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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-09
school days that are cherished ii
every human heart.

school days that are cherished in
every human heart.
On Sept. 24th, daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Padley.
Talmage Raybourn, one OF the
road bosses, worked on the Butler
and Spruce road Tuesday.
Sam Coleman has moved into
his new house.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Shillings
October 3rd, boy.
Little Harry Radford is still very
low.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kash returned
home last week from months visit
at Los Angeles, Cal.
John Anthony and wife returned
home Monday night from Kansas City
where he had glass eye put in the
place of the one removed.
Miss Verdia Carroll is visiting in
Pleasant Gap neighborhood this
week.
Miss Fay Reynold, accompanied by
Earl Kimble, called on Miss Ethel
Baker Sunday evening.
Claude Hubbard is building new
barn.
Those from this vicinity who will
attend the Royal at Kansas City this
week are: A. M. McCracken, w.
H. Charters, Jr., Miss Wilmeta Paris,
Roy and Ira Baker. LIBERTY.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
Portugal Government Turns Loose 500
iIlitsratss, but Keeps the
Z II Nil y sslntellectuala aa.%i

y .
$ Lisbon. lin order to square itself
with the opposition, but more partic-
ularly with the world at large. the
government. on the third anniversary
Of the republic, released 800 Royalist
prisoners, some OF whom had been
kept In Jail for three years without
trial. This act has called forth CEN
sure from the Carbonari press-the
press OF Portugars Tammany-which
declares that the royalists Should
have been allowed to- rot in prison"
and that "the government has shown
that 1t fears foreign criticism" The
release, however, is not SO much to
the credit Of the government as the
first cabled news Of it implied or the
Carbonari censure indicates.
The majority of the prisoners now
released are peasants and poor work
men, distinction having been drawn
by the government between these and
the less poor or the better educated.
It is curious distinction, and to the
ears OF demagogue may have ine
sound and dignity, but it is one which
a moments consideration shows to be
untenable and absurd. It is presum-
ably not intended to be premium on
illiteracy,t for the government pro-
fesses horror Of illiteracy,s but It H..
in fact, a premium on servility, mean
ness, and obsequiousness- It IL de-
signed. says the government. to divide
the responsible from the irresponsible.
A hundred and twenty ,of the better
educated prisoners remain accordingly
in the penitentiaries. But it requires
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
FREES ALL. HER PRISONERS

no very high intelligence to know
whether one prefers the monarchy to
the republic. or to realize that the
object Of attack was the republic; 30
that, assuming that all the prisoners
were guilty OF taking up arms or &C
lively conspiring against the republic,
which. OF course, Is not the case, the
net result Of the distinction drawn by
the governr- ent is to reward those
who fought against the republic, not on
principles, but wantonly, in order to
earn a few shillings, and to retain in
prison those who did so honestly. from
conviction. 5.t$
1t is precisely those who were con-
demned rather owing to their convic-
tions than their actions who are to
be kept In prison. Because some Of
them are priests and others belong
to the Portuguese nobility they are
held responsible, and are to continue
to serve q sentence to which they
should never have been condemned.
No one wishes nobleman to have
more favor in the eyes of the law
than a peasant, but why should he
have less7'' 4. ,E:s,
The Conspiracy" of those now re-
leased is at least as clearly estab-
nshed as that OF those who remain IN
prison. The present government pro-
fesses to abolish God and religion, but
in undertaking to judge men by their
motives rather than by. their proved
acts 1t is assuming prerogative COM
monty held to be not human but
divine. - .,s - SS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
MOST INNOCENT OF MANIAs
Joy Of Stamp Collecting May Be
classed a. the Least Harmful Of
W. Z Mems Hobbies.

