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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-07-27
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24
Determination
(continued,

ployment Of our natural abilities.
We must decide to occupy that one
field Of usefulness and abide by our
choice. We must be careful about
pledging ourselves to any enterprise
but, after SO doing, stick to our
word We must stick to that which
now has become our self-selected
pursuit. While the worth Of our
Judgment is recognized and we are
an acknowledged success we must
remain determined person in mind
and body
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24

As lively a love story as we recall
having read in a long time is ! Getting
Married " which Edward Salisbury
Field contributes to The Red Bood
Magazine for September.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24

ably understand this better when /
explain that there has been 2O, 900
patents granted on lights alone,
therefore even though you invented
some new and wonderful light, it
might work on the same principal as
some old invention, in which case
the other patentee could claim in
fringement.
The fact is that patent today is
not patent until it has been estab-
lished in Court Of Law and as this
means both time and money it works
q hardship on the poor inventor.
Take the case Of Wright Brothers
for an example. We all know they
were the pioneers in the art Of flying
and they secured half dozen basic
patents to protect their ideas, still
the cases are pending in court and it
may be several years more before
other inventors recognize the Wright
claims. The Wright Brothers could
never have established their claims
without powerful financial backing
and for this purpose million dollar
corporation was formed. It proba-
bly, cost this corporation $4,000 or
more to fight infringements SO you
can see what the result would be if
the Wright Brothers were penniless.
The Automobile is another case
that could be cited. The patentee of
the first gasoline engine was man
name Seldom, of Albany, N. Y. His
engine was crude affair and when
attached to- an ord diaa<y ls,.ezry 4
was almost joke for it made more
noise than steam engine and the
the buggy never went block with
out breaking down. After gaining
the enmity Of all his neighbors by
running his make shift auto,' Sell
don finally placed his cumbersome
machine in shed where it vas for
gotten for years. After others de-
yeloped the Automobile some one
discovered that Seldom had the basic
patent and Seldom having money, at
once started suits to stop all manu-
facturers from building Autos. A
large number of prominent manu-
factures made arrangements with
Seldom to continue by securing a Ii
cense whereby they paid Seldom a
royalty on every car sold, but others
decided to fight and for over ten
years the cases have been pending.
A fortune has been expended on
both sides but the Seldom patent will
run out before be wins a decision.
There is considerable agitation at
present for complete revision of
our patent laws and they certainly
need il for they are almost useless
in their present obsolete state.
So, as / remarked before. I don't
see any great reason for rejoicing
over the fact that we are issuing
Iover 35 900 patents yearly or be-
cause we have recently passed the
One Million mark.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24
I MiHion Patents
Bg II. r.

81
Our Patent Office at Washington
has recently been in the Hmelight'
through the issuing Of its millionth
patent, which honor by the way,
went to an Akron, Ohio man with a
non -puncture, pneumatic tire for
automobiles.
Uncle Sam ISSUES more patents
than all the great powers Of Europe
combined, in fact he grants about
one third of all the patents issued
throughout the world, and great
many American newspapers COM
ment on this as an evidence of our
progressiyeness. The progress Of
our Patent Office, during the past
few decades, has been little short of
marvellous, and for that reason I am
giving a short resume of its history.
The Patent Office was created by
q special act Of Congress in 1870.
but it was not until the year Of 1886
that patents were numbered, and du-
ring these forty six years Uncle Sam
granted 9,957. During the next for
ty years less than 90, 900 were issued
but in the past forty years over 900.-
600 were granted.
In point of numbers the United
States leads all the world and it is a
historical fact that nearly every big
invention emanated from this coun-
try. The steam engine, the steam
boat, the telephone, the telegraph,
the cable. the electric light, the auto
mobile, the cotton press, the sewing
machine, the aeroplane, and thous-
and one others that are now SO
necessary in this busy universe, all
bear the American trade mark, al
though used throughout the world.
Although we have all been justly
proud of our patent record it is just
as well to remember that should the
present rate of increase be maintain-
ed another forty years we will have
close to 8, 10000 patents in the year
1850, and that will mean a conges-
tion that will be nigh hopeless unless
our patent laws are changed.
The American people are very
| prone to feel proud Of having the
largest things in the world, but
sometimes the very largness we are
proud of proves detriment to us.
Take the steel trust for example,
when it was orgauized ten years ago
we all boasted of our great Billion
Dollar Corporation, the largest in
the world but right now we find few
Americans who can brag about it.
OF course the patent office is not
the steel trust but in the good old
days few decades back, the poor
inventor soon found a fortune if his
idea was worth lthile. In those
days it was not costly to secure a
patent and any man with an original
Idea and few dol re had chance.
Today it it diffe, mt, for although
the actual cost Of le patent is only
nominal one mus. hire experts to
| make thorough Ss,arch of old rec
ords if he wishes to know for a GER
tainty that his idi.t is original.
The officials Of the patent Office
also make a search before granting
a patent but with their limited force
and a million records is it any won
der that mistakes are frequent.
Any good patent attorney will tel
you that 4 newly 6 'anted patent with.
out an independe It search is simply
. license from the government ts
manufaetdre, and that the govern.
ment does not claim to give you any
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24


