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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
GROOvED EYESTONEs.
Found In Tiny MolIusks of the Sovs4s
American Coasts.


South American eyestones are tiny
objects that look like fiat. round bits of
polished bone. Upon one side of each
stone there are numerous concentric
grooves.
If an eyestone is placed in vinegar or
a weak solution of imewater it be-
haves very much as If it were alive.
1t moves slowly about in various direc-
tons and altogether conducts itself in
most mysterious manner. This
strange activity has given rise among
ignorant and superstitious persons to
the notion that the eyestone has life
and loves to swim"
AS matter of fact. of course, an
eyestone has no more life than a paw
ing stone. 1t is composed of calcare
Gus material. and in limewater or GER
tain other liquids it is made TO move
about by the carbonic acid gas caused
by the contact of the stone and the
liquid.
These curious little stones were once
the front doors" so to speak, of the
shells OF a tiny mollusk that lives
Along the South American coasts. The
ralcareous formation occurs at the tip
end of the mollusk, and when it draws
itself into its shell to escape danger or
TO go to sleep that tip fits so snugly
into the mouth of the shell that it af-
lords the creature pc feet protection
against it's enemies.
ha
lusks for no other purpose than to get
the eyestones Sailors on the vessels
engaged in the fruit trade with those
regions get the stones, bring them to
the United States and sell them to
druggists.
The stones are often used for remov-
ing foreign substances from the eye
when the services Of physician or an
oculist are not to be had conveniently.
Many persons think that before using
one you must put it in vinegar to give
1t life" but the notion is absurd. You
need only insert the stone at the outer
corner of the eye with the grooyed side
next to the lid The pressure of the
eyeball moves the stone about in the
eye. The grooves collect and retain
the foreign matter, and when the stone
has accomplished it's circuit it emerges
at the end of the eye next the nose.
There are other eyestones. In the
head OF the common craw fish there are
two little bones just behind and be
meath the eyes These bones resemble
the South American eyestones, but the
fish bones are wholly smooth instead
of being grooved on one side. These
crawfsh bones have been used in the
west as eyestones, but they are not SO
efficacious as those from South Amer.
ica.-Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
FERoCI0Us DoGFISH.
These Ravenous, Snarklike Giuttons
Would Eat a Man Alive.

Would Eat a Man Alive.
IN he said, My God, Frank, shoot
me quick shoot me quick tn dogs
are eatin me aiiven
Il hauled up my shotgun, n | pulled
back th' hammers, but couldn't do 1t
though / warn't more'n ten feet trum
him n could hev blown his whole
head off don't b'rge tb LORD would
hey called thet murder either
Il gasped FOR air o dropped my guD
on tn seat n then looked at Charlie
again. n ii was all cTer-jest a dark
red in tin water n a hundred ugly
snouts n' shinin rows Of teeth jest
gleamin n suappin thar in tn gray
of that October afternoon
1t was Frank Oieson a fisherman of
Rockland. Me. who spoke He was
telling a little group of oiskin clad
fishermen about a tragedy OF 1885,
when he and Charles Freeman sailed
out of Tenants Barbor, Me, one 0c-
tober morning. Oleson brought the lit
tie sloop Alpine back the next morn
Ing alone. Freeman had fallen over
board in the midst of a school of dog
fish, which had eaten him alive before
the eyes. Of his helpless companion
They were bound for the fishing
grounds off Matinicus island Free
man had taken along a shotgun When
Eve miles from Criehayen a bunch OF
coots, dying low came skimming along.
Freeman fred into them, and three or
four dropped The Alpine was brought
up into the wind, and with her main
sail and jib tapping tue gunner jump
ed into the dory and started to pick up
his game.
There was a shout, a splash, and
Freeman was struggling in the water
In reaching over the side of the dory
he had lost his balance and fallen into
the choppy sea. La a moment the hun.
CRY, sharkish dogs were after him
The opening paragraph tells all eDere
is to tell
Many stories are related to show the
ferocity of the dogfish. 1t was not
more than half dozen years ago that
two New York yachtsmen were iolling
along in a sloop yacht in Penobscot
bay one July afternoon. One Of the
yachtsmen, a physician named Bow
ker, decided to take a plunge BE
stripped and dived off the bow Of the
sloop, intending TO pull himself intC
the tender trailing behind as it passed
him. He had scarcely hit the water
before he let out a yell He just man
aged to catch the gunwale of the row
boat when his companion reached hin
and hauled him In. Three ugly wounds
showed in his legs where the 7oraciouS
dogfish had bitten out chunks HS
was taken into RockIand. where a ply
siciaD treated him for several weeks
before he was out of danger.-Ne0
York Sun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
c.hemistrv and Truth.

