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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07
From another Point of NeD

Detroit has a story TeIlers League"
As We understand Secretary If tho In
terror Lane, a prominent resident Of
Oyster Bay should be forwarded an hon
.orary membership.
Thugs beat up" a Detroit pedes TRAN
when they found he carried only one
thin dime Could there BE- anything
more awful than the thoughts VI what
is likely 20 happen 20 the Detroit pedes-
trian found carrying one Of those Cana
dian nickels
c T s-Here are few samples ~ -as 7as-.
tons that ripple over Tie phone az t-e Polk ..,.
DIRECTORY office.
How old is the Rrush-sr depot
DO the White Wings all wear wht-e'
Why did Divie plfheid 60 70
Did the recoluts make things -Et'.
Who d-s' doped oIr votes fgr women
Who comprise the Royal Ark
Why DO rentals A. so skyuard2
Are there geese in Belle Isle PARK
Il Ny tolzsns q policeman
T. there really ne on Mars
Can you ever reach your lodgings
II YOU take the sherman cars?
Is TIE jim scott fountain rlnn.rr2
u Detroit fUI ~ hugs
VII there be Belle I.'e Bridge bart7
Are all nuts t1e same a. bugs
Born to Hugh T Barber, 50. lI9
Webo-ave, little shaver.
But. as we understand President VII
! son. Mr.. O'Leary, the hyphen is iibe.oat
only in that connection.
CHESAPEAKE o.. o~r Mrs Joseph sa,.
q. fre
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07
For instance.

For instance
Two women met on street car-th5
two we have told YOU about
You remember. we said trey weren't
discussing dress-veren'r discussing any
other woman'> dress. or hat, or shoes
weren't talking abou. the latest styles,
as women are wont 70 do.
They didn't even have anything 70 say
10 each other about the weather
You knox as well a.s We Ia. That Lea-.
nearly always. on meeting. take up at
once the subject Of temperature and con
ditions Of the barometer. and you know
as well as we do that they enter into
this subject because there isn't anything
else to discuss that they can think abou,
in a hurry.
Those women WERE discussing
BILLY SUNDAY AND THE BILLY
SUNDAY MEETINGS.
And there IS another great olE result
from the meetings and the sermons.
They are giving people something be-
sides the weather 70 talk about
And talking about them Is going % set
them thinking.
And THINKING is going TO do The
business
THINKING is going to meet the big
object in bringing Billy Sunday 10 De
troit.
And Detroit is going to be a better
Detroit and Michigan is going 70 be a
better Michigan for Billy Sundays com
ing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07

ticular sermon that nobody in the taoer-
nacle that night knew anything about
And that Is the great big result the
Billy Sunday reviyals are scoring in De
troit.
Billy sunday is MAKING DETROIT
Frs THINK.
He is making them thinA about THEM
SELVES and their HOMES.
The readers of this column know We
have long maintained THAT ONCE PEo-
PIE CAN BIZ MADE TO THINK
EVERYTHING Is GOING To COME
OUT ALL RIGHT AND RIGHT SIDE
Up. WITH EVERY ISSUE NET AND
SETTLED CORRECTLY.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07
Consequently, There Is
A Bible In a Detroit Home
That Wasn't There Before
It was on a street car.

1t was on a street car.
Two women were sitting together and,
very naturally-oh, how naturalIy-they
were talking
But they were not talking about the
dress worn by the last woman to walk
down the aisle of the car, nor about her
shoes or her hat.
They weren't talking about the little
affair in the neighborhood or down in the
store or in the office between Mr.. So and
So and Miss or Mrs. hat'shername.
They were talking about the Sunday
meetings.
One of them had been to hear the
evangelist the night before.
LOT of 'em hit the trail?" asked her
companion.
Nope; very few compared TO what the
papers have been saying. I'd say not
more'n hundred"
"Billy'll have to do better than that if
he hopes to convert Detroit in eight
weeks" observed the other.
"Shouid say So" was the reply.
A lot of people who go to hear Billy
Sunday are disposed TO measure the re-
suits of the sermon by the number Of con-
verts who walk the sawdust trail when
Billy asks them to come down, but they
are greatly mistaken in entertaining that
opinion
THE GREATEST RESULTS OBJ
TANNED THROUGH THE SUNDAY
REVEALS ARE INVISIBLE IN THE
TABERNACLE.
For instance: The writer of this col
umn has heard about a woman who went
to hear Billy Sunday, and who sat trem-
bling in her seat, according to her own
words, for fear some Christian friend
would come to her and ask her to 20
forward.
This woman went to the meeting firm
In her conviction, to use her own words,
again, that Billy Sunday is preaching for
the money there is in it.
The home of this woman has been
without a Bible since she was married.
A morning or two ago she asked her
husband to BRING HOME A BIBLE.
This woman didn't believe in Billy
Sunday.
She went to the tabernacle with no idea
whatever Of letting him make an impress
sion on her-she had heard about his
manner of preaching; how he slides from
one side of the platform to the other
jumps upon the pulpit and down from il.
and balances on one leg while everybody
is afraid he is going to tumble down in
to his audience-she heard about these
things and wanted to SEE him.
But on going to SEE him, she HEARD
him.
And on leaving the tabernacle she wa.
THINKING.
And she got to thinking, eventually
that her home ought to have Bibl,
in II.
She reached her conclusion about tn,
Bible many days after she HEART
Billy Sunday.
She had been thinking MANY DAYS
And THERE. right there, was resul
a AhaA xaxkiu..ln- H. - IL a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07
SEE EXIT

