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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-16
County Court Proceedings.

Ouuiitg OVuiA 'SNSSS
Court met In adjourned session all
members present; when the following
proceedings we're had:
A. A. Malone Justice OF the Peace
OF New Home township, presents bis
resignation Switch is accepted. ".
S. Chandler appointed TO fill unex-
pired term.
Quarterly statement ole. 6. Weeks
OF fees and expenditures approved.
". R. Bell notified TO pay princi-
pal and interest Of 33, 81, 80, SO, 81
Mt. Pleasant R. r. Bonds.
NJ. S. Horn appointed tax attorney
OF Bates county, also Tor Bates coun-
ty river drainage district No. l.
Quarterly statements OF c. +
Beard sheriff, OF fees collected, sp'
proved.
Y.:C. Combs, county collector, pre-
sents his general and 1906 back tax
collected settlements. Approved.
". RsRell, treasurer, authorized
to gay warrant No. 1889 for S425.2I
on. OF county fund, taxes 1907 &c
pay drainage taxes on public roads
for 1907,
School,alosn granted J. ', ant
Nora Mcknight In the sum OF $3.50
Dram shop license OF j. J, Richard
son made TO expire on May 20 In
stead OF May Is as originally dated
to conform TO city licenses.
A H. Bell services OF drainsg
engineer ssh IS,
A. V. Will 4 Sons, main ditch, st
1114 TO 1926 43,05T.15 Gu yds a
Toe 81, 305.7l less 10 per cent VI
ST5:14
Bid OF Western Bridge Compan
for steel bridge over Shaw Branc
: nearl Pappinville and for approache
drainage bridge No. 6 accepted 10
81 675 and 81, 800 respectively.
W. Chandler OF New Home draw
as petit Juror, in lieu OF j. W. Bale
drawn inferior, j. W. Bailey resit
Ing in Walnut,
/. r. H. Mcwilliams, Mama later
;, sta III TO 100, 3,14s.57 Gu yds {
= Sc 81 ,O51.S Slless 10per cent $946,
q Timothy.l Foohey 4 Sons, Ma
. ditch sta 141, 161, AZ, $40 Gu yds q
% s, SO, SO3.92, less 10 per cent "
;. 423,53.
~ Timothy: Foohey 4 Sons, Ma
: Itch sta sol, 545, SO, 35.37 Gu yc
- - at Sc: SO, 93O.s3 less 10 per eel
y $6,237.75.
=. Repor. OF inquest by DR.. Z.
:. Lusk coroner, on dead body OF HUI
- F. Thomasland Jno. W. Touer, a
70 proved.
~ Observation-Disclosures OF lees collie
- ed by T. D. Embree circuit clerk, g
a proved. -
no j. R.|Rsy appointed deputy co
stable OF Mt. Pleasant township.
b. New school bonds OF W. 5. Ste
-, approved subject to reduction oilo
~ $4,000.
Additional bond OF Laura
Pearce approved.
q DR.. Foster appointed county ply
clan for term Of one year. Term
'ed 81 80 trip TO farm, $3.50 trip to
III, and furnish medicine.
'te W. R. Bell presents the follow
40 warrants for cancellation.
County, o,22'
to Salary 1926
m' E&J, $40
Ridge. 1875
efe Pauper, lo9
on Nj. Pleasant K X, 2S
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
End of the World.

A scientific forecast of how the end
Of the world might come has been
given by Professor Ellard Gore. His
theory is that final cataclysm may pos
sibly be the result Of a collision be-
tween the sun and some dark, dead.
derelict planet.
Although astronomers have no actu-
nj proof that such dead uns exist,
without life or light and careering
about in space, they believe it quite
possible. The result of a collision be-
tween the sun and a dark planet
would be that the formers light and
heat would be enormously increased
and the earth instantly destroyed by
combustion
Professor Gore tells how we should
be warned of our approaching doom.
when about 100000 miles from the
sun, the dark body would begin to
shine by reflected light. In about ten
years 1t would have become so bright
as to be visible to the naked eye. In
fifteen years it would be brighter than
any object except the moon. Very soon
afterwarG would come the great catas-
trophe OF its collision, moving mt 400
miles a second, with the sun moving
at the same speed" - Dundee OBJ
copyar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Should Women Live Chenperf

