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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16
DEVILS TOWER
MADE A RESERVE.
The Rock Rises 800 Feet Above
the Surrounding Country.

the Surrounding Country.
From the st. Paul Press.
Deadwood, 8. D.-President Roose-
welt has issued an order setting aside
the DEVILS Tower, a peculiar geo.
graphical formation In Northeastern
Wyoming, as national monument
and a federal reserve. Nearly 1000
acres OF land also are set aside with
the Tower. This reserve will be un-
der the care of the general land Of
fee OF that district, no entries will
be made to protect the Tower from
injury.
This DEVILS Tower Is q chimney
like mountain OF rock that rises 500
feet above the surrounding country
and for almost 500 feet is nearly per-
pendicular and devoid Of any growth
or vegetation The top OF the Tower
is large enoughin area for a baseball
team to play a good game and is
covered with scant soil formed
from the disintegrated rock and
bearing moss, cactus and ferns.
Two men are known to have climb
ed this Tower at the risk Of their
lives, One OF them was Jack Rogers,
an old cowboy, and the other was
Arthur Jobe, a young engineer for
the Homestake Mining company.
The tower stands on the bank oil
the upper Belle Fourche river and
has been for years one OF the land
marks OF the country. 1t was at one
time included In an entry made by
Miss Kent, an Englishwomsn, who
filed on q homestead including this
mountain. This entry afterwards
was Cancelled.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16

Entered into her rest on Tuesday, |
April 23rd, Olive A. Brown, wife OF |
the late Judge D. V. Brown, OF this
city. Her body was inferred In our
beautiful cemetery on Thursday al
ternoon.
Olive A. Wilson was born In Fair
field county, Ohio, Feb. 25th, 1889,
and was married on the 7th Of March,
1862, The family lived for few
years in Ohio and in Shelby county,
Illinois. In 1872 they came to
Amoret and In 1881 to Butler, where
for twenty-six years Mrs. Brown has
been growing into the hearts Ct the
citizens OF Butler. To her God gave
eight children, FIVE OF whom survive
and rise up TO call her blessed.
In Mrs. Browns death, Butler lost
one Of its most valuable citizens.
Quiet, modest, reti Ing, she yet occu.
pied place In the community which
will be hard to fill. The strangers
coming to our city always found at
least one to welcome them. Outside
the bounds Of her own family, no one
will mourn her less more deeply than
those shut In by sickness and infirm.
ity. II her praise was not in all
mouths, it was because she obeyed
the voice OF her Lord, and let not her
left hand know what her right was
doing. The Presbyterian church has
lost member, who was iaitl full TO
her every duty. At church, at Sab
bath School, at the prayer meeting,
at the Woman's Missionary Society,
In every department OF labor she did
her duty. No weather, not even Ill
health, unless positively prohibit've,
prevented her presence at, her inter-
ested attention and participation In
the services of Gods house. And 1t
is needless to say that her loss is felt
In the whole church OF Jesus Christin
Butler. Such a life cannot be confin-
ed within the limits Of a single church
Organization. She was a christian.
To this all else was subordinated.
Ii is perhaps wholly out of place to
speak OF the loss to her family. This
Is too sacred a theme for us to men.
ton at any length. But we may
venture to transcribe the few words
which Judge Brown wrote OF her In
the history Of the family: "She has
always been to him, Judge Brown. a
true and faithful wife; always indus
trious, a model housekeeper, an ex,
emplary christian, o mother whose
chief concern has been for the welfare
OF her family" What the loss oil
such an one Is no one who has not
felt 1t can know. And no words can
express the experience Of those who
have felt it.
Funeral services we're held at the
Presby terian church. In the absence
OF Rev. Welty, whose injury confines
him to his bed, the Rev. DR.. Hill, OF
Kansas City, and the Rev. DR.. Jewell
OF Fredericktown, former pastors OF
the family, had the privilege OF con.
Quoting these services. s. D. j.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16
Ptate Excise Act
killed in Senate; 20-13.

Jefferson City, Mo-, May.-The last
nance for q State Excise Commits
IIoner law to be enacted has disap-
cared. The Ely bill, which provid-
ID for q State Excise Commissioner,
nth deputies at st. Louis, Kansas
(lty, st. Joseph and st. Lewis county,
Ias defeated In the Senate by the de-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
MONEY.

