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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Fatal street Music.

To street musicians was due the un-
timely death of one Of Englands fore
most humoriSts, John Leech The
strain of ceaseless application to his
work rendered Leech abnormaly sen
sitive to street noises Of all descrip-
tions, and street music in particular
drove him frantic. The organ grinders.
1t is said. knew of his enmity toward
them and played within earshot of his
studio simply 10 plague him In let
ter to Mr. Bass, NJ r. who was fran
ing bill for the suppression of street
noises. Mark Lemon the editor Of
Punch declared that beyond a doubt
Leech's ultimately fatal malady, angi
ma pectoris. or breast pang, was due
to the disturbance Of his nervous sys
TEN. caused by the continual visits OF
street lands and organ grinders. Lon.
don Opinion
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
AN ALIBl FOR GLIDER.
His Joy When fle Found It Was Not
He Who Snubbed Stevenson.


A story was circulated at one time
that when Robert Louis Stevenson first
came to America he went 10 the office
of the Century dhen Scribners) and
was not cordially received. In 1887
Richard Watson Glider wrote to Tai
colt Williams letter in which he gave
his idea of the occurrence:
81 have no doubt that Stevenson used
the expression fired out with refer
ence to his experience in our old office.
That is the term he and / used in talk
ing the thing over the other evening.
/ had three delightful visits in his
room by his inyitation-two of them
very long visits-and that among other
things was freely discussed. | remem-
ber asking him who it was that fired
him out Qn point of fact, Of course.
nobody fired him out) He looked at me
with quizZical expression and said:
L don't know but it was you. Yes he
said i think it was you, now that
look at you
81 said Oh pshaw, now. DR.. Hol-
land was a large likeness of me; it
might have been he
"'No,' he said 1 think it was you
"'Well,' | said see here, now, when
was this?
"He said it was in July.
81 said, 1t might have been / If it
was in July, but of what year?'
"'1S79.'
'Hurrah, said |. that lets me out.
And | jumped up with great delight,
for, as you know | was in Europe
from March. 1879. to June 1880. Be
tween you ana me and the lamppost |
have no doubt | would have made the
same answer to him as was made
whatever that answer was.
HE brought no manuscript and SIM
ply wanted to write for the magazine.
He doesn't seem TO remember the
words of the conversation. For all that
is known, he may have been asked to
submit something although he doesn't
say so. OF course. amy answer TO such
a vague and unintroduced 9ppieation
would have to be of the vaguest. He
said he was rather surprised a gettinG
in, even. as he had no letter Of intro
duction."
Later Mr. Glider wrote to another
| friend:
"Never mind. Mrs. Ste~eason tells
me that if l had seen Louis l would
have turned him out. She says he
looked the part and every one did turn
him out! Was it a die or compliment
when she said likewise that ! remind
ed her of him. Letters of Richard
Watson Glider.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
An interesting illusion.

A curious and interesting effect may
be produced in the following simple
manner:
Take a sheet Of paper or thin card
board about five inches square and roll
it into q tube with one end just large
enough to fit around the eye and the
other end somewhat smaller Hold
the tube between the thumb and first
finger of the right hand-do not grasp
the tube with the whole hand-and
place the larger end of the tube close
against the right eye With the left
hand place a book against the side Of
the tube If both eyes are now kept
open there will appear to be a hole
through the book. and it will appear
that objects are seen through this hole
and not through the tube. The effect
is even more odd if the left hand In
stead of a book is held against the
tube, when the hole will appear
through the center Of the hand.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
POWER OF THE GYR0SCoPE.
Widespread Use of What Was at First
Reoarded as Mere Toy,