Mrs. Ellen III. Richards OF the Massa-
chusctts Institute of Technology said
at the recent quarter centennial meet
ing of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae:
"The demand for increased salary is
constantly met by the assertion, 1T
costs women less to live But does it,
to really live? And, if it does, should
it? Because they carry ~self-sacrifice
to a greater extent, should they? Is
not this acquiesence in cheaper living
the real cause why women lose eff
cheney? Good food, travel, amusement,
social companionship-all tend TO good
temper and good work.
THE research worker is scarce, be-
cause original thought means a mind
free from the distractions of economy.
The wearing and dwarfing anxieties OF
making both ends meet are at the root
of those physical and mental break
downs Of college women, occurring now
and then, which gives such joy to the
'Itold-you-so' onlookers."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

at doesn't take these little Russian
children long to catch on to things in
this country" remarked a teacher of
the Educational Alliance. "When one
explains a word to them they lever
forget it, and they are always ready
with an illustration of its meaning
too. l remember that some time ago
1 had explained to the class the near
ing of the word ambiguity and thegs
as the custom is, 1 turned about ard
made them explain the word to me-.
"'Now. Is there any one,' / asked,
who can give me an illustrations
"a grimy little urchin at the back
of the room stuck up his hand.
Heres a ambiguity fer ye,' he
cried. Little Mamie Rose sat ON a
tack-little Mamie Rose. See?'
"Oh, no." concluded the teacher,
"you don't have to explain a thing to
the east side child twice."-New York
Sum
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

A pretty finish for the back of an
empire waist in ecru lace was a
straight stiff two-looped bow of two
inch black velvet ribbon, with two
cameo medallions defining the loops
about an inch apart. From the center
of this bow and between the buckles
floated the long ends of accordion
plated tulle. Two similar bows with
but one buckle to each bow caught up
the Japanese sleeve on II inside seam.
Last season there was a fashion Of
arranging rufles on the bottom of
skirts hat were raised on the two
sides; now they are set on high in the
front, in a point, some reaching as far
as the knee, where they gradually de-
scend TO the hem, covering it in the
back. Large drop ornaments or hand
some bows of ribbon hold down the
point in a pretty way. The arrange
ment is a graceful one, but should only
be attempted by a slight and tall, girl
ISL figure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Case OF the Black Mccartney.

There were two McCartneys in Room
d. In the bosom of her family and
in hopeful hours, Frances Reid called
them the Red and the Black, and told
stories that greatly amused her hear.
ers. The Red, so named from the color
of his tousled locks, was needless, mis-
chievous, incredibly unfortunate, but
possessed of a smile that assured him
the forgiveness of all the world; the
Black was d%efiantly lazy, snatching hia
information from the Rotations Of 9th.
ers, and sitting bored during study
hours. yielding not to argument, to en-
treaty nor to threat, yet curiously new
er missing a day.
Once Frances had called upon his
mother. She was found taking her
ease upon the doorstep with the air
of one possessed of boundless leisure,
although q glance at the interior be-
hind her suggested many possibilities
in the way of duties. She beamed af-
%fectionately upon Frances when she in
troduced herself.
'Sure, tits yersilf that Danny do be
talkin' about all the time, darlint,"
she said, but he didn't tell half, the
gossoon, Tis a wonder all the city
don't be goin' TO school TO ye."
Il came" Frances FASTENED TO say.
"to ask if you couldn't max Danny
study at home. He Is very bright, and
if he would only study"
She broke off i'll amaZement. Den
| ny's mother was shaking with laugh
ter.
Him study? Danny study? Sure,
darlint, We don't know what ye're say
in. Danny amt wastin' his brains wild
study. He's going to be a boss"
"And the worst Of it is" Frances
would declare, telling the story, that
I'm afraid it's not unlikely"
Well. there was nothing TO 10 except
to plod patiently on. The Red at least
| tried-when he did not forget-but
the Black. Frances, after an espe
cially difficult day. buried her aching
head in her arms and wondered II
there was any use in trying. A noise
in the yard under her window brought
her to her feet. 1t was probably the
Red In another fight, she thought,
wearily.
1t was a fight, but it was not the
Red. 1t was the Blacks voice that
came up to her:
Take that, We coward, an that, an
lie to Miss Reid again IL We dare!
What business is it of mine? | guess
ye'n find out If We try again. Miss
Reld's boys are goln' to be straight
while I'm here, that's ALL"
1t was a terrible breach of discipline,
but Frances stepped softly back from
i the window. All the lessons were not
in the school books, after all.-Youth's
Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Hints to Housekeepers.

