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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-22

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 19-Eight
persons are known to have lasr t1cir
lives, scores of others injured and
properly and crops suffered great
damage the extent of which, because
OF The moager reports yet obtainable,
can not be estimated at this time as
a result of terrific wind and rain
storm Sunday The storm, which
originated on the gulf coast swept
norihoaatward through portions Of
Alabama. central and northern Missls,
sippi and western Tennessee, and in
its norhwafa course RACED scores OF
substantial buildings, partially de-
molisa cd hundreds of Others, caused a
complete decentralization of railroad
traffic and cut off telegrqphic com.
munication with many points in the
affected territory.
Cotton in the fields blown down
by the wind was beaten into the
ground and badly danagei Besides
the sss of life and property damage
which is known to have occurred,
number of points directly in the path
way of the storm can not be COM
municated with and when complete
reports have been received it is felt
that the loss to both life and property
will be greatly increased Wolf river,
small stream running eastward OF
this city, is out of its banks in many
places and in the viclhity of Ross
Vile, Tenn, is several miles wide, the
town being completely inundated and
the populace in state bordering Cd
panic.
The storm approached Athens, Ala,
from the west and cut a path 800
yards wide through the southern por,
ton of that city. A score of build
ings were wrecked, but no one was
killed or seriously injured.
At Mathison, Miss, nearly every
building in the southern portion of the
town was destroyed. These include
the Baptist church, public school
building, several brick buildings and
a number of residences. At this place
negro woman was killed and several
others were injured.
Near Okolona, Miss, three lives
were lost The property loss at th,s
place could not be ascertained Sum-
day night.
At Maben, Miss, Ben Wooford, a
telegraph operator, and his wife sus-
tanned injuries which may cause their
death. At this place the Maben bank
and several brick buildings were de.
molished.
At Bolivar, Tenn, nine inches of rain
fell In "a hours and thousands Of head
Of cattle were caught in the lowlands.
Relief parties were out Monday, bur
because Of the high stage Of the wa
ter, little could be accomplished In
rescuing the drowning cattle.
Grenada, Miss, where serious dam.
age was reported to have occurred.
ESCAPED almost unscathed.
Teiegraphic communication IL grad
ually being restored but railroad traf-
fic is greatly impaired and In many
instances demoralized Reports from
the western section Of Tennessee show
that the railroads have suffered
greater damage than ever before. The
Me- Nhsttanooga a g Lonis,
the G Ohio, the Southern, and
the Illinois Central are unable to op
erstc trains a. all through Jackson.
Tenn. Tracks are wasbed out .or long
stretches, bridges are down and IN
some places the water Il standing
over the tracks for mile{ making Il
Impossible to operate trains Farm
en- have suffered crest loss both o.
crops and 1--we sts,ck
new yssker 90 - Pasus,
Nh Noss ~ 6S1oo q. fogu
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-22

Polish Train Robbers Caught. Z
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Nov. 10
The two leaders Of the band of re-
volutionists and 20 others implicated
n the train robbery at Rogow, No.
vember 8, by which the revolutionists
secured a sum Of money said to
amount to $e5o,ooo. have been ar.
rested. They all belong to the Polish
socialistic party.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-22
SOUTH SWEPT. BY STORM
Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee
Suffer Damage From Wind
and Rain.
MANY TOWNS ARE PARTIALLY WRECKED

Eight Lives are Known to Have
Been Lost ana the Injured are
Numbered by scorcs-COtton and
Other Crops Suffered Enormous
Dnmage-Livestocl Drowned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-22
wni End RI. Football c.-...

Chicago, Nov. 19.-walter Ecker.
sail, captain Of the University Of Chi
cago football team, for the past four
years its hero and star. and twice an
all-American player. WIN NEXT Satur.
DAY bring his notable career in foot.
ball to close. The Nebraska game
will bring chicagos 1906 schedule to
IN end.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

