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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-09

world. In one hundred cOun-
tries, colonies and islands,
scattered in every grand divi-
sion and in every climatic section
Of the world American kerosene
supplies light, which in more than
eighty countries the products Of
our mineral oils are used in general
ing power or for fabrication of ma
Chinery there in operation. About
1000 million gallons of American
kerosene pass out of the country an
nually, to be used chiefly in lighting
homes and places of business, and the
value of all classes of mineral oil
sent out of the country apprOXimates
100 milliOn dollars year.
The United States now produces
tWo-thirds of the worlds supply of
petroleum. the quantity produced in
the year just ended having been, ac-
cording to a statement recently issued
by the Geological Survey, over
200 million barrels of crude oil, or
more than billion gallons. Just
what quantity of refined oil was pro-
duced from this more than million
gallons Of crude oil produced in 1910
cannot be stated, but the Bureau Of
Statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor shows exports of
practically billion gallons a year for
the refined illuminating OIL and APP
proximately u billion gallons of oil
of all classes, including in this term
illuminating oil, lubricating oil, naph-
thas, and certain quantities in the
crude or unrefined state.
What is the value of this more than
billion gallons of mineral oil pro-
duced in the United States last year?
probably 175 million dollars, though
this is necessarily an estimate. What
is the value of the finished article,
this Illuminating oil, the naphthas,
the gasoline, the lubricating oil, the
paraffin and other grades manufaC-
tured from this raw product? This
can only be estimated, though the
census of 1905 shows the value OF
the products Of petroleum refining
in 1904 to be 175 million dollars.
What is the value of the mineral oil
exported? The Bureau of Statistics
shows that the total value OF the
mineral oil exported in 1904 was 80
million dollars, and in 1908 was lO9
million, of which 76 million was il
Illuminating oil; ~ million luprlcat-
ing oil; IL million naphthas, and
other lighter products Of distillatlon;
6 u million dollars crude oil and
above million dollars residium.
In 1909 and 1910 the value of the ex-
ports was slightly less than in 1908,
due chiefly to a fall in export prices,
though the quantity also showed a
slight decline in 1910 when compared
with 1908.
What becomes of this billion and
a half gallons of petroleum passing
out of this country? 1t goes, as al
ready indicated, to a hundred differ
ent countries, colonies and islands.
Scarcely a country in the world can
be named to whom it is not sent.
Even Russia, which was for years our
chief rival in The worlds petroleum
markets, now takes considerable
quantities Of American lubricating
oil made from petroleum, and her
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-09
DR.. Hathaway & Co.
40 INMAN BLDG, ATLANTA, GA.
SELL FRUIT TREES

Southern States to sell Fruit Trees BY
our plan statesmen make big profits
No trouble to sell our stock. Terms
very liberal Write today SMITH
BROS. Dept, 40, Concord. Ga A,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-09
THERE is A REASON

Why orders for WONDER BUGGY have been
tumbling over themselves getting to in every mail
The 'WONDER" makes good every time.
We believe in honest goods honest dealing and one
honest price-the to all. Money cannot make
or buy better than we offer. Any offer a
cheap buggy at low price, but the "WONDER"
quality that lives up to those iron-cad specifications
in catalog, is the thing you to look for in
a vehicle.
We mean business. Satisfaction Money Back"
Our CataIog Describes Other Styles, Also.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-09

No T. For the next 80 days we will ship our
Wonder, No. 1O3, any where receipt of ST 90 de-
posit to guarantee good faith. Balance payable ON
delivery If not exactly represented and entirely
satisfactory in every way, ship back and your
ST 90 will be returned. We pay the charges. No
questions asked
No 2 Send $500 and sign five monthly notes of
$1,000 each delivery of buggy No interest. Think
of it! Buggies sold by mail on payments! Could we
do it if our WONDER was not right? Order and
if not entirely satisfed-your money back!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Stories at less Than a centA piece.


