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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
How TO Become Disease Proof

1t has already been suggested that
the appendix should be removed from
every infant as a routine measure. But
this is clearly insufficient, says the
British Medical Journal. The surgery
Of the future must include far more
than this. The tonsils and turbinate
bones Of the nose must be cut out, be-
cause they may harbor germs. What
Arbuthnot Lane calls the human cess
pool (that is the large intestine)
must be removed along with a consider
able part of the upper portion of the
alimentary canal, because it won't be
needed wnen We begin to live on NJ.
Berthelot's tabloids and pills. The
too readily decaying teeth will be
pulled out in early life and the germ
proof store variety inserted. The failing
human eye will be anticipated by
spectacles in early youth. Deficient
moral sense and degeneracy will be
treated by ventilation of the brain and
removal of the offending areas.
Thus protected against the perils of
civilization, the man in the coming
centuries will be able In his journey
through life to defy the countless enc
mics that seek to rob him of health
sans teeth. sans eyes, sans taste. sans
everything.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
Quick Wit q Strong Factor.

Some Of the noblemen of Europe owe
their present positions and stations OF
honor to the presence of mind and fore
thought of their ancestors during ex-
tremely critical moments. A hiccough,
for instance, is the cause Of the Kin
skys' princely rank in Austria. 1t
seems that during the midst of some
great court function at Vienna the En-
press Maria Theresa had the misfor-
tune to hiccough so violently as to
cause, not only herself, but her court,
great embarrassment. In the midst of
her bewilderment young Count Kinsky
stepped forward, and with a most
clever assumption of intense mortifica-
ton and humiliation, asked her pardon
for his breach Of good manners. The
Empress received his apology with not
only good grace, but gratitude, and be-
fore long the young nobleman was be-
slowed with high court honors and
decorations.
Another story Il told how the EN-
peror NapoieOn III when out hunting
one day, being a very poor marksman,
fired at a pheasant, but instead hit
General Massena, destroying the sight
of one Of his eyes. No one could doubt
who had fired the shot, but General
Massena turned round and soundly be-
rated General Berthier, who he'd been
standing behind him, which castigation
Berthier at once accepted and appeared
overcome with remorse. Napoleon was
grateful to both for thus shielding him,
and overwhelmed them both with
honors and dignity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
THE SCANDAL OF SIGMA.
BY WILLARD.

warm men and women into laughing,
applauding human beings, not above
joining in that last swinging chorus
of the others, and one could seeeta
seemed no more drawing room in
Pont street, but the cotton-felds Of
Louisiana. Lady Bloomfield's own
high cackle rose high above the
voices of the others and one
could see the men drawing breath to
demand an encore, even as she rose,
flushed with the excitement Of heE
success, from the piano, and she
heard, all across the room the mana
ger ask who she was. Two minutes
later, someone brought him over and
introduced him, and they stood by the
instrument, talking quickly and earn
estly-so deep In conversation, indeed,
that sigma would not be interrupted
| to sing again. 1t was only when she
| looked past his broad back that she
caught sight of Verney, nonchalant,
eyeglass in eye. evidently not at all
upset by her reckless Interpretation OF
the notorious negro melody.
"Yes, of course l WILL" said sigma
to the manager. II should like it.
and she nodded to Verney over his
shoulder. Her smile was brilliant.
Half London was in the stalls of the
Bacchante on the great benefit night
and the boxes were taken by select
parties who thought the auditorium
a little public for the light Of theil
presence. l was tickied to see the
duchess dwelling her glasses at Popp.
le Marchant when that young lad,
danced the conger-eel dance in ait
of the charity, and admired the toler
ance Of her attitude. Lady Jane wal
in the box, too, and Sir Wilfred ant
sister, the one who married into tn,
state; but sigma herself was not pres
ent, and, when l went round to pa.
my respects to her grace, l learne,
that she had pleaded headache an,
stayed at home. The cause,I thought
was not far to seek, as sigma woul,
have persisted that she had lumbag
II 1t would have saved her accom-
} panying party of which the, duches
made one.
Batsburg had tacitly promised tn
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

