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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
GET TO KNOW YOUR GOODS
Method by Which One Man MADE
Good" May Be Recommended to
All Statesmen.

InquisitiveneSs is not generally re-
garded as an admirable trait. Yet
when inquistiveness is properly di-
rected, it is one of the most useful
habits of mind. A story illustrating
this point is told by John ]. Arnold,
vice-president of the First National
bank of Chicago In talk to en-
ployees of the members of the Chi
cago Association of Commerce he re-
lated the experience of young man
he had known as boy in wholesale
house in Chicago, where the latter
started his career as a helper to
salesman.
He got hold of certain classes of
goods" Mr. Arnold said THE names
appealed to him. He set to work and
studied the history Of that particular
fabric. He got the name of the fac
tory. He wrote to the factory in Eng
land and asked for particulars as to
the institution. He studied that in
stitution from one end to the other
and he studied all of the fabrics, all
of the different things that went to
make up that particular piece of
goods, and in that way he analysed
every piece Of goods that came into
his hands. He was not satisfied mere
ly to take the goods and hand them
out, but he wanted to know what he
was handing out. The result is, to-
day he is one Of the most expert buy
ers in this city, in one of the greatest
wholesale houses. Those are the
things that count. Get down to a
study of the inside workings of the
thing that you are handling
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
REALLY NOT A FAIR BET
Youna Man Made Wager Which L
Was Almost Impossible for
Him to Lose.

There was 10 sound except the faint
and regular tick of watch. Other
wise silence and gloom pervaded the
elegantly furnished drawing-room.
In one chair sat a beautiful girl,
her lips tightly closed, her eyes star
ing straight before her and her every
muscle tense with a powerful effort
of self-control. In another sat a
young man whose face expressed Sc
robustness but confidence. In his hand
he held an open watch which he OBJ
served closely, only raising his eyes
now and then to glance at the beauti-
fuI girl, who seemed to be in such
agony.
Five seconds, ten, fifteen, twenty
seconds passed. The position Of
neither the young man nor beautiful
girl had changed.
Suddenly her eyes cleaned with a
wild light; she clasped her hands con-
vulsively, and
Il must speak" burst from her
bloodless lips.
"Twenty-four seconds" said the
young man. as he closed the watch
and put it back into his pocket You
lose the pair of gloves by exactly six
seconds"
He had bet on sure thing
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
ION VARIOUS Dates
Anniversary Of the Death and
Resurrection Of Christ
Never Fixed.

IT IS something Of an anomaly from
/ the religious point of view that the
anniversary of Christ's death may fall
on any one of thirty-tive days, while
the anniversary of his birth is always
on the same. 1t is no less Of an anon
alv from the astronomical stand
point, for there seems no reason why
we, having adopted the solar year as
the basis of our calendar should cling
to the lunar year merely for the es-
tablishment of one date.
1t is a mystery why, when the date
of Christ's birth was fixed on Deem
Der %, some dates in April were not
at the same time settled upon as those
of his death and resurrection. That
would have been logical and would
have banished from the calendar a
lunar cycle that has long been aban.
doned by all civilized peoples.
1t should not be difficult to fix the
rational date for Easter If Christ was
crucified on the 14th day of the March
moon astronomers ought to be able to
calculate on what date this fell. They
say that in all probability 1t fell on
April of the year 80 of the Christian
era. Why, then, not fix Easter once
and for all as the first Sunday after
April 7?
It is to the Council of Nicea that we
owe the perpetuation of our anachro-
nistic method of reckoning Easter. This
council decreed that it should be the
first Sunday after the first full moon
that occurs after the vernal equinox,
March 81. Pope Gregory XIII under
took at that time to reform the Julian
calendar, which had been in use ever
since Julius Caesar, in 46 B. c., had
prescribed that year should consist
of 365 days, every fourth year having
966. This Julian calendar was re-.
form of a still more ancient system
based upon the motions of the moon
which system varied widely in differ.
ent lands. In Rome it had originated
with Romulus. who established year
of ten months, having alternately 81
and 80 days, making 3O4 days in all
Numa Pompilius added the months Of
February and January, and in the
year 452 B. c., the Decemvirs placed
them where they now stand.
When Pope Gregory undertook to
reform the Julian calendar, that had
by that time become incorrect by
about ten days, the revolution Of the
earth around the sun was not yet fully
understood, so instead of making a
change that would be thoroughly sci
entific, the present form Of year was
adopted, the Julian calendar being
modified by calling October 5, 1882,
October Is, and by making all ter.
minal years Of centuries. 100, 1900,
rIest etsr.a~~s's.s'-..ss~-s~
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02

