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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
INGERSOLL'S WHISKY LETTER
A Member of the Family Tells
How II Came to Be
Written.

KC Star
0ne Hundred and Seventeen East
Twenty. first Street, Creamery Park,
New York, Jsn.-To the STAR On
December ii you published little
article, Bob Ingersoll on Whisky"
written by Everett Blackburn, who
ia "ior keeping history straight"
For that reason |, a member OF
Colonel Ingersoll's family, ask for a
little space TO set Mr.. Blackburn and
your many other readers straight.
MIR. lngersoll did not write his now
famous whiskey letter TO DR.. Buck
ley, but TO Mr.. Walston FL. Brown,
OF New York, who was Ill with pneu-
monia, and for whom whisky had
been prescribed, as frequently hap.
pens in such cases. Mr.. Brown re-
covered. married Colonel Ingersoll's
daughter, and the original whisky
letter now occupies conspicuous
place on their walls at Dobbs Ferry.
The letter purporting to have been
written to Colonel Ingersoll by DR..
Buckley is simply an extract, In the
form Of a parody, on the whisky let
ter, from an article on Colonel Inger-
soil written by DR.. Buckly and pub.
lished In the Christian Advocate, OF
which he was the editor, in January,
1882. Instead Of being his friend
the Rev. DR.. Buckley had originated
the attack on Colonel Ingersoll,
which ran through 80 many numbers
Of the New York Evening Telegram,
and 1t was he who asked the public
to boycott the Telegram for publish
Ing Colonel Ingersoll's Christmas SER
mon. The text OF the original whis-
ky letter is as follows:
| ~ send you some OF the most won
deriul whisky that ever drove the
skeleton from a feast or painted
landscapes In the brain OF man. 1t
Is the mingled souls OF wheat and
corn. In 1t you will find the sun
shine and the shadow that chased
each other over the billowy fields;
the breath OF June; the carol of the
, lark; the dews OF night; the wealth OF
summer and autumn's rich content.
all golden with imprisoned light.
Drink 1t and you win hear the voices
OF men and msidens singing the
Harvest Home mingled with the
, laughter OF children. Drink 1t and
you will feel within your blood the
/ stsr.lit dawns, the dreamy, tawny
dusks of many perfect days. Fol-
forty years this liquid Joy has been
within the happy slaves OF oak, long
, ing to touch the lips OF men"
Yours very truly,
, SUE NJ. FARRELL.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
Magic of Chemistry.

The man who turned a pair OF
boots into jelly, recently, Is not a
magician, but q chemist, and the
same may be said of the man who
converted some old skirts into glu-
cose, says Epitomist. Another chem
list says that you may write letter
to your friend with pen made from
an old copper coffee pot, on paper
made out OF some OF your old col.
lars. A physician says that from the
sewage OF New York may be made
every year, as much artificial milk
as would be given by one hundred
thousand cows. The waste sospsuds
from wooden factories, which used TO
pollute rivers, is now converted inso
pressed bricks, from which come H.
Eliminating gas. These are only a
few OF the fantastic adaptations
which the chemists are making every
d8y.-Ex.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
ITALIAN ISLES SANK2
Rome Hears the Lipario, With
$4,000 Inhabitants Off the
SiciIian Coasts, Have
Disappeared.

Rome, Dee. 81 The Rome Vita
says that wireless message from
the Strait Of Messina reports that
the Lipari Islands, a group OF vols
canic islands in the Mediterranean
near the cost OF Sicily, have disap.
peared The total population OF the
group numbers %, 900 and all must
have persisted II the islands were
sunk.
The minister OF marine has sent a
torpedo boat to ascertain the facts
A correspondent who went to Mes
sina from Catsnia estimates the
number Of dead in the whole area at
100000.
Signor Bertolini, minister OF pub.
lie works, telegraphs the govern
ment that the dead are buried under
such macs OF material that great
efforts and long time are needed TO
remove them, Large numbers OF
troops are wanted Immediately to
aid In clearing the wreckage. Epi-
demic Is threatened, hence the sur.
vivors now in the neighborhood
must be removed. No water is avail
able. Food, tents, clothes, ladders,
means OF Illumination, doctors and
medicines are urgently needed. A
regular daily steamship service with
Naples Is Indispensable.
Signor Orlando, minister OF justice,
also telegraphs emphasizing the ex'
treme difficulties OF the rescue work,
He urges that means to illuminate
all the stricken places at night be
provided to prevent looting.
According to the latest accounts
there are now thirty.siy ships al
Messina engaged In relief and salv
age. Communication between the
ships and the land is difficult anC
slow owing to the destruction OF tn,
landing stage. Five thousand sold
iers already have been landed. They
are engaged in burying the dead
Identification In many cases is i'm
possible.
It is doubtful whether the bodies o
the foreign visitors who persisted cal
be distinguished from those OF ma
tives, but whenever Identification II
possible, a record Is kept. Severa
cargoes Of quickl!me have been land
ed and scattered ON rocks so prevent
contagion.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
Words of Praise

