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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Ballard.

We hope the recent cold wave has
not injured the fruit crop.
Several from here sold horses i'll
Adrian Saturday.
Geo. Woods, from BlairssowD,
moved on the Barker place lass
week.
Mrs. Howard Gilbert and daugh
ter, OF Colorado, are visiting Bates
county relatives and friends.
Monte Hurt and family, OF Mingo.
spent Sunday with relatives In Bal
lard.
Rev. Smith filled his appointment
at Fsirview Sunday, morning and
evening
Chss. Wariord, of Pratt, Kansas,
visited relatives In the vicinity Sat
urdsy and Sunday.
Mumps are quite in the style
around Ballard.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Gloyd
March 1, q boy. BELLE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
RELATIONS RESUMED.
The Trouble With Venezuela Settled
and Minister Russell Goes Back.

Washington, Mar 16.-Pedro Eze-
luial Rojas, one of the men driven
out of Venezuela by President Castro
will be acceptable to the United
States as minister from that country,
according to official statements made
Monday. He has been living in New
York until recently and is well regard
ed in Caracas
Mr.. Rojas is about 65 years old. His
designation to the post at Washington
follows the successful results Of the
mission of Special Commissioner Buch,
aran to Venezuela in reaching a
basis of settlement Of the disputes be-
tween the two countries and marks
he complete resumption OF diplomatic
relations between them, former Amer-
can Minister Russell having left Wash.
mgton some days ago to resume his
duties al Caracas.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
By Wireless 5000 Miles.

Washington, Mar. 16.-By an agree
ment reached Monday between Secre-
tary Mayer and representatives of the
National Electric Signaling company
Of Pittsburg. the naval establishment
is tu be furnished under contract,
with wireless apparatus which will
transmit messages for a distance Of
5000 miles day or night and two ships
are to be furnished with similar ap.
paratus capable of sending messages
for a distance of 1000 miles. The ap-
psratus, it ia said, will be 30 times
a. powerful as those in ordinary use.
This will enable the department to
communicate with its vessels practi-
cally across the Atlantic ocean and II
successful will mark one Of the great
est achievements in naval practice.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
HARRl MAN HAS HOPES.
He Expects Congress to open Way
for Big Merger.

Pasadena. Cal, Mar. i6.-Notwith
standing all the efforts that have been
made to prevent combinations among
railroads there is evidence that h. H.
Hartman has in mind scheme to
bring about mutual understanding in
regard to traffic arrangements between
Ill the railroads OF the country and a
uniformity of rates that will be great
ly to the benefit of the stockholders
and that the conference which is to be
held at Pasadena while Mr.. Hartman
is here will be concerned more or less
with the plan,
Mr., Hartman evidently expects that
congress at the special session will
make some amendment to the laws
governing the interstate commerce
commissions work which will permit
of the merger he now has in mind. He
seemed surprised Monday over the
fact that mention Of the matter had
not been made before.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
A Stopover Point Now.

Kansas City, Mar. 16.-kansas City
Is to be stopover point for passengers
travelling on through tickets after
April l. This coverted privilege has
been granted by the Western Passen-
ger association. The order is that a
stopover of ten days will be allowed
here on all tickets. This applies to the
colonist rates now in force to Pacific
coast points; the homeseeKers rate,
effective the first and third Tuesdays
in each month; the all-year tourist
rates effective June /, and all other
special one way or round trip rates
that are now or may later be in force
The order is effective the first week in
April.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Amsterdam Items.
From the Enterprise.

From the Enterprise.
Shirley Weeks reported having
landed q 13.inch black bass from
Sugar Creek last Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Carpenter and chill
dren, accompanied BY Miss Swannie
Gwin, who had been visiting them,
came up from their home In Carl
Junction Wednesday for visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. W,
Gwin.
]. C. Graham left Sunday for
Omaha, Nebraska, where he will meet
his brother, Will, who Is shipping five
car loads OF fat cattle from Buffalo,
Wyoming, to Omaha. VIII will re-
turn home with Charley Tor a visit
With relatives and old friends.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Kansas Cases Ap9caiad.

Topeka Mar. lG.-F'rel ). Jackson.
attorney general, has gCa~ - Wash
ington to argue the Pullman and West
ern Union custer cases in the United
States Supreme court, These cases
were decided against the companies by
the Kansas supreme court. Neither
company took out Kansas charter
and neither has a right 10 do business
in the state. Custer suits were brought
to drive the companies from the state
or make them pay the charter fees Of
$4,000 for the Pullman company and
$4,000 for the Western Union Tele-
graph company. The Kansas court or
dered both companies to pay, and the
cases were appealed
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Evolutionary Entertainment.

