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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

Perhaps in recompense for the
kindness of the John F. McLaugh-
lin family of Laguna Beach, Calf,
in feeding the sea gulls there at
seven o'clock every morning, big
gull, flying within few feet of the
ground, dropped fish at their feet
The fish weighed one and three.
fourths pounds, and as it was fresh
from the water, was cooked for
breakfast.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

Treasury Mellon, the Commonwealth
Edison Company which is controlled
by Samuel insult, whose contribution
to Frank l.. Smith resulted in the lat
ter's expulsion from the United States
senate; American Radiator Company,
Steel and Tube Company of America,
meat packing firms of Swift and Will
son, Continental and Commercial Bank
of Chicago, First National Bank Of
Chicago, American Smelling and Re-
fining Company, and Libyy, McNeiu
& Libby, meat packers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

A privilege which belongs to the
city of London is that its maces
and it's swords may be carried up.
right. This privilege was granted
to the city in 1854, and where other
corporations slope their maces and
their swords, the city maces may
be carried upright, and the city
swords generally are so borne, in
the same way as the state sword is
borne before the king, as an emblem
of sovereignty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Many Pilgrims to Mecca

At Singapore so many Mahom-
etans from the Malay states and
Dutch East Indies gathered to en-
bark for the annual pilgrimage to
Mecca that the available ships
could not accommodate them, states
the Pathfinder Magazine. One lire
raised the fare $50 in order to re.
duce the demand for passage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Bicycle-Airplone

An aerial bicycle has been invent
ed in England. The apparatus con.
sists of cigar-shaped balloon filed
with hydrogen gas, below which is
suspended an aluminium framework
resembling a bicycle, with handle.
bars and pedals that will work a
propeller in front of the machine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
GroWing America

Without parallel in all history is
the increase in the population of the
United States during the past Gen.
tury. 1t has multiplied 81 times,
from about 100000 to 100000
900. If growth continued at the
same rate, the country at the end Of
another 130 years would have g.
s00,000,000, and after still another
1870 years ooO,ooo,oOO Either
figure is absurd to contemplate
American Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Ancient Norwegian Church

Norway celebrated its 900 years
Of Christianity on the little island
of Moster on the southwestern coast
where stands the Oldest church in
the country. Built about the year
100, where the first Christian mass
was said, after the Vikings came in
contact with the new religion in
France and England, the church is
still in use.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Calls for Driuinc Skill

Racing from the second basement
to the seventh story Of Paris ga
rage, on the outer ramps used to
transport cars from one level to an.
other, gave French drivers q chance
to test their skill and the fexibility
OF their autos recently, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The course
also had curves which were rounded
at high speed showing the efficiency
Of the small car, as compared with
larger ones.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
One-Mon War Tank

The British army has one-man
tank equipped with both caterpillar
tread and rubber-tired wheels, either
of which can be placed in operation
at will. The little tanks are capable
of making 80 miles an hour on
smooth roads. The war machine 10
capable of firing more than 100
shots a minute.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Makes Snow Removal Easy

A homemade, motor-driven snow
sweeper for sidewalks has been in
vented by A. E. Beauchamp Of
Hartford, Conn. The frame Of the
machine consists of baby carriage,
which forms the chassis. There are
two lawnmower wheels at ths rear,
a small two-cyliader motor, carbu-
rotor, rotating brush, bicycle
sprocket and a chain, gas tank,
,muffier and several minor appen-
dages.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
STOCKHOLDERS IN
CLOVER

New York.-Employes in various
plants of the General Motors Corpora
tion are dissatisfied with wage rates,
but the world is bright for stockhold-
ers of this mammoth organization.
Recent advances in this stock in
Wall street has called attention to
profits of the corporation. 1t is shown
that 10 shares at 500 a share, pur-
chased in 1908, has grown in value
to $151 400. This is exclusive of divi-
dends.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Chilly Lake Michigan

