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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
When the Work Piles Up,

We can get any amount Of work
done by taking it moment at a
time. 1t is when we try to take it
several moments at time that it
gets beyond us A business man had
pile of work in front of him on his
desk, and was 'stewing around over
it, and saying how tremendously busy
he was, when another man said to
him. You're not busy: you're only
confused" Seeing and thinking
about more than one thing at time
brings the confusion that multiplies
burdens and binders the work 1t
is sometimes we'll to clear our desk
of everything except the one thing,
upon which we must be working; then
to take up the next thing; and so on
until the days work is done. Concen-
tration routs confusion, Doing one
thing at time gets an amazingly
large number of things done-Sun-
day Schoo! Times,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
BLOOMS IN MANY MONTHS
Go'denrod Has Been Wrongly Con.
sidered to Be Altogether an
Autumn Flower.

Most of us associate the goldenrod
with autumn. 1t seems to have been
created to serve Indian summer-as
an artist whose duty it is to color the
roadside, to border the lake with a
strip of flame. to provide foreground
of trustworthy and unerring pigment
against the indefinable blues and pur-
pies of the distance.
But the goldenrod is probably more
a summer flower than flower of the
fall, that is, If you consider all the
species and sub-species as one. There
are goldenrods that bloom in June.
There are several that come in July
and are dry and colorless stalks when
September arrives. Though the flow
err rests under the accusation of
causing hay fever by means of it's
air-borne pollen, the fact that it has
blossomed and, in the case of many
species, faded before the official epen-
ing day of hay fever, appears to make
out an alibi for it. Moreover, those
resorts in the North where hay fever
victims fly as to so many sanctuaries,
are not free of the goldenrod. We
doubt if one of the refugees, if it is
not a mere lump of rock in the lake.
can truly say that no goldenrod
parades its treasure within the VI
cinity
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Great Britain has proposed that
American ships bound for northern
European ports touch at some conven-
lent Scotch port on the voyage and
submit to examination of their car
goes by British authorities, receiving
in return certificates which will re-
lieve them of annoyance of search by
British and French cruisers during the
remainder of their voyage.
Wars demand on American, gram
aries, mills and packing houses, as
shown in an analysis by the depart.
ment of commerce, resulted in record
expectations of breadstuffs, meats and
other food articles during September
The value of foodstuffs sold abroad
in September was $6S, ,SS9, nearly
double that of September a year ago,
when the total was 38,786,624.
If the European war is maintained
The Russian ambassador at WASH
ington, George Bakhmeteff, was slight
ly injured at Baltimore while bound
for-the races at Pimlico, when a taxi
cab in which he was riding collided
with a motor car The ambassador
was cut about the face by glass.
-Jonkheer Bertling, Dutch minister
of finance, is preparing plans for a
war loan of Is million dollars at 5 per
cent. according to the Amsterdam
TELEGRAPH. If the necessary amount
is not forthcoming, says the paper,
measures will be taken to raise the
money by compulsion.
with it's present violence for eighteen
months the loss of life will be 4,860,-'
,G0 and the property loss s35 100000,
700, E. H. Gary, president of the
american Steel and Iron institute, said
addressing the annual meet
rg OF the organization.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Continental English.

The idea that English is to be the
universal language of the future seems
to be spreading. Certainly thousands
Of Europeans struggle bravely with it's
rules and idioms. Here is sample of
the progress that has been made in
one quarter, remarks the Youths Com
panion. 1t is taken from the adver-
Using matter that a large continental
hotel publishes in the form of an elab-
crate illustrated booklet: -
TITS spacious dimensions, exquisite
comfort, elegant fashion of its furnish
ings, the unobjectionab1e prerogatives
as to the produce of its kitchen and
contents Of its cellars, besides the dis
tinguished managing, which, assisted
by well experienced attendants, does
Its utmost in always duly treating-all
this, united already for many years
past, obtained a general renown, even
abroad, too"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Big REVENUE TAX
Missouri Pays Ever Increasing
Sums Into Unc.e Sans
Golfers Each Year.
1914 BREAKS ALL RECORDS
More Than $13,0oo,CC0 Turned Over to
Government by State. Says
Bureau of Labor.

