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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
American inventive INGENUITY

OF the epoch making inventions Of
the world during the past fifty years,
forty eight in number Americans are
credited with thirty five which include
the telephone, typewriter cash register.
tncandescent lamp, talking machine
electric furnace reduction electroIytic
alkali production, transparent photo
graphic film. motion picture machine.
buttonhole sewing machine carborun-
dunn, chain stitch shoe sewing ma
chine, single type composing machine
continuous process match machine,
chrome tanning, disk plow (modern
type, welt machine, electric lamp. re
cording adding machines, celluloid, au-
tomato knot tying machine machine
for making barbed wire etc. Popular
Science Monthly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27

Though "some" is recognized as an
Amerlcanism today. ii has really been
borrowed from us, one of our verbal
emigrants that have found a wider APP
plication in a new environment and
visit us now with Made In u. S. A. .
stamp on them. The word is still part
of the yernacular of Devon (Teign
valley DISTRICT, where you may be
greeted by 1T did rain zum (some)" :"
to indicate the extent of a recent down
pour. Devonshire has furnished the
United States with other verbal emf
grants, such as guess" ''calklate"
and reckon" all now branded as
American goods.-London Chronicle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
THE PEASANTS RIDDLE.
And How the Sicilian Kept the Prom
se He Made to the King.


ise He Made to the King.
A Sicilian laborer told us this story
He says his mother told ii to him
when he was a child 1t sounds like
one of Grimm's tales and is undoubt-
edly very old folk lore:
my mother told me that once there
was king who saw a peasant work
ing in a field and asked him how much
he earned. And the peasant said
-Four carlini day. What do you do
with your carlini? asked the king
One | eat, the secondly put at interest
the third l return, and the fourth
throw away This puzzled the king
and he asked the peasant what he
meant. And the peasant said:
al buy my food With one | feed
my children with the second, and that
Is putting money out at interest.
feed my old father with the third, and
that Is paying back what has been
given me. / give the fourth to my
wife, and giving her money is throw
ing it away
That's O good riddle, said the
king, and | must tell it to my friends
Promise me that you won't tell amy
one the answer till you have seen my
face a hundred times So the peasant
promised and the king went back to
his palace and asked them the riddle
Nobody could answer, but one remem
bered seeing the king talk to a peas
ant, so he went to the peasant and
asked him about 1t. But the peasant
said: / can't tell you. ! promised the
king l wouldn't tell the answer till
had seen his face q hundred times
oh, that's easyP said the kings friend
and he took a hundred lire out Of his
pocket and every piece Of money had
the kings face stamped on it,
$50 the peasant told the kings friend
the answer to the riddle, and the kings
friend went back to the palace and
said to the king, 4 can guess your rid
die now and he did Then the king
became angry and said You couldn't
have guessed 1t That peasant has
broken his promiser 50 the friend had
to tell the king how he had fooled the
peasant. &C Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
Northern Railway Men Festive.

Leaders of the Brotherhood OF Rail
road Car Men in the northwest met In
st. Paul recently to discuss plan to
demand higher wages from the Great
Northern, the Northern Pacific, the
Canadian Pacific and the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroads and rec
ognition Of the union by the Great
Northern. They said strike would
ensue should their demands be denied.
The car men, it is said, were disgrun-
tied over the passage Of the Adamson
law, providing an eight hour day for
trainmen, as they contend that the law
did not include them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
St. Bernard Doos.

The true st. Bernard dog originated
in the fourteenth century, being a
cross between shepherd dog from
Wales and a Scandinavian crossbreed
half Dane and half Pyrenean mastiff
The last pure descendant Of the tribe
was buried beneath an avalanche in
1916.
There is perfect specimen of true
st. Bernard dog in the Natural History
museum at Berne, where the stuffed
body of the famous Barry is preserved
There is plenty of st. Bernard blood
left, however, crossed with other
strains, and the fame of the breed
can never perish
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
ORIGIN of the Pitcher.

