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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
BUSHY TAILED RATS.
They Will Steal Anything Bright That
They Can Carry Away.

They Will Steal Anything Bright That
They Can Carry Away.
In the west and north as far as Rud-
son bay a species Of rat Is found that
has tail like the squirrel and is
known as the bushy tailed rat, al
though more familiarly as the pack
rat because Of the curious trait 1t has
of packing off with everything 1t can
get hold Of and carry. One reads q
great many things regarding the intel
ligence of rats. but from all accounts
these pack rats seem to be the clever
est of the race.
Trappers and campers out tell In
Vulnerable stories about them. They
will steal knives, forks, spoons, any
thing in fact, that is bright and porta-
Bile, and will carry the stolen articles
to their nests to play with or take
them somewhere and leave them in
place of other articles they steal. Dr..
Merriam, the naturalist, was told q
story by a hunter which illustrated
this odd fancy OF the pack rat.
The hunter had gone TO sleep, leav-
ing a knife sticking in a log. He was
awakened in the night by a noise
which he discovered by the light of
the campfire was made by couple Of
pack rats sitting on the log in which
the hunter had left the knife. The
knife was gone and the rats were try
ing to put stick about a foot long In
its place. They were making an eff
fort to get the stick to stand up in the
crack, but not having the skill to In
sert 1t properly 1t fell repeatedly, max
ing the odd sound which had disturbed
and awakened the owner of the knife.
New York Sun.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Labor Not involved,

Labor has nothing to fear from the
lobby investigation now going on at
Washington. That labor has been q
petitioner for legislation in favor Of
men has been well known, and the
representatives of organized labor at
Washington, who are there TO ask sup
port for labor measures, were known
to every public man. There was no
secrecy about 1t. 1t was also known
that the labor representatives had NO
money with which to bribe or debauch.
but We're there solely in the right OF
citizenship to make an appeal. There
is quite a difference between the ap-
peal of a citizen and the bribe Of a
lobbyist
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Want Banks To Pay.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 10
Writes of scire facias were served
by United States marsbals on eight
banks, demanding payment from
garnished funds of the S275, 900
treble judgment given year ago
to D. E. Loewe & Sons, the scab
hatters of Danbury, when they won
their twelve-year struggle against
the United Hatters OF North Amer
iss Federation OF Labor, whioh en-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
SCHMIDT.
VIII Attempt To Organize
The Bakers.

Mr.. Joseph Schmidt. general or
ganizer for the Bakery and Con-
fectionety Workers Union was in
this city Tuesday and in the even
ing attended the meeting of Trades
Council. Organizer Schmidt ia
very lengthy talk stated to the
delegates that he would use every
effort to again organize the bakers
In this city. For the past year the
International Bakers Union have
expended large sums of money or
ganizing bakers In the trust ridden
territorities where the products of
the National Biscuit Company,
Muths, Krugs, Baumanns and
many other non-union makes of
bread are being sold. In the past
month Bakers union has been or
ganized in Middletown by Organ
izer Schmidt. At the meeting of
the central body he asked that
committee te appointed to assist
him in organizing the local bakers.
His request was Immediately grant
ed and FIVE good members were ap-
pointed to give him whatever as
sistance he may need. 1t is said
that the committee will call upon
the baker bosses and put the pro-
position squarely to them. They
will probably be asked, do you
want to assist the committee and
the International Bakers Union in
their efforts to drive the non-union
outside bread from Hamilton? To
do this they must unioaize their
plants and employ nothing but
members of the Bakery Workers
Union, agree to it's agreements of
wages and hours. If the commit
tee with the assistance of Mr..
Schmidt fail in this, an agency of
the Domestic Science Baking Co.,
of Cincinnati will result in this city.
Since the disbanding of the Bak-
ers Union in this city several years
ago, two more firms of outside non
union bread have established agen-
cies here. One is the Baumann
Baking Company and the other the
Krug Baking Company, both of
Dayton, Ohio. Both are non-union
| firms and thousands of loaves of
bread are shipped and sold here
daily. The time has come when
the baker bosses of Hamilton must
decide whether they want to assist
Mr.. Schmidt to drive these non-un-
ion concerns from Hamilton or
whether they want the Domestic
Science Baking Company, of Gin
cinnati, to also look for trade here.
If this company Is brought here
by the Cooperative Trades and
Labor Council and it's affiliated
unions, it will come to stay and
what will be the result. The Ham
ilton Bakers will of course find
their business going to pieces
Whether the baker bosses make
up their minds or not there is GO
ing to be union bread in Hamilton
and that very soon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Advice to a Husband.