seals soon after reaching the ice. if
not he pushes on until he can 60 no.
further.
# the ship becomes jamnled in the
peck, the men take few days RAJ
tions, mainly ships biscuits and salt
pork and with their weapons skin
ming knives and bats Ca staff about
8 feet long they leave the ship and
start on a hunt for their game.
When they come upon a large
bunch of seals the real work COM
mences. As far as the eye can
reach the ice is almost black with
them. With swift work there will
be good catch, so the slaughter
commences. A seal is not hard to-
kill, one crack on the head with a
bat and the troubles Of that par
ticular seal are over, unless it hap
pens to be bladder-nose" or a
bull" The bladder-nose' seal is
possessed Of a bladder like arrange
ment on its nose which it can initiate
at will. When inflated this blad-
DER forms a perfect air cushion,
and it is difficult to hit anything but
the bladder, which apparently does
not hurt the seal in the least. The
malesor bulls are different prop
position altogether. They have a
habit Of carrying the war into the
enemy's country in a way which is
not pleasant for the enemy" espec-
tally if the enemy has no weapon
but bat A bull' can get oyer
the ice as fast as q man can run, and
many race results when some hum
ters try conclusions with an irrita-
BILE old sbull' who objects to being
batted over the head. For this
reason certain Of the men carry rifles
to take care Of all bulls" having
combative tendencies.
While the men who are engaged
in the killing are busy, the SINNERS
are also busy Skinning and rolling M
the hides for transportation to the
ship.
These SINNERS work with neat
ness and despatch that would cause a
Chicago stockyard butcher to turn
green with envy. A good hand will
skin seal in less than minute. and
do it under conditions which stock
yard man could not imagine.
S In few weeks, with good luck a
cargo is completed and then the re-
turn south is commenced. Some
time great difficulty is experienced
getting out of the ice, but at last
the ship is clear and in a few days
is nearing home.
The men are not so light hearted
as when they set out even though
the catch is good. They worked al
most unbelievable stretches Of time
without sleeo. Sometimes with very
little food, for when seals are plenty
no stops may be made for either
sleep or meals. With the exception
of cooks, every man from the skip
per" down is paid according to the
catch. The skipper in some ships
receives ten cents per skin, the rest
of the crew in proportion. Commo-
dore Peary's ship the Roosevelt, 2
which he used on his last Polar expe-
dition is, if I remember rightly, an
old Newfoundland sealer, the Terra
Nova" and the one which one spring
came into st. Johns harbor with
40, 900 sealskins aboard.
As lively a love story as we recall
IL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24
With The Scalers.
By McRLK.


Paper Read Before the Chusttauqua Circle:
It is doubtful if more than half
dozen of my fellow members have
ever seen seal, that is, a live one.
As you read this (if you do9 T
can imagine you saying to yourself:
Well! I'm one Of that half-dozen,.
because saw a bunch at a circus
once. But those were not seals.
Only small, very small number
of seals are ever placed on exhibition
What are called seals are in reality
Sea-ions, and there is great diff
ference between the two. You can
readily distinguish one from the 9TH
er by the 'fiippers" alone. In the
sea-lion, these are long and broad
while the fippers of the seal are.
quite small.
On the Atlantic side Of our conti-
nent the center of the seal industry
is at st. Johns, Newfoundland. the
latter name by the way is invariably
pronounced New-fun-land, (accent
on the last syllable), by the natives.
Here, each spring, great fleet starts
for the frozen north in quest Of that
precious article of commerce seal
skin.
The open season lasts two months;
from the 10th of March to the 10th
of May. The night before sailing
day is a lively one on Water Street,
st. John. Then the crowds Of seal
hunters gather IN the various saloons,
or in private places where smuggled
Jamaica rum may be obtained by
those who know and are known, and
drink glass or two to the success
of the season. No one has much
money after the winter, but rum is
cheap and some have credit.
Men from all along the coast, from
Cape Race on the south, to Belle
Isle on the north are there. Men
who later in the year will go to the
hook and line" grounds on the
Grand Banks, or with the traps and
trawlers to the bleak Labrador coast
for the fish. "
The sealing-vesse s are all strong
ly built wooden ships, (steel or iron
will not stand the strain of the
pack-ice) bark rugged and with
auxiliary steam-p power. The crews
number from $50 to 800 men. sturdy
sons of the sea, afraid Of nothing
that wind or weather can bring.
Men used to hardship from the day
of their birth, who took their oar in
dory'' or handed punt when
they were boys of twelve.
At ten o'clock or thereabouts on
the morning Of sailing day the yes
sells get in readiness for the start.
For it is race, a-prize being given
to the first ship out of the Narrows,' .
the entrance to the bottle e-like har-
bor. At the sound of gun the
feet gets under way and with the
cheers of those ashore ringing in
their ears the men put civilization
behind them and turn their attention
to the work ahead.
1t may as well be said that the
captains of these vessels are no,
chosen, as in other craft, for Their
knowledge Of navigation, but rather
for their abilify to handle men and
for their courage in pushing through
the ice. No great knowledge Of
navigation isrequired. for once clear
Of the land all skipper need dc
is turn his ships head to the North
and keep on until be reaches the ice,
Until he is well into the ice-field be
will find no seals, perhaps not then,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24
Determination.
BIZ r e..
~ $1.OO a Year
khMS 6 Months Fifty Cts.

