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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16

their chief cla7m TO puumc lrvt..v i, ~
their statement that they have never
Quarreled or even exchanged cross
word
The wife ascribes her happiness TO
these causes:
Because / think there is no one ike
father
Because | am always willing TO
humor his little ways
Because | will do anything in the
world to please him.
Because | have always given him
plenty of good food
Because have always praised him
when he deserved it.
The husbands viewpoint of the mari
tai partnership ana the reasons which
he finds for the unmarried felicity of
himself and his wife are contained In
the following:
Because think my wife is the finest
woman in the world.
Because | never have vacation un-
less she goes too
Because | have always been ready
to listen to what she has to say.
Because have never wanted any
body else but mother
The fact is that this couple continued
courtship after marriage and each con-
tributed to the union love, respect and
willingness to make sacrifices, each for
the other, in the little as well as the big
things. Most marital unhappiness is
based on selfshness.-E Exchange,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Beauty In Business.

Looks are means of judging a
girls possibilities Of early marriage,
which is negative element Of her
value with some firms, as they do not
wish to waste money on training girls
who will leave them soon. have
known one superintendent to choose
the painest girls possible to work at
machine with a man so as TO discour-
age loyemaking w F Kemble, In In
dustrial Management.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
FOOT RULES IN OUR ARMY.
Advice Which May Be of Value to the
General Public

No better advice to the public can be
given In reference to the care of their
feet than is embodied In our Army Man
ual OF Military Hygiene, which, of
course, is not in general circulation.
The points particularly emphasized
may be paraphrased as follows:
Wear shoe wide enough and
straight enough on the inner margin to
give the toes space for their proper po-
sition.
The best treatment Of bunions will
be found in removing the pressure over
the affected joint. This can only be
done by supplying a properly fitted
shoe.
To relieve ingrowing nails they should
be cut squarely across and not round
ed. Scrape the nail thin on the top and
insert pledget of cotton under the
edge
For corns use properly fitted shoes.
Remove corns or callouses only when
they are a source OF pain and irrita-
ton.
Have at least two pairs of well fitted
SAOes lOI COuStduI uSS anu SluOOLD
stockings as free from holes and darn
ings as possible.
After a long walk wash the feet, dust
with foot powder and put on clean
stockings and shoes. but do not soak
the feet In cold water.
Foot powder shaken into the socks or
busted over the feet viii help prevent
blisters.
Woolen stockings will absorb perspi-
ration. Those who are on their feet
very much should harden them by ap-
plying foot powder and bathing the
feet frequently in cold water.
The correction of fat foot may re-
quire long period and can be aided
by furnishing a broad and well shaped
shoe taking care that the foot is
strengthened by proper exercises and
not overloaded.
Do not toe out but walk with the
inner margins of the feet parallel so
that the weight of the body will be
thrown on the outer or stronger part of
the foot Kathleen Hills in Leslie's.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
DEWEYS IRON NERVE.
How, When Young Officer, He Sub.
dued an Ugly Mutineer.

In Admiral Deweys autobiography,
written for Hesrst's Magazine, is the
following story which shows that as
q young lieutenant commander the
hero of Manila bay already possessed
the iron nerve that characterized his
later life:
Commodore III. K Thatcher, I'm com
mand of the Colorado, welcomed me on
board heartily, Notwithstanding my
youth He said the ship was in bad
state and gave me fun authority in the
government OF the crew of 700 men.
Gradually was able to identify the
worst characters. They were the ones
| had to tame The ringleader was a
giant red headed Englishman named
Webster Many of his mates were in
bodily fear of this great brute The
prison being full. had him put down
In the hold in irons.
"Onc day / heard a breaking of
glass, and the orderly told me that
Webster had broken free Of his irons,
had driven the sentry out of the hold
and, In blind rage, was breaking up
stone bottles of soda and ale that were
stored there.
Il sent the master-at-arms to arrest
him, and the master-at-arms came
back to report that Webster had sworn
he would kill the first man that tried
to come down the ladder into the hold.
Such a situation was not to be en-
dured | took my revolver and start
ed for the hold When | came to the
ladder Webster yelled up the threat
which had made the others hesitate
In view Of his known ferocity OF
course, any one going down the ladder
would expose his whole body TO an at
tack before his head was below the
deck level and he could see his adyer-
sary. But any temporarizing with the
fellow meant bad effect on the whole
ships company
webster, this is the executive Off
Ger, Mr. Dewey, / called to him. /
am coming down and Webster, you
may be sure Of tlIS ii YOU raise a fin
ger against me shall kin you
Il stepped down the ladder quickly,
to see Webster standing With a stone
ale bottle ia bis hand ready TO throw
But he did not throw ii and submitted
to arrest peaceabiy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
RUSSIA'S GREAT CLOWN.
Durev Had a Biting Tongue, and He
Dearly Loved Pigs.

