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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

ments as to training experience and fit
ness are accepted subject to verifcation
Under an act of Congress applicants Tor
this position must have been actually
domiciled in the state in which they re-
side for at least one year previous to the
date of the examination and must have
reached their twenty -fifth, but not their
fortieth. birthday on the date of the ex-
animation.
This examination is open to all women
who are citizens Of or owe allegiance to
the United States and who meet the re-
quirements.
Persons who meet the requirements and
desire this examination are requested to
apply to the United States civil service
commission. Washington, d. c.; the sec
rotary of the board of examiners. post
office. Boston, Mass: Philadelphia. Pa ::
Atlanta, Ga; Cincinnati. Ohio: Chicago,
ILL.,; St Paul. Mimi: Seattle. Wash; San
Francisco. CAL: custom house, New
York, N. Y: New Orleans, La: Honolulu,
Hawaii: old custom house, ST. Louis,
Mo, or ito the chairman of the Porto
Rican civil service commission, San Juan.
P. r. No application will be accepted
unless properly executed and filed with
the commission at Washington. in COM
plete form, together with the material re-
quired. prior to the hour of closing bust
ness January 90 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Balkan Pronunciation.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The Office Window has more than once
taken on itself. very necessarily. the task
OF putting English readers of the news in
the right way of speaking the names now
so familiar to the eye. Italian ways OF
pronouncing prevail in eastern Europe. so
that the penuitimates of proper names
are nearly always short Scutari. for ex-
ample. has a long first syllable and a
short second; Antivari long middle ''f'
and a short second "a; Herzegovina a
stress upon the ''o'' and a short 81 The
initial of Cettinje has the sound OF the
talian-equal to our "ch''-and it's $50
is like the English initial ''y." As the war
goes on so shall proceed our little lesson.
Nevermore should Cettinje be rhymea
with 'Stingy.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
To Grow a Beard.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
A correspondent sends NEON the au-
thority of an aged barber-the prescrip-
ton for growing a beard without the hor-
rid interval of unseemliness. Start by
growing a very slight imperial under the
lower lip. Then shave a little bit further
away at the sides, and little bit further
OFF below. You see the idea? Every day
your beard becomes little longer and a
little broader. but IS always tidy. if you
keep the beard always to point. II
rests with your own taste Tor the veto
Of your wife) when to stop. But never
for a moment are you unpresentable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Ml0TQRJNG]
Continued From Sixth Page.)

evening. During their stay in the Penn
sylvania village they were royalty en-
tertained by the York Automobile Club.
The start for home was made Sunday, a
stop being made for dinner at Westmin-
ster at noon. 1t was on this part of the
return trip that a broken spring tied the
party up along the roadside while some
of the members in the party proceeded to
Hanover, Pa. distance Of two miles, and
procured the necessary paraphernalia> for
repairing the machine. While some of the
members were doing the first-aid -to-the-
injured stunt" others in the party pro-
ceeded to amuse themselves, until their
companions returned. In the OUTFIT were
a couple of mouth organs and a flute. and
while these musical instruments were
rendering selections the remaining ones
accompanied them by singing popular
airs. II was not long before the farm
ers and their children. hearing the melo-
dious tones echoing from the woodside,
came forth from their farmhouses and
We're soon occupying seats on the top
rail of the fences which skirted the road
and enjoyed the unusual program
With the return of the motorists the
necessary repairs were made and the
start for home made once more. The
route was the same as on the trip GO
ing and with no other stops the tourists
arrived safely home at 1 o'clock last
Monday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
WANT ROAD LECTURER.
Examination Will Be Open to Won
en- Only, and Pays $1,000 q Year.

The civil service commission announces
an open competitive examination for lee
turer on road economics, for women only
From the register of eligibles resulting
from this examination certifcation will
be made to fill vacancy in this position
at salary of $1,000 a year in the office
Of public roads, Department of Agricul-
ture. The duties OF this position will be
to address women's and chldren's meet
ings in the interest of good roads. and
with the object of producing and en-
couraging an interest in the good roads
movement among women and children
1t is desired to obtain the services of
a woman who has had experience i'm lee
turing, teaching, travelling and writing for
publication. Applicants who show expe-
rience in teaching on the economical, his
torical and social side of road improve
ment will receive additional credit. State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Now Collecting Data.

