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The Washington times., 1910-05-12
18th Floor Remnants

Remnants Of yard-wide SHkoIInes,
Madras. CretOnneS and SCTtms In
floral and figured designs. light and dark
ColOrs- In lengths from l TO 10
yards Sold regularly at 12lc XII
allA loo gdEl 10 - . V ~
IS Opaque Cloth Window Shades.
various sizes and cOlOrs. Mounted on
good. strong spring rollers
Slightly imperfect Values worth 4
from 25c 70 SOC each Reduced 20. L NC
- width Mosquito Netting Adams
best made In black white green.
blue. pink. red and yellow. Lengths =
from 1 TO ; yds- Remnant price. I'd OC
Lot Of Bamboo Tables and Corner
Chairs. seats and tops covered with
fine quality rice straw japanese
mating. Sold regularly at Si.25 IL
and $50 each. Reduced 70 800 &c
Lot Of Drapery Remnant including
imported madras. fish nets. art ticking.
furniture dsmask. dimities. cretonnes,
sateens. plain color denims and bUriap.
So to 20 inches wide. IiEht and dark
ColOrs- Lengths from I to 10
yards Sold regularly at Iec. III
25c and Csc yard Remnant price y &c
30 japanese Bamboo Porch Screens,
vel made, IN white and green Com
plete rope and pulley 8. S and 10
It. wide Slightly imperfect.
Sold regularly 81 SI-25 and XII
Sl.0O- kedUced Oo---------.- -OO(
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Want NelU Calendar

accounts of profit and loss II every
year always had So equal wage weeks
| Hollands delegates to the London
conference will propose that the cal.
endar year shall consist of New
Years day and further of IL mouths
OF So weeks. the weeks to be divided
into four quarters or terms. each Of
IL weeks of 81 days. the quarters to
be divided into three months of re-
spectively 30 and 81 days.
II the Introduction of the new cal
endar is postponed until 1912 the LIST
of January. which will be the day
after New Years day (marked o.,
will fall on a Monday. This will give
the advantage that the thirty-first day
of the months of March, June, Sep
TENDER and December will be SUM-
days. so that all the months of 81 days
have one Sunday more than the
months of 30 days. but the same num-
Der OF work days. This win sim
plify all business calculations.
Leap year would se inserted be-
tween Sunday. June 81. and Monday,
July 1. so that in leap year the extra
day would he exactly In the middle of
the year and have the same function
as New Years day. being similarly
marked with an (cipher).
In this way ~ all the terms or
quarters of year would be of equal
length; (2) each month should have
an equal number of work days; (3)
the first and fifteenth days Of every
month, which play such an important
part in business, would never fall on
Sunday; a. all Sundays would be
easily determined, because the thirty
first day. with which every term
closes. always falls on q Sunday; (5)
every year would be divided in the
same way; (6) Easter day would fall
on the 7th of April. the first Sunday
of the second quarter.
II this proposal of Holland Is accept
ed the calendar for the first. quarter
Of the Year 1912 would look like this:
January. February. March.
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CURIOUS c0DIclL TO A WILL
EngIlshman Leaves Son, Recently
Married, Fortune n Boy Born Of
Union AttaIns 8 Years.

London.-A curious condition was
contained in codicil to the will OF
Aid. Woollan. former mayor Of Tun-
bridge Wells. who left property worth
over $1.000.000. By the terms Of the
will the alderman left $1,000. 900 to his
wife for her lifetime, after which the
property passed to his son Ernest alb
solutely. In the codicil made a fort.
night before his death woollan stated
that as his son had married recently
he therefore left him only life In
terest in the money unless a male
child which attained the age Of three
years should be born Of the union and
be certified by two physicians of good
standing as to its reasonably sound
mind and body. In this case the tes-
tator's son win receive the fund ALSO
lutely. "a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Dutch Delegates to London Con-
gress to Urge Innovation.
Claim 10 Made That II Would Greatly
Simplify Wage and Interest Cal
culations-PIan 10 Of Swiss
Origin.

