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The Washington times., 1911-10-19

this snow-making has usually been the
bette noir CT these gentlemen, a duty
anyone who can be found to do the
work. For this reason. the stage ma n
ayers of most travelling attractions are
alw avs particular to look over the snow
happens that some lazy property man
has allowed the stock Of snow to run
low. or that the flakes have been cut
in pieces as large as tho palm of the
hand
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Tomorrow Miss Murdock will tell of
Denman Thompson's last washington
Homestead" which Is being given at
the Columbia this week.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

The net total circulation Of The Washing
ten Times daily during the month Of Sep.
sember was ], 407 412. all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number
when divided BY 20, the number OF days of
publication, shows the net daily average for
sseptember. isiI includes as,los extra pa
pers sold on Labor Day and s9,sss extra
papers (Beattie verdict) sold on September 8.
culation for September 10 shown to have been
N.lI
The Washington times., 1911-10-19
How Snowstorm
Effects Arc Obtained.

Through many decades. stage snow
was made in this way. and whom part
in the play called for snow. the prop
erty men were stationed Just outside Of
the doors, and when these were thrown
open, the men would throw handfuls Of
the paper snow into the air, this giving
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

The Best People On Earth are pre-
pairing to have a beefsteak dinner which
will. surpass anything within the men,
ory of the Oldest inhabitant.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Total for the month. ,6s5, t6e
Daily average for the month";. ,2S7
The Washington times., 1911-10-19
SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
nASuv

The number Of complete and perfect copies
The Washington Times printed daily DUR
! the month OF September was a. follows:
The Washington times., 1911-10-19
Sunday.

sunday.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month Of September was as fol-
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

With fifteen oyster vessels unloading
the first dredged oysters of the season,
the pleasure Of living. without regard to
the cost, ought to be very materially
increased.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Charles c. Rodgers. Collector OF
Taxes. has done a great deal to ferret
auk tha dsliAQusns baxpayerz. hut he a.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

The convention Of railway surgeons
has adjourned after a most delightful
and profitable series Of meetings. Tho
matter Of breakfast foods remained an
open question.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Sunday average for the month. ...... 61.245
The net total circulation Of The washington
Times Sunday during the month of Septem-
Der was 1856. 600, all copies left over and re-
turned by agents being eliminated. This
number. when divided by 4, the number Of
Sundays during September. shows the net
Sunday average for September to have been
0.4oo.
Entered at the Postoffice at washington.
d. c., as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

A Washington woman has been grant.
cd q license as a pharmacist. 1t ought
to take away the bitter taste from some
OF the stun we have to take for oul
aches and pains to have it compounded
by q woman.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

DR.. Wiley's suggestion that school
children need exercises and nutrition
more than study will put him in
strong with one more Of the grand
divisions Of humanity.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Former Senator Henry M. Teller was
one Of those conspicuous in yesterdays
Masonic dedication ceremonies. He
helped seal the metal box in the corner
stone of the new temple.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

The final proof of School Superintend-
snt Davidson's progressiveness is con-
tanned In his latest utterance In advo-
cacy Of q wider use OF the newspapers
as an educational means.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

The retirement of Rear Admiral Rich
ard Wainwright will be a matter OF
deep regret to his fellow officers. He
hAs rendered efficient service and the
navy doesn't fnd even the material fol-
such a man every day.
The Washington times., 1911-10-19

Charitable action Of Attorney James
Easby-Smith in rushing a man who
drank poison to the hospital in his
automobile is worthy Of praise in this
day and age Of criticism Of automo-
bilists.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
New Use for suaar Reets.

An entirely new use, and one that may in time become very important. has been discovered for sugar beets. This Is the making of them into four. This flour is now being manufactured In considerable quantities at Suresnes, France, where an immense dryer has been built for the purpose.
 The first part of the process consists in chopping up the beets and drying the water out of them. They contain to start with 72 per cent of water, nearly all of which is removed by evaporation. By this means 100 pounds of dry material is obtained from 357 pounds of beets.
 This dry material contains more than 70 per cent. of sugar and there fore on being ground to a fine meal is sweet and adapted to the making of cakes and buildings. The sugar beet flour is estimated to con tain something like S2 per cent. of pure nutriment.-Baker's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18

