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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21

Lucien Green, Bates county's Re
publican war-horse, says the post
masters wear gum shoes, with heels
on both ends. Now, we wonder
what he means by that
Young George Doweil, who is run
ming spicy paper In the Rich Hi
Tribune, calls the Republican. Press
the "Funk Press" Now, we wonder
what he means by thatl
Mr.. Roosevelt's Judgment Is not
always bad. The five men whom he
considers to be the greatest in the
COMMUNICATING himseli-are all
Democrats X. C. Post.
W. {. Green and Miss Pearl VIM,
both OF Butler, we're united In mar,
rlage at the parsonage of the NJ. E
Church, South, Sunday afternoon,
Rev o E Vivion Off ciating.
An Illinois man recently rolled a
barrel OF water two miles to win a
bet and get barrel OF whisky. In a
short time we may have to 20 farther
than that to get whisky Washing
ton Post.
REMOVAL Have owed nv
dress making establishment to nv
house on West Ohio street, 2nd house
west OF Wyatt's lumber yard. Would
be pleased to have my friends call.
~ Is MISS VIOLA HARRIS.
W. W. Jsmison and wife, OF Rich
Hill, spent several days In the city
the last OF the week, guests OF Mrs
JamisOn's parents, County Clerk and
Mrs. Weeks. Mr.. Jamison was a
witness before circuit court.
The TINES is In receipt OF the fol
lowing card from postmaster Wix,
dated at Bisbee, Ariz May 18th 'O8:
"El walton $500 feet; population,
q. 1000; monthly pay roll 100000;
rich copper mines Boys are doing
a fine businnss. We are having the
time OF our lives, will be home the
20th."
Rev. j. B. Mayfield, pastor OF the
Christian Church OF Butler, was
nominated for Congress by the Pro.
hibition convention OF the sixth die
trict, held at Clinton last week. Rev.
May1eld is strong man, a good
talker, a ready debster and very &C
tive In the cause OF Prohibition. He
will make an active canvass OF the
district.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21
Cass Jeffries, postmaster a. Schol.

Cass Jeffries, postmaster at Schol.
ten, Barry county, No., Is the victim
OF q strange circumstance. Mr.. JED.
ries is Q democrat and wishes to re-
sign In order that q republican might
be appointed to the position which
rightly belongs TO that party, but
since there are few republicans In
Barry county, and practically mono
around Scholtsn, Mr.. Jefiriss' hard
work OF three months 10 attempting
10 resign has been unavailing.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21

DR.. j. W. Hall, OF Adrian, was in
the city on Monday.
s. B, Cole came up from Rich Hill
Monday on court business.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Johnson were
Rich Hill visitors the first of the
week.
Elder Lewis Wix was q pleasant
caller while. In the city the last OF the
week.
Mrs. S. W. Price, OF st. Louis, is
visiting the family OF George ".
Price.
Mrs. E. A. Bagley is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. j. A. Patterson, at
Nyhart.
DR.. E. E. Gilmore, OF Adrian, was q
visitor to the county seat the first OF
the week.
Miss Pearl Smith spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Smith, near Rich Hill.
Misses Kate and Mary Walker are
visiting their sister, Mrs. Harry
Hale, Sheldon, Mo.
j E Dowell, OF the Adrian Journ-
al, was In the city on court business
the first OF the week.
Gus Bennert came up from Spring.
field, Mo-, Sunday for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Earl MeGaughey was down from
Kansas City Monday and Tuesday
visiting his mother and sisters.
GIRL WANTED.-For general
house work. Good wages. Apply
Joe Meyer, east side square. 29.ti
Mrs. Annie Scott left the first OF
the week for the home OF her mother,
Mrs. R. A. Davis, at Chickssa, Okla
Mrs. Fl. P. James and children, OF
Rich Hill, were the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. II. G. Cook the first OF the week.
For SALE-Hair switches, coronet
puffs. Combings made up. 30 2t*
MRS. g. r. MATTHEWS, 400 East Pine
Mrs. W. F. Hawkins, who was call.
ed to Kentucky by the illness OF her
sister, Mrs. Dykes, wired her hus-
band Of the latters death on Satur-
day, at Ford,Ky.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21


