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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30

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CoLORED PoRTERS TO GO.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. S0-The govern
ment has notified the Pullman Com
pany that it must replace all Of its
American and negro conductors and
pOrters upon It's cars in Mexico with
MeXicans as rapidly as possible.
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Holiday Shopping Suggestions


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Shopping purchases
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MOROCCAN TRIBES
BOW TO ALFONSO

MELILLA. Nov. @o.-The chiefs of the
important Moroccan tribes of KabyIes,
BenI-Bo Ifrur and Bemi-Sidel made for
NAL submission to General Marina to-
day, with much ceremony. The chiefs
even offered to raise q native force and
Join the Spanish troops against the
Moors who are still hostile.
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WHITE SUCCEEDS BARROW

MANILA, Nov. 5c.-Frank White has
been appointed director Of education for
the Philippine Islands. to succeed DR..
Barrows, resi- Ened Mr.. White had
been assistant director Of education here
for several years. He was graduated
from the University Of Chicago in 1900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30
ENGINE RUNS AWAY.

NORRISTOwN, Pal Nov. 3o.-A 10
connective on the Pennsylvania railroad
ian away at the round-house last night.
aud. crashing through tina bumpers at
the END 81 siding. leaped down an
embanbmeut into Franklin avenue No
one was hurt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30
Piano
and Mantel Scarfs

N AINTY Covers for protect
IL ing pianos, nantes, small
tables, etc, and incidentally
pretty Xmas gifts.
The assortment of SILK ScarfS is
large and attractive; rich plain ool-
ors and handsome figured effects are
here.
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$500 to $3.50 pair

Fourth floor. G street.
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POSTPONE GRAFT CASES.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3o-An order
has been issued in the superior court,
postponing all tho bribery graft cases
until January 10. 1910 This means that
the present district attorney will not
lave anything more 20 do with the
prosecution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30
BAVARIAN DUKE DYING.

MUNICH, Nov. 30-Duke Karl Theo-
dor. Of Bavaria. head Of the ducal line
Of the Bavarian house. who has been
gravely i'll with an affection OF the
Kidneys, was said today q be near
death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30
The Special Sale of
Upholstery and Drapery Fabrics

WILL continue throughout the week If iousekeep and home
M makers viii stop to consider these prices feel there
be but alternative to and inspect the goods
Many desirable fabrics rich colo.ingS and patterns this
SALE the lengths from a to 27 yards and suitable for any and
all upholstery and drapery purposes.
All prices exceptionally lcw.
Our perfect Upholstery Oran qton and Shops at your
mand and will assist you in any ay possequotng the lowest
rce for strictly rscass daperv work and reuphoStering
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
WHEN IT IS BEST NOT TO
LAUGH.

1t is big thing to be bern with a
sense of humor 1t will force smooth
sailing on life's toughest seas, and
will make even drudgery bearable.
The woman who cannot see joke
even at her own expense, is to be
| pitied-and so are her fun-lovins
friends. There is nothing harder on
both sides than humorism that falls
| fiat.
The good people who are interested
in the decrease of divorce should have
law passed that the serious minded
and the joker may not wed. 1t means
ructions ere the orange blossoms
fade.
A man not long ago was Detailing
broken engagement. A friend who
knew them both said:
ut is the Lord taking hand to
save you from lifetime of misery.
Georgia couldn't see fun if it were
labeled JOKE, and you couldn't help
joking though it meant separation
from those you loved best"
But it is one thing to have a sense
of humor and another to have a warp
ed sense of humor. There is no one
mere maddening than the person who
roars at our mishaps and thinks it
80 funny" to mortify his friends.
You can afford to laugh-if you feel
like it-'when you fall in crowded
ballroom or lose your false puffs in
church; but you have no friendship
50 tender that will warrant smile
when friend does the same.
It is the woman with the misplaced
sense of 1lumor who tells embarrassing
anecdotes about family makeshifts, or
who repeats as good joke to a COM
mon friend somet} ing you have said
about her but .ne,tr intended ner to
hear.
One of these misplaced humorists
is the husband who thinks it funny
to ask a guest to have certain dishes
and when she accepts to tell her I'VE
are just out of it."
Have you never been covered with
embarrassment by having such man
ask you to say grace at his dinner
table and shrek with laughter at
your efforts to get out of it?
Then there ara humorists who,
when you tell a good story, think it
smart to receive it with forced guf-
flaws, and others who wilfully refuse
to laugh at the point
Laugh all you can, but have
sense Of fitness in your laughing. To
hoke over the bumps in your own life
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
Rapid Flights.