mine eats. He is an 1n- teresting combination. and his spe- cies is numbered by thousands. He is half-tramp. availing himself of all the hobo's expedients for gadding about the world without paying for his tray els. and half-man with a trade. the goal of whose rambles is always job. He has all the "bum's" philosophical contempt for the man so 'easy" as to ride the velvet" which means to pay railroad fare. But he also incurs the "bum's" astonished disdain because of his incorrigible habit of looking for work
 We travel from wanderlust. from love of adventure" explained an ex- 'gay cat" who had joined the home guard" of those who have ceased from rambling When I was a youth I wanted to see the country. and see 1t right I wanted excitement. had a good trade and was living at home, but the lure of the road called me.
 'T could have paid car fare and rid den in the railway cars, but you can't see the country that way. What man looking through the windows of Pull man car. knows anything about the regions through which he has passed? You must travel few hours at a time, on a slow freight. and be thrown of at the most unexpected places by brakemen. to see the country. You want to mooch (beg) a handout at backdoors to get acquainted with peo- pie. You even learn something when some fly mug (detective) gets so cor dial that he insists on your staying in his midst for 30 days-on the rock pile. What dude in a palace car can learn as much about his native land as I did in IA years as a gay cat'?"
 The WanderIust Never Dies.
 This man was a miner by trade. and had followed the profession from Pennsylvania to California. and from California to Alaska. He never begged save in an emergency of hunger. and usually had $1.000 or so tucked Away in bank in this city or that. But 1t was only after many years of wander ing as a knight errant of the pickax and shovel that the wanderlust of his youth was quenched and he settled down to be prosaic hotel clerk.
 In the shabby sitting room of a To- cent lodging house in St Louis there lounged recently half dozen weather beaten and hardy men. self-confident of mien and monosyllabic of speech. In their short words was none of the whine of the professional beggar., and in their straightforward look was noth- ing of the hangdog. They had trav- eled to most of the countries of the globe. and. ignorant of alien languages and customs. had supported them selves by the sole resource of their own hands. They were confident of taking care of themselves in any situ- ation.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
Justice HarIan,s Scarab.

'T was riding down Pennsylvania avenue in a car with Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme court" remarked Charles Francis Bedloe of Missouri, land after admiring the fine old man whose portraits we see in the capitol I could not help noticing the fine scarab that he wears as scarfpin.
 q have looked over the senators and other members of the Supreme court and have not noticed that any other one of them wears a scarab pin. They may have them at home, but Justice Harlan wears one that would attract an expert. The genuine ones are becoming rare, and that is why the Harlan scarfpin would be noticed.
 "To tell the truth, the genuine ones are scarce enough, so great has been the demand for them, but the mu- seums have great collections that will never be broken up for the sake of scarfpins. ."-Washington Post.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
WISE AND PITHY SAYINGS
Some Gems of Thought From Mary Cary and Others in Miss
 Gibbie GauIt."

A number of the pithy and some. times humorous sayings of the char. acters in Kate Langley Bosher's new novel, Miss Gibbie Gault," have al ready been published. Here are some more bits from Mary Cary's lips and thUse of her new friends in Miss Gib- bic Gault":
 Ancestor worship isn't all Chinese. An ill-bred gentleman-born is still welcomed where an ill-born well-bred man is not invited
 I couldn't see a dog hit his tail on a fence and not tell him it was barbed if knew it and he didn't.
 Major Allen didn't really believe the Almighty made common people. He thought they came up like weeds and underbrush and, though you couldn't cut them down exactly, you must keep them down somehow.
 Young people have very different ideas from their parents. They plank themselves right straight alongside of men and say they are just as smart as men are. Of course they are. Women have always known it, but they used to have too much sense to tell it.
 I often think of what my old nam my told me the day was married: Don't never forget, honey, that what you's marvin is a man." she said, land don't be expectin' of all the heavenly virtues in him. They ain't thar
 There is nothing man can stand so much of as praise.
 With only occasional exceptions a woman has just about the kind of husband she makes the man who mar ries her become.
 Through the ages man has been too sensible to wear petticoats and pink ribbons himself, but liking to see them worn, he put them on wom- an and told her she was pretty in them.
 An Irishman can talk a cabbage into a rose any day. And when he's got a rose to talk about his own tongue couldn't tell what it might say after it starts.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
The Antiquity of Man.

It has been known during a long time that in western Europe man ex- isted during the glacial epoch. We now know that the great ice age con- sisted of different glacial times sepa- rated by interglacial times. In glacial times the snow line dropped 5000 or 4,OOO feet below It's present level in the Alps, whereas in interglacial times 1t lay about 1000 feet higher than at present. Thus the temperature seems to have been higher in the interglacial periods than it is now.
 There is abundant evidence, in the opinion of Penck, that man existed du- ring the beginning of the last glacial epoch. There is some reason for thinking that at least 10000 years have elapsed since the last glaciation and that the man whose jawbone was found in 1909 near Heidelberg lived 100000 years ago.-Scientific Ameri- can.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
AIax TeIenhones.

