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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05
AUTOS
Made in America Find Market
Abroad to Amount of
100000 Year.

WASHINGTON, D.. c.. Aug. 30
Thirty million dollars worth OF
American automobiles found mar
kets abroad last year, against less
than one million dollars worth ten
years ago. Figures just competed
by the Division of Statistics OF the
Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, show that the exports of
automobiles to foreign countries in
the fiscal year 1912 were valued at
IL 1-2 million dollars, and of parts
thereof. including tires, 6 "a million
dollars. II to this were added the
shipments to Hawaii and Porto
Rico, We get for the years sales OF
American automobiles outside of
continental United States a round
thirty million dollars and to the
Hawaiian Islands a little over one
million dollars. The total number
of machines exported to foreign
countries was 21,757, valued at $21,-
550.139. averaging slightly less than
$1,000 each; while those to the non
contiguous territory were higher.
averaging $1,000 each.
The export price of American au-
tomobiles in 1912 averaged less than
in any earlier year in the history OF
the export trade. The average for
1912, dividing the total number OF
machines exported into stated value,
was $500 each, against s1,1OO in
1911, $1,8SO in 1910, s1.7OO in
1909, and $3.50 in 1908.
On the import side the automo-
biles imported last year amounted to
but about two million dollars in
value, against more than four mil
lion in 1907. The average import
value OF the automobiles brought
into the country last year was ST.
216 each, against s2,1SS in 1911,
1896 in 1910, $1,7SS in 1909 and
1892 in 1908. Thus the export
price OF American machines has
fallen from $3.50 in 1903 to
1890 in 1912, while the import price
of foreign automobiles entering the
country has only fallen from ST.
Ss2 in 1908. to $2,216 in 1912, the
reduction in price on the export side
being forty-seven per cent, and on
the import side but eight per cent.
Even the remarkable growth in
the exports OF American automobiles
noted above has not kept pace with
the growth in production at home,
Isince the census of 1900 showed the
value of automobiles manufactured
in the United States in 1893 at ,$4,-
.T4S,000, while that of 1910 showed
$4,000, 900 as the value manufac-
tured in 1909. The wages paid in
the automobile industry, as shown
by the census report. aggregated ST.
1921, 900 in 1899 and $4S,694, 900 in
1909; the capital employed in the
industry in 1899, s5,76s, 900 and in
1909, s17S,SS7. 900; and the num-
Der of wage earners employed in
1899 2,241, and in 1909, 1921.
Engllsh.speaking people are the
chief purchasers of American auto
mobiles. OF the 21.757 exported in
1912, 6, 2SS went to Canada, 5.716
to the United Kingdom, and 1925 to
Australia and New Zealand; the
next greatest number 1911 being
credited to South America. while
European countries other than the
United Kingdom took 2,296.
or the 963 automobiles importee
into the country in the fiscal year
1912, 4O1 were from France. 1873
from the United Kingdom, 1S1 from
Italy. 116 from Germany, and 1877
from all other countries.
w Ieu,is ~ ,5on,,tn,to., l.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05
GIVES BOND FOR APPEARANCES.

croner W. BOND. OF near Loaf
Creek, appeared in Justice ]. VI
carter's court Friday morning and
gave bond for his appearance before
the next criminal court grand jury
for assauIting Eliza Flesher with an
AK Sunday. August "a, at his home
near Lost Creek.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05
WITNESS JAILED HERE.

~, N'oeT' Younger, wanted as a wit
49,. s W g Tuanelton "bootlegglng"
iva "as brought to the county jaiy
49,, u''aay night by E. D. Hupp, fed
os,, 'epn'y marshal. to await the
bs, ,, term Of federal district court
'''e. IN default of bond.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05
ONE MAN KILLED.