DR.. Benjamin E Smith, the noted
photographer, once made an autobi-
ographical statement which may inter
est advocates Of scientific education,
says the Manchester Guardian. Some
one had asked bis opinion about the
best methods of teaching truthfulness
to children. "Frankly," he replied.
II know told the truth as child
purely from a desire to please my
mother. as | would nave carried out
any other course Of action on which
she insisted But never saw any
other reason for doing it until as lad
I worked in chemical laboratory
Then realized that nothing that was
said made the slightest difference to
the elemental fact, and | believe have
loathed exaggeration and falsehood
ever since"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Striking Freight Handlers To
Form Union

Members of the newly organized
Freight Handlers Union said Mon
day that men employed by Cincin-
natl railroads, other than the c II.
& D., and the B. & O., would
probably strike and demand higher
wager. About 300 are out. There
are 900 freight handlers in Gin
cinnati. The men demand s. %
and s. so per day. They are re-
ceiving $1.70 and Sl.80 per day.
Louis Nolte of Indianapolis, organ
lzer OF the American Federation of
Labor, organized the men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
- ANOTHER
Car Load of
Ice Boxes and RefrigeratOrS

p. M. the Princess leaves at 10 a.
m, and at 2:30 p. m., and for the
moonlight dancing cruise at 8 p.
m. All trips start from the Coney
Island wharfboat at the foot of
Broadway, and on every trip there
will be a wealth of music and re-
freshments.
On May Oath, the Saturday pre-
ceding the opening of coney island,
the Masons of Hamilton county
will be the guests of the island
management. This annual affair
is one of the glad days for the Ma
sonic calendar, and splendid ar
ranPements have been made for the
of the thousands of
guests. All Masons need but to
apply to the secretary Of their lodge
for tickets, and these will be issued
free to all Masons.
Two floods, hitting Coney Is
land in rapid succession, have Civ
en- the company vast amount of
work to do this year, but the army
of men employed to clear grounds
of every sign of food and to repaint
AID repair, has placed the new up
river resort in Just the same shape
as a new dollar. The company has
arranged numoer of gleeful and
interesting attractions for the COM
ing season, and there will be, more
than ever, happiness reigning at
cooney this sumner. Thursday
morning the Island Queen will
leave for two day trip to Louis
Vile, one of the finest cruises pro-
vided by the boat people this sea
son. The Coney Island Company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Room Doors on the STAGE.

In real life room doors always open
In toward the room itself. On the
stage, however, room doors, as rule,
open outward, or away from the room.
Exits are one of the most difficult parts
of the actors art, and If he or she bad
to tumble with the handle, pull the
door toward them, step round it and
pass through they would probably
make clumsy dodge of it. That Is
why, as q rule, doors are constructed
to open outward at a push.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Bites of Insects.

This remedy against the bites OF in
sects appeared in n recent issue of the
China Medical Journal: Take one
ounce of EPSON salts and dissolve 1t
In one pint of water Wet a bath
cloth wet enough that IT will not drip
and rub the body we'll all over and
not wipe afterward but dress am
very certain that flies. gnats, 1eas,
bedbugs, mosquitoes or the famous
African fly will never touch persons so
treated A somewhat stronger solution
applied and allowed to dry win leave
fine powder that the most blood
thirsty insects will not attack"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

smitehnen Get Inorsage.