Norway even now uses corn for cur
rency.
Absolutely pure gold is twenty-four
caratS fine.
Sheep and oxen among the old Ro-
mans took the place Of money.
In India cakes Of tea pass as eurren-
CT, and in China pieces Of silk.
In some districts of New Guinea fe-
male slaves form the standard Of value.
Seashells were the earliest forms OF
money, the skins of animals coming
next as a substitute.
1t is an interesting fact that the jap
aneSe coins in the matter Of fineness
are superior to all others.
The Icelandic and Irish laws yet
have traces Of the use Of cattle for
money. Many Teutonic fines were paid
in cattle.
In the days Of 1S49 Of California the
ounce Of pure gold CS1G.5O formed the
common medium of exchange. Another
interesting form Of money was a lump
OF gold, called slug, equaling just $50.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
This BRIGHT Side.

Mr.. JurginS had been suddenly af-
f1icted with a stiff neck. Not only was
it a painful stiffness, but ii caused
him to twist his head around until he
seemed TO be trying to look behind him
over his left shoulder, and his head was
rigid in that pose.
"Of all the COMPOUNDED trials a man
was ever subjected to-" he said, this
is the limit They say to look on the
bright side of or Affections, but I'd
like to know how l could make use Of
this stiff neck"
MY dear friend" said the optimist,
'think what a golden opportunity this
is to sit for your picture without hay
ing to allow the photographer to twist
your head around that way and jab
those ice cold tOngs into the back Of
your neck."-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Painting Barrels.

Did you ever see a Standard Oil man
paint a BARRE? No? 1t is a revela-
ton. Tricks in all trades. The oil bar
rels. as every well informed man
should know standard Oil being the
biggest thump in the world, are blue
as to bilge and bulge and white as to
heads. The completed barrel is rolled
into the shop by thousands. a man
steps up with a brush of white paint
and with. three swipes executes a de-
sign upon the head. then spins the bar
rel along. 1t is caught by another man
with q brush deeply dipped in blue
paint. He takes the rim between his
thumb and fingers, gives it whirl and
while that barrel Is spinning runs his
brush up and down. In less than three
seconds that barrel is all blue. Then
as it spins along the man with the
white paints keels it over and with
three more swipes makes the other
head white. Talk about your bowling
alleys.-New York Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

London's imports by sea are over ia
100000 tons yearly.
England was first divided into shires
in the seventh century 4. u.
The average life of n London house
Is at the outside two centuries.
Before the Norman conquest Win
chester. not London, was the capital Of
England.
1t is quite Legal in England for
child to be christened by a single let
ter instead of a name.
The wives of knights and barOnets
have no right TO the title of lady" but
have the designation of dame"
\ London firm of electroplate max
ers has in its service eighteen men and
women who have been working for 1t
from fifty-six to sixty years.
Under the Black Prince officers re-
ceived shillings a day and common
soldiers twOpence. The purchasing
power of money was then about four
teen times what IT is now.
Prior to the dissolution of the mon
asteries by Henry VIII. sixty-fOur alb
bots and thirty-six priOrs sat in the
house of lords, and spiritual peers en-
tirely outnumbered the temporal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Niolent Deaths

In New York city occur ten violent
deaths Il day as direct result of daily
activities. In Chicago the number falls
to six Il day, according to DIR. Thomas
Grant Allen But the storm center Of
the country is Allegheny county, Pa,
in which the city of PittSburg is stu
ated, combining steel, iron and coal
industries, mills, mines. railroads and
building Industries. Over 1900 deaths
and injuries year in all Industries is
the record for this single county.
Conditions are such that the life Of
a foreigner employed in the mills is
given less consideration than is the
life of a horse or mule" says the cOro-
ner of Allegheny county. During my
first month in Office l was aStOunded
to find that within the thirty days
twelve men were killed in one plant
alone Of the United States Steel cor
poratiOn." IF even the present laws
were enforced" the Hungarian consul
has protested. conditions would not
be so bad."-EverybOdy's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
FEW CRACK BILLIARDIsTs.
scEaefer Deserves Most Credit Fos
Improving the Game.