For the several ingredients of which DR..
Pierce's medicines are composed. as given
by leaders in all the several schools Of
medicine, should have far more weight
than any amount of nom professional tes-
timonials. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton has TIE BADGE OF HONESTY on every
bottle-wrapper, in a full list of all its in
gradients printed in plain English.
II you are an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw-
ing dlstr@ in stomach, periodical pains,
disagre4ble, catarrhal. pelvic drain,
draggiRgJdown distress in lower abdomen
or pelvE, perhaps dark spots or specks
danciTg before the eyes, faint spells and
kindked symptoms caused by female weak
ness, oEsth4 arrangement Of the feminine
organs. Wv can not do better than take
DR.. PierdeE Favorlte Prescription.
The hospital, surgeons knife and opera
ting tahdmay be avoided by the timely
use of Navorite Prescription" in such
cases. Thereby the obnoxious examln:
atoms and local tleatments Of the family
physician can be avoided and thQrQugh
course oil Successful Urea tment carried OUT
10 Tue QflIScX lf6e- home, 'Favorlte
PRESCRIPTION Is composed oil the very best
native medicinal roots known to medical
science for the cure OF woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit-forming drugs.
Do not expect too much from "Favorite
Prescriptions; IL will not perform mira
cles 1t will not Dissolve or cure tumors.
No medicine will. 1t will do as much to
establish vigorous health in most weak
nesses and ailments peculiarly incident to
women as any medicine can. II must be
given fair chance by perseverance In It's
use for reasonable length OF time.
You can't afford to accept secret nos
trum as a substitute for this remedy OF
known composition.
Sick women are invited to consult by
letter, free. All correspondence is held
as strictly private and sacredly confden-
tial. Address Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, DIR. r. v. Pierce, Pres :,
No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best
laxative and regulator OF the bowels.
They. invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. One laxative; two or three Q
cathartic. Easy to take as candy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
CIeveIand's Love of Nature.

From Andrew T. Vests "Groyer Cleveland
A Princeton Memory in January Century.
There was a touch OF another i'm.
sgination in him President Cleve-
land that sometimes appeared when
he was out OF doors. A scene OF syl.
van beauty in the springtime, espec.
Tally when the apple blossoms were
coming Into flower amid the green.
cry, and the songtirds were back
again, moved him to deep silence, Il
can't find a word for IT, he said
quietly on just such a day, after u
food OF sunshine had burst through
a light April shower. "What makes
1t 80 beautiful? There is no word
good enough, 'Ravishing' comes
nearest, think. Where does 1t come
from? Do you know what | mean?
Is is TOO good for US. Do you under
stand me? Ii Is something we don't
deserve" Well, II one OF our &c
knowledged esthetes had said this 80
anybody we should not soon hear
the end Of is.
Then another incident. One bright,
still day In September he was fishing
on a clear lake circled by hills cover
ed with the green forest, and only
here and there were the leaves touch.
ed with crimson and gold. 1t was
too much Tor him, and he stopped
fishing, Then he gazed long and
TRANQUILITY at It all, as II spellbound,
There was look OF Joy in his lace
like that Fenimore Cooper gives In
his novel so the old huntsman walk
ing through the sunlit woods in
calm communion with something
beyond and back OF what eyes could
see. Long siterward he spoke OF Is
and with hesitation. He had felt Il
all.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
STATE INSTITUTIONS
TO CALL FOR MONEY.
University Alone Asks For
Sl,604, 900 Appropriation.
State Hospital No. 3 at Nevada
Asks For 100000.

