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New Britain herald., 1930-02-28
What Proposed Reformed Calendar Will Look Like

measure it's progress in months and weeks. Statistical comparisons arc now not so good because there arc months Of 2S, 29. 30 and 3l days and each year d given date falls on a different day of the week. Without the same number of weeks in a month a month cannot be di~ vided into equal parts. A week this year cant be compared with a week last year because it isn't the same week. Diffrent days of the week have diffrecnt values to different businesses, and so with months. A month with five Sundays is different than a month with four Sundays.
 Statistics arc so vital in these days that all this means q great deal to business With the 15-month calendar all months would have the same number of workdays, Satur- days and Sundays-and thus be di- reCtly comparable, family and husi- ness budgeting would be simplfied. much clerical work and expense would be saved and there would be 2. faster turnover of money with Is monthly settlements.
 The chief arguments in opposition arc:
 Confusion. complications and cX- pense would result from calendar change. The number l3 is not divisible by two, three, four or six, the quarters of the 13-month year do not contain q whole number of months, 1S business closings in stead of 12 would involve increased bookkeeping. Friday the 18th would come 13 times a year in the face of q superstition difficult 10 overcome. the regular occurrence of the seV- cnth day Sunday would be inter rupted once each year and twice in
New Britain herald., 1930-02-28

leap years. Birthdays and annivcr- saries would have to be changed
 Jewish rabbis are among the bit terest foes of this proposed calen- dar basins their convictions on the old Testament and the continuity Of the sequence Of the seventh-d day Sabbath. The Seventh Day Adven- lists and the Seventh Day Baptsts support them. Inserting Wear Day. means that the Sabbath must come on an eighth day once each year.
 Nevertheless, more than q hun dred large American business con- cerns are now using d system which divides the year into 13 periods for their own businesses and the calen- dar simpification movement is backed hy d host of the largest na- tional trade. financial. scientific. edu- cationdl and labor organizations and scores of very prominent men and women serving on the national com mittoe on calendar simplilicatlon and it's special subcommittee.
 one Of tho |. $. Chamber of Com mcrcc raferonda showed q majority of business men favoring calendar change by international conference.
 National Committees Formed
 Tho whole movement is now headed toward the League of Na tons which, at the instance of the International Chamber of Con- mcrce, appointed a committee to study simpliiication. The commit tee studied 1S5 proposals. The one most favored, next to the 13-month calendar is a 12-month plan which i cqualizcd the four quarters Of the ! year.
 In 1927. the league suggested to all nations selection of special com-
New Britain herald., 1930-02-28
Two Large Collections
 Of Birds Given Harvard

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 28 (UP) Two large collections of birds, one of 5000 from China and another Of 2500 from South America, have been added to the exhibits of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
 The first of these contains speci- mems from eastern and southern China, collected over period of Ao years by J. D. La Touchc, Harvard graduate. The other, an almost complete representation Ef the bird life of Surinam, is the gift Of an- other member of tho alumni, Thom- as l.. pcnard of Arlington.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-28
New British Pub Has
 Nursery for Riddles

Croydon, England, Feb. 2S Pt- Britalns public houses arc deter mined not to go the way ot the late American saloon.
 They are frankly trying to get away from the crowded bar type of drinking place and become clean. spacious, eating-and- d-drinking houses with family atmosphere.
 One pub" near .herc even has q nursery adjoining it where parents may leave the kiddies while they go into the saloon bar for a drink.
Evening star., 1930-03-24

Liverpool, England, has just added
woman police to its force.
Evening star., 1930-03-24
Will Make Air Photos
Of HoOver's Home and
Forward i'm Half Hour
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Air photos of President Hoov-
er's home at Palo Alto, Calf,
are to be taken, developed and
sent here, all within the space
Of half an hour, during the 1880
field exercises of the Army Air
Corps in California next month.
The War Department an
nounced today that a plane pilot
ed by Lieut.. Guy KirkSey of the
Photographic section of the Air
Corps would leave Sacramento
on April or 4 to take photos of
the Presidents home from an al
titude of 1000 feet. Negatives
will be developed in the plane,
dropped at Crissy Field, San
Francisco, and sent East by tele-
photo.
During the maneuvers a five-
lenSe camera will be used, ca
pable of covering more than
$4,000 acres at an altitude of
$1,000 feet. FlaShlight bombs,
released on parachutes, set to ex-
plode 200 feet below the plane,
also will play part in the pho
tographic activities.
Evening star., 1930-03-24

