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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
Wilson Says Crops are Good.

Washington. D. c.. May 90
"About the only trouble that know
of in this connection is that Wall
street is unable to sell Stocks" said
James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ture to-day, when asked if danger of
crop failure threatened the United
States.
"For this season of the year the
general crop prospect is good. There
is no reason from present indications
to fear crop failure and higher prices
for food products in consequence.
We have had long dry periods before
this year, with no failure of crops.
1T is too early to tell how large or
how small the crops will be, but there
is no cause for alarm.
'In some localities the crops have
been damaged by the hot weather,
but throughout the country the con-
ditions are good for this time of the
year.
"Our official reports on conditions
of wheat, cotton and other crops, in
dictate that when these reports were
made there was no trouble ahead for
the country"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
When Does a Pig Turn Hog?

Bonneville, Ind, May 26.-"When
does a pig become a hog?' This
question puzzled court and attorneys
to-day in a case in which Henry
Koutch is charged with stealing 1.-TWO
pigs, or small hogs
"When pigs tail curls the animal
| becomes hog declared the prose-
cutor, after the attorney for the de-
tense had moved to quash the indict-
ment on the ground that the property
was not specifically described.
'Is this man charged with stealing
pigs or hogs?" Numbered Koutch S
lawyer, Thomas Lindsey. eff he
stole hogs, why doesn't the indict-
ment say SOP"
Prosecutor Davis retorted that a
pig is small hog
"And suppose his tail were cut off
inhs pigship's sucking days, would
he ever become hog?" questioned
Lindsey.
This was stumper. Every citation
of law bearing on pigs tails was
brought to bear upon the case. AT
last Webster's Dictionary was turned
up. The information CLEANED there
is that MO is a swine. The deduct
ion was made that a pig is swine
and hog is swine, a pig must be
hog.
Circuit Judge Roberts adjourned
court, with the case still undecided.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
Other Side of the Fly Question.

EOputST AoCubuICo.
Just about this time of the year
there are many injunctions in the
public press to "swat the fly" with
a promise of the most direful results
if this warning be not followed. But
few people know much about the
real truth Of the fly question, beyond
the fact that the house fly is carrier
Of the germs Of certain diseases, such
as typhoid fever, intestinal disorders
and tuberculosis. There is, however,
another side to the question and some
of the greatest entomologists on the
North American continent discuss it.
The following question is raised:
''If the fly be exterminated, suppos-
ing that were possible, would it tend
to upset the balance of nature and
result in some other plague that
might be even worse than the flies
themselves" And it is argued:
similar things have happened be-
fore. The defamation of the coyotes
resulted in plague of gophers. The
mongoose was practically extermi-
mated and the rats multiplied so as to
become menace. The weasles
were killed off and the rabbits over
ran the countryside and ate up every
green thing in sight. The English
sparrow was imported to destroy the
measuring worm and now people are
wondering how to kill off the sparrow
which has increased so alarmingly as
to become pest. In Northern China
the wolves kept down the marmot or
land otter, but when the natives
waged war on the wolf the marmot
increased and spread the plague.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
$1,000 Won in Hour at Poker.

New York, May 26.-There was
fat picking for two gamblers who
came over on the Lusitania, which ar
rived to-day. One passenger said in
four days the duo picked up $14, 600
and that one of their victims lost ST.
600 in an hour.
Give lived almost all my life nparts
of the West" said this passenger,
where gambling is wide open, but
Inever saw such quick action at polk
er. Play usually began at II p. m,
and lasted until or 4 in the morning.
The pigeons could evidently afford
their plucking and as it was none OF
my business, l didn't interfere. F."
The steamship officers keep sharp
lookout for professional gamblers,
but occasionally an unknown cheva-
lier of fortune makes a smashing
coup.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
Cheap Money.

