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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
THAT POOR HOUSE.

Wepubllsh some letters from neigh
bors In defense OF the superintendent
OF the poor farm and his wife from
charges made by former inmate,
published In the Rich Hill Review and
copied In some OF the county papers.
There ia no doubt that the present
buildings at the county farm are
sntiqusted and are not tt for the
purposes Tor which they are used.
The sanitary condition Is bad and
cannot be materially benefited un.
der the present arrangements. When
helpless old men are kept who need
attention every hour in the day and
night, il is not expected that their
clothing and bedding will be as spot.
less at the driven snow ,snd their
room have she scent OF the altar OF
roses. The oliactory nerves OF the
fine haired people making all this
fuss, no doubt were greatly shocked.
But these people themselves appear
to realize their own condition and are
grateiulfor she attention given them.
One neighbor informs US that he and
members OF his family frequently
drop In at the poor farm at meal
times, and he says that to his own
knowledge the inmates are given the
same victuals as served on theiam lily
table. 1t Is hardly probable that
Mr.. Bright and his family have been
eating spoilt meats.
The iacts are that there IL always
more or less hysterical stuff written
and talked about institutions OF this
character The truth remains that
the poor are not taken care OF as
they should be, considering thst they
are wards OF a county like Bates; but
no superintendent that can be ap.
pointed will do any better In thas
old shell OF house, withou. wa ter
works, sewers, sanitary closets, etc.
Sell the old place and buy 40 or so
acres near town that can be reached
by water mains, and we can have
an institution that will be aipride In
stead OF a shame to our people.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

view, Pleasant Valley (Elkhart
Twp, Green Valley, Merwin, Am.
sterdam, Amoret, Foster, Hume,
Sprague, Prairie City.
The subjects will be given in the
following order; First day-Geog-
raphy, Spelling, Physiology, Gram.
mar, History. Second day-Agri
culture, Civil Government, Arithme
tic, Literature.
Free scholarships are offered by
Adrian, Butler and Rich Hill, two
each, one 80 the boy and one TO the
girl making the highest average
Hills Business College OF Sedalia al
80 offers a three months scholarship,
valued at $25. This scholarship Is
Tor the months OF June, July and
August OF this Year; the Others are
for the school term beginning next
September.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Educational Notes.
By Supt. A. l.. Ives.


Three matters OF especial impor.
tsnce demand the thoughtful atten-
tion OF the people at the annual
school meeting. First, the election
OF men as directors who will look
after the school interests OF the die
triet. II good men are now on she
board, their services ought to be re-
sained. A good school board will
most likely have a good school
Second, at lesss an eight months
school term. Six or seven months
is too short q term. nder the new
law the school board Is required TO
maintain an eight months term
without vote of the people " the
people want a longer term without a
vote OF the people. II the people
want longer term, the excess must
be voted. Third, ample funds TO
maintain a good school. Limited
funds always means low wages Tor
teachers and short school terms;
ample funds, good teachers and long
school terms,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Trustees Sale.

whereas, Alex Mosnia and Nancy Z. hosnia,
his wife, by their deed Of trust dated Decem.
Der eth, 1895, and recorded in the recorders
once within and for Bates County, Missouri,
In book 1856 ct page 4ls, conveyed TO the UNDER
signed trustee the following described real
estate lying and being situate In Bstes County,
Missouri, TO wit: Lot two hundred and ten
(2l0) in the Rich Hill Town Company.s fourth
addition to the town, now city OF Rich Hill,
Missouri, which conveyance was made In trust
to secure the payment Of one certain note fully
described In said deed Of trust, and whereas,
default has been made In the payment Of both
principal and interest on said note, and the
came are now past due and unpaid. Now I.
therefore, Of the request Of the legal holder Of
deed Of trust, I will proceed 70 sell the above
described ,pfsmises d public vendue 70 the
highest bidder for cash ct the mont door Of the
Fsrmen and Manufacturers' Bank In the City
Of Rich Hill, Bate County, Mlsscuri, on
Friday, April l7th. 1900.
between the hours Of nias o'elosL In the fore
noon and ave O'Clock ID the afterneon Of that
day, for the purpose Of setlsfyinG ed debt,
interest and cost. WV. HkR6QeON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Whole Family "Hanker" for It.

