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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
which / was srrung.

which / was sICung.
"'Taisez vous donc!' growled the
barber mildly. still intent on his work
But the laugh had broken the charm.
From every corner came rustlings, gig
giles, little voices and shining merry
eyes And everywhere there were beds
beds full of boys and girls.
why. however many children have
your l asked as soon as the bewilder-
ment Of finding myself surrounded by
this crowd of onlookers allowed me to
speak.
Fourteen. madam replied the wo-
man.
1.-The house is so small that we con
sole ourselves by the size OF our fam
ily,' remarked the barber jocosely, at
which there was much merriment In
the cupboard BEDS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
Poiitsness.

Mr.. Schmaltz. noted for his table
noises. hurried into Broadway hotel
Come over here with u.s." called
one Of several acquaintancss at a near
by table.
"Oh." said Schmalts. "all | want is
some soup"
"You can have soup at this table just
as well as at that one" said the other.
And we'il give you respectful hear
ing"-New York Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
In Good comnanx.

contemporary wants to know
what's become OF tho old fashioned
man who used to say. 81 says. says l."
When last seen he was standing on
q street corner In close conversation
with the old fashioned man who says.
"Sezee TO me. sezee. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
Too Realistic.

De Critic-That snowstorm picture
you painted last spring was wonder
fully realistic. De Dauber-It must
have been A fellow got into my stu
dio one day In my absence. looked at
the picture and unconsciously put on
Boston Record.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
Hard Lines.

Circus Proprietor What's the matter,
Davef You look worried to death
Sideshow Manager-I'm ruined The
town barber shaved the bearded lady
by mistake when she was asleep. and
there amt whiskered man In the
troup. Birmingham Age Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

Prosperous ex-German ton visit to
fatherlanG) --Donner und blitzen. what
are you givin' us? Forty pfennig for
this sausage! When | went away a
few years ago used to pay only 20
pfennig.
The Waiter--They was different
sausages.
The P. ex-G.-Precisely the same.
The Waiter-No. you're wrong there.
The old ones was bigger.-New York
Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

Teacher-Tommy. next time you are
late bring an excuse from your father
Tommy Whoy Pa? Why be amt any
good at excuses; ma tinds him out
every time Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
SAVING ssamn Money

Patience-She says her husband is
trying to economize now.
Patrice-How. | wonder?
by forgetting to mail her letters. -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

when 6rst | consulted you about
my eyes you told me II would cost 10
francs but yonr bill ID for lUO francs. =
That only shows the excellence OF
my treatment Now yOu are ten tiuis~
bsetsr. Paris Psis Msls,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
Lei Evil End With You.

Let svil end with you. DO not pAss
q the scandal. the doubt, the injustice
H. abuse. ron have received Moral
Darbaes thus consumed shall tighten
your nsighhOFhood instead Of cumbcr-
lAe and dsfliinS tt.-~A Farmers Note
book.s
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
iron and Steal Tast.

The simplest way to tell iron from
steel is to pour on the metal a drop of
nitric acid and allow 1t to act for one
minute. On rInsing with water gray
ish white stain will be seen II the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

Knfcker-They seem q well mated
pair Bocker-Oh. yes. botanically. She
Is society bud, and he Is blooming
IDIOT Town Topics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

It's the songs you sing and the smiles
you wear that makes the sunshine ev-
erywhe-s. -Nelected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

avoid the iaadrn rain Hudson Maxim
n Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

The best remedy for wrongs done us
Is to forget them Syrus
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

However did you hear snch dread
full things abont Mrs. Rnber?'
"You forget she was once my dearest
friend" Fliegende Blatfer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17

The world does not require 30 much
10 bs Informed as 70 be reminded.
Hannah More.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