Of the first day brought the travellers
well within view of timber line, bat
the rough country along the stream
vas not yet reached when they were
forced to quit the trail and make their
rough bivouac for the night
There was a curious feeling Of GER
tainty in Franklin's mind. as they
again took saddle for the journey, that
the end of the quest was not far dis
tant, and that Its nature was prede-
termined. Neither he nor Curly ex-
pected to find the ranchman alive.
though neither could have given letter
and line for this belief. AS for Juan.
his face was expressionless as ever.
"Que Gamma - onde, amigor
asked Carly In cowboy patois. Which
ways"
The Mexican pointed up the stream
with carelessness and they turned
ihither. As they resumed the march.
now along the level floor OF the wind
ing little valley, Franklin was revolv-
ing a certain impression in his mind
In the mud at the bank where they
had stopped he had seen the imprint
of a naked foot-a foot very large and
with an upturned toe, widely spread
ing apart from its fellows, and II
seemed to him that this track was not
% fresh az the ones he had just seen
made before his eyes. Troubled, he
said nothing, bat gave start as Cur
ly, withou. introduction. remarked. a.
though reading his thoughts:
Gap, l seen II, too"
His footprint at the bank?"
yep. He's shore been here afore.'
Neither man said more. but both
grew grave, and both looked uncon-
sciously to their weapons. TIE Mex
lean plunged ahead as confidently as
before. and In the tangled going his
speed was greater than that of the
horses. @Cuida6oi" (carefuD Juan"
cried Curly warningly, and the latter
turned backed q face inscrutable ss
ever.
The turned an angle Of the valley.
and came out upon a little fat among
the trees. Toward this open space
the Mexican sprang with horse. eK-
tilted cries. The horses plunged back.
snorting. Yet in the little glade all
cas- silence, solitude. Swiftly Frank
lin and Curly dismounted and made
fast their horses, and then followed
up the Mexican, their weapons now
both drawn
This glade. now empty. had once
held q MAJ, or men Here was a tr0d-
den place where a horse had been
tied 70 q tree. Here was the broken
end of a lariat- Here had been little
ntxonac. q bed seraped up Of the
seantT fallen leaves and bunches of
taller grass. Here were beoken bushes
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
wARLIkE MOOD OF MEXICO
Bent Toward Military Life Is Be-
coming Apparent Through
out the Country.

The younger men of the country
have shown decided bent toward mil
itary life. and thousands of them have
voluntarily subjected themselves %
drill and discipline. Steadily, and
without making any parade of its pur-
pose. the government has devoted
much attention and money to the per-
fecting of its army. Military men have
been stationed in Europe to watch the
evolution of their art among c0n6-.
mental armies and to gather technical
information as to new. weapons
To-day, the Mexican army is largely
Differed by young and devoted men
who have received scientific training,
and the military strength of the ma
ton has increased appreciably. Mex
leo has learned much from the Boer
war and from the Japanese
conflict. She desires above all things
peace and progress, but she is armed
and prepared for any warlike contin-
gency. This is simply policy die
tated by seif-respect-
1t may be noted here that during
the Russo-Japanese war the sympa-
thies of those young men of the mid
GAs class who have Indian blood in
their veins were with the brown war
riors of Nippon. Mexican Indians of
cultivation, of whom there are thou
sands. regard themselves as descend
ants of the men of the orient: their
race-memory preserves. unobliterated.
the record of the wronPs done them
by the white conquerors from Spain
Even men with but slight admix-
ture of Indian blooG speak with Bit
terness of the deeds of Herman Cortes
and his fellow eonquistadores. The rise
OF Japan is far from displeasing to the
thoughtful and reading Indians OF
Mexico. There exists a race patriot
ism which will make itself felt in the
national policiei OF the near future.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Body Of the Crime.

The Body Of the Crime.
Hour after hour. in the heat of the
day or the cool of the evening, the
giant Mexican strobe on by the side
Of the two horsemen, sometimes trot-
ting like a dog, more often walking
with a shambling, wide-reaching step,
tireless as any wild animal. Express
sionless, mute, the colossal figure
strobe along. like some primordial
creature in whom a human soul had
not yet found home
The Mexican was running the back
trail of the horse of Cal Greenhouse.
the missing ranchman, and it was
very early seen that the horse had
not returned over the route taken by
Greenhouse when he started out. He
had gone along the valley of the
Smoky River, whereas the course OF
the loose animal had been along the
chord of wide arc made by the val
ley of that stream, a course much
shorter and easier to traverse, as il
evaded a part of that rough country
known as the breaks of the Smoky
a series Of gullies and draws" run
ning from the tableland down to the
deep little river bed. The afternoon
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