Job Seeker (enterinR office unannounced)-ls
there no opening here for met
CHIEF Clerlt--Yes, SIR, ight behind you-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-07

p. S.-The beauty of it is that these
very people, when they read this, will
say screney, Eyes, indeed know folks
like that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
CHL0R0F0RM IN SURGERY.
The Horrors That Were Stopped by It's
Use as an Anaesthetic.


Sir James Simpson, who was con,
nected with the medical department Of
Edinburgh university, if not actually
the discoyerer Of chloroform, was It
any rate the first to Introduce its en-
ployment us mn anaesthetic into sur
gical practice. This was in 1918.
Previously all operations were per
formed without anaesthetics, the pa.
tlent being druggcl with whisky and
held down by strong men while the op
Grafton was performed No medical
discovery ever did more to alleviate
human suffering.
Sir James is generally given credit for
the actual discovery OF chloroform, but
it is stated IN some works that 1t was
discovered some years previous to bis
first experiments by IN American doc
tor named Guthrie and by a French
physician uamcd Souherian In any
case, it was Dr Simpson VINO proved
its great value as nm nnaesthe tie. and
the room IN which he made his first ex
pcrimeuts sgill exists in Edinburgh
The story goes that he tried the
chloroform ON himself and two medical
friends They proved its efficacy by
simultaneously falling beneath the
table Sir James bad considerable
prejudice to overcome before chloro
form was adopted generally by the
medical profession, it being denounced
at one time as dangerous 70 health,
morals and religion. Pearson $
Weekly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
a Story Of the Rastile-

In the year 1885 naughty noble of
the ancient regime of France fell in
love with a beautiful girl, the daueh-
ter OF wealthy tradesmun of Paris.
The latter, refusing to encourage the
nobleman's passion, was soon after
thrown into the Bastile. The sweet
heart of the girl, who was to have
married her In a few days, dreading |
like fate, made his escape to Constan-
tinople to serve as volunteer under
the grand seigneur, leaving his intend
ed bride secreted with a woman friend.
On the outbreak Of the revolution Ihe
young man returned to Paris and was
the very grenadier who first mounted
the breach made in the Bastile, from
the dungeons of which he had the hap
piness of rescuing the father of his
future bride
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
COMPENSATION ACT LEGAL.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania De
clares Law Constitutional.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania De-
olares Law Constitutional.
The workmens compensation act OF
1915 has been sustained as constitu-
tional by the supreme court OF Penn
sylvania, says the Philadelphia Press.
Chief Justice Brown, writing the opin-
ion Of the court sweeps away all the
technical objections which counsel sug-
gested.
Serious doubts that the constitution
Of the United States might be con
strued as prohibiting this modern leg
islation dealing with the problem Of
industrial accidents was first raised
some five years ago when the New
York court OF appeals abrogated the
workmen's compensation act IN that
state under an Interpretation OF the
federal constitution Since then the
United State supreme court, first by
implication and later by direct deci-
sions on the main question. has held
that it was within the general powers
OF state to pass laws compelling en-
ployers Of labor to compensate their
employees for injuries sustained in the
coulse of their employment without re
gard to the question Of negligence.
The supreme court Of Pennsylvania
follows the example Of the courts of
last resort in other states by upholding
the statute and oyerruling the technl-
cal criticisms 1t Is well to have this
decision no later than six months after
the workmen's compensation act went
into effect 1t confirms the settlements
made IN the 20,o00 cases already han
died by the referees and the compensa-
ton board with such satisfaction to
the parties that only seventy appeals
were entered. The decision also clears
the way for legislation at the next ses-
sion Of the legislature in accordance
with the constitutional amendment
adopted last November authorizing the
making compulsory Of the workmen'
compensation act
The statute was not enacted IA haste
but was carofuny drawn after prolong
ed investigation to discover the best
features Of all the other laws for
like purpose in the United States and
Europe Thus far its workings have
been eminenuy satisfactory.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
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LABOR BRIEFS.
~ !. IL.