TEMPLE, Tex. Aug. aO.-one man
was Killed. two were seriously hurt,
and fifteen eighty injured when a
Missouri-Ka nsas-Texas train left the
track near here and plunged from
trestei into a rayIne today.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05

Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Bowman and
daughter, of worthington, visited the
city Thursday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05

Miss Gertrude McGann, of Weston.
$ business visitor il the city today.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05

A. W. Lewis, of Warrington, is a
city visitor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
The Deep Sea Lead.

In order to lind ships position
when approaching the land in fog
soundings are taken with the deep sea
lead" This lead weighs twenty-eigh
pounds and is attached to line which
is marked Off in fathoms by bunting of
various coIors. pieces of leather and
knots Bored in the base of the lead
Is a hole about two inches deep, and
this Is filled with taIlow, so that the
gravel or shells at the bottom will ad-
here to it. and the nature of the bed
may he thus ascertained When the
lead is thrown overheard the waters
depth is noted on the line. and this and
the adherence TO the tailow when COM
pared with the description given on
the chart will give the ships position
with tolerable accuracy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04

The laying OF the British royal table
is attended with considerable ceremo-
ny. First come the "uphoIsterers,"
whose duty 1t is TO see that the Ia bic
is in its proper place and IN good con-
dition to bear its precious burden of
gold and silver plate. The weight OF
the famous Flaxman service designed
for George ~. is so tremendous as to
justify fully this precauuon. The up
holsterers give place TO the table
deckers." who arrange the snowy ma.
perry worked with the royal arms and
the plainly folded serviettes Fanciful
shapes are inadmissibe on the royal
table. This accomplished. there enter
the "yeomen OF the silver pantry"
whose task II is TO place the silver in
position. The "deckers" then arrange
the flowers. after which the royal ia
Bile is considered well and truly laid"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
DARWIN'S ABILITY.
Most Successful Man Won Through
His Energy.

1t is really wonderful what such
work can accomplish, even when done
by men of no very extraordinary abil-
lty. No single man within the last
century did so much to change the
whole surrent Of the worlds thought
as Charles Darwin. He persisted in
the statement that his ability was
only of average quality, and although
that was doubtless an exaggeration
due to his characteristic modesty, it
is probably true that a number of
his contemporaries who hardly influ-
enced the world at all were mentally
his peers.
Energy in man shows itself and
proves its value at every stage of his
career. 1t does so at the great criti-
cal period, critical because the whole
current of after life is affected then,
when the choice OF a profession or
business has to be definitely deter
mined.
There are some men with such a
surplus of energy and capacity that
they can recover from a false start
and win in spite of it, but they are
exceptional even in America, where
changes of this kind are much more
frequent than elsewhere. Most men
can make their choice but once.
This great problem of the choice
of profession demands all the en-
ergy and all the seriousness of which
man is capable. In these DAYS yir-
tually all who are to amount to any
thing in the world must be workers,
and if they are not happy in their
life-work, if they must look for hap
piness outside of what fills so large
part of their time and thought, they
are almost surely doomed to misery.
And yet the choice is often made
carelessly or casually. So many men
allow themselves to drift into a pro-
fession or leave its selection to a
whim, that it is not surprising that
there are so many square pegs in
round holes and so many failures.
The problem of wise choice is one
of the most difficult that a young
man has to face, and he proves his
powers by the manner in which he
attacks it. Naturally and rightly, he
usually seeks advice and help from
! more experienced men, but the re-
sponsibility must rest with the young
man himself, and he should be as
free as possible to make the choice
A formidable difficulty arises from
his lack of experience and knowledge.
Added to that, there is the great
difficulty that comes from an imper-
! feet knowledge of his own powers
AS if these were not enough, the
! problem is further complicated by
| the false standards Of value that So
! ciety adopts with reference to the
/ profession.-Y Companion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
OUR CITY HOSPITAL.
Endowment Fund Needed to Care for
the Worthy Poor.