Don't kick because you have to but.
ton your wifes waist Be glad your
wife has waist and doubly glad you
have a wife to button waist for
Some mems wives have no waists to
button Some mems wives waists
have no buttons on to button. Some
mems wives waists which have but
tons on to button don't care a button
whether they are buttoned or not.
Some men don't have any wives with
buttons on to button. n.--Ladies' Home
Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Reading His Fortune.

a negro, having won dollar at o
crap game, decided to spend 1t on hav-
ing his fortune told. The fortune
teller led him into gloomy room With
dirty hangings and misty red lights,
She took his palm, traced it with q
dollar, spread out her cards and then
said:
"You are very fond OF muse; you
like chicken; you have won money at
craps, and you have been In JAIL"
The negro looked at her with bulging
eyes and finally calculated:
"Mah goodness, lady-why, yo' Jest
read nah inmost thoughtsr'-Ex.
change.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19


Umbrellas sometimes speak louder
than words The travelling English
man had become so cosmopolitan that
the umbrella mender could not tell his
customer was English until he opened
the umbrella. Then he said
English, | suppose? Anyhow, your
umbrella is Umbrellas have a dis
tinct nationality, especially American
and English umbrellas. By their ribs
you may know them. American UNI
brellas are best provided with those
supports. II intended for q LAZY an
American umbrella has nine ribs, II
for a gentleman ten or even twelve, an
against eight ribs in English umbrel-
las for either sex. Even this number
represents big cut in the anatomy Of
an American umbrella, which former
~ contained twelve or fifteen ribs for
a woman and as high as twenty for q
gentleman."-New York San.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
FOLDING q Coat,

Here is the way to fold mans coat
when you want to pack 1t in a box
or trunk Lay the coat out perfectly
tiat. right side up. Spread the sleeves
out smoothly, then fold them back to
the elbow until the bottoms Of the
cuffs are even with the collar. Fold
the revers back and double the coat
over. folding It on the center seam
Smooth out all wrinkles aud lay II on
q level surface In the trunk
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
A Philosonher,s Purpose.

81 am looking for an honest man."
said Diogenes
What do you want with one?'
"Oh, nothing in particular My real
philanthropic purpose is to show the
world how to conduct a long and re-
yultess investigation with as little ex-
bense as possible" w Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Snnnestiue.

PERCY wish to buy some paper
am bashful and am going to propose
to a young lady by letter Clerk-This
is stationery store l guess you're
looking ftr Il hardware store. Percy
A hardware store? Clerk Yes; you
need sandpaper.- Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Plain Talk From Home

81 ought to be supremely happy" the
youth wrote to the home people. Il
don't see much business ahead, but |
have my diploma and my books"
Whereupon the "old man" wrote
him
Put the diplomy in frame, make a
pillow of the books, then rise up early
and hit some good hard licks for three
square meals a day."-Atlanta Consti-
tuition
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19

the Amalgamated ASSOCIATION OF Iron.
Steel and Tin Workers are merged into
one organization. Final negotiations
were carried out recently at ahalga-
mated headquarters in Pittsburgh. BY
the terms Of the agreement the tin
plate workers are issued charters by
the Amalgamated association with no
extra cost to the individuals except
for the insurance Former President
w. S. Hunt will act as organizer fos
that branch Of the industry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
The Limit.

1t was an English ship with an
English crew and an American passen-
ger list Two stewards were having
a heated alteration and pouring forth
anathemas upon each others heads.
when as a crownins Insult once said to
the other. law. ron eats 1ust IKE q
oasssnsss. s."--ArDensE4
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Cause and Effect.

waiter, this coffee is nothing but
thick liquid mud
Eyes. sir: certainly, sir! 1t was
ground this morningl" = London An
sweIs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Ordered II.