Lantin, Loncin, Hollogne and File
MALE. 1t has been estimated by
military authorities that $4,000 men
would be necessary for an adequate
defense of these Notifications today.
Liege was made to figure largely In
Sir Walter SCOTS novel Quentin Dur
ward" in which Scott made a nota-
BILE blunder by speaking of the people
of Liege as talking Flemish. The city
is, in fact, the center of the Walloon
country.
The Wallocas are Romanlzed Gauls,
in a much truer senge than their Flem-
ish neighbors, and speak the French
language.
The city first appears in history in
the sixth century, at which time o
town grew up around the original
chapel founded there by st. Monulph.
bishop of Tongres. In the tenth
century the episcopate of Notger.
which had succeeded the early line.
was marked by large territorial ac-
QUESTIONS, and the see became rec
ognized as an independent principal
ity of the French empire. Ther5 were
many popular risings for freedom
from the exactions of the episcopal
sovereigns, who were also occupied in
preserving neutrality in the various
wars and preserving their territory
from being raided by invading armies.
Taken by Marlborough.
They were only in part successful
Liege was taken by Marlborough in
1902. and the fortress vas garrisoned
by the Dutch until 171S.
The French revolutionary armies
overran the principality in 1892, and
from 1894 to the fall of Napoleon it
was annexed to France, and was
known az the department of the
Ourthe. The congress Of Vienna in
1916 decreed that Liege, with the 9th
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

of the army and in which there shall be officers
in number, and with rank while serving in the
corps, as follows. One officer of the rank of
major, who shall be the commandant of the corps
and of the aviation school; two officers with the
rank of captain and not to exceed 80 officers with
the rank of lieutenant"
mo officer shall be detailed as commandant of
the aviation corps unless he shall have displayed
especial skill and ability as a military aviator"
continues the bill, in order to make it impossible
for an officer from. some other branch of the
army to assume charge of the corps merely
through political influence. 1t will be remembered
that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Representative
Hay were always at daggers drawn, and those
who are familiar with this feud see an echo of
1t in this provision of the Hay bill.
That service in the aviation corps will entail
much greater danger than ordinary military train
ing calls for Is recognized in the section OF the
Hay bill which provides that Officers of the avia-
ton corps shall while on duty that requires them
to participate in aerial flights receive an increase
Of 30 per cent in the pay of their respective
grades in the corps" The SO per cent increase
in pay is also extended to the enlisted men, not
to exceed 260 in number, who will participate in
the work Of the corps.
The establishment of an army aviation school
is provided for. The bill says: This aviation
school shall be located and maintained at a mill
tary post owned by the United States and not
within the District of Columbia" The object Of
excepting the District Of Columbia is said to be
twofold: First, to remove the school as far as
possible from the influence of the bureaucracy
alleged to govern the war department, and, sec
ondly, to prevent the o~vercrowding Of the govern
ment ground In the District.
1t is the hope Of the men who have the interests
OF the American aviation corps at heart that be-
fore long the triumphs of the newlyborn branch
of the army will be such that congress will not
be able to withstand the pleas for appropriations
sufficient to place the aviation corps on an ap-
proximate level with the corresponding branches
of other great armies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
pity the Poor Rats.

Surgeon General Blue has ordered a
corps of 10 rat catchers to start from
San Francisco for New Orleans. These
experts wiz carry on a campaign Of rat
determination to stamp out the con
tagion. In six months, at a cost of
500, 900, the danger of the bubonic
plague will be removed.
But at the cost of the lives OF mil
lions OF ratsl Is not that enough to
stir the wrath of all the mushy-hearted
people? If it is a crime to use guinea
pigs to save human life, how much
more wanton is It to Stay helpless.
defenseless rats on the suspicion thai.
they may be carrying the ieas that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

