some fine
music.