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Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01

Lawn Waists. high neck long sleeves, open front or back. ali eaTe- fully made. good taste and good value in every thread of their makeup, were eL50 and Sz.s0, now reduced to Sf.o0 and $z.G9<
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01
BARGAINS IN sCRIMs, CRETONNEs AND
 SERPENT1NE CREPE

3sineh wide Colored Bordered Scrins, regular 25c and 29c quality, now 1Sc a yard.
 3o-inch wide Serpentine Crepe, plain, pink, nile lavender and brown, regular 11c quality, TOW 1211e a yard
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01
LONG kIMONOS

Long KinaaRes, made of Feasle- down and erepe, ia floral or figured patterns, in ligAt or dark coloFs some iR light pink or blue, bound with satin band, s1o0. s150 and s2ee
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01

MEMS S1.OO SHIRTS Fer 6oc
 Mems regular s1.eo Shirts, made of good quality Harmony Percaie. in black tached cuffs. to close at CSC each.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
LIVING WAGE FOR GIRLS.
Social Workers Experience In Penn
syIvania Factory.

According to Miss Jane Parker Dee
ter, the Philadelphia social worker,
whose testimony to the effect that she
had worked for six weeks as a mii
girl created such stir In the house
Of representatives at Harrisburg re-
Gently. it is utterly impossible for
girl earning So q week to support her
self comfortably.
only those who have seen the life
Of working girls from the inside, as
did" said Miss Deeter. "can have
complete knowledge of the deplorable
conditions that exist among them. The
life of a girl with no other means of
support than a salary of So a week is
q constant nervous strain. She has q
dread of tuberculosis. She knows that
she must never be sick, that her pay
seases as soon as she absents herself
from the mill. Underfed and over
worked she presents a most pitiable
figure"
Miss Deeter, who is graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania, work
ed and lived among the girls employed
In a stave mill In a town not far from
Philadelphia Doing piece work, her
earnings Appropriated So a week, and
on this she supported herself without
other aid for six weeks. at the con
clusion of this period she had lost
twenty pounds.
'T paid $3.50 for board" continued
Miss Deeter. 80 cents for room rent
and allowed myself 90 cents for cloth
ing. The remaining half dollar / used
in buying extra food and for car fare
to and from work. Frequently / walk
ed to the mill, even on the most
stormy days. The work was very
hard, especially as was unused to
physical labor. Girls were employed
to handle the rough lumber used In the
mill. did not know that women were
ever assigned to such work until l did
1t myself. Men doing the same sort of
work received S125 a day or more
Often my fingers We're bleeding at the
tips at the close of the day. Many of
the girls suffered in this way.
"These girls are constantly battling
the curse Of extreme poverty. Their
duties at the mill are so hard that 1t
is simply impossible for them to aug
ment their incomes by working in the
evening at some other occupation
Sunday they spend In bed to recuper-
ate from the constant grind of the
previous week Recreation-they have
none. Their lives are tragic"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
sa,un,iIl Strike pradiotsd

That there will be a general strike of
men employed in the logging camps
and sawmills OF estern Washington
not later than JuI, was the statement
made in Centralia recently by ]. W.
Jennings, an ex-logging contractor. The
strike is to be called by members of the
Industrial Workers of the World
Preparations for this great strike
have been going on for many months
Quietly, but steadily, the members of
the Industrial Workers OF the World
have been lowing to this section of the
state, and now every logging camp and
every sawmill has members Of this or
ganization In their crews. The idea OF
waiting until July l before calling the
strike is that at that time harvesting
will be commenced IL eastern Wash
ington. and unskilled labor will be in
great demand"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
New York,a Full Crew Law.