The Granite City Hospital is one
OF the institutions of which all Ash
landers are justly proud To have
public place where surgical, ma
ternity and other cases are cared for
with all the skill and conveniences
known to modern science-this is
one of the highest marks of our
Christian civilization. In some cities
provision is made by public or pri-
Vate charty--or both-for taking
care of the worthy poor who are in
need of hospital attention In our
city no such provision has been made
and the work is greatly hindered
thereby. Occasionally a little help
can be secured from the county. but
only small amounts for exceptional
cases. The county poor-hOuse is not
prepared to care for hospital cases.
employing no trained nurses or
skilled surgeons.
Members of Ashlands medical fra
ternity literally donate their profess
sional services to needy cases and de-
serve much credit for their practical
charity in behalf of the sick and suf-
tering. The hospital ladies, Misses
Olstrom and Nelson, also do all they
can possibly afford along this line,
but their means are limited and Who'll
ly inadequate to meet the constant
demands made upon their slender re-
sources In their case it is not only
a question of donating their time and
services, but also paying out money
for board and help, dressings and
other supplies. They pay $1,000 a
year rent for the hospital building,
employ nine nurses and at present
have only nine patients, or had a few
weeks ago. From this it will be seen
that there isn't much left in the way
of net profits to care for charity
cases.
What shall be done with worthy
patients whose means become ex-'
hausted and are unable to longer pay
their hospital bills? There is no
place to which they can be sent, the
hospital management cannot afford
the expense of keeping them longer,
and a helpless invalid cannot be
turned into the street What would
you do? This is a very vital uues-
tion which is constantly coming up
and one which the Christian people
of Ashland and Jackson county
should find some way to solve. 1t
isn't fair or just to leave all this bur
den to doctors and hospital people.
Just because they are in the busi-
ness of caring for the sick. Every
body should share alike in the good
work. 'Inasmuch as ye did it unto
the least of these my brethren, We
did it unto Me-
o. H. BARNHILL.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
THE HALIFAX eIBBET.
A Sort of GuiIlotine That Was Once
Used In ENGLAND.

4 Sort of GuiIlotine That Was Once
Used In England.
An ancient law OF Hardwick forest.
a tract coextensive with Halifax par
ish, is sung by Taylor, the water poet:
At Halifax the law so sharpe doth deale
That whose more than thirteen pence doth
steale
They have jim that wondrous quick and
well
Sends thieves all headless into heaven or
helle.
This "Jln" resembled the guiIIotIne
In construction and stood on a stone
scaffold. unearthed when Gibbet hill
was leveled. The ak Is preserved.
This. the only guillotine used In Eng.
land, was the forerunner of the maid
en-" introduced into Scotland by Re-
gent Morton and now In the EdIn-
burgh Antiquarian museum. The
"Hallfax gibbet'' was last used In 1850
and the maiden" for Lord Argyll in
1861 and bis son in 1855. who spoke of
1t as the sweetest maiden he ever
kissed.
DIR. Gulllotine did not invent the
machine. Dr. Louis constructed one in
l19l, the "Louison," but the name
"Guillotine" became general from the
burst of surgical enthusiasm, In which
DR.. Guillotine In 1888, after deploring
the tedious torture of hanging. ex-
claimed. with my machine strike
Off your head in the twinkling of an
eye. aud you never feel itg'-London
Globe.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
WASHINGTON.

He might have said, as Cromwell
said of old,
"Here God the crownins mercy has
revealed"
For, as his stern forerunner had of
yore,
His sword he now might sheathe for
eVermore,
While Freedom, bursting into sunrise,
made
A morn immortal Ger the night of war;
TAT HEN Yorktown fell all tyrants
wv fell with it.
Before the fires she set on
earth are quit
All climes shall see the blaze of Lib
erty,
tier beacons in all nations shall be lit.
The Declaration until Yorktown came
Was little but promise and a name.
That victory transformed it into law
And gave it to the ages and to Fame.
At Yorktown Rochambeau and Lafa-
yette
"lOh9bh ATneFiCd, Inen
set
Her seeds among the fleur- de lis of
France;
They took deep root, and they are
growing yet.
How sweet to know the law returns to
What we bestow on others; it was thus
That France by freeing US herself
grew free.
God gave her back her gift mads glori-
Gus.
So we in turn our debt to her may pay,
And unto Cromwell in the selfsame
way,
BY spreading Liberty through all the
lands
And making on the earth better day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
MEERSCHAUM MINING.
The Pits at NenlaU Have Been Worked
For Twenty Centuries.

The Pits at NemIaU Have Been Worked
For Twenty Centuries.
Meerschaum mines at Nemlau have
been worked for 1000 years, it is claim
ed. and the process is quite simple. The
mines, which at one time reached from
kahe to Mihalitch. Oh the sea of Mar
mora. are concentrated around the CITY
OF Esh-Shehr and give employment to
some 5000 miners.
The mines are worked in the most
primitive manner by a foreman and
two to five work men with picks. The
depths of the pits vary greatly and de-
pend upon the depth at which a red.
dish brown earth is met, which is the
first indication of the existence of mag
nestle
Sometimes this red earth is found
only few yards beneath the surface,
but ordinarily at a depth of twenty
yards, often forty and even sixty. In
this layer Of red earth meerschaum Is
found. disseminated In nuggets of ir.
regular shape. The size of these rarely
exceeds twelve to sixteen cubic inches.
The greater part are of the size of a
walnut No explosives are used, the
ground being soft
Almost the entire output of this arti-
Gle is exported TO Vienna and thence
distributed to the various European
countries and to the United States. the
latter buying only the finest selections.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
On the FLAG.