brighten her chaperOns.
Lady Jane is q DEAR good soul, but
she is accustomed to be 'unwise in her
management of sigma. She allowed
her new approval of Noel to be read in
the growing maternity Of her manner.
Hitherto she had been cousinly in her
treatment of him-she was not his
aunt or that might have been her atti-
tude-and when things looked very
black in the matrimonial market she
comforted herself aloud with his ad-
vantages. Sigma hated the obvious.
Her temper had been decidedly uncer-
tain since Captain Verney had come
into what she henceforth styled his
"Bayswater income" and she sailed
forth this very afternoon In a mood
that was ripe for mischief.
She found it at Lady Bloomfelda
afternoon crush where the Bohemian
element was mingling with the severe
~ social, and everybody was discuss
ing the great Benefit night at the
Bacchante Theatre of Varieties in aid
of the War Fund. The Baccnante Is
"a very superior music hall, and that
lent a zest to the way in which every
one was buying tickets-in aid of the
charity!
There was fat man In long frock-
coat standing in the centre Of the
group of the smartest women present
when Sigma arrived. He was Bats
burg. the proprietor Of the Bacchante
and the originator Of the benefit, but
sigma hardly glanced at him. There
was no doubt that she was in a very
bad mood indeed, and her eyes, roam
ing about for some evil deed to prove
this, did not alight upon Batsburg, as
the special means arranged by the
Powers of Darkness to help her. II
was not with any thought of the fat
man and his glossy curls in her mind
that she sat down at the piano
and volunteered song. There had
been music going on all Of that after
noon; but Signals performance was
entirely different, and everyone listen.
I'd, and indeed, crowded in from the
other rooms to hear. She has a
Uingularly clear voice, strong enough
to Ill concert-room, and trained BY
Da Capri. He never thought that his
excellent training would 60 to help
sigma to give Lady Bloomfield's
guests a treat such as that perform
ance Of "Hy'ar there! Clear the road
for Lisbeth."
They were noisy audience when
Signals singing had suddenly trans
formed them from well-dressed luke
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

house a sensation that night, and we
were all little eager; it had not been
announced on the boards, but had
floated round society through the pri-
vate channels, and we kept asking
each other who was this new star OF
Batsburg? The programme was as
good as could be, but the performers
were old acquaintances; and while
we stormed the stage with applause
after each item, all felt that Batsburg
owed us a new sensation yet. 1t came
between numbers and loan extra
turn" which was merely slipped upon
the notice board. The band struck
up new air, catchy thing that nc
one had heard, and yet, l believe, we
all tried to hum 1t and then into the
entire Of the wide strip of stage left
,are In front of the back-cloth little
ragged London gamin came swinging
his impudent dirty face turned to the
audience with the sang froid of his In
imitable breed. He stood still a min
ute. and then cody looking us over, he
began to shy personalities at our
comments that made the victim shout
claim him success.
There was no doubt about his
reality-he was a true arab, apparent
ly brought straight out of the streets
without dab of paint on him that
could be discerned. and supremely
jaunty and insolent. Probably, be
was one of the boys who sold bogus
programmes at the side doors of the
hall, or, for few stray coppers, sang
versions Of the songs to be heard in
side. and Batsburg had primed him ur
to recognize the front rows of the au
dience and discourse on their private
aIairs and was getting quite persona
When one concluded that the
urchin had been coached by someone
who did know. Batsburg had beer
among these people for weeks in con
nection with the benefit, and, though
his use Of his knowledge might be If
doubtful taste, there was no denying
that 1t caught on-the stalls roared al
each singing remark, pointed by one
grimy forefinger came clearly across
the footlights through the jaunty
music.
Suddenly the boy began to dance 4
kind Of double-shufie and, to the aft
which the band still played softly
broke Into a song, introducing the
names Of people in front Of him
His voice was a sweet, true boy'i
voice. but married by that awful Eas,
End accent, and II rang through the
tneatre loud and strong. Young
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1.-TWO thousand a year Is not great
income" said Lady Jane, ironically,
"Still, II rescpes dear Noel from abso-
lutte want. 1t was so nice of his god
mother-always a most unassuming
person, too; indeed, mistook her for
the dressmaker on one occasion when
she came to cal.and l am afraid she
slipped of my visiting list quite q
year ago"
THAT is a pity, since the whole fam
fly are inclined to canonize her now!"
said sigma dryly. However, she does
not seem to have borne malice, as she
has promoted Noel to the position Of
an eligible"
Hardly eligible, my dear! Two
thousand goes such very little way
unless one lives in Bayswater or the
country. Poor Noelr'
"Oh, did not mean among u.s." said
Sigma, with a laughing sneer and q
glance out Of the window at the re-
spectacle Sloane street trees, decorous-
y dusty though Just In bud. "But
possibly some young person in the
middle classes may take pity on him
now, even though it means Bays.
waterr'
Lady Jane glanced rather uneasily
at Signals straight young back, which
was all that presented itself to her to
help out Signals meaning. And Lady
Jane was often at loss to know
whether sigma was In earnest or iron
zeal. She was beginning to think
with despair, that when her youngest
daughter talked sense-the sense Of
Sloane street and the duchess. 4
meant revolt, and would end in Signs
doing some dreaded and unconvention
al thing, such as wanting to take NJ
q profession or refusing a really soun(
offer, for instance. Sometimes-sinc,
his godmother had behaved in such
really laudable manner-she though
with sigh, that even two thousand
year and Bayswater would be bette
than an awful scandal, of which SIN
lived In terror. II sigma must MARI,
poor man, better Noel. who was
somehow, so satisfactory to all tn
family, than one of those younger son
with whom the girl delighted t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
DRINK GALLONS OF WATER.
Practice Said to Account for Japs'
Hardwood.