RW TRATEGIC points In the impor-
lance of Liege, the Belgian city
before which the German ad-
~ vance was checked and where,
according to European dis
patches, the first great battle of the
war was fought, are numerous. Prin-
cipally II was the most strongly forth
fed obstacle to the supposed plan OF
the Germans to cut across the lower
half of Belgium into French territory,
but in addition to this the city is Of IT.
self a prize in many ways.
In its surroundings it is the Pitts
burg Of Belgium. For miles to the
southwest of the city, along the banks
Of the river Mouse, there are scores
Of blast furnaces, pudding furnaces,
rolling mills and FORCES. 1t is the site
Of the famous Cockerill works, said
to be the largest mandatory of ma
chinery in the world. The Lion, erect
cd as a monument on the field of Wa
terloo, some 60 miles distant, was
made here.
Liege proper, with a population of
10000, lies at the junction of the
Mouse and the Ourthe, in a basin
margined by hills. Many handsome
buildings and gardens strive to keep
themselves handsome against the
tremendous odds of coal dust.
Surrounded by Mineral Wealth.
All around the city is a wealth of
coal and iron ore. The mines extend
even under the city and river. These
natural riches, in connection with the
favorable situation of the city at the
junction of two navigable rivers, have
given rise to the extensive manufac-
turing industry in the city itself.
The products are varied, but the
principal one, and that which would
make Liege a valuable prize Of war,
is that of firearms. More than TO-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

paper; the pictures we're mounted in
rubber frames; even the carpets were
of the same all-conquering material.
Tables. chairs. blotters. inkstands. pa
per weights. letter racks. penholders
were Of rubber, while the electric
light fixtures were of vulcanite. Dain-
ty curtains hung at the windows; even
these were of rubber hung on rubber
rings. suspended on a rubber polel
Outside the hall where the exhibit
ton was held was a tennis court
made OF rubber. for which is claimed
the most perfect results yet attained
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

er provinces of southern Netherlands,
should form a part of the new king
dom of the Netherlands under the rule
of William l, of the House of Orange
The city of Liege took an active part
in the Belgian revolt of 1880, and
since that date the ancient principal
ity has been incorporated into tho
kingdom OF Belgium.
The principal point of interest to
the tourists in Liege has been the
great cathedral, or church of st.
Paul, founded in the tenth century
and rebuilt in the thirteenth century.
The University, founded in 1917, is one
of the largest in the country and en-
joys a high reputation for education
in the art Of mining and manufacture
ing.
There are many beautiful gardens
and the rivers are spanned by SPLEEN
did bridges, but the larger portions
Of the city have a crowded aspect Of
narrow, crooked streets.
The railway lines through Liege
are the direct routes from Cologne
to Paris and from Luxembourg to
Brussels, the possession Of either of
which would be valuable prizes to
the German army. Waterloo, the
place which everybody knows as the
Gene of the downfall of Napoleon at
the hands of the allies on the 18th Of
June, 1915, is not on a direct line
from Liege, but lies some sixty miles
from 1t in an air line, south OF Brus-
sells.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