The famous Russian clown, Anatole
Durov, held that, whatever your voca-
don, the only thing that brings you sue
cess Is work. Accordingly he became
the most industrious, successful and
beloved clown i'll Russia and probably
the richest clown in the world, too, for
when he died he left a fortune of ST.,
100000 and collection of trained ami
mails that brought visitors TO his home
from all over the world
Born Of an ancient and noble family
he was a pupil OF the renowned cadet
corps, but before his graduation he ran
away and joined circus.
But he had no ambition to be an or
binary clown. He kept i'll touch with
politics, with everything hat took place
In Russia, and applied TO it his wit.
Soon he became an unlicensed censor
of Russian society in motley Evil he
rebuked by jest and gibe. No man was
In too high a place for his tongue, and
furious officials once brought about his
exile. Russia loved him too well for
that, however. and soon he was back
In the ring To show that he meant TO
be more discreet he appeared with
paddock attached to his mouth,
He was very famous animal trainer
The pig was his fayorite pupil, and II
is said that his pigs could do almost
everything that human beings can do
except talk.
A team Of trained pigs drew him
about the streets, and so did he love
them that pigs head with D. 70
the left was the device upon his seal.
He used to enjoy telling how, when
he was on tour in Germany, one of his
pigs ran away and came finally to a
farm not far from Berlin. The farmer
who was a kind man. gave the tired
looking beast food and drink. To his
CONSERVATION the visitor solemnly
mounted an upturned barrel, looked
gratefully at his host and stood on its
head as a token OF appreciation
Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
JAPANESE STRATEGY.
The Clever Way Willy Old Warrior
Deceived the Enemy.

Deceived the Enemy
Many man has failed TO guess an
easy riddle because the simple solution
looked like trap TO him Here is an
instance in which this trait of human
nature was cleverly played upon by a
japanese nobleman.
The old lord had been forced TO flee
with only 300 men before an enemy
with 10000 and barely had time to
reach his castle ahead Of his foes.
There were no re-enforcements near at
hand, and he knew that II an attempt
was made to storm his defenses he
could come.
The enemy's forces advanced rapid
ly, and scouts rode up near the castle
to reconnoiter To their amazement,
they found the gates, doors and win
dows open and all the appearance of
a holiday celebration They rode hasti
ly back to inform their master that the
foe was dancing and that bands were
playing music in the castle
The powerful enemy was too wise
man to put bis head into any such trap
as that The defenders of the castle
must have some plan to slaughter his
forces by wholesale or they would
never invite him in that way. He
drew back to a safe distance and Ell
camped to await developments.
Soon the re-enforcements for the cas-
tie came up behind, attacked him sud
denly and defeated him, while the gar
rison, which had risked all ON its STRAIT
agem, charged him on the other side.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
BEWITCHED HIS HEARERS.
Whsn Jsnnss Whitcomb Riley RecTtsd
One of His Poems.


