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Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
REMEMBER 1885.
row Prosperity Changed to Panic
When Democrats Elected = President.

When Democrats Elected . President.
In January. 1892. this country was
prosperous, and all conditions indicated
continuance of prosperity.
In November OF that year a Demo
cratic president was elected.
In 1893 the Democratic congress. con.
vened In extraordinary session, began
Its anti-protection activities. After
time 1t enacted the Wilson low tariff
law.
In the early summer of that year
came the panic. In the period from
May to July %, 301 banks. with a
total capital Of sss.o0ooo0. suspended.
The total number of banks suspended
In that year was 5S5.
In 1882 the total amount of liabili-
ties on account of business failure was
$114.0o0.O00 In 1893 the total was
x34e.O00.o 900.
In the year 1893 railroad properties
whose aggregate value was 81 .200. 600.
600 were In the hands Of receivers,
Between May 4 and Oct 8 $37s, ,oOO, 900
was withdrawn from national banks.
In this state alone Withdrawals Of
deposits from savings banks were s34.-
100000 in excess of deposits made.
In the period from Jan. /. 1892, to
Jan. 1. 1896. there was a shrinkage of
S1.4o0. .ooo. 600 In the total value of farm
products and live stock In the United
States.
In that period prices were lower, but
hundreds of thousands were wageless
and other multitudes worked at low
wages and on short time. They had
little money or none with which to buy
even the most ordinary necessaries Of
life in adequate quantity.
Now. after twenty years. the Demo-
cratic party Is again asking the electo-
rate Of the United States to put 1t In
control of national affairs in order that
the performances Of its last period Of
control and their disastrous couse-
quences may be repeated.
The Republican party. under whose
administration during sixteen years
the country has become newly pros
Porous and more prosperous than ever
1t was before. pledges itself to mainte-
nance of the policies which restored
and promoted prosperity.
There Is a paramount issue. What
Intelligent American can hesitate to
make his ehoice7-Albauy Journal
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
Another African Theodore.

An African Theodore came to grief
just ,forty-fiye years ago because he
thought he was the whole show. The
rest of mankind thought they were
some show. too. and Theodore of Abys-
sinia learned too late that he had made
very serious mistake In not taking
that very natural attitude into account.
Nature has not given to any individual
\ monopoly of the abilities requisite in
the rule of a people.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
A local preacher tells this one. !.

A local preacher tells this one: I'D
join the church il it wasn't SO full OF
hypocrites. Whenever this clergyman
urges man to cast his lot on the side OF
the right he gets that cid stall. The other
day he thought OF comeback. "Come
into the fold!n he urged. "i'd do if there
weren't SO many hypocritesl" was the
whine. "Neyer mind" said the parson,
slapping him on the shoulder; .sthere is
always room for one more"
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
A Babylonian Ruse.

Recent research has demonstrated
that 1000 years ago folks were COM
planning of the high cost of living In
Babylon. And doubtless some Baby
lonian politician was trying to demon
strate that the way to reduce the cost
was to elect him to ofice.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16

A vote for the Democratic ticket this
fall is a vote for free trade and all that
free trade stands for. A vote for the
bull moose ticket is vote for some
thing which no one. not even its pro-
moters. can give any light upon. A
vote for the Republican ticket is a
vote for protection to honest American
,oil, and protection is synonym for
prosperity. = Newport IN. H) Cham
pion.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
sTANISlAUs GRoDZik HAS
ENOUGH SAVED TO LAST
FOUR YEARS IF WILSON'S
ELECTED, so is WILLING
TO LOAF.
Especial to Teiegram.l

Webster, Mass, Sept. 29.-
stanislaus Grodzik, who lives in
the East village, although he
isn't a voter, 10 red hot for Viii
son and has ono OF the strongest
arguments ever in favor Of the
Princeton professor for presi-
dent.
Grodxik has lived. in Webster
fifteen years and is candidate
for naturalization next year. He
won't be able to vote for Wilson
this year, but has advised all his
friends to vote for Wilson.
Grodxik's argument is that he
works too hard under the pros
perity administration of Taft and
Republicans and wants a rest.
With Wilson and Democracy at
the helm Grodzik, who has ex-
perienced the administration OF
one Democratic president. knows
that there will be plenty OF
chance to loaf.
For ten months the East vii
laqe mill of the S. Slater & Sons,
Inc, has been working night and
day to fill orders, and as a result
of tho prosperity at the mill
Grodzik has been worked over
time. II Taft is reelected Grod-
xix fears that the overtime
schedule may be extended to an-
other term Of ten or twenty
months and wants TO call q halt.
"Too much work when Rspub-
Iican he's president" said Grod-
xix today. with Democrat lots
time to loaf and spend all the
money we make when Republic
an 10 boss. BY goshl Pm sick
for work so hard and no chance
to spend my money. u Dsmo-
crat he's elected ws have lots Of
time then. guess got enough
save to last four years II we
work half time"
--Worcsstsr (Mass.) Telegram.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16

