THE WEST AGAIS.
The Times Eegular Correspondent
Finds Southing of Interest to
Write.
Colorado Business Interests Consid
ered and Future Prospect Outlined.
ItEFLECTIOX UPON THE PAST.
Special Correspondent Hutler Times.
I'uehlo Cor.. Oct. 4, 1SS3.
It has been several weeks since I
wrote the Times a letter, but my mind
tlingdown of all departments ot
business to a legitimate basis had to
nlarn. and now that is iustwhat
is the matter. The sequel is in the
arthf the- minin" interest was the
fnnnclatmn fnr this bloated StatC O
affairs and the moment it dropped
few notches there was a correspond
ing drop and depression in business
Hence the vacant buildings and the
universal comnlaint that the "coun
try is going to the devil."
THE HOPE FOR THE FLTLRE.
Attpr reading the tore?oinr one
is apt to enquire what is there in lu
ture for Colorado and her people.
has been so absorbed with matters
and things in general that I have not The hope is in the development of
t.-itn thf rain tn mV.crt mteri-il new mines and the bringing
tor a letter that would be at all in
teresting to the Bates county public.
Since my last effort, however, I have
visited the old stamp ground dud oc
' cupied for the brief season of five
days the editors chair in the Times
sanctum. It seemed natural to do
this and quite unnatural and with
much reluctance to leave it.
THE KAILKOADS.
On my way to Missouri I was a
passenger on the Atchison Topeka
& banta Fe railroad, but returned
via the Union Pacific to Denver.
Through trains on these roads leave
Kansas City about the same hour,
the former running to Pueblo and
thence to Denver, while the latter
runs direct to Denver. They are ,
both excellent equipped roads and
make the transit of the plains in
twenty-two nours. mit 1 started 111
to write of Colorado and not of rail
roads, but then you know railroads
and newspapers are inseperably con
into
state of cultivation every available
nrrc of l.md m the .State, which is
quite limited in area at best. Thi
is Colorado's only hope, and until it
is realized I tear her business inter
ests vvi 1 suffer.
I have ventured to give the above
oninion not from anv unkind feeling
1 v
or intent to injure the country, for it
is at present mv adopted State. But
1
I say this as a matter ot truth and to
satisfy any Bates county farmer who
is makintr a 200a comtortable Iivuijr
for his wife and little ones, that he
had better stay where he is, likewise
the laborer who looks for his daily
work to supply his iamily with food
and raiment.
A GRAND COUNTRY".
Notwithstanding the very serious
business depression in Colorado it is
still a grand country in its wonderful
climate, an asylum for the physically
afflicted of the world. Her moun
tains canons and valleys are beautiful
nectcd 111 the general development aml sub"nie and the atmosphere de-
of the country and the civilization of hghttul beyond description. 1 love
man
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not so favorable. olls 10 nie ancl nas granted me a new
Three months ago I could have lcase on llte- 1 ncre is something
written more favorablv of f !olor.nlo romantic about Colorado ami her
than I can now having become bet- history. A study of her past is an
ter acquainted with the business re- inviting field for the imagination that
sources and prospects ot the State, delights to dwell upon, pioneer lite
This is in every essential a minni"- in tIie urimitive days of the wild
country. The chief cities and towns wcst- A journey over the country
are supported and kept alive by the ra'' or otherwise brings one in
mining interests. Some sections ot contact with many interesting remi
the state possess agricultural icsour- I mscensesor early me m the mining
ces, and there is vet a srreat deal of the Rocky Mountains. Some of
land susceptable of cultivation when I tne ,nost sublime scenery in the world
liupvi ungating iacumes are pre-
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p.nvii. ijui wit- iiouoie is mere is a
monopoly in every irrigating ditch
that is dug, lust as there is in every
- " ... a
omer important enterprise, and it
usually bankrupts a community to
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lave mem constructed. Hence it
will necessarily require a long time
to elapse before those lands that are
productive will be utilized and made
to bring forth wheat, oats, corn and
other farm products.
at a stand still.
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tin; latus voioratio is lust now
at a stand still. Every town in the
State is as dull as "Stumptown," un
less wc except a few ot the larger
cities such as Denver, Pueblo, Lead-
.-ilia. ri . - i
, anu vjuiui!uii, una even in
these places business men are com
plaining and their long faces depict
a feeling ot distrust and foreboding
for the future. I have recently re
turned from a lengthy trip through
the southern part of the State during
which I came in contact with the
intti xjl section, i was
in as many as a half dozen towns
ranging in size from three to ten
hundred people, and I feel quit safe
in saying that neither one of which
is to be witnessed in this country
dunngthe spring and summer months
when the surface of the earth is car
peted with verdure aod the foliage of
the pine and evergreen add beauty
to the rustic scene. Tis autumn now
and the meagre forests are in the
sear and yellow leaf. It but reminds
us that the autumn time of life com
eth apace, and that the moments of
mans existence from the cradle to
the grave are fast fleeting away.
crawl around on their hands and feet
converse intelligently, and seem to
enjoy life very much. They live j
part of the time in the water, which j
they enjoy very much, using their j
tails while swimming, the same as
the alligator, to propel their bodies.
