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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
Do Not Endanger Life When a
Butler Citizen Shows You
the Cure.

Why will people contince to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness,
headaches, languor, why allow them
selves to become chronic invalids,
when a certain cure is offered them?
Doan'S Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use, because il gives to the kidneys
the help they need to perform their
work.
II you have any, even one of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
yourself now before diabetis, dropSy
or Bright'S disease sets in. Read this
Butler testimony.
Asa Morgan, Butler, Mo-, says: 81
have never taken Doan's Kidney Pills
myself, but they have been used in
my family and they have been very
effective in relieving kidney com
plant. This remedy can be procured
at Frank Clay's Drug Store and do
not hesitate to give it my highest en-
dorsement. "
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan Sand
take no other.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Harvard Men Will Try Taft.

Cambridge, Mass, April AT the
suggestion and under the direction of
the Harvard Political Club, an organi-
cation composed of men of all politi-
cal beliefs, students in the higher
classes will be asked to cast ballot
on the question: Resolved, That if
the constitution of the United States
provided for the recall of public SER
wants, President Taft's record would
justify his recall"
Members of the Democratic and
Republican clubs will superintend the
casting of the ballots as inspectors.
There will be two precincts establish
ed, one at the undergraduate and the
other for the law and graduate
schools. The ballots will be in four
colors, representing the Democratic,
Republican, Socialist and unclaSSified
voters.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Is Failure in Tennessee?
st. Louis Times

st. Louis Times
Bishop E. E. Hoss, strong support
er Of the anti-liquor agitation in the
South, departed for his home in Nash
vile, after declaring prohibition in
the larger cities of Tennessee a fail
ure. The Bishop spoke before the
district conference of the M. E.
Church, South.
He declared liquor was sold in
Nashville, Memphis and probably
Chattanooga with little or no effort at
secrecy. The law went into effect
last July. Because of the apathy or
direct opposition Of the authorities to
its enforcement, he says an even
more bitter campaign than the for
mer will be launched by the "drys." "
They intend, il possible, to clean out
the present administration.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
MAN LOSES SUIT FOR
HIS OWN SKELETON.
Court Rules Pauper's Contract
With School is Binding When
He Becomes Rich.

Stockholm, April.-A bert W.
stroem, who accepted a fee several
years ago from the Royal Swedish
Anatomical institute for possession of
his skeleton after his death and who
subsequently met with refusal from
the institute when he sought to buy
himself back, has appealed from the
decision of the lower courts, which
held that the institute had a right to
Vystroem's framework, " which il
need not relinquish unless it chooses.
Vystroem was destitute when he
made the bargain with the institute,
but has since come into a fortune. He
argues that the agreement is of a ma
ture to put premium on murder, in
case the purchaser should become inn
patient to possess his skeleton and,
as such, is contrary to public policy,
The institute maintains that there are
peculiarities in Vystroem construc-
ton which it desires, in due season,
TO investigate more closely than is
possible except on the dissecting
table.
Another thing particularly annoy
ing to Vystroem in the lower courts
decision was an order he pay dam
ages to the institute for having had
two teeth extracted without the insti-
tute's permission, the latter having
put in the counterclaim when W..
stroem began suit against it.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women l ain willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter" -MRs. CIIAs. BARCLAY,
RED, Graniteville, Vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such a record
of cures of female ills as has Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 30 years 1t has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclay it is worth noun
tains of gold ITO suffering women.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Constable Tames ElOpers.

Aurora, H., April. They can't fool
the Constable out at Amboy, ''by
gum" He caught an clipping pair
from Hinckley, Edna Easterbrook, II
years old, and George Beardsley, q
years old, and did not want to put
them in the calaboose, but didn't let
that balk him nor keep him up.
He locked them in hotel and took
their clothes away. Well he knew,
he says, that the couple would not
brave the chill of outside even for
liberty. The pair were taken back to
Hinckley.
Beardsley, the authorities claim,
abandoned his wife. Miss Easter
brook is the daughter of the owner of
Hinckley Hotel and waited on the
table. Beardsley came to Hinckley
from Chicago several weeks ago and
has been boarding at the hotel. He
is said to be susceptible, while Miss
Easterbrook is roguish and has claims
to being a good cook.
Her face and figure and biscuits
made a pronounced impression and
Beardsley proposed the trip to Miss
Easterbrook.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Worse Than Bullets.

