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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
THE MAGNET A PUZZLE.
Science Can Make One, but Can't Ex-
plain the Change In the Metal.

plain the Change In the Metal.
Getting the magnetism into the steel
so that it will stay there permanently
is a long and intricate process, as Pro-
fessor Silvanus Phillips Thompson de
scribes 1t in the Journal of the Insti-
tition of Electrical Engineers.
First of all you have to pick your
steel. 1t must have from to 8 per
cent of tungsten and from 0.4 to 0.6
of carbon. 1t must have not more than
% per cent of chromium, but it must
not have any manganese, titanium, cop
per, sulphur or phosphorus. 1t is forg
ed with as little working of the mate
rial as possible and at as low tenn
perature as convenient After forging
it should be heated to 900 degrees c.,
lowered to 750 degrees c., there main
tanned for time and then cooled off.
This 'normalizes" it.
To harden it it is raised to $50 de-
grees C. for not more than five min
utes, then lowered to about 700 degrees
G. and quenched at this temperature in
brine or at temperature under 20 de-
grees c.
Then it is "matured by boiling or
steaming it for ten or twelve hours or
by heating it to go degrees G. for TWEEN
ty hours. 1t is alternately heated and
allowed TO cool of seyera times.
Now the steel is ready to be mag
netized If it is a bar a maenetizing
coil is used: if horseshoe then an
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
FASHION AND MISERY.
A Pitifu Tragedy That Revealed an
lncongruous Combination.

One of the standing subjects of hui
morous remarks among New York
theatergoers is the weekly article on
mems fashions published over the nom
de plume of Beau Brummel, in the
programs of the theaters of the better
class
Some people think Beau Brummel is
a woman. while others believe him to
be merely a haberdasher with a drug
habit However that may be, it is a
reasonable supposition that no one
wears any of the clothes that Beau
Brumme writes about. 1t couldn't be
done. If any man ever arrayed him
self In one weeks output of the Beau
Brummel fashions and started down
Broadway he'd land in Jail or the psy-
copathic ward at Bellevue.
The case of Beau Brummel is merely
funny. But here is a grim and pitiful
little tragedy which is in Il way related
to it. In a small tenement, at the
eastern and poverty stricken end OF
Fifty-sixth street, the police found
John Conwel and his old mother, dead
from gas The man was past middle
age and unmarried They lived alone
and he idolized the woman-a poor, old
drunkard The neighbors said he used
to cry Historically when she would
stagger home. stupied with drink. Al
last he turned on the gas while she
slept and died with her.
He wore cotton overalls at the time
of his death, and the few articles OF
his wearing apparel found In the apart
ment We're worn and ragged. Yet the
letters and papers which the police
took possession of proved that he earn
ed a livelihood for himself and hi
mother by writing articles on the lat
est fashions in mems dress.-New Yorl
Letter In Cincinnati Times-Star
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Macaroni as a Food.

The rank which macaroni holds as d
food is shown by the following com
parison: As an energy producer it out
ranks lean steak, for it contains 1850
calories of energy to the pound. while
the steak has but $50. While macaroni
costs from 10 to 10 cents pound and
contains only to 10 per cent of mois-
ture which is wasted, the lean steak
contains 70 to 70 per cent of waste
moisture Comparing macaroni, fur
ther, with the ordinary vegetables, in
point of view of energy, it is found
that white potatoes contain but 800
calories, spinach %, turnips 100, cab
bage 115, onions 1870, lettuce Go.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
ELECTRICITY.
And the Terms Energy, Pressure, In
tensity and Quantity.
What ic nlnntriniful


