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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

repressible desire to choke Farmer
Wilkes as the latter stalked triumph
I antly out OF his store after having
decidedly the best OF rather fierce
verbal encounter. The farmers decisive VIC
tory was due chiefly to the fact that he had
all the evidence on his side, and 1t has always
been a difficult matter to refute cold. hard.
undeniable facts.
Wilkes had not called Henderson a thief
just exactly-but he had showed him a num-
Der of articles listed by a certain mail order
concern at prices far below those asked by
the dealer, insinuating that the latter was
either making exorbitant profits, or was not
buying at bottom prices.
After having little time to cool or and
reflect intelligently on the matter, Hender-
son admitted to himself that he had been
little lax in the buying end of his business.
but so far as big profits were concerned he
scarcely knew what they were.
Henderson became suddenly aware Of the
fact that he needed some education on prices.
The farmer actually knew more about what
his goods should sell for than he knew HIM
self. Through his ignorance Of prices he had
paid so much for these goods that he could
not ask decent profit without charging his
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
Live Mud Will Burn.

In France is manufactured a smokeless,
dustless fuel. 1t is a chemically treated COM
posite of coal dust and oil.
A fuel compound Of paper pulp refuse and
crude oil is an American invention. 1t has
a mortarlike consistency and is of quick igni-
ton and high calorifc value. The residue is
small.
A New York expert has demonstrated that
live mud such as is found in our swamps can
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
Products of Inventors Genius.

electrolysis.
Russia Is erecting a barbed wire fence seven
feet high along her German boundary 20
check smugglers.
European engineers believe that. as soon
a. desirable It will be possible to build aero
planes with . wing spread Of 100 feet and
carrying from ten to twenty passengers.
To aid the setting Of broken arms or legs
a Californian has invented . support to be
attached to q bed from which q fractured
limb II sutpended In resilient loop.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
Keeps Store for Inferior Stock;
Grocer Finds Outlet for Goods.
Rv WILLIAM B. MAYER.
Bv WILLIAM B. MAYER.

al thought over several remedies, but they
all had some shortcoming. At length. hit
on a scheme which proved to be feasible. 1t
required a PARTNER. had little trouble in
securing practical. hard worker.
THE next thing was to get q paying store
in a suitable location. My store was In q
wealthy neighborhood, where only the per
feet goods could be offered for sale.
II found a store that met my require
ments, except that perhaps could not make
a. large profit. but II prospers
From the opening day my losses on wtlted
greens and leftover can goods with torn and
stained label ceased Now whenever have
any Of this sort Of goods simply transfer 1t
to the second store. where 1t IL sold at re-
duction."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

A perforated comb for spraying perfumes
or lotions into the hair. either In connection
with q siphon or q syringe. has been patent
ed In England
An automobile speedometer invented oy
q Californian illuminates numbers mounted
on q cars Windshield that chow the rate at
which II n travelling.
A kite which can be assembled. ready for
flight, In ten minutes, the invention Of
German. has lifted three men together to
height Of forty feet.
Two Illinois Inventors have patented
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