Year by year the amountMissouri
pays into the United States treasury
as internal revenue increases, fact
which emphatically demonstrates that
the state is continually progressing as
commercial and manufacturing COM
monwealth. Information just furnish
ed the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in
tended for the 1914 Missouri Red
Book given publicity by Commissioner
John Il. Fitzpatrick, reveals that in
the fiscal year which closed June 80.
1914, Missouri turned into Uncle Sans
Golfers $l3,@3l SIS, compared to $12,-
410,1l2 for the fiscal year of 1928.
and $l2,0S2,S2 for l9ll-l2: all OF
which goes to meet the costs of a gov
eminent which is so great that its
annual expenses exceed one billion
dollars.
Uncle Sans Missouri collections for
the fiscal year just closed break all
past records, condition partly due
to the new individual income tax,
wealthy citizens and others of this
state who have an income exceeding
$4,000 ysar for single men and $4,000
for married men, having paid to the
United States in the twelve months
ending June 80 last, $G37,03S. Court
proceedings against a few who have
not paid his tax or who made wrong
returns, will increase the amount just
mentioned. but not to any great eX-
tent. Beside the individual income
tax source some of the internal reve-.
nue. came from an income assessment
on corporations which had a yearly
profit exceeding $1,000 after all regu
lar and legitimate business EXPENSES
had been met The collections from
this source, in the fiscal year under
consideration, totaled 81 ,43o, 4tS. Then
there was the corporation excise tax
which brought the neat sum. S333,624.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
WAS WOMAN OF GREAT CHARM
Empress Josephine One Of the Most
Remarkable Personages Of His
toricaI Record.

While the Empress Josephine had
one million francs year for her pri-
vate purse, it is a Wellknown fact
that she was always in debt, and
while this led to stormy scenes with
Napoleon, and beyond doubt she had
an extravagant wardrobe, it must not
be supposed that she spent this sum
entirely upon herself, as it is esti-
mated that she supported more than
two thousand poor people in addition
to helping many needy aristocrats
who had suffered under the revolu-
ton.
' 1t is said that she owned several
hundred hats and bonnets which were
peculiarly becoming to her. and paid
her hairdresser six thousand francs
year. OF course, the preservation of
her wonderful charm caused the
spending of many hours day in her
boudoir, from which all but few
favorite waiting women were ex-
cluded. So successful was she, in ad
dition to her own wonderful personal
ity, that at the age Of forty, and a
grandmother, when arrayed in a sim
pie white mousseline and string Of
pearls. her husband exclaimed at her
loneliness and said he would be jeal-
GUS,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
MORE AID FOR WAR VICTIMS
Vast Resources of Rockefeller
Foundation to be Used.

New York.-The Rockefeller Foun
dation has determined to employ its
immense resources for the relief OF
nolf-combatants in the countries at
| f1icted by the war and stands ready to
give millions of dollars, If necessary
for the purpose. This was announced
by John d. Rockefeller, jr, president
OF the foundation.
In pursuance of this philanthropy,
the foundation will send commission
to Europe in few days to report first
hand as to how, when and where aid
can be rendered most effectively. At
cost of $275,OOO it already has char
tered ship and loaded it with four
thousand tons of provisions for the
relief of the starving Belgians.
This action is TAKEN Mr. Rookie
Teller says, as natural step in full.
filling the chartered purpose of the
foundation, namely. to promote the
wellbeing Of mankind throughout the
world
Tile ship is the Massapequa, the
largest neutral vessel now in New
York harbor and it will sail at once
direct for Rotterdam with a certifica-
ton from the British consul at New
York that it's cargo is destined for the
use Of Belgian npn-combatants only
and should not be delayed in transit.
The supplies are consigned to the
American consul at Rotterdam and
will be distributed by the Belgian re-
lief commission.
Mr.. Rockefeller has been in COM
munication with Ambassador Page at
London and made public a cablegram
in which the ambassador describes the
dire need of the Belgians and says
that 1T will require million dollars
a month, for seven or eight months,
to prevent starvation"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Laws Against Noise.

