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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-28
Eastern
Yesterdays Games

New London s. Lowell 0.
Bridgeport 4, Springfield 3.
Lynn 4. New Haven 0.
Portland l, Lawrence 0.
Worcester Z, Hartford 8 (flrst game)
Worcester S, Hartford 8 Second game).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-28
American Standing

Today's Games
Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Detroit at ST. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-28
National Standing

Today's Games
Brooklyn at Boston.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Philadelphia at New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-28

Boston Stock Market
BOSTON RAILROADS.
y. Elevated ............. rs rs IS rs
Maine Central ...... 1o01 1904 1904 1901
1NDUsTRIALS BOSTON
Am. Pneu. Dfd ......... IA IA IA IA
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
SENSE OF DIRECTION.
a Help In Finding Your Bearings at
Night Without a Compass.

A Help In Finding Your Bearings at
Night Without q Compass.
An English survivor of the South At
rican war who was often sent on long
distance night reconnaissances has
worked out system whereby any one
can be right at home in the dark with
out compass or other instrument to aid
the sense Of direction He worked out
the exact movement and direction of
the largest and most easily distin
guished lights III the heavens 50 that
the least scientific eye can recognize
these signs by sight, and the whole
dome OF the heavens becomes a vast
compass.
If there were fire balloons or beacons
placed In the heavens north, east south
ana west it would be easy for any one
to go in these directions by simply fol
lowing the signs Similarly. If one
wished TO 60, say a hands breadth to
the right or left Of the beacons one
could easily do SO. The largest stars in
the heavens can he depended upon in
the same way
II you put the front buttons of your
coat on the north star or other direc
ton stars, writes this authority,
your right and left breasts give you
an angle of - degrees from the stars
and your shoulders right angle
Also, it Is only matter of a little prac-
tice to be able to measure Is degrees
Of horizon with your hand, so you can
get any number of degrees to the right
or left of your direction stars, and aft
er little practice it becomes second
nature to recognize the points OF the
compass at sight, and you acquire the
same sense of direction as bushmen,
Arabs and people who live far away
from civilization" = Popular Science
Monthly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
THIS WORLD CROWDED.
Why, Lake ChampIain, Frozen, Would
Easily Hold All It's People.

There are on this globe about 1,500,-
100000 inhabitants Most Of us, who
lack the sense Of proportion. at the
mention of this big number are apt to
speak of the "overpopulation" Of the
world. Yet if we spare a few moments
thought we shall better know what
this represents. There is in my study
room a geographic globe about fifteen
inches in diameter. On that sphere
there is marked a little spot about the
size of the point of peneil-at any
rate, SO small as TO make it impossible
to write the initials of its name-Lake
Champlain-upon 1t.
Yet whenever Lake Champlaln
freezes over there is good standing
room for every one of all the inhabi-
tants OF the earth, and then this lake
would be considerably less crowded
than some Of the busy streets OF New
York. Indeed, trange as it may sound.
every one, young and old, would find
about one square yard to stand upon.
Nay, more, If the very young and the
very old would please to stand aside on
GtiO oIVANn Va lAiN ltlhC tA1S lCiiitiiIlllcl VI
the total inhabitants Of the world
could arrange skating party where
there would be less crowding than Is
seen on a busy winter day on that skat-
ing pond in New York s Central park
Sketching the picture Is like visualiz-
ing the great tragedy of the human
race-the few people of this earth do
not begin to realize their immense op-
portunitles and their unused resources;
meanwhile they have the insane feel
ing that the world is "oyerpopulated
All our science, our religion, our art
have not given us common sense
enough to learn how to use them to
live comfortably and happiIy--we this
mere handful of inhabitants on this
immense world of ours. Nor does it
look as if we were going to get to our
senses before many generations to
come as long as we keep on muddling
and blundering as long as greed and
vanity, lust for power, the main inhcr-
itance of the aims and thoughts of the
past together with some of our time
honored traditions, keep us in the cold
relentless grip Of hygone ages. From
Renewing the Earth From the Air
by l.. II Baekeland, in Scribner's
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Why They Are Not So Successful In
the United States as In Europe