Some of the earliest drinking vessels
were made of skins. sewed together
in such manner as to be water tight
The skins were well tanned, and the
vessels made from them were well
nigh indestructible. Leather drinking
vessels in England were called black
jacks and were made in about the
same shape as the pitcher Of modern
times. The inside Was coated with
layer of pitch, thus giving rise to our
word pitcher" it Is believed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
Inherent Dread Of Cats For Docs

The instructive fear which cats have
of dogs is illustrated very amusingly
by stroking dog and then caressing a
blind and newborn kitten with the
same hand that has touched the dog
At once the kitten viii SPIT and fluff
itself up in the most absurd way. dis
tinguishing the smell of the beast
which experience for thousands of gen.
erations has taught it most to dread
London Standard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
PROBLEM IN PERCENTAGE.
Question ls, What Does Widow Get
From Award For Husbands Death?

from award or husbands DeathY
AS far as Mrs Marie Romani is con-
cerned, it would have been better if
her husband Raffaele, had not been
killed in an Illinois coal mine. If he
had not been killed he would be earn
ting something AS it is, all that Mrs
Romani has is a verdict. The Jury
said also she could have $1,000. but one
lawyer claims so per cent and another
% per cent and another 20 per cent,
which makes 100 per cent, and that's
about all the per cent there is. So Mrs.
Romani is inclined to think that it
would have been better if Raffaele had
stayed
1t is a good thing for the lawyers, Of
course, that he was blown up in the
mine, but they had never done any
thing for him and he had no reason to
put them in the way by his violent
death of picking up $4,000
However after the funeral the law
yers sued BY and by there was a YER
diet for $1,000 The coal company was
getting ready to pay when one of the
lawyers served notice that he had a
claim for 30 per cent of the Judgment.
Another lawyer served notice that %
per cent was coming to him. and still
another lawyer sent word that he had
a perfectly good claim to - per cent
They were all willing, it seemed for
the widow TO have all over 100 per
cent.
The thing did not look exactly right
to the coal company 1t has asked the
courts to solve the problem in percent
age
Mrs. Romani unused to the contin-
gencies of contingent fee American
jurisprudence wants to know where
she comes in The answer is simple
Nowhere The lawyers come in for
her. 1t is lucky for her there is only
100 per cent. As it is. that is all she
is likely TO lose
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
Drivers Get More Paw.

The Cincinnati Transfers union has
signed a three years union shop agree
ment with the Team Owners associa-
ton. Excepting four-horse drivers, all
members of the union will receive
wage Increases of 81 a week for the
first year, so cents increase for the
second year and so cents increase for
the third year For the first year four
horse drivers will receive an increase
of S1.50 week and 80 cents for each
Of the following years
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
He Got a Houa1.

The agricultural education that we
hear about should not be confined to
the country The city needs it too. A
man went into Boston department
store one day and asked for a hoe
The young woman at the counter pass
ed him trowel and, finding that it
was not what he wanted, asked him to
pick out hoe from the pile of garden
tools He did so. Then the saieswom-
an made out the slip, Zone hough. 70
cents. Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27

81 presume Mr. Grabcoin, the emi
nent capitalist poses as a self made
MANI
"Well, no Mr.. Grabshaw frankly
admits that some of his biggest deals
could not have been put through with
out the aid of his lawyers. Birming
ham Age Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
More Pay For Mi!Iworkara.

Five hundred workers in the Dol
phin Jute mills, Paterson, n. j., par
ticipate in voluntary increase of 10
per cent in wages granted by the firm
The granting Of this increase simulta.
neously with one announced at the
same time by the Barbour Flax Spin
ming company, provides higher wages
for nearly 1000 mill workers of the
"A
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
What Il Is That Wins.

A countrywoman remarked to her
neigh5or during conversation on
their return from market, How is it,
Mary, that you have been married four
times and I've never been married at
all and I'm much handsomer than
your
AYE, to be sure" returned Mary,
but it ain't handsomeness that does
it, Sarah It's the come hither' in
your eye"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
There Are Others

1T is very strange that no one has
ever been able to find Captain Kidd's
treasure"
"Oh, well, Captain Kidd isn't the
only man who has put his money into
real estate aud couldn't get it out. -
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
Milk Drivers Win.

The Borden milk wagon drivers In
New York city have won their strike.
The men won their demand for an In
crease in wages Of S3 a week and an
advance in commissions; also the right
to wear union buttons in their caps.
The company wins the right to con
tinue doing business under the old ar.
rangement-an open shop.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
GirIish pissipation. n.

