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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
The Txrant In the Field

There have been few commanders so
tyrannous as Lopez, the dictator OF
Paraguay. when in the war of 1S65-7O
it fought single handed the nelghbor
ing countries of Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay. Lopez, says Mr.. w. H. Koe-
bel In his Argentina" was wont to
carry the theory of victory or death
to an uncomfortable point Officers
were executed for mere remarks
whose tone fell beneath the standard
of confidence that Lopez had set up for
himself One, for instance was shot
for having announced in the course of
his duty that the enemy was strongly
intrenched! Another met his end on ac-
count of an unguarded speech to the
effect that the Paraguayan army was
accustomed to count the enemy's losses
and forget its own
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
HER BORROWED ROBE.
IL Brought an Actress the Most Peril
Gus Moment of Her Life

Gus Moment OF Her Life.
THE only time ever was thief
saved my life" said Rose Coghlan
once My sister-in-law, Louisa Thorn
ton, was playing in Colleen BaWn' in
Scotland | was Anne Chute one of
the bridesmaids, and always dressed
in Louisa's room with her
This particular night she was i'll,
and her understudy went on Now, 1t
happened that ! had longed and lonced
to wear u certain costume OF Louisa 5,
1t wasn't one bit suitable for a girl Of
my age in bridesmaid part being
made of heavy white corded silk With
a long court train and all the hXings.
but | adored It.
Il dressed up in it and went out TO
wait for the cue with the other girls.
Just as we were ready to go on some
one behind me said, Rose, your dress
is on fire.
Il think that is the most fearful
word that can sound in theater-
Fire Ny train had caught fire from
one of the little gas footights, unpro-
tected then
The girls in their light dresses were
trying to get away from me, and the
nearest man, Hardness, was hand
cuffed. | crushed my train in my
hands to smother the creeping flame
and backed off down the steps under
the stage. man down there threw a
heavy cloak over me, and l tainted |
was burned badly around my hands
and arms and neck, but the heavy silk
dress saved me New York World
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

out mlsg1ylngs, and IN certain narrow
ly prescribed residential districts one
may fit from house To house iii the
raiment of JOY without danger But if
one essays to 90 from one of these
haunts of fashion TO the other, except
In a taxi. one is likely To run gantiet
Of ribald comment that will leave him
a nervous wreck when he reaches his
destination
Our Chicago democracy is very
young, newly come into knowledge
of it's privileges and enthusiastically
hostile toward anything that remotely
resembles an assumption Of class or
caste; hence through the vast tracts
1t inhabits and that separate the dress
suit areas one from another the man
who essays a pilgrimage openly in the
despised garments OF idleness invites
repriSals
If the fashionable men of Chicago
who wish to maintain the fashionable
tradition, yet cannot afford taxicabs.
will get together they may develop
enough strength to persuade the trac-
ton companies TO supply for their even
ing travel sufficient closed and armored
cars. running at appropriate intervals
Otherwise they must take their
chances. as other adventurous Ameri
cans do.-Chicago News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
MUST RECOGNIZE UNION.
United Mine Workers Say 1t Will Be a
Benefit to Operators.

There must be full recognition of the
union before there can be guarantee
Of industrial peace in the anthracite
regions, says John P White, president
Of the United Mime Workers Of Amer
lea, in a recent statement to the public.
Employees also demand 10 per cent
increase in wages. IIalf If the men dig
by the ton, tie rest by the day
THE operators, said Mr.. White. "ac-
tually stand to gain more through the
recognition Of the union than the min
ers. l trust and believe that they now
understand their own interests and
will grant this fundamental demand
TO the operators ii means The assur-
ance Of uninterrupted operation of
their mines, because the union win
then be able to prevent unwarranted
local strikes
Realizing fully the grave public con
sequences of a strike. we have used
every means I'm our power of securing
adjustment of these demands through
the avenues of reason and argument
instead of by strike For the past six
months We have thought peace. talked
peace and preached peace | believe
the public appreciate this attitude on
the part Of the miners
The United Mine Workers have re-
fused to have even the appearance of
being a partner TO amy attempt to in
crease the price Of anthracite coal"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
RELATIVES 4. -aW.
A Little Advice That May Help to
Make Things Pleasant.

