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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
FIERCE WAR IN DIXIE.
A Washington Paper Regales Its
Readers with Accounts of Recent
HercuIean Struggles of Southern
Politicians

Readers with Accounts of Recent
HercuIean Struggles of Southern
Politicians.
From the Washington Post.
Mid-August finds the pleasant land
OF Dixie In the happy and normal
condition Of political war. The treach-
erous thermometer, which in the
North has palpably crazed large pro-
portion of the population. has benign
ly registered genial and glowing
warmth In the South. conducive to in
tellectual agility. inclsiveness of tenn
per, and healthful acidlty Of speech.
From the Potomac to the Rio Grande
come reverberations OF field and siege
artillery. "Sunburned sicklemen, Of
August weary" drop their sickles and
flock to town where peerless orators
drown and burn In Precipitation and
peroration. All Dixie Is alive with
local issues Of overwhelming national
Importance.
The very dome Of the Capitol filings
back the echoes Of Nirginian strife.
There the forid Montague and the
matter-of-fact Martin are locked in u
death struggle that extends over
every county of the Old Dominion.
Figures of speech and figaseS of COM
merce writhe and grapple. The Rap
pahannock boils, the Rapidan bubbles,
and the James runs in Il panic 10
Hampton Roads. The Mother of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

measure, even such as might be daib-
grated from President ROosevelt's de-
termination to compel the railroads to
obey the existing law and that IL the
statutes now written on the books are
not sufficient. they must be reinforced
to the desired potency:
Senator Elkin's statement Is a fore
runner Of the settlement of the whole
question in Congress next winter.
Such an adjustment will be for the
benefit of all parties commemorative
railroads and the shipping interests.
Immense harm has been done to
worthy enterprises by railroad dis
elimination against them. 1t seems
now that the great transportation con.
Germs will not hereafter be permitted
to devote themselves to the creation
of monopolies and the repression Of
competition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
Carmackian Tennessee.

Over in Tennessee the aureats
plumes of the Hon. Edward w.
Carmack are incandescent, while the
Hen. Bob Taylor's violin "shrieks like
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
To Cure Smoky WickS.

When lamp wicks smoke or refuse to
burn properly they should be soaked
In vinegar and then dried thoroughly.
The difference in the light given will
be very noticeable. Another hOmely
suggestion is the use of salt to remove
the ugly stain made by eggs on silver.
1t should be applied dry and rubbed
on with a soft cloth.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
TaE FRUITS OF PEACE.
JAPAN TO TURN HER ATTENTION
TO ARTS AND INDUSTRIES.
Wonderful Performances Following
Our Civil War when a Million Men
Returned to Work to be Repeated
by Japan.

Returned to Work to be Repeatec
by Japan.
The great armies Of Japan are about
to be sent back to the farm, the work
shop and the marts Of trade. The pa.
gan nation that has refused to bow
Its knee in worship at the foot OF the
cross is about to exemplify that
prophesy Of Isaiah perhaps more fully
than has any nation claiming to be
guided by the Christian faith.
"They shall beat their swords into
ploughshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up
sword against nation. neither shall they
learn war any more"
Such were the words of the prophet,
spoken during the very period Of which
tradition echoes the greatness Of the
japanese nation.
Militant Japan passes" now de-
clares Baron Kaneko. the Mikado's
representative in the United States,
"and industrial Japan takes its place
with the coming OF peace"
Within short time, probably in Oc-
tober when the foliage of the rare
japanese gardens Is tinged with yellow
at the coming Of the frost, the scrolls
that perpetuate japanese history will
bear a narrative Of the grand disband-
ment of that army Of japanese soldiers
that has overcome a power supposed
by the world at large to be its superior.
As soon az the japanese Government
can make the necessary arrangements.
that great army Of three-quarters of a
million OF men will pass in review
through the streets of Tokyo and will
invoke the same magic spell that made
for peace in the review of the Grand
Army of the Republic In our own capt.
tai at the close Of the Civil War.
Promise Of a Great Miiitary-Peace
Bevlew.
The japanese, ever ready to adopt
the best that exists I'm foreign lands,
and with sufficient initiative and power
for improvement to surpass the people
they initiate, may be depended upon to
provide one of the most magnificent
-spectacles representing transit
ton from war to peace that has
ever been witnessed. That army that
has carried everything before it, and
which has been the wonder of the mill
tary powers of the world, will soon be
marching through the streets of Tokyo
amid the plaudits of the populace that
has made sacrifices at home as have
the warriors on fields of battle where
their Russian antagonists have met de-
feat and humiliation.
This plan has been adopted in ten
tative way by the Japanese Govern
ment, and is likely to be carried out,
unless the riotOus acts Of the people
who have been disappointed by what
they regard as inadequate compensa-
ton for Japan as stipulated In the terms
Of peace, cause the Government, for
prudential reasons. to avoid such
demonstration when the great army is
within the capital.
But whether this display of a mill
tary nation. chided as being devoted to
war for the love of military glory
alone, takes place on the magnificent
scale that many wise statesmen of
Japan hope for, the army that has
raised Japan to the rank of first-rate
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

