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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
TRIALS OF AN EXPLORER.
Sickness and Agony That Livingstone
Endured In Africa.


Writing on David Livingstone. mis-
sionary and African explorer. Sir Har-
ry III. Johnston says in the British
Geographical Iournal; During the
tngstone was very i'll He had been
wet times without number and suf-
fered from terrible pains in the chest
and pneumonia He was often semi
delirious and subject to delusions such
as that the bYrk of the trees was COW
cred with figures and faces of men.
He thought often of his children and
friends. and his thoughts seemed al.
most to coniure them up before him.
For the first time In his life he was
being carried and could not raise him
self TO sitting position The BIS
were very kind to him in his extreme
weakness. but the vertical sun, blis-
iering any part OF the skin exposed to
!. tried him sorely in the day marches
"In July. 1870. his feet were almost
consumed with irritable. eating ulcers.
pulSating with pain. These sores
were obviously communicated by mos
quitoes from the blood of the wretch
ed slaves who were tortured with
them Livingstone could fall asleep
when he wished at the shortest notice
A mat and a shady tree under which
to spread It would at any time afford
him refreshing sleep But in his
last years Of travel sleep was often
made sad by the realistic dreams of
happy English life from which he wax
ened to find himself Ill and consumed
with anxiety that he might not live
to complete bis mission
after 1869 he suffered much from
the results of the decay and loss of
his molar teeth. so that imperfect mas
ticadon of rough African food induced
severe dyspepsia. and his bodily
strength weakened under condition
of permanent malnutrition Stanley.
by relieving him when he did gave
him ut least two more years of life.
a certain measure Of happiness and the
sweet consolation that he was not for
gotten and that the magnitude of his
discoveries was appreciated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
SENT HIMSELF BY MAIL.
One Use 60 Which the Parcel Post In
England May Be Put.

England May Be Put.
An Englishman wished to reach a
customer living In a remote part of
BALKAN, one of the suburbs OF Lon
don, and 1t was very urgent that he
find him quickly.
Knowing nothing of the locality. he
called at st. Martin lie Grand to con-
suit directory. Stating his case to
a clerk, he was amazed to learn that
he could be sent to the address by
parcel post by paying a fee of three
pence mile The gentleman had
never heard of such a thing. and 1t Is
said that very few In England know
that 1t can be done
Accepting the offer. the gentleman
was placed in charge of a messenger
familiar with all parts of the city and
was soon on his way. The boy carried
a printed slip on which was written a
description of the parcel" in charge
nnder the heading, Article required
to be delivered" and before leaving
the customers house both the Gus
toner and the gentleman were re-
quired to place their signatures on the
paper.
The limit in weight for anything de-
livered by parcel post in England is
generally understood to be eleven
pounds, but there is one clause which
reads. "A person may be conducted
by express messenger to any address
on payment of mileage fee" "-Argonaut.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
DamaraIand.

Mistakes such as that which makes
Uganda Of Buganda are frequent when
the white man bases his geographical
nomenclature on his understanding of
the native. Sometimes they are anus
ing when one gets the explanation
For instance. Damaraland should real.
Iy be Damaqualand just as Namaqua-
land and Griqualand. for qua is the
masculine plural, meaning men p"
"Ra' is the feminine dual The ex-
plorer, with sweep of his hand. ques-
toned his native guides as TO the name
of the country. But they thought be
was pointing to two Dana women in
the distance and answered, "Damara I"
So this portion of German Africa bears
name which signifies LAND Of two
Dana women. London Chronicle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
No Landlubber.

Young Jack Tabbs has only been In
the navy for few months. but there
is not a more enthusiastic sea dog in
the whole of his majesty's service He
recently made application for and re-
ceived the usual leave and proceeded
to London and his mothers house.
Mrs. Tabbs lives on the third floor of
d house in Camberwell, and when he
arrived at her address he stood in the
doorway and bawled up the stairs:
Mother, aloft there! Jacks come
home, Open the window
why, Jacky. my dear" cried the
old lady from the landing, "whatever's
wrong with the stairsf"
Stairs" cried the weather worn tar.
with ineffabe contempt. What do |
know about stairs? Just you open
the window and lower a rope to the
main deck, and be quick about itp'-
London Express
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Eacina a Watersnout.