Bullets have ofton caused less suf-
fering to soldiers than the eczema L.
w. Hartman, Burlington, Me-, got in
the army, and suffered with forty
years. 'But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured me when all else failed" he
writes. Greatet healer for sore, ulcers,
boils, burns, cuts, wounds, bruises,
and piles. 25c at F. 7. Clay's.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vel e table Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. 1
never forget to tell
my friends what
LydiaE. Pinkham's
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
BUTLER STATION.
Following is corrected time of trains:
Freight trains do not carry passengers.

Freight trains do not carry passengers.
All freight for forwarding must be at depot
not later than eleven o'c'0ck u IN or be held
tor following DAYS forwarding Freight for
Interstate Division must he dtlivrred before
i've u clock p. IN, No freight billed for this
train In morning, T.. 4, ANnERNuoRT,
Agent.
The Missouri Pacific have through
package car service which delivers
merchandise from New York in But
Ter on the fifth ,.,o:ning out, fourth
morning delivc" from Cincinnati
and Cleveland, third morning from
indianapolis and Chicago, second
morning from st. Louis. Will be
glad to furnish you routing orders
which will insure quick time,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Emulsion

is a wonderful food-medi-
cine for all ages of man
kind. 1t will make the
delicate, sickly baby strong
and well-will give the
pale, anemic girl rosy
cheeks and rich, red blood.
1t will put flesh on the
bones of the tired, over
worked, thin man, and
will keep the aged man
or woman in condition to
resist colds or pneumonia
in the winter.
FOR SALE By AL pRuoeIsrs
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

An aching back is instantly
relieved by an application Of
Sloan's Liniment.
This liniment takes the place
Of massage and is better than
sticky plasters. 1t penetrates
without rubbing - through
the skin and muscular tissue
right to the bone, quickens the
blood, relieves congestion, and
gives permanent as we'll as
temporary relief.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. JAMES G. LEE, of HOO 9th St.,
Be, Washington, DC, writes "Thirty
years ago fell from scaffold and serf-
ously injured my back. suffered terri
bly, at times; from the small of my back
all around my stomach was Just as If l
had been beaten with n club. / used
every plaster could get with no relief.
Sloan's Linimeut took the pain right
out, and can now do as much ladder
work as any man in the shop, thanks to
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Here's the Proof.
Sloan!s
.iiniinent

Mr.. j. p. EVANS, of Mt. Airy, Ca,
says: "After being afflicted for three
years with rheumatism, / used Sloan's
Liniment, and was cured sound and
we'll, and am glad to say haven't been
troubled with rheumatism since. My
leg was badly swollen from my hip to
my knee. One half q bottle took the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, VT. 81 was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
DR.. J. M. NORRIS,

Eye, Ear and Throat Specialist
Eyes Tested Free and Glasses Prop
erly Fitted. Office on south side
49-tf over Times Office
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
IrS a GOOD Sound Common Sense POIcU

medicines
o do and
successful, follow
Percs medicines These plainly printed and ateted under OATH There's
publicity quaredea is followed by the makers
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

pain and swelling out"
Sloan's Liniment
has no equal as a
remedy for Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia
or any pain or
stiffness in the
muscles or joints.
Pricss, &c., 500. nd 500
$3.50 $780,, 49,. s:. 49,: e
s.sS 1;sissx ssH
q. EiII 8. Sian,
~, mass:, 9:SA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

have profound dM m dhaesS hvndd % or we enerhe otamee
Therefore, hehrone nd Incident
which, PrF Prescription hStnmoe than nh huer
he g seq han to them Dr. PC nS % a d 90 0Nppes
g post bId 81 ~ GgbM he delicate
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address, ms rv lmMA Ar v peM D d Ma v
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14
Or. ]. 7. HULL

Dentist
Entrance same that leads to X. l..
Liddil'S Studio
North side square Butler, Missouri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-04-14