A Little Advice That May Help to
Make Things Pleasant.
If | were giving counsel to the hus-
band and wife who would make each
other happy and hold each others love
l would suggest that neither call the
attention of the other to the disagree
able qualities of the family of either
"My husband loves my people as if
they were his own a wife told me.
1T makes me so happy!'
| doubt if he did love her people very
dearly, but he overlooked those charac-
teristics which a more selfish man
would have resented. If it was what a
schoolboy would call bluff it was
gloriously unselfish one.
Most of US can stand the tempers and
idioSyncrasies of our own when we
saone have to bear them. 1t is when we
see them through the eyes of third
person that they become unendurable
That is perhaps one reason why so few
roofs are large enough to cover two
families.
Ii each "in-law" exercised toward
the members Of the household into
which he or she married the same par
doning love that is exercised toward
ones own the aspersions cast upon the
mother-in-law would die a natural
death because they would have moth
ing on which to feed Virginia Ter
hume Van de Water in Mothers Maga-
zine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
WEARING EVENING CLOTHES.
A Chicago View of the Question From
Masculine Viewpoint.

Masculine Viewpoint.
Citizens OF the older towns where it
is customary for men of any social pre-
tentions whatsoever to wear formal
evening clothes after 8 in the after
noon often reproach Chicagoans for
not following this time honored Gus
tom. They are never satisfied with the
explanations given. because these ex-
plantations are rather evasions and do
not explain anything
AS matter OF fact, although nearly
every Chicago man knows why his
full dress" accumulates dust and sus.
tains moths in the dim recesses of the
closet, he does not realize that his rea-
sons are the reasons that consign the
glad garments of his fellow men to a
similar desuetude. 1t may be just as
well to get together and confess.
IL one could make formal evening
dress map of Chicago one could show
several small, well defined areas In and
about the city where the open faced
waistcoat and spiketailed coat are
necessary. or at least permitted In the
loop, about theaters and fashionable
hotels snch garments are worn with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
SAFETY FIRST PAYS.
Death Rate Is Decreasing Among the
Coal Miners.

Death Rate Is Decreasing Among the
Coal Miners.
Safety FIRST is beginning to show
substantial results in lives saved in the
coal mining industry according to a
statement made by Secretary Lane of
the interior department at Washington
A report Of the casualties in the coal
mines for the year 1919, made by the
bureau Of mines, shows that:
The actual number Of men killed is
the lowest in the last eight years; the
death rate for each 900 men employed
is the lowest in the last-stxteen years;
the number of tons Of coal prodrced
for each miner killed is the largest In
the entire history of coal mining in the
United States
Statistics gathered by the bureau
show that more than 100000 men were
employed in coal mining last year and
that of this number 2,2G4 were killed
which Is 100 less than in 1914 and 521
less than In 1913 The death rate for
each 1000 men employed was 2.95, as
against 30 in the previous year and
1913 the year before that. This means
that as a result of the general safety
campaign that has been proceeding for
several years there was one additional
man saved in every 1000 employed as
compared with the previous year and
three more men saved in every 1000
employed as compared with the year
1913. There We're 22S,799 tons of coal
produced for every life lost as compar
ed with 2oS,o7S tons III the previous
year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
WHIRLlGlG BEETLES.
These Four Eyed. Six Legged Creatures
Are Expert Swimmers.