Mrs. Annie Axelson, OF Joplin, No,
was the guest OF Mrs. Sandy Wilson,
OF r F. DINO. 4, Friday and Satur.
day.
Mr. and Mrs M S. Clay are attend.
Ing the meeting OF the Kansas g, A.
R. in Kansas City, Kansas, this
week
Robert Farrsnt, OF Vinita, Okla
came up the last OF the week on a
visit to the family OF Mrs. Sam
Fisher.
George Fulkerson, who is holding
down claim In Eastern Colorado,
came In the first OF the week to visit
his family.
"Clover Blossom Stock Farm" Is
registered by j. E. Thomson In the
county clerks office. It lays just
north OF Butler.
W. o Atkeson and Bro. Funk, OF
the Republican Press, attended the
Cass County Republican convention
the first OF the week.
Miss Besse Cable came down from
Harrisonvllle the first OF the week,
the guest Of Miss Irene Mains and TO
attend the reunion OF the alumni.
Mrs. j. b Paget arrived here from
Rich Hill Monday, on a visit with
friends. She will leave May 2Sth for
Spokane, Wash to join her hus
band.
Mrs. j. B. Duvall entertained the
cooking club at her suburban home,
Hillcrest, Friday afternoon in honor
Of her sister, Miss Myrtle Hartwell,
OF St. Louis.
Little old Bates county is usually
up.to date in ell things but up to the
time OF going to press we have not
heard that she has yet produced a
Guinness victim.
Every prominent Bates County Re-
publican you meet wants to stop and
apologize for the county seat Repub-
lican editors. Now, we wonder what
they mean by that!
John Jennings. OF Rich Hill, who
has been confined to his home for the
past few weeks with rheumatism is
being attended by bis son John who
came down for that purpose from
Kansas City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21
PEYT0h A. PARKS
AND ]. D. ALLEN
To Go as District Delegates to
the National Convention,
Special to THE TINS.

special to THE TINks.
Jefferson City, Mo-, May Gosh, IL
a. m.-As she Democratic State Con-
vension, which opened here this
morning, Peyton A. Parks, OF Henry
county and j. ID, Allen, of Bates
county, were elected district Dele
gates for the 9th Congressional Dis
trtct so the National Democratic
Convention at Denver. W. q. Shock,
OF Johnson county and q. r Church,
OF Cedar county were elected alter
mates. The delegates at large have
not, up TO this hour, been elected.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21
40 ACRES AT BARGAIN.

Il lee four miles east Of Butler, flne
neighborhood, fns coil, fenced hog
tight, terms TO suit. 17.A
BLANEnT 1 KRP, Kansas City, No.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-05-21
High School Commencement.

The commencement exercises oithe
Busler nigh School, held as she
Opera House last Friday evening.
was greeted by a large audience,
The seventeen graduates acquitted
themselves creditably In their ora,
tions, essays and musical numbers.
Hon. ". o. Atkeson, member OF she
school board presented she diplomas
to the following young ladies and
gentlemen: Misses Loe Reese, Laura
Z, Angle, Lille l.. Henry, Lottie A.
Young, Permella L. Herrell, Edith
R. Palm, Mike McLees and Irene
Shaier; Messrs. Walter l. Jackson,
Benjamin j. Richards, Bennett
Henry, James 7 Pahlmann, Ralph
r Allen, Frank NJ. Ludwick, volney
McFadden, Ernest l.. yantrees and
Albert l. Dunwell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
Morocco's Ruler Kept Busy.

Mulai Hafid, the new sultan of Mo-
rocco, is busy man. He rises with
the sun, and, save for short siesta,
seems never to have any leisure time
at all. He makes a point of attending
personally to all state business, holds
reviews of his troops frequently, re-
ceives Populations from all parts of
the country, listens almost daily to
translations of long extracts from the
European newspapers and metes out
rewards and punishments. He receives
many presents. A Fee correspondent
tells how the other day gifts In the
shape of sacks Of gold, bales of silk,
spices and jeWelry poured in through
the palace gates and the sultan re-
ce1ved the value of something like
$125,00O in the course of this one
mornings reception. Among the
offerings was a splendid ruby ring.
which seemed to take the roypl fancy.
for he forthwith put it on his finger
and wore it during the remainder of
the day
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26