Our old friend b. Il. Fleisher, who
is successfully conducting big gro
Gerry In Lamar, thus writes bis appre.
ciation-ei The TIMES:
Dear EditOr:-Next to the book OF
holy writ my family seems to banker
after old BUTLER TIMES and the old
man lie pretty near In the same boat.
II 1t ever happens that you have
break down and the paper Is q day
late, please notify family as they
will expect me to produce 1t on time,
and the condition Of my scalp neces.
states protection Of what small I'm.
dergrowth is left. II the enclosed is
not enough to set my date ahead,
wire at once. An admirer Of the
newsy (most newsy) Of all county
papers. Respectfully,
81. d. FLEIsHER
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

prlses have small beginnings, and II
is not necessary shat vast outlay
and elaborate plans be adopted on
the start. \ room to meet in; a lew
useful tools TO work with and COM
pesent instructor. Have certain
hours for each class and interest the
pupil in the Use OF the tools and In
making useful and ornamental arti-
c'es, Only u small per cent OF the
common and high school pupils ever
20 through college and the univer-
slty, Tseiul knowledge that can be
put into practical use In the battle
OF life is what should be taught those
pupils who are early thrown upon
their own resources.
There are many arguments In Ia
vor o, manual training department
In our public schools, and The TINES
will have more TO say about 1t IN the
futurp
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Notice.

Notice 10 hereby given, that letters Of sdm!n-
istration upon the estate of Samuel l.. Ligge.t,
deceased, have been granted to the undersign.
ed, by the Bates County Probate Court In Bates
County, Missouri, bearing date the 9th day
Of February. 1905.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allow
ance, within one year from the date OF said let
ters, or they may be precuded from any bene-
at of such estate; ana II said claims be not
exhibited within two years from the date Of
the publication Of this notice, they will be for
ever barred. JOHNC. HAYES,
22it Public Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

The Sub Committee, Of the United
States Senate Committee on Judic!-
airy, composed Of Senator'S Knox,
Nelson, Fulton, Bacon and Rayner,
BY a vote OF three to two, declared
unconstitutional all bills intended to
remove federal barriers against
states exercising control OF theil
police powers for the regulation o.
the liquor traffic. There IL now 9
number OF such bills before both thu
house and senate, which have beer
largely discussed during this session
OF congress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Call For Democratic Committee
MEETING.

Members OF the Bates County Dem
ocratic Central Committee are here
by notified to meet at the court
house In Butler on Saturday, April
4th 1908, at 2 o'clock p. M, Tor the
purpose OF calling county conyen-
ton to send delegates to the Demo
cratic State Convention, called to
meet at Jefferson City on May Goth,
1908, to send delegates to the Ma
tional Convention. The county COM
mittee will transscs any other bust
ness that is brought properly before
Is. ]. E. Hook,
B. +. JETER, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

United States Senator William
James Bryan, Of Florida, died at the
Providence Hospital In Washington
Sunday morning Of typhoid lever.
he was appointed to succeed the
late Senator Stephen r. Mallory, who
died Dec. 23, '07. He took his seat
seventy.three days before his death,
and thirty. three days Of that time
was spent In q fight with the disease
He was In bis 32nd year and gave
great promise for the future.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
MANUAL TRAINING
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

A public educator In q communities
ton to TIE TIMES last week struck
the keynote In advocating a manual
training department. In our high
schools. Such q department Is being
conducted by many Of the schools
throughout the country and always
with the very best Of satisfaction.
The time is not far distant when q
city school will be far behind that
doesn't teach manual training. II
answers two distinct purposes. II
occupies the attention Of the boy or
girl that would be taken up with
frivolous and hurtiul things, and II
gives . useful practical knowledgs
that will prove Of inestimable value
70 each In after ME.
Most great and successful shDsr'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
Notice.