State Department, at the Presidents
Direction, Has Looked Into the Sys-
tenn In Vogue In Europs-it Would
Mean Low Rates and Easy Terms
For Repayment.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
Tho Tariff and Cotton stockings.

The last Republican tariff did not In
Fease the duty on wool or woolen.
Woolen clothing and woolen cloth are
better than ten or twenty years ago
and cheaper.
But the duty on cotton stockings was
raised few cents A DOZEN. and there
was great outcry.
Inc importers said no more cotton
stockings could be sold here In good
quality at % or so cents pair.
But the industry Is flourishing here
lotion stockings are no higher at re-
aii, and, on the other hand. silk socks
IRE sold at 25 cents and silk stockings
= 90 cents or less in every dry goods
stors in the land.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
TAFT FLAYS
THIRD PARTY.
pspubIIcan Party win Gain
New Vitality.
pfsERTERS WILL COME BACK

On, when They Do Let Them Bring
eor,h Works Meet For Repentance"
Republicans Have Made the Grandeur
:, the Country For Sixty Years.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16
When Wilson w'lI Get Worse Lett.

Woodrow Wilson complained that his
private car was left several hours be-
hind by the Chicago express. That's
nothing to the way he and his free
trade crew will be left behind by the
Taft Republican express on Nov. 8.
Ellsworth American., 1912-10-16

Boss Finn testifies that he spent
siA.S0S In influencing elections to let
tne people rule. a statement which
must prove puzzling to . foreign stu
oent Of our politicA
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

For Fig. 2 a lighter brocade is used,
with woven-in instead of raised flow
ers. But the design is gorgeous with
gold thread woven into the design.
The bag is a trifle smaller and the
corners of it are rounded. Narrow
satin ribbon in the prevailing color
of the bag finishes the sides with
loops and furnishes the means Of car.
rying the bag.
Fig. 8 is work bag made of gay
Dresden ribbon with dark stripes
sewed to plain satin ribbon in the
same color as the background of the
Dresden. This bag is provided with
a cardboard bottom covered with the
ribbon and finished with hangers OF
narrow satin ribbon and two rosettes
of it. These Dresden and plain satin
ribbons are inexpensive but beautiful.
Fig. 4 is a very handsome bag in
Powered ribbon in which black and
gold are the predominating colors with
touches of scarlet. 1t is made on a
circular bottom like Fig. 3, but the
lengthwise Of the ribbon run around
the bag. 1t is hemmed at the top
without a standing ruffle and rosettes
of narrow black satin ribbon are set
about it, four Of them altogether. AT
the sides flower pendants made of the
narrow ribbon hang from full rosettes
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

Opera bags. handsome work bags
and small ribbon bags that are so
welcome with each returning Christ
mas are more beautiful than ever this
year. For the art OF weaving ribbons,
which amounts to as much as paint
Ing when 1t comes to picturing flowers,
seems to have reached perfection.
Woven and printed Dresden ribbons
and the richest brocades are used for
the various kinds of bags. The heavy
brocades are used for bags to be car
ried on the street, the lowered and
gayly striped printed ribbons are chos-
en- for work bags and the small toilet
or vanity bags for carrying powder
and powder puff, small hand mirror,
little square of chamois and all the
other little requirements which WON
en- find 1t necessary to have within
easy reach all the time.
The colors chosen for hand bags are
soft and rich and the flowers shown
In raised velvet against satin back
ground. Eggplant and deep royal
purple shading into black In the back
ground. blossom into rich American
Beauty roses in their natural colorings
with dark green shadowy foliage melt
ing into the ground. Little rosettes
finished with pendant ribbon flowers
or little bows are used as a finish.
Such bag is shown in Figs. and 2.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
Christmas Song

now Is The title when holly SPRAYS
ElOhi all TIE Barren, prccdlng WAYS,
Hind every bell, II sounds noel.
II pseall In TIE Masters praise.
row Is the time when IvIes slsann
Like bsFYl In the morning beam,
Hind every BELL. II sounds noel,
Hind makes the Masters praise Its
theme.
now Is tbe time when ialstleiee
10 Glossy In tbs liccnday GLOW,
Hind every bell, II sounds noel,
60 praise upon BIS naine Dsstow.
now Is the time Of Iasls inirtb.
Che BLESSED day Of Christ 6Is Birth,
Hnd every EEL. II sounds ncsl,
co ring BIS praise throughout TIE earth.
--Clinion Scollanf IN Afas6ee, e
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
NOT A DAY OF JOY FOR ALL
Those Who Are Happy on Christmas
should Remember the Suffer
Ing and Distressed.