Even though there is little likelihood
OF the present Congress taking any
important action on the subject Of
federal aid. the joint committee is busiIy
engaged in collecting data and infor-
nation upon which to base its report
All but one of the members Of the Joint
committee have either been reelected
to the House, or their continuance in
the Senate is assured. The governors
of all the states have been called upon
for detailed information as to highway
conditions in their respective states
and information is also being gathered
from highway departments and other
sources. AS result the sixty-third
Congress, when it comes into existence
March 4. 1913. will have before it a
volume Of information on the subject
of good roads never before available,
and which will be of vast service in
formulating policy Of federal aid
The second federal aid convention, to
be held in Washington simultaneously
with the beginning of the new Con-
gress, will bring the organized motor
lists, the farmers and the business men
who will be represented there into
closer cooperation with Congress on
this matter, and undoubtedly will re-
suit in speedy action along federal aid
lines This belief that 1918 will see the
beginning of q new national roads policy
is strengthened by the fact that the new
President of the United States has placed
himself conv.ncingly on record in favor
of federal aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
PAST YEAR NOTABLE.
TO ROAD ADVOCATES
New York Leads With Liberal
Appropriation for
Highways.

The year coming to a close has been a
notable one from the viewpoint of good
roads enthusiasts in many directions. 1t
would be noteworthy if there were moth
ing else to record than the action of
many states in making liberal roads APP
preparations. New York tops the list
with the fifty-million-dollar bond issue,
added to its previous appropriation of
an equal amount. Pennsylvania follows
with a proposed fty-million-dollar ap-
preparation. which there is assurance
will be favorably acted upon by it's state
legislature. In California an eighteenth mil
lion-dollar bond issue is now being ex-
pended. In Maine the two million dollar
bond issue has been authorized to be met
by the automobile fees. Smaller appro-
priations in other states all point to a
vast betterment in road conditions in
the next few years The defeat Of the
fifty-million-dollar bond issue in Ohio Is
the only discouraging feature of the year,
and even this. say Ohio good roads advo-
Gates, is certain to be reconsidered in the
near future.
OF the many conventions held during
the year, two are especially noteworthy.
The American Road Congress at Atlantic
CITY. n: j., brought together road build
ers and road users in enthusiastic CO.
operation. Most important. however, was
the first federal aid good roads con-
vention. called by the American Auto
mobile Association, and held in Washing
ton. In January, and out of which
have already come results far reaching
and which give promise of greater things
at no distant day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
AMERICAN MACHINES
HAVE GOOD OUTLOOK
United States Consul at Bir-
mingham, England, Talks
0ptimisticaI|y of Autos.

American automobiles have a promising
future ahead of them in the foreign field
is the prediction of Albert Halstead
American consul at Birmingham, Eng
land, who returned for a brief visit to the
United States last week. Mr.. Halstead S
discussion of the automobile question, as
it is related to foreign business, is con-
sidered extremely important. inasmuch as
British industry.
Foreign makers dislike to admit the
influence America has exerted upon the
automobile trade abroad in the past few
years. said Mr.. Halstead. land espe-
cially that American imports and designs.
at least in the United Kingdom. have
caused an entirely new departure in con-
struction
When Charles Y. Knight brought his
radical departure in engine design to
England some five years ago it was
scoffed at, perhaps because people could
not appreciate that anything worth while
could come from country that had been
rather pupil than a teacher of auto
mobile designs. more than because of its
new principles. The success of this Amer
lean invention doubtless had influence IN
preparing the field for the successful in
PRODUCTION of American cars, success
that has been notable characteristic Of
the declining years.
Many American Motors Sold.
although the English makers are do
ing their best to compete with the Amer
lean cars in price and durability. SO far
as 1 have been able to learn, nothing
practical has been developed.
eat least % per cent of the standard
hDsr, t. oil n
ent are of American manufacture and
these cars are every day increasing in
favor with the people who are in the
market for best values irrespective of
sentiment, One prejudice with the trade
early worked up against the American
made article has been largely dispelled
by intimate contact with the article it
self, and it is becoming less fficult every
day to sell the American car abroad.
The best evidence of the recognition
of the correctness of the American motor
car methods is the fact that one of the
largest English manufacturers has struck
out boldly for 1913 producing and selling
his output wholly upon American lines.
And others will undoubtedly follow his
lead.
THE balance sheets of the various Eng
lsh motor car concerns reflect most
healthy condition of business in Eng
land for the British manufacturer despite
the introduction of American cars. In
fact, the engineering trade of Europe is
active almost beyond precedent and the
volume of trade is accurately reflected in
the tremendous demand for high-grade
steels which are more difficult to secure.
Skilled mechanics were probably never
more fully employed and the automobile
industry is very largely responsible for
this condition.
TT is also impossible to meet the de-
mand for machine tools of American and
other makes and the filling Of orders in
most lines is much delayed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Salesroom Renovated.