Raisin bread, which is made like or.
binary white bread, with the addition
of one-half cupful of. raisins to a small
loaf, is appet;zing for Sunday night
supper.
White summer shawls, made of soft
wool, may be cleaned by rubbing then
in several changes of magnesia and
flour mixed.
TO brown q meringue on a pudding
or pie, an ordinary fire shovel heated
red-hOt and passed owe the surface I'm
til the desired color is obtained is as
good as n regular salamander. Care
is required not to allow it to scorch.
Vinegar will brighten copper.
Vinegar and brown paper will heal 9
bruise or ''black eye"
Vinegar and sugar will make a good
stove polish.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
LOADING AN AFRICAN SLAYER.
How u Cargo of Human Freight
VIZ. Sa.u-ad

Was Secured.
The king, queen, royal family, chiefs,
and people were invited on board. They
;paringly with liquors. In the mean
time all the water casks were filled and
mostly slowed in the lower hold aft, to-
gether with all the stores and goods,
On a platform resting on the keelson.
4 very large supply of irons had been
taken on board at Cardenas, writes L.
Y. Briggs in Harper's. The trading had
been proceeding on the upper deck and
4 large supply of the various articles
Of food laid in, and now all was in
readiness. The afternoon of the enter
tainment had arrived. Two large
%puncheOnS were placed on the upper
deck and the heads knocked in, and
about twenty-five or more gallons OF
strong rum put into each puncheon.
also a hundred-weight or so of sugar
and a bushel of cut lilies; to these
were added a specific quantity of a GER
tain drug which would presently pro-
luce a prolonged stupefaction.
The between and lower decks were
swept clean, and all was I'M readiness
for the company-to the number of
about LOO. AS fast as they came on
board they were piled with the drugged
punch; many soon became stupid or
helpless and were placed below to make
room for others.
When they were all on board and
most Of them stupefied they were
seized, ironed and passed below. The
first row were seated with the knees
drawn up close to the side of the YES
sci, one arm put through the beckett,
and irons clapped On. In the next row
another arm was put through the same
beckett, one bolt and beckett thus. an
swering for two persons. 1t will be
remembered that the main hatchway
was partitioned in the middle, and the
after part inclosed between decks, Civ
ing a separate connection with the tenn
porary deck. A wide and short gang
board was placed from the other side
Of the hatchway to the temporary deck,
well slanting. and the captives destined
for the lower deck were placed on this
and slid down, when they were packed
and secured.
The between decks was packed full
| with nearly 500, and about 500 or more
were on the temporary deck. There
were still two hundred or more that
they had neither room For irons for.
They might have been dropped into the
periaguas and left to find their way
ashore when they came to their senses.
1t was too late the periaguas had been
cut adrift as soon as they began to Sc
cure the captives. Now the anchor
was trimmed, the sail hoisted and the
SLAYER Caribbee, as she was afterward
called, was miles away before the last
were secured. Many of those remain
ing were now coming to their senses.
Do you ask what became Of them:
They were shot and thrown over
board; such was the record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
CURING A BALKY R
Strike Quick Blow ON the Hoof Held
I'm the Hand.

I'm the Hand.
In that part of Washington street
where window shoppers are thicaest
street car traffic was congested the 9th
er day by a balky horse driven to a
surrey. in which were two women, one
angry because her prided horsewoman-
ship failed to move the stubborn AMI
NAL, the other frightened at the
thought of capricious behavior Of the
brute after the balkiness might cease,
says the indianapolis News. And H.
may be said that every balky horse
moves when the proper remedy is adj
ministered.
Before the wrecking car could be
called q telephone lineman riding on a
bicycle noticed the stiff-legged horse,
the surrey and the woman occupants
across the track, as well as the line of
street cars in waiting. He dismounted
from his wheel, set 1t against the
street curbing, grasped n of his steel
climbers" in his strong right hand and
approached the balky horse. Lifting
up a fore foot, as a blacksmith would,
he struck the hoof a singing blow. The
horse darted forward and the crowd
cheered as the silent electrician mount
ed his wheel and rodc away to adjust
a 5alky telephone.
you see," said a scientist, too digni-
fled to intrude, 1.-The man by the smart
- - --l--- --1
communicated forcibly with the cortex,
thus giving stimulus to fhe concept of
locomotion. Hence the semi-yoluntary
procedure of the horse"
One Of the perspiring policemen who
had tried to drag the horse from the
track remarked: II didn't know the
hot foot would work on a horse"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