scEaefer Deserves Most Credit Eos
Improving the Game.
The fact that very few first class bill
liardiSts have ever been developed Is
one Of the strange features of the
game. Yignaux. Schaefer and SloSsOn
have been champions more than thirty
years, the only others developed dur
ing all this time being Ives. Hoppe and
Sutton, u most remarkable showing. not
to be paralleled in any other branch OF
sport.
or all the experts Schaefer deserves
most credit for the development Of the
game to its present high standard He
always has been anxious and willing
10 aid in the development OF young
sters. and Ives. Hoppe. Morningstar
and Sutton all were his pupils. The
balk line nurse. the feature of play re-
sponSible for all high runs. however. Is
the invention of Sutton, and when rs a
shOrtStOp lie first sprung 1t he Occa-
stoned great surprise.
Schaefer is the father OF all the rules
under which billiards are played. At
his inventive Gelius the many barriers
imposed on experts to decrease their
speed and neccSsitated the making o.
new restrictions. for the other experts
could all take advantage of the new
discoveries rs soon rs they came to
know them. and almost unendinS runs
We're the result.
IL 4 championship contest between
Jake and Ives the latter sat down with
II to 90. and Schaefcr came to bat
with JG6 10 90. The largest run ever
made up TO that time had been 2SS,
and the Wizard seemed to have but
little show 10 win. Ills great inventive
genius came To the rescue. however.
the anchor nurse was discovered, and
Schaefer IAN the game out. This was
the only time the anchor nurse was
allowed in a match game. for Ives aft
er 1t was discovered could play ii as
we'll as Schaefer. and as it made the
game too easy it was Immediately
barred
Incidental to the above game. Frank
White, n we'll known Chicago sport.
won a most remarkable bet from Leo
Mayer. the well known bOOkmaker. As
SchaeCer walked up to the table in the
final inning White turned around to
Mayer. who was making books on the
contest. and said. What are the odds
now, LeoT' Zone hundred to l" said
Mayer iii bet you SO" said White.
Done" said Leo. And when the game
was over Leo had to settle with the
wise Mr.. White, who. billiard player
himself. knew that game was never
over until the last point was made
Washington Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
The Conclusion.

A group of wOrkmen were arguing
during the dinner hour. \ deadlock
had been reached when one of the men
on the losing side turned to a mate
who had remained silent during the
whole of the debate.
"'Ere, Bill" he said. you're pretty
good at a argymen'. Wot's your opin-
ion?"
81 amt a-goin' to say" said Bill. 81
thrashed the matter out afore with
Dick Grey"
"Ah." said the other artfully, hoping
to entice him into the fray, "an' what
did you arrive at?'
'rWell. evenchually." said Bill. Dick
e arrived at the 'orspital an arrived
at the perlice Standardization Tit
Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
ETI.E.''
THE HALL OF FAME.

NicoIo Puccini, the Italian composer
holds the record of having written No
fawer than 134 operas. He was born
in lbs.
+. II. Brown of Montpelier, VT, has
= .-hanjO clock" 105 years old, invent
81 by the Wizards of Boston. After a
rwenty-SiX year reS+ the clock is keep
in.cXccllent time.
II W. Potter of Kingman claims the
record for log hauling in eastern
Maine. ON Jan. L. he hauled with sew
on-,,n teams 52.T0O feet, which made
nm acreage Of 3.1O0 feet per load.
4 recent old folks concert in Brock
top Mass. had as feature the sing
,nr of Ellis Holmes, who is in his nine
rv-,rcund year. For a large part OF
century Mr.. Holmes has been bass
si.-ar.
I.la Stevens of Washington, Pa.
WIS forced to dig his way through 4
slid wall OF coal ana debris twenty
e.. thick in order TO escape from Il
nina. in which he was imprisoned. His
u.t i'tl WIS az nun loiA'SN liIh
handle.
Professor Kuno Francke. curator of
III, ticrmanic museum ut Harvard uni
ycr>..y. has received information from
rbe German embassy at Washington
that EmperOr William has conferred
Ir.un him the Order of the Crown of
the Second Glass
The elder Salvini has just had judg
mrnr confirmed in the New York
courts 10y which he RECEIVERS 10000
from the managers who failed to make
GOOD their contract with him for a tour
here in 1904. Salvini is now seventy
eight years of age.
William +. Letchworth. whose gift Of
1000 acres at Portage Falls. on the
GcncSee river. Cor n public park has
been accepted by New York state, is
an adopted member of the Seneca tribe
Of Indians and bears the tribal name
Hai-wa-te-is-tah CThe man who always
does the right thing.
Henry Squ:reS, who recently died IN
Burlington, Ia, was at one time recoS-
nized as the greatest tenor singer i'll
America. He began his musical career
in Burlington, VT, in 1926, and sang in
numerous grand opera troupeS and
travelled all over the world. He sang in
concert with Jenny Lind and in opera
with Carlotta Patti.
Living together on farm at Putney,
vt, are three brothers whose ages ag-
gregate go years. They are Ira, aged
eighty-six; William, eighty-three years
old, and Willard Smith, who has lived
eighty-one years. These brothers are
living on the farm where they were
born and none of them has ever been
more than thirty miles from Putney.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Tea DRINKING In China.