c~cording to the latest available statistics, ranks
eighth among the nations of the world with re-
spect to her air force.
By reason of a bill recently passed by the SEN
ate all this is to be changed. An aviation corps,
distinct from the signal corps, in which aviators
have heretofore been placed, will be formed; 60
officers are to be selected from the cream of the
army and 260 privates are to be drilled In the es-
sentials of pilots. At the same time appropria-
lions are to be made for the construction Of a
number Of military airships, including biplanes
and d~irigibles, and the more or less antiquated
models now in use by the army will be ~relegated
to the scrap heap or used only for demonstration
purposes.
The bill providing for the establishment Of this
aviation corps-the eagles of the army"-was
introduced into the house of representatives on
May 16, 1918, by Representative Hay of Virginia,
chairman of the house committee on military af.
fairs, and was passed last December. The bill,
backed by an appropriation of $3.50, 900, authorized
last May, gives the army signal corps, command
ed by Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, an opportu-
nifty to go ahead with the work which has been
planned.
At the present time the army aviation corps,
under the direction of Col. Samuel Reber, though
a compact and essentially efficient body, is very
small when compared with similar organizations
maintained by the other world powers. Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels recently recognized this cry
ing need for a larger force of aeroplanes when
he said.
The question of aviation is one Of the most
important in connection with the military service
of the United States today.
Great Britain, Germany and France are the
only world powers which outrank the United
States in naval strength.
The value of aeroplanes to the army is prac-
tically incalculable. Their scouting field is ire
mendous and the Information which their pilots
bring back may be instrumental in saving hun
dreds of thousands of lives.
but there are other invaluable uses for aero
planes in the navy. A torpedo costs $4,000 and
torpedoes are frequently lost in practice through
detection In direction, which makes 1t impossible
to follow them from the coming tower Of a ship.
But the aerial scout in a flying machine can fol-
low a ~torpedo's course unerringly by watching 1t
from above and the price OF one %aeroplane is only
a fraction of that of a torpedo.
Then, again, water-comparatiyely opaque
from a point near its -surface-becomes trans
parent to an observer in the air. Experts say
that mines can be easily located by aerial scouts.
One mine may wreck a $10,000,000 battleship.
An aeroplane, costing but a fraction of this sum,
would mean the ships safety.
I'm my opinion, the newlydeveloped art of avia-
ton will not only tend to limit the duration and
SCOPE of hostile operations, but will also aid IN
the control OF the seas. one of the elements con-
t~ributing materially to the power and prosperity
of a nation.
with the Panama canal, as we'll as our coast
Notifications to guard. not only from land and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

900 persons in and around the city
are employed in the manufacture OF
guns, ranging from small arms to
the largest of modern weapons.
There is a royal cannon factory and
a small arm factory also in the suburb
of st. Leonard.
In the wars of the last century
Liege has played only a small part,
but the city itself, is defended with
modern Notifications. Its strength, it
is said, is far greater than has gener-
ally been appreciated by military STRAIT
egists.
In 1888 the Belgium authorities
decided to adequately fortiiy both
Liege and Namur, the two important
points on the Mouse. At each place
a number of detached forts were con
structed along a perimeter drawn a
distance varying from within four to
six miles of the city. At Liege IL of
these forts were constructed, six on
the right bank and six on the left
side of the river.
All of the forts have been kept
fairly well up to date, The heavy
gun in their concrete easements,
are raised and lowered automatically.
The names of the forts On the
right bank of the river are Barchon,
Evegnee, Fleron, Chaudfontaine,
Embourg and Boncelles. The
average distance between the forts is
four miles, but Fleron and Chaud-
fontaine are separated by little over
a mile in a direct line, as they defend
the main line Of the railway from
Germany.
The six forts on the left bank, also
commencing at the north, around q
western curve. are Pontisse, Liers
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
On EItth avenue

Young Husband (sentimentally, as
he stops with his bride in front of a
show window)-Do you remember.
my dear, that it was here in front OF
this very jeyeler's shop that we first
met each other? You were looking
longingly at that very necklace.
Bride with a sigh)-I remepber-
and still haven't got it-New York
Evening Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
its Practical Utility.

You WISH" began the ~delsartean
instructor. ito take a course Of les
sons in expression"
mo, not a full course" replied the
applicant, "just a lesson or two, so that
l can readily assume an expression OF
profound contempt"
Il see, But why do you wish to
stop there?"
cause that's all I've any use for
in my business. I'm a waiter, you
see, an sometimes people forget to
tip me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

asphalt as the paving of future cities.
according to the prediction of Sir
Henry Blake in opening the fourth In
ternational rubber exhibition In Lon
don. Advances in the production and
manufacture OF the product during
the past three years have been so
great as to bring within the realm of
reality this Utopian suggestion.
At the London exhibition everything
possible was made OF rubber. One
entire room was completely furnished
in rubber. The walls were covered
with 1t, skillfully disguised az wall
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
PREDICTS A NoIsELEss CITY
s.r.tehy Stuff for Paving and Furnl-
ture ls the Prophecy Made by
Eastern Journal.