The salesroom of the Locomobile Com
pany OF America. at 1924 Connecticut
avenue. has recently been renovated and
fitted up in an attractive manner. The
interior has all been finished in cream
and white. while electric lights have been
installed throughout. The Office of the
manager and his assistants is located in
the rear corner of the salesroom. The in
terror is graced by two new 1913 models,
a six-cylinder 4S-6O touring car and
limousine OF the latest type, both of
which are now on exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Join Studebaker Staff.

! Recent additions to the staff of the
Studebaker Corporation at Detroit are
George 0. Ba dwin, former service ex-
pert of the Cadillac, and G. L. Whitman
former sales manager of the Warren
Company. Mr.. Baldwin takes charge of
Studebaker service. Mr.. Whitman be-
comes a member of the staff of Adver-
Using Manager Petit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
AUTO MAIL WAGONS
CONSIDERED BEST
Ten Years Experimenting by
Post Office Officials Leads
to Adoption.

After experimenting for nearly ten
years in the use of motor collection and
distribution of mail the United States
government admits at last that in locali-
ties where collection stops are few and
far between, a motor car is far more
efficient than horse and wagon. In
such cases it has decided to allow the
carrier to buy a motor car, for which he
will be allowed a sum more than ample
for maintenance and repairs.
One of the first cities in which this in
novation has been placed in service Is
Pittsburgh Several auto delivery wagons
are already in service there. Other cities
are being added to the approved list, and
prospects indicate that before the passing
of many months not only the suburban
but the rural routes as well will be, to a
large extent, motor delivery equipped.
The addition of the parcel post will
also greatly multiply the number of motor
cars with the sign ~. 8. Mall on their
panels delivery and collection OF the
parcels will be by motor cars in all the
big cities, the government making con-
tracts for the service.
Do Not Own Vehicles.
limited number of larger trucks may
be profitably used between the postal
substations, but the main part Of the
work will have. to be done by the smaller
rigs.
1t is typical Of the governments con-
servatism that in both the general work
and the parcel post, the government con-
tinues its policy of nOn-ownership of the
vehicles.
Experts have commented on the intel
ligent way most of the prospective con-
tractors for the government jobs have
been attacking the delivery problem.
Statistics on motor delivery systems al
ready in operation are eagerly welcomed.
and there is a general disposition to ques-
ton carefully the adequacy of local or
neighboring depots of supplies and repair
parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Congress Takes Interest.

The federal aid convention formulat-
ed the proposal for the appointment of
a congressional committee to investigate
and report upon the whole subject of fed
eral participation In highway construc-
ton The resolution providing for such
a commission was adopted by Congress.
the commission was appointed and is
now at work. The federal aid senti
ment, already strong in Congress. found
further expression in the appropriat ion
OF SJU,OOO for the Improvement of rural
post roads and the good roads enthusi-
asm stimulated and crystallized by the
A A. A.. with the agricultural, business
and highway associations cooperating
mas spread throughout the United States
SO that the beginning of 1913 finds the
federal aid question to be not one of
whether the government should spend
national funds upon roads, but as to
the form which such approximation
should take.
On this point another noteworthy
event of the year was the action ~
the A A. "A. at it's annual meeting in
placing itself squarely on record as
favoring the construction of a system
or national roads. and opposed tn the
scattering and piecemeal distribution
or government funds for purely local
highways. which work properly de-
wolves on the states, with county and
township cooperation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Belated.

From the Princeton Tiger.
He who laughs last is an Englishman.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
Jones Did.

Jones and Brown argued as they
always did when they had time
enough. They had dined together and,
as Jones lived at distance and it
was very lats Brown offered to put
him up for the night.
On the way home they fell to dis
cussing the strategy of the civil war
as indicated by the campaigns of Lee
and rant The topic was elastic
enough to keep them going for a half
hour and reached its height as they
neared Browns house.
Then Brown lost his temper.
"Jones," said he, "if you don't admit
that Grant was a greater general than
Lee you can't sleep here"
It was two o'clock in the morning
and Jones was eight miles from home.
Chicago Post.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
Diplomatic Sidestepping.