The Hague, Holland-At the inter.
national congress of chambers of com
merce and industrial societies, which
is to take place In London in 1910. the
Dutch Society OF Industry will pro-
pose to simplify the calendar accord
ing to the method of the Swiss pro-
lessor, Grosdande. The Gregorian cal
endar. which was great step in ad-
vance of the time of its introduction.
still contains many elements Of difi-
Guilty for modern trade and industry.
Perhaps the worst of them is the I'M
certainty of Easter day and conse-
quently Whitsunday.
Like Christmas day and New Years
day, Easter is an important date with
many nations. In many branches OF
industry Easter Is the time of greatest
For these industries 1t
would be a great boon If Easter day
could be given a fixed date, or APP
so, for now the time
often varies as much as rs days.
The shortness of the month Of Feb
ruary is the one difficulty to be sur
The inequality of length
Of the months gives a great deal Of
trouble in the calculation of wages
and of interest that go by the month,
and which do not now coincide with
one-twelfth of year. Between the
irst anu second half of the year there
IS also a difference of three days.
IN all business houses and large con-
Germs where the wage payment to
workers is large factor. it would
greatly simplify matters in making up
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

the younger element among mill.
fary and naval men win approve the
condemnation of the existing organi.
cation Of the military establishment Of
the United States by the board ap-
pointed several months ago to insti-
sute comparisons between methods in
THIS country and in Europe. and to
make report. The report will rec
ommend the establishment Of an ad-
visory board with duties ard powers
similar to those of the British admiral.
~. A thorough reorganization of navy
yard administration will also be ad-
vised.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

'lhe change from steam to electric
ity on wnat have been steam railroads
Is so gradual. and the roads them
selves make SO little fuss about It,
that the public IS not in position to
realize the extent to which SO marked
. change in the application of power
to transportation is being brought
about For example. 1t will be sur
rrise to most people. evel within q
comparatively short distance of New
York, to learn that the Long Island
railway already has 140 miles of cleo
trically equipped track in readiness
Tor operation. 1t Is expected that by
the first of next February trains will
be running directly from the Pennsyl.
vania terminal at Seventh avenue and
Thirty-folrth street, Manhattan. to ia.
maica. 1t will not lie long before the
territory at the western end and along
the north shore Of Long Island will be
included in the througr service.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Large Gains In Lake Trade

els greater than last year. practically
all from Duluth-Superior. Corn ship
ments. mostly from Chicago. were in
creased. Lumber shipments remained
about stationary.
Boats to the number of $500 depart
ed on the great lakes during Novem-
Der. 1909. compared with 6,337 during
November, 1908. The tonnage regis
ter of the boats was nearly 1000. 900
greater than November of last year,
and for the entire season about "a
per cent. greater than the season of
1908.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
LESSONS IN FORESTRY.

The world is fast learning the value
Of its forests and is taking steps to
protect or reclaim them. WantoD
waste during centuries Of ignorance
has brought many once fertile regions
TO the verge of a desolation like that
OF the Sahara, but repentance and re-
forestation have in every instance
been followed by immediate rewards.
Take the case of the Karst, stretch
OF barren limestone land along the
Austrian shores of the Adriatic. The
navies of Venice were built of timber
from the Karst, and most of eastern
Italy drew its supplies of wood from
the same supposedly inexhaustible
source. The result was depletion-the
Karst was turned into a seemingly ir-
redeemable waste. At last Austrian
foresters turned their attention to the
100000 barren acres; taxes were re-
mitted and money was RENTED to
tree planters; technical advice and en-
enlargement was supplied. This work
began in 1865. To-day over two-thirds
OF tn, Karst. or 100000 acres. has been
reclaimed. Germany, france. Den
mar. Russia. Switzerland. Belgium
and Lol.and have given special atten-
ton 10 their forests recently, Germany
being the pioneer and leader in the
work. But France has lately done so
much In legislation and active assist
ancc that special attention should be
given to her efforts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Many Spiders In Shipment.