Prof &. A. Thielman will give an
Evolutionary entertainments under
the auspices Of she public schools, at
she Opera House il Butler on March
Doth Prot Thielmar IL an elocu-
zionist of rare ability, an artist In
his line and gives splendid enter.
tainment, entitled to liberal patron
age OF the public. He Is well known
and has many friends in Butler and
surrounding country The proceeds
of the entertainment will fnure to
the benefit OF the High School
Library fund.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The name vaudeville" originally
came from the ballads Of oliver Bias.
selin, who was born and fourished
in the Val de Wire In Normandy. The
Val de Wire ballads came to be known
as the vaudeville ballads, and these
and similar sprightly songs consti-
tuted the vaudeville entertainment.
1t is a long stretch from this to dan
ces, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketch
es and Johnny Hayes telling how 1t
feels to be a Marathon winner In the
Olympic games.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

According to Richard Croker 1t Is
American money which seems to be
keeping Egypt going. "Two-thirds Of
the visitors" says Mr.. Croker, 81 met
all around came from America, and
they represented all parts Of the
states. They provide the people with
living not only In the hotels, but in
the streets. never saw such people
for begging. As soon as an Egyptian
child is born 1t seems to ask for back
sheesh, and Egyptians are looking for
money all the time"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Pennsylvania Railroad Company me-
chanics have lately equaled the in.
genuity of the automobile owner who
lacked up his car and used the motor
to run a circular saw. They have
equipped II locomotives in the Pitts.
burg yards with hose and pumping
machinery so that they may be used
as fire engines. system of signals
has been arranged for calling the en-
gines in case of need.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Everybody will be deeply panied to
know that Russell Sage's estate
amounts to only a little over $64000,-
O0O Up to the time Of this discovery
|. had been popularity believed that
the old gentleman in his lifetime was
pretty well heeled, But even poor
man can, by his extravagant living.
give the impression Of boundless
wealth.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Mrs. Philip Snowden. the English
suffragette who has been visiting us
says that every intelligent woman in
England is a partisan of one political
party or another. Mr.. Gilbert's
Private Willis put it rather more neat.
ly and sweepingly than that when he
pointed out that every little boy and
girl that's born into the world alive
is either little liberal or else little
conservative.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Hopeful visions of the future are al
ways valuable, If they serve only to
stimulate the Imagination. The sec.
rotary Of the Postal Progress league
looks forward to a time when the
rural delivery shall convey to the
man at the sources" electric power
for mechanical purposes, freight and
passengers, and shall furnish tele.
graph and telephone service. Stran.
ger dreams have come true.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The president of the University Of
Illinois has announced that dismissal
will In future be. the punishment Of
hazing, which he denounces as vio-
lation of the right of individuality,
provocative of public disorder. In its
milder forms nonsensical, and In its
coarser forms vulgar, brutal, always
demorallzing and sometimes danger
GUS. Hence, he says, the university
cannot countenance or tolerate It.
Such a stand in the opinion of the In
dianapolis Star generally initiated,
will soon end the practice.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
One Rebate Fine Sustained.

st. Louis, Mar. 16.-Judge Adams in
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals Monday sustained a decision of
the st. Paul federal court, which fined
the Wisconsin Central Railroad SIT 900
for granting rebates of half cent per
bushel ON grain shipped by the Spen.
Ger Grain company of Milwaukee.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The recent refrigeration congress In
Europe has reminded student of his
tory that Francis Bacon made the first
experiments in the use OF snow for the
preservation Of meat The people Of
New Zealand. who have been largely
dependent on refrigerated meat, have
shown their appreciation Of Bacons
discovery by erecting statue OF him
suitably inscribed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

When Justice Brewer" said Kan
sas lawyer, was on the Leavenworth
circuit as a criminal judge he had no
patience with the pleas Of hypnotism
and such new-fangled notions that
then were coming to the fore. Once.
l remember, man was being tried be-
fore him for shop-lifting. A witness
said he thought the prisoner had klep.
tomania. L presume, judge he added.
you know what kleptomania Is, eh?'
Yes. said the Judge, I do. 1t is a
disease that | am sent here to cure. ="
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The Ohio Mississippi coal trade,
which persists to-day. is one of the
greatest single movements of cargo in
the world. From Pittsburg to New
Orleans is 1000 miles, all downhill.
Coal in 1,OO0.ton barges is RATED into
fleets and towed down this distance
by powerful steamboats, at a cost Of
less than rs cents ton, against a
railroad rate of about four dollars and
fifty cents-from Pittsburg to Mem
phis for 43 cents, against rail rate
of 1910.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