Hardihood.
The Nichi-Nichi, a prominent Jap
aneSe. paper, in commenting on the re-
markable health of the japanese sol
der in the field attributes not a small
degree of his endurance and immunity
from disease to his habit Of drinking
about a gallon of water every day Of
his life. The statement was verified
by an attache Of the Japanese treaty
commission who studied medicine at
Harvard and practiced at home.
"The japanese soldier is not per-
mitted to drink much water on the
march. He merely vets his lips, rim
SEES his mouth, and takes small
swallow now and then. But in camp
he drinks freely. A quart Immediate
ly on rising, more after breakfast; and
several quarts during the evening. OF
course 1t is largely habit. He has not
studied the systems requirements
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

The largest pin factory in the world
is not as has been stated. in the
United States but in Birmingham.
Eng. where are 100000 are manu-
fractured every working day. All the
other pin factories in England turn
out about 100000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
Wash Inside And Out.

The Nichi-Nichi discourses further
on the subject, stating in naive way
the benefit of free indulgence i'll na-
lures drink:
Health is a gift of the gods, and
the way to health lies through the do
main of cleanliness. AS we wash our
linen so should We wash our bodies
inside and out. Water is the sweetcncr
life. In its free use you shall be as
sweet and pure as a mountain brook;
as strong as the lion of the sea; as
broad as the wind-swept rice fields.
You shall hold your head in the stars
and your life shall be as peaceful as
a summer day."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02


Americans Use Too Little.
eYour people," he went on, neglect
their needs as rule, in respect TO
both water and air. They do not
drink enough and do not battle enough.
would not say they are unclean; II
is only that they are less particular IN
their cleanliness. 1t is n difference in
the point of view. The Japanese
think daily bath the very least at
tcntion to the body. Many battle sew
eral times Il day-a simple sponying,
cleansing the pores and giving the
soul a chance to breathe. And the
.ir bath is equally Il habit. My peo'
dc cannot at first live in the close
american houses. They crave the
'rcedom and perfect ventilation OF
heir bamboo cottages. Drinking ana
bathing are national traits. We be-
ieve that cleanliness of the internal
tissues is as necessary TO health and
comfort as cleanliness of the Skin
The waste materials of the body ar,
often poisonous. Their retention g.
the cause of many sleepless nights
headaches rheumatic pains fits of indi
geston. Water in abundance, inside
and out, is necessary TO every human
being"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-04
CITY LIBRARY
On Fair Way to Success. Will Soon
Own q Good Lot.

William Irvine, secretary of the board
oil library trustees. has collected in sub
scriptions for site Tor the proposed
library building $500. THIS, with the
consent OF the trustees, will be paid for
a lot at Market and streets, for which
$l2OO is to be paid. There is sui due on
subscriptions 500, which it is expected
VII come in by January !, next. To
meet the balance OF S400 Mrs. w. Il.
Mack and Mrs. John Doug as. Of the
board OF trustees, have planned ball at
Electric park pavilion from which they
expect to realize 500. The remaining
500 has been secured by a lot donated
bv Mr.. and Ms. James stewart in High
Land Home. IL is planned to sell 200
tickets at 81 each and dispose OF the lot
to the drawer oi the lucky number.
As to the Guiding, the trustees have a
scheme Tor getting it which will be made
known "a ter the lot Is secured.
Mrs. Bradley, wife OF one oi the state
Bank managers. recently gave fine pic.
ture. beautifully framed, io the library
which now hangs upon the wall.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-04
Contest is Narrowed Down to Candidates
for Mayor and their Platforms.
Meeting Hall
Sheeks Makes a Splendid Impression, n
for Clean Government A Pierce
County ditor on Mr..