F'CHSh FhySiSiSISs TIC Leaves d SoIi
Who "seems Ready to Continue
This Fine Tradition"
of radioactivity, and which led direct
ly to the sensational discovery of
radium by Prof. and Nine. Curie. In
La Nature (Paris) appears a sketch of
this remarkable family, and especially
of its latest member, by l.. de Launay.
Says this writer:
For three generations son has fol-
lowed father as a member of the In
stitute (Antoine-Cesar, INSISTS; Ed
mond, who died in 1891, and Henr)
and fourth seems ready to continue
this line tradition. Long ago the
first of the Becquerels, Antoine, to
whom we owe the beginnings of cleo
trochemisty, the electric thermometer,
the electromagnetic balance, ETC., hit
incidentally upon one of those compli-
Gated subjects voluntarily neglected
by the too methodical and precise in
vestigators who wish to proceed sure
ly and arrive on a fixed day-prob-
lens whose very obscurity promises.
sooner or later, when their phenomena
shall have reached maturity, sensa-
t1onal and suggestive discoveries. He
attacked the question of phosphores-
cence, which he explained from the
outset electrically. In this dynasty of
scientists investigations have been
handed down from father to son, who
have used the same substances, pre-
served in the same laboratory. Later
his son Edmond Becquerel, who, we
may recall by the way, discovered the
first method of color-photography,
continued the study Of the phosphoro-
genie rays, and thought that he had
been able to show their identity with
light-rays. At the same time with
Niepce de St.-Victor he began
the examination of the whole series
OF substances, such as the alkaline
earthly sulfates, the diamond, fiuorin,
and aragonite, that become luminous
under the action of the solar ravs:
and studying fiuorescence in the same
connection he considered it as pro-
duced by the ultraviolet radiations.
In 1883 Henri Becquerel took up this
question of phosphorescence and stud
led the absorption of light by the COM
ponents of uranium.
The work Of Becquerel, Curie, ETC.,
has made us acquainted with new
forms of substance that transform
part of the energy that they receive
into chemical reactions. We enter
here into the vast field of the I'M
known, which is so attractive, and the
name of Henri BecQuerel will remain
connected with one of the chief steps
accomplished in the nineteenth cen
fury toward the acquisition of this do
main.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Restricting Vote in South.

Voting in Georgia has heretofore
been restricted by the constitution to
citizens who have paid all taxes upon
them since 1877. At the recent state
election a constitutional amendment
still further limiting the right to vote
was adopted. Hereafter a voter must
not only have paid all his taxes, but
must have served in some one of the
wars of the United States or of the
state, or must be lawfully descended
from some one who has rendered such
service, or must be of good character
and understand the duties Of citizen
ship, or must possess a certain amount
Of education or a certain amount of
property. The avowed object of the
new law is the dfsfranchisement of the
ignorant negroes. Similar disfranchise-
ment has been effected in Louisiana
and in North Carolina by a law which
provides that voters must be descend
ed from persons whose ancestors could
vote prior to 1867. In South Carolina
and Virginia the voters must have
paid their poll tax. There are educa-
ttonal and property qualifications in
South Carolina and an ancestry quail
ficatiOn in Virginia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
HUGE LENS ON MOUNTAIN TOP
Most Powerful Telescope in the World
Ready for Service in December.

The huge 2,000-pound lens for the
| Carnegie Solar observatory is at last
on top of Mount Wilson after one of
the most tedious and nerve-racking
| tasks of the kind ever undertaken.
The first stage of the undertaking,
which was the feat of transporting the
immense casting from little village
near Paris, to Pasadena, was concluded
| three years ago when the cast was
turned over to an expert optician to
be ground and polished into a state of
perfection.
After three years of fncessant grind
ing and polishing, which ended in
August, the finished lens was turned
| over to the chief astronomer Of the
| observatory, and the third and final
stage of the undertaking was entered
into.
This was to lift the dead weight of
ton, which the touch of hand might
mar, to the height of mile up steep,
rough mountain side. Mingled with
the anticipation which scientific men
felt at the outset of the triumphant
ascension was feeling of anxiety lest
the ponderous yet delicate problem
should fail. There were innumerable
chances that disaster would overtake
the expedition. If the lens had been
broken or cracked, or had the slight
est accident caused a flaw to appear
upon its surface, though mieroscopical.
ly minute, the undertaking would have
been failure. Such failure would
not have been measured in dollars
alone; indeed, the money cost would
be classed as trivial compared with
the all-important element of time, as
five years of incessant labor would be
required to replace it.
The old trail up Mount Wilson was
out of the question. For several miles
it is only three feet wide It was nee
essary, therefore, to construct a new
trail, and large force of men were
put to work on a route which seemed
to promise the surest means of trans
portation. The trail was completed at
a great cost, the lens was securely
buried in soft packing material, and
after an entire day of most tedious
work was at last deposited in the OBJ
serVatory.
The finished lens is 60 inches across,
inches thick at the point of it's ex.
IRENE fullness, and weighs an even
1000 pounds. 1t is SO much more pow
erful than any other lens that it is
claimed it will make visible 100000.
900 more stars than can be seen with
the most efficient instrument now in
place. The atmosphere at the noun.
tain top is particularly suited to as
Economical observations and the in.
strument will have the further advan-
tages of the most complete and mod
ern supplemental equipment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
Remains of a Mammoth.