Algy swaggered into the postoffice and entered the telephone box. He was immediately clad, and in lord ly humor.
 "Hello!" he drawled, putting the re ceiver to his ear.
 A minute passed. He repeated the summons. His lordly humor began to descend in rank.
 "Hal-lo!" be called.
 No response.
 "HalloI"
 Still no response. His lordly humor was now as gone as his temper, and he shouted things into the receiver which must have made even that ex- perienced instrument tremble.
 At last, when the precipitation drib- bled from his bursting brow, and his hat was limp, and both he and his Ian guage were exhausted, notice caught his eye. It read:
 Give the number you require to the clerk at the counter, and wait un- til the connection is made"
 He slunk away so quietly that no one saw him go.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
How a MuIe kIIIed a Rear.

A mule dealt death to a bear that had been terrorizing the residents of Diamond Valley. Daniel c. Shawley. lumberman and farmer, is the owner of the prize beast.
 Aroused by a commotion in his barn he found the bear in deadly combat with the mule. Contrary to the estab- lished custom the mule was using his front feet in the battle and peppering bruin a regular tattoo over the head One savage slap by the mule broke one of the bears front legs and the bulky animal fell prostrate. Then the mule reversed himself and let loose the death dealing assault from is hind quarters.
 The bear died shortly after Shawley reached the scene. It weighed 262 pounds and showed the marks of eight bullet res.-Chambersburg cor respondence Philadelphia North Amer ican.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
TO BE A STATE PARK
Illinois to Preserve Grounds oi
 Old Fort ChartreS.
This Stronghold of the French Was 200 Years Ago the Strongest and Most Costly Fort
 in America.

Chester, In.-Among the appropria- tions made by the late Illinois legis- lature is $5.OOO for a state park on the site of old Fort Chartres. near Prairie du Rocher, H.. 50 miles south of St Louis and between the Missis- sippi and the Kaskaskia rivers.
 In seven years this old fort will be 200 years old and at one time it was the strongest and costliest fort in America. Now there is little lief. ex- cept the outlines of the stone walls, the powder magazine and the two large wells inside the garrison de- signed to furnish water Supply in case of a siege.
 This fort was first built in 171S, when it was hastily constructed of wood by the French under Command ant Boisbriant At that time it was designed for protection of the French in case the Spaniards came uo from Santa Fe
 A new menace appeared in 1750 when the English became aggressive during the few years preceding the French and Indian war. The English troops were expected to march west and the old fort was torn down to make way for one built of stone This new structure cost about $1.500.- 900. far more than any other fort in America cost until long after that date.
 The powder magazine was built of dressed stone and is still in good con- dition. So are the wells, which were lined with stone. The material was obtained from quarry four miles away and carried from the quarry to the fort site by boat on a lake that has since disappeared. The dressed stones were all numbered at the quar-
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
Powder Magazine at Fort chartres

FoWoeT ma9dZiHe aI ToTt OndTtTSS. ry, according to the same system used at this time.
 In 1723, five years after the orig inal fort was built, Philip Renault came from Bermuda with his slaves and settled near St. Philip, using the fort for a storehouse and a refuge when the Indians seemed hostile.
 Fort Chartres was the capital of New France until ceded to England in 1763. In TITS the fort was captured from the English by Gen. George Rogers Clark. commanding troops under a commission from the gover- nor of Virginia. Fort Chartres then became the capital of the great north west territory, and the seat of gov ernment remained there until states were formed from the territory. High water, which occasionally flooded the fort, caused Fort Gage to be built near by. This was followed by the final abandonment of Chartres.
 When the French ceded New France to the English and the flag of France was hauled down, many residents of that district refused to live under the English flag and went to St. Louis Among the families who moved away rather than live under the English flag are several whose descendants became very prominent in the com mercial and social life of St. Louis
 Of the several old forts built in the Illinois Bottoms more than a cen tury ago, the only one that has any thing left of the original buildings is Fort Chartres. Under the care of a custodian appointed by the state, the place will be made into a park and preserved from further ruin
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
WAS STILL MAUD LILLIAN
New Head and Body for chlId's Be loved Doll, But baIr Was
 the Same.