Germany has probably this most
complete laws in the world against
superfluous noise. For noises annoy.
ing the public in general" an indi.
vidual can be fined up to 81, or else
imprisoned. For instance, a barking
dog or cackling fowl which disturbs
school makes its owner liable under
the law. In Berlin it is forbidden to
transport through the streets arti-
Giles such as sheet iron, chains, and
other metal objects liable to make
noise, unless packed so as to be
noiseless. New ordinances, now com.
ing into force, forbid not only music
in the streets without police permits
sion, but also forbid music to be
played or sung in the buildings where
it can be heard in the streets.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
A Word to Literary Critics.

Critics will show you how such and
such writer repeated the thoughts
of Kant or Hegel, or used the phras-
ing Of Dante or Milton, or stole the
plots of Boccaccio or Guy de Maupas-
SAINT. They often prove their wide
reading, they sometimes demonstrate
their sagacity, but they do not justify
their existence as critics unless they
60 further than this, for the genius
of authorship declares itself less I'M
mistakably in gifts shared with fore
runners or contemporaries than in
gifts peculiar to ITSELF Walt Whit
man Or William Wordsworth is neither
understood nor elucidated when his
possible pilferings have been listed;
at best the ground has only been
cleared for the critics real work of
Insight and Interpretation Golfers
Weekly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
TWO METHODS OF BEGGING
Plausible and Polite Mendicant No
Doubt No More Deserving Than
His Opposite.

Like those of the Heather. Chi.
nee," the ways Of the seeker after
aims are peculiar. A correspondent
writes to the London Chronicle:
Walking down Fleet street the other
day. was accosted in the most casual
manner by an individual who at a
glance could be summed up as one Of
life's failures. With refined accent
and in the most perfect English he
apologized-while keeping pace with
me-for intruding his company upon
me unlimited. He would not beat
about the bush. Through conglom-
Grafton of adverse circumstances (the
phraseology is his own he was desti-
tute. For the moment he could not
dig owing to his inability to find
an allotment wherein to delve; to beg
he was most heartily ashamed, but
did 1t as 'dernier resort Could
spare shilling-not as loan, but
as a gift, and help lame dog over
stile?-
II could-and did, against my bet
ter judgment. He accepted the gift In
the spirit in which he had asked for
it. I'm not going to thank you,' he
said; you know l would do the same
for you were our positions reversed.
Will you shake hands?' Further
down I came across his antithesis.
Siding up, with that crab.like slither
which atomro tho nrcfocsi0na1 mpndi.
cant, he accosted me thus. Yer don't
'appen ter ave bit of bread on
yer, guv'nor, do yer?' did not-and
the curses of the disappointed one
followed me till was out of earshot!
which of the two was the more de-
serving"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Kissing in the Street.

In seventeenth century New Eng.
land kissing in the street was seri-
GUS offense. But go back to fifteenth
and sixteenth century Old England,
and the case is very different. One
of the Bohemian travellers whose mar
rative is given by Mrs. Henry Gusts
Errant' records of Lon
don: 1T is the custom in this town
that at the first arrival of guests in
any lodging the hostess, with all the
household, comes forth into the street
to receive; and each one of them it
behooves each one to kiss. Indeed, to
them. to take kiss is but as, to 9th.
ecs, to offer the right hand" And
Mrs. Gust gives a whole sheaf of
similar foreign testimony to the pleas
ant English custom of kissing in the
street.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Enslishwomen Urge Goat Keeping.

Enolishwomen Urge Goat Keeping.
With the object of obtaining for the
children Of farm laborers a constant
supply Of pure milk, which is almost
impossible in the calf rearing dis
tricts, Devonshire cottagers are being
encouraged by Lady Acland of Kill.
lerton. Mrs. Charles Carew of Warni-
-combe and other women. to keep
goats.
Some Of the best goats have been
introduced into the country districts
Of Devon, and at Tiverton Agricul::
tural Show recently valuable prizes
were offered. It is claimed that goats
cost little to keep and that their milk
IL In some respects superior to that
given by cows.-London Times.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
PhiloIoay as an Oil Lure.

Here is French linguist and seog-
rapher, who proposes to discover
petroleum oil fields by means of ma
tive names of localities. He says that
he has thus far located an oil field in
Algeria, the nature of whose surround.
ings would never have suggested the
existence of oil. He says there are
several such places in 1ndo- China. and
he suggests that France look over its
possessions with such a scheme in
mind.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
MISSOURI GOODS TO EUROPE
Provisions. Flour, Shoes and Horses
Being Bought in St. Louis For
Warning Nations.