What it means to encounter water
spout in the south seas j, described
by writer: First Of all. a black
trunk like an elephants, began 10 feel
blindly about in midair. hanging from
cloud. 1t came nearer and nearer
with uncanny speed, drawing tip to
itself as it came a colossal cone of
turbulent sea until the two joined to-
gether In an enormous black pillar
some quarter of a mile broad al the
base and probably a good thousand
feet high. uniting as il did the clouds
and the sea telow Across the darken-
ing sea- against the threatening cop
per crimson sunset came this gigantic
horror. walt2ing over troughs OF torn
up water in o veritable dance OF death,
like something blind. but mud and
cruel. trying TO find and shatter our
fragile little ship
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
The SAUSAGE.

The sausage dates back to the year
897. 1t has been asserted that the
Greeks In the days Of Homer manufac-
tured sausages. but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product The ancient so
called sausage was composed OF the
same materials which enter into the
makeup of the boudin of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French Canadian. The ancient sausage
was enveloped in the stomachs of
goats. 1t was not until the tenth cen
tury that sausage made of hashed pork
became known. 1t was in or near the
year 1900 that. thanks to the introduc-
ton into Germany of cinnamon and
saffron, the sausages Of Frankfort and
Strassburg acquired a universal repu
tatton-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

issued by the commission, means
that all the far reaching reforms
in the express business determined
by the commission to be necessary
will be instituted throughout the
country. 1t is the belief of the
commission that this inaugurates a
new era in this branch of transport
tation which will be of inestimable
benefit to shippers and carriers
alike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Express Companies Agree.

Washington, Nov. While
predicting disaster as to the out
come the five principal express
companies of the United States in
formed the Interstate Commerce
Commission that they would place
in effect the rev block system of
rates and reasonab rules and prac-
tees outlined by the commission.
This decision of the express com
panies. according to a statement
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Told of a Tailor

A Viennese tailor was so fascinated
by his own figure in a suit ordered by
a court functionary that be could not
make up his mind to part with the
garment. He passed hours daily be-
fore the mirror admiring the elegant
f1t until his mind gave way to lunacy.
He finally had to be consigned to an
asylum. whittier he was enticed, says
a correspondent, on pretext Of his be-
Ing invited to attend a levee in his
court dress.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
ThA Onion In cookinn.

The greatest of French cooks, being
asked to give the secret of his success,
good cooking is butter and onion
use them in all my sauces and grayies.
They have the effect of making Gus
toner come back for more. Butter
without onion will drive the customer
away after a few days Boil the onion
till 1t melts or entirely disappears;
then add the butter and call the mix
ture stock. = Exchange.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Near Fame.

young man, constant in his at
tendance In cafe where the art stu
dents congregate in Paris, sat in bis
usual corner and surveyed the scene.
who is that chap" asked visitor.
rs he a painter or sculptor or
what?"
"Oh. no; none Of those" said habi-
tue. He has most engaging and
Important calling-he is the brother of
poet Saturday Evening Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Wise Insects.

In his experiments to determine
whether 1t is the color or the odor OF
flowers that attracts bees and other In
sects Nj. Plateau. the Belgian zoolo-
gist. bethought him of trying mirror
He selected flower Of striking color
and strong odor and placed it before an
excellent glass in which the reflection
was perfect. All the insects went
straight to the real flower, and not a
single one approached the reflection in
the mirror
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
ttoInne and PHILADELPHIA.

The gridiron pattern upon which
Philadelphia was laid out was the
work Of Thomas Holme, the surveyor
general of Pennsylvania The design.
however. was Penn's own. Little
seems TO be popularity known of
Thomas Holme, although some of his
descendants still live in the city and
bear his name, but 1t is said that all Of
his vast tract of land and his city lots
have long since passed cut of the pos
session Of his family.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Good Securitu-

Milligan-If be afther LAYING secur-
ity equil ter what | take away will yez
thrust me till mkt wakei Sands (the
grocer Certainly. Milligan Well,
thin. sell me two ay thin hams an
kape wan av thin till | come agin.-
Puck.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

The bakers are placing the union
label on their bread aud the union
bread is getting large run
throughout the city If you pur-
chase your bread from the grocery
or from the wagon see that the la
bel is on the loaf.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
ia t#nd Slow.

Redd-Did you have a nice auto
mobile trip! Greet,e Part Of thu way.
The chauffeur went too fast going out
II suppose be reduced speed canning
back: 2"
''Oh yes; we were towed backr'-
Yonkers Statesman
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Nerve of Her.

How is your new maid?"
Il guess she is all right; she has the
baby out at present But she has a
nerve"
How was that?"
''She wanted to take Fido along. and
she is almost wholly unknown TO US"
Houston Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
HappY Relief.

'You seem happier"
"Yes." responded the clerk in the
department store I've been trans
ferred from the silk counter to the
grindstone department And very few
women out shopping insist on paving
over that stock. Washington Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
DISEASED THOUGHT.
When You Realize That Is What Worry
Is You Have 1t Mastered.