tits Christmas time. friend! What
VIII you do about TT" asks l.. ID
Stearns In Suburban Life. Mothers
Aunties! You who love 10 see your
babies bend. Grooming softly. over
their family OF dolls. with that grave
little smile OF dawning motherhood
fitting tenderiy over their faces. just
within q stones throw OF babies who
have no dolls. and the mother heart
beats In their bosoms Just as II does
In that OF your own sheltered darl.
lngs: but their faces are grave, and
shcrp and old: and little drawn. white
lines show about their mouths: and
their eyes are not like the eyes OF
your children. The other day, baby
opened its eyes for the first time
on this old earth: II was one OF our
coolest days; but In the home was
no stove, no bit OF warmth, no food
almost no clothesi On another street.
in the midst OF plenty. woman. with
two small babies toddling about. the
father ont hunting for work, cries.
with red lids: We've not dollar In
the house. and nothing to eati' oh,
mothers-oh. adoring auntles-life
isn't made up Of Just prayers and sit.
ting reverently in church. keeping
one day In the week holyl There's
a tryst 20 keep with life that Is
spelled In many. many ways. II you'd
make Il complete
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
They Say:

IIICy 0dys
Here's to nineteen thirteen.
Wen live 1t as we've lived before,
Wen enjoy it,
Well have the little things we want,
We will not dream of the impossible,
The figures lied
And we were fooled,
But only for few short days.
Here's to nineteen thirteen
And life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
HIS NEW YEAR THOUGHTS
The Eloquent Hopelessness Of the
Well-known Author, Robert
Louis Stevenson.

Beautiful in It's simplicity and elo-
quence is the following gem for New
Year meditation. culled from the
magic pages of that lamented master
of English prose Robert Louis stev-
enson.
ITO be honest. TO be kind-to earn
q little and to spend a little less.
to make the whole family happier
for his presence. to renounce when
that shall be necessary and not
be embittered. to keep few friends
but those without above
all. on the same grim condition to
keep friends with himseif--here is a
task for all that T. man has OF forti-
tude and delicacy. He has an am
bilious soul who would ask more: he
has hopeful spirit who should look
In such an enterprise to Do success
full
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

Flat rosettes and velvet roses. and
life-like roses Of ribbon, more wonder
fully well made than ever. are the fad
of the hour. With small, compact
nosegays made of ribbon or millinery
flowers. they divide honors in milady's
favor. For furnishing separate girdles
fiat ribbon rosettes are used. The
corsage rose is fastened Just above
the waist line and 1t is superb touch
to the dinner or evening toilet. The
exquisite little nosegays bloom on all
sorts of dress and are liked for the
tailor-made coat with it's dainty finish
OF white plaitings at the collar and
sleeves. Two American Beauty roses
are shown here made OF satin ribbon.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