We are getting motor wild. We
are thinking that going fast is the
chief end OF life. Here is a man in
New York who claims he has invent.
ed a vehicle that will go million
miles a minute; that is, when it gets
in good running order. At the start,
he purposes to go from New York to
Chicago in 80 minutes. And then
sometimes he will go to Mars in lao
minutes.
He proposes to do this in a motor
worked on the principle Of centrifugal
force There are no wings or pro-
pel!ers to this vehicle. 1t is simply
a projectile. Such speed will beat the
planets. 1t will keep up with a comet,
and run around it, and guy it for
being so slow. The inventor might
get it ready to accompany Halley's
comet. On its grand cycle around the
sun, next year. Very interesting such
a fight would be. 1t would make the
Wright boys medals worth not so
cents.
Yes, we are getting very fast; too
fast, even on earth, without Fostering
the skies. Our bcainworks are keyed
to our legs and we had better be care
Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WOMAN'S UNIQUE OCCUPATION.
There is quiet young woman in
! quiet, unobstrusive gown who has
become quite a familiar figure at
funerals. She is we'll known to the
undertakers, at least She always sits
in the background with notebook
and pencil, and her nimble fingers
jot down verbatim the addresses and
prayers that are uttered at the collins
side.
THIS young woman, it is said, up to
a year ago, was stencgrapher n
big mercantile house down town.
She lost her place on account of the
hard tines, and the conse luent cur
| failing OF the office force. She haunt
ed the employment agencies at the
various typewriter concerns for a
tina, but there were a thousand 9TH
ers doing the same :ng-l0oklng for
! JOB. Her money was running low
and she grew discouraged. Like many
women she had a penchant for going
to funerals, but had not been able to
indulge in this morbid fancy while
regularly employed. She went to
big church affair one day, and took
along her notebook and pencil, think
ing she would take down the ad-
dresses just fer the sake of practice.
AS the people were filling out a man
asked her what she had been doing,
and she falteringly admitted that she
had been taking down what was said
so as to keep from forgetting her
stenography. The man in question
proved to be friend Of the family
of the deceased, and said if ste would
write out the pravers and addresses,
putting in the hymns in their proper
place, that he would pay her we'll for
the transcript She got S15 for this
It then occurred to her that here was
a way of earning a living better and
more profitable than anything else in
her line.
She began to watch closely the
obituary columns Of the daily papers
and to make calls on the undertakers
in the neighborhocd where she lived.
1t was not long before she got anoth-
er job, through going after the bust
ness in this way. New she has about
all she and her assistant can do. She
charges from SIS to $50 for her ser
vices.
So far as Is known she has little
if any competition, and sometimes
her earnings run as high as S125 a /
week. Strangely, enough, however, she |
has been cured of her morbid fond |
ness for funerals, and feels like Civ. !
ing up her curious way Of earning 4 !
living for something less profitable !!
but more prosaic. She fears chronic !
melancholia-New York Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
Napier Tavern.