A settlement of the wage dispute he.
tween the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen and the managers Of nine
teen Chicago railroads has been reach
ed. Seventeen OF the eighteen demands
Of the switchmen We're granted. The
principal issue time and a half pay
for overtime, Sunday. and holiday
work-was deferred.
The agreement was the result of four
months arbitration between the com
mittees. More than 5000 men We're in
yolyed, and a strike vote had been TAX
en- three months ago
A 80 per cent increase IN wages was
secured by the men engaged in switch
ing trains from the train sheds to the
coach yards. The wages are raised
from $6S.75 per month to S91 for the
switchmen and from SIC to S98.S0 for
their foremen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
River Excursion
Queen To Lawrenceburg and Aurora,
Princess To New Richmond.

Just another week to wait, for
coney island will be open Sunday,
May 25th. Next Sunday the
Queen and the Princess will run
the last of the season. S regular ex-
cursions. The Queen will paddle
down the river two times to Law
renceburg and Aurora and return,
and the Princess will steam up the
river to New Richmond, making a
pair of journeys. Then, just to
show that she is the willing little
worker, the Princess will steam up
and down stream by night, afford
ing the dancers a delightful night
on the river. The Queen will leave
down stream at $3.50 a. M, and $3.50
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
How They Cured Madness.

Murder as we'll as suicide was some
times justified In the old days. In an
Client parish registers in England there
are such entries as 'Hodgkinson Thorn
as dyed ye 14th dale of April, 1917.
N. Bile was smothered for ye mad
ness" Which means that as Hodgkin-
son had been bitten by a mad dog his
kind hearted neighbors settled his fate
for him by putting a feather bed on
top of him and sitting on it till he was
suffocated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
SHOW

In his writings and lectures, De
tective William J Burns makes a
pointed statement which is given q
vivid demonstration in the Kalem
three-part production, Detective
William j. Burns, in the Exposure
of the Land Swindlers, which will
be shown in Wittman's Star Thea
ire Friday, May 10th. 1t Is: Ev-
cry criminal leaves track by which
he may be traced. There are no
mysteries and a failure to obtain
results indicates that the matter
has not been properly or thorough
ly investigated. " With this basis,
Mr.. Burns proceeds along scientific
lines with startling results that have
terrified law breakers. III all of
my addresses, said Mr.. Burns
when he visited the Kalem Studio
last week, to view the completed
production, 81 emphasize the fact
that it is impossible for any one to
disobey the law without suffering
the penalty. The criminol of today
has no chance of escaping what
ever"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
QUEER FORM OF INSANITY.
Why Some Men Are Angels Abroad
and Demons at Home.

and Demons at Home.
There is a form of insanity, so well
recognized that wills have been broken
on the strength Of it, that takes the
form of brutality to those Of ones
own family when at the same time its
victim is kind, benevolent and charm
ing to all outside This Is known to
alienists and lawyers as "oilimanla."
Historic cases OF it are those of Dean
Swift. Mrs John Wesley and the IA
ther of Frederick the Great
In women 1t generally takes the
form of an unreasoning and baseless
jealousy, leading them to make life
burden to their husbands, to sulB per-
versely at home while shining in so
ciety or spending much time In re-
hgious devotion or in works of benevo-
lence.
In men ollimania takes the form of
active brutality to their wives and
children 1t is often accompanied by
continuous and exhausting remorse,
they are torturing those they really
love. But they are unable to shake
off the habit Sometimes, when the
object of their persecution is dead,
they themselves become actually in
sane Such was the case with Dean
Swift after the death of Stella, the
victim of his brutality, when he paid
the penalty in pathetic alterations of
delirium and melancholy.
SO well is this form of insanity recog-
nized that the courts will throw out
the will of a man who has manifested
It If this will cuts off his natural heirs
New York World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Fixes Minimum WAGE.

The leading department store In Ev-
erett, Wash, has established a mini
mum wage About fifty clerks are Civ
en- employment, and practically all win
come under the minimum wage plan.
The company has decided to place the
minimum wage at SIS a week This
scale does not include apprentices, but
has to do with employees who have
had some experience in the business.
Apprentices will not be paid less than
$6 a week during the period of their
schooling in salesmanship Hereafter
wages paid will be SO a week for ap-
prentices and from S8 to $25 a week
for experienced salespeople.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
ODDITIES IN RELICS.
A Bit of ShelIey's charred Skull Treas
ured In a Locket.