Chart Showing the Sliding Scale Of
Easter for the Ten Years From 1910
to 1920.
Of 400, as 1900, 1000. etc., which should
be leap years.
In those days they were so accus-
toned to movable feasts that it never
occurred to the reformers OF the calen-
dar that day might come when their
movability should be inconvenient.
They knew so little about the rela-
tons between the sun and the earth
that they did not want to renounce the
lunar year entirely and so upset the
order of feast days that had from time
immemorial been based upon the
movements of the moon.
Though the Gregorian calendar was
issued in 1882, prejudice against any.
thing that came from Rome was so
STRONG in England that it was not
adopted there until by an act OF par
lament, passed in 1851, September g.,
1852 was reckoned as September IA,
and New Years day was set back
from March rs to January /, begin
ming with 1853.
To fix one definite date for Easter
would require a decree from the pope.
The whole Roman Catholic world and
all Roman Catholics elsewhere would
at once adopt it, and there is little
doubt that the Protestant churches
would follow. As it is purely re-
ligious feast, this is all that would
be necessary.
In Russia and Greece the Julian cal
ehdar is still in use, so their dates are
now IL days different from ours.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Expensive Easter Eaas,

In Austria, eggs are given as pres
ents at Easter, and the emperor pre-
sents great number of them to vari-
GUS people. They are generally COM
posed of silver or gold, mother-of.
pearl or bronze, and often contain
certain useful presents-a piece of
jewelry or some little knickknack, in
tended to give pleasure to the recip.
lent.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
a Great Scheme

How are you going to spend Your
summer vacation?'
I'm going to put it in travelling from
one summer resort to another until |
find a girl worth q million or two who
wants to be loved anf married for her
self alone"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Thumb-Print Fantasia.

You seem very much interested in
those thumb, print records" comment.
ed the man at police Headquarters.
Yes answered the visitor. Il
can't help feeling the greatest curl
osity about how one of those things
would sound if YOU put it on a phono-
graph and played it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
How to Dye Easter Eggs.

A Mississippi woman contributes
the following suggestion to the Wom-
ans Home Companion:
IF you will save the dry, brown
skins from onions and boil the eggs
with the onion skins long enough for
the egg to be hard, you will obtain
beautifully-dyed Easter eggs of vari-
GUS shades of brown, with no taste Of
the onion and no danger Of poison, as
from some other dyes
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Yes. II Could Be Done

Pat Whelan. the new ledger, was en-
gagged in lacing his shoes in the
kitchen. His landlady, standing near,
remarked:
Pat. would you like an egg for
breakfast?'
Faith. maam,' replied Pat, grimly.
81 heard of a man who ate two and he
is alive yet
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Lily typical of Easter,

Easter fashions are almost az typi.
Sal of Easter as the Easter egg and
the Easter lily.
The lily Is typical of Easter be-
cause OF its wilderness and personifica-
ton Of purity. In it's natural state it
blooms about Easter time in France,
it's native home.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Vain Wishino.

Don't you wish you had a fairy
godmother??"
All want is good plain cook. And
that wish seems too fantastiCal to
ever be gratitied.'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Its Reason.

This idea of trying new play on
the dog
is to get it licked into shape"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02

Nothing kindles the fire of suspicion
quicker than an unnecessary explana-
ton.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02

During the rush hours in Buffalo tho
street car company operates two-csr
Trains. ~
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02

H5E t 11lorni4q Cide
,yAgsAN NaSlT morning tide,
W. Gt Upon the hill Of Sliabh.
Va @oD na-mBan,
saw the dead Christ glorfied!
Y His body like the risen Sun,
Was al too bright to look upon:
The Bloc air burned
About Him: In His side
/ And hands and feet there shone
I tThro' slabs and eashes gaping wide)
" The golden glory Of His blood:
VA The gilly stood
hW Upon His right hand: At HIS fee.
~ The fishers, Peter, James and John,
Knelt worshippin2
y With outstretehed arms, and eyes
\ To heaven turned,
And Maria, His mother sweet,
(The partner Of His mysteries
And Magdalen and SaIoms
Came thro' the doorway Of the day
Behind Him. weeping.
Then q eloud came o'e5
My senses and saw and heard no n,oreI
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02

At the age of thirty girl begins to
realize that she misses the Mrs"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-02
Naturally.