Tinkering IN his machine shop to de-
sign a novel Christmas present for one
of his boys, Elmer A. Sperry few
years back stumbled on to a half dozen
new applications of what had previous
ly been regarded as a merely inter
esting mechanical curiosity. the gyro-
scope.
Now his inventions will keep a ship
from rocking and the passengers from
seasickness. an airship from air pock-
cts and furnish the only true compass
that the mariner, guide or air pilot
knows. Making the gun deck of bat
tleship as steady a gun mount as may
be had on Land, the gyroscope eventual
ly will double the efficiency of the
navy it is said. Anything that needs
stability, excluding possible Central
American governments and street cars,
needs. a gyroscope. Mr.. Sperry told a
Detroit audience.
The use of submarines and airships
has been made possible largely through
the gyroscope. Before the stabilizers
were put aboard the undersea boats.
because Of their cigar-ike shape, rolled
so frightfully that no man could live in
them. With one of the little tops
aboard the Deutschland can ride as
evenly as a mammoth liner on a
smooth sea. The principal advantage
to airships has been in the gyroscope
compass, which possesses the advan-
tage of always pointing north An ordi-
nary magnetic compass in practical use
under stress points anywhere from
northwest to northea stand sometimes
southeast. - Detroit News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

.4vnvi Vi MS younger daughter Sarah.
whose pet name in the family circle
was "Sed" One of his friends, Josiah
Dent of St Louis. suggested that
willie" was commonplace termina-
tion and that Sedalia would be more
beautiful and unusual name. General
Smith approved of the suggestion, and
Sedalia came officially into being when
he and his family, the first inhabitants
of the new town moved thither in
Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
GIANT WOLVES OF THE SEA.
Savage Killer Whales Swim In Ranks
Like Trained Soldiers.

The killer whale usually travels and
hunts in schools or packs of from
three TO dozen or more individuals.
Unlike most whales, the members of
these schools 10 not travel in a strag
Cling party, but swim side by side,
their movements as regularly timed as
those Of soldiers. \ regularly spaced
row Of advancing long black fins swift
ly cutting the un lulating surface of
the sea produces a singularly sinister
effect The evil impression is well JUS
titled since killers are the most savage
and remorseless Of whales The jaws
are armed with rows of effective teeth,
with which rhe animals attack and de
YOUR seals and porpoiseS and even de
stroy some OF he larger whales.
Killers are like giant wolves of the
sea. and their feroeity strikes terror 10
other warm bloolod inhabitants of the
deep The ESkimoS Of the Alaskan
coast of Bering sea consider killers as
actual wolves In sea form. They be-
lieve that in the early days, when the
world was young and men and animals
could change their form at viii, land
wolves often went to the edge of the
shore ice and changed to killer whales,
and the killers returned to the edge of
the ice and came out as wolves, to go
ravening over the land. Some Of the
natives assure one that even today GER
tain wolves and killers and still en-
dowed with this power and on account
Of their malignant character are much
feared by hunters.
Killers are known to swallow small
seals and porpoises entire and attack
large whales by tearing away their
aeshy lips and tongues. When attack
ing large prey they work in packs,
with all the unity and tierceness of so
many wolves. = National Geographic
Magazine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
WILL HOLD FEAST OF DEATH.
For Mother of Gypsy Queen Mary, Who
Died In Miehiaan.

Dled IN Nlchl9an'
TherelI be big sauerkraut feast
this spring at that place in the United
States where a certain band Of Rou
manian gypsies happens to be Stella
Stankovitch, 10t years old, mother Of
Queen Mary, died the other day in
tent pitched on the plains Of Michigan.
Queen Mary has decreed the feast of
death.
Winter winds shake the canvas tents
of the little colony the gypsies set up
outside OF Ford City Barelegged chill
dren hudde about open tires and gaze
in fear at the empty cloth shelter in
which the queen mother died. lis flap
slaps back and forth with the blow OF
the wind
I'm sick Queen Mary said when
visitor called ou her I've sot the
grip.
Sue threw Il few chunks of wood into
q smoking, battered stove. Behind her
stood a young woman smoking a pipe
and a barefooted girl OF seven on a
bed, beneath ragged coverings lay an
other child, feverjshy i'll
I'VE will have feast in memory Of
Queen Stella between Easter aud May
the queen went on Wen have roast
lamb and roast pig Wen have CAD
bage and sauerkraut and fruits Wen
put a big table outdoors, and the feast
will be free, Everybody will be well
coihe to come and eat OF the feast of
| death"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