hidden worth 40 the miner has found
the blackened. bleak and fcrbldding
hillside 70 be threshold or worlds OF
cleaning gold. He that receives tnis
gift comes TO himself 10 and himself
IA friendly world. It Is a gsft
greatly 10 be desired. as q Ore In
winter. friend In misfortune: and
by its magic are miracles wrought on
those who dwell far from the king
dom OF the Saint Good VIII.
And the second gift IL like unto IT,
mild spirit OF amnesty toward all
pilgrims whose faulty compass takes
them astray. and those who receive
4 are ssraightway indicted into the
Order Of tho Forgiyers. IT strikea
from the pilgrim as Ia the twinkling
or an eye, the cold bonds OF hatred,
vengeance. and all tho brood OF NAL
ice. which make their home with a
man but 10 destroy him.
And the third gift is the Just Judg-
ment. by which the world is vastly
lightened by reason OF the number OF
concentrations being lesaened. For az
IL the number OF those we condemn
IN this world 80 Is the number OF
diaappointments we carry about with
M. and the number OF the sunny
windows we have darkened for our
selves. There are lights OF life which
a just judgment forbears to extin.
Ruish, and he who bears this gift
walks In a mellow circle OF serene
tolerance.
And the fourth gift is that OF the
Cheerful Spirit. having which one has
light az eventlde, yea and at midnight.
For there Is no darkness like unto
tho darkness OF the spirit bereft OF
cheerful lamps and hres. and there
Is no darkness of tho spirit that the
81. Good Win cannot dispel.
And when the pilgrim has received
these gifts he finds among them an.
other, which Is the gift of Vision,
whereby he sees the unseen. Indeed.
all the gifts OF st. Good VIII pertain
70 Hight and vision, for as the physi-
cal eye Is the chief OF the body's
blessings. 10 Is the gift OF vision the
saver Of life. which possessing, no man
peTlshes. For as blind men walk tho
way and see neither rivers nor trees
nor men. 80 he who has not received
these best OF gifts walks in great
blindness toward world which en-
compassea him with benencenoe, guild
ance. protection and inspiration.
And when the pilgrims sailed on, loi
they vera new mortals. And no mat
ter how great the distance they Jour-
neyed, the pleasant gales OF Christ
mas isle were always In their nos
trlla. And they went to many lands,
but wherever they set foot, or built
a booth or raised tent, the people
knew they had been to the Blessed
Isle. And Christmas trees sprang as
seedlings from the Tree OF Life, and
many kindnesses TO friends and the
poor were borne abroad on the wings
or sweetness and light which forever
came forth from the gifts OF st. Good
Will Detroit News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

Each petal is carefully curled and
tucked at the edges to look like a
cleaning natural rose. The ribbon il
in two and sometimes three shades
and millinery foliage of the most nat.
ural-looktng variety is used with the
roses. Finally, not to disappoint any.
one. the flowers are scented with altar
of roses.
There Is nothing that could be bet
ter for Christmas gift than the cor
sage rose or the little nosegay. In
the latter the stems are wound with
tinfoii matching the flowers in color
and tied with bow OF baby velvet
ribbon Of the same color.
JULIA BoTToMIEv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20

weIner- Neustadt and waldhofen.
Austria. have Just given the women
taxpayers the ballot. making voting
compulsory fer women as well as men.
The legislature OF Manitoba recently
permitted women to practice law. The
Legislature of Georgia only few days
later defeated q similar amendment
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
New Years Eve--He Says:

WV iSui LfC-fl6 SdySs
My dear,
As the old year is departing
am thinking
or what the new
Nay have In store for us,
For YOU and me and Ethel.
! sit here smoking,
Burning up money needlessIy,
Depriving myself and family
OF life'B necessities
And possibly luxuries.
Let's add and multiply
These nickels destroy;
Let US figure interest and compound
IT,
Why, they make dollars
They make bank accounts.
Without the weed
should have been a millionaire.
quit 1t now.
This night shall be my last
OF useless waste.
These nlckels shall make of me
A Rockefeller, a Morgan or Car
negie.
They mean an automobile,
A powerful, Zig red car.
Oh! such comfort as 1t will bring
With summer nights.
So smoothly gliding
Beneath thu twinkling starsl
There IS college course for Ethel
In the nickels will save,
And she shall pick the best.
No common boarding school
Or female seminary for her,
But one In keeping
With the standing OF her old dad.
And. too. that trip to Europe
We have often dreamed about.
That's possible now
With smoking out.
You'd better begin planning for It
soon.
And then, just possibly,
We might conclude
To keep right on and circle this old
globe.
Won't that be grand7
And Just to think
These things win come
From cutting out useless habit.
And now. my dear.
Let's go another step.
There's candy for yourself and Ethel:
It's needless waste.
Just figure what II means.
See what life would be without 1t.
Why. In a year or two
! could quit the daily grind
And tell the "old man" to ego hang"
And with the interest compounded
We three would live at ease.
Wen call It done right now
And candy will be barred.
II only all the world
Would stop and think,
Would just apply a little sound horse
sense,
These New Year resolutions
Would bring the millennium.
The cost of living
Would no longer be a problem.
Old age would have no terrors
For the poor.
Hail to the year nineteen thirteen.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
.
On CHRISTMAS ISLAND
land Of Fond Memories and
Home Of Saint Good win.