We are not in the Farm Loan bust
ness, but can give you pointer
where to get the Lowest. rates on
Money on Farm Loans, the rates will
surprise you, if you desire a low rate
loan, come in and talk the matter
over with us. We will take pleasure
in doing this. The business will all
be done here at home and with repu-
table people.
CANTERBURY e. TRAVIS,
26-tf Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
A Dreadful Wound.

from knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or of any other nature, de-
mands prompt treatment with Buck
lens Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poison or gangrene. Its the quickest
surest healer for all such wounds as
also for Burns, Boils, Sores, Skin
Eruptiods, Eczema, Chapped Hands,
Corns or Piles. 25c at F. T. Clay's.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01

Old sofas, cloth-covered chairs
and all cloth-covered furniture
can be made to look like new by
painting the cloth with a hot solu-
ton of PUTNAM FADELEss DYE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
How Autos are Distributed.

The following table, compiled by
the Auto Directors Company, of New
York, shows the automobiles regis
tered in the United States, indicating
the number of cars actually in COM
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01

Estimated from tax report.
Partial county registrations, bal
ance estimates from tax report.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02
FOOD FOR SKEPTICS
By JOHN BARTON OXFORD

luck to lcave cat over. no matter
where il came from. nor how it got
aboard. Say, what color is it,
Black said the captain with in
cautious truth.
Joe Blair fairly gasped. Black" he
cried. Say, You don't mean you'd
heaVe a black cat overheard. do ye?"
Il amt so terrible partial as to
colors,' was the captains sardonic
response.
Don't you go TO heayin' no black
cats oit'n this schooner the cook
said in Il shaking voice.
Beale srltened. Sc here you
blasted Erease-skimmcr," he beloved,
I'm cap'n OF this craft. You want TO
remember that. | shall most proba-
bly, do about as I'm mind to. and that
blasted cat is eoin -see?"
"lf she does the cook threatened
'l'll Sit ont of this sChooner-see
! don't I'll cit out OF her as soon as
We pit to Rockville-if we ever do,
he ended gloomily.
The threat struck Captain Beale in
a vulnerable spot. The one boast OF
his otherwise modest nature was OF
the superiority of his cook. All toe
well he remembered the galley regime
before Joe Blair had shipped with
him All too we'll he pictured the
soggy biscuits and the greasy hash
of Joe's predecessor. What mattered
the cats presence for few days
anyway? He could manage to take
the pest ashore when they arrived al
Rockville and lose it somewhere. The
main thing was to get rid of it
Where or how were secondary con
siderations. Therefore Captain Beale
uubent
well, if you're so terribly touchy
about it, take the Crittcr into the
galley. then he commanded, land
keep her there out of my sight until
we git to Bockyille,'
II tell yc amt what you'd call a
supcrstitious man." the cook reitor
ated, but you'd got into some kind
OF a scrapc if you'd drownded her
He picked up the sack and slouched
off toward the galley Captain Beale
with "A grunt Of disgust, as much for
his own weakness as for the cooks
stalkod aft to the wheel
II was ideal weather that followed
them that trip. The wind held faiT
and brisk; The fOgs, usually prevalent
in those waters in the early spring
We're conspicuous only by their alb
scnCc. In thc galley Joe Blair made
friends with the cat and fed it upor
the best the lockers afforded.
"liayin' "A good run Of it this trip
amt We Cap'n?' he observed to Bealt
the third day out, with a grin tina
angorcd the captain,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02

weather that Joe Blair ascribed to the
cats presence. When they discovered
the old leak, that had caused them
more or less trouble the last trip, had
stopped, ii was the Cat-acCOrdinG to
Joe. Nothing but the cat saved one
of the foremost hands from serious
injury when he fell from alott, and,
by something in the nature OF Il mira
Gle. landed unhurt upon his feet on
the deck Again it was the eat that
steered them into a school OF pollock,
and brought the cook the luck of land
ing some hundred and fifty pounds OF
them as he trolled Il line astyru
Day by day the cats benign .utiu-
ence grew apace; and day by day
Captain Beale waNed more WrOth and
disguised
Say, after the luck we've had this
trip, | dunno as | should want iO go
to sea again in this schooner. ii the
cat want along the cook conlided,
and the remark set Captain Bcule to
thinking and planning
Plainly the cat was becoming all
too popular. She babe fair to be a
permanent fixture unless something
was done to shadow her with dis
repute. Somehow or other suspicion
must be brought to rest on her Cap
tain Beale meditated long and deeply.
Il don't want to lose such a cook,
and Ill he eternally cussed il I'll have
cat aboard. he ruminated. Il
guess likely the best way out of il is
to have something nuluCky happen
while she's aboard. Something UNI
lucky, that's the ticket" he reppatod
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02

