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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS.

I'D Tathwell to W Butler Receiver lot Is
Passaic; lots 81 to 80 Concklins Add Passaic;
2.S int tract sec % Mound $500.
Clemmie Smith to Clara Smith 50 A sec q
Walnut o..
Clara Smith to Clemmie Smith 50 A sec 81
Walnut o..
H G Conrad to N Botkin lot blk Is Foster
s4OO.
Mcdonald to John Stroder lot 10 blk s
Pspinville 90.
Wyatt to e C Page 30 A sec Pleasant
Gap $lS24.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
Never Exaqaerates Il.

"0f course, she doesn't like discus
sions about ages"
NO; usually when she's questioned
about hers she just says nothing but
lies low"
Yes. or II she says anything she
lies low.s-Philadelphia Press.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
HHaht Query.

Bright Query.
There goes MarTyat's widow" re-
marked hewitt
Yes" replied Dumley. but he was
married twice. you know"
of course. What Of thati-
We'll, 10 she his nNt or second
widovf@
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
Our lady's Garden,

Lilies are chapels fair. whittier than SNOWY
Up to their affairs the butterflies go
Hark, then, confessionals whispered and
low.
The rose bush's convent has emeralds for
stairs,
The Little Red Sisters are all at their
Starlight will kiss their checks unawares.
Lilacs are vesper bells. purple and white,
Swung by the nightingale's song OF de-
light
Calling the faithful ones out of the night
Stars ars the choristers, silver and blue,
Cassocked In ebony. supplied In dew,
For nights dark vestry wandered
Hear the moon chanting behind the
nights screen;
Golden her voice in the cypress trees
green
All hail to Mary-Mary the Queen.
archibald Sullivan in Smart Set
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
Take WARNING,

Now as to weddings, let me speak.
Avoid the kind described as freak.
When you're In love.
You're apt to find the deuce to par
II married In outlandish way,
As I will prove.
! knew q man named Abner Boone
This chap got spliced In a balloon.
The reckless lout!
But ono result could come, I wis
OF such an episode as this
They soon fell out!
Another fond but foolish swain
Got married on a railroad train.
o. being rash!
or course he got Il IN the neck,
Affairs with him soon went to wreck
And total smash.
Avoid freak 'eddfnss when you 70
10 take wife. They bring but woe
TO ssrf or prince.
One chap knew wed In a mine.
And he has ~ u, his friends opina
Seen dayiistt aince.
Louisville co,lyier-Journal
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
the JEWEL LANGUAGE.

the JEWEL LANGUAGE.
Agate-Long life and health.
Amber-Dlsdain.
Amethyst-Peace of mind.
Observation-Disclosures and hope.
Bloodstone-I mourn your absence.
BeryLThou wilt not forget me.
Cat's-eye-Platonic love.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES love.
namond-Pride. '
observation-disclosures in love.
Garnet-Fidelity in every engage
ment.
Jade-Unloved but remembered.
Jasper-Pride Of strength.
!
Jet-Sad remembrance
LApis Lazuli--Nature's nobility.
Observation-Disclosures
Il
Opa-Pupe thoughts. r. =
pearls-Modest loveliness. Y A.,
Sapphire-Innocence. v
Topa9-Fidelity. t
Turquoise-The most brilliant sue
cess and hanniness In life
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
POINTERS FOR THE WORKER.

He must be able 70 throw worry 70
the wind
He must value recreation no less
than work.
He must be self-reliant. but not
self-willed.
He must be willing to admit when
In the wrong.
He must mako the interests OF the
house his own.
He must learn to obey before he de-
sires TO command.
He must be a man of broad gauge
and wide interests.
He must be willing to suffer the
fault OF his mistakes.
no uust not TeCOsnlLo latlSuo
when work Ia at hand.
He must have confidence in his en-
ployer and his ability.
He must be loyal to his house and
under all circumstances.
He must have tact by nature or
Learn how TO acquire II.
He must recognize character as the
most valuable kind of credit.
He must be ambitious. but keep his
ambitions free from selfish motives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