New York. Jan. 1.-Two thousand
spiders. 800 bottles of insects and a
numerous assortment of scorpions,
snakes and amphibians from out OF
the way corners Of Mexico have just
reached New York. They are the re-
suit of ten months expedition under
DR.. Alexander Petrunkevitch of the
American Museum Of Natural History.
His choicest trophy Is a very rare trap
door spider. of which only one other
specimen is known to exist. It was
found in the state of Tabasco.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
DISAGREE ON SIGNS
Some Prophets Predict Mild Sea-
son-0thers See Severe Cold.
General Belief In Pennsylvania County
Is That There Will Be Hard Win
ter After Middle Of January,
to Continue Into March.


Reading, Pa.-Berks county wealth
er prophets are busy making theiI
predictions for the coming winter
and while none of them agree. the
general belief is that there will be q
severe winter after the middle of Jan
uary and that it will continue until
late in March.
If observations made of insects can
be taken as an indication of the
weather conditions this winter. mild
ness will prevail. Some farmers
have observed in blowing that the
worms and BEETLES are lying close to
the surface and that the toad has not
gone deep.
Another evidence of mild weather
is the lateness of some snakes in de-
posting their eggs. Recently farmers
In blowing have dug up number Of
eggs, and. upon breaking them open
small live snakes sQuirmed out.
One of the Berks prophets says that
the winter will be mild one because
there were quite a few cold days In
early autumn. That the winter will
not be a sevcere one is the prediction
Of John Musser, Brecknock town.
ship farmer. Berks county's new
goosebone prophet. He is the success
sor of the late Elias Hartz. whose an
nual winter forecasts from the goose
bone made him famous.
Musser says: THE goosebone Is
marked very peculiarly this year. In
stead Of having dark marks Joined to-
gether there is a dark spot indicated
here and there. This indicates that
the winter will be an open one. with
a severe spell now and then.
January. or the early part of 1t.
will see an occasional snowfall. But
there will be a warm spell about the
18th and another in the latter part of
the month.
February will be a severe month,
according to the markings. and there
viii be several billiards and plenty of
Ice and snow.
March will be opened with mild
weather. but 1t will be bitter cold the
latter part of the month"
Anthony Rupert. aged IS. of Bas-
ket. a regular Hoyle on snakes. de-
,lares that the woods and fields are
'ull Of young snakes. which indicates
hat the winter will not be hard
]ne.
Local weather prophets contend that
weeds have grown to an unusual
height and that this indicates a severe
winter and lots of snow, since nature
,aused the weeds to grow tall, so that
birds can feed upon the seeds when
he ground is covered with snow. |
Squirrels began carrying their supply
II winter grain and nuts into their |
tests earlier than usual this year, and |
'ome farmers declare that this. indIt |
'ates cold weather and long winter. |
Several other farmers said that |
nuskrats began building early: that |
'orn husks are thick. with the stalks
Gaming to the west; that geese, ducks
md chickens are growing a thick |
own under their feathers and a bony |
ubstance on their feet: that toad
tools on old logs have many wrin-
les; that owls retired to the forest
month earlier than usual, which all !
indicates that the winter will be a
hort but severe one.
Meanwhile the guessing goes mer-
lily on and the exact result win not
9 known until April I. 1910.
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London.-Mr. Prosser. overseer to
the Minworth parish. says there Is
only one pauper in the district, but
the ratepayers have to contribute
$4,000 to the poor law administration.
The Minworth parish authorities were
asked to throw in their lot with Bir-
mingham. but they declined the invf-
tation.
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Commerce During November Nearly
Two Million Tons Greater
Than Year Ago.

