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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
A SPELLING REFORM.
ANDREW TO HAVE A HAND IN
THIS TOO.
The New Movement for Simplification
Of the English Language-For-
eigner's Dificulties-English
Universal Tongue.

When one reads that the indefat-
able Andy was up and at another phil
anthropy-or public benefit, or what
ever you may please to call it-one
laughed at this new form of Carnegie
energy, this new means of getting rid
of Carnegie supertiuous wealth. And
then a little questioning into the man
ner, and one thought that after all 1t
was not so ridiculous, that the new
movement was pretty carefully studied
out, had some very authoritative folk
backing it
II seems that several years ago Mr.,
Carnegie remarked TO somebody that
he believed the English language was
destined to become world language,
that world peace would be furthered
thereby; and the Scotchman with the
interests of the world occupying his
horizon, added he thought II our Ian
guage were simplified the time might
be fastened for Its use as universal
tongue. Several of those interested in
simplification heard of this remark OF
Mr.. Carnegie's and sought opportunity
to discuss the matter fully. Mr.. Car
negie promised to assist in simplif-
cation movement II the persons inter-
ested could secure the signatures Of a
score OF recognized authorities oh
English to an agreement to use the
II simplified words adopted in 1898 by
the National Educational association
Seven hundred names were secured
and list OF 30 was sent to Mr.. Car.
negie. He concluded to make the Of
fer of $4,000 year for five years tc
carry on campaign for simplified
spelling. 1t is thought more money
will be forthcoming at the expiration
of this period ii the experiment shall
| have proven success.
Various efforts have been made
from time to time to reform English
spelling, which really is the abomina'
ton of complexity and inconsistency
but ever the reformers We're regarded
by the public as cranks or as those
attempting the palpoDly Impossible
The movement Is of different char
acter; as Prof. Brander Matthews, Of
Columbia university, puts Il: Those
now working for change in tho way
of simplicity are "accelerators'' rather
than "innovators." The changes sug.
gested but In line with those that have
been slowly making ever since oul
Inconsistent and unscientifc orth.
ography," was inflicted. Prof. Mat.
thews tells US English spelling as 1,
exists to-day, is compromise ar.
rived at by the printers and publishers
of London early in the eighteenth cen
fury, men ordinarily ignorant of tn,
history Of the language" And ther
DR.. Johnson comes in for tremendous
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
UNDERGROUND CITY AN ALPINE ROMANCE
AN ADVENTUROUS CLIMB FOR
THE BOUCHER PEAK.
Trio Sent Out from Headquarters of
the Regiment-Arrive at Foot
Of Dome-Suspended
in the Air.

From a height Of $4,000 feet above
the sea level. amid the Italian Alps,
the Boucher peak looks down.
Its crest has never yet been trod.
den by the foot of any human being.
The finest climbers have attempted in
vain to reach its summit, for the last
200 yards Of the mountain rise like a
dome. There Is not the slightest hand
or foothold. to assist the mountaineer
Notwithstanding these difficulties
about a month ago Lieuts. Menotti
and Roissard, of the Italian Alpine
regiment, and Mr.. Walter Vollman
determined to scale the Boucher peak
The officers and men of the Alpine
regiment practically live among the
Alps, and Mr.. Vollmanis an experienced
Alpine climber. so the trio were con.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
Bob Taylor Says Bryan
viii Be Next President.