1t Is not every man. not every hero
worshiper. who would esteem the tooth
of his hero OF more value than dia-
monds. There is ring belonging to
an English uobeman ia which the
place of honor formerly occupied by
diamond, is given to a tooth that once
did duty in a human jaw.
This tooth cost no less than S3,650,
but it was the tooth OF Sir Isaac New
ton. A relic collector sold II at auc-
ton in 1916 and the nobleman who
bought it gave it the place OF dia
mond in his faror'ite ring.
Another tooth which so far eXcites
the veneration OF hero worshipers as to
be able to hold court OF its own and
to draw from long distances a small
host of followers is one that was orig
inaEy hidden behind the lips OF Victor
Hugo Ii is Kept ut his former resi-
dence in a glass case bearing the in
scription Tooth lrawn from the jaw
of Victor Hugo by the dentist on
Wednesday. Ang list II, 1871 in the
gardens attached TO the house Of Ma
dame Koch at O'Clock in the after
noon.
The wig of u literary man appears to
have been even more sought after than
his teeth That which Sterne Wore
while writing "Tristram Shandy' was
sold soon after the writer's death for
$4,000, and the favorite chair Of Alex
ander Pope brought $1,000
The most eXtravaeant instance Of lit
erary hero worship is that Of well
known Enelishman who constantly
wears in a small oeket attached to
chain round his neck a part of the
charred skull OF Shelley st Louis Re
nuhic
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
MOIderS Will Dance

Iron Molders Union No. 283,
will give their annual dance Tues
day night, May 20,h, in Goetker 5
hall. All tickets purchased for the
dance that was to be held March
18th, are good for this date. Ev-
erybody is welcome and a good
time is assured to all.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Cost of a Boat Race.

A writer in Bailey's Magazine OF
England has been figuring on the cost
of the annual boat race between OK
ford and Cambridge and says the ex-
pense to each crew may be approx
mately estimated at $1,000 for each.
He then says that as the contest rare
s~ takap more than twenty minutes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Clear Case of overwork.

Polite Doctor Your husband, mad
am. Is suffering either from overwork
or excessive indulgence in alcoholic
stimulants. 1t is difficult to say
which Anxious Wife-Oh, I'm sure
it's overwork! Why, he can't even go
to the theater without hurrying out
half a dozen times to see one OF his
partners!-London Tatler.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

the cost works OUT &c auVur povU pes
minute. or about So every time the
oars dip into the water. The cost OF
the boats is placed at $3.50 and the
oars at $40. the rest of the money
going for preparation from October
until the day of the race.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

Tommy-Pop. what is flatteryf Tom
my's Pop Flattery. my son. is having
some one else tell us the nice things
we have always thought about our
es.--Philadelphia Record.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
NaoIecfed Eis Dutv

Mr.. Poster What made you get off
that car backward? Any fool could
have told you not to Mrs. Pestes--
r'ho- whv didn't your Kansas CITY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Did Him.

Brown-I got mixed up in a real es-
tate deal last week. Browne-Did you7
Brown Yes; they did, Sidney Bui-
a0aixa
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

She was hurriedly adjusting her veil
and had but a few moments in which
to catch her car "Oh, dear" she muir
INJURED, 81 can't Gnd pin anywherel
wonder where all the pins go to, any.
way?"
That's a difficult question to an
swer." replied her practical husband,
who was standing by. because they
are always pointed in one direction
nc headed IN another .'-Argonaut.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
3. !. J. J. J. J. J. J. !
ASK FOR The LABEL.