Evidently taking themselves very
seriously, and as evidently expecting
other people to keep straight faces, the
philatelists have gathered here again
to show each other and the rest Of US,
the bits Of paper to the acquisition OF
which, for no known reason, so much
OF time and money are devoted.
But it's all right. He Is a distinctly
inhuman person who has not had the
stamp-collecting fever at least once
in his life. ID sy I.
Suscepti to that disease, as to
another with q somewhat similar name
haemaphilla-- to be closely con-
fined to men and boys. and why girls
and women are almost immune to it,
ravages would be an Interesting sub
ject for some mousing scientists in
quiry. Perhaps it Is because the fe-
male, whether or not more deadly
than the male. has more OF practical
good sense and scorns Elusive joys. &
And stamp collecting is such an In
nocent mania! Comparatively few
collectors steal their stsmps, and they
all have a commendab;e passion for
authenticity. Rash expenditure marks
only here and there one Of them, and
there is no known record of weeping
widows or ragged children to the dis
credit Of philately. :rei *. si::37 s ,s,
From one point Of view. no collect
ing is quite as pure" as that OF
stamps, for they are absolutely worth.
less in any of the ways that distract
other collectors from mere getting.
The price Of q stamp depends on just
one quality--scarcenes Not beauty
or historical association has anything
to 2 do. with = stamps value-it must
simply Y be rare, preferably unique.
Then it can be OF repulsive ugliness
or issued from the most obscure cor
ner OF the world; 1t iss none the less Z
treasure. M +; " Il II III
There is. after all, something hne
about this. 1t is 30 magnificently un-
reasonable, 30 deliberately absurd.
New York Times N 40 9; " ". Z sg
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self, dashed into the waiting room.
Tho megaphone was Just announcing
the departure OF the Chicago train.
Jim hurried round. CHANGING wildly
about him, He could not see Hooper
or Nancy. The travellers were stream
ing toward the gate. Yes! NJ There.
waiting timidly behind pillar, he saw
her. He sprang toward her..
Nancy! You were going away with
that mani he cried. 4 4. :. *,
what is that to You e" demanded
the girl, in trembling voice. VI
It'll show you. 4 Where is he?"
He's getting the tickets" she fall
tered. Listen, Jim! He loves me.
He wants me to go with him. We
are to be married on our arrival. Jim
please, don't make a scene. It isn't
wrong, y. Jim y :s5 y, " 4.
She was half crying, and the reac-
tion bewildered her. She hardly knew
what she was saying. Jim waited
grimly for Hooper to come. He had
forgotten his companion. zs.5s'
a cry, confusion, and every body was
streaming toward the entrance. jim
saw the porters running. There were
calls OF ..'Police!' r. He could see moth
ing for the crowd. Presently it dis
persed, and grinning mob made their
way back toward their places: Z E:
whats the trouble?" Jim inquired.
Gust man and wife fight" an
! swered porter. Little woman In
black-five feet nothing. l Big. man,
six-footer. Name OF Hooper, I fancy.
and he'd abandoned her. She had him
down by the throat and was choking
the life out OF him when the cops
came" ,s;si is:s ~ II
Jim looked at Nancy. and then an
infinite pity for the: girl came over
him. He had failed, not she; for she
needed the love and guardianship of
strong man. Henceforward, he
vowed. he would command, not sue,
because her nature needed that. And
with his pity came a renewal Of his
love which, he knew, would never
leave him. 3 ..5t r. S;;4s. VIZ 4.
i#, He put his arm round her and led
her from the station. ::sss, I. q q
Copyright. 1913, bys;W. g. Chapman.)
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members OF the diplomatic corps to
the national palace and told them in
an aggrteved tone how those tell-tale
papers had been found in the depu-
ties desks by the police. He really
was very angry about it, for, as he
and everyone knows, it is the correct
thing in the best plotting circles to
carry such papers on the person.
where the secret police can get at
them without vexatious delay and
trouble. There can be little doubt
that the imprisoned deputies will get
much severer sentences than they
would have received had they not
maliciously sought to annoy the po-
lice and cause delay by leaving these
discriminating documents In their
desks. instead of carrying them to
Jail, where they could have been
found without trouble when the depu-
ties were searched. IA s TN NJ :s;;s5. M !
There are instances OF record
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
SCALP ITcHED AND BURNED

: 1888 South scioto ST., Circleville.
Ohio.-"My little girls trouble first
started on her head in bunch Of lit
tie pimples full Of yellow-looking mat
ter and they would spread In large
places. In 4 short time they would
open. Her scalp was awtully red and
inaamed and the burning and itching
were so intense that she would scratch
and rub till it would leave ugly sores.
The sores also appeared on her body.
and her clothing irritated them so
that had to put real soft cloth next
to her body. She would lie awake OF
nights and was very worrisome. At
times she was tortured with itching
and burning. %Ss Il Al. M
II tried different remedies with no
benefit for months. I had given up all
hope Of her ever getting rid Of it. then
I concluded to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. The second application
gave relief. In short time she was
entirely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Alice
Kirlin. Nov. 4. 1912. H. VA J., ss
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept l. Boston" ADV.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
Easy Enough to Be Quite Religious
I. e Without Being Doc Il
4 tfy55 & trInal. $S 55sssS Al e;

