The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02

| ated equal is sci
- ~ evident fact?" aye
and belief, shorely." do you," sal
he, believe that all men have al
equal chance of becoming great
wealthy, a tower of strength in hi
political party, of becoming leade
in 'sassiety' and finally of becoming
president land dining with king
or justice of the peace in his BALI
wick! do you? Altogether ant
severally, my friend" replied, :"
shore do Believing this, woult
you," said he, "have any conscien
lious scruples against making as
surance deubly sure?" "Not nom
whatever | answered. Every well.
said he, I'm just trade you any ont
TOR alb of my chances to the afore
mentioned possibilities for pount
OF Horse Shoe tobacco" Well. b,
golly, and Horse Shoe worth ooc pei
now what, | ask you, what wou!;
you have done? Put up or shut up!
Well did neither one. nor the
other. just woke up.
| With the coming of spring look
for (and confidently expecD the
country to be flooded with book
agents, yes sir There will be about
ten thousand histories of the world
war" No two alike and all guar
anteed to be authentic.
A fellow insinuated that I was
actin kinda puffed up lately and |
just said to him, says l, IF l eat
| Ff.,l t,~a,1.foct D,,f{nI
rice for dinner and corn puffs for
supper and get puff III the papers
occasionally, amt | got right t"
feel pulled up? What?"
Verify, the way of the transgres-
sor is hard--without further argyll
mcnt | respectfully refer you to the
case of the late deposed K. Bill.
Some Style Hints-Monkey hair
hats, though quite the thing in Paris,
are said to be unbecoming to many
women, especially to those with very
light or gray hair.-kansas City
| Star Psi1aw! as if that would make
any difference. The present day
makeup of women leaves small
chance of anything becoming more
unbecoming.
Stuffed Cabbage CA recipe). |
think it advisable for any one who
stuffs cabbage to use recipe. Its
safer-one time l stuffed lot of
cabbage (down my neck) without
payin' any attention to the recipe
(made and provided for in such
cases) with results which came
derned nigh provin' fatal to my
fathers oldest son.
| read of safety pin. recently dis
covered that is supposed to be 5000
years old. Well. recall sittin' down
on one (when | was kidd which |
know had a point Is inches long.
Next?--
There is a game OF cards out called
popular (among women and chill
dren) but it's not mans game, q,
dear, no. You see we men folks are
more accustomed to game in which
straight royal and bob tail flushes
occur, where the sky is the limit, also
when three of kind beats two pair
and where five aces are sometimes
found in the deck. No, don't think
Rock will find much favor among
the men-too much like near beer"
Those old birds of as who Of
fered themselves Gin the last draft
may derive some consolation from
this )" twas better to have tried to
go (nit) than never to have-been
drafted a-tall.'
"A. net around the Bolsheviki
headline From which it appears
that the people over there are im-
m,ne from some of the restrictions
winch we enjoy (nit). For instance,
in this country it is a violation OF the
game law to put net around any
thing, even around the bed in mus
keeter time.
Expert to talk on ees"--Head-
line. By golly, if said expert will
happen around next summer about
hay cuttin' time he may secure some
valuable first hand information, also
some pointers from the humble bee
as well.
A man said, Jim. can you tell
Now hold on there" says l. I've
done resigned my job as head of the
bureau of public information. ] had
to do SO III order 10 replcnish my
personal fortune. Who will my sic-
CcSSOr De. wei. now CdI say
for sure. but believe the names of
"Nels" and Johnny" are being con-
sidered, as either of EN- would
rather talk than do anything else
Except cat)."
We took his ships; we took his guns
(Himself he tried to kilD
Talk not of grief-till you have seen
1.-The tears" of Kaiser Bill.
It's worth more than passing no
tice that among the employees of the
X. c. street railway corporation
who went on strike recently were
I25 "conductorettes." l haven't the
temerity to even remotely insinuate
that they were in any way respons-
ible-possibly the strike would have
occurred anyway-but.
How many friends have YOU today?
Who are really friends to you!
If you take the true from the false
away
How many are left that's true!