How about that bomb sensation?'
"Oh, that's an exploded story.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27

Iurther T. to confirm deeds alread
siven b. this company or its prcdeces.
Sor companies. This company reser,
is the right TO determine in each casr
whether the facts come within the
policy hereby announced. and entitlo
inc applicant TO such special relief
Ill no case will Il conveyance be rccou.
hlzed or given which reduces IN,
width oI the right of way to less thai
'hat required for railroad purposes o.
10 less than fifty feet on either sic.
OF the center line thereof. Applica-
ions Tor quitclaim deeds. accompanicd
by the necessary proof, should be
made to b. a. McAllastcr. Land Con-
missioner, room sol Flood buildinr.
San Francisco.
Tie company intends to defend its
title to the fun extent of the RICH,
OF way granted by congress against
t~reSpasscrs and persons claiming DO,
session or title only by virtue of tho
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27
FREIGHT RATES
WILL Be PROBEL

ASlilNGTON, ID. c.. Jan. 25.-
What promises To be a very interes,.
Ing session of the interstate com
mere" commission is the hearing Sc;
for 10 O'Clock, Feb. s. at Reno. Nev.
at the county courthouse, OF con-
plant No. G996. involving freight
rates 10 points on the Tonopah and
Goldfeld railroad. the Las Vega
and Tonopah railroad and the Bull
frog II Goldh"ld railroad. The
hearing will be before Examiner Thur.
tell. Among the complaints are tn
Golhiicld Consolidated Mines company.
tn" GOldficld Consolidated Milling and
Transportation company, the Tonopah
Belmont Development company, the
Tonopah Extension Mining
IN" Goldii"ld Merger Mines COMPANY
tn" Montana Tonopah Mines company
and Hall, Luhrs and company.
The inquiry will go into the rea-
sons for the construction of these
lines and the cost of them, the Iuct-
uation of receipts, the division of
rates and various other matter
which have a hearing on the rates
charged.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27
SAVES THIS STATE
s75o,ooo PER YEAR

Commissioner W. ii. Simmons, OF
ihe Nevada railroad commission. re-
TO Nevada and proceeded to
Carson City Saturday after Il trip to
salt Lake City. whore h" appeared
week before the committee on
judiciary of the Utah Legislature and
addressed that body on tn" work of
the Nevada railroad commission. He
invited to give his views for the
of the Committo" which is ron
siderinG legislation for Il public utili-
lies commission bill. \ striking
statement of Commissioned Simmons
that the Nevada railroad commits
ION had saved the people of the state
$ $50, 900 a year
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27
AN ESTATE TODAY

WHAT are you working or? Isn't il,
TO build u2 an independent future for
yourself; to provide for your loved
ones 50 that the comfort OF your home
and the happiness of those about you
viii not cease at yor death or in your
age? y great many men fail to re.
aliZe this desire through Incidence and
lack OF foresight i'll the very yeaIs
that should be the mo. beneficial.
Iheir intentions are goUd-but iuten.
ions pay no bills, buy no food, dress
no widow and children, pay no rent
or interests. lift no mortgages, buy no
nome, nor do they keep you in your
declining years.
II you were offered a credit Of a
lew thousand dollars, TO be paid to
your family at your death, or to your.
self 20 years hence, should you br
alive, and in consideration of that
credit you pay a minimum annual
interest on that sum for 20 yrars.
you would consider il an easy way
of securing an cstate-an opportunity
Of providing yourself and dear ones
"SainSt possible want. You would not
hesitate a moment to grasp it.
That's Just What Insurance
Amounts To!
Why not insurance now, when you're
late. The time is now, and here is tn"
logical place for right insurance.
H.. S. TABER
Agent New York Life Insurance Co.
ELKO NEVADA
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27
ESPEE COMPANY
MAKES STATEMENT

