The Butler County Press, 1913-06-06

One morning when the president, after swimming far out into the stream, turned to make his way back toward the shore he was astonished to see, sitting upon his clothing, which he had left upon a stone on the bank, a spec spectacled - tacled spectacled female with a look of great de determination. - termination. determination. It was Anne Royall, and beside her were a peu and bottle of ink, and in her hand was a sheet of paper. "Woman, depart!" sputtered the president as he swam up into the shal shallows - lows shallows where he could touch the bottom a-tiptoe. "You know who I am, Mr. Presi President," - dent," President," said the woman, "and you know what 1 want. I'm going to sit here until you tell me what you Intend do doing - ing doing with that Cherokee Indian bill." "Go away, woman!" shouted the president. "This is scandalous!" "It's scandalous," Anne is reported to have said, "that the people of a free country have to resort to such extreme measures to find out what their serv servants - ants servants are going to do. You give me the information that I am entitled to then I'll give you your clothes. Otherwise I'll stay here—and you'll stay there!"

The traveler will not fall to notice the red capped station master stand standing - ing standing at attention on the station plat platform - form platform as the train passes through each station. He .will also find the senior signalman, gatemen and other em employees - ployees employees connected with the train serv service - ice service always in evidence, standing like sentries as the train passes. The op operating - erating operating official, while riding over the line, can thus take a census of all em employees - ployees employees in positions of responsibility. When he alights at a station his rank Is at once recognized. The station mas master - ter master immediately salutes and gives a verbal report of the situation at his station. If the official goes into a sig signal - nal signal tower the signalman in charge salutes and reports. If he goes into an engine house the foreman salutes and gives a brief report of the work in progress.—Unll way Age Gazette.

The silver shoes vary in weight from one to seventy-five taels. All silver shops and banks have forges, where the silver is melted in iron ladles and poured into molds. The smelters with their ladles and molds remind one of cooks. They stir the silver with a pair of metal chopsticks. To one not aware of what they were doing it would be natural to suppose that they were en engaged - gaged engaged in concocting something good to eat. In the process of recasting the Ingots their fineness Is often changed, being either Improved or debased, whichever best suits the interests of the shop. Bankers and money chang changers - ers changers are able to determine the quality of the silver by the sense of touch. The sellers or depositors are always at their mercy and must often submit to the operation of having their silver discounted on account of "lmd touch."

"It's awfiri how easy some folks get weighted down with a new experi ence," began the postmaster of Wo Wobrook - brook Wobrook In the Hills, with a significant glance at "Boosey" Grazer's bowed form In the Concord wagon at the door "That's what bent him over like that Yes," after a glance of interrogation from the only listener who was really listening. "lie began to bow over soon's he realized the size of this globo of ours. You see, from one of the northern counties up 'bove here Boos Boosey - ey Boosey went all the way to the state cap! tal. When he come back he looked solemn with the weight o' what he'd garnered. 'I tell you what,' he says to us right here, scarcely speakin' above a wliis per, 'if the world's as big t'other way as 'tis this it's a whopper!' "—Youth's Companion.

Mrs. Grote's proud answer was, "Be "Because - cause "Because you are George Grote, that's all!" Once when he was on a visit to Cam Cambridge - bridge Cambridge Grote wished to see the profes professor - sor professor of natural history, but was told that the professor was so busy dissect dissecting - ing dissecting something that he could not be In Interrupted, - terrupted, Interrupted, "strong magnifying power, powerful light, shirt sleeves up, cannot be bothered with anybody." The mod modest - est modest historian would have retired, but his wife persisted that it was Mr. Grote who wished to see the professor. "What?" he cried. "Mr. Grote? Give me my coat. I must wash my hands." In a minute he had transformed him himself - self himself and would not let them go for two hours.

Fine Discipline Because Employees Are All Ex-Army Men. It is well known that practically aP of the railway employees of Prussia have served in the army. When they enter the railway ranks from the army certain credits are allowed for their military service, and certain positions are reserved for army men. This mili military - tary military experience shows its influence on their deportment and discipline in rail railway - way railway service. There is a noticeable or orderliness - derliness orderliness and precision ubout every everything - thing everything connected with (Herman rail railways. - ways. railways. In respect for authority and strict observance of the rules the Ger German - man German railway employee has no superior.

In the Interior of .China small pur purchases - chases purchases are made with copper coins with square holes in the center. These are called "cash" and are threaded on strings so that they may be carried across one's shoulder or on a pole. A string of 1,000 of these cash is worth about r0 cents in our money. Some Sometimes - times Sometimes bits of silver are chipped from the silveii shoes and used for small purchases. When traveling.in the in interior - terior interior one must take with him a large amount of silver shoes, exchanging them for strings of c:ush at the various shops. The money changers have two sets of scales, one to be used in the purchase of silver and the other in the selling of It.

It should be remembered that the base of a fork or a branch of a tree will always remain at the same dis distance - tance distance above the ground. The side branches of some trees, such as the elm, usually continue to grow upward, while those of other trees, such as the maples, incline upward when young and as the tree grows older the weight of the branches gradually brings it to the horizontal. The latter often makes the removal of large branches neces necessary, - sary, necessary, which not only spoils the sym symmetry - metry symmetry of the tree, but usually starts decay, which soon kills the tree.—In tree.—Indiana - diana tree.—Indiana Farmer.