There is at least N woman who is
paid a regular salary for laughing.
She was once on the stage. She has a
trained, flexible laugh, musical and con
tagious. And this laugh is worth money
to the proprietors of a music hall, who
pay her to SIT in one of the boxes and
release her flow of vocal appreciation
at certain stages on the program.
Whenever she perceives that the audi
ence is losing interest in the humor on
the stage, or needs to be worked up to
a proper pitch of enthusiasm. she lets
go her cachinatiOn.
1t never fails to have a salutary eff
feet. Persons who never look more
than mildly amused burst into ex-
travagant laughter. Everybody in the
audience is put in the right humor to
enjoy himself. And under the in
spiration of all this merriment the
performers do better than ever.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Indiana
State News
MORE "BLIND PIGS" THAN BARS.
Authorities of Clinton Busy Running

Authorities of Clinton Busy Running
Down Vfolators of Liquor Law.
Court developments showed that while
Clinton has forty-nine saloons, the Town
and country nearby supports half a dozen
blind pigs to every saloon. The author
tiles are kept busy running down clews
and making arrests. The ingenuity of
these yiolators would furnish material for
~criminologists. A favorite device is the
boarding house ruse, in which the ~proprie-
tor furnishes beer to his boardcrs. A strip
of paper is tackled to the wall. with the
name of each boarder on it. Each board
r. helps himself to the beer, putting down
on the paper what he has Trunk This is
charged up to him, the boarding house
Keeper collecting each pay day. In the
Italian quarter nearly every house has
a blind pig" Even the saloon men have
rooms in which intoxicants are dispensed
on Sundays and after hours. In one street
secret tunnels, Leading from Easements be-
meath saloons. reach Easements under pri-
vate dwellings, thus making it easy to
get supplies for Sunday drinks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Meditation. Of a spin.ter.

A breach of promise suit may be
bad, but the same girl as a wife would
be worse.
When people are happily married II
means hat they both have the same
ideas about how to spend Sundays en-
joyably.
1t takes n real homely old girl to be-
lieye that the reason why more men
do not propose to her is because she
won't allow them to get to that point.
Most marvellous of all his accomplish.
ments is The way that the deepest
dyed man never looks guilty, but as
innocent as a lamb.-Philadelphia Tel
egraph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Kitchen Weight. and Measures.

Kitchen Weights and Measures.
Ten eggs, n pound.
One cup of butter, half a pound.
A pint of liquid weighs a pound.
A quart of sifted flour, one pound.
a tablespoonful of liquid, half an
ounce.
A PINT of brown sugar, thirteen
ounces.
A sold pint of chopped meat, one
pound.
Four kitchen cupfuls of corn meal,
N pound.
Three kitchen cupfuls of corn meal,
n pound.
A lash OF pepper, an eighth of a
teaspoonful.'
Four t~easpoonfuls of liquid make one
tablespoonful.
Four tablespo0nfuls of liquid, one gill
or Il quarter of a cup.
Two cupfuls and Il half OF pow
dered ugar, one pound.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
(To be Continue0.)
Former Instrument. of Torture.

Instead of gymnastics or games, in
struments Of torture were use1 for
modelling the figure of the young lady
Of 1881. An English writer OF that
year says hat could the modern
schoolroom be preserved it would pass
for a refined inquisition. There would
be found stocks for the fingers (the
cheiroplast) and pulleys for the neck,
with weights attached" Fanny KEN
bic, to whom nature had been by no
means unkindly, was found wanting III
department. inc she writes that shs
wore q back board made Of steel, COW
cred with red morocco, which consist
ed of a fat piece placed on my back
and strapped down to my waist with
4 belt and secured at the top by two
epaulets strapped over my shoulders.
From the middle Of this there rose 4
steel rod or spine with a steel collar,
which encircled my throat, fastened
behind" The machine proved a fail.
ure, and she was put under the tuition
OF a drill sergeant, who did for her all
that was reCuired.-"Social England"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
Worry Leads to Failure.