In the fifty-two issues of a years
volume The Youths Companion prints
fully two hundred and fifty stories.
The subscription price of the paper is
but S1.75 so that the stories cost less
than cent apiece, without reckoning
in all the rest of the contests-anec-
dotes humorous sketches, the Doctors
weekly article. papers on popular topics
by famous men and women.
Although the two hundred and fifty
stories cost SO little, they are not cheap
stories. In variety of scene, diversity
of incident, skill and truth in character
depicting, they cannot be excelled.
The announcement for 1911, beauti-
fully illustrated, giving more detailed
particulars of these stories and other
new features which greatly enlarge the
paper, will be sent to any address free
with sample copies of current issues.
Every new subscriber receives free
The Companions Art Calendar for 1911,
Autographed in thirteen colors and
gold, and if the subscription is received
at once, all the issues for the remaining
weeks of 1910.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
IA Berkely ST., Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions received at this Office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
He Was Anxious.

Bret Harte at one time used to plum
der the people from the rostrum III
the way Of fifty cent lectures. Durin=
a trip over one circuit be- found him
self one evening in a small town the
very atmosphere of which was Gle
pressing. Turning to the committee
man who waited on him at his room
in the hotel, Harte said. SIS this Il
healthy climate?" "Passably." respond
ed the committeeman. Whats the
mortality of this city?'' about one a
day." "About one. eh?" said Harte
"Come this way minute" And he
drew the committeeman into the recess
of the bay window and then said to
him solemnly: SIS the man dead for
today? am going to lecture here to-
night, and it would be a great relief to
me to know that l could get through
alive"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Saves Two Lives.

"Nelther my sister nor myself might
be living today, if it had not been for
DR.. Kings New Discovery writes A. D..
Mcdonald of Fayetteville, N. q. R. F..
D. No. 8, "for we both had frightful
coughs that no other remedy could help.
We were told my sister had consump-
ton. She was very weak and had
night sweats but your wonderful medi-
cine completely cured us both It's the
best ever used or heard Of" For sore
lungs, coughs, colds, hemorrhage, Ia
grippe, asthma, hay fever, Group.
whooping co lgh--all bronchial troubles
its supreme. Trial bottle free. Soc
and Sl.OO. Guaranteed by City Phar-
Macy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
EIGHT CENTS a DAY.
Workers Pay In England When Board
Was Shilling a Week.

Was Shilling a Week.
There was q time when q workman
in England received 8 cents a day as
an ordinary wage. when skilled ar
tisans commanded - cents day and
when women worked in the field at
such tasks as reaping straw, hoeing,
planting beans and washing sheep
for 2 cents day, and wise student
of the subject has expressed the opin-
ion that the British workman of that
day was better off than he has ever
been since then.
That sounds paradoxical. But the
explanation is this: The workman
who sold his services for 8 cents a
day could buy good beef or mutton for
~ cents pound. Wheat cost him on
the average only IS cents bushel.
He could get board for IL to 16 cents
a week. The pay he would receive for
fifteen weeks services would suffice
to purchase supply of suitable food
stuffs, according to the standard Of his
time Consisting Of wheat. malt and
oatmeaD. to maintain his family for
an entire year.
Under these circumstances 8 cents
day-increased to u cents in harvest
time-was fair wage. and times
were good" for the average workman.
-McClure's Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Opera In Dumb Show.

The late Clara Novello in her remi-
niscences tells how Malibran once APP
peafed in "Sonnambula" without ut.
tering note. She had taken cold
and was prevented from singing at
the last moment. though crowds Of
early Corners already filled the house.
ION the manager telling her, in de-
SPAR, that, besides loss Of money,
these disappointed people would be
dangerous she said, 4 can't speak
above my breath; should have to do
1t in dumb show Bum at once
caught at this outburst as II seriously
meant and on his knees begged her
to try this. and she. fred by the nov
city. did so. The grateful public raw
ed In praise Of this surprising tour do
force. and the sensation it made filIed
the papers,"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03

The Endorsement of checks IS very
simple thing: but. as the following
story will show, it, toe, has its diff
culties:
A woman went into a bank where
she had several times presented checks
drawn to Mrs. Lucy 3. Smith. This
time the check was made to the order
of Mrs. NJ. ]. Smith. NJ. ]. were her
husbands initials. She explained this
to the paying teller and asked what
she should do.
"Oh. that is all right" he said. "Just
indorse it as it is written there"
She took the check and after much
hesitation said. II don't think can
make an NJ like that"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Bathing Machinee