Little Rock, Ark, June 1S-For-
mer Governor Robert L. Taylor,
Democratic nominee for United
States Senator in Tennessee, who is
here for two days, declared that
William J. Bryan will be nominated
and elected by the united Democracy
in 1908. Continuing, he said:
"The recent Democratic State Con-
vention at Nashville would have In
dorsed Bryan with a rush had some
one introduced the proper resolution.
In the great mass Of business, how.
ever, this was overlooked.
81 am sure that en- say conf.
IDENTIFY that Tennessee stands almost
to unit for Bryan.
"Why, We even have a large mum.
Der OF gold Democrats In Tennessee
who are now shouting for Bryan.
But that is only natural, for every
one comedies that the gold aud silver
Issues are dead and buried"
"All that is necessary for grand
Democratic victoryin 1908 is for the
party to unite on Bryan, and this
will be done.
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ddent that they would vanQuish the
hitherto unconquered peak.
Setting out from Tore Pellice, the
headquarters of their regiment, the two
lieutenants and their companion be
gan their adventurous climb.
The task proved harder than they
anticipated.
Sleeper and sleeper frowned the
heights above them. They we're as
cending from the south side of the
mountain, which is its most dangerous
approach.
Precipices yawned beneath the dar.
ing mountaineers. Now there was
need Of all their GOODNESS and iron
nerve. A single false step would
launch them into eternity!
At last, after eight hours climb, the
three men arrived at the foot of the
dome. Fatigued by their exertions
they rested and then roped themselves
together.
Mr.. Vollman leading, followed frs,
by Lieut.. Menotti and then by Lieut.
Roissard, the trio scaled slope over
hanging a gaping chasm.
They were now so cramped that nc
two of them could have held a third
! had he fallen. Four times in this
perilous position did Mr.. Vollmar
attempt to pass a spot $50 yards from
the summit, and four times he failed
The trio then returned to the foot
of the dome.
LET us make one more effort" said
Lieut.. Roissard.
Accordingly they climbed to the
spot they had recently descended from
IA little ledge on which goat could
scarcely have stood. Suddenly Mr.
vollman, the leader, slipped and fell
Panic gripped his companions.
Then, like a flash, Lieut.. Menotti
bracing himself against the mountain
side, caught hold of the rope between
himself and the falling man, and helt
him thus.
Mr.. vollmann had been stunned By
| the fall. The strain on Lieut.. Men
otti was frightful; but, being strong
man, he sustained his companion''
weight, and dragged him back to thu
Hedge. The three men eventual!
reached Tore Pellice in safety.
In all the records Of Alpine climb
ing, perhaps no party Of climbers ha.
ever been in quite such a desperate
position as Lieut.. Menotti and hi
friends were, and they are to be con
| graduated on their escape.
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share of the blame, DR.. Johnson with
his misleading dictionary.
So the reformers make declaration
OF independence of printer and die
tionary maker, and they bid all schol
ars and all sensible, hard headed bus
mess men join hands with them to do
away with our time-wasting anu i'm
possible word architecture. Statistics
are gathered to show the waste of time
of school boy and girl, of the waste in
business life, and this appeal is of the
kind to influence a large number of
people. II the proposed reforms car
ry there will be an enormous saving
in press work, the price of books
very considerably reduced. Henry
Holt, the publisher, says millions Of
dollars would be saved by simplified
spelling.
The words adopted by the National
Educational association in 1898 We
have become more or less familiar
with; they are program, tho, altho,
thoro thorofare, thru, ,thruout, cata-
log, prolog, decalog, demagog and ped
agog. These have lost their strange
ness to many of us, and are blessedly
easy to write.
Foreigners learning the English
tongue consider 1t comparatively easy
to speak, but when they come to write
the words and find that sound and
written symbol have very little SINH
larity they naturally grow discour-
aged. Our commercial rivals. the Ger
mans are simplifying their tongue, a
very clever move on their part. A
hundred years ago the Italians simpli-
6ed theirs and to-day have an abso-
lutely phonetic language.
II the reformers succeed with the
English spelling, assuredly the Eng
lish school children shall rise up
and cali them blessed, the English
business man find his letter files
less bulky. the "outlander" look
with more favor on the English
KATHERINE POPE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
ONE OF THE GREAT SIGHTS OF
AUSTRIA.
Hewn' Out Of Solid Rock Salt-of
Ancient origin-Taze Weeks
10 Visit Ali tbs Won
ders.