She lin restaurant)-Pm SO hungry
could eat a house, He-Then that's
what we'lI have Waiter, a porter
house. large, for o!-London Tele-
graph
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19
Special Train Service to EATON.

Sept. 25 and 26, via Pennsylva.
MIA Lines account Eaton Fair,
Leaves Hamilton 500 =. m.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19

What is Just and right is the law OF
laws Latin proverh
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19

Great minds are Wills, others only
wishes.-German Proverb.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19

Half the Joy Of life is In little thiASs
taken on the un.-David Starr Jordan
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-19

Metal Workers Amalgamste.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Tin Plate Workers In
ternRSioaal psc%a0k~s enaoeaekiop and
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

used succe ssfully for tw,nty-seven years
and have been told many times that it is
very good bread.
"One cent cut yeast. one and one-halt
quarts lukewarm water. two table spoonfuIs
lard or butter, one table spoon salt, two
tahlespoonfuls sugar. one large freshly
cooked potato. Dissolve the yeast and
sugar in one quart lukewarm water. add to
it enough flour TO make a soft sponge. beat
well, cover and set aside for one and one
half hours in a warm place to rise. When
we'll risen add lard or butter (melted). salt.
potato. and about a pint OF the water the
potato was boiled in (st-ain potato and
water through a fine sievs). Add remain
der OF -four slowly while kneading. make a
moderately firm dough, knead until hands
become dry, place in creased bowl, cover.
and let rise about two hours. When light
mold into loaves and place in well creased
baking pans. cover. and let rise again for
about one hour: when light bake in quick
oven. where It should brown in from fifteen
to twenty minutes. then reduce heat until
baked. An ordinary loaf requires about
fifty minutes.
The beating OF batter and kneading OF
the dough is of as much importance a the
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

ingredients you put in TO make good bread.
Beating and kneading add the air which
is necessary for the development OF yeast.
Greasing the bowl and keeping bread we'll
covered while rising prevents a crust from
forming on the top. which II allowed to form
and llneaded into the dough causes streaks
through tho bread. Potatoes keep the br cad
moist and give it a nice favor. Use no
-four when molding into loaves and handle
as little as possible. To be sure bread is
ready for oven, put -four on the finger and
make an impression in one Of the loaves. II
the impression remains the bread will rise
no more. ihit disappears give Il little more
time When baked remove from pans and
do not cover with cloth until cold.
- trust this recipe is not too long, but
I could not condense It, as this is just the
way have always made it. / am also in
closing a good cookie recipe. which con-
tains no shortening or milk They are ex-
cellent for children.
CHILDREN'S COOKIES-Two pounds
brown sugar. one cup warm water, tea
spoonful OF soda dissolved in the water, one
teaspoonful cinnamon. one tesspoonful all
spice, one teaspoonful anise seed. yolks of
three eggs, pinch OF salt. Use enough -four
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Let Maid Try Her Own Wdy.

Consider for a moment how you would
feel II you were transported into the hous
OF an employer whose works and ways were
all unknown to you. You have no idea Of
where anything Is and although your new
mistress may show you, you cannot take
II all in at once. You are unable to recoI-
lect IL she likes the spoons put on the right
side OF the plate or the left when the table
Is SET II she keeps the plates on tn. first
or the second shelf Of the china closet. and
II she told you 20 brush down the stair,
before you swept the bedrooms or after
wards. Yet you may be familiar with tbs
sort OF language she uses and may be
accustomed to the kind Of house in which
she lives. How would it be II you were put
down in a French. or German, or Italian
kitchen. with a different fuel from any
you had ever used. utensils whose ye-y
names you did not know, articles Of food
that were new to you? Don't you think
you would be grateful to the employer who
would be patient with your slowness q
comprehension and willing to repeat her
orders deliberately enough for you to stow
them away in some sort OF sequence in your
puzzled brain?
Even II a maid Is not actually green"
she is. rs she would herself put II, "a little
strange" for the FIRST few days. You can
make life easier for her and incidentally
for yourself IL You will let her try her own
way of work instead OF insisting upon her
following your methods exactly.
To my mind, there is only one rfrht vay
OF doing a thing" a housekeeper said to
me a few days since. II make my servants
follow my rule about everything and DO
their work in my way
I feel sorry for the maids who live with
that housekeeper. l don't wonder there are
SO many changes in her kitchen. To my
mind results and not processes are 10 be
studied. II my lsundress brings in my
clothes snowy clean and well i-oaed, and
II know that she has used no injurious
detersives in bringing them TO that state.
90 not ask her in how many waters she has
rinsed the garments. how long they have
been soaked. or boiled, or scrubbed The
clothes are clean. Uninjured By chemicals
and ironed 10 suit my rather fastidicus
taste. Try this plan as VI ell as that OF max
ing your orders lucid and STE II It does not
contribute to peace and contentment for
YOU and your household alike
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