Why They Are Not So Successful In
the United States as In Europe.
While cooperative stores in the Unit
ed States are relatively unsuccessful as
compared with typical cooperative
stores in European countries, the lack
Of success Is not due to the failure Of
the underlying principles of such en-
terprises to hold good In America but
to the business methods generally fol
lowed in such undertakings in this
country This conclusion has been
reached as result of a survey Of sixty
cooperative stores made by the Office
Of markets and rural organization.
United States department of agricul-
ture the findings Of which are pub
Iished in bulletin 394 Of the depart
ment In the many American cooper.
atiye stores which have failed mis-
management, inadequate accounting
and auditing, lack Of operation, poor
business methods and lack Of iudg
meut are responsible
The results of the survey indicated
that the cooperative store has tended
to bring abou, lower prices smaller
margins If profit more efficient busi-
ness methods aul otber practices bene-
fetal to the farner Higher figures are
quoted trenaaty for produce sold by
farmers ID 9mmunities in which CO.
operative stores exist because Of
stimulation of the local market
With the application of eff lent bus
ness methods and the education Of the
farmer to clear understanding Of the
functions Of cooperative stores, say
the authors Of the bulletin American
cooperative stores may he made sue
cessful Instances are cited Of uu
usual savings and large dividends to-
members of various associations Such
associations procure capable managers
ii is pointed out by paying adequate
salaries take advantage Of large scale
purchasing ana ash discounts main
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

tain proper accounts ana cost records
and watch stock turnoyers. The CO.
operative store in general, it is pointed
out, has very great possibilities in this
country If the farmer can be made to
understand this necessary relation Of
efficiency to financial success.
The more general, underlying condi-
tions which investigations indicated
should be present if cooperative
store is to be successful are: First,
good leadership among the members
and prospective MEMBERS second,
capable management; third, favorable
environment with regard both to phys
ical location and to social or occupa-
tional affiliations, and fourth, ade-
quate legal safeguards. The leader
ship should not be confined to one in
dividual, the severlng of whose con
nection with the enterprise might
prove disastrous, but should consist in
an efficient organization in which a
group of leaders takes part. Only a
man Of good general business ability
should be placed in active manage
ment of the store The securing Of
such man viii involve the payment
Of higher salary than is paid by
most of the stores investigated. The
average salary Of the manager for
the enterprises reporting was $106
month.
In some of the most successful CO.
operative stores investigated the com
mon employment Of many Of the resi-
dents of the community or their com
mon membership In social, fraternal
or religious associations was an I'm
portant factor making for success.
Laws granting special privileges and
creating special safeguards for coop
erattve associations now exist in thirty
statts. Persons contemplating the or
ganization Of cooperative stores are
urged by the departments specialists
to consider carefully all these factors
before taking definite steps
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Rights of Unions.

Justice Swayze of the New Jersey
supreme court recently handed down a
decision refusing to grant mandamus
compelling the National Alliance of
Billposters, labor organization, to ad-
NIT Louis Frank to membership The
court held that it did not have the
power to force one mans companions
ship on another. 1T would be quite
impracticable," said Justice Swayze,
"for the court to undertake to compel
men to receive into their social rela-
tionship one who was personally dis
agreeable, whether for a good or bad
reason"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
A RIDE ON TIE PILOT.
u Was Too Exciting Railroad Trip 10
Be Repeated.