broken, how? There was the fire.
now sunken into a heap Of ashes, a
long, large. white heap. very large for
a cowman's camp fire. And there -
And there was it, There was some
Thing. There lay the object of their
search. In a fash the revolyers Gov
cred the covering figure Of the giant,
who. prone upon his knees. was now
raving. gibbering. praying, calling up
on long forgotten saints to save him
from this sight 20 Santa Maria. o
Purissima. o Madre de Dios!" he
moaned. wringing his hands and shiv-
ering as though stricken with an ague.
He writhed among the leaves. his eyes
fixed upon that CHASTITY shape which
lay before him.
There, in the ashes of the dead fire.
as though embalmed, as though alive.
as though lingering to accuse and TO
con ict, lay the body of Greathouse.
the missing man. Not merely a
charred. incinerated mass, the figure
lay in the full appearance of life, a
cast of the actual man, nodded with
fineness from the white ashes Of the
fire. Not a feature, not limb. not a
fragment of clothing was left unde-
stroyed, yet none the less here. stretch.
ed across the bed of the burned-out
FIRE, with face upturned. with one arm
| doubled beneath the head and the
other with clinched hand outfung
\ lay the image, the counterpart, nay
the identity of the man they sought.
1t was a death mask. wrought by the
pity of the destroying flames These
winds, this sky, the air, the rain, al
had spared and left il here in accuse
ton most terrible, in evidence lnpar
alteled, incredibly yet irresistibll
trEe.
! Franklin felt his heart stop as b.
looked upon this sight. and Curly
face grew pale beneath its tan. The,
gazed for a moment quickly, thel
Curly sighed and stepped back. keel
him covered, Cap" he said, and, &c
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
HISTORY OF COTTON THREAD

NapoIeon's Seizure Of Hamburp 81.
rectly Forced Its Use.
Ex-Provost Clark of Paisley, Eng
land. has been relating the origin of
cotton sewing thread. which was first
used in that town in the weaving Of
"heddles" as a substitute fos silk.
which was stopped by Napoleon in
1903. when he seized Hamburg. Mr..
Clark's grandfather and his brother
then bethought them of cotton. which
worked so smoothly that Mr.. ClaSk's
father. then q youth, took to recon-
mending Ii to women instead Of Hnea.
then mostly used.
Originally it was sold In hanks or
skeins- These the women had to
wind into little balls, as they do Q
cut of wool at the present day. Wish.
ing to convenience them, young Clark
on selling a skein of thread would sit
down at Q pirn wheel and wind the
thread on q bobbin, for which he
charged a halfpenny. This halfpenny
was refunded when the empty bobbiz
was returned. Such was the begin.
ming Of cotton thread.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
RESULT OF WIND ON stiINs
Exposure of Front of the Leg to
Draughts Frequently Pro-
ductive of Cold.

ut Is not generally known" says the
British Journal of Nursing, how fire.
quently a bad cold is induced by cold
ness of the shins, due to thin stockings.
or by their exposure to draughts in a
railway train or in other chilly convey
ances.
The blood vessels on the front of
the shin are peculiarly exposed to such
influences, because the skin covering
them is so thin. and thus it can easily
be understood that such exposure to
cold on the front of the leg may ctill
the blood circulating through 1t "a
thoroughly as the evaporation CT wa
ter from wet boots or clothing IAN do
For the same reason cold draughts
on the back of the neck. where again
the skin is thin and the Hood vessels
are easily exposed to atmospheric in
fiuence, are a very common but often
overlooked cause of bad colds
"The moral of al this is obvious.
especially In weather such as this, or
when traveling-io keep the front of
the legs and the back OF the neck
warmly covered"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
AS THEY ARE IN TURKEY
People Convert Tin Petroleum Boxes
to Many Uses--In Mace
donia-