Constance Terry. Certainly It was
not fear OF q refusal In all Law
rence's meteoric amorous career, Pey.
ton had never known him to fail.
Peyton tried to imagine himself
holding off one minute after he had
seen that he had any show with Con
stance Terry. Not that he had any
idea that he could complicate Law.
rence's suit. He had left Cambridge
the moment he found himself in love
with the girl his roommate had
picked. He could renounce, but he
could not stay and day by day face
his remuneration.
Milly's lips moved. Constance with
drew her wandering, unseeing gaze
from the field. The two girls talked.
The picture passed. Peyton had
lived through the longest five minutes
Of his life.
Peyton threw himself into the game
with fierce intensity. At first there
were moments when he lost himself
so completely that he thought him
self fighting with the Harvard eleven.
Starrow would wake him with "a
Say, cut it out. will you; you're
pushing me into the aisle But, after
a while, Constance's face kept coming
between him ana the struggling heap
on the grldirOn. His yearning for an
other glimpse of her began 10 absorb
his interest in the game. He spent
the last minutes of the first half
thrashing impatiently in his seat.
lie Sroaned with Impotence when
he saw that the biograph. instead of
/ turning back on the spectators be-
tween halves, still trained itself on
the gridiron. 1t was just a flashing
picture of the Yale eleven trotting
YEARLY 10 its quarters, cirCled and
surrounded by trainers, coaches, rub
/ bers, and the privileged spectators of
/ the sidc-lines. Would 1t never 90 back
/ to the stands?
An, there they were-sCattering
glimpses of tho spectators. at first
/ only quivering, waving throngs in
which he could not recognize face.
/ Once the band must have broken into
the "Marseillase' for, suddenly, the
whole Harvard section arose, lifting
their hats three times and in perfect
unison. Mechanically. true to an old
training, Peyton started to rise too.
| But. again, Starrow held him down.
Finally, when he thought he could
stand the suspense no longer, came
the sectionpictures; the group he
| longed to see. In the midst of a
stormcenter of bowling Harvard en-
thuiasts, Constance sat. still languid
still distract. In another second, Pcy-
ton was sorry that his wish had been
granted. For Lawrence, taking ad-
vantage OF the preoccupation OF the
rest of the party, was devotng him
self TO her. A jealousy, as hot as
flame. cXcoriatod Pcyton as he noted
the little intimacies of his attitude.
Lawrence questioned and explained.
He leaned over her to adjust wraps
obviously in no need of adjustment
Though his suffering grew intense,
Peyton could not take his eyes away
Once it came over him how strange
il was. The tragedy of his life was
being played there before theaterful
of holiday rffraff. and no one sus-
pected it. No one about him had an
eye for his little group Not a man
about him but was watching the
shrieking. jumping, cheering, flag-wav-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02

IIo doecondod ia tho cabin ononed
The statoroom.door and drnv, o,,t he
sack WIN mich vocal rffort the
unwilling tenant had wolI.nigh OK.
haustnd itseIf but as Inc hag was
lifted II summoned sufficient shirt to
send M n last wall thai would have
killed Tho I1st enorl, of nitv in Tho
captain's heart Mad such n shark ok.
istod
AS # was no stoIidlv carried tho
bag to tbe deck and looked nbo1It for
a conveniont ninrn of scronirnn to
sorvn ae sinlinp-woipbt
lie was Intent ON his tasl, of co.
curnIv Iaebinr a niece nj srara rhain
to mo neck of tho h,r v,nen loo pIai,
uith q hasl,nt ~ di,tv Ii.Los ON H.
ann co,ro mn fror, tho c.,,in Iin
gniod thn ca"toin eaatod an NO. bit,s
fnru,ard and ,1nLo his vov thitbor
",,'ba, Won, aoin, tn do u.itL that
cor,', ~ 10 do,,ondod
Cap,ain BeaIo went on with his
uo,.k u,ithout ca r,,cb os Iooli,,,, ~,
"pm poin' to benve mis- bag over :,
said no
"cno v,hot ,.o. .,,t IN uo l...,9o
Tho contants nf Tho L,n ,,,,,,orod
for itsoIf Thero come from IT,. Ienth
- v,an of rnisorv that would havn
moItod the heart Of an idol Toe
RIair etortod narcsntiLiv Ila CO.,
down thn bosLoi of dishes and Looked
"ccnsinn VOL ', ~ lie snnerior WV 'N'''' "
"T,e y cat " ne said
Cantai, pooln Lristled Hard lines
annnarad ahout ,ha cnrrers Of his
mouth
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02
q GIFT BY BlOGRAPH
eSl ZvHz gZI11NES GILMORE