Occasional periods of southwest
Winds in summer drive Chicago's
sweltering population to the shore
Of Lake Michigan for comfort which
they cannot get, because the same
wind blows the surface water from
the shore, replacing it with water
from great depth at temperature
Of 80 degrees Fahrenheit, therefore
colder than most spring water. The
people who swelter in the hot air
Immediately above the lake cannot
bathe in such chill waters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Record School Attendance

For the last 70 years Edward
Lathrop Hinman, seventy-three, has
never missed a Sunday school ses-
sion at the First Congregational
church at Ravenna, Ohio. Hinman,
who has lived in Ravenna all his
life, is q direct descendant Of Puri-
tan preachers. Humans grand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

italy, San Marino. Austria, Hun
gary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania,
Yugo-Slavia, Albania, Greece, Bull
garia and Turkey and the "free
city" Of Danzig. Before the war
there were only % states, including
Montenegro, now a part of Yugo-
Slavia.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Expert Indian Archer

Recent campers at Kokadjo,
Maine, saw an Indian hunter who
makes use of q bow and arrow in
capturing his gams. To demon
strats the efficiency Of this weapon,
be aimed at -four barrel, 100 feet
distant. The arrow arrived with
sufficient force to go completely
through and out the other side Of
the barrel.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

A minister was Mortified one Sun
day to see boy in the gallery Of the
church pelting his hearers in the pews
below with horse chestnuts. AS the
good man looked up, the boy cried
out:
"You tend to your preaching, mis-
ter; I'll keep them awake!"-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-T Telegraph.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
European Decisions

Europe is divided into 80 states,
including Norway, Sweden, Den.
mark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia,
Esthonia, Russia, Poland, Germany,
Holland, Belgium, France, Switzer-
land, Luxemburg, Lichtenstein,
Monaco, Andorra, Spain, Portugal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
DON'T You Remember?

John-That was a fine drive you
made.
Dot-Thanks. Which one do you
mean7
John-The time you hit the ball.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies' and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's
1852 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
Soped Her for Himself

"Alas, lost my dear wife at the
seashore."
Tough luck, old chap. Did wave
carry her off,"
"No; life saver"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
BY GENE CARR

mother, Lucy Mather, was the
daughter of Abnsr Mather, who
traced his descent from the famous
'hell fire" preachers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23

She: Handsome men are always
disagreeable."
He: oh, always try to be decent"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-23
PermissibIe

Mrs. Smith-Do you allow your
maid to be so rude?
Mrs. Myth-We have to, dear. She's
80 poorly paid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
CHAPTER w
Exit Bookplate

II was very quiet In the shop.
Daisy Abbott, noting my entrance,
stole forward, loaded to the guards
with important news.
THAT poor old gentleman He died
at one o'clock. Mr.. Case told u.s."
without recovering conscious
ness" l inquired, spreading out my
index cards as gentle hint that !
would be alone.
"Yes; and nobody knows who he is.
And employees are not to talk about
the accident, Miss Fuller. And, oh,
that girl who gave the alarml She's
stu unconconscious, the hospital peo-
pie say. Isn't this the most exciting
and awful thing you ever had happen
to your"
agreed fervently; and Daisy
evaporated, giving me chance, while
finishing my index, to reflect on the
many strange events connected with
that mysterious old law book now up
in Mr.. Darrow's office.
How many persons had shown in
terest in it! Peter Burton; his IN
known rival bidder at Richmond;
that girl :" whoever had broken open
Peters suitcase in the hotel, and now,
Tower! For under whose auspices, If
not his, had Nancy's suitcase sudden
ly become Peters? "Elopement," for
soothl He had not had even the
slightest design against her! His pro.
pOsal to elope was nothing but a pre-
text to enter the Burton house; for
Nancy, with her artless narrative of
Peters Richmond trip, had informed
him exactly where the law book was
of whose existence and value he
was evidently somehow aware al
ready. Then in the number of the
book fanciers was the poor old gen
tleman of the law alcove.
Yet was it sensible to assume that
out of the hundreds of books there.
he had specially wanted Clarihew's
Notes? But if not, why was the
girl who had a vital interest in that
very book, so extraordinarily upset
when she found the old man dying?
Why did she cry. keep it for me-?
Now, whatever value it had was as
an antique, and for law-boOk cOllec-
tors. AS the book itself was not a
valuable trophy. could there be any
thing about the plate that might have
Influenced the searcher of Peters suit
case?
resolved to presume on the fact
barrow spoke to; to ascend to his
office; and to ask his secretary to
let me see Clarihew's "NOtes." Incl
dentally. ! intended to get look at
that bookplale, myself
rang for the elevator. Down II
clanked with unheard-of promptness,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Organize Search for
Treasure Long Buried