One of His Poems.
In his platform career during
those years when he went about the
country reading his poems, James
Whitcomb Riley saw with his eyes and
heard with his ears what people
thought of him. Never any other man
stood night after night on the stage or
platform to receive such solid roars of
applause for the reading of poems
and for himself.
He did not read" his poems; he did
not "recite" them, either. He took bis
whole body into his hands, as it were.
and by his wizard mastery of sugges-
ton left no James Whitcomb Riley at
all upon the stage Instead the au
dience saw and heard whatever the
Incompatible comedian wished them
to see and hear He held q literally
unmatched power over them for riot
GUS laughter or for actual copious tears,
and no one who ever saw an exhibit
ton of that power will forget it-or
forget him.
There he stood, alone upon the stage.
a blond, shortish. whimsical man in
evening clothes-a figure with "a whole
lot of style, and whole lot of It's
own style too! He offered deferen-
tial PREDATORY sentence or SO, then sud
denly face and figure altered, seemed
to merge completely into those Of a
person altogether different from the
poet, and not Mr. Riley, but a Hoosier
farm hand, perhaps, or thin little girl
stood before you, done to the life
Then the voice came, done to the
life" too-done to the last half audi
BILE breath at the end of husky chuckle
or wistful sigh There was no visible
effort on the part OF the magician The
audience did not strain or worry for
him as audiences SO often do for those
who entertain them, because his
craft lay not ia contortion, but in a
glamouring suggestion that held spec
tators rapt and magnetized
Nat Goodwin opinions upon the
production OF realistic pathos in com
edy may be accepted MS academic Mr.
Goodwin said 4 used to recite Good
by, Jim until / heard Riley do it.
Then / asked the Lord to forgive me
and never tried it again. Booth Tar
kington i'm Golfers Weekly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
pronunciation II lreIand.

Many persons seem to see. or 10 hear,
rather. something to be amused al IN
the soft Irish brosue. As matter OF
fact, most OF the words of the Irish
dialect are not Irish ut all, but the
purest Of English English a tlitie an-
tiquated, ii is true. but nevertheless the
real thing The ears Of Milton, Dry
den, Spenser ana Chaucer would not
have been surprised TO hear an Irish
man speak of "a rough say or "a clane
shirt At the court of good Queen
Bess the cultured Englishman careful
y garnished his conversation with
"goolde' rings and brave swoordes"
and bored his friends with accounts of
the smart sayings of the "childre" at
"hoom." This was the English origi-
nRlly imported into Ireland by the cul-
tured Irish, and the Irish have found
1t good enough to preserve. Chicago
Tribune
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Chinese Names,

"We may all be pardoned for giving
up the puzzle OF Chinese names" says
writer, "and yet this little vocabu
larry may help the newspaper reader
through dispatches that come from
China King means metropolis; Flu,
provincial capital Chu, second class
city; Kien, third class city; Kiang, a
river; Ho, a stream; Hal, a lake or sea;
Tao, island; Chan, mountain; Ling.
a pass; TIA, big; Siao, little; Kouan.
fortress; Wei, camp; Men, carrier; Pei.
north; Nan, south; ST, west; Chang, up
per; Pal, white; Hei, black; Yang, blue.
Eanking therefore is southern metropo-
lis; Peking northern metropolis
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
HER HUSBANDS CLOSET.
And What the Grateful Wife Said and
Did When She Saw L.

And What the Grateful Wife Said and
Did When She Saw It.
There was once husband who
dreamed of having closet all his own.
He dreamed of place whore he could
go at night and find things just the
same as they were in the morning. He
dreamed OF place in which he did not
occupy with his timid little two suits
a remote hook, while all the rest of the
circumambient space WAS tilled with
well, what every husband knows He
dreamed, and he said Il viii take ad
vantage of my wife's absence and hire
a carpenter ana lockSnith and liX
that closet up to suit myself and put
on it an impregnable lock and key, and
then shall laugh softly and say. At
last the great day has come !.
And he did it,
And when that night his wife came
home and saw the work that he had
done, she said
where is that key
And the husband, trembling for he
was no Bluebcard produced it forth
with. And when she saw the ample
space within she foll ~ his neck and
said
my darling. the four new trocks
have bought Tins day and the crepe dc
chine parts wrap and he fur lined
Mother Hubbard, AMI tae others your
thoughtfulness has provided for
And the man went out in the garage
and hanged his dress suit there -as ho
had been won't to DO and sighed 10
himself. saying, Good night !. Life
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
LIGHTING A CATHEDRAL.
Simple Yet Spectacular Method at ST.
lsaac's In petroqrad