Somebody has inquired why bath.
ing machines" the comfortable priva-
cy Of which for ocean bathing has
never attracted bathers In this coun-
try. are called machines, remarking
TINT there ia nothing Of machine
about them except the horse which
draws them to the beach. The ansWee
has been found in tho new Oxford
Dictionary. It appears that = ms
chine" was originally 81 sstructure q
any kind. material or immate iai. q m
has nothing to do With 1nachlneSy. u
later word. Ships 1870 called - .
chimes. and 4 would have been IN
20 speak Of pulpit . naaehin
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Lauahter and Death.

He can be said to have won the game
Of life who at the last can laugh. That
final speech Of o. Henry. the short
story writer. was finer than any story
he ever wrote. Just as he was dying
he turned to the doctor and said: "Pull
up the curtain. doc. I'm afraid to go
home in the dark" The speech had in
It wide courage and a sense Of values.
One forgives the royal Charles much
frivolity for the sake Of his dying
speech. Gentlemen. fear I'm an un-
considerable time a-dying."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Not That Kind Of Woman,

do you believe in making a genu.
Election before you enter your pew?"
asked Mrs. Oldcastle
Mercy. no. replied her hostess as
she flecked bit of dust from the
$1,000 grand piano. "If have genu-
Elections to make about people al
ways do 1t outside of church."-Chi-
cago Record Herald
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
PREPARED For Emeroencv.

"What makes you keep giving me
fish for dinner day after day." he in
quired. care you particularly fond Of
it?"
"No," she replied. II was wholly
unself1sh. read lovely recipe about
how to remove fishbone when ii
sticks in your throat, and l wanted to
try t."-Washington Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Proof Of Her Abilitv-

The One-I can't understand why
you imagine she has wonderful con-
versational powers. when. as mat
ter Of fact. she talks extremely little.
The Other-That's just 1t. She shows
remarkable discretion in the selection
of things to be left unsaid. Chicago
News.
I know of no real worth but that
tranquil firmness which braves dan.
gers without rashness.-Stanislaus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Her Auto Duster.

Mrs. Kean wasn't exactly satisfied
with her new maid.
Don't you ever use your buster.
Pauline?" she sternly inquired.
"Oh. yes, ma'am." replied Pauline alb
sently; II always use it when my
chauffeur beau takes me ridingv-Cin-
cinnati ENQUIRER.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
A eurnina Answer.

IAN abstract noun is the name Of
something of which we can think. but
which we cannot touch" said teach.
er to pupil. Give me an example,
"a redhot poker. sirw-London Tit.
Bits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
A Complicated Case.

1 "of course. doctor. German measles
&re seldom se.ious?"
Il never met but one fatal case"
"Fatal?'
Eyes. 1t was Frenchman. ana
when he discovered 1t was German
measles that he had modification set
In
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Fact and Fiction.

"He vowed he would traverse raginc
seas Just to look into my eyes
"When-last night?'
''No; last night he telephoned me
that 1t was raining too hard."-Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
A Book Farmer.

Knicker--Jcnes is what they call a
book farmer. Bocker-Yes: he has
used up two check books already
New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
Household Hint.

By taking one hobble skirt and sew
Ing up one end Of 1t very pretty rag
bag may be made in which to put tie
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
u earaain.

John. can you let me have $20r'
asked Mrs. Jones.
'Gladly. said Jones. proceeding to
write check for $19.e8, for be knew
woman's failing. Buffalo Express.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
REQ 1911

The REQ at $3.50 has such proof double
three times its price howproof of reliability proof pow
er, and OF speed.
REQ get there back ability has been years
but that is not what talking about On August 9Th
l6th 1870 the REQ went from New York San
days and nights Is hours. and IL minutes This hard trip
under circumstances with weather plenty
time for repairs etc. But the REQ did
ing and did not take the tmebecause the repairs
needed Halt of the 400 miles desert and very
washouts Of kind that unknown average motorists
yet the REQ made this wonderful record beating sxcy-
Under car by nearly days.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
..-Selden.' n.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion
selden.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03