DS nSPSdtSOs
An eastern man was riding by rail
through the Rocky mountains. A
friend had told him about riding on
the pilot of the engine through some
grand mountain scenery, and the east
erner was eager to have the same ex-
perience. At the first opportunity,
therefore, he asked the conductor
whether his friends and he could ride
on the front of the engine. The con-
ductor very promptly said they could
not. Nothing but a permit from the
superintendent of the line would en-
title any one to such a privilege. AS
the superintendent was a thousand
miles away, 1t seemed a hopeless case.
The easterner spoke Of his disap-
pointment to the Pullman conductor,
who told him that perhaps the affair
could be managed after all Through
his diplomacy it was arranged some
how or other, and at the next station
four of the party, including two ladies',
took their places on the pilot.
The scenery was some of the grand
est in the new world, but the easterner
could not enjoy it. The two slender
rails in front held his gaze with a sort
Of horrible spell He could not look
away from them. He felt almost the
same sense of insecurity and terror
that a man would feel If he were sud
denly whirled off into infinite space
Suddenly, as the train rounded a
curve, he saw a hand car on the track
ahead His companions saw it at the
same instant A man stood beside it
and was making desperate efforts to
remove it from the rails He got the
wheels off; then, as the engine bore
down upon him, he fed
The engineer did not see the hand
car at once, he was at the moment
looking at his gauges When he did
see it it was too late for him to check
the speed Of the train. He could only
look on.
The hand car was on the side OF the
track nearest the man from the east
He had an awful half minute. He
rose to his feet, not knowing what he
did, and leaned far over in front of the
DllltA9- Ills - - NtlG llNtltu upOA
the hand car. He saw nothing, realiz-
ed nothing except its approach.
The engine struck the hand car with
terrific force, and the pilot lifted it
from the rails II rolled up, ground
against the very place where the east
erner had been sitting, plowed a deep
groove ia the ironwork and then top
pied over ut the side Of the track
The frightened engineer set the
brakes ana brought the train TO
standstil. Not one Of the party was
even touched but they had had
enough riding on the pilot And, In
deed, it was the end Of such riding
for others From that time all such
trips were strictly forbidden
1t was two years before the man
from the east could see hand car
even standing harmlessly beside a rail-
way track without turning faint and
dizzy.-Youth's Companion
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
SAVAGE DISCIPLINE.
The Way UnruIy Indian Boys Were
Punished In Former Days.

The Way UnruIy Indian Boys Were
Punished In Former Days.
My grandmother had twelve chill
dren ana one uncle undertook to teach
me the art Of worship. He used to
lead me 10 the saHdhauks of the Mis-
souri, river, where he would set fire
to pile of driftwood. and then, TAX
ing me by the hand sing sacred songs
to the fire and river in the mean-
time he threw into them offerings of
tobacco, red feathers. and sometimes
oak tWigs never knew the meaning
If these offerings bat l always felt
that some living thing actuated both
the fire and the river
Another uncle came to visit US peri
odically, and every time he came my
brother or | suffered at his hands
Sometimes he would rush to the
spring, carrying me horizontally under
his arm and would plunge my head
into the water until / almost sutfo-
Gated.
His common form of discipline was
to let me hang by my hands ON tie
cross poles of the wigwam until my
arms ached. My body writhed before
l dropped This uncle seemed to like
best to command my older brother to
tie my hands and feet with a rope
Then he would order me to resist
an ordeal that would make us both
cry. In the winter he would also
sometimes roll us in snow naked.
The punishment of Indian children
is usually in the hands of some uncle
rather than the parents. Our punish
ments were inflicted generally because
we had disobeyed grandmother by
failing to get wood at evening, had
resisted fasting, had fought some In
dian boys, or had cried without suf-
ficient cause,-Southern Workmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Eastina For Aaalth.

Thousands of years before it was
practiced as a religious rite fasting
was practiced as a health measure in
Egypt, India and China. Contempt
rary to Cicero was Asclepiades,
Greek physician, who strongly advo-
Gated this idea, and 1000 years after
his day Ibn Sina, philosopher and
medical sage, argued the virtues OF
temporary abstinence on the ground
that 1t came easier than constant mod
Grafton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
- a. 81 National EeeIina.