These Four Eyed. Six Legged Creatures
Are Expert Swimmers.
More than likely You have watched
him skating in figures 9's" and all
sorts of elaborate designs in quiet
pools along a stream or on the edge
Of lake He will turn this way and
that, describing one graceful curve aft
er another. and then dart off in a
straight line when he's frightened
He's speedy, rs well as graceful He's
the whirigis beetle.
lie has six legs, two longer ones in
front and two pairs OF short, aat pad
dies behind These paddles make him
an expert swimmer His front legs.
stretched out, look like arms.
Nature was also generous in giving
him two pairs of eyes. With one pair
he looks at objects on top of the water
and with the other pair be keeps watch
for preying fish below
There are something less than 300
species OF whirligig beetles and they're
scattered in all parts Of the world. All
summer youll see their shiny bodies
skating in spiral tracks and in curves
on the surface of pools and sluggish
streams r Philadelphia North Amer
lean
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Court Rules Eor Workman.

Negligence or careleSsness on the
part of an employee causing his death
or injury does not preclude him or his
heirs from benedtins under the proyi
sions of the state worlmen's compen-
sation law. according 20 decision
handed down by the West Virginia su-
preme court The case was that OF
George Archibald. employed by q
plumbing concern in Wheeling, who
mistook a poisonous fluid for water
and died after drinking it. The court
held that such an act bs quenching
thirst or relieving hunger the perform.
ance of which is reasonably necessary
to health and comfort, is an incident
of employment
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Yawninq.

Yawning is a peculiar act and one
that has never yet been properly ac-
counted for. 1t is not by any means q
sign of fatigue only, although it is
sometimes produced by overexertion.
But an attack of yawning comes on
much more quickly If one is intensely
bored, and certainly a stuffy atmo
sphere tends to produce it. 1t is also
noticeable that when one has gone con.
siderably past ones mealtime the ten
dency to yawn frequently becomes ir-
resistible- A very peculiar feature OF
this complaint is its infectiousness
one person can easily set half dozen
all yawning in turn. When present in
a very marked extent it is supposed to
be the outcome of anaemia, indiges-
ton or some other complaint.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Choate and the Green Ran.

Very few Of our lawyers carry the
green bags which were once a badge of
that profession
4 think the sight OF such bag once
kept Joseph II. Choatc from coming to
Philadelphia to make a speech" Mr..
Conlen said
Mr.. Conlen and another lawyer had
gone to New York TO invite the exam
bassador to England to deliver an ad-
dress in Philadelphia Mr.. Conlen's
companion carried a green bag, which
he laid upon Mr. Choate's table, evi-
IDENTIFY TO the great lawyers annoy
ance.
What do you carry in that thing2"
he asked.
Il have some law books" the young
Philadelphia attorney replied.
when | was young lawyer" Mr..
Choate said rather coldly Il was
taught TO carry my law in my head"
And the invitation was declined
Philadelphia Ledger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
KENTUCKY CoLOnELs.
IN the Nature of Things They Simply
Can't Help Being Numerous.

CdnI r1elp Gein9 numerous,
In the south especially and in Ken.
tucky more especially a man becomes
a colonel at about forty-seven unless
he is of a willful, rebellious, obstreper-
Gus disposition ANA inclined to stand
up for an admitted but rarely exercised
right not to become known as colo
nell" \ man who is not sudden and
quick in quarrels and who can be put
upon cannot escape becoming colo
mel. Many men whose courage is Sa
questioned prefer not TO engage in
street fights in opposition to an estab.
lished custom II is the rule rather
than the exception TO submit good ma
turedly or with concealed impatience
when the first three gray hairs appear
at the temples and the use of the title
begins by popular consent.
There are. of course. many colonels
under forty When a governor is inau
gurated he has the power to appoint
staff colonels A governor who does
not appoint as colonies such OF his con
stituents as he knows by name is lack
ing in the punctliousness which diStin
guishes the practical politician Thus
many young men who would have been
''leftenants" If they had adopted a mil.
itary career are made coloneIs in civiI
life. Another predisposns cause OF
premature colonelcy is the tendency Of
some men to become fat early in life
A man who measures as much us forty
inches at the waist line and has not
been convicted of felony is entitled,
even obliged. TO be called colonel" be
fore he is forty Louisville Courier
JOurnal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Carved by Newton.