In giving his approval to the full
crew law Governor Sulzer of New York
said:
Every safeguard. it seems to me,
should be employed by the railroads to
prevent wrecks, to protect the property
of shippers and to conserve human life
and limb not only of the employees,
but of the travelling public. The pro-
gressive spirit Of the time demands it.,
and the trend of present day legislation
is all that way. The Inauguration Of
these reforms, in my opinion, will ere
ate greater safety and establish more
efficiency in the operation of railway
transportation"
The bill requires that on all freight
trains of twenty-five cars or more on
roads of more than fifty miles in length
there shall be at least three brakemen
On passenger trains of hve cars or
more there must be at least two train
men, and on passenger trains having a
baggage car there must be a baggage
man. On freight trains of less than
twenty five cars the law states that
there must be two or more brakemen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
RAIL WAY BR0THERHOODS.
Maintain Great System of 5snevoIence
For Benefit of Members.

Maintain Great System of Bsnevolence
For Benefit of Members.
The four principal railroad brother
hoods are made up of the engineers,
the firemen the conductors and the
trainmen. with total membership of
100000 or % per cent of the crews Of
the nations 10000 locomotives and
100000 cars The greatest, richest,
most powerful and most respected of
these four big brothers is the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers, the
model for all brotherhoods The Broth
erhood of Railway Firemen, which has
lately been most largely in the public
eye because Of its demands for wage
increase on all the Atlantic roads,
learned much Of its methods from the
engineers order.
All four big brothers are the teach
ers of all the little brothers, including
telegraphers, clerks, carmen, trackmen,
switchmen and the organized shop
craftsmen The big and little brothers
together comprise the great majority
OF the countrys 100000 railway en-
ployees.
The millions paid into the brother
hood treasures are used to maintain
the greatest system Of beneyolence
known to the labor world. The engi
neers. who organized fifty years ago,
have insurance policies In force
amounting to S13o,O0OO00 They have
paid out S24,0O0.O0O to injured members
and heirs The firemen disbursed ST.
100000 q year in injury benefits and
have $S7,000000 in beneficiary certii-
Gates in force. The conductors union
has underwritten $10o000,000 OF In
surance and has disbursed $14000,0o0
IN benefits 1t has paid $1,50000 in
monthly payments to aged and dis
abled members and has a reserve
relief fund of nearly $2,O0O000. The
trainmen pay an average insurance of
$2,35O,000 a year and have disbursed
S23 100000 in benefits.
These organizations as whole have
underwritten half a billion dollars of
insurance They have paid out alto
gether $780, 100000 In benefits at an ad-
ministratiye cost of from IA to 11a per
cent.-World's Work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
A HISTORIC BIBLE.
It Is Bound In Red Leather and Used
In the Supreme Court.

IL is Bound In Red Leather and Used
In the Supreme Court.
II is tiny little book, only five and
half inches long and three and half
inches vide 1t is bound in bright red
morocco leather, with the word Bible
printed in diminutive gold letters on
the back. But one does not see that
req morocco cover unless he removes
the little black leather slip which pro-
tects it. Long, long ago the little red
Bible began to show wear. and then
the black leather Slip was made to
protect it-so long ago. in fact. that ff-
teen of those covers. made to protect
the venerated little volume, were worn
out in the service.
1t is without doubt one of the oldest
Bibles, if not the very oldest Bible,
connected with the government and
is certainly the most historical 1t Is
the book upon which since 1900 every
chief justice-with the single exception
of Chief Justice Chase and every
member of the supreme court has
taken the oath of allegiance when ac-
cepLng hlS appointment TO our highest
tribunal. More than that, every at
torney who has practiced before the
supreme court since that date, 1900,
has pledged his allegiance over the
little volume-all, with one exception
also, and that exception was Daniel
Webster.
1t is told even yet of the supreme
court of that day that Mr.. Webster's
fame as an orator had so preceded him
that on the occasion when he came to
argue his first case before the court
the clerk, Mr.. Caldwell in his eager
ness to hear the great speaker, forgot
to administer the OATH
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09

VOTE FOR THE LABEL.

The sovereign citizen may ex
ercise his franchise Ia regard to
local or state affairs not oftener
than once year.
But the wage Garner has an op-
portunity to vote for the union
label every time he makes a pur-
} chase of any of the necessaries
of life. which may be several
, times a week.
If the wage Garner. either
, himself or through his wife, aver
ages one urchase day 1t
> means he can vote for the right
to organize and for better wages
, and conditions over 300 times a
I year.
D A candidate for political Office
! may betray his constituents, so
that very often the voter gets
! result that he did not think he
. was voting for, but when a wage
) Garner buys goods bearing the
: union label he Is never betrayed,
D because the union label guaran-
: tees to him that the goods were
. produced under the union con-
: dltions that be Is resolved to
D vote for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
MOVING TOWARD CHINA.
America, 1t Said, Is Being Pushed
Westward by Ice Pressure.