A oman has real good time shop.
ping bnless she buys something.
There would be q heap Of virtue In
the world II there was more fun in It.
A man can break out of jail, but he's
got to die to get over having q big
A man has to Be mighty amiable to
laugh 1t joke he was going to get
OF himself when the chance came.
lou can nearly always tell man
l,E1o 4 making money BY ths way 10
I pe1t to - has p psi = - leepe
- ~ = X. Z. ! = -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Sillicus-How can a man tell when
he Is really in love? Cynicus-He
can't tell till it's too late.-Philadel.
phia Record.
Teddy, is there no school to-day?'
Sure! Yer don't suppose Jest cause
I'm playin' hockey dat dey'd close up
de school do yer?"-Judge.
Mrs. Slummer-My- poor woman,
does your husband always drink like
this? Mrs. Hogan-No. mum. Some
times gets out of work-Life.
THAT new roomer paid $4,000 for
that violin he practices on" II wish
he'd trade 1t for ten-dollar violin he
could play."-Detroit Free Press.
Charwoman (mending carpet)-I
never thought as 'ow I should come to
this, mum. Me that was that well
dedicated that afore I was married I
couIdnt even make a beat pudden.-
Punch.
A Jurors Vew-The defendant in
q murder trial goes through a terrible
ordeal, doesn't he? IT suppose So"
said the ex-juror, YEARLY, but he has
one advantage over US. He's pre-
sumed to be innocent until proved
guilty."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Why do you fear to become a re-
former?" Because" answered Sena.
tor Sorghum. "the way Of the reform.
er IL easy only so long as he is telling
people what they ought to have. 1t
becomes difficult when 1t Is time to
apologize for not giving 1t to them"
-Washington Star.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

Knavery may serve for . long term
but honesty u best in the long run.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13
PROVERBS.

He who fears death already has
lost the life he covets.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs.- Slummer-My- poor woman,
does your husband always drink like
this? Mrs. Hogan-No, mum. Some
times l gets out of work-Life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

Teddy, is there no school today"
Sure! Yer don't suppose Jest cause
I'm playin' hockey dat dey'd close up
de school do yer?"-Judge.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

Many an honest man stands In need
Of help. but has not the face to beg Y
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

Sillicus-How can a man tell when
he Is really in love? Cynicus-He
can't tell till it's too late.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-13

THAT new roomer paid $4,000 for
that violin he practices on" II wish
he'd trade 1t for a ten-dollar violin he
could play."-Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
No Exemptions Under the Law.

1t is not possible, the Commissioners
say, to permit any one to sell cigars in
the District without paying the s12 license
tax required by law, even though the
business Is to be transacted in the name
of charity Several days ago Rev. E. B.
Gordon of 1900 T street northwest in
formed the Commissioners that there has
been started under the auspices of the
Walker Memorial Baptist Church a mis-
sion grocery store at 1900 7 street, the
net proceeds from which are to be ex-
pended for the purpose of alleviating the
suffering among old and INDECENT church
people. Irrespective of denomination. DR..
Gordon. who is the manager of this ven
ture, said he contemplates carrying a
line of cigars and requested to be eX-
empted from the license tax on cigar
dealers on account of the charitable pur-
pose of the store
Benjamin F. Adams, acting assessor, to
whom the matter was referred, reported
to the Commissioners today that inasmuch
as the law providing the tax on cigar
dealers Is silent with respect to eXemp-
ton and since several like requests have
been refused upon the ground that no au-
thority of law exists for granting such a
request he recommended that the appli-
cation of DR.. Gordon be refused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
RUSSIAN FAMINE VOTE.
Almost the Only Work Accomplish
ed by the Duma.