Washington.-The volume OF COM
merce on the great lakes during the
month of November was nearly 2.000.-
900 tons greater than for the CORE
spending month last year. and more
than 100000 tons in excess Of that
for November. 1907. according to fig-
ures Of the department of commerce
and labor.
All items showed an increase In
volume. excepting lumber. with ore
shipments leading the increase.
The total tonnage for the month Of
November during the three years are:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12


A London dispatch announces that
Hermann Klein. who is a teacher of
singing in New York. has entertained
IN English audience with a lecture en-
uued The Truth Ab,rt Music in
america. Musical enthusiasm, he de-
ciared. is largely pose Of American
women. No musical education exists
N tne country. Ragtime is really pre-
serred to chamber music. American
artists are only appreciated by their
countrymen after they have achieved
success elsewhere. Finally. he at
hacked the star system in opera.
church music and concerts as It exists
In the United States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

My observation leads me to think that
on the whole, women are more conscien-
tious than men and in affairs of honesty
will resist temptation more effectively. A
good many years ago I was proprietor of a
second-class hotel in an eastern city. One
night man of very Indifferent appearance
and shabby dress asked for a room, which
he paid for in advance. He was requested
to register, but made some excuse and was.
shown to one of the cheapest rooms. The
next morning he disappeared early. The
maid, very pretty and exceptionally mod
est and good girl. one Maggie Mulvane
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

London.-There has just been added
to the Royal College Of Surgeons in
Lincoln's Inn Fields, an chronological
museum, containing the most extern
sive and valuable collection ever
brought together to illustrate the
anatomy. evolution and pathology OF
teeth
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

More Irregularities have been dis.
covered In the supply department Of
the German navy at Kiel. This time q
- In the matter of meat that crook.
edness is alleged. Germany can no
longer laugh at the revelations :,
irregularities In the French navy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

IN less than ten years time every
Fart OF Central America WIN be in
daily touch with the commercial world
and the people peaceful and happy in
al the provinces. says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. with no fear of revolutions
political murders or official demands
for their lives and their property
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

A wooden vessel $50 feet long over
All VIII be launched at Bath. Me, with.
IN two weeks. She will be the largest
vessel of American registry, and prob.
ably one OF the last wooden vessels Of
large size to be constructed in the
United States. Steel has come to be
the material for both steam and sal,
craft. the world over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

II Rameses knew that his praser,
valuation was only $4,000 at the Ros.
ION custom house he would wish he
were back In Egypt where his full
worth wa better appreciated some
1900 years ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Woman
Deserved
Wedding
Gift
RLI DocEERY

found under the pillow sack choc gold coins She brought the
treasure to Immediately even in eagles and
double eagles
the owner For two that gold posed put it. until one
day partner and said maggie Muvane hear is TO be
married soon We've kept that long enough If any
OF the men IN employ had found it they kept it. Shall
we give it to her wedding pnt% by all MEANS said and
did. = -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

wish that it could be made impos-
sible for real estate men and storekeepers
to have to keep their Offices and stores
open on Sundays. It is nuisance and
unnecessary. Most Of the people work
short hours now and can do all their buy
ing during the week. The real estate men
and some storekeepers would be only too
glad to close, as they do no business on
Sunday; but because some keep open 9TH
ers have to-
The keeping of merchandise on the
sidewalks causes great deal of work and
loss. But because some do it all have to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

Now there is an Improbable differ.
ence OF the returns on the point whetb.
or the loss of life in this seasons foot.
ball Is 70 or 81. Yet why make q
fuss over a little matter like two
lives In their bearing on the glory
ot the game?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Some
Little City
Reforms
Desired
By soRES JoHANsEN
4 ChicaGs

do it. think there is a NV forbiddng all this
And should be forbidden to hang kind of pacards pho
tograph amppo Nobody from his pho
ogaph and looks bad for outsiders and foreigners to our
city
And the street pedde out their that you hear
them blocks That should be stopped We good laws and
their enforcement.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
New Year
Another

come before the congress Is to az
Easter day for the first Sunday after
the fourth of April. This would still
leave margin Of seven days on which
Easter might fall In various years. but
1t would be an Improvement over the
present system
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