tensity and Quantity.
What is electricity?
The question was put directly to DIR.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the famous
expert, in the hope that he-than whom
no one knows more about it-might be
able If not to tell what it is at least to
give a definite idea OF what it may be.
DR.. Steinmetz replied:
Electricity is a loose term, used mis-
cellaneously in referring to all matters
electrical
ITO give it definite meaning one
must know whether reference is made
to electrical energy, electrical pressure,
electrical intensity or electrical guam
tity.
Electrical quantity represented in
the electrical currenb is generally as
sumed by scientists to be a substance
with atomical structure, the unit Of
which Is the electron.
Electrical pressure is meant In re
ferring to the voltage Electrical in
tensity is the voltage per unit lengths
Magnetism is a similar term, which
does not mean anything to the scien-
tist Two pieces Of steel may have ex-
actly the same structure as far as sci
ence can determine and yet one may
contain magnetic quantity and the 9th
er be without it, or the two may con
tain the same amount Of magnetic
quantity and have different magnetic
intensity. Quantity times intensity
equals energy.
There may be the same quantity of
water in two pipes and different pres
sure, or there may be the same pres
sure and different quantity. If water,
the liquid. water pressure and water
power We're all loosely called water we
should have the same confusion that
the words electricity and magnetism
suggest to the scientist
rs there such a thing as eectricityf''
he was asked.
II cannot state positively that cleo
trical quantity is substance" DR..
Steinmetz replied. "or that there is
such an atom as the electron. say
simply that this is the most commonly
accepted theory. New York World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Test For SIX.

If silk splits or cracks it is a sign
that It's fabric has been weighted
There is a simple and sure test by
which the quality of the material may
be determined. A bit Of the silk and a
match are all you need. Light the
match and apply it TO the fabric. If it
holds its shape the silk is adulterated
with some Of the various minerals so
used If it runs together in a puffy
mass the silk is pure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
OLD FORT MARION.
Americas Only Medieval Castle q
Landmark In St. AUGUSTINE.


Landmark In ST. Augustine.
For more than 200 years St Angus
tine was the Spanish capital Of Flor.
Ida, and the Florida of those days ex-
tended from the Chesapeake bay to the
Pacific ocean. 1t was an impregnable
stronghold all of those years.
Old Fort Marion, begun In 1892 and
finished in 1856, is the only medieval
castle in America. 1t cost an enormous
sum of money. Repeated heavy drafts
of the builders caused the king of
Spain to inquire If they were building
Fort Marion of gold dollars. The castle
stands today in perfect condition.
guarded by the United States govern
ment The keeper conducts visitors
through the castle, down into the dun
geons and shows you rings in the walls
where victims of Spanish oppression
were chained to die. Report, fairly well
authenticated, has it that when the
castle fell into the hands Of the British
two skeletons were found in one of
these dungeons chained to the wall.
One was of a man, the other woman.
There is something uncanny about
these dungeons that cannot be describ-
ed by word of mouth.
While there has been great improve
ment in old st. Augustine, the ancient
landmarks have been preserved. The
old city gate is intact; the Spanish
monuments hundreds of years old at
tract the lover of antiquities. Narrow
streets characterized all Spanish towns
of medieval times. There are streets
in st. Augustine not more than ten OF
dozen feet wide, each side lined with
the same type of buildings that were
the custom three or four centuries ago
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
A PLACE NOT ON THE MAP.
Yet GirIville is a Pleasant Place, With
Some Drawbacks.

Yet GirIville is a Pleasant Place, With
Some Drawbacks.
Girlville-a pleasant, alluring little
hamlet on the road to the tablelands
of Matrimony, with a branch line that
connects with the Old Maid range Of
foothills
At one time this place depended al
most entirely upon nature for its ap-
pearance. Bucolic colors were predom-
inant, and there was a simplicity about
it very pleasing aud restful to the eye.
OF late years however, the city paint
ers and decorators have come in and
with their coors have given it a smart,
artificial appearance which for many
old fashioned people has largely cur
tailed its charm GirIville, indeed, now
has a reputation for cheap display
which no other place can hope to rival.
Girlyille at one time was governed
almost entirely by an eninently re-
spectacle body called elders but it
has long since scornfully discarded
their help and governs itself. or, at
least, claims the right to do SO.
Its principal industries are ragtime,
fiction, silk stockings. velvet slippers
and red paint There is also large
spoon factory on the edge of the town.
An appeal to the legislature to have
the name Girlyille changed to Chat
terfield was refused on the ground that
Chatterville and Girlville are already
synonymous.
The inhabitants of Girlyille are ex-
tremely restless and tickle. Not salts
fed with the place, they are constantly
attempting to leave it and, after leav-
ing, to get back again. Thomas L.
Mason in Life,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
The Book of the Dead.