ST. PETERSBURG, December 2S.-The
last session of the Russian parliament be-
fore the beginning of the Christmas hol-
days was held today. and famine APP
preparation of S7,5OO,OOO was passed.
There was only bare quorum present
and the measure was practically not de-
bated. This appropriation, with few To-
cal bills, comprises the entire legislative
product of the first six weeks work Of
the third duma.
Committee work. however. is well adj
vanced and the duma will be in a posi-
ton to begin the consideration of the bud
get and several other important matters
as soon as the recess terminates. January
%. The famine appropriation. which dou-
bles that originally proposed in the budget,
will be Immediately available for the re-
lief of about twelve provinces. An addi-
tional appropriation will be necessary
later.
A large part of the money voted today 10
to be distributed through the zemstvos
and other local organizations. This course
is adopted because the Capitalization of
relief work, such as obtained In 1905,
showed the danger of abuses. as for In
stance the Burko-Lidval case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
FRENCH CHURCH TROUBLES.
Cardinal Coullie Issues a Pastoral
Letter

LYONS. France. December 2S.-Cardinal
Coullie Archbishop of Lyons. has issued
a pastoral letter in which he describes In
the most vigorous language what he terms
the sacrilegious robbery of the church in
France during the first year of the ap-
plication of the separation law. He pre-
diets that the state will persist in its eff
forts to laicize the hospitals. suppress the
Catholic orders that still remain and put
an end to the Catholic schools.
The cardinal complains that while a few
Of the faithful have been aroused to i'm
potent Indignation the majority of them
are welded to their pleasures and bust
ness, and. deceived by the newspap ers,
have shown themselves Indifferent to
what is happening. He concludes with an
appeal to Catholics to remain faithful.
and saws:
THE evil days will pass and eventually
we will taste the joys of victoyY."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

corner Of nth street and Pennsylvania
avenue this morning trying to force a
pair of number six light tan holiday
lemons. on pair of number ten hands,
when an avenue car ground to a quick
stop and short. middle-aged apoplectic
person in a brown derby and spats to
match. Bounced OF the rear platform and
waddled rapidly in the direction of the
nearest bar. The reporter noted the Wild
eyed appearance of the short man and
followed along to witness the impending
At.
Jack" cried the short man to the ex-
element amalgamater behind the mahog
any. after he had fitted the hollow Of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
upon nineteen candidates Arrangements
for the trip were completed at a meeting
last evening.
FOR STRATEGIC REASONS.
Site Of Canal Locks Changed to
Miraflores,

For strategic reasons and to prevent
their bombardment and destruction by the
fleet of a hostile power the isthmian ca
nal commission has determined to change
the plans for the construction Of dams
and locks. at La Boca, and instead they
will be built at Mirafores. four miles in
land and within the zone of safety Pres
ident Roosevelt has approved the change
of plan.
Aside from the strategic reasons ad-
vanced, the change in plans was due also
to considerations of cost. saving of time in
the completion of the canal and because a
more satisfactory foundation can be Sc
cured at Mtrafiores. The estimated saw
ing in cost will be considerable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
JUDGE BANCROFT DAVIS DEAD
FOR YEARS REPORTER OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
Regarded as an Authority on Con.
stitutional and Inter.
national Law.

Judge John Chandler Bancroft Davis,
who was the reporter of the United States
Supreme Court from 1888 until 1902. and
who at one time was assistant secretary
of state and also minister to Germany.
died at $3.50 o'clock Yesterday afternoon
at his home. 1921 H street northwest He
was i'll ten DAYS.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon at $50 o'clock at st. Johns
P. E. Church. The remains will . be
taken to Long Island for interment.
Judge Davis had a wide reputation al
a diplomat and was regarded as an au-
thority on constitutional and interna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Echo of Terra Gotta Disaster.

John L. Barnes. administrator Of the
estate of mis- daughter. Estelle C. Barnes,
who was injured in the Terra Gotta dis
aster December 80 last, today filed suit
to recover $4,000 from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. Mr.. Barnes
age of twenty-one years and unmarried.
boarded the Inflated train at Stott's sta
ton. She died January 1. 1907. Mr..
Barnes, as administrator of the estate
Of his wife Mary E. Barnes. also files
a similar suit based on her death At
torneys Wells, Hoover & Wells represent
the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Death of Mother Augusta"

Information was received here from
South Bend, Ind. that Anna. Amanda
Anderson, better known Mother Au-
gusta, died yesterday in her seventy
seventh year. uring the civil war the
deceased was in charge of the military
hospital at Cairo. III. She SHIELD the Office
of superior at st. Cecilia Academy Of
this city from 1885 to 1908. and was also
superior at st. Mary's Academy for a
number of years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Inspection of City Improvements.