Providence, r. Almost any Sun
day we can find something mentally
stimulating among the letters to the
editor, remarks the Providence Jour
nal. OF such quality was q letter from
Greene one Sunday referring to re-
cent discussion Of "creedless reli-
gion. a prominent clergyman and an
equally prominent publicist came into
disagreement over the question Of re-,
ligious instruction In the public
schools, in the course OF which the
layman declared that religious In
struction must be in accordance with
some creed" and therefore was out OF
the question as a policy in the schools.
There are, thousands Of all creeds
who will heartily agree with the sub
stance Of this opinion. G. K. Chester
ton fatty expresses the same idea In
"A Miscellany Of Men, and his inter
esting way OF putting 1t is worth not
ing: 9|t&y nj aa5 X t.F,-ts5s 55 .is 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10

o. N. Hilton. the attorney who two
years ago obtained the acquittal Of
Mrs. Patterson on murder charge
for the killing OF her husband. Chick"
Patterson, made this tatement here re-
Gently. r. y.
"She LETT France a year ago." said
Mr.. Hilton, land has been living since
in magnihcently furnished establish
ment in one of the most exclusive dis
tricts in Chicago. alone, save for her
pet dog and The little French maid she
brought home from Paris. She is i'm
personating a heart.broken widow Of
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where suspected plotters have mys-
teriously disappeared and their relar
tives have known them no more, but
In all such cases the missing ones in
variably were careful to leave their
discriminating Documents where the
police could ind them without trou-
BILE, thus making 1t pleasanter for
all. Sometimes the discriminating
documents are found neatly tied up
with the last will and testament Of
the departed. Sometimes they. are
hidden, but the police are wonderful
experts at finding them. Relatives
and friends will search room for
hours, not leaving a square inch un--
explored, and discover nothing what
soever,s not even q scrap Of writing.
Then the police will come and glance
carelessly around and, presto. in the
shake of. a lambs tail they discover
enough discriminating documents to
paper the room itself. A ..s d !s (
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Entitled 70 IS il Il able ! N ann Is,

Entitled to s5 In Il able N annsrs.
2. E. Kelley OF the Toronto Repuh-
lican, who delivered an address at the
University OF Kansas recently, writes:
THE Missus wishes to know IL we
made any table breaks at the Greek
letter fraternity luncheon. You see,
several years ago we were invited to
tea where the writer happened to; be
about the only man at the table. We
got interested in conversation as well
as the yictuals, and in the course Of
about five minutes had five forks at
our plate. We kept every fork that
came to us in dish. It mortified
the Mlssus awfully, and she has never
quite forgotten it. We only made one
break at the luncheon. We were busy
talking and all at once we noticed the
fellow folding napkins. Our napkin
seemed In some way to have crawled
under our. plate and spread itself out
there. We slid it gently from under
the plate, folded it beside our plate,
and what was our surprise on rising,
to find our napkin had been on our lap
all the time! "'--Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
CREED NOT AN ESSENTIAL.

; !. Don't use noun and then an ad-
jective that crosses out the noun. An
adjective qualities. it cannot contra
dict. Don't say, Give me a patriotism
that is free from all boundaries 1t 10
like saying, Give me pork pie with
pork in it. Don't say, I look for
ward to that larger religion that shall
have no special dogmas. It is like
saying, I look forward to that larger
quadruped who shall have no feet. A
Quadruped means something with four
feet; and a religion means something
that commits q man to some doctrine
about the universe. Don't let the
meek substantive be absolutely mur.
dered by the joyful, exuberant ad1eo'
tive" $=z 4, Z, & N M
All Of which Is very clever. IN the
usual Chestertonian style. but It 10
misleading---larg false ~ we'll ~
true What . religion means depends
somewhat upon the individual who pro
fesses It'll. It does commit the individ-
ual to some definite doctrine about the
universe. but that doctrine may be
broad. shallow. narrow or deep. It
may be simple Or It may be full OF
complexities and inconsequential de-
tails that have nothing to do with the
! fundamentals Of religious belief in
the broad sense. The danger Of doc
trine is that it il almost inevitably
bound to expand. develop and multi
ply, so that in time there IL q whole
family Of doctrines all grouped under
the original title and recognized ~
part OF the conventional system.
MI. Chesterton is misleading when
he says that the man, who looks for
ward to religion that shall bear, no
special dogmas might as we'll declare
that he wants . pork pie with no pork
{ in it. This might apply to any distinc-
tive doctrina faith, as, for example.
the Baptist who should express his
longing for a Baptist religion that
would be sufficiently advanced to dis
card the rite OF baptism. but it is ridi-
culous when applied to religion"
without specification OF creed. Sure
" there is possibility Of something
worthy the nam, Of religion" that
does not commit its followers to any
elaborate creed and is practically free
from special dogmas. There will be
many agree with the gentleman from
Greene in his belief that creeds are
likely to be Of much less Importance
In the future than they have been In
the past. g. ,E5.-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
.PL0 ] i A !. 0F. 4 ! ! [ 0
Supply Of discriminating EM-
dence Is First Move.
No conspirators u Recognized as Such
ii Unless This, Qualification 10 o. K.
Mexican Situation From HUI
e. morous View Point. ;33s