Writes H. N. Braiisford, the author
of a new book ON Macedonia and Tur-
key: Il half suspect that the petro-
leum is imported for the sake OF the
square tin boxes in which II Is packed-
The whole domestic economy OF I'M
key seems TO depend upon those tins
Piled one upon another and ro0fed
with boards and sacking, they serve
for slum dwellings in the towns Cat
up into plates they protect the sides
of the better houses from the weather
They are used as water cans and
kitchen pots. Your food. your water.
and even your bread taste of petro-
leum. which becomes 10 the fastidious
traveller sensuous symb Dol of the east
Nothing could illustrate better the
poverty and sloyenliness of oriental
life
Macedonia, according TO the same
wr.ter, does not place a very high
value on the mere good opinion OF the
civilized world. He says: Il once had
a talk with a man who had drugeed
ten Turkish soldiers in an INN and
burned them alive. When / expressed
my horror. he replied by pouring out q
tale which l confess staggered me-
all the recent wrongs of his village
the men carried away captive into
slavery by brigands. the women treat
ea brutality. Somehow my vocabulary
of censure ran dry, and tried to sug-
gest that such reprisals were a mis-
take. since they ALLEVIATE the sympa-
thies of Europe.
HE replied that by numbering ten
men who richly deserved it he had OBJ
tanned ten rifles for the cause of lib
erty. Surely | answered, the good
opinion of the civilized world is worth
more than ten rifles He smiled bit
terly. reflected for moment, and then,
mimicking my tones. inquirer lacon-
ically: What was the good opinion
of your civilized world worth to the
Armenians? / was silenced."
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ing to his horse, he loosened the long
lariat
"Arriba, Juan" he said quietly.
Get up. and the giant obeyed as
meekly as a child. Curly tied his
hands behind his back. took away his
knife. and bound him fast to a tree.
Juan offered no resistance whatever,
but looked at Curly with wondering
dumb protest in his eyes, rs OF an
animal unjustly punished. Curly
turned again to the fire.
Its him. all right" said he: that's
Cal" Franklin nodded.
Curly picked up bit of stick and
began to stir among the ashes, but as
he did so both he and Franklin ut.
tered an exclamation of surprise. By
accident he had touched one of the
limbs The stick passed through IT,
leaving behind but a crumpled, form.
less heap OF ashes. Curly essayed In.
yestigation upon the other side of the
fire A touch, and the whole CHASTITY
figure was gone, There remained
no trace of what had lain there The
shallow, incrusting shell of the tickle
ash broke In and fell, all the thin ex
terror covering dropping into the cav
ern which it had inclosed. Before
them lay not charred and dismem
bered remains. but simply a fat table
of ashes, midway along it slightly
higher ridge. at which the wind, hith
erto not conspiring. now toyed. flick
ing away items here and there, car
rying them, spreading them, returning
them unto the dust Cal Greathouse
had made his charge. and left II with
the Frontier to cast the reckoning.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

years ago?" he added. with a feeble
laugh
Tit is quite a different photo
graph she replied, turning away her
head.
Il suppose you never guessed that l
had one of your photos" he said,
slowly.
Il never thought you would have
stolen it, Jim," she returned, with an
attempt at a smile
1T used to torment me sometimes"
so you weren't without a conscience
after ALL"
Il meant that II ought to have lei
my poor old chum Jack know that
had it"
Miss Neville started. What had he
to do with it," she demanded.
"Oh. well-er-when mans engaged
to girl-er-"
What are you talking about, Jim
About Jack Cunningham and-ani
you. Hilary"
We'll. then, you are talking non
sense,'
You mean there was no engage
ment! Forgive me, forgive me- Blu
you see, Jack told me. just before ",
were ordered to India, that he had al
understanding with you"
oh"
And later he told me he hoped sool
to be formally engaged. I was goin,
70 write. congratulating you'll wante,
to be the first, you know-but h
begged me to delay little. And thel
came that night in the hills when "
were attacked and nearly cut to pieces
and Jack saved my life. and-and los
his own" Mai. Carruthers stoppe
speaking and walked over to the win
dow
Miss Neville hid her face in he
hands. Her heart was in a turmoil
Could she tell her old friend-her oil
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
CHAPTER XXI.
The Trial.


your honor" said Franklin to the
Court. II appear to defend this man"
The opening sentence of the young
advocate might have been uttered in
burfesque. To call this q court of
justice might have seemed sheer libel.
There was not the first suggestion of
the dignity and solemnity of the law.
Ellisville had no hall of Justice, and
the court sat at one place or another.
as convenience dictated. This being
an important case, and one in which
all the populace was interested, Judge
Bristol had selected the largest avail
able assembly room, which happened
TO be the central hall of Sam Pres
toms livery barn The Judge sat be-
hind large upturned box, which sup
ported few battered books. AT his
right the red-nosed prosecuting attor-
ney shufied his papers. Along the
sides OF the open hallway. through
whose open doors at each end the
wind passed freely. sat Jury and audi
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04
sIur on Montana.