Westward by Ice Pressure.
1t may be news to most people that
North America has travelled from Eu-
rope across the Atlantic to its present
position on the globe and that it is
still moving toward China
According to the calculations of Pro
lessor Wegener of Marburg, Germany
North America in the last twenty-six
years has moved 295 feet away from
Europe, and Greenland in eighty-four
years has travelled the appreciable dis
tance of 3,083 feet. also away from
Europe. Professor Wegener believes
that this movement westward is due
to surface pressure exerted by ice
Not only does this pressure force the
continent or island upon which 1t is
exerted to sink; but. just as a lot of
cakes of ice lying upon each other In a
pan of water move the lower strata of
the ice cakes sideways, SO does surface
pressure of ice force an island or even
u continent to move sideways. Green
land, so much smaller than the North
American continent and loaded down
/ more heavily with ice because of its
eorthern latitu1e, would move much
more rapidly than our own continent,
as it actually does. if Professor Veg
ener's computations be correct
If Professor Wegener be right, then
1t is not merely possible, but probable,
that America and Europe were at one
time either one and the same continent
or so close together that even the rude
| craft and meager seamanship of the
early Hebrews and Phoenicians could
carry men and women FROM one conti-
nent to the other.
The average breadth of the Atlantic
ocean is about 5000 miles Each mile
contains $3.50 feet A simple arith-
methical problem gives us the extraor-
dinary result that, supposing North
America to have travelled at the same
speed in the past as in the present. 1t
took our continent 100000 years to
accomplish the journey to its present
site The idea is a fantastic one. 1t
suggests that in about 100000 years,
! If the present speed be kept up, the
Pacific coast of America may bump
against Japan and China. thus obllter-
ating the Pacific ocean or leaving it
merely a chain of lakes.-New York
J World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Unmasked-

''Did you ever stop to think what lit
tie things betray ones station In life|
said a woman as she watched the
crowd come and go in a restaurant.
Two stylishly gowned young women
who had just come In had removed
their gloves. When they entered every
body took notice. When they took of
their gloves they revealed cheap rings
on their fingers. Had they worn no
jewels there would still have been a
doubt as to their position. AS 1t was
their knowledge as to the latest cut in
gowns did not make up for their de
ficiency of taste in the matter of jew.
els.-New York Sun.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Ears of Animals.

The ears Of the tigers, foxes, wolves,
cats and other beasts of prey bend for
ward, while the ears of animals OF
flight, such as hares, rabbits, deer, etc,
bend backward This is because the
ears Of beasts OF prey are designed for
the purpose of collecting sounds in the
direction taken by the animal in pur-
suit of its prey. The ears Of an ami
NAL of fight, by turning backyard, en-
able it to hear the sounds made by q
1nrSuer
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Waues OF Farm ahor

Reports received from correspondents
of the bureau of statistics of the de-
partment Of agriculture indicate that
the recent prosperity of the American
farmer has been shared with his hired
help
Wages now are per cent higher
than in 1910, "a per cent higher than
in 1902 and 85 per cent higher than IL
the low year of 1894
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Favors Increased Waqes.

1T seems to me that your depart
ment would get better results for the
general welfare and be doing simple
justice to its laborers If % cents at
hour were paid for work on the ca
nals," wrote Governor Sulzer of New
York in a letter to Duncan W. Peck
state superintendent of public works
Laborers now receive $1.76 for an eight
hour day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Brotherhoods Nav Unite,

81 predict" said W. S. Carter, prest-
dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, that we shall
soon see the day when all railroad en-
ployees shall unite in one strong organ
ization. l remember the day when g
member of one railroad mems organiZa-
ton would hardly walk in the same
street with a member of another"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
BUSY ALL fha lima

whats the old man doin' noww
"Well, when he amt votin' around
he's applyin' for office an when thar's
no chance of gittin' the office he de-
votes his time to tellin' the government
how 1t ought to run itselfw-Atlanta
Constitution,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
Particular,

"Why don't you want to go to DR..
Goodly's church, dear?" said Mr.. Hicks.
Because | don't care to associate
with that class of people," replied Mrs.
Hicks. "The last time I went he told
them they were all poor, miserable
sinners"-St Louis Post Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
French Cookery.