Jefferson City, Jan.-Excepting the
penttentiary, which has not been in
cluded In she list, she educational,
eleemosynary and penal Institutions
OF she state have submitted 10 she
iunEeting committee she amount OF
the appropriations FOR which they
will ask the general assembly Tor she
biennial period OF 1909 and 1910.
The aggregate is S5,453,2S0, which
il 81, 327, 900 in excess OF the appro-
priations made for she biennial
period expiring December 81. The
state university alone is asking for
81 ,G04 900, Here are the figures:
Missouri state fair, $4,000; Mis-
souri, state sanitarium, $392 900;
Missouri colony OF feeble minded,
1912 800; bureau OF geology and
mines, 500, 600; Industrial Home Tor
Girls, 1928, $40; state hospital No. /,
S92 ,0S4; state hospital No, ,, $2l2,-
700; state hospital No. 3, 100000;
state hospital No. 1, S17G,50O; state
federal home $4,000; state school
Tor she blind, S239, zoe: state .ruit
experiment station, 100000; state
school for she deaf, S2lj, 500; state
university, 81, 604, 900; state nor.
NAL, Kirksville, 2l3,SI0; state nor
nal, Warrensburg, S206, 62G; state
normal, Cape Glrardeau, 1924 500;
state normal, Springfield, $3.50, 660;
state normal, Marysville, Sl43, 900;
state fish hatcheries, S.. Louis,
$4,000; state fish hatekeries, st.
Joseph, IS, 500; school Of mines,
1892, 500; Confederate Home, S96,-
700; Missouri training school for
bows, completed $102 500.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
FATHER WOUNDED BY SON.
Distressing Accident to c. J.
FitzgereI by Careless Han
ding Of Shot Gun.

Journal-Democrat.
ID. Htzgerel, well-known farm
er In Cedar Grove neighborhood,
north Of Robins, has lost bis lower
right leg, as result of accidental dis
charge OF a shot gun last Saturday
afternoon. The limb was terribly
mangled and on Sunday afternoon
DR.. Webb, Of Higginsville, and q
physician from Mayview amputated
1t just below the knee. At last re-.
ports Mr.. Fitzgerel is resting easy
and with every prospect Of recovery.
The accident which resulted 80 dis.
astrously happened In the sitting
room at the Fitzgerel home. Roy
Fltsgerel, 10 years OF age, decided to
20 out and kill q few rabbits Satur-
day afternoon. He took down the
shot gun, unbreeched and loaded il.
As the boy went to close she Dreech
the gun discharged.
The boys father sat on the oppo-
elite side Of the King Heater The
load went clean through the stove
and tore q hole through the fathers
right lower leg. Physicians were
telephoned for; meantime every
means at hand was applied to stop
the flow Of blood from the severed
veins and arteries. The surgeons
found that the bones were shattered
and next day they resorted to amup.
tation, az above stated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
A Horrible H0Id.Up.

about ten years ago my brother
was "held up" in his work, health
and happiness by what was believed
to be hopeless Consumption" writes
W. r. Lipscomb, OF Washington, n.
c. "He took all kinds OF remedies
and treatment from several doctors,
but found no help till he used DR..
Kings Discovery and was wholly
cured by six bottles. He Is u we'll
man to-day" lis quick TO relieve
and the surest cure for weak or sore
lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and
Colds, Bronchitis, LaGrippe, Asthma
and all Bronchial affections. soc
and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar.
anteed by F. T. Clay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
/ Took Pe-ru-na.

Peruna Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen:-I can cheerfully recon-
mend Peruna as an effective cure for
coughs and colds.
You are authorized to use my photo
with testimonial in any publication.
Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase,
SOL Tenth St., Washington, d. @.
Could Not Smell Nor Hear.
Mrs. A. L. wetzel, 1923 Ohio ST., Terre
Haute, Ind, writes:
"When began to take your medicine
could not smell, nor hear a church
bell ring. Now / can both smell and
hear.
"When I began your treatment my
head was terrible. had huzzing and
SHIPPING noises in my head.
followed your advice faithfully and
took Peruna as you told me. Now 1
might say am well.
81 want to 60 and visit my mother
and see the doctor who said | was not
long for this world. / will tell him it
was Peruna that cured me-.
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna tablets.
Man-a-Iin an ldea!Laxative.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Pc
runa Almac for 1909.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
A LEWIS Appreciation of Jesus.

A remarkable story OF Ghetto life
in New York, appears In the january
American Magazine. The story is
by James Oppenheim. aud shetollow-
ing Is an interesting incident from is:
The jew doctor smiled sadly. It's
that she kind OF physician Miss
Grabo is going TO be?'
"sWhy mott? she challenged,
He laughed bit.
well, guess I'm an old-iashion-
ed DOCTOR he murmured, for | have
queer ideas about things. Do you
know my definition OF a doctor?'
"What Is it?'
Dr.. Rast looked at her queerly.
why, he's just an ordinary man,
like Jesus, who lays his hand on the
filth Of the worlds flesh, but who
lays his heart and his soul on he
paused, and held bis breath, bruised
hearts and broken souls
"Like Jesus?' she cried, shocked.
" You, a Jew, say tha,2'
" why not?' he smiled. Jesus
was Jew. And as doctor revere
him. He was our greatest Doctor
he cured multitudes wish there
was one such In these roaring Sums
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
Not So Bad As Fiction Makes
Out.