The remains of prehistoric ele-
plant of mammoth proportions were
unearthed recently in the bed of a
small creek in Puddingstone canyon,
half mile north of San Dimas, by
Prof. A. J. Cook, head of the depart
ment Of biology of Pomona college,
Cal, and Edward P. Terry, a student.
The bone frame, which is in a fair
state of preservation, measures 26
feet in length, and Is feet in height,
and what remains Of each of the enor-
nous tusks is ten feet long. The
parts of the huge skeleton that could
be- safely handled, were removed care
fully to Claremont, and are to be
placed in the museum of Pomona col
lege. The discovery was accidental.
The skeleton lay diagonally across the
stream with only six inches of ground
over it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26

pair OF detachable racks c, which are
adapted to mesh with the thread of
the nut D. This nut is fitted in a
frame E, which in turn is mounted to
slide along the body or shank of the
wrench. The frame E is extended at
one side, and in the inclined upper
face of this extension an undercut
guideWay is formed adapted to receive
the slidable jaw F. A spring-pressed
pin in the jaw bears against the shank
A, and holds the jaw in it's outermost
position. In use the nut D is adjusted
to close the jaws onto the work, and
then when the wrench is operated, the
sliding jaw moves inward, jamming
the work against the upper jaw. Mr..
Harvey N. Rothweiler of Seattle,
Wash, says the Scientific American, is
the inventor of this improved wrench
pipe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26

Hartford bridge is solid structure
of granite, with nine span arches, and
1900 feet in length. It carries an 80
foot highway, which is the great artery
of Connecticut, connecting the two
busy portions of the state, divided by
the river which gives it its name
There has been a Hartford bridge
since 1903, and it has always been a
busy bridge. It has had to be a stout
one, for in the spring the usually mild
Connecticut is vicious stream, bring
ing down thousands of tons of broken
ice and crashing it as if in rage
against Hartford bridge. Capt. Isaac
Damon of Northampton, Mass, who
was the boss bridge builder of New
England, built the original bridge, and
he built it Of hewn pine of a sort that
is priceless to-day, pegged together in
wonderful fashion. The river could
never destroy his bridge. Fire did.
But fire can never destroy the new
Hartford bridge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
THE STORY.

G. A RIOCH, the kings messenger, is
n at the door, announced the serv.
ant of the chief of Nebuchadnezzar' s
astrologers, coming to the door of the
apartment where his master was sit.
ting bowed in hopeless discourage.
ment. His voice shook with suppressed
emotion as he spoke, and it was plain
to see that his eyes were red and
swollen with weeping.
"Oh, my MASTER" he burst out, as
his master arose, unable longer to con.
troll his feelings, Must l bid thee
farewell"
Tut, tut, Arbel, thou must not give
way to thy feelings thus. A wiseman
knows how to die. The king hath de-
creed it. What further need is there
for regret? 1t is his will FAREWELL!
Thou hast been a faithful servant. y
And pressing an affectionate kiss upon
the cheek of the grief-stricken serv-
ant, the wiseman drew his robes about
him and with quiet, self-sustained dig
nifty, Joined Arioch at the door.
Il am ready" he said, bowling
courteously. Let the kings decree
be executed speedily. The wisemen of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT kingdom know how
to die"
Il come not to execute the decree, -
spake AriOch, rapidly. Il come with a
message Of cheer. At the request of
one of the Hebrew captives named
Daniel the king has stayed the execu-
iton of his decree until the morrow,
for this young man Daniel declares
that he will on the morrow tell the
king his dream and give the interpre.
tation thereof"
A revulsion of feeling swayed the
chief of the wisemen for a minute.
What" he almost shrieked, lis
there still hope"
II did not say So" rejoined Arioch,
slowly. Il only said that this young
Hebrew had promised to give the king
answer"
Then the righteousness of the situa-
ton broke over the wiseman and he
burst out into loud, derisive laugh.
What can this despised son of ia,
cob do when the wisemen of all the
kingdom have failed to meet the
kings unreasonable demands? Daniel
Daniel! Who is this Daniel who would
seek to break into the ranks of the
sages of the great kingdom of Baby
Ion? Take me to him. he added, with
sudden resolution. I would welcome
him to the ranks of those who will fall
before the sword of the king on the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
6(azlfNCEAw
INVENTOR
A SCIENTIFIC FAMILY.
Three 5ecquereIs Achieve Distinction
in Physical Science.