The ancient Egyptian "The Book Of
the Dead" is probably unique among
books. inasmuch that it was intended
for use not in this world, but in the
next. 1t consists of a collection of
prayers and eXorcisms composed Of
various periods for recitation by the
soul during its passage through hades
and was indeed regarded as a safe con
duct through that region. For this rea-
son the Egyptians, who themselves en-
titled it Per-em-hrn. ''to go forth from
day." buried a copy of the work, or
portions of it, with their dead.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
A Painful Process.

Little Prescott had been leaning out
of an upstairs window
"Come away from the window, son."
his father said sterny- You might
fall out and get hump on your back
like the came!s you saw yesterday"
The little boy was silent for few
minutes Then he asked, Father, do
all the little camels have to fall out
the window to get their humps p
New York Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
MOUNTAINS or IGNORANCE.
Present School Methods, Says Sci
enlist, Will Never Level Them.


enlist, Will Never Level Them.
There is not money enough in the en-
tire world to make impression against
the astonishing mountains Of igno-
rance. In this great United States of
America one in 10000 perhaps have
never heard that the universe is run by
laws and does not know that there are
laws of nature. Entire millions are
born, pass through a lifetime in this
otherwise beautiful world and die with
out really having seen anything. Their
eyes see objects. motions and natural
operations, but their minds are com
pletely blank, so far as knowing of
what they are viewing.
Education is painful to mar
pure white paper with this word. The
present appalling system of forcing
children to study branches against
which nature has decreed, thus perma-
nently iniuring their minds, natures
and personalities. ought to be punished
by some newly enacted law. They put
a number of totally unlike children in
the same class and expect unlike be
ings to learn like subjects and all in the
same time to be able to withstand the
present brain curdling methods of ''ex-
animation"
If all nations on earth should sud
denly stop war and the manufacture of
alcohol and use every dollar in the at
tempt to educate each child separately
some faint impression could be made
against the enormous ranges of noun
tains Of ignorance Each child hereafter
born could perhaps have at least one
law of nature repeated within hearing.
And each child born to mathematics
could have instruction in mathematics
by teachers knowing something of the
mentality Of the student.
A fine watch would not be taken to a
blacksmith; costly dynamo would not
be for an instant placed in charge Of
one not knowing the laws ruling the
machine Yet far more delicate mech
anisms the minds Of children are
placed under domination of teachers
not knowing child nature Edgar Lu-
Glen Larl1in in New York American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
POE AND "THE RAVEN"
His Comment on the linking Foot
falls and the Birds Shadow.

His Comment on the linking Foot
falls and the Birds Shadow.
In a letter written on Dec. -, 1916,
to G. w Evelett of Phillips. Me-, Ed
gar Allan Poe. in commenting on his
famous poem. The Raven" said:
FOR the purpose of poetry it is quite
sufficient that thing is possible, or at
least that the improbability be not of
fensiyely glaring 1t is true that in
several ways. as you say, the lamp
might have thrown the birds shadow
on the floor My conception was that
of the bracket candelabrum affixed
against the walls, high up above the
door and bust, as is often seen in the
English palaces and even in some Of
the better houses in New York
your objection to the tinkling of
the footballs is far more pointed and in
the course of composition occurred so
forcibly to myself that | hesitated to
use the term. ] finally used it, because
/ saw that it had in its first concep-
ton, been suggested to my mind by the
sense of the supernatural with which
it was at the moment filled No human
or physical foot could tinkle on soft
carpet-therefore the tinkling of feet
would wildly convey the supernatural
impression.
"Your appreciation of The Sleeper
delights me In higher qualities of
poetry 1t is better than The Raven,
but there is not one man in a million
who could be brought to agree with me
in this opinion. The Raven of course,
is far the better as work of art-but
in the true basis of all art The Sleeper
is the superior. wrote the latter when
quite a boy"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Wanted to BE Safe.