They are organizing company in
London to search for $60,000,OO0
worth of gold, silver and jewelry
which the Jesuits are said to have
buried in Bolivia before their expul-
sion.
Just before the Jesuits were driven
out of Bolivia they buried vast
amount of precious metal and gems.
which they had accumulated by years
of mining but which they were for
hidden to ship away.
One of the fathers told a brother,
who was project of Callao, Peru, the
project told his son, who later be-
came President of Peru; the Presi-
dent told his daughter, who in turn
told an Englishman, who undertook
to find and dig up the treasure on
his own account-who went far
enough to discover silver crucifx
and a wooden box containing warn
ing, and who might have succeeded
If the warning, when translated, had
not scared away his native workmen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
The Youngest Generation

Seven-year-old Tom had been in
vited to an afternoon party and his
mother was coaching him carefully
in party etiquette. Finally she re-
minded him that when it came time
to leave he must tell his little host
what nice time he had had and not
to forget to go to his friends mother
and say to her, too, how much he en-
joyed himself.
Tom listened patiently until she had
finished. Then he looked up into her
face and said seriously, "Oh. say,
mother, don't you know they don't do
that any more?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
NOTES
W. Clarihew

you're sure the message is cor.
rect?" inquired. Il understood this
book had already been ordered by the
Legal federation"
Nancy's red lips parted in an ex.
cited litter.
"They won't take it u
was stricken dumb by this devas
tating information.
Its too expensive!" confided Nancy,
with most interesting indiscretion,
Captain Ashland was observing heI
cOmpOSedly, and with that close at.
tention one bestows on a remarkable
foreigner, and l sensed that the next
minute she would spill out, giving due
credit for same, his uncle's possibly
hectic remarks on learning that be
had for once overreached himself
Heavensl Had Ulysses hit the bulls.
eye again? For Mr.. barrow had Ger.
tainly lost some money! gave
Nancy q look that frost-bit even her
giggle.
"Very well; go to Miss Wilkes, ans
tell her l will follow Mr.. Darrow's
instructions. Do you understand, Miss
Burton?"
Nancy nodded and retired. l turned
toward the captain with the book.
Here" ! remarked, "is a curiosity
you'll be glad, believe, to have
crossed the ocean to see. It's a Col
fax boOkplate."
Il say! that would be a fnd-an
American COlfax!' calculated Captain
Ashland, almost excitedly. He rose
and came around the desk beside me.
"Let US see itl'
l opened the first cover, and our
eyes rested on the owners label gluei
inside, that eagerly sought prize,
recalled, of so many pursuers. 1t was
evident at once that this was what
is called pictorial plate; that is,
one with the design in the form of a
picture, as opposed, for an instance,
TO a coat of arms or an allegoricsl
design. Collectors can often tell
promptly, also. the nationality of the
plate and It's artist. In this case the
serpent shaped in a capital &c" had
guided Peter in identifying the work
as that of Colfax, thus making the
picture out as of English origin, and
fixing it's date somewhere in the late
Eighteenth or early Nineteenth cen
fury.
The design depicted in the fore
ground a table on which stood an
alembic, or old distiUing vessel, a
skull, scalpel and other small instru.
ments of scientific appearance. The
three objects named were, l knew
purely conventional symbols, often
used. They announced, despite the
absence of an owners name, that this
had been a physicians bookplate. But
from. this point the plate took on more
originality, for in the distant back
ground of the picture appeared sea
scape, where q frigate under full sail
fiOated on the waves. The sides of
the picture were framed by two Greek
columns of conventional classic STYLE.
which formed an attractive setting for
the drawing
(To BE CONTINUED.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
By AGNES MILLER
wNU Service
g by The Century Co.