''Those two girls evidently had a lit
tie too much ice cream soda yester
day"
why that inferenceY
Il heard one telling the other that
she had a cerise taste in her mouth
this morning when she awoke Lon
isville Courier-Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
Labor Leaders Oppose Legislation Max.

Labor Leaders Oppose Legislation Max
ing to That End
AS president Of the United Mine
Workers Of america | am opposed to
compulsory arbitration and any cgis
latiou bearing on the same as the
workers must be free to engage in
strikes to win fundamentals, such as a
shorter workday
JOHN +. WHITE,
President United Mine Workers of
America"
"The trade union movement stands
committed to the principle Of concilia
ton mediation and arbitration but
this does not mean that the organized
workers will ihdorse every b en-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
What's the Use?

He-Do you think ought to see your
husband about my marrying your
daughter? She-Dear me, no! He viii
read all about it in the papers.-Puck.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
Worthy of Admiration.

Her Dad-So you want to marry my
daughter? l like your nerve. Suitor-
Well, sir, you ought to. I spent
whole lot of time working it up.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27

Industry keeps the body healthy, the
mind clear, the heart whole and the
purse fuIl-Simmons,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27

utled arp1tration leglSlation. The
quality of mutuality must never be
omitted, and every element of compul-
sion must be omitted.
FRANK MORRISON,
General Secretary Treasurer Ameri.
can Federation of Labor"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
He Knew the sumntoma.

Steward, how long will 1t be before
we reach port?"
About two hours, ma am"
oh dear. shall die before thenw
Very Likely ma'am But you'll be
all right again when you've been
ashore a nttle whie."- Boston Tran
script.
Common sense is In spite OF, not the
result of education Hugo.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27

Man is immortal till his work is
done. Williams.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-27
BENEFITS OF SHORTER DAY

Demand For Fewer Hours Is Some
thing More Than Economic II
Means Opportunity For Rest and De-
velopment-Great Power of Organ
ICED Labor Has Won Many Victories.
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Merry Christmas to the QFaphl'
staff.
On his return From Denvis, Cold,
and Santa F.. N. NJ, Fraui Wick|s
visited his fsiendS, WIN Nqrt ~
wuys glad to see him. W
Our children are preparing ~
their holiday entertainments and arb,
among other things, planning . sui
prise box.
Miss I.slin May Farrow spent tn
week END with Mrs. Danse.
About this time of the yser peopls
begin to think Of making reHolutiont.
After the New Year we VII Rad !,
some columns Of the paper thot rcd
olutions ARE made 10 be- broken. Sti)l
The fact remains that the thought II
making resolutions shows our goot
intentions. -.
Now why moi resolve IL do m
Ae can toward lettering conditlonk
generally and make np our minds tp
Brighten life all W. can! VIZ rcaA
nj speak these prdgrcssivc times.
Progress along industrial, social ana
political lines has been great, bul
much remains to b. done to make
nur country the Utopia we woul(
'ike il to be-. Often we hear thu
expression: This Is mans worldly
Who il TO blame IL this is tho easel
Are not women the mothers ~ n,et
and therefore largely responsible for
existing conditions! Why u II thai
women indgc each other 50 cpAelly,
yet c"ndonc almost anything IN imeny
lie, woman he found Mnforthnstf
enough IL be- crring and she Is at
ance rcpudiated; but If a man has
noley or social standing no mattef
how much of n moral lepsr he may
he. he is invited to social functions.
80 hong rs mothers encourage a
countennnce this. just 50 long will
This be mans world. Many women
are alive to the injustice Of Thu
dual code and are taking stantl
against il. The advent Of womei,
into the field of legislation. is one
Of the most CONSPICUOUS signs az
progress. IF course, they will make
some mistakes In the political arend:
bnt 81 do the men. Perhaps somc
women will be influenced by comp
limcuts or attentions: hut we have
also known men accepting bribes.
Let us work shoulder Ia shoulder
with our husbands and brothers. 50
TINT each year will see I'M advance in
humanity and justice We have been
too tolerant Of oppression. Too oft
on because man is poor we tried to
lake from him thut which inquest
ionably should be his. namely. free
dom and equality. Let Us resolve to
apply the Golden Rule in all our
dealings and truly the new year must
II necessity become happy one.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-15

Columbus, NV Mxico,
December ~. lDlG.