Surely the most wonderful sight II
is possible to witness is the under
ground world. hewn out Of solid rock
salt, which the out-of-the-way trav-
eler will be amazed to come across in
the obscure little Polish-Austrian
town Of Wieliczka, five miles or so
from Cracow, and the principal GEN.
ter Of the salt industry of Galacia.
The mines are directly controlled by
the Austro-Hungarian minister of
finance, through whom one must OBJ
tain permission to enter the salt cities
for, for some unexplained reason, tho
salt is looked upon as SO much gold,
even though this whole subterranean
world is made CT 1t. The record of
these salt mineS goes back as far as
the eleventh century, and they are
miles upon miles in length and contain
hundreds Of miles of streets.
The entrance is hardly fairylike or
wonderful. consisting Of a long, low
building above GRAND, containing the
ShNNo Va thS aull4 iulAOhs
One goes down nowadays by an ordi-
nary lift, the old horsepower concern
being thing of the past. The present
writer, however. since time was no OBJ
ject, preferred to so down still more
gradually by means of the great zig
gag staircase hewn In the salt. The
first sensation on reaching one or the
other of the vast chambers is one al
most of terror at the vastness of the
saloons, the thick darkness, and the
! sombre echoes.
One of the first sights shown In the
great city is the enormous expanse of
the Letow ballroom, which Is lit up for
the visitors benefit II he chooses to
pay few shillings.
This enormous ballroom dates back
to the early part of the eighteenth
century, and is named after Herr Le-
towski, the then director Of the Ga
lacian salt mines.
asked, as we left the ballroom, how
far we were from the surface Of the
earth.
about 900 feet" my guide replied.
"And this tier is the first of the sew.
en- cities of our underground world OF
salt" ....,
But only three Of these levels are
opened to visitors.
The salt of this subterranean world
is curiously durable, as may be seen
from the fact that the great chande'
Hers, though composed Of mere strings
of salt crystals. have yet endured for
centuries without melting or wearing
out In any way.
In most caverns the guides use Ben
gal-lights, so that the loftier features
of the saloons, chapels and streets
may be seen. To visit the second
"city" Of this strange world, one de.
sends yet lower by long series Of
staircases hewn in the salt. Gradual
ly, as one nears the bottom. the colos
sal "Michaelowice" chamber looms
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vaguely, with all its appalling mys-
terry. 1t was finished some time In
the eighteenth century, as result of
40 or so years of labor. This vast
apartment is about 100 feet broad and
120 feet high.
Having seen this chamber we enter
some smaller saloons, each named
after some distinguished parsonage.
The third tier, or "city," Of this
strange place contains the railway
station and an admirable restaurant
AT this railway station" my guide
told me, some five-and-twenty miles
Of lines from all parts Of the mines
meet. We keep the restaurant open
all through the summer for the bene.
fit Of tourists from Austria, Hungary
Poland, Russia and Germany who
come to see u.s."
As I have said, II would take a Wis
itor weeks adequately to inspect this
strange city or series Of cities.
The boat, or barge-one Of the few
institutions Of this strange world
which is not made of SALTS guided
through the various caverns by ropes
and pulleys, and the captain" steers
with his feet on another rope.
There are is or 16 Of these lakes
in various parts Of the mine." I was
told, "but this is the only one which
we allow visitors to navigate, for salt
masses are apt to drop from the roots
Of some OF the Others"
In about 20 minutes we had com.
pleted our tour of the lake. 8
Then a startling thing occurred. Il
Turning quickly, my guide shot Oh
his revolver, with truly startling ct
feet. I thought the reverberatine
echoes would never cease. SO repeated
and repeated were they, each repetition
growing more and more remote. until
at length the multiplied sounds died
away in the immense distance and I'm
penetrable blackness.
Altogether, there are upwards Of
200 miners In the lower cities
alone. and each Of them working about
nine hours q day, they produce 100000
| tons OF salt every year. They worl
with somewhat primitive Implements
cutting their way laboriously through
| the solid alt rock. leaving iovely
streets and alleys - they 50.
80 :, - -, - n wfT2oEn AID.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
Post-Norten,

Friend Of tire Family-Your rich
old uncle died Of softening Of the
brain. hear.
ArdIuck (who got nothing)-Soft-
epjng Of your granny! He died Of
essiAcatlon u the heart Chicago
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
TORTURED BY
ITCHING ECZEMA
Suffered Tremendous Itching Over
whole Body Scratched Until
: BIed : Worse at Night, With
Soreness and Excruciating Pains
"A Western Lady's
WONDERFUL CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Last year at this time l suffered
with q tremendous itching on my
back, which grew worse and worse, UNI
I'll it spread over the whole body, and
only my face and hands were free.
For four months or so / suffered the
torrents Of the damned, and had to
scratch, scratch, scratch, until / bled.
At night when went to bed things
got worse, and l had at times to get
up and scratch my body all over, until
/ was as sore as could be, and until /
suffered excruciating pains. l did not
know what it was, and resorted to
number Of blood purifiers, using at
times also Cuticura Soap. They told
me then that l was suffering from
eczema. Then l made up my mind
that / would also use Cuticura ONT
ment and Cuticura Resolvent. l used
them according to instructions, and very
soon indeed ] was greatly relieved. I
continues. until well, and now | am
ready to recommend the Cuticura REM
edies to any one who suffers as did your
obedient servant. Mrs. Mary Metzger,
Eweetwater, Okla, June Is, 1905"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
A Bargain Sale That Paid.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 1S.-While
passing through the streets OF Pekin
China, while her husband was min
lister TO that country, Mrs. E. II.
Conger was attracted by the beauty
OF a rug. She bsrtered with the
Chinsman who insisted on having
500 for 1t. Her husband protested
and almost persuaded her TO leave
1t, but she determined to make Ii her
own.
Some time ago a Chicago man saw
and was attracted by the piece OF
work. An expert was called, ex
amined Is, and pronounced it an ex.
cellent piece Of weaving OF the finest
texture. 1t was also pronounced a
masterpiece OF art, and the Chicago
man Offered Mrs. Conger 81, 900 for
the rug. She accepted and has gone
with her husband to Pasadena, CAL,
where she expects to erect home
with the money.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-21
First Gold of Year From Alaska