AS som" uncertainty has oxis,od
''"u" - l" IN" policy Of this com.
'any concerning the titles ,o ,,,,.
Vi ''"'hlrd to be held, in priyot.
ownership within the Limits or ,,o
''Eh' oi way gluuI,d by conprrss hi,
'~hH8uAc"m'tt * made. N~otvi,b.,,uI
- III "'''t"hs OF tn" United States
',uI''hlr Court that the title to In.
'iS'' Vi way was of such 4 character
'hai II could not be ~alicnatcJ IN. tho
&r"ute". this COMPANY docs ro, J.,
,'i" u assert title to any lands with
N IN" limits of its richt of WAY tho,
nav" been Voluntarily convened to pr;.
'''' holders by this mr. i,s
PREDECESSOR companies. or by Charles
io'"'F' IN" Contract " Finance Com.
ANY or Grriur 10 1900 by the Pacific
Improvements Company. and that. since
IL" conNrNtncos. have been and no,,
III" h'ld' us'd and occupied in good
Iailh by Nu,I grantees or their suc.
'essorS, without waiver or loss of
'laim tn'-rlo by acceptance of lease
abandonment. adverse possession or
but intends to recognize the
validity Of all title so acquired. For
nc purpose of confirming any such
conveyance" mad" by said grantors
"'h"r than this Company or its pre-
companies at Verdi. Reno.
hoyclock and Wells (Ncvada). this
company, upon satisfactory proof by
Distract or certificate of title of the
'ISht thereto and cNccp; as aforesaid.
VIII give lis quitciaim deed to the
present hold"" of any such title. with
warranty against liens created by
ms company on the right of way.
II is not deemed necessary TO give
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27

of statutes OF limitation.
BY order OF the board OF directors,
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY,
By VIM. +. Hcrrin. President
(Datc) March 31st. 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-27
Valuable in Suraical Work.

I 10 sincws Of the Kangaroo ara s.
pee ally desirable fer 4 . il su,-'"y.
tor 80 IN; ru &: .i:l '.i.Giu, brui.,r
f,s:-i.-T
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

ccntended that without the strains Of
music it was quite impossible for
troops to make successful charges
Wanting music. he said, men would
come up ragged and open against the
enemy
Musical authorities seem agreed
that, when used in a proper way, the
drum is thoroughly musical. The con
mon snare or side drum is freely used
in musical compositions. a large nun
Der of drunmers performing stimuli
tanecusIy cut of doors produce good
music. In this connection Berlioz, the
composer, pointed out that q sound
that was Insignificant when heard
singly, such as the clink OF one or two
mus,zets at shoulder arms, CT the thud
as the butt comes 10 the ground at
ground arms, becomes brilliant and at
tractive if performed by a thousand
men together.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
TALE is HARDLY COMPLETE
Reader Will Think II Should Have In
Guided an Account OF What the
Fish Man Said.

There was a man walking through
mountainous resion one day selling
fish As he went along he called:
Fish for sale, Fish for sale!''
Going through a valley he CHANGED
to look Up and On top of a very tall
mountain which locmed into the sky
he saw a tiny hut. and closer his eagle
eye seemed to discern signs OF life
Being an ambitious and painstaking
FISH man, he settled his hamper OF
fish more firmly on his back and slow
" climbed up to the top of the noun
tain. When he reached the hut he
knocked at the door and a man came
out. and he said to the man: ANY
fish today?"
The man took his pipe out of his
mouth, and looking over the deal, re-
piled: mo fish today"
The man went back down the noun
tain. When he had reached the bot
tom he happened to look up and he
saw the same man in front of the hut
beckon to MIN. Once more he set
tied his fish hamper on his back and
once more slowly climbed up to the
top of the mountain When he got to
within hearing. the man in front Of
the hut said to him:
ct don't want any fish today or to-
morrow, either"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Tea and The.

At a tea given at the Ruhl in Nice to
the officers Of the Mediterranean feet,
E. Royal Tyler, the well-known author,
said, nodding toward a sign, 1.-The Dan
SAINT" which might be translated
Tango Tea"
"a French maid, when refused tea
the other afternoon, exclaimed:
"But monsieur is not like his fell
iow-countrymen, then!'
Not like them? How soy I said
Why, said the maid, Z picked up
one Of your American novels the other
day-a Howells novel-and, though 1
can't read English, I saw there was
nothing but tea tea tea on every
page. Now people who talk so much
about tea must be inordinately fond
Of it, n'est-ce pas, monsieur
"She thought, you see, that our ar
ticle the had the same meaning as
the in French"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Why He Didn't Contribute.