Twenty thousand additional head OF
horses are to be bought in Missouri
and Southern Illinois by agents of the
British, French and Russian govern
nlents. according to reports to live
stock circles at st. Louis. 1t is said
that the agents of the various govern
ments have been instructed to make
the purchases. A uniform price OF
500 is being paid for each horse.
The French agents, also, it is said.
have bought one hundred thousand
barrels of -four and great quantiti IS of
other provisions here: and orders have
been placed With local shoe factories
for thousands Of pairs of shoes.
Heads st. Louis Bank. --Rolla Wells,
former mayor of St. Louis, and present
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee has been chosen governor
OF the federal reserve bank of ST.
Louis at the first business meeting of
the board of directors. The choice
mast be approved by the Washington
administration before Mr.. Wells can
assume office, The salary attached to
the position has not been announced.
but II Is believed here 1t will not be
less than $4,000 year y
+ +
Killed in Wreck.--T. A. Smelling,
real estate dealer of West Plains was
killed when a motor car he was driv-
ing overturned.
Identification Was Wronq.--The
man and woman whose bodies were
taken from the Mississippi river near
st. Louis several weeks ago were not
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Washam of Far
go. y. D., who camped on an island
in the river. according to undertakers
who buried the bodies. This iudg-
ment was formed after photographs
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Washam had been
shown to the undertakers.
X X X,
Stockman Killed by Train.-John II.
Hamilton of Salisbury, 90 years old.
vas. struck by Wabash train at
and killed. He was on the
way to st. Louis with a shipment OF
'attle.
Shot His Father.-Arthur Biggs.- q
ears old shot and seriously wounded
lis father, James Biggs, as the latter
vas opening a door at the Biggs
Ome in st. Louis The son mistook
is father for burglar.
Doctor Found Dead.-Dr. NJ. d.
lewis. 60 years old, was found dead
rom apoplexy in his office at Column.
ia recently.
Was Bound to Oie.-George Hutche-
on. about 20 years old, was struck by
freight train near Foristell recently
nd died there of his injuries, He
rank poison before he was struck by
he engine, probably for the purpose
being doubly sure of suicide.
Ozark Apples Moving.-Apples from
richards in the Ozark country are be-
lg moved by the railroads at the rate
sixty carloads a day, the fruit be-
g consigned to markets in practical
every state in the ITnion
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
HOSPITAL SHIP ON ROCKS
Stearer Rohiiia Totally Wrecked in
Storm Of British Coastal
Least 100 Crown.

Whitby, Eng.-The loss of life on
the British hospital ship Rohilla,
which crashed on the rocks off the
Yorkshire coast near here, is mat
ter of doubt The vessel, however. is
total wreck, having broken in two
while life savers on shore were shoot
ing lines and trying vainly to make
one fast to the Inflated ship.
Bearing physicians, nurses and hos
pital supplies, the Rohilla was on her
way to a Belgian or French port to
succor the wounded when she was
driven ashore. 1t is understood all the
women on board We're saved, including
one who was a survivor of the IT.
tanc disaster. The fate of the physi
slams is uncertain as yet, as is that
of the captain and crew The total
number of people on board is not
definitely known but some estimates
place it at 200. OF these, at least
100 are believed to have persisted.
When the stricken vessel broke in
wo. eight men could be seen from the
hoe clineine to a piece of wreckage
rem the after part of the ship. and it
assumed they We're swept to their
death in the boiling sea. Fourteen
bodies have been washed ashore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05

Whitby, Eng.-A motor lfeboat
ummoned from Tynemouth. rescued
he fifty persons still remaining on the
wreck of the hospital ship Prohilla,
which went on the rocks a few days
ago. The sea was still heavy, but
".hcn the lifeboat got alongside the
wreck, oil was poured on the water,
enabling the transfer Of the exhausted
men. Ten minutes were required in
the work of rescue. In all, seventy
persons were lost in the wreck. Those
saved from the ship total 14C
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05

Ozark Apples Moving.-Apples from
orchards in the Ozark country are be-
ing moved by the railroads at the rate
of sixty carloads a day, the fruit be.
ing consigned to markets in practical
ly every state in the Union.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05