As long as workingmen con
. tinue 10 buy nonunion goods,
Just SO long viii respect for
. them be less and merchants CON
tinue to handle that class Of
. goods whose existence proclaims
servility. 1t signifies that hu-
. man life Is becoming more high
ly priced In the production Of
! human commodities than mere
profit It warns Won that by
patronizing n firm that does not
uphold 1t you assist In building
up the business Of q tvrant who
extracts a fortune from the
drudgery ami degradation of his
fellow men. Therefore create
the demand ASK for a union
label wherever you 20. whatever
YOU purchase Even though YOU
I. are aware that a label Is not on
the market. nerer. kelosS dcmand
. It, Demand governs supply
Railway Clerk
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
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TRADE UNION NOTES.
= ; ! -

The average wage of all workers IN
California is $1810 a week.
The wages of sheet metal workers
in Brooklyn are S. per day
The Prussian income tax figures show
that SO % per cent Of all the inhabit-
ants earn less than $3.50 yearly
The South Wales Miners federation
has voted against proposal to en-
deavor to obtain a five days working
week
The Eve st. Louis local unions Of
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America have been ad
mitted to membership in the Building
Trades council, from which they haG
been estranged three years on account
of jurisdictional questions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

Always take the short cut, and that
Is the rational one. Therefore say and
do everything according to the sound
est reason Marcus Aurelius
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

"His popularity is spelling him"
"What's the matter now?"
Hes got 50 that he can't enjoy
banquet unless he's at the speakers
Tn "-Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Making Il Riaht.

Mother-I gave each of you boys an
orange Charles, you said you wouldn't
eat yours till after dinner And you,
Jack. said the same Have you de
-A-Sed me7 Charlie No. mother; we
sSdn't eat our oranges ate Jacks
sn' he ate nlina-Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-07
COLLEGE EXTENDS WORK,
Ames Extension Department Offers
Twelve Distinct Courses.

special 10 Times Repu olican.
Ames, April Iowa State College
plans 10 go into more than 200 different
communities OF the state next season
with the short courses Of its extension
department, nearly q hundred more
than in the season just closing II will
offer the people Of the state choice Of
twelve different kinds Of courses as
against only FIVE in the past, including
four new lines of instruction.
The four new courses planned by Di-
rector ". J. Kennedy will deal with four
very important lines of agricultural
study. dairying, fruit growing, poultry,
truck gardening and potato growing. In
each Of these lines there will be courses
OF different length. one Of six days, the
other of three days. The dairy short
courses Will give instruction in the
judging, selection. feeding, care and
management of dairy cattle. milk test
ing, farm ice cream making. care and
management Of milk and cream, butter
and cheese making and other questions
The fruit growers short courses will
deal with Iowas orchard and berry
patch problems. The poultry short
courses will De for both country and
town poultry growers and promises TO
be in great demand The truck garden
and potato growing courses will be for
the benefit Of large and small gardeners
alike
1t is the purpose Of the extension de-
partment to hold a short course within
six or seven miles Of every farm in the
state at least once in every three years
and it expects to make great progress
to that end this coming season.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-07
BATTLE FOR IOWA FRUIT.
War Declared Against Fruit Growing
Troubles BY Ames Experts.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, April War has been de-
clared against the fruit growing
troubles of southwestern iowa. Thru
out the coming season the Iowa asri-
cultural experiment station will keep
horticultural expert in that field to con-
duct as many experienments as pos
sible with view to finding and demon
strating the best orchard methods.
T. j. Haney has been assigned to this
work by Director c. F. Curttss and
Prof S A. Beach. chief of the horti-
cultural section. He will take up his
residence at Council Bluffs for the
season. that city being most favorabiy
located to reach the different expert
ments Eleven different kinds of tests
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-07
DEATH OF D. F. sPRAiN.
Long Time Resident Of Hardin Coun.
~ Passes Away.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora. April 7.-Dietrich F. Sprain
died here today after an extended H.
ness. He had been resident OF this
county since 1865. Death was due to
senile dementia and other causes due
to the infirmities of age. Mr.. Spraln
was born in Hanover, Germany. in
1SaS. and came 10 this country when
a mere lad. For time he lived In
Milwaukee and later moved to st.
Louis. In 1857 he was married to Miss
Doris Stark, to which union was born
three children. now men and women
grown. These are: Miss Emily NJ.
Sprain and Fred f. Sprain. OF Eidora.
and Mrs. F. A. Buse, Of Poison, Mont.
Mrs. Sprain died last January. In 1866
Mr. and Mrs. Sprain came to Iowa ana
Hardin county, settling OF! farm west
of Eldora. Twenty-seven years ago
they moved to this city and have since