Presidents adjusts her spectacles and
clasps her hands in convulsive appre-
hension as she stares at her warning
sons. 1t is fierce and bloody fight.
but out of it will come peace and a
Senator, if there is a survivor ut all.
The Strife In Georgia.
In good old Georgia the shears Of
embattled editors flash in the August
moon. Georgia was disposed to be-
come frantic at first. but when it was
certain that an editor would become
governor in any event. the grand old
State sighed and became resigned.
She no longer fears the worst. for 1t
has happened. She hears the roar
Of the linotypes as they belch forth
defiance and smoke, and the sharp
rattle Of sanguinary typewriters fills
her capital with dread. Editorial ex
plosions are Of hourly occurrence, and
column after column sweeps forward
with double leads and bold-faced
heads. 1t Is a carnage OF mlnion and
bourgeois. Even the neutral diction-
airy has been pillaged, and war poems
are at ruinOuS premium.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
Good Bathing.

Washington has a public bathing
beach on the banks of the Potomac
where during the heated weather thou
sands of dusty urchins. schoolboys, and
other citizens disport themselves In the
cool of the evening.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

military power is to be dlsbanded and
the soldiers are to 60 TO their homes.
Return to the Factory and the Farm.
The little men who never turned
aside I'm making assaults upon the en-.
envy are to return to the factory, to
form with deft fingers those wonderful
art treasures that are the pride of cul-
tured homes the world over, to devote
their genius to the combination Of col
ors with effects that cause Western ar
lists TO admire, but which they cannot
equal The little patient men will go
TO their farms and, by toilsome effort,
Will make the soil fruitful to a degree
that excites wonder In those aecus-
toned to the broad acres of America.
The tactful merchants, ever polite, but
capable OF sharp practice withal, are
TO dispense the wares that come from
the loom and the workshops Of Japan
to all the nations of tie earth.
The japanese have from the first
claimed that their war with Russia has
been for the maintenance of their ma
ti0nal integrity. Baron Kancko him.
self disclaimed the charge year and
half ago that the Japanese have been
bent upon military glory and that their
victories would fire their ambition and
urge them forward to greater conquests
over Western nations from whom they
learned the modern arts of war. lie
now scouts the idea that the Japanese
will become the military allies of China
for the conquest Of the Western world.
Although they can fight, the Japanese
like the Chinese, are peace loving, and
the whole trend Of the nation is toward
internal development.
Now they are to prove to the world
that their declarations have not been
mere pretence. They are to beat their
swords into ploughshares, and their
spears into pruning hooks" They are
TO take their place among the Christian
nations that have recourse to war only
for Il just cause. They are to send
their ENJOYS to The Hague to WOO the
Goddess of Peace.
Last War Loan Unexpended.
The readiness with which the Japan
csc nation Is about to turn to the arts
OF industry is especially notable be-
cause of the last loan of $l50,OOO,000
made by the Mikado not a dollar has
been expended. The nation, when it
agreed to end the war, was fully able
to continue fighting. The masses of
the people, worked up to condition
OF patriotic fervor, was ready for the
conquest Of Russia's plains, no matter
what the cost; but those wise states
men who have guided the fortunes of
the wonderful Island nation have de-
creed that Japan shall give to the
world an object lesson by having the
so-called warrior nation, in the moment
of its military greatness, turn away
from fields of carnage to promote com.
mercial greatness and the higher civil
cation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
SENATOR ELKINS BELIEVES 1T
WILL CONE NEXT SUMNER.
Is Willing to Cooperate With Pres
ident Roosevelt In Passing Salts
factory Measures to Control the
railroads.&c. Outlines His Views.