"You see, cried so much ! had
to have a clean handkerchief. ]
opened my suitcase to get one, and
inside were Peters gray tweed suit
and collars and razors and things and
a crumbly old leather law book"
Nancy Yves 1t really Peters suit.
case all the time, and not yours?"
"You get the point at once. hadn't
noticed 1t before, because hadn't
been carrying the bags; anyway, the
two suitcases are just ordinary black
leather ones, much alike. l haven't
got changed, but at least / changed
them back again when | got home.
Come on, let's go and look at that
fiat"
summoned Ernesto, and explained
to him that Miss Burton was DESTROYS
of inspecting his vacant apartment.
By the happiest of condolences, she
and her brother were now seeking
new living-quarters, and shared his
contempt for the subway. Ernesto
idptiy iCu uS ny t"O StGeD
flights Of stairs, and into a sunny
front suite of three small rooms, made
by cunning partitioning out of one
former enormous apartment.
Nancy eyed with cool appraisal the
furniture in the iving-room, punched
the mattresses, ratified the pot, In the
kitchenette, and discussed terms with
Ernesto. She had not kept house for
a refined, genteelly poor widowed
father for nothing. Finally:
who else lives here?" she inquired
''In the rear apartment. just be.
hind. met" replied Ernesto. "Me, my
wife, my four children. Never will
you be lonely! Below" he paused
with an air of climax-'lives Mr..
GroSvenor
"Who's hep demanded Miss Man
haitian. with mistaken morale.
Most distinguish gentleman He
owned this house. long ago. 1t was
his fathers. He sell to me, | rent
him one floor, so all his life he live
in one house. Think. for New York 7"
us he niceT' inquired Nancy.
"Surel tell you, most distinguish
Miss Grosvenor, also. They are very
quiet lady and gentleman, and
most distinguish! Nobody else live
here; everybody nizew
well, guess If my brother and
will do, we'll come" decided Nancy,
and with her breath-taking speed
snatched a ten-dollar bill from her
purse and thrust it at Ernesto. He
hustled downstairs ahead of US to
make out the receipt for the deposit.
Nancy" reconstructed feebly,
wouldn't II be better to wait and LET
Peter come and see" Suppose he
doesn't" n,
Certainly he will like 1t He's
got to; took it on his account-so
convenient, right in our business
neighborhoodl am perfectly posi-
tive it is going to be just the right
place for usp
So they were coming there. But
most of Nancy's previous judgments
filled me with a curious apprehension
that somehow 1t was going to be just
the wrong place for them. My lunch.
con enterprise had certainly been sue
cessful In convincing Nancy that all
is not necessarily over at seventeen:
nevertheless, it had filled me with an
inexplicable sinking feeling which
even the affectionate God-speed of
Ernesto failed to dispeL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
SYNOPSIS

On certain momentous Mon
day morning Miss Constance Full
Ter. cataloguer and seller of
rare books at Darrow's New and
secondhand Bookshop, New
York, notices that the first Gus
toner is dignified. white
bearded old gentleman, who
saunters into the alcove pla-
carded Medical Works" Peter
Burton. one OF the employees,
amazes Constance by telling her
he paid $40 at auction for an
old law book containing a Col
fax bookplate. Suddenly a girls
Shrek of "Murderw rings out in
the store. The elderly customer
is on the floor unconscious. with
his right wrist slashed. Just
before the shrieking girl falls in
faint, she calls out to Peter
whom she seems to recognize as
the man who bought the rare
book in Richmond. Va. a few
days before: Keep It! Keep 1t
for me-" Peters sister, Nancy,
began that morning working at
Darrow's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Bachelors Shortcomings

Old bachelors may have gotten that
way through mistaken notions of
themselves as we'll as of women. They
can explain if they will. But it is very
evident that having failed to embrace
opportunities they have nothing left
to hug but delusions.-Grit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06

tie Prescription. 1t is just the tonic re-
quired if woman is borne down by
pain and suferings at regular or ir-
regular intervals, by nervousness or
dizzy spells, headache or backache.
Favorite Prescription can be had in
tablet form as we'll as liquid at your
neighborhood store.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Office Routine