Isaac S, In Fetro9TSd.
In an article ia the Atlantic Monthly
describing a midnight mass ON Easter
eve in st Isaac's cathedral. Petrograd
Warrington Dawson says:
"a sudden blaze Of iuuumeraOle can
dies. hanging high overhead in great
chandeliers tore away tho gloom and
told rs Thar the ceremony was to be
gin At the IsaakieWski Sober one
match did what switch or button does
elsewhere, save that here the opera
ton was as ingenious and initiative
as could be devised instead of being
a machine made conhiyauce scattered
by millions over the world.
"a waXed string an end of which
hung down within easy reach from the
marble paving, ran from one wick to
another then from group to group,
from chandelier to chandeiier, until
all the candles in the cathedral were
connected. The match was applied to
that string A spark splitting tiny flame
raced up to the first candle and so
sped on its way, an earnest, busy little
lamplighter, quick as the snap of a
finger, adroit as a monkey and almost
unfailing in it's success.
Among the hundreds | saw It reach
counted very few which did not blaze
at the touch and most of these lared
an instant and sputtered out. showing
that the strings work at least bad
been done The general effect, indeed.
was as if each wick had been an cleo
tric bulb, but the whole, instead of
lighting when one switch was turned,
depended upon hand swept over sue
cessive buttons
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Twelve Was a Mystic Number.

Why should q jury number twelve?
Blackstone attributes the fixing of the
number to the Normans. who. like all
their Scandinavian ancestors, held
twelve In yeneration as a mystic num-
Der. Stephen, in his Commentaries. !"
supports this idea and gives instances
of the regard paid to twelve In early
Teutonic laws and finds distinct evi-
dence that twelve men were required
among the Anglo-SaxOns to form an
quisition.-Loudon Standard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
a Giant Emneror.

Maximinus the giant Roman en-
peror, could twist coins into cork
screws, powder hard rocks between
his fingers and do other seemingly i'm
possible things When angered he
often broke the Jaw of a horse or the
skull of an OK with his fist. His wife's
bracelet served him for ring, and
every day he ate, besides other food,
sixty pounds of meat aud drank an
amphora of wine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
rha Kitchen Eionr

A practical way of dealing with the
kitchen floor and at the same time
economizing labor, is TO cover it with
plain, dark colored linoleum, such as
red, blue, green or black, and to polish
it. A shiny surface is easy to sweep
up and keep clean, and if polished once
a week on the other days it need only
be run over with mop If treated in
this way it will always look nice and
will save at least twenty minutes work
day.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Foqs of Peru.

Peru has hundreds of square miles
along its coast of rainless country. In
this tract rain is never known to fall
Yet the region is not entirely barren of
vegetation. Some parts of it, indeed.
are comparatively fertile This is due
to the extraordinary fogs known as
''garuas" They prevail every night
from May to October after a summer
that is sultry and extend up to level
of 1900 feet above the sea Above
1900 feet rain falls
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
How the DAYS Go BY.

Frank looked up thoughtfully from
his engine and cars game of railroad
ing, played on the primitive plan of
fve-year-old boy.
Mamma, isn't it funny how the days
go by, one after the other just like
train of cars with Sunday for the en-
CINE. "-Harper's.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
He Passed.

During the impaneing of jury in
Philadelphia the following colloquy en-
sued between the judge and tales
man:
"You are property holderY'
"Yes, sir"
Married or single?''
Married three years last March"
"Have you formed or expressed any
opinion?'
"Not for three years, your honor
New York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
An Eye to Business.

"This play Is the worst ever | am
going to demand my money back
"Wait until after the next act, old
man. Ten years elapse between acts !
and 2, and you can demand interest on
your money for that length of time ."
Boston Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Stopped the Ruzzinu.

Alice with newspapeD- 1t says here
that yawning will remove that annoy.
Ing buzzing in ones ears. Edith
That's true! Last night when Mr.. Stay.
late had been talking steadily to me
for three hours / yawned twice, and he
wer t home.-Boston Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
welded SlXTY-F0UR YEARS
And cuss Word Has Never Passed
Between This Couple.