In time OF war the pres. ,ent OF the
United States IS actually a dictator.
There is nothing theoretical about his
place or his powers lie is commander
In chief OF. Che army and navy The
members of his cabinet are responsible
to him personally not to eon@ress.
None of them may be removed without
his consent except by impeachment.
Moreover be can suspend the writ of
habeas corpus and perform all the 9th
er functions of dictator except order
grants of money. That is the only real
check upon his powers. and it is a
check that can be exercised only ut the
peril OF the nation. New York World
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
AVOID HOT ROOMS.
Your Health Will Be Better and Your
Work More Effective.

The right temperature for the office,
living room or workroom, that degree
CT heat that will keep one comfortable.
haalthful and at the same time will en-
able him to do the greatest amount of
work with the greatest ease is dis
cussed in bulletin from the North
Carolina state board of health 1t says:
Seventy degrees Of heat, which most
people think they are keeping when in
reality the thermometer reads any
where from - to 78, is for all practical
purposes too hot 1t is eneryating and
unhealthful. 1t predisposes to fatigue,
colds, grippe and especially to pneu-
monia, for the reason that too much
heat lowers bodily resistance
Careful study and all experimental
tions demonstrate that moderately
cool, dry air in motion is the best air
condition for the body. AT no time is a
temperature higher than IS degrees
recommended. while a much lower
temperature is needed to work in In
no country in Europe is the indoor
temperature allowed TO go over IS de-
grees, While The usual house tempera-
ture over there is 90 Huntington
states that men DO their best mental
work when the air temperature is 90
and their best physical work when it is
about 40. The best all round tempera-
ture for work is 30, he says.
observations have further shown
that the minimum amount Of work
during the year is done during the hot
summer months and the middle winter
months January and February when
indoor heat is highest, Students at
West Point and Annapolis do their
best mental work. mathematics in par
ticuar. In the spring and fall and their
worst work in midwinter and midsum-
mer. Excessive heat and lack Of cool
fresh air are thought to make the diff
ference"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Tombstone 70 a Fish.

In the little village Of Blockley, In
South Worcestershire. stands a pic
turesque little dwelling named Fish
Cottage. Enter its garden and you will
ind wha. is probably the only tomb
stone ever erected to the memory OF a
fish. The inscription. with its quaint
punctuation. reads as follows:
IN MEMORY OF THE OLD FISH
Under the soil, the old fsh, do, lie
Twenty years he lived ana then, did, die
He was so tame you. understand
He would, come and eat out, Of, our hand
Died April the 10Th 1886
Aged 20 years,
London It'll Bits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
The Sailors Psalm.

How many people landsmen, at all
events-are aware that one of the
Psalms IS often called the sailors
psalm?
1t Is, of course, Psalm evil, wherein
occur the beautiful and familiar words.
"They that go down to the sea in ships.
that do business in great waters
these see the works of the Lord and
his wonders in the deep
The psalm is usually read as part OF
the simple services which take place on
Sundays on ships at sea. For that rea-
son it is known as the sailors psalm
London Chronicle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
roo GREAT A RISK.
Washington's Pensioner Dreaded the
Matrimonial Yoke.