time-the flags, the pennants, the
monster punches of chrysanthemums
all shouted the fact to him.
This picture vanished. 1t was plain
that the biograph- had moved
down close TO the audience, and was
beginning to present a panoramic
view of the spectators.
Smooth as river the old familiar
audience flowed past him; the cheer
ing sections crowded with hats. like
pin-cushions studded with black
headed pins; proud fathers, prouder
mothers, superior little brothers, eX-
cited little sisters; graduates, rang
ing from last years crop to alumni
of thirty years; critical prep-school
boys giggling boarding school girls,
Radcliffe girls, all Cambridge, nearly
all Boston. and little of all its SUI
burbs. Hi!
Peyton was on his feet.
The panorama had vanished. Into
its place leapcd a picture of the IIar-
ward half of the stadium. And the
whole Harvard side was rising with
the steady movement upward Of a
tidal-wave Crestng TO break. All the
flags, banners, and pcnnants had cut
loose to make havoc of the skyline.
On the gridiron, a halfdozen yell.
leaders, mcgaphones in hand, arms
whirlng, looked like mechanical toys
wound up to work together. He could
fairly hear the deep, Harvard! Har-
ward. Harvard!' He knew what was
happening He had seen that mag
nifcent concerted movement many
times The team had come on.
Starrow pulled him back into his
seat.
Unhceding, Peyton bent forward
over the orchcstra-rail, bursting with
cagerness. Would the picture ever
change? There they were, running
toward him over the field. Afar off
they might have been buffalo. Now
he could make out the "IIs" on their
breasts. He caught a face here and
there.
The herd spread out like fan and
fell into the well-known formation.
IlOlley, the easy-moving full-back, had
stepped back for a kick. Peyton
could almost hear the PUNK of the
bail and the humping feet OF the
ends as they coursed down under the
punt. He examined them critically. |
Even allowing for the exaggerated |
speed of the biograph, he could see
how easily they moved, how perfect !
was their condition. In his own thews |
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02

morning the captain was not without
a certain breathless anxiety as he hur-
ried along the silent, deserted streets,
the gunny-sack over his shoulder and
the cat within it sending out soulful
protests every step of the way
Indeed, it was only when he gained
the dock, scrambled aboard the Lu-
cinda, and tossed his burden unCer-
enormously into the spare stateroom
Of the little cabin, that lie found
courage to draw a long breath.
There, drat ye." he apostrophized
the sack, "squall your in'ards out now
for all ! care or for al! the good il
will do We! I'll learn ye to come
sneakin' round that maple by my bed
room every night try to stay ashore,
kcepin' me awake with your internal
yoWln'. Go on; keep it up now; don't
mind me. Have your fun while you
can. cal'late you've pretty nigh
VOWED your last yowl, and spit youI
last spit. | sum, I'd heave you over
board now. ii it want for the tide
takin you ashore and them Rider
| folks next door gettin' suspicious that
| drowned ye. I'll jest keep ye trussed
up in the bag till we git outside, and
then over you go like the Wuthless
carcass you are. | guess likely next
time ] stay ashore here in my own
house I'll git little more peace, sc
fur as you are concerned, anyway.
He slammed the door of the spare
stateroom, crossed the cabin, and
/ threw himself into his own berth tC
snatch what sleep he might before
il was time to start for Rockville with
/ the cargo.
/ He was awakened somewhat later
by the sound OF heavy footsteps or
/ the deck over his head. lie arose
and went up the cOmpanionWay tc
/ find his two foremost hands, ana Joe
blair. his cook, but just come aboard
"All right, boys" he greeted then
cordially. "Glad you got here bright
and carly. May as we'll git under way
us now. Git breakfast Eoin', Joe
Look alive there, forard. Cast of
them lines"
In a few moments the Lucinda wa,
drifting with the tide away from the
dock, and presently, with all sail set
she went careening across the bay
toward the open sea
1t was after he had eaten one o
Joe Blair'S excellent breakfasts tina
/ Captain Bcalo's mind returned to tn,
spare stalcroom and the sack therein
He arose from the table, and, thrust
ing his head out of the companionway
mentally noted the schooner's posi-
ton. Far away the shore was but
hazy blue line; while just over tn,
port bow doomed the gray shaft o
the lighthouse on Flat Island TIL,
captain chuCkled
This is as good as any place" HI
told himself "The tidell never wasl
it ashore from here"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02
sCEATS in the front row!" Star