4 minister recently read paper be-
fore a Congregational church confer
ence in Boston in which he called at
tcntion to the fact tina in the mem
hprship of So churches in that vicinity
only one child to each church was
born during the year. His conclusion
was that Congregational families are
Ceasing to perpetuate themselves and
that Puritan stock is dying out Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt ought TO look into this.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

A Gotham ex.multi-millionaire and
king of Wall street, after having won
and lost two fortunes, is now working
on a salary. This fairly illustrates the
ups and downs Of speculation, except
that all ex.speculator kings are not
lucky enough to get the salary Job.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Experiments have shown that oxy.
gen administered to athletes increases
their capacity for short dashes and
spurts of muscular prowess. 1t may
now be necessary to add to the al
ready solemnly involved rules of ath.
letic warfare a clause against this use
of stimulants, Just as Jockeys are for
hidden to give drugs to horses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

At the recent dedication in Bath of
a tablet to Edmund Burke, Whtelaw
Reid spoke in behalf of Americans in
honor of their best friend in Great
Britain. Burke has become almost a
national hero in America. and 1t was
he who phrased most eloqucntly many
principles that are part of our tradl'
ton. His Speech on Cancellation" is
a difficult piece for schoolboys, but 1t
ought always to be a part of the pre-
scribed reading of young America.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Castro Going Back.

Dresden, Mar. 16.-Cipriano Castro,
the former president of Venezuela,
will leave here on March 20 for Bor-
deaux. He will remain at Cologne
for two or three days on his way.
Senior Castro has again declared his in
tsntion of proceeding to Venezuela.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Seized Bogus Paintings.

Paris, Mar 1.-THE police have
seized 30 paintings which bore the al
legged forged signatures of Jean JAG.
ques Henner, Narcisse .Diaz. Gustave
Courbet and Felax Ziem, all noted
French artists. The paintings were
destined for sale at New York. The
identity Of the exporter who, it is stat
ed will be prosecuted, has not been
disclosed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The official denial of the Abruzzi.El.
kins engagement will shatter a ro-
nance in which two continents were
deeply interested, and many will re-
fuse to give up the hope that the path
of true love may yet be smoothed for
the royal lover and the beautiful
American girl of his heart
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

To do away with public love-making
a western town has passed an or,
dinance requiring young people to be
at home by nine o'clock, Well, it's
getting dark earlier now. and much
can be done before curfew.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

A Philadelphia man left his son.in.
law 80 cents with which to buy a rope
10 hang himself. The beneficiary will
probably forego the bequest rather
than comply with its conditions, but
1t is certainly a terrible tale to come
from the City OF Brotherly Love.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

This years senior wranglershlp" at
the University Of Cambridge, England,
gave great honors to a young Russian
Jew. The result Of the mathematical
tripos" shows that Selig Brodetsky,
whose father had sought an asylum in
England from Russian oppression. had
been bracketed with Mr.. Ibbotson
scholar of Pembroke, for the coveted
British blue riband Of mathematics
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Prof D. c, Jackson of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology has
been retained by the Massachusetts
highway commission to make a report
regarding the telephone situation with
special reference to the practicability
of reduction in rates and higher
efficiency of service.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Count Zeppelin now has half mil
lion dollars at his disposal for airship
experiments. The recent destruction
of his apparatus proved a good adver.
tisement after all.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

BY performing a few more deeds OF
heroism during the next six months
Kermit may succeed in making his
own stories from Africa worth one or
two dollars word
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

All the world is ready to admire
the taste of the man who fell in love
with young woman and married her
because size thanked him when he
gave her his seat and when she turned
and sat down her waist and skirt did
not separate"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Some one has reported seeing a sea
serpent OF Newport, but maybe, after
al. il was jus, the back bone of winter
wheeling into place.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The daughter of Lombroso is com
ing To this country to study our pris'
ons, We may be thankful, after all
the other Examinations against 1t, that
she isn't coming to study our society.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

A man in New York has sued his
wife for divorce on the ground that
she gives him either raw or burned
steak. and that this constitutes cruel
and inhuman treatment, Which prac.
tically indorses the contemptuous view
of the masculine sex In the recipe
given at club meeting to make a
husband happy: Feed the brute"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The latest explosion on a French
armored cruiser again demonstrates
the tremendous efficiency of the war.
ships of France in wrecking them.
selves and killing Off their own crews.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

In prehistoric times. says a Chicago
la"y lecturer woman was mentally the
superior of man. Is she arguing that
SOFA, hing has happened since?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

\ man in Chicago has been ordered
by the court not to speak to his wife
for two weeks or allow her to speak
to him Which one was the plaintiff =?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

What is To be done when the
worlds supply of whalebone is eX.
haustod?" inquiries contemporary.
The ccntlemanly purveyors of celluloid
will have something just as good
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The simNlited spelling board wants
us "a spell it "det." OF course that
makes it easier to spell. but not any
CAsior 10 get out Of spell of II.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