'Demiae, New Mexico.
Dear Sir: s. *
The members Of Company II
lake tins Opportunity to thank th'
good people of Deming for the inter
est they have shown in the boys a
lCoIumbus. evidenced by the numcr
3ou> packages of goodies that wer'
ireceived in excellent condition ans
tiey formed welspnl~ addition u
Ao,r festive board.
Thanksgiving dry, arrived -ns per
schedule. one Of the finest We have
Mhad this fall. and after the u-ua
hwlcaning up of the camp in the fore
|ronn. the bows ptacticed football
3omped aud. EXERCISED in Marquis
MAYS in order 10 do iu~iirc to the
kfca~i.
When Dinna da Snvde. da Alcs-a
Ella Sage. Mess Sergeant Dennis
aSskderl finally biQw his whistle as
"a ivnnI for ochow" there-was n rush
fos the dining room and then n de-
lnl of few minutes until the photo
ersipher could take u picture If the
heavily laden tables aud the grinuine
faces that surrounded them.
but woe is u.s." the flash gun
fnimd 10 work. aud utter three at
Recruits the photographer got hungry.
threw The gun away, Joined the mer-
~ ihroug and fell To; just as # he
had taken masterpiece.
For. thirty minutes nothing was
heard but the unashine of teeth then
n few signs and remarks FROM same
4of the members of the Company
nl1ht theit capacity. on rather fi'cir
lack of capacity.
Il 4 few evidently believed in the
raxim. .Bcficrs dead niger thai.
wnsted victuals." for they stuck
mtnfully to their posts until there
were grave fears for their safety.
tthi- was particularly nfoiecnblc At
the serseants tablet then the mem
beers of the football team, roiuplain-
5rg that they would have to forego
getting or playing. most of them
compromised however,. 7and iiffcr
ipiying few of the turdy ones away
from the mincc pies and the fruit
s.nkes. the majority headed for the
.fhc football field to watch the game.
Between the Machine Gtn Troop ami
III. New Mexico team.
'Flse rrsmerwar remarkable for Thea
'.ri ar pluying ON both sides, and
seseraf mtiEbers or the New Mcxicoj
te N distinguished themselves, Cal
ki and Jeter heing 40 unbeatable |
e, animation when il came to for;l
wrrd passes. Dunlop and Nicely
y, i ingde several sensational runs
'fcr ionchdowns, aud May and Me-
Adams were always on the smr
wl.sA needed.l. ~ .,.,.a. Il
The dual score was 80 to 0, in
favor " New Mexieo. of conrSs.
makne e true saying of the song a.
rhc Infantry:
"uh, the Infantry The Infantry.
With the dirt behind their ears.
TIE Ihfailtry, the Infantry Iii
For them well give three cheers.
Tie Artillery. the Cavalry.
- Il
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-15
DEFINING, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is. 1916


Inscon,ersatieu with Sernt Ar
thur .sifcller. Z. 8. Hgnal Corps
uow stotleQ Al lamp Deming. ~
gave = interesting hacouni u al
cx3krIEnct Ne hlA ~ Ma-ka wbsi
I sItlSilsd 10 build asdhrraph lirs
over Mantasw ns<H, G5OO feet ~
bove sea levH. ahis telegraph tn
iion being the highssi one in Ala-kn
II required two years 10 build thir
1000 mile telegraph line, using q
crew of thirty men. These men
were civilians. to whom the Govern
ment, paid $500 y day aud their
board. They could not build more
than mile of line per day. ~ tn
thermometer registered 65 degrees
below zero, and the ground had 10
he melted 4 - feet down to set h,
the poles. Fires were built aud kept
sciug 'ptil lolcss ~ this depth could
be dug. when the spruce poles would
he lowered. A. the government
owned al Of The timber land, there
vas no expense except the wire and
labor, the labor alone amounting tn
SljO.00 per mile. or 1900 900 for the
entire line.
The telegraph live runs from Val
dcz. 70 Eagle, then cut oif from
North Fork Station, By way of
Fairbank- aud raIiand' to 81. Nj
chacls IN Norton Sound. nj the
mouth OF the Ynkor river. The sta
-sA wher& Scryvnai Teller wus To-
Gated wa~ II test station. serving 10
ara EAGLE City. lie was there
eighteen months, ut the end of which
time he was relieved by another
man. lie does not tell of any very
JOLLY times that he enjoyed during
fins time as the only hon~e there was
the government cabin in which he
lived. and the nearest Indian village
was sixteen nikss away, no white
people living between this Indian
village aud thu i<'lcrrnph station. In
the cabin wa% . relpfortable bed but
when he was 6IYf on the trail Ser
gcanl Teller and lis men slept in a
bed made of spruce bows. and they
covered ihemSelve, with wolf skins.
During all these lonely months
Sergeant Teller did hi~ own cook BE-
pnd became quite expert in the j.
mary art. liz cabin wa. II by y 6
feet. and consisted of one story. BE-
ing furnished with u wood stove. ,tad
al he SlYd 70 dmto keep warm was
IL aA4S1Sa aSpply of elbow grease
to cut supply of wood. The spruce
lzss~~ass-ihis Pas-,srew >irsl.-sixty
~.
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FIRSr PREsBrTER5lx cHURcB--ok
nsr ~ svcnus .n< sPrges strves. Rev. g. 8
~ f@1ovr; Morning. Service. 1880 e.
l-1& Study hcEinF Al - 80 . n.. q. r. N
G'<U D ~. Evening Uorehip ~ 7:a0 .. -
rs.{sv rsst'ns each Wednesday evening q
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-15