Say" he says "whatn you gimme IL !
get you some more copying to DOR
The dear kid! told him would give him
20 cents for every dollars worth Of work be
brought me. Next day he brought me the
first days work on Q list Of daily market re-
ports which were sent out by the grain firm
that he works for. The list went out only
three times week. and the job paid me 50
a week. of which the boy got $50. This
made my net profit on the copying $3.50 a
week. the offices furnishing their own sta
tionery.
Our lease on the fat ran out in May that
year, and by that time there were two other
girls from our town clamoring for a chance
to become members of our " family" Mother
had a letter from q woman down home who
said that she wouldn't let her daughter come
to town to work unless she could live with
US. That made seven sure boarders.
Mother" I said, "here Is where our
young boarding house expands"
We took two story house at only slight
Increase Of rent, and we took In all seven of
the girls
ny little, solicitor had been keeping busy
and my copying business was growing 30
that had little time to devote to house
work We had to hire girl for housswork.
but It paid.
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4 =
Paid SO Week for Work.
It's only worth SO week to 10 to have
It DONE" said he.
Ten dollars at home IL a godsend to me
just now" said
On my way home stopped at typewriter
agency and rented machine. insisting that
they send boy with the machine along
with me right then. When got home took
of my hat and coat and went to work. That
night made deal with q little boy who lived
across the hall from us and who was EN-
ployed as an ONCE boy in the same building
downtown where had worked. For dollar
8 week he agreed to bring my work home
to me in the evening and in the morning to
take the finished batch back to the ONCE.
He was bright little fellow and tici<led to
death at tho thought Of earning some money
on the side.
Next day l sat down and wrote to two
other girls from our old town who were work.
ing in the city, inviting them to come to our
fat for dinner on Sunday. They were living
together in two rooms close to the business
district.
/ invited the other two girls who were
rooming with U.s. 100. That made four girls
Oil rum TIC DaIuc tUWu, anu dll Cnuulb u u
certain extent together at the table. Mother
and had prepared an extra nice dinner that
made cheap restaurant food look very cheap
indeed. Then 1 preached my proposition.
Girls I said, how would you all like
to live with us?'
o. they would Just love It
Then" said I, " you have got the chance
to do 1t. Now that have to stay at home
we're going to start a boarding house for
young women from our home town who're
lost here"
4
Boarders Paid "a Week.
The idea took with them. A week later
they were all living with US, paying So a
week, which brought in s24 week to help
keep things going.
"Well," said mother after a month Of this,
things seem il they weren't going to be
30 bad after ALL"
In the meantime the boy who was deliver
ing my work developed a streak of industry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

1T is Of cardtn nal importa nee in my busi~
- ness" grocery man Of this city
remarked, to have an outlet for any
oversupply Of perishable goods BY
this mean an additional store which
will take the vegetables that are left over
and those not in perfect condition
when started in this business had but
one store. Although L was a careful, con-
sentative buyer in green goods. found that
no matter how prudent and how calculating
I might be. many times great quantities OF
vegetables remained unsold. eating up all
the profits of the part which had disposed
of. Indeed the loss on them often exceeded
the profits on those sold.
IL attempted to remedy this by purchasnS
small quantities. But on numerous occa-
sions l ran woefully short. -
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Needed It Home. So Quit Job.

| went back to work, ana they gave ME
back my old position in the ONCE and were
glad to see me. But it was no GO I couldn't
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

could. to make as much money ~ could. and
to hold my Job. put in all my thought and
energy trying to make myself of value TO
my employers, and I succeeded % we'll that
within a year after coming to them I was
being paid 500 d week. The correspondent
with whom worked. after discovering that
could get through a days work with him
without having my notes in tumble. began
to do all he could to make my position in tn.
office desirable in every way 1 worked hard
and made good, that was all there was to It;
and was getting along swimmingly
Mother had been timid about coming to
the city. Now. I tried to laugh her fears
away and she had to admit that most Of them
had been unjustified. But she used to say:
Yes. you are doing very well now, dear.
but what would happen to us II you should
lose your position"
I'D get anotherlone," would reply.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
All Phen6mena Have Causes. -