erty to prostitutes or for the purpose OF
prostitution.
2. "Be it further resolved that the
financial condition of our city is such as
to demand most rigid ECONOMY OF the
resources of the city, and the future wei
fare of the city demands that taxation
shall be steadily but surely reduced and
we pledge the candidates selected by
this convention and the candidates Of
this convention by their acceptance of
our nomination shall stand pledged to II
rigid economy of the finances of the city
to the end above designated.
3. "We demand the adoption and en-.
forcement OF the eight hour law on all
city contracts.
4. 1--WE demand the opening of pub
lie highway in this city connecting the
streets OF the city with the county road
leading to Montesano, and that such
highway receive the immediate attention
and action of the citv council of this city.
5. "We demaud that the North Aber.
deem bridge be maintained as a public
highway.
6. "We favor the advancement OF the
City of Aberdeen to city Of the Second
Glass.
7. "We demand that the city council
enact milk and food inspection ordi
nance and that it be rigidly enforced.
8. "We favor the holding of public
meetings to consider, and the employ
ment OF all lawful means looking to the
deepening OF the channel to the sea-"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-04

When the polls close tomorrow night
the people OF Aberdeen will, in the exer-
else OF their suffrage, nave decided upon
what they want in the line cf municipal
government. And, he that decision what
it may, we will all agree gracefully with
the will OF the ma jority. The contest is
admittedly between Ben Sheeks and
John Lindstrom for mayor, and their
candidacy is legitimate newspaper dis,
cussion.
Mayor Lindstrom is seeking re- elect ion
and therein has the advantage-or other
wise-of his record. This paper went
into that record at some length in the
last issue, and, as neither OF the two
papers supporting Mr.. Lindstrom have
disputed the statements then made, they
stand as confessed. These statements
accused the present administration OF
incapacity-and proved it,-and showed
the false promises made by the adherents
OF Mr. Lindstrom one year ago. We re.
peat, that those statements have not
been denied-and their truth rendered
denial impossible.
Hearing OF the candidacy OF Mr..
Sheeks, Robert Montgomery, the talent
ed editor OF the Puyalup Valley Tribune,
has written the following letter to the
SuitOi VI thAo PoPOi
PUYALLUP, WASH, Dec. . 1905,
JOHN J. CARNEY, ESQ,
ABERDEEN, WASH:
My Dear Sir notice by the HERALD
just at hand that Ben Sheeks has been
nominated for mayor of your city.
Knowing, as l do, the retiring nature OF
Mr.. Sheeks and his utter dstaste for
political warfare and public office. must
confess that his reasons for consenting
to run are to ire a matter of curiosity.
You stated it mildly, indeed, when you
said that MIR. Sheeks Twill far and away
make the best mayor of any THIRD CLASS
city in the state OF Washington." The
real fact is that in the office Of mayor he
would have no peer, in the respect OF
ability in any city of WHATEVER CLASS on
the Pacific Coast. He is man of pro-
found learning-not only in the law, but
in the realm of history, literature and
political science.
Few realize the depth and breadth of
Mr.. Sheeks' knowledge, because few
have the pleasure and privilege OF close
acquaintance with him. He doesn't
carry his friendships on his sleeve fer
DAVIS to peck at He must be cultivated
He is man of few words. Thinkers are
seldom proliX; and, moreover, as rule,
they are not what are popularity called
"good mixers"
| have had the honor to know Mr.
Sheeks intimately for over - years He
is "A man among men. He would grace
any Office within the gift al the people
His administration of whatever public
post to which he might be chosen would
be clean, able, digniied and efficient.
| trust that the citizens OF Aberdeen
will have the provision, the good sense
and judgment to improve the privilege
and opportunity which is now theirs to
elect man OF truly great proportions
mayor OF their city.
Respectfully,
ROBERT MONTGOMERY.
The voter in choosing between candi.
dates must, however much his personal
feelings lead him to Mr.. Lindstrom, ad.
NIT that Mr.. Sheeks leads in the matter
OF "know how" This knowledge ap-
peals to the unprejudiced taxpayer as
having direct money value to him that
good business dictates that he should
not overlook.