0Cv EATS in the front rowl" Star
row said jubilantly, as he de
tached himself from the lon.
line OF ticket-buyers. But l wouldn'
have got them if they hadn't beer
returned Just as I got to the window
Want to go in now?"
"All right" Peyton agreed.
It struck Starrow that his compan
ion was not showing the proper de
gree of enthusiasm ITS too bad Il
isn't your own game" he went on, as
they made their way into tho little
dingy. darkened theater. "Say
wouldn't 1t be great to see yourself
making that end-run?"
Yes, I'd like TO see it." Peyton ad
mittod. Internationally.
lie did not seem in the mood for
talking, but Starrow went or unde.
TERED. Heavens! You must be a
homesick guy-lIarvard football in
the biograph and alone in st. Louis
on Christmas. Did you get anything
in your stocking?"
Nothing" Peytons Indifference
was not assumed. There was only one
thing he wanted Denied that. the
best gifts of the magi counted for
nothing.
Ills meager response seemed to ST
lence Starrow. They sat without talk
ing. watching the people como in.
over the house lay the quiet of a
Christmas audionce-the pitiful quiet
OF forlorn remnants of humanity who,
simply 20 forget. fiji up a holiday with
makeshrt entertainment. 4 woman
here and there, sitting solitary in the
stuffy-looking boxes, added touch of
extra deSOlatiOu. But gradually. as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-02

lie took one cautious step forward,
feast before it, the cat paid not the
least attention 10 the stealthy APP
preach. 1t was only when the captain
was close beside It, that it conde-
seconded to turn its attention from the
cream, and then it was too late; for
the captain, with an agility surprising
in a man of his years, suddenly leaped
forward and caught the black body by
the nape of the neck.
Vainly did the cat give vent TO its
outraged feelings: vainly did It strug-
Gle to effectively use its teeth and
claws. In a trice the captain had
thrust it into the gunny-sack, the neck
Of which he tied with piece OF stout
Irvine.
Painting, but triumphant, he laid the
Wriggling bundle, from which came
the sounds of a lost soul in the deep
est voc, upon the ground. He turned
10 cast a hurried and guilty glance at
the windows of the house next door
half expecting TO find there numerous
protesting witnesses to his perfidy;
but the windows of the house next
door remained discreetly curtained
Thanking his lucky stars for this de
icycrance of his enemy into his
hands, Captain Beale picked up the
sack, bore it into the house, and went
upstairs to array himself somewhat
more fully
1t was only too obvious that a man
bearing a bundle Of such liyeliness as
the sack babe fair to be, could never
hope TO go through the village streets
in broad daylight without attracting
unpleasant attention 10 himself
Therefore, as soon as the captain haC
completed n hurried toilet, he came
into the kitchen, took up the sack
and while yet the town was wrapped
in slumber, made his way TO the
waterfront, where his schooner a lit
tie craft of some hundred tons, lay a
the dock. her cargo Of potatoes aboard
all ready to sail with the morning tide
/ But even in the half-light of earl!