Is You Have 1t Mastered.
Concentrated thought Is virtually ir
resistible All the vast edifice of mod
ern science and industry is obviously
the product Of thought. much of 1t of
our own time and observation. The
birth of an idea In the human mind is
clearly the one and only dawn of en-
pires and revolutions. of engines. phi
losophies. trade routes, civilization.
To class worry under the head of
thinking, therefore. seems glaring
sacrilege. Yet worry is thought, for
all that-diseased. impure, adulterated
thought. 1t means an admixture Of
emotion. of the worst of all emotions
fear-into ones thinking. Instead of
concentrated. clear serene thinking
on the problem in hand. worry is
thinking muddled black with fear 1t
is about as helpful as clapping the
brakes upon wheels toiling uphill
Yet all the world is aboring under
that Egyptian heaviness of the wheels,
and almost every spirit Is a spirit in
the dark prison of fear But once we
grasp this truth clearly. once we con
vince ourselves that we can rid our
thought OF emotionalism, of fear, the
day of our deliverance is at hand. And
the substitution Of encouraging. healthy
thought. of new channels among the
worn ruts, is q powerful aid
There may be failures and back.
slidlngs, as is customary in all mortal
effort and human endeavor But fear
is weakened like choking thing, and
more and more clear and unimpeded
becomes our thinking, for we realize
at last. once for ALL that where think
ing cannot help us fear certainly will
not And then we have worry by the
throat - Golfers Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Angry Adiectives.

1t was not a young woman novelist,
but Charles Sumner, of whom the late
e. L. Godkin. the New York editor,
said:
He works his adjectives so hard that
If they ever catch him alone they will
murder him"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
3 Sc Hit.

You talk about men" exclaimed the
suffragette. What has man ever done
for woman|'
He invented the ballot box" came
timidly from the rear of the hail.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Call Moneu-

Il wish | had lot of that call
money"
"What for?"
ITO pay my telephone bills with,
stupid. "-Baltimore American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
ThE NONP ARIEL PRINTING co,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRiEToRS.
Sa5scrtcfaos Price one Dollar pc, Yea,
Parable rn 44dvanee.

Whatever is intended for insertion must be
authenticated by the name ana address oi the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as
guarantee of good faith.
Subscribers changing their address will please
notify this Office, giving old and new address to
insure regular delivery of paper.
We do not hold ourselves responsible tor any
views or opinions expressed IN the articles or
communications of correspondents.
Communications solicited from secretaries OF
all societies and organizations, and should be
addressed to The BUTLER COUNTY PRESS, 80
Market Street, Hamilton, Ohio.
The publishers reserve the right to reject any
Advertisements at any time.
Advertising rates made known on application
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
WORLD OF LABOR
organization

Five hundred coremakers en-
ployed at the foundry of the Con-
monwealth Steel Company at Gran
ite City, ILL.,, are on strike. Men
from a colony of foreigners rushed
to take their places, and trouble re-
suited in which several were hurt
The strike was the culumination of
long series of grievances on the
part of the employees of the mills.
The len complained that they had
been uni lstly treated by watchmen.
Monday a committee of the Core
makers called on the management
and asked recognition No demand
for a wage increase had been made.
A tense situation exists between
the locomotive hremen employed
by the Canadian Pacific Rail' DAD
the company. The employees have
been seeking an increase in the
scale of wages and better working
conditions for considerable period.
When last appealed to, the compa-
ny asked that the matter be held
in allegiance pending the action OF
the Eastern Railway Board That
board made its award grant
ing concessions to the hremen OF
the ifty-two "a lroads affected some
time ago The employees are con-
sidering ii high time that their de
mands are granted.
Provision for increased pay for
government clerks and for their re-
tiremeut on a pension of from 40
to 80 per cent of their salari S is
contained in bill introduced in
the House bv Representative
Austin IF Tennessee. The age
fixed for retirement is seventy
years. 1t IS provided, however,
that government employe OF
thirty years may retire at the age
Of sixty two OIL Que half the average
salary of he last hve years of ser
vice. The salaries fixed by this
bill rarge from $40 for a caar
woman to 81 200 for the higher
grade chief clerks Other clerk
ships range from 5000 to 81 500.
Representative Lafferty of Ore
gon has introduced bill providing
pensions in the United States who
have reached the age of sixty years
and who have been citizens for at
least sixteen years, am ounting 10
| So week The measure asks that
an appropriation of 81 900 600 he
provided for its first year Of opera.
ton, and places he task of putting
the new law into effect upon the
Secretary of the Interior. The aw
is Sd framed that it would enable
all persons to have income Of less
than So a week would recei t
an amount sufficient to bring the
amount up to that figure.
Special hearings in textile cen
ters of Massachusetts,, be eginning at
New Bedford, will be held to hear
opinions on the new child labor law
by the special committee of the
House of Representatives, appoint
ed to investigate conditions sur
rounding the employment of women
and children in MASSACHUSETTS,.
Stree the law went into effect,
September |, hundreds of minors
are said to have been discharged in
Lawrence and Lowell, Representa-
tives Sanborn of Lawrence, Achi1
of Lowell SAID in view of the fact
many employers have absolutely
refused to continue the employment
of minors under the restrictions
imposed, they felt that it would be
better to repeal the statute than
work women and children eight
hours day.
Express Companies Agree.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
How 1t Happened,