Iue french scientist, Nj. POincare saws in
a chapter on hazard in his book: How do
you dare speak Of the laws Of hazard? Haz-
ard Is the antithesis Of all law Probabil
Is opposed to gertrude. In the first place
what is hazard? Men Of old made d1stinc-
ton between those phenomena which obey ed
harmonious laws established once for ali
and those things attributed to chance,
those things which could not be foreseen be-
cause they rebel at all law. In any domain
precise laws did not decide everything. but
only the limits between which chance
worked"
But this conception 10 no longer ours says
the French scientist. We have become abso-
lutte determinists All phenomena have
causes and an infinitely powerful spirit 1t is
the cause Of our weakness and feebleness
that We should have such a word az chance.
And even taking the feebleness OF humanity
into consideration, that which 10 chance to
the ignorant Is no longer hazard for the man
Of knowledge Hazard is only the measure
of our ignorance Chance phenomena are
by definition those Of whose laws We are igL
norant
This author goes on to modify his state-
ment to the effect that not all phenomena
OF which we are ignorant are by any means
chance phenomena. although these nay seem
80 for the reason that the cause is 50 slight
that we cannot see It. His first illustration
10 that Of trying to stand cone on It's point.
It will surely fall down. but on which side?
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Earns $40 Week Typewritins.

We have been doing this for over three
years now. By using all sorts Of ways to
drum up business, advertising. getting the
girls who work with US to tell their Offices
about me, through my little solicitor, and
through acquairtances. have built up my
typewriting trade until clear so a week on
an average the year around have to work
hard and steadily to do this. sometimes sit
ting up with the machine till midnight. 1
have plenty to do besides this in managing
the hundred and one daily details about the
house. On the whole put In longer hours
and work harder than when 1 was in the
Office But wouldn't trade back for twice
the money I was earning. / am independent
now. 1 am much better OF financially; and
in other ways there is no comparison. In
epite Of all my work anG busy " 1
have the chance now to be a home woman.
And that's worth more to me than any SAL
airy any man could pay.
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Adversely Made Girl independents How Office Worker Succeeded
Paid $40 \ Week for Work

manager gave me the Job OF copying this
letter at home.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

she been III recently? Mother had just re
covered from a severe attack Of grip.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
Merchant Needs Catalogue Study;
How Farmer Taught the Lesson.
By F. L. EDMAN.

anderson smothered an almost ir-
u represibie desire to choke Farmer
Wilkes as the latter stalked triumph
j antly out Of his store after having
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
Should Have No Faith in Chance
to Make the Most Of Yourself.
Rv G. 6 MADDOCKS
By G.. S. MADDOCKS.

- ECONOMISTS have had an expression.
l. 1.-The providence of God" or an
act Of providence" or some term Of
- similar import which they have used
in discussing what may happen to the
growing food supplies Of the world or to such
commercial operations as go on by means OF
winds and water. This has been a recogni-
ton of what has been called chance phenom-
ena.
The fortuitous or unknown elements Of
life and activity have had an overwhelming
influence over the thoughts Of men. Re-
lgions grew up because of them, hut with
the progress of the world these have been
eliminated until today Chance is no longer
a god. He is truly fallen Lucifer. still rum
bling away. of course, and trying to assert
his own domination, but he is surely de-
throned. The ministers of Cnance were tiny
things and these once captured, he has been
helpless.
Chance ruled just as long as the doings Of
both nature and man seemed inscrutable.
except in observable and gross things. Eyes
easily enough learned that If you put roll
ing stone on an incline it will go to the bot
TOM but the possessors Of fairly good eyes
have not yet learned all that may happen
when great waves of hot and cold air meet
because air is not so visible as rolling stones
Men will not trust clumsy handed person
with cut glass or china, but they not infre-
quently trust their lives to men Of clumsy
minds. minds which have no brake or con-
troll Of any sort Then when accidents occur
they cannot discover the cause especially If
it is great one. They cannot see a mind.
and, besides, accidents can always be as
cribed to chance.
But for the last quarter Of century
great number Of men have been hunting
Cause to the places Of her Utmost retirement.
routing Chance at every step Of the way
Cause seeking has been one and the same
thing as science, the finding out. the discov-
cry of every why ard wherefore. Strangely
enough, some men, some men even today
as diligently for the laws
of hazard as men seek for the discriminating
causes Of things
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

S the earths coal supply diminishes,
industry, confronted with the GER
/ tainty Of its ultimate exhaustion. APP
peals to science for a substitute.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
The Scots Celebrate