"a "uttuk 10 cooperate mItn res
ident Roosevelt In Passing Salts
factory Measures to Control the
railroads.&c. Outlines His Views.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West
virginia In announcing the other day
the call for meeting In Washington
on Nevmber 10, of the Senae Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce, said that
he was convinced that action on rail
road rate legislation at the coming ses-
sion of Congress- was inevitable, and
that he would cooperate in passing a
bill satisfactory to the President.
Il thing am justified" said Senator
Elkins, "in stating that all the Re-
publican. or majority members of the
committee, have concluded that there
must be railroad legislation this win
ter. The President. l understand, is
as emphatic as ever In his Judgment
that the railroad rate and private car
line problem must be dealt with de-
cisively. | think there Is no doubt
that some sort of bill will be passed.
Quick Work by Committee.
"The committee will not be long in
framing bill, as believe the indi-
vidual members have formed definite
opinions on what they desire, and all
that will remain to he done Is to agree
on some one plan. This, think. will
not require more than two weeks, so
that when the Senate convenes in De-
cember bill will have been framed
for presentation to the Senate.
MY idea Is n measure for the ref
erence of all rate disputes, passenger
and freight, to court of Interstate
commerce, to be composed of nine
judges-one for each judicial circuit of
the United States-or for such disputes
to be referred to the Circuit court
judges without the creation of n new
court. Congress at all times is OBJ
posed to the creation of new courts or
commissions, and for that reason the
new court plan would no doubt meet
with serious opposition.
Il do not believe that the Inter
state Commerce commission should
be allowed to deal with the question.
| would keep that body intact to dis
charge its duties rs at present and
would not give it the additional work
of regulating rates. My idea for the
reference for disputed rate matters to
the Circuit Judges meets with general
approval in Washington, and hope to
convert the President to my view.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

ever, show this independent young lady
in the red linen gown which she wore
at the Chevy Chase horse show a year
ago last May. 1t Ia made very simply
and loosely without collar, the waist
being embellished with applique clover
leaves In white satin. having stems and
outlines In black Possibly the Fill.
pinos Ike red better than blue.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

Prehistoric Egyptian remains have
been found among the prehistoric re-
mains of ancient Gaul.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-05

Women like pink, but American men
prefer blue, as a rule, In feminine APP
parel. Miss Alice Roosevelt estab-
lished herself firmly In Wellington last
year by appearing in q number Of pref.
lily made gowns Of light blue, % thar
Alice blue" has become Z feature Of
the department stores Photographs
which have come from the Orient bow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
MAKING MILLIONS IN A DAY.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 The amazing statement was made be- fore the City club of New York, recently that while the aggregate nominal capital of all the companies which entered into the Consolidated Gas company of New York in 1884 was $17, ,01O O00 on the same day of the consolidation this capital was raised to SS9OO0,O0O, although 'no capital was contributed to the consolidated com pany except that which was transferred to it by the several constituent compa- nies." In other words, $22, ,000000 was made in day by those who manipulated the combination. and on this vast amount of water the citizens of New York who patronize the gas company must pay in- terest, for all of the Consolidated Gas company's stocks and bonds sell above par and pay good rates of dividends or interest. One of the constituent compa- nies was allotted $7,50O000 of the new capital stock, though the entire amount it's stockholders had pai,. into the com pany was $750,O00 and they had taken out of it in dividepds during the fifty years ot it's existence over $iO00, 000-that is they had received their original invest ment back twenty times over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
BIRTHDAYS IN JAPAN.
Little Girls Celebrate in February,
 Boys Hold Festival in May.
From St. Nicholas.

From St. Nicholas
 The Japanese have a queer way of cele- brating birthdays. Instead of a party in June for little Tama, and party in sep- tember for little OTatsu, and a party in December for little Ume, there's party in February in honor of all the little girls and one in May for all the little boys. In February every little girl receives from all her grown-up relatives and friends gifts of dolls, and besides these dolls her mother takes out of the closet many of the dolls she had when she was child, and some even older dolls that the little girls grandmother had when she was a little tot, quaint, dolls in faded clothes of a hundred years and more ago, care fully handed down from mother to daugh- ter. l saw one old doll, about six inches tall, dressed as a daimio, or great lord of bygone times, in gorgeous brocade robes. covered with steel armor of little overlapping plates, just as beautifully made as If for real warrior. He wore a tiny helmet, and carried two tiny swords not as large as matches. You could draw the swords out of their scab- bards just like real ones, and they were as sharp as they could be. Well, for about a week all Japan is one grand dolls tea party And the festival then is over, and all the best dolls, even the presents to the little girl, are put carefully away, never to be even looked at for a whole year.
 Then at the first of May comes the boys festival-the Fish festival it is called. Every family that's lucky enough to have a boy puts up a fiagpole in the dooryard; or perhaps, several families combine to use the same pole, and have it bigger, handsomer one than one family could af- ford. On the top of the poll is a gilt ball, or else a basket with something bright and tinselly in it. And flying from the pole, in the brisk spring winds, is a whole string of carp, made of oiled paper or cloth, painted in brigAt colors, and anywhere from five to fifteen feet long. Each fish belongs to some particular boy, and the carp is chosen because it is a big, strong fish, and not only can swim against the most rapid currents, but in it's eagerness to get up stream will leap straight up waterfalls. The gold ball means a treasure, which the carp, leap ing and struggling, buffeted by the wind, is forever trying to reach. And the whole thing means that the boy, when he's a man, will have to battle his way as the sturdy carp struggles up the river. The fishes look very pretty and gay, flying over his house, and the boy gets many treats at Fish festival time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
Birminqham's Bremen.