American (reading the menu at res
taurant in Paris)- Norwegian ancho-
vfes, York ham, Frankfurt sausa ges,
Dutch cheese. And this is what they
call French cooking- pele Mele.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
THE UNIoNlsT'S NERVE.

. The unionist who defends the
. trade union against the faddists'
: program of revolutionizing the un-
ion movement every twenty-four
: hours has nerve
The unionist who performs serv-
: ice In the interest of humanity
. ever encounters the hordes of
envy, but he has the nerve to
. stick.
. Political anatomists claim to be
: able to cure every Ill with which
. the body polite Is afflicted In the
. sweet by and by, but the unionist
has the nerve to battle with the
: bitter now and then.
The unions of our day are fight
ing for the perpetuity of ciyiliza-
. tion and its further development.
1t requires nerve and valor to
. make this fight.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
A Sad EalI.

pop, did you hurt yourself much
last night7"
Hurt myself! Wha on earth does
the child mean?"
why, Jimmy Smiths papa said he
saw you fall of the water wagon
Baltimore American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09

vestiges of this reproach from his
country, and the Roumanian gypsies
are now completely emancipated =
Harper's
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09
a Hint Taken.

"These opera glasses were given to
me year ago." she said sweetly.
Aren't they beautiful?" he replied
Yes" she answered. "but l discov.
cred this afternoon that they're be
ginning to rust from lack of use"
Whereupon he tumbled to himself
and invited her to go to the theater.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09

Prosperity is not without many fears
and distastes, and adversely is not With
out comforts and hopes.-Lord Bacon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-09

Seest thou man who Is hasty In his
words? There is more hope of fool
than of him. Proverbs
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23
Flowing With Gasoline

Are we entering an age OF power
farming? The interest shown in the
recent power blowing demonstration
held at Fremont, Nebraska. would a,
least indicate that the farmers would
like small practical engine for ordin.
ary farm work. Thirty.fve traction
engines, varying in size from ~ to 80
horse power, were used by the various
companies for plowing a large field of
tough gumbo soil.
According to Professor l.. W. Chase
of the Department of Agricultural
Engineering Of the University of Ne.
braska, the lightest engine weighed
5000 lbs. and the heaviest 24,5OO lbs
Twelve weighed less than 10000 lbs.
and the interest seemed to center
around the engines Of about thi,
type.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23

them full pay. Other Nebraska cities
who have requested their teachers to
attend the sessions are Neigh, North
Platte, West Point, Grand Island and
Benson. A record atteddance is an
ticpated for preliminary advices to
the Bureau of Publicity indicate most
schools will send their full teaching
force. The program this year Is an
especially strong one, being featured
by eleven men and women of national
reputation. In addition, program
of entertainment has been provided
which will supplement the attractions
Of the meetings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23

The pupils In the public schools Of
Lincoln are not depending wholly up.
on text books for information. With
the cooperation Of Lincoln manufac.
tprers and wholesalers the school
children are being given object lessons
in manufacturing and mercha Using.
Every day sees some department of
the schools going through some big
plant, accompanied by teachers and
plant managers. The pupils are shown
.every process Of Manufacture and
have the details explained as fully as
possible. The interest manifested by
the pupils is intense, and tie manu-.
facturers aud merchants are confident
that they will profit by the increased
interest in home Institutions. Recent.
y = delegation Of school children visit.
sed the Commercial Club building and
were shown through every department,
and the clubs activities fully explain
ed to them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23