Far exceeding anything of the kind ever held on Douglas Island was the celebration of Bobby Burns birthday at A. l.. U. hall Monday night. Dancing to the splendid music furnished by the Lyric orchestra was begun about g o'clock. Some exceptionally fine specialties were introduced between the numbers of the dance,
 One of the most striking of these specialties was that presented by the Misses Livie, who danced the sailors horupipe and the highland fling ill d charming manner to the music of the bag pipes.
 A fine supper was served in the ban quet room up stairs, and all went home in the wee sma' hours.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
A Bank in Douglas

We are creditably informed that the plans and specifications are now under way for a building to be occupied by the First Federal Savings and Trust Bank. of Douglas, Alaska. The build- ing when completed will be an impos' ing structure and an ornament to the town, and the institution will certainly fill long felt want,
 The bank will be located on Front street, directly opposite the building now occupied by Mir. Sully, and it is expected that it will be in operation by the first day of April, in which event the people of Douglas will be pleasant y fooled
 A prominent citizen of Douglas said yesterday: "Now give us a big hotel and we'll make them all look up."
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
.-Mnlter E. Clnrk. Iuneau.

Governor Walter E. Clark, Juneau. Ex-oficio Secretary of State and Surveyor General Vim. L. Distin, Juneau Delegate to Congress James Wickersham, Fairbanks.
 Collector of Customs J. k. Willis, Juneau. Special Deputy Collector-C. D. Garfield, Ju- neau.
 UNITED STATES COURTS Division No. 1-Judge, Thomas R. Lyons, Juneau; Clerk of Court, E. w. Pettit, Ju- neau; United States Marshal, H. L. Faulkner. Juneau; United States Attorney, John Rust gard, Juneau.
 Division No 2--Judge c. D. Murane, Nome; Clerk of Court, John Sundback, Nome; United States Marshal, Thomas c. Powell, Nome; United States Attorney, B. s. Rodey, Nome.
 Division No. S-Judge Peter D. overfeld, Valdez; Clerk of Court, Angus Mcbride; United States Marshal, Harvey P. Sullivan; United States Attorney, George R. Walker. Division No. 4-Judge, Frederick E. Fuller, Fairbanks; Clerk of Court c. c. Page; United States Marshall H. K. Love; United States Attorney, James J. Crossley.
 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
  Frank A. Boyle, receiver, Juneau. Division No. 2.-John Sundback, ex-oficio register; Thomas c. Powell, exsofficio re- ceiver, Nome.
 Division No. S.-Iacluded in Division No. 1. Division No. 4.-C. c. Page, eX-offcio regis ter; H. K. Love, eX-officio receiver Fair banks.
 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE c. c. Georgeson, special agent in charge of Alaska investigations, Sitka,
 EDUCATION Walter E. Clark, ex otticio superintendent of public instruction, Juneau.
 NATIVE SCHOOLS P. P. Claxton, commissioner of education, Washington, D. C.; W. T. Lopp, superintend- ent of education of natives of Alaska, Wash ington, D. C., and Seattle, Wash; H. c. Sin clair, supply agent; All. Quarles, disbursing agent, Seattle. Wash
 INTERNAL REVENUE George Hutchinson, deputy collector, Fair banks; Edgar c. Raine Frank M. Thatcher, deputy collectors, Nome.
 IMMIGRATION SERVICE Domianus Maskeviczius, inspector in charge Of district of Alaska, Ketchikan; AL bert Fl. Joy, inspector, Skagway.
 MINE INSPECTION Sumner S. Smith, inspector for Alaska, Ju- neau.
 STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE Geo. F. Whitney inspector of hulls; Thos. E. Kell, inspector of boilers, Juneau; Thos. P. Deering hulls; Carl F. Lehners, boilers, St. Michael.
 FOREST SERVICE Tongass National Forest-W. G. WeigIe, forest supervisor, KetchilSan. Chugach National Forest-T. M. Hunt, dep uty forest supervisor. Cordova.
 TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICER Emil Krulish, passed assistant surgeon, Bureau of Public Health and Marine Hospi- tai service, Juneau.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

