The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-08-12


board and saw off the extra foot,
which was then of no use to you.
The National Lumber Manufacturers
Association finally discovered that
there was no good reason for this sys
TEN, and in 1909 it adopted resolu-
lions favoring the manufacture OF
odd-length flooring, ceiling, drop and
bevel sidin, finish, partition and
Wondering. Then the manufacturers
on the Pacific ccoast began to make tn
odd lengths, and finally the Forest
Service of the Department of Agricul-
ture has taken up the subject and has
issued a bulletin showing that this
practice saves 2.07 percent of mater
ial WHICH heretofor was wasted. This
is a practical sort of conservation
which everyone can appreciate.
WHAT ARE CHAMOIS SKINS?
The Board of United States General
Appraisers at New York has officially
decided that seeepskins split and
dressed as chamois skins are really
/ the chamois skins of commerce, being
bought aud sold as such, and that they
are, therefore, dutiable as such at 20
per cent and valorum. The importers
claimed that the skins were split leath
er and should pay duty of l-2 per
cent as such. That they were split
sheepskins the appraisers admitted and
said. But they have been dressed
and finished as chamois skins, and
the importers theory seems to be that
because they are not from the skins
of the antelope they are not, there
fore, dutiable under the provision for
chamois skins in paragraph 45l."
1t was established by the witnesses
examined that there is rarely, if ever,
any genuine dressed chamois skin i'm
ported into this country, that the split
dressed sheepskins are generally rec
ognized and sold as chamois; that
among the uses of chamois are the
making of gloves. vests, dress protec-
tors, and the washing of carriages.
ANOTHER MARRYING PARSON."
There was a time when the gen.
tlemen belonging to the learned pro-
fessions" Stunned notoriety and adj
vertising. That day however is pass
ing, and now some very reputable ply
sicion and lawyers, as well as minis
ters of the Gospel, are using the press
and other means of publicity to ex-
tend their fields of activity and, pos
sibly one might add, usefulness. One
of the latest to seek the benefit OF
printers ink is Washington evange-
list, Rev. James Madison Little, who
conducted a mission in the Capital.
He has but lately filled a long felt
want by opening an office near the
marriage license clerks office and he
remains there daily during business
hours to welcome lovesick couples
who want to be welded with as little
delay as possible. He has parlor,
and witnesses are convenient. He has
just completed his first month in this
office, and he has married AZ couples
and hopes to do better. One reason
why such marrying parson' seems
to be necessary in Washington is the
| fact that the law requires that APP
plicants for a marriage license must
designate the minister who is to pre-
form the ceremony, and as many
strangers come here to wed they are
sometimes at loss whom to desig-
nate. Rev. Titles fame is sure to
spread, and with 1t the fame of Wash
ington as a new Gretna Green.
CHANGES IN THE TREASURY
BUILDING.
The classical eastern front of the
historic Treasury Building is to be
radically altered on orders by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mcveagh, who
wants a more convenient and satis-