No matter what may be said of the inadequacy of Birmingham fire fight ing equipment, every man who wit messed the confagration between the hours of 1 and 8 o'clock Sunday morn ing is of one opinion regarding the work of the firemen.
 From Chief Mulin down the depart ment merited unstinted praise. The firamen of Birmingham have never failed to reveal heroic qualities when battling with big blazes, but on this occasion when an entire block in the mercantile district seemed doomed the chief and his men surpassed them selves. Not only were they intrepid but they directed their energies with an exceptionally higl degree of intel ligence. Indeed, the cool headedness ar the judgment displayed by the officers of the department, and the splendid discipline maintained all along the line were remarked or every hand.
 Getting the fire under control in the face of strong wind seemed little short of miraculous. The loss amount ed to only about s250,0OO, but hat the department not checked the con fiagration just when it did, the fig ures would have run into the millions The people of Birmingham may vel exclaim, all honor to the firemen!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
Snittinn la Street Cars.

Tt strikes me that there Is a solution for the problem to prevent the street cars of Birmingham from being bespattered every day with spittal," said an obserY- ing citizen, who is a frequent patron of the street cars. If the company in- stalled cuspidors in the cars l think that this nuisance could largely be done away with.
 Most of the cars that go out on the suburban lines every morning are not carried back to the ear sheds until late at night. The travel Is usually so heavy that it is impossible for the conductor to find time to clean out his car during the entire day. On the first trip going out the passengers who have colds on these 'grippy'' days clear up their threats and expectorate on the floors of the cars much to the discomfort of the other travellers. The tobacco chewers also cover parts of the cars with tobacco spit
 Now, if a stationary euspidor was placed in, say every othee seat, 1 think it would greatly relieve the situation The ladies would soon learn to take the seats that were free from the cuspidors and the tobacco chewers and tie men who are inflicted with colds would soon learn to get seat near the eu-pidors.
 This plan would cost the company very little, and would soon pay for itself by protecting the cars, to say nothing of the marked comfort that it would bring the passengers from a health standpoint and otherwise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06

no desire to serve in war in which they have no interest. The bureau cracy have rendered patriotism among the peasants of Russia almost impossible.
 The Russians may not take kindly to the South, but there are no climatic reasons in the way of inducing Huns or Italians to come this way to learn the business of making cotton. The land and the opportunity are here, and it will be strange indeed if the immigrants of the present year do not see where they can the soonest and the surest make new homes and liv- iugs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
GIRLS AT SMITH COLLEGE
 FIND TUTORING PROFITABLE

pealed to some girls as means of money making. At this they make 25 cents an hour. Assisting in the college library and waiting on table are two important phases of independent work When girl waits on table she receives her board as her wages.
 Many business firms employ students to act as their agents among the other girls at Smith. Banners and pennants of all the colleges, collars, cuffs, gloves, books stationery, pictures, fountain pens. frames, sofa pillows-all find their place among these articles offered for sale.
 There is an annual Christmas sale of articles made by needy students. g more ambitious girls make attractive booths, in which to offer their wares. and great profit is always realized At the last Christmas sale one girl realized $25 clear gain.
 When a girl works her way through college it makes no difference in her social status at Smith. Some of the most promi- nent leaders of all the college movements, social, religious, athletic or collegiate are girls who have accomplished it all them selves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-06
Washington an Art Center.

Washington has become a beautiful residence ely, and that fact is attract ing to it works of art. It has long mad the beautiful Corcoran building, a delight in Itself, and well filled with objects of art. No one who visits Washington is apt to fail to see again "The Helping Hand" and the hun dreds of other pictures and statutes that constitute the fine collection the dead and g2-e banker provided for.
 Like begets like, and now Charles l.. Freer of Detroit has given to Wash ina, on his collection of American pic lures. The collection had cost MT Freer $600,000, and he proposes to spend $400,000 more to complete and round it out. Nor is this all-he pro poses to give $5OO,OOO to erect build ing in which to house the collection.
 The Freer collection i5 to be con- fined to American paintings and works of art. It is to be American, and it contains fine examples of Whistler's work to begin with, and all the rest of the pictures in the collec- are modern and excellent.
 MT. Freer proposes to add to the collection -yhile he lives, and after his death 10 gift is to be added to the works of art he had gathered The best thing about the new movement is the determination of MT. Freer to supervise and see the establishment of his own collection. He will do the chief work himself. He will sup plement the Corcoran gift. and the two will go long ways towards mak- ing Washington an art center.