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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-20
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-20

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WERE AElp FAls AFT
ssERNooN - REMAINS WE'RE IN.
iTERRED IN WOODLAND.

This afternoon at $3.50 o'clock fu.
neral services We're held ovvr .Me :. =.
mains Of Mrs. B. G. Williams at Skin.
!1er's Tavern. DR.. H. C. Howard, Of
the First NJ. E.. church. pastor of the
deceased. conducted the services as.
sisted by DR.. H, G., stoetzer, of the
First Presbyterian Church. In their
REMARKS both paid high tribute to
the memory OF Mrs. Williams and OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-20
Admission, Adults Soc.

Smith, OF Pittsburgh. the latter sis.
ter of Mr.. Williams; Mr.. and Mrs. z.
G. Rogers, of Newark. o.; Messrs. Da.
vid and Jas. Hogue, Of Morgantown,
and VIM. Taylor, of Warrington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-20

Mlstress-I shall want you to be
dressed by 3 O'Clock Ellen, to receive
any friends that may call.
Ellen-Oh thank yer mum! Amt
you goin' to be ln?-Skctch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
Editorial Comment
The Call to Mexico.
washington Post)


Known conditions in China seem 10
give warrant to the presence OF these
foreign troops. but it is surprising TO
hear that the situation in Mexico mas
grown so acute as 10 necessitate a
move implying that state of siege
exists. re ask for protection SIMPLY
or the theory that something is about
to happen is an extraordinary propo-
sition, and one that the Mexican gov
eminent probably will vigorously pro-
test against as premature and UNI
friendly. Only the actual presence OF
danger and admitted inability OF the
Mexican government TO afford pro-
lection to foreigners would justify the
proposed move. Perhaps the German
Minister feels apprehensive of the fu-
ture since Gen. OroZoo has given out
that his army Dis about To march
against the capital and depose Presl-
dent Madero. But seeing that ofozco
is a thousand miles away with SUI
perior federal force mobilizing on his
front the ENJOYS can hardly be SAID TO
be in imminent peril.
Orozco's declaration greatly alarmed
the foreign element at the capital. ana
the exodus of Americans also had a
disouieting effect on the alien popu-
lation, and the German colony led OH
in devising 2 plan of defense against
"being taken unawares.' But II they
have gone so far as TO appeal to the
automatic authorities for marines.
that fact has escaped mention. AS the
Germans alone have asked President
Madero for a thousand rifles. while at
Io,r+ 9 nna CnoYaich English and Am
orleans are ready to do or Gle, IL is
possible that in the case OF Crisis
and the arrival of 800 marines there
would be presented the novel speeta-
Gle of an army of foreigners defending
the capital of Mexico from capture at
the hands of the native soldiers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Towns are not as red as they arc
painted.
\ one-sided view is all right if it is
the right side.
People have no sympathy for the
singer who gets stung.
If you want a fool to do a certain
thing. dare him to do it.
An eeotist is any person who thinks
he is better than you are.
Nearly every man thinks he gives
more to charity than he can afford.
You don't get much ii YOU are salts
fled with what the world gives you.
When man feels like making fool
of himself it's Il sign he is in love.
You can't judge how a woman Will
run for office by the way she runs for
q car.
It's the easiest thing in the world 10
bring up children in the way they
should go-if You haven't any.
Ii YOU are looking for an honest man
all YOU need do is tackle the first man
you meet and he'll admit that he is the
party You are looking for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13