(The life Of correspondent in Mexico
City Is not what 1t Is cracked up to be.
War correspondent and Mexican CORE
spondent are Synonymous Despite the
fact that a, Mexican correspondent never
knows at Just what moment ne Is Ia
BILE to be "thirty-threed.' which means
unpleasant and dangerous experience in
Mexican jails. q Mexico city correspond
ent has been able to see the humor OF
the situation as It exists today In the
turbulent Latin-American republfc.-Ed-
ttor's Note.) "a Is 5!gl g'7 e
- Mexico City. The FIRST thing a
Mexican does when he becomes con-
spirator, or joins a rebel junta, or ap-
prentices himself to learn the trade
Of banditry, or gets into the Plotters'
union, is to supply himself with in
eliminating documents. No conspira.
tor: against the provisional govern
ment OF: Citizen Gen. Don Victortano
Huerta, presidente internio constitu-
tional OF the United States OF Mexico,
is recognized as a plotter in good
standing unless he carries them pa
pers" on his person. @ %S Il
When q man Is initiated into q cir
Gle of Carrancista or Zapatista or
Vazquista or some other "ista" con-
spirators, he takes a terrible oath
never to reveal the secrets of the or
der, even though he be put to slow
torture. Then signs and passwords
are given him and a large bunch OF
discriminating documents is confded
to his care. The documents" may
differ In detail, but they always con-
tain the names and addresses Of all
the conspirators and full expose OF
their nefarious plans and projects,
with diagrams. Il. f.,
All the conspirators carry these
documents in their breast pockets
when they wear coats. and in the pis-
toll pockets of their trousers when
they don't. Sometimes-but this is
very rare-they leave the incriminat-
ing documents in their Office. desks
or lying ngtheir bureaus at home.
Some of the members Of the cham.
Der Of deputies who were arrested by
order OF President Huerta October 10
for conspiracy against his govern
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MANITOBA CROP yields

! } q -
Gladstone, Man. reports that the
wheat crop OF 1913 exceeded all ex-
pectations. 80 bushels. per acre was
the general yield. The grade was
never better. One farmer had 400
acres In wheat, which weighed &c
pounds to the bushel. sE = .
4, On Portage Plains, Manitoba, there
were some remarkable yields. Noah
Elgert had 81 bushels of wheat per
acre; the government farm, 81 BUSH
els; Geo. e. Stacey, 81; T. J. Hall,
John Ross and D. w. McCuaig, so; w.
Richardson; 81; NJ. Owens, 61k; An
derson and Tnrnbull, 60; J. Lloyd,
48h; Jas. Bell and Robt. Brown, 49,;
R. s. Tully. 81; J. Wishart, 49A;
Philip Page, 47;sJ. Stewart. As; J. w.
Brown, 80; Chester Johnson, ~; e.
H. Muir, AZ; l.. A. Bradley. 43; w.
Boldly, 40; Albert Davis, 40; e. Nc
Lenaghen, 81: farming the same land
for 40 years, J. Wishart secured crop
Of 4914 bushels to the acre, the best
he ever had, and the yield Of Mr.. Brad
ley's was on land plowed this spring.
Marquette, Man, Sept. 21.-Splendid
weather has enabled the farmers Of
this section to make good progress
with the cutting and harvesting OF this
seasons crop. Wheat is averaging
twenty bushels to the acre. with bar
ley forty-flve and oats going seventy.
There has been no damage Of any de-
scription. ~. 4. ! ~. 90. i
Binscarth, Man, says: Good reports
are coming from the machines of high
yields and good sample. The eleva-
tors are busy shipping cars every day.
Dauphin, Man, Sept. 13.-Threshtns
is general the grain is in good shape
and the weather is ideal. The sam
pies are best ever grown here, grad
ing No. Northern. The returns are
larger than expected In nearly every
case. E.. B. Armstrong; wheat went
thirty-four bushels to the acre. others
twenty-five to twenty-seven. .s.a /, T. *
Binscarth, Man, Sept. Cutting IN
finished here and threshing Is In fun
swing. This part Of the province -
keeping up its record. wheat averag-
ing twenty-five bushels to the acre
Advertisement. II $::,o :. ~
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Favor. / putting Gravity Z, 10 Work.