\ Chicago burglar broke into a hos.
piialpital and took everything but the
patients temperatures, We presume.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

If Alfred Austin possessed a sense
of humor he might have a great deal
of fun reading his own works.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

With 4 three-year-Old emperor China
should have no fear Of the sovereign
talking ton much.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Now it is announced that locomotor
ataxia is durable. The science of the
twentieth century is evidently going to
be experimenting.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Some correspondence school could
make a hit by instiuting a course in
what letters to burn and what not to
write.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Something ought 10 be done 10 en-
courage the languishing umbrella in
dustry. too.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Rockville. Conn. has the distinction
Of being the first town to arrest an air,
ship for disOrderly conduct
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

With er0logics TO the hen, why Is a
green har9
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

He IS a wise letter writer who
knows what not to say.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Mrs Langtry is 50 years old-a fact
shown only by the records.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

The Vienna Academy of Sciences
has spent nearly $4,000 in working ten
tons of uranium ore for radium.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-25

would make the expected hit Berthe
encouraged him to push on and he
would eventually reap the reward Of
his perseverance. But, though many
Of his works were recognized BY q
few as scintllations Of genius, only
those Of which he himself had an In
different opinion found their way into
print One Or two stories Of marked
originality were published and attract
ed some favorable comment, but not
enough to fix the attention Of the pub
lie on the writer
Meanwhile Jefferson spangler was
blowing ia the field OF mediocrity IN
time he published novel which met
with a moderate success. John Greg
DRY, surprised read il, or all Of It be
could force himself to read. and won
dered But what was his chagrin
when the owners Of the magazine with
which he was connected told him TINT
the next issue would contain a like
ness and notice Of the new literary
light and that they had decided to
boom him.
While Gregory had been trying to
dash in upon the public BY brilliant
stroke. humble spangler had been
slowly crawling up upon it. He pos
sessed homely faculty Of portrayine
the common events entering into the
lives Of ordinary people Having
reached q point where capital conclud
ed that it could make bis work proita
bic. he had nothing more to DO but
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-25

original vein no swim in the great
ocean Of the commonplace did not
please him. The first important story
be wrote was a satire on certain fads
Of the day. He had resolved not to
embafFass his employers By offering
them any OF his work. SO be sent his
satire TO another magazine. It was re-.
turned with the Endorsement that it
was too good for the class Of readers
Of that particular magazine.
Meanwhile as editor he was accept
ing stories Of one Jefferson spangler.
They were not to be considered as
within the realms OF literature, but
they seemed to please people who had
little or no literary taste. spangler
was a connection Of Bertha Avery's
and she had introduced him to John
asking him 70 help one Of whose liter
airy ability she had a poor opinion, but
who was a very "amiablE, deserving
fellow John published some Of the
young mans productions partly to fa-
yor Bertha and partly because they
helped to widen the circle Of the mig
azine At least so thought the editor in
chief and owner
While John was experimenting with
different novelties to attract the atten
ton Of the public TO his work be main
tanned q sert Of indefinite understand
ing with Miss Avery he would not
ask for her tin be had met the coveted
success. He always had something
under way or. finished which be hoped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-25

WELD his pen Capital did the rest
Within few years publishers were
competing for his next novel and Of
fering him fancy royalties for It.
The next chapter in John Gregory's
life was the receipt Of a letter from
the girl he adored announcing her en-.
gagement 10 Spangler, Since John
had never made q formal proposal for
her hand there WINS no occasion for
her entering into any explanation OF
apology She did say. however. that
she was not to marry her ideal. but
people never did that.
John Gregory is getting old and is
a bachelor. He is second assistant edi-
tor of the magazine that doomed bis
rival without prospect OF ever attain
ing any greater prosperity Different
opinions are given as to the cause or
causes ~ his not having succeeded, the
most common Ok which Is that me
flew too high"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-25

his attention to them Therefore he.
believing that through them be would
win and hold her love, came to set
great store by them
John was graduated at the head Of
his class Not only this. but be was
the college literary light Of bis time
editor Of the university magazine and
winner Of all the prizes given for 81
says. Indeed. 50 marked was bis sue
cess as a college scribbler that he de
termined to enter the field OF litera
ture. He was never quite sure that
Bertha loved him indeed. she had
never told him that she dld-and be
did not expect to make the conquest Of
her heart till he could lay a laure
wreath at her feet
John entered bis chosen field encour-
aged by an There was no doubt that
he had very superior literary faculties.
He entered the editorial service Of a
magazine for an income, proposing Il
write out Of office hours. He soon con.
cluded that 70 win the success he GOV
eted he must furnish something in an