If man knew in advance what sort of
a crop Mother Earth were going to yield
in each recurring season, agriculture would
be the best of human occupations.
For the two years Of 1907 and 1908
lost considerable money BY putting in cot
ton plantation Of 300 acres Of splendid
bottom land.
Each season made almost an abso-
lutte failure because Of the heavy floods,
which drowned out the cotton and kept it
from maturing.
Last spring / feared the same thing
would happen again and let those bottoms
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

she has IN hand When the days work is done she
will find it more restfu to drop it completely and
return to the atmosphere of home life though this
is not as essential to her success as the opposite
rule.
In business she may be friendly, but she is not
on the watch for friendship She need not be un-
womanly, nor is it necessary that she should imagine
that anyone means to offer her insult or take advan-
tage of her inexperience.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Farmer
Must Take
Chances
on Weather
D. ASA G. BRoADHURsr
Z lssisiass

lie idle planting all my crop the upand Right big
Dunder
The dry that the upands yielded scarcely anything
but had low ground been cultivation would produced
least bale per 300 bales in ALL
At $50 bale including the value Of the Seed would
$24 ,000 half Of which would have been clean profit
All Of which lost by refusing to take chance the weather.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

The business girl must remember she is coz in
machine and she fail do her whole duty the machine
out of gear
The girl IN business who succeed punctory in her
method of working She pride doing her best and she has M
interests of the firm at heart
who sells goods must show an ability
to win purchases from reluctant customers
In doing this she to be too pressing NOT 70 ta
too much and not to offend those whom conciate
10 use picturesque and phy belongs to the vocabulary
slang the girl who would successfully goods must not m
fesh Customers enjoy being chaed or patronzed and Is
rule they not looking for advice opposite side of the counter
they ask information should be u gyen girl who forces
upon them without their consent not likely gain their
So far devote her entire attention to vb
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

The total for the season to the end
of November is given as 79.040.047.
with 59.333.S23 and S2.365.S41 net tons
reported for the corresponding periods
of 1908 and 1907. The total for the
past season shows a loss of nearly
100000 tons from 1907. November
soft coal shipments differed little
from preceding Novembers. Shipments
of hard coal we're considerably less
for the month than during previous
years. the decrease coming principal
iy from Buffalo and Erie.
Wheat shipments were 14,576.000
Tor the month or nearly 100000 bush
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
Business
Girl
Must Stand
on Her
Own Merits
BY G. WELLESLEY RRAnBur

sensible girl who hopes to business must
one thing at least to begin WITH and that is that she must
solicit no favor on the of SEX
She must be at her desk behind the counter at her ledger
OF her typewriter by the appointed hour every morning and
must fill her day with work well done
Headache and nerves all well enough but men can
can hardly be called chvarous who refuse to allow for them
in the business woman
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-02
THE WRECK MASTER.
He Does Some Tall Husslina When
tha Line y Blocked.

He Does Some Tall HuatliBn When
ths Line Is Blocked.
When week blocks the line the
wreck master Is the biggest map on
the railroad. Even the president II
BY unhappy chance he happens to BE-
there, steps aside and keeps silent afa
er the wreck train hats with q jeF6
Of grinding brakes and hissing air be.
fore the lndascribabla confusion of
shattered weed and twisted steel
which clutter the tracks. The wreck
masters feet are Oh The ground before
the shriebihg wheels have ceased turn-
ing There follow &c his heels q half
score Of men. al experts, but Of less
degree than their leader
He shouts an order that seems as
unintellleible as administers COM
mand. then another and another
There Is instant action. AT one end
Of tho train a locomotive begins to
creep cautiously away with the coach
IS that have stayed on the rails An
express car up toward the forward end
of the passenger train is tilted trem-
hlingly on It's trucks. It IS loaded with
bales OF silk perhaps or with other
costly merchandise The wreckers do
not stop 20 inquire. TO them it Is
simply an obstruction that has to be
removed Immediately There Il a
heaving chorus. and II plunges down
the embankment A hundred yards
away loaded freight car In the OPP
posite train Is hanging over the edge
Fifty crowbars give It a tip that sends
IT down to che foot Of the bill As It
lands there Is a crash Of discordant,
tortured strings, an inharmonious out
burst as though haIf hundred cats
had landed simultaneously on half
hundred keyboards. Pianos re-
marks one Of the painting workmen to
another standing at his shoulder. They
ID NOE pause even to grin An instant
later they are heaving away at some
thing -Thaddeus s. Dayton II
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