recollection of his remark infer that he
had called US, that my sister had heard and
obeyed, and that had been too much abb
sorbed IN the kittens even to hear him. I
didn't deserve that spsnking-but in those
days parents seldom stopped to inquire
closely into the justice OF their corrections.
1 had appeared disobedient therefore 1
must be punished"
Not only in the nursery and with small
children is II well TO cultivate clearness
in giving orders and to make sure you are
comprehended before you condemn for fall
ure to obey. The same rule applies with the
maidservant within our gates.
A good many years have passed since l
told a newly landed Irish maid TO throw
out Of a pot the water in which Cabbage
had been boiled. She stood uncertain for
moment and looked at me with uncompre-
hending eyes.
Throw the water away" I repeated
Pour it off the cabbage"
And as she still did not move lifted the
pot myself and turned the water on the
vegetable. A great light OF comprehension
broke over her face.
%. it's waste it you mean" she ex-
claimed.
We had each OF US added a word to our
Vocabularies.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Maids Often Lie Children.

when first came over" my waitress
once told me, Il had a great deal of
trouble knowing what the lady of the
house meant when she talked about
platter. Sure at home it's always a dish.
and what you call a pitcher we call jug
Gpronouncing it joog J. was terrible
greenhorn.
Was she more Of one than the average
American girl would have been IL trans
ported 10 ireland and obliged TO accus-
tom herself to the nomenclature taken for
granted there?
With all the desire in the world to make
matters easy for my employees, and with
the practice long years Of housekeeping
have given me in simplifying my directions
for their benefit, still find myself brought
up now and then with a sharp turn be-
cause have not sufficiently considered the
slow workings OF the brains with which
have to deal. 1t is not a week since I was
hurrying through my directions for dinner
in order to get TO another duty when
was checked in the midst OF my instruc-
tions by the look Of noncomprehension on
my cooks face. l had told her to add to-
mato to the bean soup Of the night before,
TO serve French fried potatoes and spinach
with the steak, putting enough cream in
the spinach TO soften 1t. and to make a
cottage pudding-and at this point saw
the dazed expression which meant that
communication was stopped.
/ checked myself You understand
about the pudding. Bridgete' asked
No ma'am. It's the soup I'm thinkin'
about Is the tomatoes to be put into it
sthralned or onsthrained?"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

powdered sugar. spread on the pie. brown
lightly, and eat very cold. FRIEND"
Recipes for Cdke and Bread.
lam girl OF is and have 10 bake for a
family OF five Please tell me how 10 bake
a three layer cake-one that IS easy 10
make. Also chocolate frosting and filling
and how 10 make good white bread.
"FM"
LAYER CAKE-Ruo one cup OF butter
to a cream with two cups OF sugar. add the
beaten yolks Of four eggs. one cup OF milk.
the whipped whites OF the eggs, three cups
-four. three teaspoons baking powder. one
cup OF milk. Bake in three layers. For
chocolate frosting or filling boil one cup
sugar and a thirdof a cup ofwater without
stirring until it threads, pour on the beaten
white of an egg. beat steadily. adding two
heaping tablespoons OF grated chocolate.
two tablespoons cream. a half teaspoon
butter and a teaspoon vanilla. When the
mixture is lukewarm use as filling or icing
for cake.
correspondent answers your third ques-
ton. She writes:
II have a recipe for bread which have
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Grapefruit Mdrmaladc.