'Last winter, during a social func-
ton in Washington" says Mr.. Ken
nard, counsellor of the British en-
bassy, II overheard a remark on the
part of young clubman there, the
tact of which indicates that the youth
in question should Immediately adopt
diplomacy as his 1ifework
"He had been asked by a widow to
guess her age. He hesitated. "You
must have some idea about it." she
said, with what was intended for an
arch smile.
"'I have several ideas,' the young
man admitted with smile. The only
trouble is that I hesitate whether to
make you ten years younger on &C.
count of your looks or ten years old
er on account of your brains" Lip
pincott:s Magazine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
GLIDER s. WEEKS.

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
ARE MICROBES IN YOUR SCALP?
If Has Been Proved That Microbes
Cause Badness.

Professor Unna, of Hamburg, Ger
many, and DR.. Sabourand, the lead
ing French dermatolagist, discovered
that a nlicrobe causes badness. Their
theory has time and again been amply
verified through research experiments
carried on under the observation OF
eminent scientists. This mlcrobe
lodges in the Sebum, which is the
natural hair oil, and when permitted
to flourish it destroys the hair folll-
cles and in time the pores entirely
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05

was StruCn al Vienna wien THAT CILy
was besieged by the Turks in 1929,
it will soon become great curiosity.
I estimated the weight of a cubic foot
of this Continental currency; it was
equal to 7,440 ounces. This exceeds
the weight of our best sort of pewter
and falls short of our worst I con-
lecture that the metal Of the Contin-
ent currency consisted of twelve parts
tin and one one Of lead"
The reverse design of the Contin-
entail dollar was also used in conjunc-
ton with a very rare medal issued in
1888 in commemoration of the final
arrangement for peace between Eng
land and America. The diverse of
this medal showed Britannia seated
facing to the left. By her side is a
shield with the crosses of St. George
and st. Andrew. In her left hand is a
spear and her right is extended to an
Indian queen, who is advancing with
a bow in her right hand and CULVER
behind her back. Between them flies
a dove with an olive branch. In the
distance is View Of London, in
which appear St. Paul's Cathedral
and the monument. It is said that
there are only two known specimens
Of this medal, one Of which, formerly
owned by Dr.. Charles Clay, Of Man
chester, England, was sold in New
York in 1871 for $S1. It is not known
where the piece is now located. The
design was struck only in tin.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05


It is stated that four thousand
workmen have been deprived of their
means of livelihood throughout France
because of the decree Of fashion in
the matter of woman's dress. The
whole cause Of the trouble is that for
merly where it took eight yards OF
material to make an ordinary dress
now four yards are ample to envelor
a body, however amply framed. It is
enough to put the textile workers in
a bad frame of mind.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05
OUR RAREST SILVER DOLLAR.
~
But Two Known to Exist, and the One
Shown Recently at tI'e Numismatic
Convention is aVlued at $1,000
Other Rare Coins of Early Days.

A United States silver pattern dol
lar, dated 1776, and valued a $4,000,
which was exhibited at Chicago at the
convention of the American Numis-
mat;c association, brought to thc i'm
mediate attention of both the general
public and collectors silver piece
which, for rarity value and his. .orical
worth, completely eclipses the cele-
brated 1904 dollar, or, indeed, any
other coin in the United States Sc
ries. Even in some respects it is more
interesting than the excessively rare
and valuable silver pattern dollar, or
mark" of 1888, proposed by Robert
Morris, the ''Financier of the Revolu-
tion.''
This coin, which is known as the
Continental Currency dollar, says the
New York Sun, is owned by H. O..
Granberg, of Oshkosh, Wis, and rep
resents unquesttionably the very first
metallic issue to bear the stamp of
the United States, or United Colonies,
as the confederation was originally
known. The Continental dollar pre-
ceded by nine years the issue of the
first regularly authorized cent. of
17S7-the Fugio or Franklin cent
and the issue Of the latter coin, no
doubt, was largely Influenced by this
first dollar, for it bore its principal
features of design.
The Continental Currency dollar is
about the size of an ordinary silver
dollar, and contains 37s grains of sill
yer. On the diverse the principal
deziCr s 3ul shining on sun d;.iiii,