One of the recipients of Washington's
bounty was his old neighbor, Captain
John Posey. Posey sold Washington
not only his Ferry farm, but also his
claim to western lands. He became
financially embarrassed-in fact, ruin
ed; his family were scattered. and he
made frequent applications to Wash
ington for advice and assistance.
Washington helped to educate son,
st. Lawrence, who had been reduced
to the hard eXpedient of tending bar In
tavern, and he also kept a daughter,
Milly, at Mount Vernon as a sort of
companion to Mrs. Washington. The
captain once wrote the following de-
lightful letter, which is quoted by Paul
Leland Haworth in George Washing
ton, Farmer"
81 could (have) been able to (have)
Satisfied all my old Arrears, some
| months AGoe, by marrying (an) old
widow woman in this County. She
has large SONS (of) cash by her and
Prittey good Est.-She is as thick as
she is Highland gifts drunk at Least
tnree or Ioure (tllneSl WeaK-Wnlcn Is
Disagreable to me-has Viliant Sper-
rit when Drunk-its been (a) great Dis
pute in my mind what to Doe,-I be-
leave | shud Run all Resks-if my
Last wife, had been (am Even tenn
per'd woman. but her Sperrit, has
Given me such (a) Shock-that l am
afraid to Run the Resk again"
Evidently the captain did not find a
way out of his troubles by the matri-
monial route, for somewhat later he
was In Jail at Queenstown, presumably
/ for debt, and we find in one Of Wash
ingtons cash memorandum books un-
der date of oct 10, 1878, by Charity
given Captn Posey, four pounds" One
Of the sons later settled in Indiana
and Posey county is named after him.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

The old style anchor-except as the
pictured symbol of hope-is fast pass
ing away. The modern anchor is made
of steel rather than of wrought iron
has no stock has ball and socket
joints and fits closely against the side
of the ship when slowed. Those fcl
our largest warships weigh 10000
pounds apiece.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
What Comes Next2

"What's a dreadnaught. fatherY
"A dreadnaught, my son, is a battle
ship so large and heavily armed that it
does not fear anything.
Then what is a superdreadnaughtY
"a uperdreadnaught is still bigger
and more Heavily armed. They were
designed especially to give the dread
naughts something to be afraid Of
Philadelphia Ledger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
The Inconsiderate Mice.

A more kind hearted and ingenious
soul never lived than Aunt Betsey, but
she was a poor housekeeper On one
occasion a neighbor who had run In for
a "back door" call was Mortified to see
a mouse run across Aunt Betsey 5
kitchen floor. why on earth don't
you set a trap, Betsy she asked.
well, replied Aunt Betsey, y did
have trap set. But land, 1t was such
a fuss! Those mice kept getting into
itg-Youth's Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
prixina Screws Into Plaster.

When screws are driven into plas-
ter wall they may be made firm enough
to hold considerable weight if they be
withdrawn, wrapped with cotton string
and dipped into plaster of paris until
sufficient adheres to fill the hole in the
wall and to permit some of it to be
forced behind the plaster. This latter
forms plug that holds the screw firm.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Short Amendments.

The shortest amendment to the Unit
ed States constitution is the eighth,
containing but sixteen words, as fol-
lows: Excessive bail shall not be re-
quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
cruel and unusual punishments inflict-
ed" The sixteenth or income tax
amendment is set down in but thirty
words
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Butternut Dye.

Butternut Uuglans cinerea) was for
merly a valuable dye material. 1t
usually is colored brown. but the
shades could be varied The "Confed
crate jeans" the cloth much used for
uniforms in Tennessee and Kentucky
during the war between the states
was dyed with the bark of this tree
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Gompers Eanqueted.

A golden anniversary dinner was
given to Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
Sunday evening, Jan. %, at the Central
Opera House, New York. The occa-
sion was the fiftieth anniversary of his
wedding and of his activity In the or
ganized labor movement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
-LOndon Tit- Bis.


Rowneder-My dear, it was, of course,
business that detained me till midnight.
Mrs Rowneder Yes Rowneder- You
know wouldn't deceive you. Mrs
Rowneder-No. Charlie, you wouldn't
deceive me, no matter what you said
New York Times
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Safe

Flubdub Why have YOU never mar
ried. Singleton Singleton Well. the
women have always regarded me as
an unfortunate fellow WHO wasn't bad
enough to need reforming or good
enough TO make a desirable husband
Life
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Makina Assurance DoubIy Sure

The pupils in a certain class In hy-
giene were told to set down on paper
the reasons why in their opinion ere
nation was superior to burial
Coronation is good" wrote one little
boy, because the person might only be
In swoon, and if he Is burned he can
not recover - New York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
The Receptive Mood.