Whatever criticism there may be
concerning Governor Morehead's pro
clama,ion Of good roads days In Ne.
braska, the state will certainly enjoy
no little amount of permanent i'm.
provement as a result Of the combined
efforts of hundreds Of energetic Ne
braskans, who laid aside other work
for two days last week, TO improve
the highways says The Nebraskan: {:
The old time idea that good roads
we're of tene6t to motorists only is
rapidly passing away. The farmer,
the man who really uses the roads
more than any other business man in
the state, reaps benefit which he en-.
joys every month and week of the
year. Along with the improvement OF
the worst stretches of roads will come
other improvements Of highways.
Long needed bridges will be built, and
more care will be given dangerous
points as the intersections of roads and
railroad tracks. The increasing inter.
est in making and maintaining good
highways will eventually result in a
vast system Of excellent roads in Ne.
braska aud when the work has been
accomplished, every loyal citizen Of
the state will point to the result with
pride. No improvement is of such
universal benefit aud can be accom-.
plished with SO little expenditure OF
cash, as good roads. Labor Is the chief
factor in making good roads, and the
man who could not afford to expend
several dollars, can, at certain seasons
Of the year, we'll afford to donate a
day or two Of his laber. The result is
gratifying not only to the man with
the automobile, but to the man will
the loaded wagon, as we'll.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23
The Devastating Onion
Nematode or Celworm

1t has recently been discovered by
Investigators in the Bureau Of Plant
Industry that the onion nematode or
eelworm, a pest long since known to
do great damage in Europe, Africa,
aud Australia to onions, hyacinths,
rye, oats, potatoes, lucerne, ETC., not
only exists In the United States but
has already begun its career OF devast-
alton, In accord with its old scientific
name, Tyleuchus devastatrix.
Onion seed is subject to attack as
soon rs it terminates. The plants be
come affected when quite young, pro.
ducing twisted and swollen leaves
Later the bulb swells considerably at
It's upper end and becomes soft and
puffy. Thereupon splitting takes
place and the whole bulb rots away.
The worms are seldom over one.twent.
ieth OF an inch long and are very
slender and transparent, SO that their
presence is not generally detected by
the naked eye and the grower there.
fore often remains in ignorance Of the
cause OF his losses. Onion plants in.
fected with the nematode have a pecu.
liar stunted and distorted appearance,
usually attributed TO drought, poor
soil, or other natural cause. Hyacinths
and other bulbs are attacked in q
somewhat similar way.
Much money and energy have been
expended in the study of this pest and
the means that may be employed 70
combat it. The simplest and most
effective remedial measures are as fol-
lows:
/. Uproot and burn plants n, fast
as they show signs of disease. This
can be done during the ordinary oper'
ations Of culture.
> Deep aud thorough plowing, aim
ing to turn the surface soil exactly
bottom side up. 80 rs to bury the
worms at least inches deep. This
eases without curing, and is not ap
plicable to all soils
B. Rotation of crops, allowing
sufficient time between two planting,
of onions to starve down the pest
Crops that may be used in rotation ar,
any but the following; Rye, oats
onions, hemp, potatoes, clover, lucerne
Any of these, being subject to the al,
case, might simply increase the pest
Corn and barley are to be recommend
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23

The annual Nebraska Apple Show
under the management and direction
of the State Horticultural Society, will
be held ut the auditorium in Lincoln
during the mid.winter agricultural
meetings next January. The 1914
apple show will be the biggest and
best ever, and for two prime reasons.
First, this years apple crop was un'
usually good, and second, the Horti.
cultural Society is protiting by the
'expereince gained In former exposi.
ton efforts. Nebraska raises the
finest apples In the world, aud the
most of them, and the proof will be
offered at the Apple Show in Lincoln
next January.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-23

Boards Of Education throughout the
state, appreciating the value of the
annual meeting Of the State Teachers
Association in Omaha, November 9th
- 7tb, are granting leaves of absence
iOn full pay 10 that the teachers may
ATTEND the sessions. Schuyler and
4 OsceOia have taken steps which will
| permit their teachers to attend the
sessions of the association at the ex
pense Of the school district. These
Aosrds have offered to pay the raj
.SiDad fare Of the teachers aud to Civ.