Nothing tends 50 much to keep down
mortality in China as the habit OF
drinking hot tea instead Of possibly
contaminated well water. Tea to q
rich ChInaman means concentrated tea,
costing 10 cents an ounce; to the poor
It Is hot water with a few tea leaves
dipped In and to the very poor simply
hot water. 1t Is significant OF the In
creased wealth in the country that the
majority Of the lower classes, who
heretofore could only AFFORD hot water,
are now indulging In actual tea.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
sOf. Woods Give Out Most Heat.

Contrary to a widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties, the scientists at
Washington are contending that the
greatest heating power is possessed by
the wood OF the linden tree, which Is
very soft. Fir stands next to linden
and almost equal to It. Then comes
pine, hardly inferior to FIR and linden,
while hard oak possesses 8 per cent
less heating capacity than linden and
red beech 10 per cent less.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
blind Football Fans.

When the 200 inmates of Henshaw's
Blind asylum. Manchester. sat down to
tea the other evening an officer read
out to them the announcement in the
Daily Mail Of a special edition for the
blind. There was burst Of applause
when the reading was over. followed
by q buzz Of animated discussion.
ut Is surprising" said Mr.. NJ. 81.
IIlingworth. the governor, what a
keen interest the blind take in field
sports. They follow the game OF foot
ball in detail"
"Have you ever been to football
match?" be asked a blind youth.
''Yes," he replied.
"And you know the playersT
"Yes, l know them all and every
thing that is going on."-London Mall
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
SELECTTONS
ES-@S
TRAIN NUMBERS.
How They Are Used and How They
Grow So Large.

STO" 90 Large.
Travellers and commuters have often
to consider the trains as numbered in
what appears To them inCyp.icahle
ways. For example. request ut the
information bureau OF the Grand Cen
trail station VIII elicit the reply that
train No. 40 will not stop ut Peek
skill or on the New Haven line that
train No. $40 will stop 81 Saturdays
ut ca cd. hut not Oh other days; tLat
On the Pennsylvania train No. C:ii VII
stop II Nctuchcn. bat not ut Railway;
that on the Delaware AMI LarEawanaa
train No. ia i IN ElSlpn cVprC =. and
that train No :3gg is the millinnairyS'
special 10 S,rnarlSyillc AMI viii stop
only at Newark. The Traveller knows.
Of course. that there are not 50 many
trains and only ilcItilicS them 10y tie
hour Of departure AMI arrival. 81 this
information - USUALLY VAGUE enough
as given by numbers II him. although
relevant ru1G-h Il railroad uci. for it
tU..S of tn history Of the Trains.
When TIE railroads were now they
put on Il passenger train HU:.bercI l
and - AMI freight train H.:saHrrcl ;
and /. AMI they increased t,iis service
according II the demands of traffic.
raising the numbers cJnSecutivcl-, tn
even numbered trains running enc
way. the obi numbered train; TIE 9th
er. As the cxactinG demands of new
business Developed trains were in
creased. and sOIae of the old ones
were dropped, but their numbers. which
still lived in the minds of the opera
tivcS. c0UlI not rcS,lily h. duplicated,
and they named them with St.ll higher
numbers until their numerical titles
have lost relation to their source eX-
cept in the minds of employees. But
as the railroads extended themselves
and Il generation OF employees passed
they returned to the primal number;
for their important trains, 50 that
trains l ana =, 3 AMI /. > ana g, etc.
are on nearly all railways the through
expresses. But the original trains. 10y
shifting Of time or other causes. run
under titles of 400. $50 or some numcr-
alton that means nothing To the trav-
eler but IL the railroad man reveals
its history from origin TO date.-New
York Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
lhE FRESAeE OF GREATNESS,

My frand. you say 'Hallo!" to me
Zen sOOcha kinda way
l know dat you are gona be
Da greata man SOM day.
You are so smarta 'Merican,
You need no speak at all
To poor old dumba Dago man,
Baycause he ees so small
Zen deesa beega ceety. Steel
You smile an speak TO me,
An, oh, my frand. you max me feel
So proud as l can be,
Wan time wen am younga man
An leeve cen Eetaly
Ees 'nudder man dat shaka ham
An say HALO to me
Wen he ees meet me cen da street,
An he ees not ashame'.
Oh. Sranda man. but he ces treat
Da reech, da poor da same.
Now. wat you s'pose bayCome OF does
Gran man know at home?
Look. See. my frand, Today he ees
Da greata pope cen Rome,
Baycause YOU say "Hallo"' to me
Zen soocha kinda way
know dat you are Eona be
Da Crcata man SOM day.
II. =. Daily IN Catholic Standard and
Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Which?