EPISCOPAL CHURCH. There III, ~ ussn.
na and evening services ~ II .. Z. an6 5soe
2 NJ Lay rcsdsss from The Nasjead 0uosd.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-15

ttifa-s.'T TIT Z. ;
sxrrSss cHUsQB-o,ss.v osvpsf Ave
49, ana - usrpss: Rev. rk<szls<- T5nf. post
~ e~rviem eaeA Sunday - fnuovs: an.
Az $500 es1s 4 ~ 2 rsr.1$ 2 =.
Yeunr Peuplss UnIcA q ~ uvsnIag Dsr-
~. r1H ~',.s - xP1s<s'
20 e,s's'z $50 ..'' = ?, E; - 7s''''.'
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ali he Elsd 10 dr To keep warm was
a. dAx'SASa HSpply Of elbow grease
to cut supply of wood. The spruce
.,xss~.>ss-ihis. Pas-.arew <iraa,-sixty


gcant Teller had with INN u team oil
~eATa1i9YffI l. II 81
punS liz summer itiine the gov
ei0mlnt takes supplies into this sta
ton by pack teams. During the
winter time it is almost impossible 10
rbhd .-irs t,nils;' ,tssit -iw- between
September 10Th AID. April. 30,h n
bout 90, feet. ibis MEASUREMENT hav-
ing been 'fise,s5rded by'flie gdvefnment
during .tlrt winter 81 1905 Al Val
dec. After each snowfall the trail
packs down again, as dovieams go
over them. bni any one getting 81
tho beaten trails must use snow
shoes. al
The Seward Peninsula Indians
make the best snowshoes in Alaska,
for which they charge from eight 10
nine dollars pair BY practice one
can learn to cover the surface of
tie snow very rapidly by the use Of
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-15

otlI,1AL NnWspAPnR 81 DEnINa LUNA COUNTY, VIEW I'd
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-17
Says Insurance AdjuSterS
Swiped Her Diamonds

Seattle, Wash, May l7.-City detect
ives are today trying to run down "in-
surance adiusters who went to the
residence of Isaac Newman, yesterday
to inspect the damage done by flames
and walked off with $1,000 worth of
Jewels Ten adiusters called after the
fire, said Mrs. Newman today, Which
ones got the diamond rings, a bracelet
and a watch she does not know.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-17
O'BRIEN Of PORTLAND
IS STILL CHAMPION
Broke 90 Of 100 at Albany
Blair Second 81, SiddaIl,
I. Salem, Third 96

Albany, Or, May l7.-P. Ii. O'Brieu
OF Portland will represent Oregon at
the grand American handicap trap.
shooting championships at st. Louis
next September. Breaking rs out Of
100 targets he won the state champion
ship here yesterday.
The final shoot for the champion.
shp was hotly contested, Abner Blair
OF Portland was second vita 81 and
Mark Siddall Of Salem scored &c.
It. +. Posten of San Francisco and
l.. H. Reid of Seattle tied for the high.
est score OF the entire two day meet,
each breaking 3S7 out Of 400 tatgets,