Henry 81. Rogers. the Copper and
Standard Oil magnate. was visited ~.
Gently by one of his friends whs has
been under the weather for months.
Mr.. Rogers inquired kindly after ths
health of his caller.
81 have been staying down at Lake
wood. N. J., for six months" wal the
reply. "and I've been pretty low. In
fact never was In 50 bad a state BE-
fore"
Mr.. Rssssrs smiled ana asked qeiss
U:
You've never been In MoAfaan
have you?"-New York Times
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04

css,ri<Af<< 1905 SS D. Atsfffss cs~Ss@y 6t~ P'rA
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friend who might have been so much
more to her-that the man who had
saved his life had also deceived him
that the hero had lied and stolen
double happiness? She could not tell
him, and she would not. Had it not
been for Jack Cunningham she would
not have lost Jim Carruthers for the
best years of her life and his-how she
hated the 1iari Yet had it not
been for Jack Cunningham she would
have lost Jim Carruthers forever-how
she blessed the hero! And now she
must allow the man she loved to be-
lieve that her heart had been his old
chum's even as the latter had said.
The major came back from the win
dow and touched her gently on the
shoulder
Il shouldn't have spoken about it,
Hilary. I'm sorry, very sorry. that I've
hurt you. and I've wished often that
could have changed places with dear
old Jack. Now I'll CO."
She rose and faced him with fearless
eyes. II only he would understand a
little-not all-without being told.
And oh, IL only he had been bold and
asked her a question 20 years ago,
She went with him to the door and
the gate. Their tongues seemed tied
until the major, halting abruptly.
pointed to a rosebush and said quiet
": viii you give me that rose.
Hilary"
| Yes, IL you wish it. But perhaps I
can find you another more perfect I"
She looked about her. and then shook
her head and sighed NO. There are
no more. You must have this one. 1t
is the last of my roses. Jim," she OBJ
served. with a thin smile.
She broke 1t from the stem and gave
it to him. He took it and her hand
with it He looked at her face and
saw the lines that Time had begun to
trace, and he loved her more for every
one of them.
1T was good of you to give me your
last rose. Hilary" he said, gazing at
her In a puzzled fashion
"Oh, jim" she whispered, breaking
down, my first rose and all my roses
were yours had you asked for them"
You mean. IL had come In spring,
he stammered.
eff you had come In spring"
The full meaning of her words did
not reach him-how could it? Yet he
understood enough to make him glad;
he understood that In some strange
way she had kept a small place In her
heart for him all these years. that
somehow she had grown to care for
him In spite of Jack Cunningham
memory. and that she would have well
coined him had he come to her a few
months earlier.
@Oh, Hilary" he cried. when they
were In the drawingroom again. 81
could never have hoped for thisi"
What? The last of my roses!" she
asked. For it's all have to give you
dear jim" she added, half gayly, hall
sadly.
The major took her by the shoulders
and shook her tenderly. The last OF
. your roses is the first of mine. and God
knows how sweet it Is" he cried. and
kissed her.
J But was II the last Of her roses? O,
course mott You can't help . woman
nakfng foolish remark now and thea
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CHATTER xIx-continued.

The left arm Of the sheriff dropped.
The whole body of Ike Anderson, shot
low through the trunk, as was the
sheriff's invariable Custom, melted
down and sank into a sitting posture,
leaning against the edge of the stoop.
The sheriff with leap sprang behind
the fallen man. not firing again. Ike
Anderson, with black film row come
upon his eyes, raised his revolver and
fired once, twice. three times, four
times. five times. tapping the space in
front of him regularly and carefully
with his fire. Then he sank back
YEARLY into the sheriff's arms.
"All right, nanny" remarked Ike
Anderson, somewhat irrelevantly.
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His Failing.

Lawson-Hjenkins doesn't seem to
make much progress in life. What sort
OF fellow is he, anyway?
Dawson-Oh. Bjenkins is the sort Of
man who seems to think that the cork
In a bottle was made to be pulled ont.
-Somerville Journal.
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Better Kept in noz

wife-You know. John. You used 10
like my little displays Of temper.
Hubby-Yes. love. but it's been On
exhibition 50 long now think III lopf
its bouquet--Boston Transcript.