.
PaDer Read Before The Chauiauaua cgrcie:
Determination is no idle word. II
is freighted with the greatest rossi-
bilities. tits the lever that lifts up the
heaviest rock; ;the ladder that touches
the top of the tallest building; the
diving bell that reaches the lowest :
ocean depths. Go to the ant; knock
down its house; see it commence re-
building the house at once. Holes
are worn in stones by the constant
droppings Of water. Ascertain the
the correctness of your plan, then
hold to it.
The direct opposite Of what /
mean is stubborness, obstinacy. Bull
headed people are undesirable COM
panions and neighbors Why? Be-
cause as rule they are without con-
science and rarely do they give
reason for their unbending and nm
yielding attitude. By determination
I mean fidelity to "a principle which
has been produced by honest thought.
One must honestly think, ere one
can honestly be.
In seeking to develop our charac-
ter, secure our success or establish
our business we must first Of all
map out plan Of campaign, then,
ignoring the time required to do SO,
fight it out on that line. We must
avoid all clustering. The most de-
quiet in their actions. One does not
need to holler in order to be under
stood by the average person Of in
telligence. Only small percentage
of persons are deaf. Honest con-
victions can be carried out by quiet
methods. Some animals roar, others
hold on. The assurance of the right
ness of our position and therefore,
the ultimate triumph of cur ideas,
will give us the necessary self -poise
and that exercise Of reserve power
t hat expresses itself in calmness.
The person who can learn to wait
for results and knows how to possess
himself in patience, while he is still
putting forth effort, reaches in an
understanding manner, the entire
fullness Of the idea expressed by the
word determination. For he that
can endure to the end receives the
crown.
An unfagging zeal in following
out the details Of self-imposed task
requires, sometimes, a Willingness to
be laugh n at; to be called visionary;
to be H 9wn as one having an eye
single 5 a fixed purpose Should We
be inf he'd to be unstable, unrelia-
bic, we must correct their habits for
the cause or to make null and void
our forces of success. We must al
ways remember that we are dealing
with our body and with our mind.
Ny remedy for defects take into con-
sideration that now it may be unde-
veloped body and at another time
undeveloped mind, that causes
blocking in the proper running Of
the laws of success.
To cease being unstable, we must
learn the power Of making and keep
ing to decision If we cannot de-
termine what we want to do, we can
not determine how to do it. We
look over all the propositions that
appeal to our tastes and that seem
to furnish field for our future usef
fdllness and after we have weighef
the future possibilities Of each oY;S
we must select that one that prot 81
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19
oLAzieR's FRIENDS BUSY.

From fifty 20 seventy-hve postal
cards are reaching the Office Of the
governor daily. asking for the pardon
Of Frank p. Glazier, former state
treasurer. from Jackson prison where
he Is serving a sentence for diversion
Of state funds The campaign was
started by his wife, who has been faith
fully making repeated efforts for his
release, ever since he was convicted
Some time ago Mrs. Glazler went 10
Lansing and made a plea 10 Governor
Osborn for pardon for her husband.
The governor stated that while per-
sonally he had the greatest sympathy
for her, he felt that as governor he
Rad not the right 10 release her hus-
band until the people Of the state want
him released. on the suggestion Of
friend that she attempt to show that
citizens generally believe the time has
come when justice would be done By
pardonlng him. this postal card cam
psign has been commenced
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