Representative Washington Gardner of
Michigan the new chairman Of the House
committee on appropriations. went with
Commissioners mcfarland and Morrow
through the southwest and northwest
sections today, looking at physical i'm
provements already made or recommend
ed by the Commissioners in their esti-
mates. visiting, among other places, the
railway terminal work, extension Of 10th
street and Piney Branch bridge, Connect
cut Avenue bridge, over which the party
drove. the bridge being just open for We
hicles, and Massachusetts, avenue ex-
tended. Particular attention was paid to
all the park projects, suburban sewers
Commissioners in their estimates for next
years appropriations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Lawyers on Strike.
Special Cablegram to The Star

Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA. December 2s.-As the result
of strike Of lawyers the court of JUS
tice in the French town of Thonon, on the
Lake of Geneva, has been closed for an in
definite period. notwithstanding the nu-
merous cases awaiting judgment. The
strike has been caused by the circum-
stance that. owing to the retirement OF
the last judge. each of the lawyers has in
turn been compelled for the past few
months to discharge the judicial duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

tional law, having written treaties on
both subjects. He edited the lectures Of
Justice Miller on the Constitution and
added historical notes to. them.
He was one of the United States repre-
sentatives before the Geneva tribunal, He
served as assistant secretary of sta ia
from 1869 to 1871 and from 1873 to 1874.
He performed other important service for
the government. being secretary of the
United States legation in London from
1S49 to 1853 AT one time he was a cor
respondent for the London Times In New
York.
Judge Davis was born in Worcester,
Mass. December %. 1892. In 1910 he
graduated from Harvard University. His
wife and a niece survive him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

plates. bit a real Havana smoke stick ir
half and was threatened with commissions
You'll not wonder when you hear it. Here
tbs:
AN through the year you send for him,
He's Ike the house physician;
In charging up his bill he is
A lightning statistician.
All the folks who know him well
Consider him hummer:
So don't forget present for
Your faithful friend the plumber.
The short, apopletic person tried to say
something. but merely gasped like cod
fish and collapsed. But the mixologis
and the reporter dragged him to his fee
and connected his lunch hoks with the
mahogany.
Was that the last?". whispered the re
porter in the short mans ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Downtown Temperature.

The temperature recorded today by
Feast & Co.'S standard thermometer was
as follows: am. 90; II noon, 20; D. M,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Wall of the Ice Man.

The short. apoplectic person mopped his
face and switched to Scotch highs"
AFTER that he said, recovering his
breath with difficulty. II had a few min
utes' of peace and worked my way down
to the salad And just as I had my
mouth full of lettuce and was getting
into human frame Of mind again. an
other card. this time OF saffron hue.
1uttered to me- I want you to hear it:
oh. don't turn up your nose, sir,
Because the veath's cold
Remember twill be hot again
Ere 1908 Is old.
So help the idle iceman out,
And he will try to figure
II next summer he can't make
Your chunk little bigger"
The short. middle-aged person threw
the saffron card on the floor, jumped up
and down on it. grabbed it up again. tore
it to bits between his teeth. swallowed
another drink and leaned against the bar
in a state of collapse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

again when a green card was put beside
my plate. I'll read it,:
" Times are hard and Christmas Is near.
The poor garbage man 10 around all the year.
Money fe scarce and turkeys fat.
So please lrop something 10 the garbage mans
hat
I'D rather not repeat what said. 1t
wasn't language designed for use in the
home circle. But wife mentioned that it
might be good policy. as long as We didn't
have cemetery on the premises, to reply
to the greeting, SO I dug again. And I
hadn't taken my hand out Of my pocket
when she sided up to me with a red
card. Here's it:
Here's the faithful milkman
With his cry Of milk below!'
He claims to be no. Trilby.
And he has foot to show;
But one Ia more intimate
With germs. red white and blue:
So remember him this New Year day,
ha,I hxir ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
This Was the Last Show.