The Napier Tnvern' in Ho!Ecra.
which has just been visited by fire,
recalls memories of many famous pn-
gilists when it was known as the
Castle Tavern" 1t was kept by the
renowned Tom Belcher, afterward
passing into the hands of Tom Spring,
who became champion of England in
1921 on the retirement of Tom CRIB.
Spring (whose real name was Win
teri lived at the Castle from 1893
until his death there in 1851, and dur
ing his tenure it was the recognized
rendezvous of the fistic fraternity,
where old battles were refought-
sometimes literally-and future COM
bats arranged Boxing exhibitions
were also given in a room known as
"Tom Springs Back Parlor.' a term
that has become classic through the
frequent reproduction of the scene
at boxing benefits. Until recently the
"parlor" could be identified by the
marks in the floor indicating where
the ring posts were placed.-London
Chronicle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
LIFE AT CAPE NOME.
HarGsiips Not Common and Prices
Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun.

HarGships Not Common and Price:
Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun
Discussing life at Cape Nome, A. II
Lehrfeld, of Cape Nome, who is al
the Riggs, said recently: THE mos
ridiculous question put to me by my
friends is, How do you manage tC
stand the climate out there" From
about May l to August 1 we have
the midnight sun. with one prolonged
day, ard then it begins to get dark
at midnight and December Il we
are able to see the edge CT the sun
for two hours.
The country is just beginning to
get settled" continued Mr.. Lehrfeld.
They have found quartz Lodges,
which insures its rernanence.
People ask me about the comforts
of that country. l answer, Let me say
there are three large slaughter houses
in Nome and stores galore. A stor-
age company has three big plants
there, and three large ocean-going
steamers keep them supplied with
the finest the market affords, which
are sold little in advance of those
charged in the States. The best SUI
gar has been selling at twenty pounds
for 81, fresh eggs at 80 cents dozen,
potatoes at $3.50 crate of 100
pounds. and other things in proper
ton. Coal has been selling at s14 a
ten, and the Standard Oil Company
has a big plant up there and oil IS
cheap. and 50 is the best quality
Of Pacific Coast lumber
1--WE have an electric light plant"
added Mr. Lehrfeld. The buildings
are we'll put up with two thicknesses
of matched boards. with tarred paper
between them, and are weather proof.
1t would astonish you people in the
States to walk into a home in Nome
and find the walls papered. adorned
with pictures, carpets on the floors,
a piano in the parlor, and a kitchen
as we'll equipped in way as can be
found in Washington. We have fire
volunteer organiza-
ton. and it is the best organization
Of that kind in the country. Wash
ington Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
ENGLISH TEA DRINKING.

One is always being warned about
tea as bad for the nerves, but one
continues to drink it and seems none
the worse. We think tea must be
maligned to great extent A survey
Of the customs of Russia has con-
WINGED us of this. Russians drink Saa
which is composed Of the stems OF
the plant compressed by adhesive gum
into cakes CT various sizes at the rate
of about 20 pints a day. If human
beings can stand that sort of thing
then we hold that the ordinary tea
consumed in England cannot do much
harm. 1t is curious how the success
The pracice of taking a cup in the
morning before breakfast has become
almost universal nowadays. Ones
state Of mind for at least a Fart of
the day depends almost entirely on
wf1a Their this cup is of the right sweet
ness and temperature or not
Men have done their best to break
up happy homes by exhibitions of ma
tutiral temper, which might have
been avoided had their morning cup
of tea been satisfactory And it is
a well-known fact that woman dapric-
ed of her afternoon tea becomes a
thing of nerves and irritability. Tea
is like tobacco. It must he taken in
moderation and not too strong And
it has this advantage, that, unlike
coffee, it does not suffer from Just
as good" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Globe.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
WOMAN RANCH OWNER.
Success She Has Had in Making 4
Government Claim Profitable.