ss- - - -
1T is only question OF time"
didactically began the professor, ''un-
til gravity is put to work pumping
water to irrigate arid lands and per-
forming other tasks. It will do the
work now done by many men and q
multitude OF horses, and Good
notion !" mordaciously snapped the
Old Codger. There is without doubt
enough gravity loaf1ng around in this
vicinity in the course Of year to
reach from here to the moon. refer
to the deep. portly gravity that lives
in comfort because the rest Of us mis-
take unctious turgidity for great wis
dom. This; goes for the average states
man. the organizer Of new fraternal
orders, the gentleman who fntlict lyce-
UNI courses on us, and that solemn,
empty son-in-law Of mine, dad-burn
him!" 4
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Observation-Disclosures
He NON The !. Prize !!
\ II ~ CAROLINE plGBY.

4. 'sometimes,' said Nancy Milford.
= girl gets tired of working. jim"
III: "a Meaning 2" inquired Jim Rogers,
4 with the smile that always angered
i Nancy, because 1t betokened perfect
comprehension, whereas Jim under
stood her about as we'll as--well, less
than any of her friends. + & "A
You know the saying about all
work and no whirl making q slow
! girl 2" Nancy inquired politely. well,
Jim, because I've been engaged to you
for nearly two years doesn't seem to
me any reason why I, shouldn't let
other men take me to theaters once
in a while. I'm not a sacrifice, Jim.
I'm not cut out for one" T g..s:s r.
sfs55;''.All right said Jim. Il guess am
Glow, but the girl marry isn't going
to fool round with men like Hooper.
Give me my ring si@3, 81 : 5.s: =
q What do you mean? How dare
you'll" exclaimed Nancy, paralyzed
with astonishment. Then she took of
the gold band with Its solitaire and
threw it at him. .'There!" she said.
Now 60 and give 1t to some girl
who's as slow as you are" l {
Thanks" y said Jim, and left her. a
Az soon as he had gone Nancy sat
down land cried her heart out. She
did love Jim. But Jim was only earn
ing twenty dollars week in q big
law office, and they couldn't get mar
ried on that. And Nancy was book
!. keeper for the Cleaves,smith com.
pany, where Mr.. Hooper was depart
mental manager. He knew how to
give a girl a good time. OF late,
though, there had been something in
his manner that had rather frightened
the girl, and once he had invited her
/ to a rather fashy restaurant. Nancy
had declined Indignantly, but now
well, she preferred that sort OF man
/ to slow, easy-going jim. * .9si.. fl
ssa matter Of fact, Jim was TO- be
promoted to an important position
that fall, at forty dollars. He had
meant to keep the news as a surprise
for Nancy, but after che had insisted
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It is computed that one bullet in
10000 In warfare Ia effective

city corporation viii take part of the
ground for the purpose Of widening
Alderegate street and Gresham street.
There can be no discoveries for.
some few days, as the men are still at
work on the bed Of concrete. which ex-
tends to a depth OF five feet. Then
their work will be carried out under
the eyes of archaeologists, for it was
on this site that st. Martins priory
stood in years gone by. z6$s
1t is not forgotten that when the
foundations OF the Goldemiths' insti-:
tute, near by, were being laid traces Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
SEARCH FOR ROMAN RELICS
London ArchaeolooIsts Interested In
Excavations In City for New
81, Ohiclai Buildings. .-

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are taking
the keenest interest in the excavation
works which have just been begun on
the site of the old general post Office,
st. Martin-le Grande. The site IL to
be utilized for the new Offices Of the
accountant generals department of the
post office, but 1t is expected that the