And not single thing was done to
the REQ engine during the whole trip
except to change one sparkplug. This
record is absolutely vouched for by
affadavits signed by we'll known people
in every considerable town through
which the REQ passed-the day and
time of each arrival and departure was
checked in this manner. 1t is real
record announced before hand in the
papers and proved fairly and squarely.
This record proves reliability. Show
me car under $500 that equals the
REQ.
This is not all Now about the
power and speed. A REQ recently beat
the record for climbing Mt. Hamilton
PAY miles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

cordance with the principles of mod
ern civilization. Why cannot the trou-
bles and disputes between nations be
settled by a court Of arbitration rather
than by bloodshed?
1T is a fact that all the powers col
lectively have not yet expended the
cost Of a single battleship in promoting
the of international peace. To-
tai disarmament is not yet in sight, nor
does it seem likely to be accomplished.
Until we get some guarantees of assur-
ance as to the prevention of wars by a
combination of the great powers we
must rely upon our armies and navies
to maintain peace. l hope that some
such tribunal will give US this assur-
ance in time"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

But It Had q Very Happy .
By CLARISSA MACKIE .
Copyright by American Press Asso- +.
citation, 1911. :
But It Had a We
Close
By MACKIE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.


Never, never, never!' exclaimed
Alice Ransom tearfully a. the front
door closed behind her fathers portly
form. She flew to the window and
watched him walk slowly down the
steps to the carriage waiting at the
curb. he flung in his travelling bag
and without one backward glance at
lis home banged the door and was
whirled away.
"After all these years, to ask me to
welcome a stepmother into our per-
feet home life-a stranger, too, at
least to me, for father admits that he
knew Mrs. Pomroy when she was a
girl and that she was my mothers
dearest friend. Why, I simply couldn't
60 into that church and see them mar
ried and know that I would have to
divide fathers love with anybody
else" Alice threw herself on a sofa
and wept heartily over her desolate
state.
The wedding would take place that
afternoon at 4 o'clock at q quiet
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

Lawton. who. by the way, also got a
medal of honor and was killed thirteen
years later by Aguinaldo's men in the
Philippines. General Albert Leopold
Mills vas born in New York on MAY
z, 1854. He was we'll known as the
superintendent of the United States
Military academy.
The story of General Mills rise is
unique in the history of the United
States army. He was graduated from
West Point in 1879 at the age Of TWEEN
ty-fve, and from that time promotions.
came rapidly. 1t was in 1898. after
he had been four years on duty in the
cavalry and infantry school at Fort
Leavenworth, that he went to the
front In the Spanish war. After win
ming commentator for bravery at Las.
Guasimas the lieutenant was shot
through the head at the battle Of San
tiago. The wound had resulted in the.
loss OF n of his eyes. 1t is said that
Theodore Roosevelt. who was near the.
lieutenant when he was wounded, pri-
vately advised President Mckinley to,
make the appointment to the West
Point post. Never before had a lieu
tenant OF cavalry received such an.
honor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

to remodel the army he called into
council General Corbin. who was then
adjutant general. General Corbin di-
rected his assistant, General Carter, to
prepare the plan. Carter did it.
Carter is a medal of honor man. That
means that he is one of the few men
in the country entitled to wear a medal
given only to soldiers who have per-
formed some conspicuous act of hero
ism under the fire Of the enemy. 1t
is the American equivalent of the Vic
toria cross. Carter got it out in Ari-
iona in n of the wars against the
Apaches, when he went across a bull
let swept ravine and brought in a bad
~ wounded negro private.
Carter, however, is not the only med
al of honor man with the troops in
Texas. Brigadier General Mills wears
the medal. and SO does Colonel Marion
p. Maus. Maus earned his medal in
the Geronimo campaign in Arizona in
1886, when he served under General
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
AMBASSADOR HILL.
Diplomat Decries Statements of "Pro-
phets" That War Is Comma,