VIII you kindly give me n recipe for
orange marmalade. using oranges. lemons.
and grapefruit? MRS J. R. b.
BY a happy coincidence another corre-
spondent sends by the same mail which
brought me your request recipe for the
conserve you wish. She calls it grape
fruit marmalade" but it contains all three
Of the fruits you mention. and whatever
name you call it by l don't doubt it will
taste as good.
GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE.-One
grapefruit, one large orange, one large
lemon. Scrub fruit. cut in half, seed, and
take out cores. Chop or shave the fruit
of juice. Measure these. and to every cup
full add two cupfuls OF cold water. put in
agate or china vessel and let stand for
twenty-four hours-longer will do no harm
in cold weather. Put on the stove and let
1t come slowly to a boil. cook for twenty
minutes after this and set 1t away for
twenty-four hours more. Then measure
again and for every cupful allow cupful
of sugar; place this in a shallow pan in
open oven; put fruit on the stove and bring
again to the boil. and boil hard ten minutes.
Put in the sugar, boil moderately until the
fruit jellies on a spoon dipped into it. Fill
your glasses with the hot mixture, and
when the marmalade is cold pour over the
top of each glass a thin film Of melted
paraffin. The amount I have given will
fill ten ordinary jelly glasses and will keep
for years.
Sometimes l make the marmalade with
out the grapefruit. Occasionally / use the
oranges and lemons, and Just before put
ting in the sugar stir in a quart Of rhubarb
stewed without sugar-but I allow sugar
for it. Often l use other fruits than the
rhubarb-pears, peaches, etc, but always
stew 1t until soft Be sure that the skin of
the fruit Is very tender before putting on
the sugar.
Let me give another recipe have tried
and found good.
LEMON PIE.-Grate rind of one lemon,
pull or the white skin. and after rolling
out your crust and putting II on the
plate, slice the peel lemon very thin and
lay on the crust. Crumble one large
slice of bread, strew the crumbs over
the lemon. Beat the yolks Of two egs in a
bowl with a cup of sugar and one of water
and the grated rind of the lemon. Pour this
slowly over the crumbs in the pie plate and
bake When cold. make a meringue of the
whites Of the eggs and four tablespoons Of
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

- HAVE been thinking a great deaf
~ lately of the position held by the
grandmother in many homes In
1 some Of them she is loved and hon
ored and seems happy; in others
there is apparently no place where she is
needed and she feels that there is no place
for her in the world-nobody really wants
her!
After a good deal Of thought am forced
10 believe that the main cause of the dis
satisfied state of such a number of the
grandmothers of this age is simply and
entirely the way they were taught in their
earliest youth.
Had they learned in the most impress
sionable age the great advantage of read
ing good bookshelf ginning with the Book
Of books, the Bible-their minds would
have become so centered on higher
thoughts, higher ideals. that the petty an
uoyances Of life would make no impression
on them.
May I give you an object lesson-in-
deed. a little ego? I am now I6 years old
and life is as sweet and enjoyable as when
vas 16 At years OF age l began to read
good books and as / grew older my great
love OF reading increased until at Il had
read PIutarch's " Lives" Primes Travels
in the Holy Land" and other kindred works.
In the evenings my sainted father always
read some uplifting book to u.s. thus more
and more filling my mind with inspiring
thoughts and giving me an optimistic view
Of life. An ardent love OF nature was
early instilled in my mind by daily walks
in the lovely woods and fields.
Now ! am not only a grandmother. but
2 great-grandmother and life is just as
pleasant and satisfactory as It was when
I was young in years. ! do not feel a
particle older than did in youth and enjoy
life with the same zest. c. H. X"
A letter such as this comes peculiarly
close to me. am not Ssreat-grandmother,
hut ! have grown grandsons and I have
the advantage Of you in years, since have
passed my eightieth birthday. But increase
Of years has not lessened my interest in life,
nor my enjoyment of the many dear and
reautiful things our heavenly father has
sent TO me. The love OF nature grows
rather than diminishes, my happiness with
my family and friends is even stronger
than in my youth, I enjoy keenly meeting
new people and never find any one in
whom there is not something which inter-
Gsts me.
Your experience with reading is like my