They are healthy, good-looking and
w ell-developed children, and outside
ot their love for the water their gen
eral mode of living is the same as
that of other human beings.
1S70.
BENNETT & WHEELER
Dealfss in
HARDWARE AND GROCERIES,
Headquarters for the Cei.ep.rated
(North Main St.)
The New York Herald.
Wages
Two Doors South of the
POSTO FFICE
New York, Oct. x. The Herald
announced this morning that as J
soon as possible the Herald would j
1 . , ... ! - 1 rf . I
naveus own news Maiius jii unieicui
parts ot the city, at which the Hera!
and other city papers would be sole;
at the price which retail' dealers I Hapiroocl Li lit Draft Sulkv Plow, Haish close barb
SLXici Top Bmg'&'ies,
:!jThe Mitchell Racine Farm Wagon
pr;ce
might consider proper. An adver
tisement for 500 men an:', women to
sell the Herald appeared in the same
issue. According to managers of
the department more than 4.000
made application, most of them
available candidates for the positions
offered. Carpenters are now mak
ing stands. It is in expectation to
have stands opened tor business
Monday morning.
The board of aldermen adopted a
resolution giving Colonel George T.
Williams, manager ot this new de
partment of the Herald, permission
to place, during business hours, a j
stand on tne sidewalk within a dis
tance of fifty feet of each stairway
leading into the stairway ot the Man-
Steel Fence Wire.
Prices Ci uni-nnttiocl to l
NORTHEAST CORNER SQUARE,
t i siYi cto 13.
BUTLER, MO.
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frra rm 7
Is now receiving and will continue to receive a full line of
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Dealer in
GROCERIES
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QUEEKSAVAUE
BUTLER, MO.
no tt
Groceries and Queensware,
batten Railway
sale of newspapers.
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'i'Le Garfield Monument.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 3.
General S.vaim says there is no truth
in the published statement that the
project for the erection of a monmu-
ment to Garfield in Washington.
under the auspices of the society of
the Army of the Cumberland, has
been abandoned ami the funds col
ected lor that purpose used in erect
ing a monument m Cleveland in
stead. The statement probably
arose from the fact that a monumen
to Garfield is to be pliced in Like
View cemetery, near Cleveland, in
addition to the one to be erected in
Washington.
Prices
2 1 tt
and will compete in
and Quality of Goods,
with any firm in the city.
(SOUTH .--II) 1 : 11111 LIC S8Q11AIJE.
BUTLER, MO.
Mr. Fred Douglass is about play
ed out. He has been for many years
the representative negro upon whom
the republican party has lavished all
its favors. He has been kept to the
front and been the recipient ot many
offices, which he has certainly filled
well. He had a great ambition to
'Oh! whv should the spirit ot" mortal become a cabinet officer, and thought
be found" I hf -onl
stepping stone to higher honors than
he has yet received. The abortive
Half Human, Half Alligatsr.
Jackson Fla. Times.
Perhaps the greatest living curios- LouisviIIc convention has taught him
ities now in existence in this country
II .a 1.-.
win pass tnrough this city on their
to Cincinnati and Louisville next
Tuesday. About two j ears ao Mr.
Charles Lewis, m passing throu
Jiaii uiMUM-u'ti aoout tiiteen
miles below St. Augustine, a fami
ly of white persons, consisting of
John McDonald, his wife and five
children. Two of the children he
found to be half human and half al
ligator. He at once contracted with
the parents to give him the manae-
a lesson. .Mr. JJou?lass has o-nn,!
administrative ability and rare orato
nal powers, but he has lost his influ
ence with the negro race, and the re
publican party will drop him, as he
can be of no farther use to them. It
docs not matter where the negro
vote goes. Tne republicans will be
overwhelmingly beaten any way.
MINNEAPOLIS TWINE BINDERS
REAPERS AND MOWERS, lilCKEYE CULTIVATORS,
BAN
RACINE SPRING WAGONS,
and full line ot
BUGrOIES,
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CHICAGO. ILL.
ORANGE, MASS.