In the Newton chapel of the church
at Colsterworth, in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, where Sir Isaac Newton was
born, is to be seen one of the most in
teresting relics of the greatest of phi
losophers 1t consists of a sundial and
was carved by Newton when he was
a boy on stone in the house in which
he was born, his only tool being a pen
knife There it remained for many
years until removed to Colsterworth
church. Unfortunately the organ has
been built directly in front of this in
teresting relic, so that unless one
knows of the stones existence and its
presence in the church it is overlooked.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
The Ptarminan.

There are few birds whose plumage
is so variable as the ptarmigan's Three
times in the year its plumage changes
1t has separate coats for spring. an
tumn and winter At the beginning of
November it puts OF the last costume
of the season. It's spring brown and
summer gray serve well 70 hide it
among the scanty herbage of its haunts
from the keen eye Of the soaring fal-
pOp
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
3
! OF INTEREST TO LABOR.


The 10000 striking shirt makers In
New York are being rapidly organized
The Colorado law requires thirty
days notice Of intention to call a
strike or lockout
In 1897 the United Mine Workers
had membership of 5000. Now it
has more than 100000.
In the cooperation in all fields of ac-
tivity to secure adequate defense Mr..
Gompers declares organized labor
must play Il big part.
The number of states prohibiting
factory employment under fourteen
years of age increased from thirty on
Jan. 1. 1905 to forty-one in 1915.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Nelson's Messaae.

In a book called National Eumor' i
serious foonote states that Nelson's
celebrated message, England expects
each man to do his duty" was phrased
by the famous admiral as Nelson ex-
poets, etc., and that one of his officers
suggested the change OF the FIRST word
to England" Nelson's greatness was
evident in his immediate acceptance of
the change. A smaller man would
have felt insulted at the proposed elm
ination of his own name
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

2 The workers cannot afford to I:
(. purchase the eight hour day at g
2 the price of their freedom and 6
. of their rights. particularly g
g when there is Il better and surer 9
d. road open to all. .
g When the workers secure the 6
o eight hour work day by their G
q economic power it is even be- 6
@ yond the power Of the courts TO 6
9 declare it unconstitutional or to g
9 make such success an instru- g
9 ment for injustice or tyranny. g
@ Men of labor, let us organize, g
9 unite, federate solidly and CON 9
@ centrate our efforts for the eight G
g hour day and for justice and i.
@ freedom. Samuel Gompers. g
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Time 10 houseclean.

"Ah see yo' is housecleanin'," said
Mrs. Snow White.
Eyes" replied Mrs. Marsh Green.
"dey is nothin' lax movin' things round
once in awhile. Why. des come er-
cross a pair ob slippers under de bed
dat All hadn't seen fob five yeahs -
Dallas News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
STORY or A DREAM
Curious SIumber Vision and Its
Sequence In Real Life.
A WARNING OR A COINCIDENCE
Whichever of the Theories May Be Sc
Ieoted as the Answer to the Problem,
II Was a Singular and Puzzling
Psychological Experience.