1sl0-Champlain defeated the Iro-
quois near the mouth OF the Richeleu
River.
l7sG-Gen. Nathaniel Green, one Of
the distinguished officers Of the Amer
lean Revolution. died Born May q,
1912.
lsl9-Maine separated from Massa-
chusetts.
1s2O-The Earl Of Dalhousie assumed
Cffice as governor Of Canada,
1s34-Charles II. Sturgeon. noted
English pulpit orator, born. Died Jan.
30. 1892
18G4-The Alabama sunk by the Fed
eral gunboat Kearsarge.
18G7-Maximilian l.. Emperor OF
Mexico, executed. Born July 6, 1882.
1s9J-Baltic Canal opened by Din
perOr William.
i9O2-Kihg Albert Of Saxony died.
Born April q. 1928.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19

London, Juhe 19.-Eetween the coro-
nation OF Edward the Seventh. "The
Feacemaker." and that of his son
George the Fifth Vho probably viii
Doe known 90 history as THE Sailor
King Is a wide contrast
Edwards coronation was attended
with many misgivings and fears. on
account of the serious operation which
the King had recently undergone. and
which nccessitatcd the postponement
OF the crowning. and the apprehension
lest His Majesty should not be able
Ia endure the difficult ordeal of state
ceremonial lasting nearly four hours.
with the strain of IT'S attendant func-
tons, the atmosphere OF the first occa-
sion was charged with extreme ner-
vous tension. Then the pagentry and
feudal rites of the most ancient and
splendid ritual preserved by any Euro
Pean dynasty-cnming down as il does
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19
NOBODY WANTS CASTRO.

Castro's sun set some time ago. II
Is only a comparatively short time
since he left Venezuela. He found II
pecessary TO go TO Europe for an OPP
eration-in fact. IL was more neces-
sary to go abroad for the operation
than II was 20 be operated on after
he got there-and In his absence some
one was mean enough to grab the die
tstorship. Thus he was left without
g home. Even when he boldly sailed
back with the intention OF claiming
his old presidential chair he found that
there was no sympathy for him. The
nations whose shlns he had been kick
ing for some time conspired against
him. President Gomez OF Venezuela
prepared "A spare room In the national
prison and begged that the former die
tator be permitted TO land The
French government agreed 20 arrest
him II he set foot on any OF its pos
sessions. He turned In at Trinidad and
the British government tapped him on
the shoulder and asked him TO move
on. Then he called at Martinique and
the French refused TO permit him TO
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19
GETTING TIRED.
Fatigue That Follows MonotOny Of
Work or Exercise.

IL Is said that FOR horses the hardest
road out OF London Is the most level
one. There are no hills to climb and
descend. and the tired horse has no
chance 20 rest one set OF muscles
while another works. Monotony pro-
duces fatigue. and because this bar.
ticular road is one dead. monotonous
level more horses die on IL than ON
any other leading out or London.
We can even take charitable view
or the time taken daily by the tyne
writer girl for the arrangement OF her
hair Her fingers are congested by
the work or writing and tired by con-
tact with the hard keys OF her ma
chine. and the different feeling OF her
hair and the little plays and move
ments or her fingers in adjusting IL
are distinct stimulation and relief.
Fatigue following long continued ex.
ercise is really mild form or Illness
which arises from overexerting some
one part OF the body. In writing. for
instance. the fingers move up and
down hardly more than quarter OF
an inch as they travel across the page.
Yet this Is hard work for their little
muscles and burns up tissue In the
fingers very fast II rest intervals are
too short and infrequent there is not
time for the removal OF the waste
products or this destruction through
the normal channels of the body and
congestion results. The feeling OF
fatigue or pain that follows long con-
tinued use OF any of the muscles is
due to the influence of such poisonous
material. as well as to the stretching
of the tissues caused by the pressure
OF the blood which settles there. Paul
w. Goldsbury In Atlantic.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19

Col. Roosevelt - Ieading editorial
in the current issue Of the Outlook
declares that certain capitalists news
papers Of the country of the stamp
owned ~ Col Otis Of LIS Angeles. 3"
have been responsible for more brutal
utterances that can be attributed 10
recognized labor leaders He criticlzes
Otis severely for assuming the guilt Of
the men held on a charge o. dyna-
hitting the Times building before they
are tried.
Ia assuming the guilt OF the ac-
rused. General Otis is open 70 censure
- much as the labor leaders in hold
iug them innocent The guilt or in
rocsnce Of the defendants Will be de-
termlned al their trial, not before.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-19

come ashore. Now France. Great Bril-
tain. Holland. Germany and the Unit
ed states are agreed that he is not 10
be permitted to get close enough 10
Venezuela 10 burn his fingers.
And thus is Castro the real man
without a country. Nobody wants
him. But for the fact that he did
not neglect 10 ship a barl over to Eu-
rope when he found II necessary TO
go abroad for his health he might even
be starving. AS IL Is he has a tidy
little boat Of his own on which 10 lay
his head and cruise about from one
port 10 another. being denied admis-
sion. And even II this is exhausted
there should still be an engagement
open 10 him in vaudeville. He might
even get part in melodrama. which
is little more his style.