What most people call indi-
geStion is usually excess acid in
the stomach. The food has
soured. The instant remedy is
an alkali which neutralizes acids.
But don't use crude helps. Use
what your doctor would advise.
The best help is Phillips Milk of
Magnesia. For the so years since
it's invention it has remained
standard with physicians. You
will find nothing else so quick in
it's effect, so harmless, so efficient.
One taSteless spoonful in water
neutralizeS many times it's volume
in acid. The results are i'm
Evening star., 1930-03-24

spection through the restored areas, a
five-hour progress of % miles along
elaborately decorated broad, new boule-
wards. equal to the best in the Occident.
The Emperor'S journey was an un-
precedented departure of the Mikado's
usual seclusion. 1t is estimated 10000
of his subjects lined the route to well
come him.
The disaster, considered the most
terrible of modern history presented a
reconstruction problem which was un-
precedented. The earthquake and fire
cost 10000 lives and property damage
estimated at 5000, 900, 900 yen (about
$2,500, 900 ,000). The 739 100000 yen
reconstruction cost represents only the
government expenditures including the
remapping and paving of the street sys-
tenn, construction of some 400 new
bridges and new primary schools and
excluding the billions of yen spent in
private enterprise to restore the homes,
shops and offices which were destroyed.
Evening star., 1930-03-24

mediate, with no bad after-effects.
Once you learn this fact, you will
never deal with excess acid in
the crude ways. Go learn-now-
why this method is supreme.
Be sure to get the genuine
Phillips Milk of MagneSia pre-
scribed by physicians for so years
in correcting excess acids. Csc
and soc a bottle-any drugstore.
Milk of Magnesia" has been
the U. S. Registered Trade Mark
of The Charles H. Phillips Chemi-
cal Company and it's predecessor
Charles H. Phillips, since 1875.
Evening star., 1930-03-24
TOXIC CELEBRATES
QUAKE REBUILDING
Million Japanese Line o.
Mile Route to Greet En-
peror on inspection Trip.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
TOXIC, March 24.-The capital to-
day began three-day celebration in
commemoration of the reconstruction
of Toxic and obliteration of scars OF
the earthquake and fire of September
l, 1928, which were officially pro-
nounceG completed after six and one
half years work and the expenditure
of 739,000,000 yen (about $369, SOC, ,000)
Today's feature of the celebration
was Emperor Hirohitos journey Of in
Evening star., 1930-03-24
! DON AGAIN DELAYED
Beach Conditions Are Unsatisfac-
~ tory for Speed Trial.

sDAYToNA BEACH, Fla, March "a
GF1.-Beach conditions continue to keep
Kaye Don, British auto racer, from
making an attempt to break the worlds
automobile speed record Of 231 miles
an hour.
Rains have caused gulleys to appear
on the beach. and today it appeared
that several days would be required foI
the waves to I'LL up these bitches. Until
the tide does this Don does not intend
to take his car on the course.
Evening star., 1930-03-24

Steamboat Co. was practically destroyed,
by fire early yesterday morning at her
dock at the plant Of the Norfolk Ship
building g. Dry Dock Co. with q loss
estimated at more than $15O,0O0 by j.
A. Cheatham, general manager Of the
owning company.
The vessel was built in Philadelphia
in 1901 at a cost Of S350,O00.
Evening star., 1930-03-24
90 Beaten in Strike Row.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March "a P.-
Twenty or more men were beaten
severely and six were arrested as fight
between opposing factions temporarily
disrupted meeting of striking taxicab
drivers here yesterday. The prisoners,
arrested by members of the police riot
squad, were charged with inciting to
riot.
Evening star., 1930-03-24
FIRE CUTS STEAMER
Freighter Burns at Norfolk Dock
with S15o.ooo Loss.

NORFOLK, Va, March "a (P.-The
passenger and freight steamer Gen.
Mathews of the Norfolk & Mobjack Bay
Evening star., 1930-03-24

Unhealthy city life and later marriage
are given by one expert as two of the
principal reasons for Britain's falling
birth rate
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
New Type of Asphaltic
Coating for the Silo

Asphalt is one of the best coatings
for stopping leaks in silos and water
tanks, but this has been handicapped
by the fact that the walls must be dry
and fairly warm if the asphalt is t"
make a good bond. There is now on
the market an asphalt coating which
can be applied to wet surface, so
that the silo can be coated on the in
side few feet at time as the silO is
filled. Apparently, the bond is just as
strong as with the ordinary asphalt ap-
piled to dry surface. This property
of adhering tightly to damp surface
is also important in stopping leaks in
tanks and cisterns, as is the fact that
this type of asphalt does not make the
water taste or smell.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16