Mrs. Agnes NJ. Hart Of Denver has
refused an offer of $500 for her
ranch near Fort DuChesne, Utah, in
the Uintah reservation.
Mrs. Hart almost alone and un-
aided has made the ranch what it
is, says the Denver Post. In the sum-
mer Of 1905, when the drawing for
homesteaders took place, her name
was among the first to come out
the exact number was 129. In a few
weeks she went to Vernal, Utah, &c
file on her claim. She selected a quar-
ter section about seven miles from
Fort DuChesne, few miles from Ny
ton.
For a year and half Mrs. Hart
has resided on the property and i'm
proved it. She has built houses AMI
fences, has dug bitches, MIXED cows.
and in fact she has performed all the
work on ranch that a man usually
does. For several weeks during the
first winter she was there Mrs. Hart
slept in a tent when the thermo.
meter registered IS degrees below
zero. The ranch is located $50 miles
from a railroad. and for year ana
six months Mrs. Hart never saw a
railroad train.
Mrs. Hart, who is now in Denver
expects to return to her ranch in
few days. There she will again take
up her work of planting and building.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
THE DEBUTANTE.


How deplorable is the state of the
woman who permits her debutante
daughter t. accept invitations to func-
tons that do not include her and her
husband, or, If junior affairs, are from
| women t2at have never called On
Ter. 1t means in most cases that the
daughter will grow to look down upon
! her parents as being of no social i'm
| portance, and as the mother must have
| S.Snally failed at some part of her
| career to steer clear of some social
rock, it needs but the presence of the
daughter without her parents at some
social function where older people are
/ Included tC start the tongues OF all
the ss.ps wagging. No matter how
attractive and winning her ways may
be, she is accordingly referred to by
the very ones that send her invita-
tons as that poor Smith or Jones
girl, whom | do not like to leave out
because Maude knows her; but / rea
ly cannot ask her impossible mother,
for, don't you remember etc. All
mothers, therefore, for their daugh-
ters' sakes as wei as their own,
cannot be too particular about ac-
cepting fer them only the invitations
which include the parents when 9th
er debutantes' parents are asked, and
wich naturally are from women with
whom they are on visiting terin5. The
dignity of the entire family is at
ha
gained. The time will came, too, I'M
der these conditions, when the girl
becomes a trifie passe, when her
whilom friends will slide away. ana
sne will be left to oblivion, except
fer such friends as have been also the
friends of her p3rents.-New York
Tribune
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

Will do much to smooth them; to find
humor in the mishaps o. your friends
is soon to find yourself friend.ess.
No matter how keen your sense OF
humor, use discretion in sharing a
joke with a friend Humor is like
lightning. 1t rarely strikes twice IN
the same way.-New York Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

Says the Baltimore American: 1t is
quite apparent that high priced beef
and mutton cannot maintain po-
sentiment when there is the resource
of moderate priced poultry within
reach Of the consumers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

In 40 years (1S6S to 1909 Japan,
foreign trade increased from 26,000-
600 yen to S14,000,000 yen.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
COIORED LINEN.

There is something new in neck
wear every day. From the Piccadilly
stock to the Byron bow is a wide
gap, and it is filled in with dozens OF
different kinds of frills and plaitings
Bows and jabots.
Among all these there is a new
butterfly necktie made OF iridescent
linen. The best part OF it is that it
washes. The linen is green, blue, or
violet and streaked with flashes OF
other colors.
The bow is cut out in exact out
line of a butterfly with wings ont
spread. The edges are scalloped and
button-holed with white or a colore.
mercerized floss. The centre is tight.
ly confined with a small strip of the
material.
This is worn at the lower edge Of
high turnover collar and run
through jetweled bar pin. 1t is not
easy to get the linen, just as it was
difficult to procure the printed ecru
linen of last summer which was
used to make the stunning little neck
pieces worn with white shirtwaists.
Among all the jabot and plated
frills of net, lace, chiffon and satin,
these severe, little bows OF colored
linen, smartly pinned to a high turn
over of fine soft material. are quite
a change. and good one at that
Philadelphia Ledger.
Collars and kIlffnnS made from
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

The depression in the Dundee
whale fishing is so acute that there
is danger of the industry disappear
ing from the British Isles.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

a degree which could hardly Lave
been achieved by revolution.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

Says the Utica Press: The Court
is the judge of the law. and the jury
is the judge of the fact. In order
to secure exact and even handed JUS
tice it is necessary to have good
jurors.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

