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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
LUCK IN A BLUNDER.
A Story of Frederick the Great and a
Friahtened Ensiqn.

Frightened Ensign.
During the last evening of my stay
at Friedrichsruhe Bismarck was at his
best. He was in excellent spirits.
After dinner we Lit pipes. and well fill
ed tankards of beer were handy. The
prince seated himself in his long arm
chair, put his feet upon leg rest, and
evidently he was settled down for a
good talk.
He asked me what | should like him
to relate. said Pray. sir, tell me
any story that comes into your head"
Putting vigorously at his pipe, the fol-
lowing story was slowly developed:
"My grandfather served for three
years under Frederick the Great and
told me this anecdote: An ensign made
a blunder during the maneuvers OF
troops at review The king, as was
his wont when annoyed, fell into yio-
lent rage and pursued the terrified en-
sign, stick I'm hand The young soldier
ran for very life and jumped a ditch,
leaving the king upon the other side
shaking his stick at him in fury.
shortly after the escape Of the en-
sign the colonel of the regiment came
up to the king and said Your majesty,
the young man committed blunder
doubtless. have just received his res
ignation from your majesty's service,
placing the document into the king
hands l am sorry for it, for he was a
good officer. but he can take no other
step under the circumstances.
'@The king answered Send him tc
me- The ensign was sent for and
came, trembling. lest this time the
stripes should in reality fall upon bis
shoulders or, still worse, he might be
sent to prison. Without any preface
| the king replied, Here is your captain
| cy, sir, which endeavored to give yor
| this morning. but you ran away 81
swiftly that my old legs could no
catch you up Sir w. B. Richmond
| In North American Review.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
PERSISTENT BEAVERS.
a Battle of Wits Between the Animals
and the Engineers.

When the Grand Trunk railway ran
It's line across a swamp In a game pre-
serve on the line of the Alberta Rock
les there was a wonderfully construct
ed beaver dam holding the water back
TO food the swamp
This in the eyes of the game warden
was pure waste, and he ordered the
engineers to prevent it without harm
ing the beavers or course the dam
could have been blown up with dyna-
mite, but that would have meant the
death OF most of the little animals and
death very likely in great pain at that
So the engineers cut an opening In
the dam. The mud had become almost
as hard as concrete, and 1t took the
men three days to get the water run
ming out steadily. Then. thinking their
troubles with the industrious little fel-
lows over, they started work on the
railway through the swamp.
Soon the water began to rise, and
the work was stopped in a few hours
The engineers made all haste to the
dam and found the animals had repair
ed the cut and made it tight again.
A fresh cut was made, but after the
men had gone the beavers busted
themselves and made it stronger than
ever Work was again stopped on the
railroad within few hours.
Then a deep hole was made in the
earth far under the dam The beavers
were much puzzled. Never before had
they seen water 90 down into the
ground and come up far away. But
they lent their whole attention TO the
problem, and the work on the railroad
was again stopped as a consequence
and the foundations soaked with wa
ter.
Then followed an engagement of
wits between the beavers and the en-
gineers. But every time the men
found a way to cut the dam In a new
place the beavers found q way &c
stop 1t.
The road was finally constructed by
working few hours at a time. and the
loss to the contractors amounted to
more than 5,000.-Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
DEFlED THE BRAHMANS.
An East Indian Prince Who Did Not
Fear Losing Caste.

An East Indian Prince Who Did Not
Fear Losing Caste.
Mr. Coningsby Dawson. the well
known English writer, tells the follow
ing anecdote of the East Indian prince
Sir Pertab Singh;
young English lieutenant had died
of cholera in his palace The boy was
the son OF an English friend When
the body had to be carried out to be
placed on a gun carriage Sir Pertab
Singh went forward to lift it mp. Be
fore be touched it he was stopped by
some English officers fhey reminded
him that, by his religion were he to
touch the dead he would lose all his
caste and perhaps, despite his wealth.
never be able to buy il back They ad
yised him 10 send for the sweepers.
who are outcasts. In spite OF their
protests he picked up the body and
carried it down the palace steps to
the gun carriage.
A gasp went up at the sight. Every
one of his subjects knew what he had
, done The next morning, when be
rose, 500 Brahman priests were wait
ing In the courtyard He came out. a
proud figure, to face them. He knew
what they had come for-to make him
the lowest thing in India, a man with
out caste lie asked them what was
their errand, and they told him They
had come to make him OF as little ac-
| count as the humblest sweeper in his
palace
Sir Pertab Singh laughed. Il be
long" he said, Ito a higher caste than
any of you have ever dreamed Of, and
you can't take it from me; you're vel
come to all the rest. belong to the
same caste as the dead son of my
friend-the caste of a soldier"
With that he walked back into bis
palace, and the Brahman priests went
away, one by one, ashamed and puz'
zled,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT.
Burden of Caring For Consumptives
Should Be Borne by Public.