Industry in the west is suffering
from shortage Of labor.
The striking garment workers in
New York have received financial aid
to the amount Of $120,00O. Provision
is being made to carry the fight into
August
Steamftters and plumbers Of Peoria,
H., have received an increase Of 80
cents a day, making their wages $3.50
per day Of eight hours
Pueblo (Colo) Trades and Labor as
sembly is contemplating the erection
of labor temple.
Papermakers Of Kalamazoo, Mich,
have been granted an eight hour day.
The Molders international union
consists OF 400 local unions, with
total membership of $4,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
The Seal RIno.

The seal ring dates back to the days
Of the Old Testament, and products G
the glyptic art, as gem engraving was
called. wero known in the most remote
times In Exodus xviii 1920, men
ton IS made OF the following stones
upon which the names OF the twelve
children Of Israel were engraved: The
sardius, the topaz the carbuncle, the
emerald. the sapphire, the diamond
the figure, the agate, the amethyst,
beryl, onyx and Jasper In verse 2
Of the same chapter we find mention
Of the engraving OF signets upon the
hardest stones 1t Is believed that the
Egyptians instructed the Israelites n
the art of stone engraving. The Egg j.
tians used the lapidary's wheel and
emery powder and knew the use Of
the diamond in engraving other hara
stones. Among the Assyrian al,
Babyloninn ruins were found fine spec
linens Of signets ON gems, many o.
them set in rings
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
ORIGIN or "BUNCOMBE."
How a Coone's Name Came TO Be a
Term of Reproach.

Term of Reproach.
Whenever pick up copy of the
Congressional Record and numerous
other publications and read the irrele.
want speeches therein reported | sigh
for the memory Of Colonel Edward
Buncombe. "Girard" writes in the Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Through no fault of the gallant gen
tleman himself, there clings to his name
an unpleae. ut significance which mary
Of our brave public men do naught to
mitigate. indeed if there be such
thing as one shades taking vengeance
upon another in the future world Colo
mel Buncombe Will at least pun out
Felix Walkers tongue.
1t was all Walkers fault that bun.
combe'' became a term of reproacn,
and the incident which made it so hap
pened a century ago.
Walker represented in congress dis.
trict OF No.th Carolina of which Bun
eombe county was IA part. The county
had been named away back in 1791 in
honor of Colonel Buncombe
Walker was one of those long dis.
tance orators who without half trying
could empty the halls of congress and
put them in a condition beside which
the dead streets Of Pompeii appear
great white ways. When upbrailed one
day for talking about everything ex-
cept the question at issue Walker used
this immortal phrase:
Il am only talking for Buncombe,"
meaning his home county.
And so ''buncombc" became new
word in our language, which has been
conveniently shortened into the colo
quial bunk"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
They May Be In Captivity, but They
Are Never In Subjection.


Are Never In Subsection.
For many reasons the chase of the
elephant stands ut the apex Of sport
AS q man killer in open combat he
ranks with the lion and the African
buffalo. He is the only beast that fears
no other. While he will almost invari-
ably run from the scent Of man he is
as invariably ready TO attack on the
slightest provocation Fear does not
exist for him. His overwhelming bulk,
power, speed and intelligence make
him supreme beyond the range Of ri.
valry.
AS though this were not enough to
establish his pre-emiaence, he alone
carries a trophy which is one of the
staple products of the Industrial world
The value of ivory rises 1t never fuc-
tuates. Nor is this all In the mind
of the east the elephant is intimately
associated with dignity, pomp, pageant
ry and kingship. But i'll the mind Of
the native African he is king-a king
in his own right.
In this regard let II be affirmed that
no elephant born in Africa has ever do
cilely paced hippoIromcd stage, trun
died a circus wagon or taken children
for a ride in the park Those sleep
walking cattle known to the American
public as elephants come from India
and are mere distant cousins to the
king. You may have seen the African
elephant III captivity but never in sub.
lection. Chain him to the floor behind
iron bars, and after ten years he is
still quick to throw muck in the face
of the man that jcers at him. George
Agnew Chamberlin in Century
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
MANS DECREASING HEIGHT.
When Adam and Eve Walked Around
They Mere as Tall as Trees.