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BUTLER,
niet.L tu me ennuren. anu aTrm t,,
uunng my stay in them did as much pay them $25 per month to take
ousiness as 5.150 per day. This may care of them until such time ;is he
eem strange and even startling to s saw fit to take them avvav. A w
Hutler merrlvir tU-t . n.,i I t' t
u't lUHii in-iNs .ui. L,ewis returneil tn
ot a thousand inhabitants would not the State for the purpose of taking
transact more than a $150 business the children North, and on Wcdne
n a nay, but it is nevertheless true
Red tape has long been a svnonim
of the slow, devious of the govern
ment offices, but a steel tape has
been contrived to expedite the work
of women in the evinr- room. A
motive power to drive the revving
machine has long puzzled the brains
ot inventors, but so far a cheap ar
rangement has not been invented.
HPHACTE Ac IlTJIVTI:i.
AGENTS,
Hl'TTLER' - - MISSOURI.
PRESENT POWER"
To-Ii m- a Long Wjiy fl
WIm-ii Help 1m M'a 11 ted To
Way, Comtort is nexvr in a hurry. Pain and
distress are in hot haste, It is to the
"friend ir. need" the triend who doc
something now that the old adage p.ivs
the compliineiit ot being 'a friend in
deed." Tnat they do not keep the suf
ferer in suspense i the salient rxcellcnfc
ot Uenson s Capcine I'orous i'Iaters.
The plasters of other davs whether por
ous or otherwise -aid "Wait until to
morrow: We can promise nothing on the
spur ot the moment." But pain unre
lieved, like hope deferred, maketh the
heartsick. Benson's plasters act on ap
plication. They permeate, soothe,
warm and heal, containing1, as they do,
chemical and medicinal agent of the
highest etliciency, Their motto in now,
and the genuine have the word aprine
cut in the middle ot each planter. Price
2$ cents, Seaburv A: Johnson, ChetnMs
New York.
BOOKS 2 TONS A DAY
in iiHigement anJ
I certainly have no object in dealing
ifi exaggerating statements. Vacant
business rooms and dwellings con be
counted bv the dozen in any of these
places bu.lt years ago during the big
mining cxcitmcnt. Those were hal
.1.1.... 1.
.uiiii.i)5 mi voiorauo, anu every
room, street corner and atic was in
demand. But a change in affairs
must have been evident even then to
the shrewd observer. Money was
plenty then and men were reckless.
Their minds were thoroughly disipat
ed by the raging boom which car
ried them along as swiftly and ruth
lessly to business destruction as the
cyclone does its helpless v.ctims.
Hut the crash had to come. A set-
untll an tnghshman contrived to
lay arrived in this city to arrange for make a sewing machine run by means
their transportation. He will go to
St. Augustine Monday after the
children, and arrive in this city with
them perhaps on Tuesday morning
and will remain here about five hours
before leav ing for Louisville. Mr.
Lewis did not intend to exhibit them
here, iv.vnt ,1 .-1,-1-1. n- . r- ,
, -....i. rviM-p iu.i icw inencis
and acquaintances. These children
are now nine years ot age, and have
never been to exceed ten miles from
their home, and consequently hav e
never oeen placed on exhibition.
Their bodies, arms, ami heads from
the hips down they present the iden
tical aupearance of an alligator, hav
ing a perfectly formed tail afoiitfive
feet in length, together witk frVm,
r " 1 liiV- lillil
feet and Iers of the aiii ,
' ' - jLiitry
nl n.l - r.. ir t .
-j. . atetJ i.i-e. v -J1. atKUlS, i.V
means of a box of steel tape and an
arrangement of wheels and pulleys,
makes a sewing machine run with
out any exertion of the operator, ex
cept to wind the thing up.
, Over 500,000 Volumes readv. The
choicest literature ot the world, oltcn
J the best editions jnihiiMied. :or-page
j catalogue free. Lowest prices ever
, known. Not sold by dealer. Sent tor
' examination ix-tore pa yir.cn, on evident e
of good faith. John n. AJden, I'ubiish
er, IS 'et.ey Street, N. V- (). IJos 1227
PARKERS GlfJGcn TONIC.
BUTLER
I 'ures complaint of
i-L'-i ot the Stomach,
Women arid di-JJone!-,
Luig-,
I.i'.er and Kidnevs, and is entirely diJtrr
ent from bitter-, yinger tsence- and oth
er tonics, as it never intoxicates, yy,
and$i sizes, large saving huyin;; $r sie.
fliscox & o., New York.
TAKE-
Visitors at Saratoga are beginning
to complain about the increase ot
fees to waiters each year. The head
waitor at one ot the big hotels bought j
S6000 m government bonds after the 1
season last v ear, and his earnings are
said to have been $10,000 One of
the sources ot his revenue is the pow
er to change the seats ot guests at the !
tables, something that people in for- j
eign countries would not be likely to :
endure very long. :
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