Worry is the twin sister of nervous
ness. Neither should ever ENTER into
the daily life of anyone. God, in His
AI-Wise Providence, put the head OF
a human being on top, that all might
be subseryient to ii. There is some
thing wrong above the eyes, in the re-
gion of the will power, when n be-
comes nervous in the sense of eXcita-
bility. know thyself'' is good control
myself is better. Worry and excite
ment never aided anyone. Any fool
can get along when everything is all
right. but it takes "a wise man, Il level
headed man, TO get along, and not wor-
nv nor become nervous when everything
is all wrong. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Even the elevator boy has to draw
the line somewhere, to prevent his be-
ing made too common. The maid who
announced TO the guest waiting IT the
door that 'she didn't hear her until
she had rung three times" meets her
match in the elevator boy described by
a writer in the New York Evening
Post.
IF any one calls, Percy, while I am
out. tell him to wait. l shall be right
back, said the woman to the apart
ment-house elevator boy.
There was no answer.
Did you hear me? Why don't you
answer?' asked the woman, with some
heat.
81 never answers, ma'am, unless l
doesn't hear, and then 1 says.
'WhatT'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

Fire at Ctwell destroyed a barn owned
by Joseph Benzey, together with hay and
grain, causing $500 loss.
While hunting near Evansville WI
liam York, farmer. was instantly killed
by the accidental discharge of a gun in
the hands of a companion.
The open winter is beginning 10 show
its effects on the winter wheat, which
has been damaged. Ii needs snow and
unless that is forthcoming the crop will
be a failure around st. Paul.
In Evansville a Circuit Court Jury in
the case of John Kaiser. indicted for the
murder of Thomas Flagler, has returned
a verdict finding the defendant guilty
of m~anslaughter. The State asked for
life Imprisonment, and not the death PEN
atty. Since the tragedy Klaser's wife and
child nave died.
Patrick McN;cholas of Brazil, 33 years
old. a miner, was found lead beside the
Indianapolis Southern railroad track at
Linton. 1t was at first thought he had
been murdered. but the coroner returned
a verdict of accidental death by being
run over by a train. 4 large hole was
in the back of McNicholas' head.
Charles Walton. blacksmith, employed
by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company.
and working in the blacksmith shop at
Mitchell, was fatally injured by a boul-
der hurled into the air by an explosion
at the quarry and crashing through the
roof. His skull was fractured.
Despondent over the sudden death of
her husband, Mrs. John Black. 63 years
old. committed suicide at her farm near
Wabash by drowning herself in the water
tank. The Blacks were prominent in
church circles and had lived together more
than forty years when the husband was
stricken with apoplexy. His death preyed
upon the mind of his widow until it I'M
dermined her reason.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30
VEGETABLE LITTLE USED.
How to Prepare Satisfy for the


Table.
Winter gives = restricted number of
vegetables. many of which are lightly
esteemed because they seem coarse to
~palates accustomed to more delicate
davore.
Satisfy, or vegetable oyster. though
thought tasteless by many housekeep-
ers who Go not know how to cook it
properly, is n of the most delicate
and delicious of winter vegetables. 1t
cannot be cooked as carelessly as po-
tatoes, to be sure. but if prepared in
the proper manner will be found very
tasty"
Buy the white variety. Scrape the
roots and throw them at once into cold
water. to which you have added vine.
gar in the proportion of two table
spOonfulS to a pint of water. Leave
them in this at least five minutes. Then
they are ready 10 cook.
Cook them tender in boiling water:
drain and serve in n white sauce. This
Is the simplest way and the first thing
to do in preparing other dishes.
To fry, after boiled tender, cut in
,hree-inch lengths, dip in an egg bat.
ter, fry in deep fat, sprinkle with
chopped parsley and a little lemon
juice. Drain on brown paper or a
folded napkin.
For fritters, CRATE the roots raw ard
mix with the usual fritter batter.
To escallop, boil till tender. season
with salt. pepper, butter and cream.
Place in a baking dish. cover with
bread crumbs seasoned and dotted with
bits of butter, and bake brown.
Try some OF these ways and you
will no longer ignore this vegetable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

nights. 1t was the prescription of an
old physician. Take of sea salt four
ounces, spirits of ammonia two ounces.
spirits of camphor two ounces, of pure
alcohol eight ounces, and sufficient hot
water to make a full quart Of the
liquid. Dissolve the sea salt in the hot
water and let stand until cool. Pour
into the alcohol the spirits of ammonia
and camphor. Add the salt water, shake
well and bottle for use. With a soft
sponge dipped in this mixture wet over
the surface of the whole body. Rub
vigorously until the skin glows. When
nervous or "blue' or wakeful do not
omit this bath. The rest and refresh
ing that follow will amply repay the
effort required to prepare IL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-30

Tall, slim women will be glad to
know that the skinny skirt Is coming
in again. They are wearing a corselet
skirt in Paris hat defines the figure
very perfectly. and makes it impossible
to wear very much clothing underneath
it. The plat in the back also defines
the waist. These skirts are the delight
OF the woman with a good figure, but
let the fat lady beware of them.