Tom Jackson had participated in a
narrow escape from death, due to an
accident which happened while he was
crossing to Liverpool 1t was, there
fore, with much fear and hesitancy
that he decided to return home
Approaching the porter hurriedly at
the last minute, he was told that he
was too late for a stateroom. THE last
one was just taken" announced that
worthy.
"Stateroom" queried the frightened
passenger. "Who wants a stateroom ?
Give me a reserved seat in lifeboat."
Buffalo Express.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
She Mas neIiherate.

1t is said Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
the famous author of John Halifax,
Gentleman" made a habit of leaving
at her bank the manuscript of each of
her stories as soon as it was completed.
1t would remain there perhaps six
months, and then she would call for 1t
and see how the story affected her
after that lapse Of time If it pleased
her the manuscript was sent to the
publisher otherwise it was rewritten
or thrown away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
a Good sian.

In digging out an apothecary's shop
In Pompeii the workmen brought TO
light a notice that confronted visitors
to the place 1000 years ago: "Otiosis
non est locus; discede. morator." 1t Is
good sign for the modern office or
place of business. Callers who know
Latin will read it for themselves
Those who do not viii ask what it
means Then comes your opportunity:
"This is no place for idlers. Loafer,
get out" Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
The Llama.

The story of the name of the South
American Hama is interesting. Como
Sc lamar OYhat is its name0 asked
the early Spanish adventures Of the
Peruvians. The natives, not under
standing, merely echoed the last word
of the question and the name has stuck
through the centuries.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
An Easy Job.

visitor-I understand that your boy
is studying to be an electrical engineer?
Farmer Well. advised him to take 1t
up. / heard some fellers say that no
body really knew much about electric
lty, so / thought mebbe Joe would have
some chance of passin' examinations
London Express.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
From the Heart.

Musical comedy writer's wife on the
first night, bitterly:
willie, do you know you've provided
your heroine with eight different cos
tunes in this piece already, though it's
only the second act and you don't give
me half that many in whole yearT'-
New York Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Dressinq Leather.

One of the earliest occupations of
mankind was the dressing OF leather,
and it is remarkable that Canadian IN
iians, Laplanders and Africans dress
skins remarkably well, although their
processes and means are necessarily OF
The rudest ind.-Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
eakinq It Gently.

Little Floyd Why don't you kill that
old hen, Mr. Neighbors? Mr. Neighbors
What old hen do you mean, my boy?
Little Floyd-The one that pecks you
all the time. | heard mother say you
had been heupecked ever since you got
married Chicago News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Arnued Too Ionu.

"Why did you permit yourself to be
drawn into long argument with your
assailant? asked the policeman
"A long dispute was just what | was
trying to avoid when | called him a
liar" explained the man on the hospi-
tai col. Buffalo Express.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

Caller Will you see if your sister is
In? Susie Yes. sir. but | don't think
she will be. She saw you coming mp
the steps. Albany Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
a Golf Record.

Another golf record has been broken.
A man has foozlad thirteen times In
succession without saying one naughty
word. He is dumb man. Charleston
News and Courier.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

Called TO the bedside of fond moth
er's baby boy, the doctor diagnosed the
ailment rs acute rheumatism. The
mother responded quickly:
acute rheumatism. l might have
known it; everything he does or says is
just as cutter Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Fragile.

"She has a complexion like Dresden
china"
Eyes, and it is like Dresden china in
another way"
What Ii that?'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

One day is worth two tomorrows.
Have you something to do tomorrow?
DO ii today-B. Franklin,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

Don't put too fine Il point on your wit
for fear 1t should get blunted. Ger
yanteS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

ri sne'S rot careful with it 1t will
crack Baltimore American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-16
ADLAI ewing
STEVENSON
DIED SUNDAY
Former Vice President Dies At
His Illinois Home, Sunday.
... Morning.
WAS UNDER PRES CLEVELAND