It was French savant named
Henrion who 200 years ago gave to
the world authoritative statements as
TO the height of Adam aud Eve. He
said that the father Of the race was
1913 feet Q inches high and Eve 1l8
feet 0 inches. He noted that from the
creation OF these enlarged editions Of
humanity degeneration had been rap
Id; that Noah WIS only twenty seven,
Abraham only twenty and Moses but
thirteen feet in height
According to this French authority,
If the Christian dispensation had not
arrested this decrease man by this
time-200 years would nave been
a mere microscopic object, ana we may
conclude that by our time he would
not have been ut all. NJ. IIenrion did
not give any explanation MS to how he
arrived at his estimate of the height
Of these ancients.
Perhaps the most gigantic story on
record Is that concerning an immense
skeleton, said to have been in Sicily,
which measured 800 feet in length.
This story, however carries its own
refutatlon. as it is said that found be
side this giant was his walking stick,
which vas thirty feet long and thick
as e telegraph pole. A clever calcu-
lator made the estimate that a walk
ing stick only thirty feet in length for
a man who measured 800 feet would
be us ridiculous as one of seven inches
for a man OF ordinary statme.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
Dublin Castle.

Dublin castle has a history OF over
seven centuries, for it was King John
who In 1901 ordered 1t 10 be built. well
fortified. with good fosses and thick
walls strong enough to defend or con
troll the city" Henry Ill, when about
to visit Ireland in 1913, ordered the al
dition of hail with sufficient win
dows and glass easements" and 9th
improvements were made IN succeed
ing reigns. particularly by the Duke of
Clarence, son of Edward III, who as
viceroy spent much money on the cas-
tie to make it convenient (as his father
complained when called upon to pay
"for his sports and other pleasures. -
London Standard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
Mschlnlsts Quit Work.

Thomas L. Wilson, business manager
of the Philadelphia branch of the In
ternat1onal Association Of Machinists,
has announced that more than $4,000
machinists had walked out from sew
eral hundred industrial plants III that
city as Il means of forcing their EN-
ployers to accede to an eight hour
worlzin day, with pay and a half for
overtime
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
Labor Did Not Parade.

The preparedness parade in Buffalo
allotted a division to organized labor,
but organized labor refused to march.
In Kansas City organized labor refused
an invitation from Big Biz to march
and even talked Of getting up an oppo-
sihon demonstration. Hartford, Conn,
union men refused to be mixed up in
the parade, and it was the same story
in Nashville, Tenn.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21

The hardness of water is measured
by degrees. When a gallon contains
one grain Of lime 1t Is snid to have one
degree Of hardness. When soap is used
with hard water about two and one
half ounces Of it to each hundred gal
Ions of water must be used for each
degree of hardness just to overcome
hardness. 1t combines with the lime,
forming a mineral product and not
until enough soap has been dissolved to
overcome all the hardness does the
soap do any good for cleansing pur-
poses.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
Beer Bravery Fined.

Judge John c Kare, as the fifth
member Of tile arbitration committee
named to secure a settlement be
tween the Asbestos Workers union
and the Schlitz brewery Of Milwaukee
for having employed nonunion men on
roof Of building, has given his de
ctsion He finds that the brewing
company violated its agreement with
the union and assessed a fine against
It Of S25
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21

The two sides of the labor question,
the shortage at the present time and
the probable surplus shortly after the
close of the war, constitute highly
Interesting subject of speculation now
and will be an exceedingly important
element In the determination of busi-
ness policy from this time on
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
unIonism Benefits.

The brotherhood Of Painters, Deco
rators and Paperhaueers Of America
has grow1t from thirteen local unions
with goo members in 1887 to over 1000
local unions with $4,000 members in
1915. They have paid over S1,50o,0o0
for benefits lo widows, orphans and
disabled members Benefits paid are
from $50 to 5000, according to duration
Of membership, ON the death or total
disability of member and S25 TO $50
on the death of a wife of a member
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
Realistic Plau

Cant you children play without con.
tinually ringing the doorbell?" asked
mother, who had been trying in vain
get an afternoon nap
''No, mother" said Alice its quite
impossible You see. Edith and are
playing hC use, and Freddie is the col
lector."-St Louis Post Dispatch
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
PRIMER OF LIBERTY.

@ 1 am sorry there were any
9 judges in the United States who
@ had to be told that labor was
@ not a commodity but a part Of
@ mans life.
@ The declaration that labor is
@ not a commodity is a return to
@ the primer of human liberty.
Q But if there are judges In the
9 country who have to have the
. primer of liberty opened before
@ them l am willing to open it,
@ President Wilson
@
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
No Cause For COMPLAINT.

"Oh, my tooth aches dreadfullyl /
don't see why we can't be born with
out teeth"
Il think, my dear, that If you win
look up some authority on that point
you will find that most of US are. -
London Telegraph.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21
a Real Wonder.

Aladdin was exhibiting his wonderful
lamp.
"Its an auto lamp he explained,
"that won't go out just as traffic cop
heaves In sight. Pittsburgh Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-07-21

In 1912 rain fell in the nitrate terri
tory of Chile for the first time in near
ly half a century, and for the first
time in mans memory the coast towns
were free from dust.