ume Of real fact and wisdom served
up eoad-nafureelly by an editorial writ
cr Of The Washington Post Jndepen-
denn lin the following:
The good old saving that troubles
never come sinely, used 80 frequently
10 cheer UP sufferers. has JUST had
another vindication. AS usual the Ill
timate consumer is the victim. In
fact, the ultimate consumer always is
the victim. Let the tariff he revised
downward. and the ultimate consumer
is forced 10 pay an income tax, and
the burden is heavier than it was be
fore Prices remain the same. but
there is q new drain on Mr. Consum-
er's pocketbood. Let the tariff on SUI
gar DE taken off, and somehow or 9th
err the price will remain the same. and
quite a number of ultimate consum-
ers, who are also manufacturers of
beet sugar. viii go out of business.
Let a dozen candidates jump into the
field for the Presidency, giving the
people wide scope for choice, and
still the ultimate consumer must chip
in Tor the campaign contributions.
Let the trusts be prosecuted, and they
turn angriiy on the ultimate consum-
or and raise prices on him.
Considering the plight of the ulti-
mate consumer, no one will be sur
prised to learn that he is to he the
chief sufferer from the revolution that
brought about the establishment OF
the Chinese republic. Even when he
was cheering the rise of an American
form of government. minus the recall
of judicial decisions, in China, the III
innate consumer i'll the United States
had in the back of his head the
thought that somehow or other he
would be forced to pay the bill. He
did not know Just how a revolution in
China could affect his pocketbook in
any way, and yet he knew that II
would. sooner or later. He just felt it
in his bones Everything had fallen
on him at some time or other. so why
not the Chinese revolution? 1t might
come in reference to his laundry or
his firecrackers. but come ii certainly
would.
The ultimate consumer now Knows
the worst. The burden of the Chinese
revolution is to fall on him. not exact
" rs he expected, hut heavily just the
same. The price of straw hats Is to
90 away up next summer because OF
the Chinese revolution. Much o. the
straw braid used in the manufacture
of straw hats comes from Shantung
province. being shipped to this eeun-
try in rolls Hundreds OF cars of these
rolls have been burned by the Chinese
rebels Naturally. there will be Il
shortage here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
k;ll;no of the SQUIRRELS.

one by one long-cherished friend
ships with our dumb brothers are
swept aside by order of science Now
our cheerful little friends, the SOUR
rels. are being sacrificed by thousands
because it is learned that they are
infected with the deadly bubonie
plague. Full too soon we may expect
a merciless war upon these lively
chaps that have amused us and in
turn have been protected in our parks
and estates The rats, cousins of the
squirrel. are under the ban long since
but most OF us have a vastly different
feeling for the chattering, sauey rel
or gray fellows who come to pull pea
nuts from our pockets.
Ne learn from the last bulletin on
public Health Reports, that many
of the squirrels in the parks and
woods of San Francisco, and the
country TO the east, north, and south,
have become infected with the deadly
hubonic plague, and are being indis-
erimnately destroyed. The squirrels
may have contracted the disease from
their cousins. the rats, against whom
the same war of determination is be-
ing carried on. It has been deter
mined that there shall be squirrel
free zone of 6.162 acres of land in Ala
media county. and to secure this poi
son has been freely used. In the same
way $3.50 acres in San Joaquin eoun-
IL and $3.50 acres in Stanislaus coun-
" were covered with poison for the
purpose of eradicating plague foci.
For the present, at least. care should
be used in cultivating close friend
ships with the squirrel and, certainly,
il would be taking unnecessary risks
TO carry these little animals between
the West and the East
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
Our Fruits and Nuts Trade.

Exports of fruits and nuts from the
United States aggregate more than.
200 million dollars in the last twelve
wears. reaching their highest record
in the calendar year just ended, with
a. total of 30 million dollars, or more
than three times as much as decade
earlier. The foregoing sentence sum-
marizes the results of a compilation
just prepared by the Bureau of Sta
tisties. Department of Commerce and
Labor. suggested by the large exports
of fruits and nuts in January OF the
present year, which aggregated s2,o3t,-
432, or 50 per cent in excess of those
of the preceding January. and giving
promise that the high record exports
Of fruits and nuts last year will be
exceeded by those of 1912. Not only
are the exports of fruits and nuts in.
ereasing, but their growth is far more
rapid than that of imports under that
head
The principal exports Of fruits and
nuts in the calendar year 1911 con-
sisted of apples. Q million dollars;
prunes, Az millions; oranges mill
lions. canned fruits. 3a millions;
raisins and other dried grapes. 1-3
millions; pears, three quarters of
million: peaches, a half million; and
peanuts, a little over a quarter million
dollars. The leading imports under
the head OF fruits and nuts in 1871 in
cluded bananas. IA "a million dollars,
or over one-third the total: walnuts.
4 90 millions; almonds, 3 IA millions;
lemons. 3 millions; grapes, ? 1-3 mil
lions; cocoanuts and copra. each about
million dollars; olives. IL millions:
and pineapples, figs, and flberts. each
about ! million dollars. These figures
are exclusive of 212 million dollars
worth of pineapples shipped into con-
tinental United States from Hawaii
and el-4 million dollars worth of or
anges, pineapples and other fruits and
nuts shipped from Porto Rico last
year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
Democrats Protect Refiners.