Iected as the Answer to the Problem,
1t Was a Singular and Puzzling
Psychological Experience.
The following real life experience
which is interestins both as a story
and for the psychological problems it
involves, is related to the Pathfinder
by one of its women readers
''In a dream one night it seemed that
awoke and found myself lying on a
mattress placed on the floor of room
entirely devoid Of furniture. In my
dream l. felt considerable surprise at
finding myself in such a situation, and
| looked about in dismay and alarm
Upon trying to move | found to my
horror that | was weak and sick, and
fell back ON the pillow exhausted and
much depressed
Just then the door OF the room
opened ana man entered. He was
extraordinarily tall and was very dark
and thin lnstinctively | felt that he
was my doctor. | asked him where
was and what was 9rong. Slowly and
solemnly he answered
"'You have smallD3X
AT this iunctWc | awoke, greatly
horrifed and agitated All day my
dream stood out with frghtful vivid
ness in my mind. At length in the
hope Of relieving myself Of some Of its
unpleasantness ! related it to several
of my friends Without exception they
earnestly advised me to he yaccluated
at once, and did so
a few days later was in New York
city AS | walked along | noted many
fruit venders With quantities of fine
looking white grapes piled UP on their
carts. The fruit was SO tempting THAT
/ stopped before one Of the carts and
asked the young fellow iii CHARGE Of it
to weigh out Two pounds for me AS
he was waiting on me | saw him cast
furtive glance behind him. then despite
my request that he give me my grapes
at once, he seized tile handle Of his cart
and with most Of bis fellow merchants
trundled rapidly away.
Il looked in the opposite direction
and saw a man. evidently u city official.
who was ordering the few remaining
fruit vendors to move on. He was
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sell nae the grapes wanted, | decided
to wait and give the cause Of the trou-
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

IF the men who are yelling anarchy
would get into the labor movement
they would be of some use, but other
wise they are doing the work that the
detective agencies are paid to do" says
Frank Hayes, vice president of the
United Mine Workers of America
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
II Sounded Bin.

''She talks at different times of my
maid my cook and my laundress. :"
said the woman with the maclinaw
HAS she actually 50 mlay Scrrants?"
mo, said the accompanying male
person. She means THAI her hircl Girl
Is lightning change aa.i$t" +" iaeiroit
Saturday Night.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Real sympathy.

An old farmer down the country Civ
ing Instructions for his will directed a
legacy of $4,000 to be given to his
wife. Being informed that some dis
tinction was usually made in case the
widow married again, he doubled the
sum, and when told that this was con.
trary to custom he said, with heartfelt
sympathy for his possible successor
AYE, but him that gets her'll deserve
-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
Cured.

Bacon lost lot of money in a big
sugar deal That cured him of specu-
lation."
Sugar cured. SO to speak. Boston
Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

81 fear hers is a hopeless ease she's
tired of everything
"Everything?"
''Yes; even of going to the doctor. =
Kansas City Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

In character, in manners, in style, in
all things. the supreme excellence is
simplicity. ty.-Longfeilow.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24

Only evil grows Of itself. For good
mess we want effort and courage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-03-24
THE EIGHT HOUR DAY.

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The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-26
EXPORT IN ENGLAND HAS
 DECREASED

LONDON, Oct. 26. - The Coal Min ing Organization committee reports that the estimated output of the mines in the United Kingdom for the year ending July. 1916, amounted to 25i,- 74S. 900 tons, against 250,36S,00O tons in 1915, and 81.135,OOO tons in 1914. Some 282,0O0 miners have joined the colors since the outbreak of the war and 116.900 replaced, leaving a net reduction of 165, 300. There has been much difficulty in maintaining the sup ply of imported pitwood props and of efforts to provide a substitute of Bri- tish grown timber. The war office has agreed to allocate one thousand German prisoners in gangs of one hundred each to the felling and cut, ting of timber, and already SS5 are at work in approved camps The export of coal has been reduced to the dan gerously low figure of 43.000,000 tons in 1915 to 73,OOO, GOO tons in 1913.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-26
NEEDED WATERS GOING II
 WASTE

FL PASO. Texas, Oct. 26. - Fresh water enough to irrigate eight per cent of the dry lands of the world which require additional water to bring them to full production capacity, flows into the oceans and goes to waste, Neil Nelson, Australian trade commissioner to the United States, told members of the International Farm Congress in sesion here.
 This shows what enormous bene- ficial results could be brought about" Mir. Nelson said, by a systematic conservation of water for irrigation purposes. It gives also an idea how much greater a work it Is to provide for the people concerned, the scientific knowledge of how by dry farming methods the greater part of the re- maining s2 per cent of these dry lands can be successfully and profitably oe- cupied."