Killing man was never regarded
q joke in the Western country and
she Western man, at least as | knew
him, was about as far removed from
the grosesque clown OF magazlnedom
or the stage as day is from night; yet
men once went armed 10 the West,
and sometimes the recklessness OF
disgruntled. seli-disguised, desperate
men, mostly sullen or excited by
whisky, led to fatal shootings. 1t
Was not popular sport or pastime
so KIN men, and those who did SO
made no overwhelming majority OF
the population, eny more than they
do to-day IN the Eastern cities. But,
even allowing for the folly and mac.
curacy and exaggeration OF common
estimates, the truth remains that TO
she average American the Western
cow-puucher, the plainsman, the
border dweller, remain figures of Il
romantic interest; and underneath
the erroneous, and In spite OF the
spurious Ideas regarding them, there
was enough Of the real fighting man,
the warrior, the armed hero, who has
always been the darling OF the popu-
lace from the Crusader down, to war,
rant the investing halo, even though
at times the latter was q trifle large
and ultra FURNISHED. There Ia no
doubt that the finest body of light
cavalry the world ever saw could
have been recruited from the young
cattlemen OF the Western American
plains twenty years or so ago. They
we're hardy, tough, enduring, used to
rough living and hard riding, needed
small outfit and little sleeping gear,
and were acquainted with violent
deeds and daily perils. Moreover
they had compact, portable and ei
ficient arm, with which each and ev'
cry man was familiar, and with which
many were highly expert.-Frou
"The American Six-Shooter," by
Emerson Hough, in The Outing
Magazine for January.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
Kaiser a TeetotaIer.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
Wicked as the Kaiser may be, we
hardly think he could be guilty oithe
tnfamy OF which dispatch accused
him. A teetosaler! 1t seems Jesse
msjeste, and it certainly is lese Ger
many, TO couple shat word with his
Imperial Majesty. The ruler OF the
land of wine and song a total alb
stainer? Why, the mere suspicion OF
such a thing would set the Hohenzol-
lern throne to rocking. No German
Newspaper would, we are sure, risk
the printing OF libel like that. Ifis
did, 1t would create sensation 80
far surprising that caused by the
London Telegraph interview as TO
make the Reichstag utterly forget
the Issue OF responsible Ministry.
Why, the grape-growers OF the Rhine
would petition for annexation to
France, the Munich brewers would
advocate secession from the Empire
and an alliance with Austria, and
the champagne makers, whom the
Emperor is reported to mock by i'm
bibing q temperance drink out OF
their bottles, would become ardent
Socialists in an hour. No, the thing
is impossible. Make the Kaiser out
a broken, beaten man, religious
recluse, il you viii, but not an alb
stainer. One thing alone forbids Il.
Has not that most loyal subject OF
his, Professor Muensterberg, OF Har-
vard, proved that absention from
alcohol means the ruin OF the race?
Against the dictum not even the
Kaiser would rebel
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
A Big Bend in the Usage.

We thought "Horse Shoe Bend" In
Grand river south OF Clinton was
some crooked, but It looks straight
beside the Usage, which at one bend
IN st. Clair county makes detour OF
OK miles and gets back to quarter
OF a mile of Its beginning. Clinton
Daily Democrat.
This is the bend In the roaring
Usage at which Ezra Clark proposes
some day TO cut channel straight
through the narrow strip OF land,
change the course OF the river and by
the construction OF q dam get power
sufficient to run electric railway lines
and lighting plants all over South
west Missouri. Ezra says that he
will be able to get very high dam
In the fall that will be made In the
water by cutting a channel and has
figured on the thing sufficiently to
know that there are millions In Is.
He has been keeping the matter ex-
tremely mum for fear that somebody
else would get on to the scheme and
hopes to be able to get down to
practical work on il the coming year.
Provided, OF course, that we have an
early spring and he gets bis oats In
the ground In time to give bis atten.
tion to the enterprise in the season.
Some people might be impressed with
the idea at first thought that this
would be dam big undertaking for
Ezra, but il wouldn't,-Appleton
City Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
ARE YOU
DespOndenf?
Discouraged? I