when the minority members Of the
WAYS and Means Committee drew up
their report on the sugar schedule,
they composed one of the best Re-
publican campaign documents which
have heen issued by the Government
Printing Office in recent years, writes
the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript. The writer makes
plain that Democrats in Congress
have allied themselves with the oeto-
pus.
undue solicitude, on the part of the
Democratic lawmakers for the REIN
ers. means that the manufacturers OF
beet sugar and the raisers of the
beets may go out of business, and in
that industry Sl00,0o0.000 are invested.
More than 200, 000 farmers, north and
south, are employed in it.
The minority report. signed by all
the minority members except Repre-
sentative Mccall of Massachusetts,,
who, however. appears fully 10 agree
with the minority, bears the earmarks
of long and laborious investigation.
Whatever it's authorship, it was writ
ten by a master hand To prove their
case the Republican members turned
to the facts, figures and statement
drawn ND under the direction of Chair
man Underwood That the Democra-
tic leaders, says the minority report,
recognize the completeness of this
union between the Democratic party
and the refining industry, or Sugar
Trust. is evidenced by the following
citation from the majority report of
the Ways and Means Committee on
this free sugar bill:
Beet sugar leaves the first manufacture
ing establishment in refined condition,
but all cane sugar which constitutes
about four-tifths of our consumption.
must be refined: consequently the REIN
ing interest is the most important fac
tor connected with sugar manufacturing
| in the United States. Therefore the in
dustrial position of refining requires
primary consideration.
This Washington writer, describing
the admirable minority report on the
sugar schedule says: "A strong plea
is made to the farmer who raises
beets; strong plea is made to the
wage-earner in the sugar refineries;
and an equally strong plea is made to
| that mythical person, the ultimate
consumer But undoubtedly the
strongest plea of all is the plain
| straight-away argument To any and
| al citizens TO the effect that. while
| posing as the party of the people,
| the Democratic leaders in Washington
| have Intentionally played directly into
| the hands of trust which, in thf
| WORDS Of the minority again, has no
| hesitated TO rob the National Govern
ment when paying its just customs
duties.
| Considering "the ultimate consnm
err" referred to above, there is vol
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
REPRopucEs OLD coLoRs.
New York Woman Makes Good Use
of Cheap Fabrics.

81 wouldn't belong TO union that had
banner like that commented visitor
to the Arts and Crafts exhibition in the
hearing of the designer of the banner,
Miss Amy NJ. Hicks who chuekled glee-
fully over it. The person who made the
remark did not appreciate old things.
and Miss Hicks explained that she had
tried to make the banner of the book
keepers union as lovely as the old ban
ners that hang on cathedral walls,
1t is blue gray. with greenish yellow
letters, done by the wax process which is
one of the clever things that Miss Hicks
does in her workshop at the top of the
building
a workshop not a studio, Miss Hicks
calls her place, and she says she is not
an artist or decorator but a designer.
Here she produces colors such as one
finds only in countries where centuries
have done their incompatible work.
There is no particular secret about it,. -
Miss Hicks explained, only persistent
work with feeling for certain color
values. The trouble with most of the
arts and crafts work today is that it is
anemic. Now, | try to get life in my
colors. Some dyes are exclusively my
own, but I use any that Will give good
results. | make combinations that give
me special effects. Two tones are far
better than one. They are more becom-
ing if it is an article of dress and more
effective if il is to be used for household
decoration. \ warm and cold color
use altogether, as in this blue,' and
Miss Hicks held up piece Of fve-cents-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
ANCIENT BRAMER CLOCKS.
Old Dutch Tinepieces Had Strange
Chimes.