Notice is hereby given, that letters of admin
istration upon the estate OF Mary Jane Liggett,
deceased, have been granted to the undersign-
ed, by the Bates County Probate Court, In
Bates county, Missouri, bearing date the 27th
day of February, 1908.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them TO me for allow
ance, within one year from the date of said lei.
tiers, or they may be precluded from any bene-
ut Of such estate; and II said claims be no.
exhibited within two years from the date of
the publication Of this notice, they will be for
ever barred. JOHN c. HAYES,
22-it Public Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

Newspapers are more apt TO be I'M
posed upon than any other bulness,
unless they use constant diligence.
The latest efiors In this directioniis a
special correspondence" sent outby
a SELF styled Interstate News
Bureau" in St. Louis. Dlligent
search at the numbers given Jailed to
find any such news bureau. The
correspondence was nothing short Of
a scurrilous attack on Harry b
Halves, thinly yelled by number Of
seemingly very innocent political
notes. We don't suppose a self re-
specting paper In the state was I'M
posed upon, as such paper always
REQUIRES the name OF the writer TO al
articles. An anonymous writer, as g
rule, is q contemplate assassin o
private character.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET.

The city Democratic convention
acted the part OF wisdom In nomi'
mating straight Democraticlticket,
thus keeping up the party organiza-
ton. That there was no Intention
to foment trouble In city affairs, was
shown by the fact shat the Demo.
Gratis named by the city committee,
we're nominated by the convention,
In only one case was an exception
made, and that was In the 4th. ward,
and that was no part Of the party
program, but was kind oiiactiona
fight raised at the last moment.
The TIMES heartily concurs In she
action OF the convention, because al
a majority party 1t would, In oul
Judgment, have been tacit admit
tance that there we're not competent
men within the party TO I'll the Off
ces, and loyal enough to the city,
Interests to accept the trust without
compensationin the city'seItremi.y
No question OF wet or dry was per
mitted to enter into the matter, re
gardless OF the fact that some peopl
would like to make 1t appear other
wise for political effect. That ques
ton is settled and every good citizsl
Is for the strict enforcement OF th
aw.
The Democratic ticket, as nominal
ed, will be elected at the polls on th
first Tuesday In April, and the DEN
ocrats OF Butler can consistently ar
peal to the democrats Throughout
the county to keep up tie party Of
ganization In the townships.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

Congressman Charles E Llttlefield,
Of the Second Maine district, has
sent to Governor Cobb his resigna.
ton as q member Of Congress TO
take effect Sept. 30th next. he gives
a. bis reason, his desire to return to
bis Law practice, which has neces-
sarily been neglected during his SER
vice In congress. The resignation
was Q great Su1pris 70 he friends IN
The district. q - -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26

The examination for rural gradua-
sion will be held at the following
places In the county on the second
and third Saturdays in April, begin
ming at 900 each day. In all cases
the schoolhouse viii be used, unless
some other place is specially desig
mated by the examiners.
Mckinley, Fairview Spruce Twp. },
Johnstown, Willow Tree, Reynsrd,
Rockville, Double Branch, Summit
Center, Harmony, Little Deer Creek,
Mingo, Adrian, Crescent Hill, Clay
Hill, Passsic, Butler, Peru, Rich Hill,
Virginia New Home Twp, Grand
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce lASCf
oMBS, as g candidate for the the Democr attic
omlnation for Treasurer, before the 1875
rlmary election.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-26
40 ACRES AT BARGAIN.

1t lies four miles east OF Butler, fine
neighborhood, fine soil, fenced hog
tight, terms to suit. 17.tf
BLACHERT L KIPP, Kansas City, Mo.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
coUNrRYs NEEDS SET FORTH.
Wall Street Journal Advocates Re-
turn to Old Conditions.