National feeling is obviously only a
conspicuous instance Of those corporate
enthusiasms which are spontaneously
generated as soon as one recognizes
himself to be a member Of q group.
Whether one belongs to the French In
stitute is a Daughter Of the Reyoiu-
ton, brakexan on the Baltimore and
Ohio, a delegate to religious congress.
Is roofing for Harvard or ascending his
genealogical tree, he finds" writes
James Harvey Robinson in the Cen
tury, "his personality agreeably ex-
panding. Paltry, dlffident and discon-
tented 7 becomes proud and confident
we"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
FAME IN A FEW WORDS.
Authors Who Are Now Known Only
by a Single Work or Passage.

by Single Work or Passage.
Philip James Bailey wrote "Festus"
when he was twenty-three and lived
to be eighty-six without adding appre-
ciably to his early laurels. His "Fes-
tus" was compared by enthusiastic ad-
mirers to the works of Shakespeare
and Goethe. No one reads "Festus"
now, but its memory survives In one
familiar quotation, one time favorite
for use in autograph albums:
We live In deeds, not years; in thoughts,
not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial
We should count time by heart throbs
He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the nobest, acts
the best
Bailey Is very far from being the
only author to live in mems minds by
virtue of single line, stanza or pas
sage. 1t is a narrow margin by which
10 escape oblivion, but it serves. True,
1t IS not the writer himself that Is re.
membered, but as long as some spark
from his brain still glimmers he is not
totally dead. 1t may be line from a
song. Meet me by moonlight alone"
and Don't you remember sweet Alice,
Ben Bolt" are repeated as catchwords
by thousands who never heard Of ].
Augustus Wade or Thomas Dunn Eng.
lish. Very often however, the lines
that survive are of high literary value.
Theodore o'Hara, soldier of fortune,
wrote;
on fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead.
BY these four lines he won for him
self admission to the eternal camping
ground of poetry
William Knox, a Scotch versifier
Q7S9- 1929, owes his fragmentary sur
yival not so much to any great poetic
merit in his mortuary couplets as to
the Endorsement Of Abraham Lincoln,
who loved to repeat:
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be
proud
Like a fast fitting meteor. a fast flying
cloud,
a fash Of the lightning, break of the
wave,
He passes from ife to rest in the grave.
Philadelphia Ledger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
ouinins Not a Preventive.

DR.. L, Halford Ross in a letter to the
London Lancet ridlcules the attempt to
prevent malaria by administering qui-
nine. This cures malaria, but does not
prevent it, just as diphtheria is cured
with antitoXin, but not prevented. He
cites the utter failure of five years Of
quinine administration to prevent ma
larla in Egypt and of the marked re
duction In the disease that Immediately
followed the enforcement of auti-mos
quito measures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Some Odd Christian Names.

An appellant rejoicing in the curious
name Of Rezia at the last sitting of the
Somerset tribunal caused an inquiry
where he got it from. He replied from
the Bible, where it is only mentioned
once-I Chronicles vii. 80. There lived
for many years in the village Of Twer-
ton, Bath, one named AIiah. He was
born a twin, and his parents thriftily
divided the predcstined name Of Jere-
miah between thcm the other babe be-
ing christened Jere. London Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Public streets.

Under the Roman-Dutch civil law
the title to public street was in the
sovereign, and this rule obtained in
New Netherlands until the country
now comprising New York city was
taken over by the English in 1864.
The English common law. on the
other hand, left the title TO a public
street in the owner Of the adjacent
land, with only "the right of passage
for the king and his people. New
York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q . o.
TRADE UNIONiSM.

@ Demonstrate the caliber of 4
Q your trade unionism by your ac- Z
@ tions. Regulations gained by the Z
@ hot air route cannot last. Z
@ Don't forget the union label {
Q during the coming year 1t is to Z
@ your interest to be on the watch. (
9 You can depend upon no one so {
9 well as upon yourself
@ The union label is the emblem
@ of peace. 1t is an inspiration and {
q guidepost to justice. 1t appeals {
@ not to passion and force. but to {
g common sense and reason. 1t is
@ the intelligent action of moral
q suasion.
@ @ q q O. @ o g q % o % % q {. % % G
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Quite 4 Channa

Twenty-Five years ago a young hus-
bands wife Went away for two days
VISIT When she returned he met her at
the depot and embraced her and kissed
her. The other day She returned from
two weeks visit. He met her and
said, while he took a chew Of tobacco
Wen. did you have good timer"
Kansas City Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Grand Trunk Raises Paw.