Burden of Caring For Consumptives
Should Be Borne by Public.
An optimistic note is sounded by the
National Association For the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis in that
there has been shifting of the burden
of the institutional care OF the con
sumptive from the private purse to
the general public purse. More than
$20,500,000 was spent last year in the
campaign against tuberculosis In the
United States, and of this sum 66.8
per cent was derived from public
funds, either federal, state, county or
municipal. The remainder was con-
tributed by private philanthropy In
the last five years the percentage Of
money spent from public funds has
steadily increased from SO per cent in
1909 to 66.S per cent in 1914
The National association considers
that the burden of caring for consump
tives is being rapidly placed where it
rightly beongs-on the public purse
New York last year led all the states
in public expenditures for tuberculosis,
/ spending s., ,2S6,S58 in the tuberculosis
campaign from public funds alone.
The next highest in order were Illi-
nois, Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and
Colorado
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
LABOR BRIEFS.


The Minnesota Union Advocate has
just entered its nineteenth year OF ad-
vocacy of the trade union movement.
Labor and capital nave joined hands
to see that no tinkerlng is done this
year with the Ohio workmen's com
pensation law.
Census bureau figures show that
there are now l,75O0O0 children be-
tween the ages of ten and fifteen en-
gagged in gainful occupations in the
United States.
The resumption of work at the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad plant at
Mount Clare, Md. gave employment to
1900 workmen.
East Ohio coal properties are to be
opened despite the strike of the United
Mine Workers OF America. The mines
have been closed nine months.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29

owen r. Lovejoy of New York, gen.
eral secretary of the national child la
Dor committee. reports that one OF the
most interesting campaigns of the win.
ter promised to be in Illinois, where a
fat sixteen year limit for all ordinary
kinds of work would be under consid
GRAFTON. He has not hitherto beer
actively promoting this higher stan
dard simply because he has felt that
the plight of the 100000 children un
der fourteen In nonagricultural work
was more urgent, and therefore he is
trying to fight this winter a double
battle-one for the Palmer-Owen bill
designed to eliminate without further
delay the young child FROM factories
mills and canneries and another foI
improved laws in at least fifteen
states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
WOOD AND METAL AND MUSIC.
A Theory Born of the Patter of the
Raindrops on the Root.

a Theory Born OF the Patter OF the
Randrops on the Root.
Since Mittelburger the German mn
sician, while sleeping under roof OF
cedar shingles in Philadelphia, in 1854.
was entranced with the resonance pro
duced by raindrops falling on the shin
giles, until the present time, wood has
held an indisputable place in the man
ufacture Of musical instruments Nit
telburger's first work under his theory
that wood was more musical than
metal was when he built a pipe organ
the first in America with the pipes
of southern white cedar. the same
wood which had charmed his ear while
he listened to the rain on the roof.
The superlative quality of spruce as
material for sounding boards is due to
The long. straight regular fbers of
which the wood is composed The NIL
croscope reveals what the unaided eye
cannot see The minute cells forming
the wood are extremely long full one
hundred times as long as their diam
eter meaSurpment-and each cell or
| fiber is stretched like taut string
Although these cells. all lying length
| wise of the wood, are packed and
| stretched closely side by side, there
| is room for vibration when they are
| struck
| All woods possess this quality OIL
| resonance, but ia vastly different de
| grees Some are dull and nearly dead
| others emit tones quick and sharp
| and still others give out sounds tina
| continue long time and gradually dit
! away as if vanishing in the distance
Spruce is OF the latter kind
| Wood possesses resonance. metal ha
! ring That may not wholly conform
| to dictionary definitions bat it elassi
fes the two materials pretty accurate
ly. The singing Of tightly stretche,
telephone wire across an open field Il
the autumn wind Is a most pleasin
melody to one who has an ear for tn
delicacy of the simpler sounds. Blu
how much softer and melodious tha
singing wire becomes if the ear
pressed against the telephone pole S
that the vibrations come through til
wood to reach the ear instead of d
rectly from the Hardwood Rec
ord
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29

Liberty commands the highest price
of all known things Its price is so
high that nobody can pay it
Proof Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty Eternal vigilance is to be
ever on the job. To be ever on the job
is to have no leisure or vacation. To
have no leisure or vacation is to be a
slave To be a slave is not to have
liberty Therefore in order TO be free
we must enslaye ourselves, which Is
absurd. Q. Il. D.-Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
Orinin of Gibraltar.