The coal fields of England cover
$4,000 square miles
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

The Trenton father who sends word
concerning his runaway boy that as
he has eight children left he does not
care whether or not the truant re-
turns may be very loving parent.
Appearances, thinks the Philadelphia
Ledger, sometimes are so deceptive.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

In brief, smoking is not mere
matter of drugging the system, nor
even of acquiring a certain taste in
The mouth; the sense of sight enters
into it considerably and imagination
most of all. How else, asks the Syria
cUse Post-Standard, shall we account
for the fact that no smoker can tell
with his eyes shut and his hands tied
whether his cigar is alight or not
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

AS the Cape Cod canal will cause
the traveller to eyade treacherous
shoals and fogs. suggests the Boston
Post, so its opening will dispel the
fog in the minds of those who doubt
that Boston is entering upon career
OF domneering prosperity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

Collars and buttons made from
Stack satin are considered very smart
on linen coats Of both white and col
ors
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25

Nine-tenths of the fruit sold in
packages than it is in the bottom.
Farmers, laments the Agricultural
Epitcmist, who put up stuff in that
way expect retail customers to pay
good money for it, and they expect
the bottom cents to be just as large
and just as valuable as are the cents
on top.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-20
When WanderIust Awakes.

You know the sensation that is
called in German wanderiust, | sup
POSER he asked. At least if you
don't know it you must have heard the
phrase. It's too common Well. it is
oneer what things will stir up in a
mans mind that desire to tramp. For
instance, transatlantic steamer with
all flags up and smoke pouring out Of
the tunnels doesn't make me wish for
trip abroad. but let me see an old
tramp unloading at dock somewhere.
and the noise of the winches and the
cries of the workmen awaken that rest
less feeling.
Then, again, know another man
who gets to hobo feeling only when he
smells soft coal smoke. IL he's on a
ferryboat crossing the river or in a
train going 10 some place like Yonk-
ers or Peekskill it's all one to him.
Merely the smell of the sroke makea
him want TO wander"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-20

professor ii be a millionaire. Fifteen
dollars. And what else?"
We'll, our tablecloths are all holes"
Why can't we do without table
cloths altogether"
Titus Sparrowkins. what would
your mother have said to such a thing
as that? Tablecloths are what you
pay for your position in the world.
We could eat on bare boards. but you'd
be the last one TO do it if it really
came to the scratch. Now we can get
passable ones for five dollars apiece.
and need three"
Srurrowkins was shocked at that
and at first seemed to think that a
couple of dollars apiece would be a
fair price, but he finally remembered
that the one the faculty had given to
the presidents wife had cost $50.
What else are you getting?"
81 absolutely need walking skirt.
May l have it,"
May you? or course. Get two"
mo. dear, one will be sufficient.
For ten dollars can get one that will
last"
well, that is certainly cheap" said
Sparrowkins.. How much is a shirt
waist, by the way"
Five dollars will get very pretty
one"
Sparrowkins whistled. Fifteen dol
lars for a whole suit, and pay TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty, Perhaps | was
wrong in thinking you extravagant,
but think I'll go along You might
be tempted to get other things, and
there's no telling when | can make
another deposit. We're likely TO have
a ten per cent. cut in our salaries be-
cause old Siacer didn't leave us any
thing. after all. Left it all to the
Baptist college"
They were soon in town. and on
tl.eiT way to the elevators that lie just
beyond the book department.
"Um,' said Prof. Sparrowkins;
wouldn't this be a good time to get
a few books for Christmas presents
for next year? They come cheaper
now"
Mrs. Sparrowkins thought that this
was looking long way ahead.
All. my dear. there is nothing like
being forehanded Tut. tut. tut,
Look at that, Gibbons Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire for SIS,
All. that is a bargain, I've always
wanted that"
Mrs. Sparrowkins suggested some
what irrelevan,ly that the rugs were
upstairs
Yes. dear. know" said Prof Spar