In response to an American inquiry,
a search has been made by this con-
sulate for a certain style of clock
made by Du Luss Brumer en- Soon of
Amsterdam. but no trace of that firm
was found. All clock dealers here.
however. know of Paulus Bramer en-
Zoon, clock makers in this city in the
middle of the eighteenth century. 1t
is presumed that clocks of their make
are still eXtant in the Netherlands. but
they are rare. None could be found in
Amsterdam.
A clock made by Gerrit, a brother of
Paulus. similar. it is believed, to those
made by Paulus, was found in an an
tiquary shop in Amsterdam. This
clock has two bells, the larger strilS-
ing the hour and the smaller the half
hour Though larger the hour bell
has a higher and more slivery tone
than the half-hour bell, the tone of
which is deeper and mellower The
Gerrit Bramer clock has no chimes. At
the first quarter hour it strikes once
on the hour bell; al the half hour it
strikes the next hour on the other bell
at half past three striking four, the
different tone showing that half four
tine lJuItH anu tNI5itSSipIiy 10
being sounded. At the three-quarters
hour the half-hour bell is struck once
Therefore, a person used to the tones
always knows which quarter or wheth-
er the half or whole hour is being
struck. The price of this clock is
$341.70.
A clock merchant of this city has q
clock bearing the name of Pietef
Bramer He does not know its age or
who Pieter Bramer was. though the
clocks with this name are supposed to
be limitations of the original Bramers
This clock is apparently over hum
dred Years old. and is practically the
same as the Gerrit Bramer clock. ex-
cept that il does not strike the quarter
hours 1t has no chimes. 1t is stated
that some old clocks had chimes, and
probably the original Panlus Bfamer
clocks but such have not vet been dis
covered here.-Daily Consular and
Trade Reports.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13

The postal appropriation bill. now
introduced by Representative Moon,
applies the foreign parcels post rate
to eleven-pound packages and reduces
the cost, on a graduated scale. for
parcels on rural free delivery routes
up to eleven pounds. But the express
companies are still powerful enough
TO have oven so much a concession 10
the people as that knocked out of the
Moon bill. unless the people them
selves bring strong pressure 10 bear
upon their representatives and sena-
tors Now is the time to work for the
parcels post if the people are con-
WINGED that il is for the best interests
Of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13

takes Of Yesterday and resolve to he
i towards no longer. Sometimes we are
turned from a path OF duty which is
plain to us, by the cowardiee aud mis-
| conception of great moral facts ON the
part of Others We may know that
our friends are wrong and, while wish
ing them prosperity. are driven by cir
cumstances over which we have no
control into aiding them toward their
own undoing. That is part OF the
great scheme Of things which the
ouailer has never been able to grasp.
In the diary of yesterday we read the
guarantee of better things tomorrow,
when the survival of the fttest is
marked by the elimination Of the
craven. In the cleansing processes OF
Yesterday we sec the triumph of evil
until the gutter has been rehuked.
Prophetic minds foretell the hum
bling of mighty nations because, year
after year. we are becoming more and
more arrogant in our assumption OF
independence of divine attributes. We
hasten -on in our paths OF selfishness
and greed, nor pause to consider the
God given inspirations which we find
by the way.
Deep down in the heart of humanity
is the spring of a greater respect for
open and self confessed rascality thar
for pretentious virtue betrayed by
manifest cowardice.
In his last syndicate article, kauf-
without courage"-"We will not fol.
low those whom we can command
"If you are not sure of yourself, how
can we be sure of you, and we can't
and won't impose confidence where it
neither exists nor persists" Again
he says: SHARP swords are wasted
on towards"
Recognizing that evil triumphs be-
cause of selhshness. there is the com
fort that when cowardiee has been
sufficiently rebuked moral strength
will stride to the front and assume
command; and then we may more
fully understand that REAL success
is not for the quailer. The craven
calls to his selfish aid the subtle
strength of a great evil and denomi-
mates his temporary .semblance of VIC
tory as success. but we know, when
we have observed the times and the
tendency, that the fittest survive.
1t is just as true that a great moral
truth is wasted on coward as it is
that sharp swords are wasted on
towards
We cannot defend our rights until
we have the courage of our conVic-
lions, and we cannot extend them
until we are brave enough to fight
our way, regardless of the wounds we
receive in the back from those we
have thought our friends. These
wounds are part of the price we must
pay for our showing that we are ready
to stand or fall by our convictions.
Accepting these things as our guide
we may go steadily on, confident in
the future and the assurance that right
is bound to triumph when the great
tragedy has been worked out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13