Once upon a time two young women
came to a wise theatrical manager and
applied for positions as stars.
at is not our custom TO engage stars
who have had no dramatic expert
ence," he said. And neither Of you
has been on the stage!"
''No, sir" they replied.
''Then what qualifications do you
possess?"
81, sir" said the first young woman.
shave ambition and a future"
81, sir" said the second young wO-
man. have ambition and past which
would make copy"
And so the manager made out a con-
tract for one of them.-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
EllgElgGQgE29@Sa
HIS MEMORY RETURNED.
He Wanted a Snow Shovel, as Sur
missed by the Storekeeper.

He Wanted a Snow Shovel, as Sur
missed by the Storekeeper.
He stopped in front Of a hardware
store for n moment and locked all
around and then carried his hand TO
his head like n man who had forgotten
something. Then he slowly entered
the store and looked around and shook
his head.
"YOu want something's" observed the
clerk as he came forward.
Il do"
But for the moment you have for
gotten what 1t is?''
That's exactly the case. l knew
when l LEFT the house. but it has gone
from my head row. If you'd offer me
a hundred dollars. l couldn't remember
wha. / started after"
I'VE have lots Of such cases, ana we
solve them in moment. Here Is what
you want"
And H. passed behind lot of stoves
and dragged out q liz sulw shovel
and placed it in the others hands and
said:
"Thirty-Gvc cents. please. and you'll
find the material uf the l,cs,."
by GeorGc, Ey GCursa"' exclaimed
the customer. ".:ut that's exactly what
wanted, What curious thing men,
DRY is. | wanted SNOW shovel. and
now I'll take ii home and put il in the
cellar. and il my nc:ghborS don't keep
their walks clean I'll complain TO the
police. ''-ChicaEp News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Did Not Count.

There is Il small hoy in Pittsburg
who is intensely patriotic and who is,
as Il rule. Il very well informed Sunday
school student. Not long ago there
were some visitors, and TOmmy's
teacher. wishing To show of her class
to the best advantage, called upon him
to answer Il series of questions. All
went we'll until the very usual one,
"WhO was the first man?'
George Washington-firSt in war,
first in Tommy began enthusiastic
ally, but the teacher hastily interrupt
ed.
mo, no. dear. You mean Adam,
don't yOu?"
'Oh, If you are talking about dagOes,
I s'pose he might be-" admitted Tom
my.-Harper's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Winterina pahIia Tubers.

AS soon as the tops are killed by the
frost they should be cut of to within
six inches Of the ground. The tubers
may theIr~be dug and inverted in the
ground. to permit the sap remaining
in the plant to settle without dripping
among the tubers. as it is believed the
sap is an injury to the roots. After
the plants become dry they may be
placed in Il cellar in boxes or baskets
and kept dry, but not permitted to
shrivel. Any condition suitable for
good care of potatoes is favorable for
wintering dahlia tubers. The tubers
are very susceptible to injury from
treezing.-Country Gentleman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become of The old fash
Toned man who called it 'stone coalf'
An old fashioned woman has very
little confidence in medicine that
tastes good.
What has become Of the old fash
Toned girl who was ever ready to
faint awayT"
What has become of the old fash
Toned woman who always opened the
tremolo stop Of her voice when she
sang?
What has become of the old fash
Toned man who went into a grocery
store and inquired, "Is your scales
rghtT-AtchisOn Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
single and Plural $ Germans.


A Journalist in Berlin has been exer-
cisIng his ingenuity in attempts to e1-
plain the meaning Of the letter which
appears with more or less frequency
after the names Of German military Of
ficers In the records kept at the minis
try of war and In the kaiser's military
cabinet. He has come to the following
conclusions: One s after an officers
name means that this particular officer
"sauft'' (drlnks); SIS means that he
"sauft stark" drinks hard; SIS de-
notes that he ''sauft sehr stark" drinks
very hard; SSsS means that be "sauft
sehr stark schnapps" drinks very hard
schnapps); finally. SSSSS means that
the "schnapps" Is "schlecht" Dad. Any
oficer with five SIS Is summarily dis
missed by the kaiser.