THE ONE REMEDY for woman ailments sold devised
by regularly graduated physician treating
carefully
skilled In he
THE ONE REMEDY for
alcohol (Which
THE ONE REMEDY for which Il
ingredient, plain
under OATH.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29

product may not stick to It. II. however.
Mrs. Smith is so foolish as to take a
Tin for lard she will. In many cases, be
short on lard. Not only does she
pay the lard price for tho tin can, but
the gross weight OF receptacle and con-
tents Is usually much less than what Il;
Is sold for. This Is true OF many other
things OF the Kind. Weighing is gotten
over by using weights which on the
surface appear all right. but are, in
fact, from one-fourth to one-third light.
This is accomplished by boring holes
in them and filling this with u COM
blnation of beeswax and lanpblack.
How Is It about milk? WELL as might
be supposed. It varies a good deal. But
in the District OF Columbia twhere spe-
cial attention has been given to this
question:, i've years ago. 90 per cent OF
all the bottles delivered 10 consumers
were from three to four ounces short Of
the alleged quart. A fun quart being
thirty-two ounces. the difference repre-
sented considerable margin of Illicit
profit TO the dealer. Locally--that is to
say. in the city OF Washlngton-thls-p par
tlcular fraud has been done away with.
but In most parts ~ the country 1t is
still practised, with no redress possible
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29
BY Rene Bac6e.

n FRS. JOHN SMITH Is both puzzl cd
M and annoyed. She has bought
AVA twelve yards OF silk for frock
"a sufficient allowance. Judging from
experience - and the quantity has
proved Inadequate. That there was no
mistake she Is satisfied for she watched
the clerk at the store" with a critical
eye when he measured Off the stun.
Nevertheless. as matter OF fact.
while she paid for twelve yards. she
actually received only eleven. \ mis-
take? Not at all. The twelve yards
were measured of, all right, but not
with yarostick. Following the ordl-
nary custom. the clerk employed. as an
equivalent fUr reckoning the length Of
the matclial. the space between two
tacks drven in,o the counter. TCe
tacks were only thirty-three inches
apart.
A cheat? Yes. OF course. what
could be more simple? And one may
add that this particular bit of trickery
is practiseo In a number pf small stores
1t is comparatively safe swindle; the
customer aImCst nsver suspects. She
takes the honesty Of the shopkeeper
for granted she has seen with her own
eyes the fabric measured on, and Il
does not occur to her TO imagine that
the basis Of the reckoning was fraudu-
lent.
A store may thus defraud It's custo-
mers, hundreds or even thousands Of
them day by day. to the extent Of an
inch or two on every yard OF goods sold
without exciting The slightest suspicion
OF the honesty OF the establishment
Rarely Goes anybody think OF measur-
Ing up the goods after getting them
home-though the yard-tape Is so con-
veniently at hand. And, when II come $
TO weighing things, for the checking
or charges for groceries and provisions.
tho matter Is not considered at all. II
Is the very exceptional housewife who
owns pair Of scales.
YET there is no question that the
drain upon the family purse caused by
a multitude OF petty chea,lngs OF this
Kind Is accountable I'm large degree for
the excessive cost OF living, SO much
complained of nowadays 1t Is face
go well realized by many Intelligent
people that at the present time a
movement is In progress all over the
United States to put a stop to such
frauds urcn the consumer. The whole
= country seems to be waking up. though
somewhat late. to tho rottenness--a
milder word would not be appropriate
--cf nuriber of shopkeepers IN this
fmpOrtsnt particular. There is no blink
ing toe truth that the measures and
weights In common use are not only
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29