%Ahout the very poorest excuse
have ever heard for a rich man not to
make contribution to charity, spe
cif1c case where a lot of US were try
ing to do something for an excellent
local cause" said a Bronxite, the
New York Sun remarks, was handed
out to me- by a wealthy friend on
whom I had been sent to call by the
committee because he was my friend.
I stated the case to him and asked
him for $100-little enough consider
ing what he had-but did get it? Not
any. Neither did I get anything, and
his excuse was that his income tax
was so heavy he really couldn't afford
to spend any money except for per
sonal necessities. He was dead sert
Gus about it. too and didn't see any
thing incongTuous in it even when
gave him the laugh. He isn't an alto
gether stingy man, either, but that
income tax somehow had got on his
nerves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
FAVORED MUSIC IN WARFARE
Great Soldiers of the Past Maintained
Absolute Need of the Mar
tiaI Strains.

The war between Russia and Japan
was regarded by many experts in
things military as having sealed the
fate Of the martial drum The Japan
csc armies moved from first to last
silently, save for the occasional blast
Of a bugIe. The drum was conspicu-
ously absent Before that war it had
been abolished in some, European
armies, but no great war had been
fought without it.
Napoleon was an ardent defender of
the drum, and he believed, with Mar
shall de SAKE. that great general Of the
eighteenth century, that the measured
sound made by the drum and the fife
was indispensable to make men march
well. 'HThe drum" the Cofsican is re-
ported to have said, initiates the can
non It is the best musical instrument
in the world, for It never gets ont Of
tune" And the little corporal was fond
Of pointing out the passages in
@Othello' wherein the poet makes the
Moor pay q glowing tribute 70 the
. spartsmOVtng dram"
1asrasezss anrnzs.. 's771r7Itr1ztus.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
RENoWN WON BY CRIPPKES
Have Not Hindered the Climbing
Of the Ladder OF Fame.

Many persons, crippled in early age,
have, notwithstanding their infirmity
made a name for themselves in the
history Of the world.
The notorious, or famous, according
to the point of view, French states
man TalleyTand, the friend of NapoI-
con, and for a time French ambas-
sador at the English court, was
through an accident when one year
old, rendered a cripple for life His
cunning, cleverness, political penetra-
ton, adroit intrigues and ingenious
subterfuges were vehementIy opposed
by the emperor's wife, Josephine, who
energeticalIy denounced him as a
cursed cripple"
Both Lord Byron and Sir Walter
Scott were lame
Mrs. Browning, the distinguished
English poetess, was of a delicate con
stitution, and never enjoyed robust
health. Her sufferings were due to
an accident which happened in her
sixteenth year. She was one day try
ing to saddle her pony in field when
she fell with the saddle upon her, in
curing an injury 10 the spine The
after affects we're so serious that for
years she had to TecIine on her back.
In every walk OF life, crippled per
sons have won renown. and proved
that their infirmity has by no means
hindered their rise up the ladder OF
fame.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
GREAT LIBRARY OF LEMBERG
The Latest Statistics of the UnIVer-
sity Collections in the European
War Zone.

The last report of the Lemberg Uni
versity library was printed in No. 3 of
the Polish Monthly Ksiazka. 1t re-
cords an increase of 5,505 titles in the
library in 1850 volumes, making a to-
tai of 100000 volumes. Of these, 1,644
volumes came as gifts from the Cali
clan publishers, 1888 volumes from
institutions and government publica-
lions and 1,278 from individuals OF
private institutions. In 1913 $685.
readers used 22O,317 volumes in the
reading rooms and S,917 readers
called for 1910 volumes for outside
reading, making a total Of 1852 read
ers and 237,183 volumes. The in
crease in circulation was 1,455, thanks
to easier access to the improved card
catalogue and handy catalogue Of pc
riodicals and publications in the Ii
brary.
The University library of Lemberg
was founded in 1774 by Joseph II from
the books of the confiscated cloisters
Of Galicia. In 1s4S it was almost com
pleteIy destroyed by fire. It's collec
ton was restored from contributions
of duplicates from the Biblioteka Os
solinskich ano the collection Of S
Borkowski. so that in 1898 it once
more contained 100000 volumes.