A party of Seattle school teachers threaten to tour Alaska next summer, paying the expenses of the trip by giV- ing entertainments. The threat prompts the Skagwsy Alaskan to give vent to the following: @Let us admonish these teachers, be they young or old, that Alaska does not care about paying their expenses on the proposed tour. There gre lot of young Alaskans up here who might be induced to pay the ex- pensss of few of them in the journey through life, but the public is getting mighty good and sick of being buncoed by incompetent performers who work their cracked voices and half baked talents on us for real money. We have been sung at and elocutioned and read to and entertained and held up and literally ssudbagged and artistic ally garoted and posed before and atti- tudinized and serpentine danced into daze by cheap performers, until we are sick aud tired of the mention of anna teur theatricale. Why do not these teacher entertainers open their season in Seattle ana if they make enough out of the venture, take a sensible tour of Alaska in manner behtting the noble profession of pedagogy? These dear young, or old, ladies are mistaken in their estimate of the Alaskan. We are not benighted community gasping for the thrills of school teacher re- citing something about curfew not ringing tonight, and we don't care to spend our money or our time in watch ing some knee-sprung old girl trying to initiate Msu6e Adams. So our advice is for the ladies to earn their money in their own community and then visit Alaska like real ladies and not like in- competent yaudevillians."
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

According to an exchange the Pres. byterian Board of Home Missions has spent nearly a million dollars in the work of saving the souls of the Alaska natives. Now if we had the figures as to just how many souls really have been ssyedy we could find some esti- mate as to the cost per soul. We would also be able to find out if the rate on Alaska Indiaus is more or less shan is charged by Billy Sunday and his ilk for saving the souls of white folks.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
The Monthly Meeting

As usual, there was a jolly time at the monthly meeting of the Douglas are department last Saturday night in fact, there was more fun than real business. However, this does not argue that the fire boys are not prepared to cope with fire at any hour. 4 picture show came after the business meeting, and then every body ate beans. There are people, ne doubt, who do not like beans. bat they belong to the very in- significant majority. This is especially the case among fremen. Great plat ters filled with nice large plump beans, baked brown, were set before the fire boys Saturday night, end 1t is 8 truth that one man ate more than a gallon. Besides She beans there were buns and beer, ant limburger, strong and fine. After everyone was full-of beans-an informal concert was given by volnn- teer warblers.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

The Juneau Dispatch says: "Mrs. Ernest Miller, wife of Capt. Ernest Miller, committed.suicide iD the launch owned by them anchored in Salmon bay, near Ballard, early last night. She was found dead by her hus band, who remained by the body all night, and did not report the death until this morning. Mrs. Miller had been de- spondent for several days" The Millers lived n Douglas several years ago and departed for Ketchikan and the south ward.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Never since the overland trail from Whitehorse to Dawson was completed in 1901-02 have the people of the latter place experienced ss much difficulty in securing other than first class mail as during the present winter, says the Whitehorse Star. Packages which ST. -iTed here for Dawson in October TO. mained in the local postoffsce until after the first of the present month and some of them are here yet.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

A resolution unanimously passed re- gently by the visiting members of the Washington State Press association urges that the University of Washing ton make 8 permanent feature of the newspaper institute held last week for the profession of the state.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

A Juneau paper announces that a special agent of the department of jus tice of the United States has been posted off to Mexico to bring about the extradition of Joseph Macdonald,
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

According to professor ip the Uni versity of Washington, the age of fishes ss we'll as trees may be told by count ing the rings.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
Rebakahs Install

At the last regular meeting of North ern Light Rebekah Lodge No. 1, the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing term
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Charlie Swihart makes frames and srames pieturss-
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