frequently but usually false.
Such a statement Is strong. II ncsds to
be backed by crhrlte facts--suCr, for ex-
ample. as the results ot recent invesuga-
lions made by the Bureau Of StarGarus,
which shove, that Co per cent OF all the
scales used H. tGe United states for retail
merchandising are incorrect, and that Of
these incorrect scales 50 per cent are
against the custou,r 4 similar inquiry
In New York cay, whIcn Is now being
vigorously pushed by Clement J. Drlscolj.
Commissioner Of Weights and Measures.
has brought about the discovery that %
per cent Of the scales e:Grloyed by retail
merchants In the metr polls, II per cent
OF the weights aut SO per cent Of the
capacity measures are wrong. In urac-
iically every case the error Of the ca
pacity measure Is against the purchaser.
According to Commissioner Driscoll.
the chief offender Is by no means the
humble pushcart man. but rather the
wealthy merchant who puts up his good 5
In under-sized ana short-weight packag ges.
cans, bottles and other vessels.
The situation In New York to-dsy y
among the petty traders Is very different
TO what Il was even 4 few months ago,
NNfU lic campaign against lne SNOTt-
weight artist was started with renewed
vigor by Commissioner Drscoi. Wthil
the past few months over 4 1000 false. bot
tom measures. false scales and light
weights have been condemned and con-
fscatcd. and some 500 dishonest traders
OF high and low degree have been brought
to the bar Of Justice by the New York
bureau.
Unquestlonably some short weights and
measures, including short yardstlcks, are
fraudulently manufactured. Ordinarily,
however, the errors are due to the dis
honesty OF the dealers-when not attrib-
utable to gross carelessness on the part
OF the makers. In one case TO which the
attention of the Bureau OF Standards was
called not long ago a manufacturer sod
timed iron receptacle of certain size
for dry quart and put llp on 1t for A
iiquld quart How Objectionable this prac-
tice was may be Judged when IT is cen.
sidered that liquid quart is 5T&, cubic
incnes. while dry quart is O2 =,
cubic inches
But II should bc realized that nothing 4,
more common than for a dealer 10 ssN
dry quart merchandise. such as beans or
cranberries, by the liGu'd quart measure
TIE fraud IS obvious, and very profll ah'e
to the merchant; yet, strange though Il
may seem, there is not one person in A
thousand who is aware that there ara two
kinds of quarts. To the average customer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29
How the " 4
Government Is
Trying to Bring 4
Down the Cost of II
Living by Cetting
the Housewife Full
Weight for Her Cash.

hold use, put up in bottles with panels
so thick that the supposed two-ounce
containers hold less than one ounce; OF
the two-pound and fve-pound packages
of sugar sold by the grocer, which are
some ounces shy" or of the paper ice
cream buckets. which almost invariably
contain at least two ounces less than the
alleged pint or quart.
When IT comes to foods sold in original
packages, such as paper cartons or glass
Jars, the cheats are many indeed.
There Is always a tendency. where such
goods are concerned. TO cut weight and
size. The customer thinks he is buy
ing a pound NJ gnlceries--or what not
but he isn't. The pound parcel OF the
special articles for which he pays Is not
really a pound ut all. but only fourteen.
or. perhaps, twelve ounces. and II is the
same way with many other things. 1t is a
matter of no small seriousness In these
days. when so much OF all the mer-
chandise sold at the average grocery
store, goes TO the consumer In such orig
inal packages.
The practise OF measuring dry goods
by tacks in the counter has been already
stopped in some cities. Indeed. tho
movement against commercial cheaterIes
is beginning TO make very satisfactory
progress, especially in Massachusetts.
Ohio, and part of New York State. But
there are certain well established trade
customs. undeniably fraudulent, which
are hard to break up. Thus, for exam
pie. the thlrty-six inch pillow-sllp is GUS
'tomarily only thrty-three inches long
and with sheets It is the same way. The
thread on spool ~ commonly not mora
than three-fourths Of Its supposed len
the difference. Of course, being jus, 80
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29
False Wooden Measures Are
Seized, Destroyed and Given
to the Poor.

for Individual consumers.
In the half-barrel Of flour is a chance
Tor the buyer to lose. The half bar
rel should contain ninety-sx pounds
OF fiour; the quantity 1t usually holds
is rety-two pounds. This affords
good Illustration Of the undeniable
taet that food products ought to be
pla Dy net weight md not by the
package Most people. however. buy
hour by the sack. and, following rhl
method they lose weight practically
every time Sacks Of flour are nearly al
ways short Sixteen twelve-pound sacks
should make barrel: but ordinarily
lhese are two pounds short. making
saving OF th.rty-two pounds out OF every
barrel to the miller at the expense Of the
consumer And Yet people express sur
prise that living IS SO hight
IT would be fatgulng to discuss all the
variations OF these petty cheateries OF
uade-to do more than speak In a casua.
way OF the certain extracts, for house
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29