The Chronic MeddIer- You are ex-
tremely bald for one of your age. The
Bare Pated Party Yes; got this way
by buttire into other peoples affairs.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
From Her Standnaint.

Elsie-l didn't know he could afford
TO give you such an expensive engage
ment ring. Egeria-He couldn't-but
wasn't 1t dear Of him Life
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

Where man can live be can also
hve well. but he may not have to live
In palace. Marcus Aurelius.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
An unrsasonahla Man

II should think you would like him. y
"WhyY
He has done so much for you"
81 know be has, but be wants me to
acknowledge it. "-Chicago Record er.
aid.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Sleep and LONGEVITY.

Sleep is as necessary as air or food
Those who shirk the sleep OF life are
only Fastening Hnconsciously to the
sleep of death Brussels Independence
Beige
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

Contcntment gives a crown where
fortune has denied it. Ford.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

All through the recent 20 ltlcal
contest this paper stood nutral and
did not raise it s voice for or against
any party OF any candidate Un-
ion men were on each ticket, p!tted
against each other for political
supremacy and while conditions
were such, we thought best to keep
our nose out of the fracus and let
them fight it out They fought.
After one of the fercest battles
ever fought by the citizens of
Hamilton the Socialists party won
out ii nearly all the Offices The
election has come and gone and
the wise ones are wondering how
it all came abo It. Well there is
more than a dozen reasons why the
Socialist gained in the last two
years and like always some Of the
politicians are laying the blame at
the doors of others, while others
are placing the blame elsewhe re.
With the Republican party all shot
to pieces and the Democratic party
half shot and all divided and the
Citizens ticket being unpopular
with the laboring class the social
lists had a good chance to slip in
the city building There are other
reasons why the socialists were
successful, one of these reasons,
the neglect of the relief committee
making report to the people of
Hamilton, another the combining
of our city papers for tn citizens
ticket and still another the clean
fight made by the socialist paper.
Many of the old time politicians
were OF the opinion that the So
ciaIist party was not as strong as
they were two years ago, but the
vote of Tuesday has proven that
they have gained wonderfully.
The socialists in this city are en-
trenched as never before and it will
take some tall scheming by the
politicians to drive them from their
positions. The socialists in our
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07

city are no more joke, they must
be considered one of our political
organizations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-09
MAY DAY PROPERTY
IS LOOKING GOOD
Supt. Griggs Gives Dimen-
sions of Silver-Lead Ore
on Eleventh Level.

C.. c. Grtggs, superintendent OF the
May Day and Uncle Sam Consolidated
Mining companies. came in from Eureka
Thursday morning for the purpose OF at
tending the meetings OF directors Of these
organizations. Nothing but routine mat
ters incident TO these monthly directors
sessions was transacted ut these ycster-
day. but Mr., Gr!ggs was able to submit
a report of conditions at each mine that
was favorable ana encouraging.
Az the May Day property the manage
ment Is making liberal shipment Of the
lead-sllver ore had on the 1l00- foot level.
and this body has been opened along its
trend for something less than 800 feet.
Tho width of the orc is from forty 10
sixty feet and the height Is eighteen
TO twenty feet. This ore is OF a shipping
grade and II Is this splendid showing that
makes the management feel that better
depth Will be productive OF still more
generous tonnages.
The May Day continues It's zinc ore
shipments, although only about one half
the tonnage is being produced that the
company shipped when spetcr was at the
top OF It's recent upward movement.
per cent zinc ore waiting TO be mined
but better speltcr prices are necessary
to its production and the management
IS confinng its development activities to
the sections of the zinc deposits that
hold higher averages.
Leascrs at the Uncle Sam arc meeting
with some rerv good ore results and this
property. said Mr. Griggs, looks bet
ter today than II has for many months.