In day of hasty divorces, when
minds are turning 10 seek ways ia
which married couples may live hap
PLY. credit is due 70 Mr. ana Mrs
Charles Bodine Of Philadelphia who
have been married sizg-four years.
The fact that they have lived together
that long Is interesting in itself but
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
A Continuous Performance.

"Our baby gives us considerable trou-
BILE. Yells unless he has his own way"
"Ours yells anyhow. You don't know
what trouble is. Washington Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
STYLE In Emotion.

Nov some scientific sharp says
there are styles IN emotions
Il believe 1t know some women
who always wear their dignity ruff
hed." kansas City Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16

mrs. Snobbery- You know that my
husband is retired gentleman farmer?
Mrs Morningcall-Ye heard he had
retired from something, and | knew
he was still farming New York Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16

Wife-I dreamed last night that
was In heaven.
Husband Did YOU see me there?
Wife, did; then | knew / was
dreaming. Town Topics
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
9 csc libel.

Woman-How did you get to be
tramp? Tramper-By degrees, mum.
begun as golf player. er.-New York
Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Mean Thino!

Maybelle-See the beautiful engage
ment ring Jack gave me last night.
Estelle-Gracious Has that just got
around to you?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16
Chinese LANGUAGE.

The Chinese language is reckoned TO
be the most unwisldy and intricate In
existence
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16

Fortitude is the guard and support
of the other virtues. Locke.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-16

The heart gets weary, but never gets
old. Shenstons
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-12
.DEMENTED MAN IS
KILLED BY TRAIN

Struck by a freight train as he
darted across the track, Shigara Ma
kashima, a 20-year-old Japanese labor
er employed by the Oahu plantation,
was killed shortly after o'clock last
night at Waiawa. The man is be.
lieved by Kumi, his mother, and Naka-
shima, his uncle, to have been de-
mented
According to the story told by wit
nesses, the man ran from a house
near the track as the train passed
through Waiawa on its way to Eva
and arrived at the track just as the
train came along. He was hit by the
engine. The jolt broke his leg and
severely bruised his face.
Nakashima has been sick for some
time, said his uncle and mother, and
at times has been out of his mind.
1t is believed that he ran in front of
the train while temporary insane.
/ G.. E. Van Tries was conductor Of
the train that hit the man; ]. Jose
was engineer, and NJ Perry fireman.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-12
LABOR
TROUBLE SETTLED

Labor troubles in Arizona and New
Mexico are nearly settled since the
deportation of the l. w. W. agitators
from Tucson, says j. P. Armstrong OF
Douglas, Arizona, who was an arrival
in Honolulu this morning on the Mat
sonia. The deported miners, who
were afterwards rounded up in fed
eral detention camp have all been re
leased, since they have promised to
be good" as Mr.. Armstrong phrases
it.
Mr.. Armstrong has been on leis
urely trip through Canada, after
which he travelled down the Pacific
coast to San Francisco. From here
he will make trip to Japan. China
and Australia. .-
He speaks with admiration of the
work which has been accomplished
at American Lake in constructing
quarters for $4,000 men of the national
army who are to be trained there.
Over 5000 men were employed in con.
structing this cantonment in two
months. The site of the cantonment
was formerly a timbered wilderness,
which now has substantial structures
to house all the men, and is equipped
with all modern Improvements.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-12
COSTS NEARLY $500 TO
SECURE JURY IN TRIAL
OF ALLEGED MURDERERS

After three days Of examination and
challenges, a jury was secured this
morning in the case of Isidoro Alario
and four other Filipinos, who are
charged with the murder of Tsune-
taro Hayashibara. a japanese store
keeper, near Kaneohe on the light OF
August 81.
Sixteen jurors were in court when
the case was called last Monday. This
panel was soon exhausted and. with
IL men in the box, special venlr : Of
26 persons was ordered. This was
also exhausted, and this morning an
other &c additional Jurymen appeared
I in obedience to a court order. From
this number, and with the men al
ready in the box. jury was secured.
The defense exercised "a out OF 30
challenges, counting six challenges to
a defendant The challenges exer-
cised by the prosecution were few.
According TO the way Clerk Claus
Roberts has figured it out. the draw
ing of the jur ya!one COST the county
in the neighborhoO6 CT $500.