Chicago, June l5.-Ad.ai Ewing
Stevenson, eX-vice e%prcsidept OF the
United States. who has been very
i'll for some time, died at his home,
Sunday morning The following
sketch of his life is given.
Adliaa Ewing Stevenson, once vice
president of The United States, had a
long and honorable pcblio career. He
was vice president from 1893 to 1897
under president Grover Cleveland. In
1900 he again was nominated by the
democratic party for vice president
and a with William J.. Bryan, the
party's candidate for president, but
was defeated. He served as a mem
Der of the 44tn and 45th congress.
From 1885 to 1889 he served as first
assistant POSTMASTER general under
president ClevelandI =.
His last appearance as 4 candidate
for public office was in 1905 when he
was nominated for governor of Hi
nois by the democratic party and was
defeated by Chas. s. Deneen, repub-
fcan.
He was born in Christian county,
Kentucky, Oct. %. 1885 of Scotch
Irish parentage. In 1853 his parents
moved to Bloomington, III. He a
tended the public schools and the HI
nois university.
In 1866 he graduated from Canter
college, Danville, Kentucky. There
he was a classmate of Senator Joe
Blackburn and other Kentucky youths
who later became prominent in public
life. He signalized the close of his col
lege career by marrying a daughter of
DR.. Lewis W. Gren, president Of the
college. 60
After leaving college Stevenson re-
turned to Bloomington, Ill.,, all read
- - r-Nw-- -.a ana. En- -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-16

law. He vas admitted to the bar in
1858 and began legal practice at Nata
mora. Ill.,, where he remained until
1865. During these ten years he held
the office of master in chancery four
years and district attorney for a SINH.
lar period.
In 1868 he returned to bloomington
and formed a law partn 3rshinp with
his cousin, James S. Ewing and for
many years the firm was one OF the
best known in Illinois legal circles.
%Stevenson's political career dated
from 1864 when he was a presidential
elector on the democratic ticket. He
made a canvass of Illinois in behalf OF
the Mcclellan ticket and won a repu-
taticn as a political orator.
In 1874 Stevenson was nominated
for congress by the %greelback and
anti-monopolist parties in the 18th H.
linois district against Gen. John Nc
,Nulta, republican. The democrats
cosidered the case hopeless and did
not hold even a convention. The en-
suing campaign was exciting and Ste
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-16
PIONEER WOMAN
PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Rebecca Craig Will Died Sun
day Morning Of Cancer.
Funeral Today, 2:30.

Mrs. Rebecca Craig Will, aged IS,
one Of the earliest pioneers OfmBis
marck, and a woman who has been
prominent in church and lodge work
died Sunday, at her home on Ninth
street, after an illness lasting nearly
a year. The cause Of her death was
cancer. The funeral will take place
this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 2:3j
from the McCabe Memorial, NJ. L
church, Rev. Il. II. Craig preaching
the sermon. Burial will be in the
Catholic cemetery. IT. IT,.
Rebecca Craig was born August IA
1888, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, and spent
her girlhood in that city. She was
married to J. A. Will at T%uscarawas
Ohio, August q, 1859, and OF this IN.
ion six children were bern. All sur
vivc her. They are: Frank Will
Center; Charles Will, Bismarck; Mrs
J. w. Sawyer, Glendive, Mont; Mrs,
Alice Garner, California; Mrs. J. D.
Artman, Oklahoma City, Okla, and j.
Andrew Will OF .lorida. Only the
first three. are present to attend the
funeral.
Pioneers.
In 1858, Mrs. Will and her husband
and their family ami to this place,
when it was z only a small village,
Here her children grew to manhood
and womanhood. Sixteen years age
her consort died and was buried in
the Catholic cemetery. and this after.
noon her mortal remains will be laid
beside him.
Was Interested in Church.
Mrs. Will was always an active
member of the Methodist church and
also OF the Rebekahs. About a year
ago she was compelled to give up
much of the work and Friday she was
stricken and shortly afterward be.
came unconscious. She remained SO
until the end came.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-16
CAME r DA\. son,

Col. w. r. Tuttle Of Dawson is
among the prominent visitors in the
city today. col. Tuttle is a candidate
for the Republican nomination TO,
Congress on the Republican tikcet at
the coming pramaries. He is making
an extensive campaign Of the district
in the interests of his candidacy, The
reports from various sections in the
district would strongly indicate that
be is far in the lead in the race with
his opponent of Valley City.
Col. futile impresses people where.
ever he goes that he is we'll qualified
for the position he seeks. He is one
of tho largest land ho'd holders in the
state of North Dakota and is thorough
ly familiar with the wants of the agri.
cultural interests.