Before the adoption of the Consti-
tuition, the united colonies had sort
of provisional national government,
such authority as the states delegated
being vested in the Continental con-
greSS.
The Continental congress was IN
session at intervals from September ..
1774, to October 81, 1888, at Philadel-
phia. Baltimore, Lancaster and York.
Pa; Princeton and Trenton, N. j.;
Annapolis and New York city.
During that time 16 men served as
presidents of the congressman of the
United States There was no Presi
dent of the United States until George
Washington, because there was no
Constitution, and no such definite de
termination of the executive powers
as there is now. The president of the
Continental congress corresponded
roaSiS. in his functions, TO the Vice
President In the present government.
John Hanson of Maryland was one
Of the presidents of the Continental
congress. The complete list with
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Preserving Autographs

To make indelible autographs that
are written in pencil, the bureau of
standards suggests spraying with the
fxative used by artists for preventing
the smudging of crayon and charcoal
drawings. The fiXative is a weak
solution of bleached shellac in alcohol.
The color is so pale and the film Of
shellac left on the paper is so thin
that it cannot be noticed. Be care
full not to close the book or turn the
pages before the alcohol evapOrates
and the shellac loses it's tackiness.
Artists supply houses sell cheap
tin sprayer, but an old atOmizer for
spraying the throat can be used. The
solution should be well rinsed out of
the tubes with alcohol If you wish to
use the atOmiZer again.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Served as Presidents of Continental Congress

date of the election of each, follows:
Peyton Randolph of Virginia, Sep
tember 5, 1774; Henry Middleton.
South Carolina, October 22, 1774; Pey-
ton Randolph (again), May 10, 1T75;
John Hancock of Massachusetts, May
"a, 1875; Henry Laurens, South Car
olina. November l, 1777; John jay,
New York, December 10, 177S; Samuel
Huntington, Connecticut, September
%, 1879. Thomas Mexican. Delaware
July 10, 1871; John Hanson, Mary
land. November 5. 1881; Elias Boudi-
not, New Jersey, November 4, 1852 !,
Thomas Miffin. Pennsylvania. Novem-
ber 8, 1873; r. II. Lee, Virginia. No
vember 80, 1884; John Hancock
(again), November %. 1885; Natha
MEL Gorham, Massachusetts, June 6.
1886; Arthur st. Clair, Pennsylvania
February 2. 1887; Cyrus Griffin, Penn
sylvania, January %. 1888.
1t was as president of the Cont
mental congress that John Hancock
was the first signer of the Declaration
Of Independence. = Cleveland Plai
Dealer.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Beetles Are Greatest
Enemies of Cucumber

The striped cucumber beetle and the
spotted cucumber beetle are the great
est insect enemies TO the cucumber. IL
only few plants are included in the
garden, make small frames and cover
with cheesecloth to protect the plants
from the beetles. solution made by
mixing arsenate of lead and small
quantity of bordeaux mixture will re-
pei attacks from the beetle and pre-
vent injury to the foliage.
Protecting the plants from the
neetles aids in keeping the plants free
from disease If wilt, anthracnose.
and downy mildew appear, spray with
bordeaux mixture.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Agricultural Hints

X x X x x x x X X X X X x X x x X x x
Uncomfortable live stock can never
be profitable live stock.
Good silage can be made without
tramping it in the silo.
Don't put fresh feed into dirty or
sour troughs.
Cool, moist storage is best for beets,
carrots, turnips, rutabagas, parsnips,
yalsify, winter radishes and celery.
When transplanting do not let the
roots of plants lie open to the hot sun
or to the drying influence of the wind.
It costs on the average SS less to
sell truck load of produce at mar
ket than to furnish containers for rail
shipment.
Removing a crop of alfalfa late In
the season will make the plants more
SuSc6pIlDIS to "iHtCl anu Lhoy
cause the destruction of the stand.
Seed potatoes that were not treat
ed last fall before storage should be
given a treatment before planting.
Large losses from Rhizoctonia Oc-
Cured last year because some grow
ers failed to dip the seed.
For lightning protection it is well
to ground 70 earth every electric en-
trance to any farm building on the
outside even though the system Is
connected to water pipe on the in
side.
The turkey crop last year showed an
increase of about nine per cent over
the year before. The most of this
increase was in the western states
where the greater part of the stock is
put on the market as meat.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16