Diplomat Decries Statements of "Pro-
phets" That War Is Coming.
DR.. David Jayne Hill. United States
ambassador to Germany, is at present
in this country on leave of absence de-
livering a series of lectures upon the
question of international peace. DR..
Hill is one Of the foremost scholars in
the diplomatic service.
DR.. Hill is a firm believer in national
arbitration, and the keynote Of his ad-
dresses is that war is absolutely unnec-
essary. He decries the statements Of
certain prophets who assert that war
is coming without j%ustifying their as
%sertions.
There are prophets who cry out that
The Hague tribunal is a useless coun-
Gil of nations and that we are doomed
to certain warfare" said the ambassa-
dor, 'but crises come and go and peace
is maintained Notwithstanding these
evil prophecies.
To-day we are a rational people, and
war is a barbaric. not a civilized oc-
currence. Battles and skirmishes are
at most a crude and cumbrous method
of settling disputes and are not in &C.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

uptown church. There would be only
and perhaps Uncle Dick and Aunt
Caroline, for they took an exasper-
atingly philosophic view of the middle
aged romance. Henry Ransom's
daughter would not be there, and her
absence would show to the world that
she disapproved of her fathers second
marriage.
1t was only 10 o'clock now, but
her father had left the house because
Of her perversity, and she would not
see him again for a couple of weeks,
because the couple were to take a
short wedding trip to Hot Springs.
To work off her feelings she deter
mined to go for a walk.
A thick white chiffon veil obscured
the traces of telltale tears, and with
her Boston terrier. Mullins, Juggling at
leash Alice started briskly toward
the park. Mullins made tentative
leaps after bright eyed robins and
growled when his mistress yanked
him to attention after every attempt
at sport.
A quiet bench behind a group Of
cedars afforded a chance to sit
down, and Mullins. lying at Alice's
pretty feet. lolled a pink tongue and
cast rerroachful glances mt his mis-
tress. who had chosen to be so severe
this morning.
She did not hear footsteps crossing
the turf. and the ugly growing of
two dogs aroused her to consciousness
that she was not alone. Just as she
! realized that the intruder was a tall
and very good looking young man. in
spite of the fact that his face wore
a moody frown, the stranger dog. a
bull terrier twice the size of her pet
escaped from leash and bounced upon
poor Mullins with a savage snarl. In
stantly there was pandemonium.
From every quarter there came
crowds to watch the exciting match
between the two high bred dogs. The
young a at the risk Of being bitten
by his WI beast, finally rushed in
and, grabbing the collar. dragged the
animal away from Mullins by main
strength.
In spite of her terror Alice felt q
vague pride that Mullins had held his
own with the big dog. Indeed, the ter
rier bore more marks of the fray thar
the wriggling Mullins, who had al
the first attack torn away from his
mistress frail grasp. A sturdy police
man scattered the crowd and offered tt
arrest the young man, but changed his
mind at the sight Of a well filled pocket
book.
Yer wanter git a better hold OF
them two beasts, mister" he warned
as he rolled away. IF they git at i
again I'll have to run yer in fer dis
orderly conduct. Yer lady frind's dos
Is the better wan Of the two, I'm
thinkin'w!
Alice sank down on the bench again
weak from the momentary excitement
She could not repress a little smile o.
triumph at Mullins courage and ben
to caress the dog. The terrier, swapping
angrily at the end of his leash, glaret
at Mullins and growled threateningly
"Tm awfully sorry" began the youni
man, with a pleasant smile. "but Rag
seems to have forgotten his manner,
this morning. Usually he Is a mos
gentlemanly dog. ! hoIe the littl'
fellow isn't hurt"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

a civil appointment from the District
of Columbia, where he was born. His
first commission was as second lieu
tenant of the Twelfth infantry. Oct.
8, 1873, and he was made first lieu
tenant in 1879. That rank he held for
fourteen years.
Major General William Fl. Carter,
commanding the troops, is in the unique
position Of handling an army of his
own reconstruction. General Carter
is a Tennesseean and a West Pointer.
He became General Corbin's assistant
April Is, 1902, and was a member of
the first war college board. When
Elhu Root, secretary Of war, planned