And wherever our flag comes and
men behold it they see in its sacred
emblaZonry no ramping lion and no
fierce eagle; no embattled castles or
insignia Of imperial authority. They
see the symbols of light. 1t is the
banner of dawn. 1t means liberty,
aud the galley slave. the poor oppress-
ed conscript. the trodden down crea-
ture of foreign despotsm, sees in the
American flag that very promise and
prediction of God-''the people which
sat In darkness saw great light. and
10 them which sat in the region and
shadow of death light is sprung up
Henry Ward Beecher.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
Investigate Contributions.

Washington, d. C.-Senator Works
OF California, progressive republican,
presenting in the senate Monday a
resolution to investigate recent cam
paign contributions and expenditures,
declared that President Tafts renom-
ination had been procured unjustly
and illegally.
California needed no new party, he
said, and the republican party might
better go down to defeat for the sins
of its leaders and come up four years
hence than to form new party.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
ALASKANS GET PLANK.
Senate Considering Home Rule Bill
for Northern Territory.

Although Alaskans do not get an
opportunity to vote for president, the
territorial delegates to the democra
tic convention succeeded in getting
plank for the north in the Bourbon
platform. Alaskan affairs are look
ing up, as the senate is actively con-
sidering a home rule bill. The one
recently passed by the house has
been modified somewhat and stands
good chances of getting past the SEN
ate.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
TURKS LEAVE 200 DEAD.
Italians Report Victory in Fierce
Battle in Tripoli.

Rome,-Another severe battle at
Tripoli is described in an official dis
patche received here. According to
the message, whole division at
tackled the heights of Sidi Said and
neighboring positions, where masses
of Arabs and Turks, who had escaped
defeat the previous day, were living
in deep entrenchments, reinforced by
heavy native contingent.
The Turks left 200 dead and a
large number of wounded on the
field. The Italian losses totaled 10
dead and rs wounded
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
MADERo REFUSES TERMS.
Unconditional Surrender Only Pro-
pOsal Made to Orozco.

Mexico City.-President Madero
has refused again to negotiate with
Orozco over terms of surrender. The
rebel leader is said to have asked by
telegraph what consideration his men
might expect at the hands of the au-
thorities If they agreed to lay down
their arms.
President Madero is said to have
refused to consider terms, maintain
ing that he would not treat with the
revolutionaries and that his terms
were unconditional surrender Such
is the substance of the reply said to
have been sent to Orozco.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
Sibilant PraiRA

One of the usners approached a man
VINO appeared to be annoying those
about him.
Don't you like the showT
"YeS indeed"
"Then why do you persist in kissing
the performers
why, m-man alive. w.wasn't
h-hissing. | w-was s-ssimply s-s-s-say.
ing TO S-s-s-sammie that the s-s-s-sing-
ing is s-s-s-superb."-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04

We have the exclusive sale in this
vicinity for GOLD SEAL PAINT. We
are authorized by the manufacturer
to issue a WRITTEN GUARANTEE
over our own signature, that the
paint will wear five years. Price
$2.25 per gallon. Swenson & Nc
Rae.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
A Terrible Fourth of july

1t was on the 4th of July. l77S, that
Tory John Butler with a party of
loyallsts and Indians ralded the beau
tiful Wyoming valley, In Pennsylvania.
putting to the knife all the women and
children who had surrendered to them
on the promise of protection.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
Hadn't Seen Him.

The Vicar-Did you see a pedestrian
pass this way few minutes ago?
Farm Hand-No. sir. I've been work.
In on this tater patch moren mower,
pn' notter thing has passed 'cept
solitary man. an he was trampin' on
foot-London Telegraph.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
Hawthorne Born July q.

One of tine most thoroughly Amerl-
can authors. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
who knew and loved the history of his
country and used many of its old tales
In his books, swas born on July 4, 1904.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
YORKTOWN
BY JAMES A. EDeERToN.