The following editorial from the
Wall Street Journal is somewhat re
markable. appearing in a purely has1-
cial paper, End is certainly worthy Of
serious consideration:
What America needs is a revival
OF piety. the kind mother and father
used to have-piety that counted it
good business TO stop for daily family
prayer before breakfast. right in the
middle Of harvest: that quit field work
half hour early Thursday night so as
to get the chores done and go to
prayer meeting; that borrowed money
TO pay the preachers salary and
prayed fervently in secret for the sal
walton Of the rich man who looked
with scOrn on such unbnSInesslike be-
hayior. That's what we need now to
clean this country of the filth of graft.
and Of greed. petty and big: of wor-
ship Of fine horses and big lands and
high Office and grand social functions.
What is this thing we are wor-
Shipping but a vain repetition of what
decayed nations fell down and wor-
SHIPPED just before their light went
out? Read the history Of Rome in de-
cay and you will find luxury there
that could lay big dollar over our
little doughnut that looks so large to
US. Great wealth never made a ma
ton substantial nor honorable. There
is nothing on earth that looks good
that is so dangerous for a man or ma
ton to handle as quick, easy. big
money. If you do resist its deadly in
fuences the chances are that it will
get your son. 1t takes greater and
finer heroism to dare to be poor in
America than to capture a battery in
Manchuria."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
It Satisfied Lincoln.

Among Lincoln's callers one morning
In 1852 was a stranger seeking both
personal and official assistapce from
the president and who brought with
him some letters lsHding his loyalty
that bore the signature Of a former
governor Of Maryland Lincoln received
the stranger with some warmth that
was not chilled even when one Of the
attaches, wh0 had overheard the con-
versadon, interrupted to explain that
the signature must have been forged,
for the reason that the Marylander
mentioned had bean dead several years.
The stranger showed guilt in every fea-
ture, but lincoln, sufused with that
pity for the luckless that wss ever bis.
cheerily obssrveds
"Oh, never mind that-never mind II!
This is far more interesting. l would
rather get q letter from a dead man
than from live one any dayP'-Phila-
delphia Times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Women's RIahts in Brazil.

THE curse of Brazil lies in the
great illiteracy of its men and WON
en-" declared Edward b. Norris. an
Englishman who has been many years
a resident of Rio Janeiro.
According to the official govern
ment figures the illiteracy is so per
cent. Certainly a country where only
one man in five can read and write
and only one woman in 20 has cause
TO blush at the ignorance of its PEG
pie. A country of enormous area, vet
with population of only 10000. 900.
Brazil is sadly handicapped by lack
of modern enterprise and an enlight-
ened citizenship. One of the most dis
couraging features of the country is
the low esteem in which woman is
held. A great many Brazilian girls
marry by the time they are IL years
old and are grandmothers long before
they are 30. Woman is regarded as n
chattel, and in many a household Of
the republic never opens her mouth
except at the bidding OF her husband. "
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
DOUBTFUL OF THE GUARANTEE.
Specific Clause Caused Increase In
Price Of Cloth.

The Arabs. and. indeed, all Mos
lens, have the practice OF reinforcing
promises by adding 70 their word of
honor the Arabic phrase, Inshallah-
please God" How much meaning It
conveys in some lands Of the east is
told in the pages OF In Moorish Cap
tivity"
The pious proviso is a very useful
formula to the Moors. and is frequent
ly used in making promises that they
nave no intention whatever OF keep
ing, as they can then take refuge be
hind the Almighty when they are
taxed with their breach OF faith.
There is story told Of a man who
kept a shop in Gibraltar. and who
knew the ways of the Moor. To him
one day came one of the faithful, who
was DESTROYS of buying some cloth.
On being informed that the price was
two dollars a yard, payment in so
days. he replied:
All right. l will take so much and
will pay you in so days. Inshallah."
NO" said the vender. the price is
two dollars, payment in so days. For
SO days. Inshallah, the price is two
dollars and a half."-Youth's Com.
panion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
About Waiting,

The old proverb that all things come
to him who waits advances a very pref
ty and pleasant theory, but it's literal
Interpretation makes it capable of great
misconstruct1on, for II it is in one sense
true it's reverse is equally true. Nothing
comes to him who waits. Nothing comes
to him who waits and does no more.
There is nothing in the world that is Of
any value that has not to be struggled
for, and those who sit down and fold
their hands. expecting fate and fortune
to bring them what they most desire,
win meet with the disappointment they
deserve.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
HAVE KEEN EYE FOR BEAUTY.
Instinct of Design Seems Planted in
the Japanese.