HEN. 80 we jour.
neyed eastward to
the Land OF Hearts
Desire, We came to
an Island which ID
called Christmas
whore all good pill
srlnls 90 ashore.
But those VI b o
have ycntured far
from their courae,
or have no liking
TO company with
their fellows, sail
on 70 the north.
which Is a chilly
sea. or Ia the south.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
sby) Wri9ht "a. Patterson

Evening, January 6--She Says
John,
What is 1t / smell?
An odor of nicotine,
A vile cigar.
1 know you have been smoking.
SO soon you have forgotten
The plans we made,
The automobile,
The trip to Europe,
The school for Ethel.
It Is but five short days ago
That ! believed you.
So 60 the plans / made,
The dreams dreamed,
All spoiled, all ruined,
All evaporated into useless smoke
Because OF mans weak nature.
But It's all that women may expect.
To drudge and toll.
To skimp and save
That msn may not be denied
Ills cigars.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-20
He Says:

How dare you criticised
How dare YOU condemni
This morning saw the candy box
You thought SO carefully concealed.
And ! refuse to be the only victim
OF New Year resolutions.
They can go hang
The automobile,
The trip to Europe,
The school for Ethel.
IF must slave all through my days
! shall have some comfort
II only OF the weed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-21
BALLOONS ATTACK TURKS
italians in Air Drop Bombs
Upon Camp of Their
Foes.

LONDON, March 2l.-Details of the at
tack by Italian dirigible balloons. yester-
day on the Turkish camp at Suani- Ben
Alden are given in special dispatch re-
ceived today from a correspondent with
the Turkish forces. He says the two
Italian dirgibles carried out two recon
noissances over the Turkish lines, drop
ping bombs as they proceeded.
The airships were under perfect con-
troll. They stopped almost still over the
coast town of Zanzour, about fourteen
miles west OF the city of Tripoli, and
dropped a bomb into the street. -Four
persons We're killed by the explosion and
ten others wounded, all of them non
combatants.
The balloons made a complete tour OF
the Turkish camps, but sustained rifle
fire from the Turkish infantry compelled
them finally to swerve off and disappear
In the course of their second visit the
airships succeeded in dropping thirty
bombs, according to the correspondent
who does not give any particulars as tC
the casualties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-21
FOR OLD WOOL BILL
Democrats ReintrOduCe Meas
ure Vetoed by Taft.
DUTY PUT AT 20 PER CENT
Action Taken In Face of the Tariff
Boards Report.
NO REASON FOR CHANGE
Chairman Underwood Explains
Ways and Means Com
mittee's Action.
DUTY PUT AT 20 PER CENT
NO REASON FOR CHANGE

The democratic members of the ways
and means committee determined today
to reintrOduce in the House the same
wool tariff revision bill that was intro
duced last summer, which. after being
revised in conference, was vetoed by
President Taft.
The committee first considered a bill
that would correspond to the conference
report but finally decided unanimously to
introduce its own bill, which put a duty
of % per cent on raw wool Chairman
Underwood dropped the bill in the basket
as he entered the House this morning.
The decision of the democratic MEM
berS of the committee came after few
hours discussion and examination of
the tariff boards statistics as analyZed
by Chairman Underwood and compared
with the data in possession of the COM
mittee. Free wool champions were con-
Vinced by the chairman that free wool
bill could not be proposed sincerely be-
cause there was no means to raise ade-
quate revenue that would be lost in plac-
ing raw wool on the free list, approx
mately S2i 0J0G0O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-21
Twenty Corpses Recovered.
Relief Trains on the Way.

Although no official report had been
received from McCurtain, Okla, today by
the officials of the bureau of mines re-
lating to the explosion in the mine of the
Sans Bois Coal Company, agents Of the
bureau in the central west are hasten
ing with relief trains to the scene of the
disaster. Each party has been instruct
ed to pick up volunteers en- route.
Word was received here this morning
that ]. J.. Rudledge, the mining engineer
of the bureau at Marion, ILL.,, mad fitted
out a special relief train and was on his
way to McCurtan with crew of six
trained men.
w. T. Burgess, the special agent of the
relief station at McAles;er Okla, and
S. C. Stevenson. in charge Of mine rescue
car No of the bureau of mines at
Ottumwa. Iowa, are already at McCur-
tain, having each a crew of about ten
or twelve men.
In past mine disasters it has always
been found that there was not a. 'suffi-
cient number of expert relief workers on
the scere and the newly adopted policy
of the bureau of mines is to get all avail
able relief crews sent to. such disasters
without delay. IT is possible that other
relief crews VIII be ordered to McCurtain
should reports show that the death list,
which now is reported to number 1O5,
has increased.