a-yard cotton cloth that looked like
rare art material. a piece of eheeseeloth
that had been dyed lovely hue had an
exquisite crepe effect.
II never iron them" explained Miss
Hicks. II especially like the results
get from cotton, linen and silk / sell
dom do anything with woolens. Here IS
a bit of some cotton cloth that / dyed
for a Princeton house which had in it
some lovely old sea-blue decorations
which II was impossible to match, |
managed to get it.
Some windows are so ugly" said Miss
Hicks; "they are like an open mouth
with the teeth out. The problem of cur
tanning them so as to disguise their ugii-
ness and not exclude the light is a pro-
blem | rather think this does it,"-she
held a flinsy bit of linen scrim, natural
eolor-"and ths"--a brown stenciled
scrim hanging. soft and beautiful
Miss Hicks does most of her dyeing at
her little New Jersey farm In the work
shop she dips small pieces and does her
waxing and stenciling This wax pro-
cess-battic it is ealled-is Unique. Ii Il,
of Japanese origin, and TO carry it ont
Miss Hicks has had made what she
calls a little teapot, from which she
pours melted wax to form a design upon
the material, and when it is dipped in the
dye this part does not take the color.
The wax is then removed New York
Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
VISIT TO AN IRISH COTTAGE.
Something of Irish Cottage Life is
Shown in the Sketch.

one doubtful morning in late au-
tumn party of Il started in a row
boat toWed by motor boat. Their
intention was tn picnic on the shore
of "a lake leading out of the Shannon.
About halfway there the weather de-
veloped into what the frishman calls
IA soft DAY 50 all agreed willingly to
the proposal made by the hostess. to
turn back short distance and have
lunch under cover Of cottage, in
which the signal man of the railway
lived; then TO proceed later tn the
lake if the weather looked more hope
full
The man and his wife received the
party with the-innate courtesy of the
Irish peasant. which is always marked
by entire absence OF false modesty or
undue familiarity. This cottage con-
sisted of tiny kitchen with one bed
room leading out of it. while Il dresser
covered with china occupied one side
of the kitchen wall.
In the large open CRATE there was a
black pot, buried in the middle of the
fire, which contained soda bread in
the process of baking. This pot was
Immediately removed and to keep the
bread from being spoiled pieces of
red hot turf were placed on its lid,
while the kettle was set on the fire
for our benefit As soon as the
couple had done all they could for the
comfort of their unlimited guests they
withdrew into the rain, so as to leave
more room inside the cottage.
Before we set out for home. as we
We're obliged eventually to do, the day
having remained soft" the, dame
showed us with great pride small
gramophone which she and her hus-
band had bought with their savings.
They bought it, she explained, that
their only son might entertain his
friends at his own home instead of
going outside for all his amusements
on winter evenings wisdom which
struck me as being born of the moth
er-love. and the simple way in which
il was told made us hope that the ven
ture would prove to be entirely sue
cessful-Christian Science Monitor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

The way to make mistakes is to be
sure YOU aren't going to.
The more the baby can cry the more
it didn't inherit il from either family
Maybe votes for women wouldn't be
any more misvoted than votes for men
are.
\ man has an idea he would look
ten years younger if he hadn't done
SO much thinking in his life.
The reason a girl is so astonished
that her new hat startles you is she
would be more astonished if it didn't.