Yeast-How does your wife like her
new neighbor?
Crimsonbeak- Oh. she likes her.
"Why, that woman rereats every
thing she hears
Eyes; that's why my wife likes her"
,-Yonkers Statesman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Started Early.

He When did She begin to fear that
he had married her for her money Z?
She Well. believe her suspicious
were first aroused when she had to
pay the minister London Telegraph.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
Litararx Punishment.

"Ma, when l came In last night
found Emily devouring a novel"
"And this morning she was eating a
cereal" l"-Baltimore American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

While crabs are known to have lived
for half a century the average life of
the oyster is but four years, Frogs die
sooner than toads, as the latter may.
i've for thirty-six We RS.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

so you bouaht that car from Bax-
Ger What did it cost you?"
a thousand and all the respect l
lad for Baxter a, truth teller
Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

White men should exhibit the same
nsensibiiity TO moral tortures that red
hen do to physical torments. The
bhile Gautier
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
The PIow,

Emperor Shun Nung of China in
vented the plow and introduced agri-
culture and medical science In 1900
&c.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

1t is usually not so much the great
ness Of our trouble as the littleness OF
our spirit that makes US complain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09

The Strange Part.
Hardup- You see this half dollarI
Yes Why: Is there anything ex-
.raordinary about it,"
HARDIN Rather! It's mine!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-02-09
IAVAOES PERSONAL LIFE

Wedding Out of Men Not Perfect Bod
lily Would Put an Added Strain on
Those Who Passed the Test-Idea In
tolerahle From the Humane Stand
point.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-14
DELAWARE GRANGE has
PICNIC after MEETING

Delaware Grange, at Newport. had
an evening picnic" last night that
was greatly enjoyed by the members.
A short business session was held at
s o'clock. at which time one candi-
date was initiated in the third and
fourth degrees. The committee on
arrangements for the entertaining OF
Pomona Grange. which will meet with
Delaware Grange on Thursday, Au-
gust 30. reported plans well under
way and that everything would be
ready ia time. Delegates will be ap-
po nted az the next meeting.
The meeting was made short and
the time given over 20 tho committee
In charge OF the picnic" The mem
bers and their friends enjoyed various
kinds OF entertainment. sports and
games. c. W Maclary carried or
the prize for the potato race and
Howard Taylor the prize for the box
race
The committee had also provided
refreshments of Ice cream cones and
cake. which were served in tho 'ower
room OF the hall after the fun ended
The worthy master announced the
next meeting for Monday evening
August q. All members who desire
10 take the fifth degree az the Octo-
Der meeting OF Pomona. are urged Ia
hand their names 20 the secretary Al
once.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-14
DOCTOR fails TO APPEAR.
cocaine CHARGE FALLS

The case OF the State against Ada
line Jones, who was charged in Mu-
nicipal Court this morning with vio-
lating the state cocaine law, fell with
bang that caused all sorts Of scowls
on the faces OF the prosecuting Off
cials. because of the absence Of DR..
Frank ROop Smith, who. though un-
der subpoena TO attend court this
morning. was not present. An at
tachment was issued for him.
Officers Sewell ID. Scott and VIII
liam ]. Davidson testified that the
woman passed a package OF white
powder to James Jones, a Negro pris-
oner who was being handcuffed at the
police station. on July rs, for trans
portation TO the workhouse, and, with
Detectives Green and Fairchilds. fol
lowed the little package until it reach
ed DR.. Smith for analysis.
Inasmuch as the State, once enter
ing upon a trial though with import
ant witnesses absent. must proceed
al its own peril. the motion Of the
woman's attorney for her dismissal
was granted
The woman was rearrcsted imme-
4. dintsly upon leaving the court room