Enter the noiseless city! AT last
the tired nerves of the city dweilers
are 10 be relieved Of the incessant din
and CHATTER of city streets, which. &C
cordine to our nerve specialists, are
partially responsible for the increas-
ing insanity rate Of Jul cities. Rub
,s to replace brick. stone. and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

for the game, Its residence gives the
balls the rebound of billiard cushions
After witnessing an exhibition match
on the court the rubber growers and
manufacturers attending were invited
to a luncheon. where again everything
but the food-even to the menu cards
was of rubber.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
Australian state Bakery.

The New South Wales government
has decided to supplement its enter
prises by the creation of a state bakery
at Sydney. The government will &C
ouire a bakery and bake bread for Its
own institutions. It Is expected that
the government will be able to deliver
bread to the public institutions at one
penny a pound. 1t is not intended to
supply the general public from the
government bakery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

HE United States, which gave to
world the science of aviation, as
exemplified In the experiments Of
the Wright brothers, is now pre-
pairing to step into line with the
other world powers and to estab-
fish an aviation corps for the de-
tense of the nation in time Of war.
Up to this time the United
States has been behind other ma
tons in this matter. The Ame-i-
can air navy has been more or
less a joke. The United States,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
H JOB.

What was the matter with that woman you
saved from the fre?"
she was mad. Said l used brutal haste in
yanking her out of the burning room"
What was the reason she didn't want to
leave?"
why, she had her poodle's hair only half
curled."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
THE BETTER A

What have we hereT"
IAN article about the most beautiful girl in
America. Shall we print her picture?"
mo" said the magazine editor. Describe her
as much as you please, but let every reader draw
HIS own mental picture"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
Mo onansa.

IF every dog has its day. why can't
a cat have her night7"
Because no cat seems able TO have
a night without a fence"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

propagate a plague! Here is work for
the anti-vivisectionists Save the ratsl
Let mere men and women diei-Puek.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
A LIKELY YARN.

Daniel Webster Smythe, don't tell me you
haven't been in swimming! Your hair is still
wet"
"As / was comm home, ma, my foot slipped an
! fell under a street sprinkler"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
QUITE DIFFERENT.

THAT woman treats her husband like a dog"
How dreadful"
Yes, but the dog she treats him like is an
important Pomeranian pup she's crazy about"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

Has your horse a good disposition
Yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
But he wouldn't have If I worried
him as much as he does me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMSQlOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 20
JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS.
Dy e. o. SELLERS, Director Sunday
School Course, Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago.)

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 25:3t-4e.
GOLDEN TEXT-Inasmuch as We did ii
aot unto one of the least, ye did It not
unto Me. Matt 25:4b.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-06-25

AT = O'Clock TINS afternoon an au-
tomobile-one of the largest made
passed the corner of Main street, go
ing north on Massachusetts avenue,
at a rate of 95 or 40 miles an hour
The avenue is narrow, and if We
hicle should have CHANGED to come
out of one of the streets opening on
it fatal accident would have been
inevitable. 1t is not our intention
to single out this incident, except to
use it as an Illustration of what is
being done every day by automobile
lists who drive with reckless dsre-
gard of human life that is absolutely
criminal. The Evening Telegram
would not deprive automobiles of
any of their privileges or pleasure,
bntthere are people driving machines
over these streets who will never
learn any respect for the rights of
others until they are jerked up and
fined the limit-which is not high
enough.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-06-25
IN SOCIETY CT !1?!z


After the wedding the bridal cou-
pie left for points on the east coast,
where they will enjoy a wedding
trip, going later to Tampa, where
Mr.. Pent is engaged in the au.omo-
bile business.
The bride is a lovely girl, pos
sessed of many charming traits of
character, and has a large number
of admiring friends here who ex-
tend to both their best wishes and
congratulations.
Among those attending the we'd
ding from Lakeland were Mr.. and
Mrs u ohm Patterson, Miss Patterson,
: Miss Corihne Patterson, Mrs. S. T.
Fletcher and Mr.. Sullivan.