When a Japanese cannot mold the
shape Of an object, when he cannot
redeem it by design, when, in fact,
he has no control over it's creation at
all, but it is placed in his hands as it
is, finished, says the author of "Ka-
kemono," he will still contrive to add
beauty to 1t merely by arrangement.
Il first noticed this on board the
steamer going out" says Mr.. Edwards.
where the Japanese boy arranged
the extra blanket en- the berth in a
new design each day. He folded it
into lotus leaves and chrysanthemums.
into half-opened fans and half-shut
buds. He had one wonderful ar
rangement which, being patriotic, was
more often repeated than the rest
The blankets of the steamship COM
pany mad at top and bottom two wavy
red lines on a white ground BY some
wonderful twist of his fingers the boy
would fold that blanket into the rising
sun, with the four red lines coming
out of it like blood-red rays. He did
1t SO perfectly that l recognized the
flag of Japan the moment / saw it,
Youths Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Revived In His Coffin

A strange case of revivification was
that of John Adams of Del Rio, East
Tennessee. Adams is a mining en-
gineer and one morning he was found
in bed apparently dead A physician
said it was a case of heart failure. The
body was made ready for interment
and relatives and friends in Philadel-
phia were notified. A check was re-
ceived from Philadelphia in pay
ment Of the undertaker's bill.
but the undertaken declined to
accept anything save the hard
cash. This caused further delay.
and while waiting the coming of the
money by express the eyes o. the
corpse" opened, there was a yawn
and there likewise was a sudden dis
appearance of the undertaken and 9th
ers from the room. Mr.. Adams re-
covered and is still alive.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
The Giving of TIPS.

Tips were always out Of harmony
with the independence and self respect
OF true Americans. Good pay for good
work, with no unearned gratuities, In
hotels. restaurants and everywhere else
should be the custom. Tips are degrad-
Ing both to givers and receivers, and
the whole system OF tipping is unsound
and measurable. 1t cannot endure.
No club Of any real distinction and
Importance permits the giving of tips
within its jurisdiction, and tine prac-
tee Of distributing gifts for services
which have been amply and even gen
erouRly remunerated has no basis
which is wise and wholesome Never
yet has there been an argument in
apology for this abuse which was
worth a moments eonsideration.-New
York Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Royal Dad Lnnrunre.

The Pail Mall Gazette says it still
remains q mystery how the chief Eng
hsh authorities In church and state
ever succeeded IN crowning King
George l. Having come fresh from his
native Hanover, the first monarch of
the Brunswick dynasty was to Ills new
subjects little better than a Melanesian
from the south seas. Not a word of
English could he muster, while the
chief officials were almost equally ig-
norant Of German. Latin, therefore,
had to be resorted to as being the one
possible medium OF communication be-
tween them. A highly popular joke
originated from these singular pro-
ceedings, which stated that an i'm
mense amount Of bad language had
passed between the king and his min
listers on the great day.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
MISSING LINK IN ARGENTINA.
vertebrate CIsssed as Oldest Human
Remains Found in the New World.

The Oldest human remains on the
American continent have been discov-
cred in the Argentine republic. Some
-FOUR or five years ago a vertebra was
dug up in the neighborhood of Monte
Hermoso and deposited in the museum
or La Plata. There it attracted the
attention of the director, a German,
Herr Lehmann-Nitsche. He recog-
nized 1t as having strong resemblances
to human cervical or neck vertebra
and also some relation to the bones of
the higher apes, without exactly CORE
spending with either
Then he compared it with some other
bones in the collection, and the result
OF his study was the hypothesis of a
new type, neither human nor ape, but
related to both. The curve of the
spine indicated by the bones sug-
gested an animal that walked upright.
but the size and formation of the
bones made it clear that the head
they supported was small and light,
with very small brain capacity.
The remains resemble certain bones
OF primitive race of men found in
Java more closely than any other non
human or near human specimens.
They represent altogether the Oldest
type of humanity, if human they are.
ever found in the western continent.