Was Bound to Die.-George Hutche.
son. about 20 years old, was struck by
freight train near Foristell recently
and died there of his injuries. He
drank poison before he was struck by
the engine, probably for the purpose
of being doubly sure of suicide.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-30

The British Olympic fund, whose
sponsors aspired to secure 100000
through national subscription. has
turned out to be monumental fiasco.
In October last the special Olympic
games committee decided unanimously
that if the fund did not reach S12500O
by the end of 1913 the committee would
not be justified in proceeding furthe-
in the matter. On the expiration of
the time limit the subscriptions aggre-
gated only paltry $4,000.
OF the total sum subscribed only
$50, 800 is in cash. the balance having
been merely Professionally promised.
and out of the cash collected the COM
mittee already has expended 800,
which leaves a balance of $4,000
TO try to discover and train a team
TO avenge Great Britain at the Berlin
Olympic games in 1916 for the defeat
indicted on her by the American ath.
letes at Stockholm.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-30

Public sympathy appears to be with
the Federal leaguerS, and there is no
doubt that they will get certain
amount of support purely through sen
timent. A baseball fan is tickle in
stitution and hates peace. But he also
likes his good baseball. He will be for
the Federals strong at the start, but
unless they show as good baseball as
the players in the older leagues he
will not stick. Next to trouble the base
ball fan loves his moneys worth, and
unless the Federal league gives it to
him he will run right out and leave
it fiat. The promoters of the new
league know that and for that reason
are very cautious about trying to put
team where there is too much CON-
petition.
The one thing needed by the Federal
league is money and plenty of it. Not
withstanding reports to the contrary,
the hackers who have been mentioned
have not enough to carry it through
and must depend upon the sale of stock
to raise the necessary funds. Mr..
Weeghman of Chicago and Mr.. Steifel
of st. Louis are wealthy, but the re-
port that they are multimillionaires is
erroneous.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-30
BIames Tinker For Jumpinu,


eve have treated Joe Tinker in a
regular business way and in a gentle
manly way" says Vice President Nc
Keever of the Brooklyn baseball club,
"and he has treated us unfairly. We
assume that he is a member of the
Baseball Players fraternity, and as
such he should have waited before
signing with outlaw baseball at least
until the national commission had tax
en- action on the demands of the fra
ternity''
In regard to taking the Tinker case
to the courts, Bernard York, counsel
for the Brooklyn club. said he had not
given the subject sufficient study to
be able to say just vet whether resort
would be taken to the federal courts or
the New York or Illinois state courts.
Speaking offhand, he said inasmuch as
the Brooklyn club is a New Jersey
corporation and the Tinker deal with
the Federal club was presumably
made in Chicago the injunction would
be sought in the United States court.
York conceded that in this event the
fight of organized baseball against the
Federal league might reach the United
States supreme court.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-30
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Its Visitors, Its Road Improvement and
lis Wild Game,


lis Wild Game.
Almost E,GnO more people visited the
Yeilo TStone park in 1913 than during
the season OF IAi2. according to the
report OF the superintendent, recently
made to Secretary Lane, The tour
list travel has increased A. per cent
since 1906 and was heavier in 1918
than ever before. with the exception
of 1909. when the Lewis and Clarke
exposition was held in Portland. The
most important work during the year
was that in connection with the i'm
proyement of the existing system of
roads.
THE work on the west entrance
road" says the superintendent, gives
partially improved road to the belt
line junction, ten miles south of Nor
ris Geyser basin. Contracts for two
bridges on the west road have been
let. and bridges will be in place at the
beginning of the next tourist season.
With a continuance of present appro-
priation the entire west entrance road
will be widened to twenty-five feet by
the end of the 1914 working season.
but the improvement of the road will
not be finished until several years
later
THE winter conditions for wild
game were again excellent. With
plenty of grass and the snow remain
ing soft SO they could paw through
it to get food, the elk. deer, antelope
and mountain sheep wintered well
and with but little loss. During De-
cember. January. February and March
53S elk were captured in the park
near the northern entrance and ship
ped for stocking public parks and
ranges. The cost of capture and
loading on board the cars at Gardiner
was So per head. which was paid by
the states and parks receiving the elk.
The loss in capturing and up to the
time of delivery at their destination
was but twenty-five animals out Of
53S shipped"