The recent death of Antoine Henri
Becquerel, the French physicist, at the
age of Sc, recalls the interesting fact
that he is the third of his name in di-
physical science, and that he leaves a
son who is also a physicist. Still more
interesting is the fact that in certain
lines each one Of the family has con-
tinued and extended the work of those
before him. Especially is this the case
with the obscure subjects of phosphor-
essence and f1uorescence, which Henri
Becquerel cleared up so greatly by his
discovery of the phenomena now gen
orally classed together under the name
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
The RafflIno Lannuane.

English is the only form of human
speech of which it can be said that it
is not sufficient to know it in order to
be able to use it. The Frenchman in
England will find it better to speak
in French. The Englishman prefers
to try his French rather than to listen
at your clumsy attempts at English.
If any language las to be murdered,
he would rather it be that of some
body else.-Paris Opinion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26

That visit of a big delegation of bus
mess men from the Pacific coast of the
United States is having good results
in Japan. The reception accorded the
Americans, both on the part of Off
ais and of the people of Japan gen
y, has been of the most cordial
The delegation has sailed for
n, esAae. but before doing so held a
meeting and adopted resolutions ex-
pressing pleasure in the friendship
and goodwill prevailing between the
two nations, and urging the adoption
Of plans whereby the commerce of
the two countries may be increased
and the friendship of the Japanese and
American people made perpetual"
Intercourse such as that provided by
the interchange of such visits will go
far toward promoting those ends and
removing all cause for misunderstand-
ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26
SERMONETTE.

The wrath of an unreasoning
and unreasonable king became
, the opportunity of revealing the
power and glory of the true God.
How often it has been true in
the worlds history that the
; Daniels have been prepared to
step forth in the darkest hour
and become mighty witnesses
for God.
What a testimony, too, we
have here of the power of
united prayer. Having OBJ
tanned from the king stay of
execution of his decree COM
handing all the wise men in the
kingdom to be slain, Daniel
seeks out his three faithful
friends and urges them to spend
the night in prayer, while he,
also, awaits before God.
What sublime faith was that
which could take the young He
brew before the king, and prom
Use an Interpretation if he could
but have time in which to wait
before his God.
If Daniel had not been on in
innate terms of fellowship with
his God and had not known the
power of prayer he never would
have dared to have appeared be-
fore the king with his seeming
Iy rash promise.
Is it not because we are
strangers to God that we are
completely taken off our feet
when the dark hour of trouble
descends upon US? We are
panic stricken and discouraged.
We dare not look up because a
guilty, negIectfuI heart cannot
look its God in the face, and so
we trembIe and fall before the
misfortune that has oVertaken
US.
Trouble is a blessing some
times in that it drives the wan
dering heart back to God, but
how much better to keep in
close touch with God all the
time, SO that when the dark
ness overtakes US it finds US
with eyes upIifted towards the
"hiIIs from whence cometh our
help"
Definite prayer gets definite
answer. Note that Daniel and
his companions prayed for just
one thing. Much of our prayer
is so diffused and scattered that
scarcely has the prayer been ut
tered but that we have forgot
ten the things we have prayed
for.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-26

Frederick Peterson, nerve specialist,
in Golfers, opines that the extent to
which the influence of mind on bodily
health may go is as yet little known,
even among the medical fraternity.
He tells af a Vienna physician who
told young woman patient that lie
would place small plaster on her
back which would produce a blister
in few hours. He actually put on
only postage stamp and the blister
appeared, as suggested. This recalls
the trick played by DR.. Morton Prince
on lady who always had a violent at
tack of hay fever whenever a rose was
brought into the room. One day he
brought in an artificial rose, and the
usual symptoms followed. He then
showed her it was made of paper and
had no pollen, and ever after all synp-
toms of hay fever disappeared