zone .more-just one. Lemme read 1t.
Besht Of all Mean worst of ALL Musht
read lasht and worsht. Mustn't
So the mixologist and the reporter chung
to the short man while the short man
chung to the bar.
'Shere tchiz." And with last violent
effort of will the short man pulled him
self together and read:
Greetings of the Christmas time
And of the New Year. too.
He comes around Just once month
To get the figures true.
And multiply with practiced mind
II you've a stove or heater;
So give little bonus
To the man who reads your meter"
With dull, slashy thud the short. mid
dle-aged, apoplectic person went to the
mat and stayed for the count
Alas. poor Yorick," quoth the mixol-
ogist mournfully as he skillfully. pared a
lemon for horses neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

NeWSy ana Ills dOl0-Up d.
shoe to the brass rail and leaned his
chest against the bar bulge, give me a
drink! don't care what it is. but ]
want it quick! Put everything in it ex-
cept the cash register. I want 1t to bite
me three times from chin to belt. and
throw me into a state of coma within
half an hour! Rush her up"
"Smatter?" inquired the mixologist. as
he deftly mingled the fearful ingre dents
of a pink pick-me-up.
Fat Man Near a Fit.
Everything" groaned the short per-
son. diving into an inside pocket and
producing a sizabe package of printed
cards Of many colors. Hurry with the
booster. If l don't get it down and tell
somebody, I'll choke to death. l feel it
coming on
Yesterday" said the short person. after
he had wiped his mouth and signed for a
duplication, Il was just sitting down to
my ) o'clock feed-fest when wife blew
into the box stall with a pink card, and
said she wanted a quarter because the
what he was waiting for until l looked
over the things she handed me. Here
is what It said" And the short person
balanced pair of specs on his fat nose
and read:
The little newsy around
In weather bad and good;
Though oftentimes he feels IL
He'd drop right where he stood
He brings your papers every day,
And it's very clear
You should hand him just quarter.
With the greetings of the year.
I'm not a tight-wad." resumed the
short person, plaintively. land so 1 cough
ed briskly and went ahead reducing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
The Plumbers Pastoral.

After little WHILE he said at last,
in faint. trailing. far-off voice, there
was another one-another red one. I read
it over my coffee and then smashed two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Browns Bronchial Troches.

Beneficial to elderly people who suffer from dr..
ness of mouth and throat. In boxes onIy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
lge Mans Plant.

well, this being the holiday season, I
coughed again. but had thoughts-deep
ones. l had hardly started on my dinner
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-13
The Bakers Dozen.

The term bakers dozen" is much
older than the seventeenth century. It
took its origin, doubtless in MEDIEVAL
London, when bakers sold their bread
solely or largely through hucksters, or,
as we should say today, hawkers. It
was the custom of the baker In deal
ing with the huckster to count Thirteen
loaves Of bread to the dozen. The odd
loaf was apparently the huckster's sole
profit.
How ancient was this practice may
be gathered from the s'Liber AIbus,n
or white book of the city of London,
that minute code for the regulation Of
commercial morality in medieval Lon
don. Here is laid down: THAT no bak-
Ter Of the town shall give unto regrat-
resses the sixpence on Monday morn
Ing by way Of hansei- money but after
the ancient manner, let him give thir-
teen articles of bread for twelve n
The practice of giving thirteen to the
dozen has since invaded many other
callings, such as the book and news
paper trade, but the ancient trade of
the baker may justly claim to have
coined a phrase which will live ais long
as the English Language London Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-13
Grotesque Spanish Honor.


There is a story about the Duke of
Wellington that illustrates the fantas-
tic idea of honor held by many Span
iards, contrasted with the practical
common sense of Englishmen. When
the duke was cooperating with the
Spanish army In the peninsula against
Napoleon he was DESTROYS on one oc-
casion during a general engagement
that the general commanding the
Spanish contingent should execute a
certain movement on the field He
communicated the wish to the Span
lard personally and was somewhat
taken aback to be told that the honor
of the king Of Spain and his army:
would compel him to refuse the re-
quest unless wellington, as foreign
officer graciously permitted to exist
and fight on Spanish soil !, should pre-.
sent the petition on his knees. The old
duke often used to tell the story after
ward, and he would say, g N oW, + was
extremely anxious to have the move
ment executed, and didn't care a
ttwopenny damn about getting on my
knees, SO down jumped r.