and Jeff came out ready to 20. "You
come for me later. dad. will you?
and Resale knew a strange thrill of
come and get her any time. and the
thaugit helped her as she wreStled
with soiled dishes. heaped up laundry
and uncOmbed, unwashed children.
Never i'm all her life had Rosalie
worked So hard or SO gladly, and at :
when the early twilight was dimmns
the big old Kitchen, now scrubbed an1
orderly, and the babies were being
served Il wholesome supper of sauce.
milk. corn cake and cookies, Rosalis
heard the hang. clatter and turmoil
that heralded the approach of JEFF and
his auto with unfeigned gladness.
AS he held her coat for her Rosalie
felt a tug AT her skirt and she bent
the little girls, who was trying 70
tender ROsalie a couple of worn.
shabby 81 bills with the mothers
admonition that this was to be ION
account" and turning su id N Y,
Rosalie looked at jeff with quivering
lips; that these people, so poor that
they had hardly enough to keep body
and soul together, should make this
pitiful effort TO pay doctors bill of
over nine years standingl And she
had been grumbling over her fathers
leniency!
"Take it back to Mummy, darling,
and tell her to buy you some shoes
She hasn't any account with uS-not
to be paid in money, at least" And
Rosalie pulled her hat low over her
eyes and her collar high up, lest JEFF
see the sudden tears that were streak
ing her face.
THE Hennesseys have twins" gent
ly remarked the young minister as
he guided the coughing, sputtering car
to standstill and turned to help
Rosalie out.
Twins" gasped Rosalie. But
thought they already had one-this
morning."
"They did, and they lave, and now
your father is doing tailspins in the
library because Mr.. Hennessey tried to
give him $40 on account-he wouldn't
take IL !"
HE wouldn't take it-why?" gasped
Rosalie stutteringly.
Because they haven't cent and
would probably have to run gro
cery bill to pay him that much Your
father" he continued seriously, sis the
most wonderful man I've ever known,
Miss Brandonp'
Il suppose you're the same" falt-
cred Rosalie. hopelessly. 81 suppose
you, too, would give away your shoes
and go barefoot -
"Not any more, l wouldn't-on ac-
count of somebody else-sOmebOdy
who is more wonderful than her dad"
gently answered the sky pilot as he
took ROsalie's coat from her and went
to hang it up. And ROsalie knew!
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Legume Silage Is
Dairy Farm Help
Sweet Clover May Prove
Valuable as Winter Ra-
ton for Cows.

Prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
Sweet clover slage may prove val
liable as wintering ration for dry
cows and heifers under dry-land con.
ditions during years when other feed
crops fail, says the federal bureau of
dairy industry. Sweet clover can be
placed in an inexpensive silo such as
a trench, and can provide the princi-
pal feed for the dry stock through
the winter. This is indicated by tests
Agriculture field station at Ardmore,
South Dakota.
Prefer Corn Silage.
Cows, however, did not relish the
sweet clover silage as they did corn
silage or grass silage. In a feeding
experiment in which cows were fed
sweet clover silage without grain
or hay ration, production dropped
greatly. A sweet clover crop usually
produces considerable vegetation.
even in years when drought takes
the corn crop, but in the vicinity of
Ardmore many cows refuse to Craze
the sweet clover because of bitter
taste that is more noticeable in that
vicinity than at other field stations
of the department Experience with
sweet clover silage at ArdmOre
showed that ensiling causes the bit
terness to disappear.
Molasses Added.
AT the Huntley. Mont, station cows
preferred corn silage to alfalfa silage
made by adding ! part of beet-sugar
mOIasses to 20 quarts of first cutting
alfalfa.
IAN interesting feature Of the ie-
gume-silage feeding" says j. r. Daw-
son of the bureau Of dairy industry,
was the inability of the animals,
when receiving silage as the only
feed, to maintain an appetite for
quantities. Many of the cows con-
snmed large quantities for few days,
but invariably the consumption de-
clined after a short time"
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Praise of Silence

Says Carlyle. "Silence is of eternity.
Thought will not work except in ST.
lence. Silence, the great empire of
silence; higher than the stars. deep
er than the kingdom Of death! Silence
and the great silent menl A country
that has none or few of these is In a
bad way. 1t is like forest that has
no roots. which has all turned to
leaves and boughs, which must soon
wither and be no forest"
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Far-OH Yet Near