'What is the program for today,
Miss Stenog?" asked Mr.. Big Bust
ness.
conference with a bunch of boost
ers this morning. You address your
luncheon club at noon. Golf later"
"Are there any business matters?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06

a man was LIT.
R. V. Pierce.
His study along
medical lin e S,
and his ,knowl-
e dye of the
remedial q u a l.
tiles of herbs
and plants led
to the discov-
cry of his Won
derful h e r b a |
remedy, Doctor
Pierce'S Favor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Modern Equivalent

$50 Robert married a social nobody,
and just think, mis- ancestors came
across in the Mayfower."
"That's all right; her folks came
across with $4,000"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Vain Admonition

"The cure for worry, my boy, is
work" Eyes, but I'm worrying be-
cause can't get work. Boston
Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
The Wise Men

All are fools or lovers first or last,
said Dryden; but many Of us versatile
chaps know how to be little of each
Farm and Fireside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Famous Pen Title

Wizard of the North" was the title
popularity given to Sir Walter Scott,
poet and novelist, and one of the lights
Of British literature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06

Conversing with a man who always
agrees with you is as monotonous as
talking to an echo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06

A truthful man never makes much
Of q success as q fisherman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
A BenefactOr

"A physician who reaches out to
benefit humanity leaves a record
behind him that is worth while. Such
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
Wouldn't Disturb His Sleep?

whats the matter with our night
Waterman nowW
"He wants a radio sets
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-06
The Colfax Bookplate

and out stepped Mr.. Case and tall
young man, stranger.
"Ah. Miss Fuller" said Mr.. Case,
"of course you're unfailingly ready
for US. This is Captain Ashland. Mr..
Darrow's nephew. He's been looking
us over for an hour or so already, and.
by the way of climax, has come to
see your famous card index. Miss
Fuller, sir, can give you more exact
information than anyone else here re-
garding our cataloguing methods"
"Quite sop murmured Captain Ash.
land. agreeably; "and of course I am
here in search of information, and
er instruction"
With all the enthusiasm / did not
feel on being thus baffled by a person
so surprising that he could reach an
appointment ahead of time, / led the
way to my desk. The captain prompt
ly revealed other surprises. His open
ing remarks had certainly not been
recalcitrant, and he did not look any
more complacent than any other keen,
prosperous young man In the late
twenties. He was dark-haired, clean.
shaven, slightly stopped; he had a
brilliant rosy complexion, rather small,
very sharp twinkling gray eyes, half
concealed behind tight spectacles with
tiny black rims, and q most amiable
expression, In which composure was
the leading characteristic.
Moreover, soon saw that while ]
might introduce him to new mechani.
cal devices, | could learn far more
thar | taught, about rare books and
literary curiosities. He had been too
severely wounded, it seemed, in the
SOmme offensive in 1915, ever to re-
turn to the front. He had therefore
turned-rebelliously, judge, at thai
hour of history-to acquire a thorough
knowledge of his ancestral business.
l got a further jar when | saw him
take promptly to our rainbow card
system.
In listening to his modest but aU
thoritative conversation, for the first
time that day forgot my troubles
pies. And then suddenly vivid blaze
of life and color came lifting down the
aisle of the old. dim bookshop, which
had that very morning been the scene
of sinister tragedy: Nancy, with her
bright blue eyes, her waving chestnut
hair, her peach-silk-clad feet and her
apple-green frock. Under her left arm
was pressed thin octave volume
bound in calfskin.
Pardon me, Miss Fuller; l have a
message from Mr.. DarrOw for you"
she began carefully and Importantly
as if repeating a formula she had been
taught. "Will you kindly remove the
bookplate from this book, and have II
and the book advertised for sale, sep,
arately, in the trade press?"
Consumed with curiosity, l took the
book. A shiny black label pasted on
the back bore the giIt-lettered title:
NOTES