With tears in her eyes and large and very much damaged doll in her arms, very little girl appeared at the mending counter of a dolls hos pital the other day and displayed her broken treasure. The dolls face was broken, one arm was completely gone and one foot was minus all the toes. The very little girl confided to me clerk that she wanted dolly made well again. I'm afraid it won't be worth while to fix it," said the clerk, regarding the new patient dubiously. You see there would have to be new head and new arm and new leg I really think it would be better for you to get a new doll"
 The tears overran the eyes of the very little girl at this suggestion. But I want her to look like this doll," she protested. q love Maud Lillian too much to have a new doll in her place. You can get new you like, but I want her to have. the same hair that she has now, so she'll look like her old seIt."
 The toy shop people are used to carrying out the individual ideas of the little mothers Of the dolls, and so no objection was made to preserving Maud Lillian's identity by means of her somewhat crumpled golden locks. A beautiful new doll of the proper size was chosen, her glossy new wig removed and the broken dolls wig substituted. Newly bewigged in this fashion and robed in the garments of the discarded doll Maud Lillian bore a resemblance to herself that was startling. considering the rather ex- tensive anatomical alterations that had been made in her. The very lit tie girl seized her triumphantly and bore her away, but the onlooker who had witnessed the operation could not but wonder in wat Maud Lil- Hans ego really consisted.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
HERE IS A BORN T ADER"
Indiana Man Starts Out With $oo.oo; Has $50 and Junk" at
 Night.

Hammond. Ind.-President Frank Nelson of the Lowell bank gave Frank Coorse an old silver watch in the morning. The watch ran when Coorse ran. Coorse gave 15 cents to jeweler to make the watch tick and sold 1t for $2. With the $2 he bought a sick horse from a farmer.
 This he traded for an old buggy and two extra wheels. He then traded the two extra wheels for the body of road cart and put his buggy wheels on the cart. trading the body of the buggy for a set of harness. For this outfit a farmer traded him a blind broncho Coorse did not know the broncho was blind until it ran away with him.
 Another farmer. thinking the bron- cho spirited animal and not knowing 1t was blind. gave him $50 for 1t after Coorse had wept and told him he had raised the animal from colt. Nelson is now ready to match Coorse against any other trader.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
BOTH WERE INSPIRED ALIKE Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Maupas- sant Had Same Impressions of
 Lonely Sehwarenbach Inn.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once walked over the Gemmi. He was much inn pressed by the desolate appearance of the lonely looking Schwarenbach inn. Here. 1t seemed to him. was an ideal scene in which a novelist might locate a story of mystery and crime.
 He proceeded to invent a story of mystery and crime suitable to the creepy environment It was a story of murder, the murder of a long-lost son just home from the wars. by his own father. the needy innkeeper, who did not recognize him until after the deed was done. but had resolved to kill and rob the first lonely stranger who passed that way with money in his pocket
 The very thing" thought Sir Ar thur. and he went down the hill cheer fully revolving the morbid conception in his mind. Then a strange thing happened. says Travel and Explora- ton.
 After dinner, in the hotel at Leuker- bad. he picked up volume of Mau- passant's short stories, and he found that the French author had not only been to the Schwarenbach inn before him, but had actually located there a story practically identical with the one which he himself had just de- Vised-
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
weII.pressed American Men.

The best-dressed men are to be found in New York, says a German paper in an article e the cecadence in male fashions, in which the writer laments the fact that men of the pres ent day are content to be clothed and no longer trouble about elegance in dress.
 Germans, this authority asserts, don't look well in civilian dress, not even the Emperor. He sails danger ously close to lese majeste by further stating that the Kaiser wears his trousers too short; that the Grown Prince is too much influenced by French fashions and that the rest of the royal family simply know noth- ing about clothes.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
Inviting Temptation.

the boy whose mother told him that he could not go to the river, nor swimming, but he did. When he re- turned and his mother saw the signs, he confessed that he was tempted and went with the boys. She noticed that his coat bulged out. Putting her hand in she pulled out his bathing suit When confronted with 1t he said. 'T was afraid that I might be tempted when I got there, so I took these along" Some people expect to fall. and plan for it.
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
savInn Exea of ExpIorern.

Prof. J. von Kowalski, in letter to Nature (London), describes his obser- vations of the spectra of sunlight re- hected by snowfields in Switzerland. He finds that the ultraviolet rays are reflected by snow almost in their en- tirety. This fact helps to explain the trying effects of such light upon the eyes and suggests the advisability of wearing, during a period of snow and sunshine. glasses that are opaque to the ultraviolet rays
The Holbrook news., 1911-08-18
Novel Batting Machine.

shown comes into general use. For this last-named apparatus will indi- cate the batting strength of the great American public. which is composed chiefly of baseball fans. A tall shaft has an arm extending from 1t on which Is pivoted a revolving bar with a ball on either end A cable winds around drum on the bar and passes over the top of the shaft and down the other side, where 1t Is attached to a weight To use the machine a man faces 1t with a bat in his hands and gives one of the balls swat This causes the bar to revolve and winds up the shaft. If the ball reaches the top the hit is a home run. If not. there are spaces to indicate whether 1t is a one. two or three base hit