n quart is quart, wet or dry. and so he
IS satisfied.
There Is an almost universal tendency
IN the part OF the public &c take for
granted the accuracy OF weights ana
measures. With consumers in general
It is almost an article Of faith. Even
do they have confidence in the peanut
vender who, from a tin cup whose bot
tom Is half way up to the top OF the
receptacle gives them what they choose
to accept as five cents worth" The
variation OF method of this kind. as VIII
presently be shown, Is almost without
end. Some stores even go so far as 10
keep special extra short" scales. for
use only on Saturday nights. when the
rush of trade forbds notice of inaccu-
racy; and within the last few weeks
incidentally to the investigation in New
York City, II has come out that certain
bakeries customarily furnish two sizes
of loaves-one for sale at the grocery
counter and another, or less weight by a
couple of ounces, for ordinary delivery
The idea In this latter case Is that con-
sumers are less critical OF the size OF
their loaves when they get them direct
from the manufacturer.
Bread OF course, is in Itself only a
triile, but the same system Is cdrrleu
into everything that one buys. For ex-
ample Mrs. John Smith, when she goes
to market, purchases pound Of but
ter, attractively done up in a piece Of
oiled paper. Not tor moment does II
occur to her to weigh 1t after she gets
home; but IL she did so she would dis
cover, 10 her chagrIn, that the pound
tipped the scales at fourteen ounces or
thereabouts.
Lard is almost absurdly dear at pres
ent, but this circumstance does not re-
strain the INSCRIPTIONS merchant from
adding to it's cost
by tricks of lis
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29

much In the pocket OF the manufactures
and out Of the pocket of the always un-
fortunate consumer.
The extent TO which fraud Is worked In
capacity measures" both wet and dry
Is astonishing. Many of the metal receipt
acles are made short by the manufac-
turers to save tin. But the dishonest
dealer. even IL his quarts and pints are
right to begin with. proceeds to make
them short by denting them inward In
spots and pounding up the bottom so as
to make It conveniently convex. The
capacity OF oil cans Is quite frequently
reduced by the simple device OF insert
ing a block Of wood In the bottom.
A great majority OF the dry meas sures
OF capacity In use In stores do Injustice 10
the purchaser They are manipulated IN
many cases for that purpose. One OF the
simplest methods Is to cut them off a,
the top. so as to reduce their depth-a
fraud frequently perpetrated. ana moi,
easily detected by the unwary customer
When the top has metal rim the bot
tom Is removed and the side shortened
after which the bottom is replaced--tbIs
process likewise resulting In a lessenInr
OF depth
che Oh the easiest ana safest ways 70
reduce the capacity Of a measure NJ ,h,,
kind is to Insert n circular piece Of niarr
IN the bottom OF It. This Ieavos a..
original bottom intact. and th,ctor. 4,
only by an inch or so. But roos, T.,
genious OF all is the movable bo,,o,,
TINS purpose few small nails
nIouuced beneath the bottom. which 4.
removed temporarily Then rn.,
similar nails is driven around Tho I..,,
couple OF inches above the Iowo, s,
me bottom having been restored ,.
"""e' 'nougn remaining loose. Wbor 81.
measure is held by the rim. tho ha.. "e
iaIls INTO Its proper place. ana ,bo ot'ofn
IeueptacIe looks all right 70 ~. 10y
erucai customer. But when - ~ mo"
hneu 'ne bottom responds TO n, De'ns
push oy me Dealers hand ana -, ep"ard
ure becomes instantly sbauoa .ne meas
clever eontrivance has fooled "er This
weights. vi measures ana
Literally tens OF thousar,.
out-on and otherwise ",a%os Tanus OF such
,be e IN use to-day In small storo measures
ters dSphg step toward ro.
when Congress passc, ' naye been taken
Ne so-called "nat ,,.at-t ~ Dipnably VIII
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-29

auulnE TO llS Cost
by tricks of Ais
own. Quite as a
matter OF course
he charges the lard
price for the wood
en dish used to
hold the commodity
which dish has
been soa king in
water all the night
before, ostensibly in
order that the hog