The 'tar" in Gibraltar is contrac-
ton of Taric or Tariff, the name of a
famous pirate of medieval times. The
whole word may be translated as
mountain or cliff of Taric." This
same root tar occurs In the word
tariff" Taric after time came to
levy tax or tariff on passing vessels
instead Of robbing them outright. In
this way our word tariff had its ORR
gin. 1t Is interesting TO note also that
this robber was further honored by
having the town of Tariffa, near Glib
raltar, named for him Detroit Jour
nal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
ouill Pens.

The quill pen is not quite extinct in
London. The legal profession, which
is very conservative, ciings to it tena-
ciously, and none of the courts would
be completely equipped without plen-
tiful supply OF good goose quilts, Have
you noticed what an indispensable ac-
cessory the quill is to counsel, whether
In ostentatiously taking a note. max
ing a speech or in helping to point a
warning finger at q hostile witness P
London Standard
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29

SOCIAL INSURANCE.

Under the caption Social In
surance'' the executive council
of the A. 4. Of L.. In reporting to
the Philadelphia convention In
pursuance of resolutions adopted
at the Seattle convention the
year previous upon the subject
of social insurance, presents
lot of information as to progress
made in this direction in other
countries. 1t is very concise
yet comprehensive consideration
of the subject and makes
strong argument for low initia
ton fees, high dues, centraliza-
ton Of funds and an enlarged
system of benefits carried on
within the trade union move
ment itself. These recommenda-
tions are based upon the expe
rience of organized wage earn
ers in America and abroad.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
Food For Gossip.

Where are you goingY
ITO call on Mrs. Wallaby Wombat
Better come along. | understand there
are soLle very interesting things to be
heard"
How soT'
''She has just quarreled with her best
friend. ~ Pittsburgh Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
By Internal Evidence.

Where do you suppose we got the
saying. He laughs best who laughs
lastp" asked Mrs. Binks of her hus-
band
Probably some Englishman 6rst said
it." replied Mr. Binks He was doubt
less trying to set national failing in a
favorable light YOUTHS Companion,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
Opposes Minimum WAGE.

Hugh Frayne, New York representa-
tive Of the American Federation Of
Labor. holds that more perfect organ.
ization among employees and co-opera
ton between employee and employer
as we'll as in trade unions would ac.
complish more in improving conditions
among the wage earners than the pas
sage of any law the state factory com
mission could recommend.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
Than Charaed Ii.

Mrs. Willers- How did you get this
lovely material for 90 cents yard?
Mrs. Datus We mobilized outside the
store, then marched In wedge forma-
ton and surrounded the bargain coun-
ter by flank movement-Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
onnoss Reneal Of Full Crew Act.

Oppose Repeal of Full Crew Act.
Members of the legislative boards Of
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
men, the Order OF Railroad Conductors
and the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers have announced they will
vigorously oppose the efforts being
made to repeal the full crew act
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
ciearmakers Win.

The Cigarmakers' union has won It's
fight against we'll known Detroit ci-
gar factory which declared for the
nonunion shop six months ago
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29

by their parents than by the stars at
their nativity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29

should not complain of smoke Ger
man Proverb.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-29
Form Industrial Body.

Shop employees of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroad have or
ganized a shop federation. which In
cludes all crafts OF this system.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28
INExcUsABLE.

Many days ago the Star Bulletin called at
tention to the insistence of Mayor Lane upon
appointing full salaried milk inspector-and
naming his. brother for the job-when it was
necessary and desirable merely to give the
board of agriculture inspector county com
mission and a small increase in salary.
Now the board of agriculture has taken the
matter up. In his monthly report Veterinarian
Norgaard recommends the appointment Of the
boards inspector to the county position and
comments:
Any other appointment will mean an inn
pediment to the service and a complete disre-
gard of what the public demands and are en-
titled to. -
DIR. Norgaard is not overstating the case.
Mayor Lanes action on the milk inspection
matter is open to the seyerest criticism. The
board of agriculture and forestry will have
public sentiment ON its side if it declines to be
a party to carrying politics disastrously into
affairs of public health-if it makes real fight
against Lane s policy.
This policy is the sort thatis likely to cause
the next legislature to take from the city and
county all sanitary inspection.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28
EDITOR
MORE POWER TO THE AUTO CLUB.