From the Seattle Times.
Bringing about 5000, 900 in treas
ure, the first shipment since naviga-
ton opened on the Yukon river, the
Alaska Steamship company g steam
er Dolphin arrived in port at an
early hour Friday morning.
OF the total gold shipment on the
vessel about $4,000 was consigned
to the Canadian Bank OF Commerce
and the remainder went to the gov
ern ment assay office. Purser Nor
gan estimates that there was fully
$50, 900 in pokes In the possession
OF miners and prospectors who have
been In the camps the past winter.
In several instances one passenger
guarded a polk OF gold dust In the
stateroom while his partner went &c
his meals.
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Reduced to Absolute Zero.

"Ah, Lammchen, how goes 1t since
you're narried?"
BADLY. very badly! I'm not al
lowed to smoke and can't drink wine
or beer and l can't leave the house
evenings.
II suppose, then, you're sorry you
married."
"Oh, mol I'm not allowed to be sor-
|ry for Observation-Disclosures Batter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
ABOUT PEOPLE.

F. W. Wright was up from Ridge
s. j. Ellison and family returned Il
Chicago.
G. G. Golden and family are her
visiting relatives.
Jacob Thomas was in from Sher
man on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. W. Taylor were u
from Pearl to spend Sunday.
Mrs. s. L. Taylor of Hope is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. 3. G. Tonkin.
B. F. Eye. one OF North DickiL son'l
leading farmers, was In the city.
E. W. Glenn of Manchester was in
the city between trains today.
Edward Makins returned from Ex.
Celsior Springs, quite III again.
Miss Minnie Smith is home from q
six months stay in Kansas City.
]. q. Poister was up from Enter.
prise and called at REFLECTOR head.
quarters.
Mrs. J. B. Winters is up from Kan
sas City visiting her mother, Mrs.
Roger Tilton.
Miss Mary Giles is home from her
visit in New York City and other
eastern points.
M. H. Malott and s. j. Ashby went
to Wichita to attend the State Bank.
ers convention.
Mrs. c. W. Jolley and children Of
Sharon Springs are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Hammond OF
Longiord spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. R. G. Tonkin.
Julius Waterstrsdt, . former resi-
dent Of the county, is here from St.
Joe visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Benson who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W.
B. Giles left for Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. <. Humphrey left
for an eastern trip, including New
York and Massachusetts points.
Frank Day leaves tomorrow for
Panama to resume work 81 locomotive
engineer In canal work. He has been
visiting at home . few weeks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
RHOENT REFLECTIONS.

r. N. MurCer lost . valuable
brood mare last week.
Mrs. W. V. Wann who has been
i'll in Chicago is better.
Another good rain today moist
ened practically the entire county
today.
Wanted, cook at National Hotel.
19-6t&c*
-Mrs. A. Herbst Of Mechanicsville,
Iowa, writes: 81 can't get along
without the REFLECTOR.
Mrs. A. L. Hollinger Of Rhinehsrt
is seriously i'll. Mr.. Hollinger who
went to California two weeks ago has
been sent for.
Geo. Leathery'S dwelling in Hol.
land was struck by lightning this
morning, some shingles torn of and
injury done but no one hurt.
Mrs. Erick Erickson, aged n
years, died ct her home east Of Enter
prise, Sunday, May IA, after being
sick seven weeks with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel D. Yeager
have issued invitations for the mar.
riags Of their daughter, Ruth Naomi,
to Mr. Paul NicOlsy, Tuesday evening,
June fifth.
60. @. Towner has his three
houses moved from the lots on which
will be located the new high school
building. Everyone will be pleased
to see the new building under way.
Arrangements we're made by c.
W. Parker several days ago to close
all the carnival attractions on Mem.
orial day during the G. A. R. exer.
cises. The White City band will as
sist in the days services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Salisbury who
ran q restaurant In Hope have left the
town and also some creditors. The
says, "thsy neither one
seemed to know the valpe Of money"
It looks IS II they did.
Mics Matte Beam responded to
IN invitation Of the Presbyterian
church people in Abilene, to sing ct
The special services held there last
Sunday, and as usual charmed the
audience BY the sweet quality Of her
rHsrington Times.
A letter received from Bud Legg
Itates that they like their new home
It Talmags, KaS., very well and that
Bud has established himself 10 the
pump and windmill business. He
IISO stated that everybody seemed to
lave the eAsh.-[PoWbsttsB Bee.
"A. 7. WltWsr claims to have the
Argest sPPls tree In Dickinson coun.
y. Itis7 feet, 10 inches In circum-
srsnOs 8 feet above the ground.
eight Al feet, loaded down with
ruit It is located on Mud creek on
Ihat is called the old Jones place
mile sOuth Of the court house on
,usksys.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
District Court Meats.
From MONDAYS Daily.1