In the treatment OF Rheumatis m,
Stomach Troubles, Cancer, Ca
tarrh. Eczema, Piles. or n y
chronic or special diseases?
Write for free Home Treatment
Symptom Blank. If you cannot
call.
Dr.. F. Earl Upton, Specialist,
Dept. B. KANSAS CITY. MO.
ls-at'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
Brave Fire Ladies'

often receive severe burns, putting
out fires, then Use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and forget them. Il soon
drives out pain. For Burns, Scalds,
Wounds, Cuts and Bruises It's earth g
greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin
Eruptions, Old Sores, Boils. Ulcers,
telons, best Pile cure made. Relief
is instant. 25c at F. T Clsy's.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-07
English SPAWN Liniment

removes Hard, Soft or Cailoused
Jumps and Blemishes from horses;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs. Splints,
Sweeney, King Bone, Stitles, Sprains,
Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc Save
$50 by Use OF one bottle. A wonder
ful Blemish Cure. Sold by Frank 7.
Clay, Druggist. 50.6m
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-30
MAY HAVE CAUGHT
SEATTLE MURDERER

Seattle, July 30.-Peter Miller aud
Roy Williams are under arrest in
Seattle today, charged with dozens OF
burglaries, and the police are SAID
to be in possession OF damaging EVIL
denee against Miller connecting him
with the murder OF Hugh McMorah,
who was shot down in front Of his
home in this city on. November 26.
1908. A big diamond ring. stripped
from the murdered mans finger ani
watch left with Mcmahon for safe
keeping were pawned in Spokane
February IS, 1908, and recovered By
the police soon afterwards. Miller
admits, according 10 the police. that
he paYned the jewelry, but denies
that he committed the murder. Chas.
Smith and Geo. Rose he says. hand.
ed him the loot The pair was ar
rested here last February as high
waymen. but were released and or
dered TO leave town, as no evidence
could be secured against them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-30
BEST GAME OF THE
SEASON LAST NIGHT

After seven innings Of fast and fu-
rious ball playing between the Burtol
Brick Yard baseball team and the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company aggregation last night. the
score sheet awarded the plum 70 the
street car men by score OF 3 10 2,
the winners stepping in and taking
the game in the last inning. when
Hamilton, Ashby and Leach were
chased over the pan with safe hits on
Walker. pitcher for the Burtons.
The game was thoroughly appre-
cIated by the large crowd OF enthu-
siastic spectators. who were there. 70
'holler" for their respective cham
-pions. and when good plays we're
made on either side. the applause
was generous. and when the game
dwindled down TO the last inning.
and the score stood TO in favor
of the Burtons. the crowd made
things ring In the vicinity OF william
ette field The battery for the Bur
tons. Walker and shedick. worked
like a well-oiled machine. and Leach
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-30
SPANIARDS
BURYING
THEIR DEAD
And Moors Cremate 1000 Bod
les, the Price OF Their
Bloody Victory of
Yesterday.
[unIted Pres. Leased wIre.l

Melilla, July 30.-Virtually de-
claring truce, the spaniards and
Moors are engaged today in disposing
of the bodies OF the soldiers killed in
Tuesdays bloody engagement. Pes
thence is feared, and but little at
tention Is being paid to fighting
The spaniards are burying their
dead outside the walls OF the city,
bodies being dumped indlscriminate-
ly into trenches.
The Moors have retired TO the rear
OF Mount Guguru, where they have
cremated 1000 bodies, the cost Of
their victory Tuesday.
There is some desultory lighting
going on, but no general engagement
is expected before the arrival OF the
troops which are on their way to re-
enforce the spaniards in the garri-
son.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-30
WHEAT
CROP is
GOOD ONE

II would take a precipitation OF
considerable duration To have any ef-
feet upon the fall grain now, and
within two weeks the noise OF the
thresher will be heard In the many
big wheat fields up and down the
valley. Nearly all the fall wheat is
in the shock and Jhreshing would
commence sooner " the sun came out
warmer.
According 20 several statoments
overheard among the farmers who
make their regular weekly business
visits to this city, the wheat output
for this year will be on a pas with
that OF last year, and possibly a
larger yield will be- realized Tue
weather during the growing life OF
the wheat has been Ideal, The heads
have filled out splendidly and very
few crops are being visited with any
kind OF pest Wheat In filling out
must have moderately cool weather,
as sudden change from cool weather
10 extreme warm closes up the heads
before the grain has time I'm which
to fully gain he natural plumpness
Il was thought for time that the
wheat acreage would be very small
in this county tins year bat repor,s
have come IN that an extra large
acreage has been devoted 10 IL. The
implement dealers are also figuring
on busy season this year and the
local machine shops are kept busy
fitting up the old harvester for IT'S
annual summer work.