TATHEN Cromwell won at Worcester
wv his last fight,
With Scots and Cavaliers in
headIong flight,
Half srimly and half pensiVely he
paused,
And in his great eyes came a softer
light
From off his sword he wiped the drops
of red.
"Tis the last bloody meal thou shalt
be fed"
He muttered as he sheathed it with a
clang.
"This is the crowning mercy" then he
said.
That Revolution won by CromweIPs
men
The Father of Democracy has been,
For our own Revolution was its
child,
And that of France, and others fought
since then.
When Washington on Yorktown's
happy field
Behed the foe in sullen sadness yield
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04
Good Reason

Mrs. Wright ito wears wife,-Why
Is your husband always asking for
money, money, money! Wears Wife
(wearily)-l presume It's because he
never gets any.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04

Mighty mean man rs wukin' fer"
WAITS de mattahT TOOK de iaies
or de wheelbarrah SOS KANT set
down an "-NsW York World.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04

"Everybody's doin' it," Send your
social news to Miss Hawley. Phone
SO.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-04

Star Laundry and French Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone Ga.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-03
Cottonwood and Searles.

& y. ... al. = arss 90
The Misses Helen Sonday, M eta
Lindemann and Florence Neumann
will hold q spelling contest in the
latter's district during the latter pa TT
of April.
Henry Hahselbruck and family OF
Lamberton were the guests Of relatives
in this vicinity last week.
Wednesday of last week Carl
Groebner was seen with beaming
smile ubon bis face and all on account
of the arrival of baby girl at his
home on that day.
Franz Vogel last week sold his l6O
acre farm about seven miles south OF
New Ulm to Frank Wiebel for S54 an
acre.
Gottlieb Kassuelke was in Iowa last
week where he attended the funeral al
his uncle M. Kassueike, who died at
that place recently.
Mrs. Anton Sprenger left for South
Dakota last Tuesday to visit with her
son in law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Valentine Zeller who are the
proud parents OF . baby girl.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-03
Sense.

In q statement recently to the 3d.
900 employees Of the Rock Island rail-
road, President Henry U. Nudge
capitalizes each man earning 1928 .
week, or 1888 . month, or $1,000 .
year, at s25, 900, because at per cent
the mans wages or salary is the
interest on S25,OOO. He says q man
earning 1923 q week is worth as
much as q locomotive costs, but he
adds:
"You can make yourself worth
more, while q locomotive cannot.
You can direct your own energies,
while locomotive must be directed
by a driver. 1t rests with you to raise
your own capitalization to $50, OOG, to
500, 900, or even to 100000. There
fore be careful about your food, tire at
your body decently, and, above all,
feed your mind"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-03
Z N. Y 4. <
CsuFtland

Fred 0ronholx returned from his
Sleepy Eye visit Let Wednesday,.
Henry Ginksl vs. ! New Ulm caller
Wednesday.
E. D. Preeht made : business trip
70 Sleepy Eye Thursdsy.
Charles Estes and q. W. Block wsre
business visitors IL Cambria and
Butternut Valley Thursdsy.
Ars. @. W. schlottmsn and Mrs.
Fred Bobsin il. were visitors in New
Ulm Friday.
Mrs. Lizxis Koberstein and con
Harrison visited q Sleepy Eye few
days last week.
E. G. Etter made Z business trip to
New Uim Wednesday. \
7 Don't forget the Easter dance here
Monday evening. A good time IL
guaranteed.
The Creamery Co. installed . new
and up.to.date refrigerator last week.
Mic Reinhsrt WAS business caller
ct Msnksto Friday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Raedeke last Saturday.
Albert Zimmerman made : business
trip to New Ulm Saturday.
The Box Social IL school house No.
Al Friday evening vas we'll attended
and some bought more than they
could eat.
The Courtland Automobile Co.
received some very fine cars. Come
and see them.
Albert and Louis Poehler and
Adolph Drill we're New Ulm callers
Saturday.
There were IA girls and boys con.
irmed hero in the Lutheran Church
Palm Sunday by Rev. 81. strassen.
Andrew Hippert returned Sunday
from his South Dakots trip.
A. B. Ouren and g. w. schlottman
enjoy the rides 10 their new. Flanders
cars very much. They. ere very smooth
running cars.
The Lutheran Church held their
quarterly meeting last Monday Ia The
church. t'r