Referring to the Andromeda nebula,
a galaxy of stars so distant that 1000
600 years are required for its light to
come to us: "The astonishing fact
says Or. Forest Ray Moulton, distin-
guished astronomer, sis not that these
exterior galaxies are so far away, but
that they are so near that their dis
tances can be approximately meas
ured."
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Fertile Soil Needed

Most vegetable crops require a fer
tile soil. For all around purposes
there is no substitute for barnyard
manure as fertilizer. 1t should be
well decomposed and not too coarse.
Dry straw and other undecayed ma
terial in the soil interferes with the
preparation of the seedbed and the
cultural operations. Manure should
be applied in the fall to allow the
fertilizing elements to leach into the
soil during the winter months.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Unimaginative

Two miners who had been brought
up in the same village, but had long
since drifted apart, met the other day.
"Hello, Tom! Let's ave a drink"
said one.
mo Jack" replied the other, who
had recently come under the influence
of a revival mission, II ave been born
again."
What" exclaimed Jack, looking
down at the others legs. Born
again, an still bow-legged?-Week
Scotsman.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Windows Important

The value of windows to building
from esthetic and utilitarian aspects
can scarcely be overemphasized. Win.
dows have a profound spiritual func-
ton to perform in that they not only
express the spirit of the building but
also bring in the great Out-Of-doors.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Giant Kodiak Bears

Kodiak island is off the southwest
coast of Alaska. 1t is crossed by the
154th parallel. The Kodiak bear Of
North America has the largest size
Of all bears, and is the most bulky
carnivorous specimen. While possibly
it is not the heaviest, it weighs in the
neighborhood of 1000 pounds.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Expensive Costumes

1t is said that the costumes worn
by actors in the Passion play at Ober
ammergau are made without regard
for expense. One worn by POntius
PLATE was reported TO have been
made of material especially woven in
Constantinople which cost 500 marks
q yard.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16

MAR, really indi- Tie Hand
rates mark" or
Adisfigure, to hold back or retard.'
But this need only occur when you
yourself fail to observe your chances
to go ahead.
There is more strength in your gen.
tie hands than people imagine. AS a
matter of fact very ancient syllable
found in your name, Arr, means "the
lion"
So call upon the stronger part Of
yourself, Marie, even though you may
feel doubtful about the outcome. To
make yourself go on to success all
jOyments of living in success.
If you can start this imagination
into a direct doing right now you will
soon graduate from the day dreamer
class into something permanent.
Your mind has way of radiating
that which seems to water and en-
courage other minds. This is indicat-
ed by the syllable RI in your name,
adapted from very ancient rendering
in the Hebrew.
Even the / itself means fruitful
country.
1t is easily possible for you TO join
the ranks of the famous, even if 1t
is not so easily accomplished. The
main attribute here is the ability to
keep on keeping on.
Thus did one Marie gain the
heights. Just plain little woman
with one tremendous talent-the abil-
ity to be everlastingly and painstak-
ingly exact. This is Madame Marie
Curie OF France, one of the worlds
greatest scientists.
In lighter fields, but requiring n
less of strength and determination,
you are the namesake of such as Ma
rie Provost, Marie Dressler and Marie
Tempest, so well known in the dramatic
and cinema world. Come now, Marie,
another step, another push and who
knows the greatness to which you
may attain?
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Don't Gush

If you are real friends you tell each
other so in hundred ways and you
never leave the matter in doubt
Woman's Home Companion.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16

what it did for me so they are taking it
too. / will write to any woman if Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will help her as it did me. l feel like o
young woman now and thank you."-
Mrs. 81. c. HENRY, 2S6 Fuller Ave-, st.
Paul Minnesota.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
DISPLACED Labor

When the sewing machine for shoes
was first introduced one man coulc
10 as much as sixty had done befor
" hand.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
All Wrong

Few stout women ever get weighed
without becoming convinced that the
machine is out of order.-Des Moines
Tribune-Capital.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16

when Il went 70
bed. I had faint
ing spells and pal
pitation. OF course
it was my age. l
read a Lydia L.
Pinkham booklet
and started TAX
ing the Vegetable
Compound three
times a day. / am
now awell woman.
L h r e e Of m y
neighbors know
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
Margaret

Margaret. you will need the strength
of will so beautifully displayed in your
The Ely miner., 1930-05-16
'Analyziil,g|
...YOU...
With the New Science Of Syllabics !
BY G. j. COFFMAN /
Dean of All the Enumerators
Marie
Dean of All the Enumerators

Considered by many to be the most
beautiful name, especially favored by