The announcement has been made at
Ottawa by the Grand Trunk railway
system that the award of the board of
conciliation granting an increase of
pay to the maintenance of way en-
ployees of the system in Canada had
been accepted. The award gives the
men an increase of % cents a day and
foremen 20 cents. About 1000 EN-
ployees are affected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Good Worker.

And you say he is an industrious
worker? You astonish me. | had form
ed just the opposite opinion Of him."
Hes the most industrious worker |
ever saw. lie probably works as many
as a dozen people day, or tries to-
Houston Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Favor Compulsory Insurance.

in report submitted to the recent
convention of the American Electric
Railway association at Atlantic City
special investigating committee strong
ly recommended compulsory life, health
and accident insurance for all Ameri-
can wage earners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Joyous Tidinas.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, II have good news"
What is it,"
'The bank sent me word that my
account is overdrawn. looked in the
synonym book and found that over
drawn is the same as exaggerated. !"
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

w. D. Howells said of old age at one
Of his Sunday afternoons:
age is modester than youth. I've
often noticed that when tell mother
that her daughter Is the image Of what
she was herself at nineteen the mother
is delighted. but the daughter looks
startled"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
On the Civ

$50 you want to know where flies
come from, Tommy? Well, the cyclone
makes the housefy. the blacksmith
makes the FREELY the carpenter makes
the sawfy, the driver makes the horse
fly, the grocer makes the sanddy, and
the boarder makes the butterhy.-Chi-
cagO Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
For Greasy Woodwork.

Paint or woodwork that has become
greasy should be cleaned with cloth
dipped In turpentine. Then wipe with
cloth dipped In water to which lit
tie kerosene has been added.-New
York American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

And what do you sailors do?" asked
visitor on one of our battleships.
We'll" responded the jolly tar, I'VE
does what we please until we are told
to do something else, and then we does
that something else pretty darn quick"
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Text From gr,er Williams.

don't want what de rich mans got,
kaze l knows mighty well be amt
gwinter turn it loose, an don't want
money what amt got a blessin' on it.
Howsomever, money looks mighty good
on cold mawnin Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Busy

'Bliggins says man ought to attend
to his own business"
Yes But he thinks it's his business
to show everybody else how to attend
to his business. Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

Ma and pa had terrible argument
last night"
How did 1t end?
Mas going to get a new dress and
opera cloak. Detroit Free Press
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

He who believes in nobody knows
that he himself Is not to be trusted
Auerbach.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

Glass, china and reputation are easily
cracked and never well mended =
Franklin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

A man does not represent fraction,
but q whole number; he Is complete in
himself. elf.-Schopenhauer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
COOPERATIVE STORES.

. Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-03
Detective Burkhdrdf
Attacked by Bull Dog
Loses Leg---Of Trousers

4 vicious bulldog attacked Detec.
tives Burkhardt. Garvin, Kuneth and
Kettlehutt. Monday morning. when
they attempted to raid a house at
No. 444 Monroe.ave
There was a wild scene when the
dog dashed out OF the door and
started TO clean up" on the raiding
officers. The enraged animal began
operations by fastening his teeth
firmly in Burkhardts trousers.
Kunath made pass at him but
missed. Kettlehutt fourished his
club. Finally Garvin took a chance
and shot. The animal loosened his
hold and just as he dropped to the
ground. Oft came the leg OF Burk.
hardts trouser.
The officers then completed the
raiding job. When taken before
Police Judge Sellers, Ella Hughes.
30 years old, was fined s25 on n
charge Of operating a disorderly re-
sort