From the point of view of both the public
and the automobiles the formation of the Ho-
nolulu Automobile club is benefit to the com
munity. Such an organization affords protec-
ton to both the public and the automobile
owner. And both need protection.
Autoists no less than pedestrians are in con-
slant danger from the maniac driver, drunk or
sober; the autoist particularly so because the
sins of the few are visited on the heads of the
many in the shape of unjustly restrictive ord-
nances and laws And the result of that is that
the law being unjust is not enforced, with the
further consequence that there is no restriction
at all and the public suffers even more: the
usual chain in such situations. ISL 4
In mainland cities the automobile clubs have
been great power. They have not only been
effective as weapon against the speedeF but
they have been great force for good roads.
They are composed of men of resource and in
iuence and they can get things done
More power to the Auto Club! Honolulu
needs it. * Il I. ~. 81 80
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28

The adoption OF these suggestions
would naturally entail either
ed The disbursement of larger
aggregate cash dividend, or
-(2) The material reduction of the
present rate per share.
at would seem that any considera.
ton of suggested dividend change
would naturally await the organization
of the enlarged board of directors
::As result, however, of inquiries
received from stockholders, particular
ly in regard to rurnors of q stock diyi-
dend or increased cash dividend, !
wish to place before the stockholders
the attitude of the present directors,
which has guided them in the consid-
Grafton of this subject In the past, and
which attitude they hold unchanged
at the present time.
"They are convinced first that mel
ther
I'D Current earnings, nor
''t21 Position of the company as to
quick assets VS.. enrrent liabilities, nor
:f3) Present conditions of the pine
apple business, nor
"(41 The present uncertain trade
and financial conditions throughout
the world and in the United States
In particular, nor
"(5) The necessity for caution and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28

ion church made a deep impression.
The writer has travelled some and
knows something of the church life Of
different communities all over the
United States. He feels confident that
Central Union Of Honolulu in all its
splendid and welLequipped depart
ments Of Christian activity. with its
lines of Influence reaching out and
permeating the various parts Of the
whole life of this community. moral,
municipal social, domestic, eceRomi-
cal, including the school, the settle
ment, the home. the shop. the mis-
sion. even stretching out her helpful
hands to the south Pacific islands, as
well as the people Of China with her
very own representative workers
there, he is confident that Central I'm
ion is doing work such as should
make us all feel proud of her as q
wide-awake and energetic institution.
the like Of which is rarely, If ever,
found In any city the size Of Homo
lulu. The loyalty of her members,
their domestic friendship, their spirit
of unselfish service as well as the
devotion of her ministers and their
many intelligent co-workers-all these
things made profound impression
upon one, who last evening, was only
A GUEST.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28


Thousand dollars Of The capital stock,
TIE wars influence.
OF interest is the note that the
war has entirely suspended our Ger
man business. : about 2 per cent of the
total. and practically stopped all the
business with the continent of Europe,
though this was not large Business
with Great Britain for 1914 was So, 600
cases. new record, bat the orders
were taken before the war and Presi,
dent Dole says that the 1916 European
business will probably be light.
The war has up to this time ap-
.parentIys had surprisingly little effect
on our business in the United States, ?
he says
As to More Dividends.
Referring. TO the matter of an in
crease of dividends, his letter to the
stockholders says:
4 desire to make statement to the
stockholders IN regard to the dividend
policy of the company, this owing to
suggestions presented to the directors
informally but quite insistently by a
few stockholders. that the company
increase its capital stock from $780,
900 to 81, 000, COO or 81 .050, 90, capitaliz-
ing 100000 or $S50.00O or its undi.
vided profits. doing this BY means of a
stock dividend OF say SO per cent.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28

conservatism in establishing and main
tanning the credit of the company, JUS
fifty at present the disbursement of
any increased cash dividends over and
above the present rate of Is per cent
or SOS, 900 per annum.
"They are further Of the present
opinion that any considerable capitaI-
cation of our accumulated surplus
earnings (Which now amount to near.
ly as much as the capital stock by
means of stock dividend, would be
unwise at this time. 81
in making this statement / do not
want it understood that am opposed
to reasonable capitalization of surplus
earnings by stock dividends under
proper conditions. st >.
& Il will not in this. statement attempt
to discuss the question of the duties
of board of directors in safeguard.
ing a company and the intrinsic In
syestment value of its shares against
the contingency of succession of
bad years, but will simply say that
your directors are using their best
Judgment in the interest of the COM
pany and trust that they may have
the unanimous support of the share.
holders in their work.
I I'm conclusion 1 want to say that
the directors have, believe. given
this matter more thought from the
standpoint OF the company and its
shareholders than has been given by
those who, are urgently arguing for o
large stock dividend
: 81 wish also to say that this subject
will no doubt he again carefully con-
sidered by the new and enlarged board
Of directors and the board will al
any time be glad to have suggestions
from stockholders IN regard to any
matters pertS aiming TO the welfare OF
the companys,