District court opened the May torn
today, Judge Moere presiding. The
day was devoted to setting the docket
and motions. Dora Smith was
granted divorce from Philip Smith
and VIM. Blundertield from Grace
Blnndsrfeld.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
100 granite dish pans at 26c each al
the Racket Saturday afternoon.
Prof. Myers to Leave D. 0. Il. 9.

II Is announced that with the com.
menCement exercises Of the DlCkin-
son county high school Principal H.
8. Myers will close his work as the
head OF the school where be has been
for four years. He will study mathe-
matics in Chicago University during
the coming year. He has been ex.
Ceedingly successful and popular and
tits matter Of regret that the county
10 to lose him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
WILL TEST SCHOOL BONDS.
Court Decide Their Regularity
Sprinkling Tax Suit.
From Wednesdays Daily.l

l kpkuh4 WUNhS1hbJ y 0uAAJsJ
On Monday will be heard 10 district
court an injunction case to determine
the legality Of the sChoolboard bond
issue Of $4,000. The purchasers OIL
the bonds want the court to pass on
the legality OF all proceedings before
paying the money and the city attor'
ney through injunction proceedings
10 accomplishing this.
The suit Of the q. P. to avoid pay
ing last years spriukling tax was
argued this morning. The road
claims that the tax was not legally
levied as the ordinance was not pub
lished until September while the tax
is due In August.
Arminda Wright was granted q
divorce from Frederick Wright.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
District Court.

From Tuesdays Daily,l
I District court was occupied with
minor matters,
Florence Wardell was granted q
divorce from James Wardell.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24

The RaCket'S dish pan sale COM
menCes promptly at p. m. Saturday.
None sold before that time. 81 2tSC
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24

Cut Price Sale
Spring and Summer Dry
Goods, Clothing and
Shoes.
qHEARCADE go s', s''''
ABILENE, KANSAS,
offers Big Bargains in the above
goods.
In Dress Goods we offer 3 choice
line Of fiue Sheer Lawns In wide
widths and latest styles in fig
ures and stripes, worth loo per
yard, cut price per yd'..'..... sac
Choice line of Dotted Swisses and
new floral figures and raised
work in high grade Lawns,
worth 80 and $50 per yard cut
price per yard. e. ...'''l'4o
White Lawn Embroidered Waist
Patterns, neat foe work, cut
sale price. ESQ, &1.24 and 81 So
They are decided bargains.
We are showing large assortment
Of read -to.w wear Skirts in the latest
weaves In all the leading popular
colors at cut prices.
s7b Remnants Of Laces, Embroid'
cries and White Goods at half price.
We are showing the latest novelties
in Lace Collars, Belts, Hand Bags
and Purses in white, blAck and FANCY
colors at bargain prices.
We do a big Shoe business. We
can't be beaten In values.
Ladies' new Tie Slippers in
black, tan and white, sale price
..........S1.17,s1. 4S, t1.S7
Children's Slippers, new Gibson
last,in black and white, cut price
$50, $50 and Sl.lb
Mems low cut Shoes. sale price.
-. ....el.66, tl.Ss, t2.61
Mems Dress Shoes in DOugols and
Vici Kid, sale price. .........,
......e1.64, 41.sS, S2.47
Big cut in men and boys Cloth
ing. Boys' Suits In 2 and
pieces, we'll made, up-to-da'e
styles, cut price. .S1.27, el.sS, t2.S7
Mans Suits cut to half price.
. 1857, t4.ss, t6.7S
These three prices beat the record
In value.
Men and BOyI Hats at cut prices.
We take Eggs allowing best
market prices.
Arcadia
2oe Cedar St.