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® ® Publication. T is hereby brought to public notice I that the trade-mark shown _below which was registered in the United States Patent Office, Washington, D. C., on January 10, 1888, and renewed Jan- uary 10, 1918, in the name of Colgate& Co., of New York, New York, ¢nl Trade- mark certificate No. 15,086. issued therefor, has this date b‘een regis- tered in the office of the Government Secretary of the Virgin Islands of the United States at St. Thomas, In ac- cordance with the provisionsin the regu- lations governing the registration of Patents and Trade marks in the Virgin Islands, approved 30 June, 1920. Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, St. Thomas, Novem- ber 6, 1922, J. J. GAFFNEY, Government Secretary. e L e Y “ LOCAL- At v wetion tomorrow at Estate Bethlehem an appendix consisting of ad- ditional household furniture, ecrockery etc. will be offered for sale at the re- quest of Directors Emil Petersen and C. J. G. Sorensen. The auctioneer tells us that there wil) alsn be a few pieces of solid silver on sale at this auction. At last the much looked for sale of the St. Croix Sukkerfabrik concern, includ- ing the factory and estates Work and Rest, St. John’s, Morning Star, Sion Farm, Grange, Peter’s Rest, etc., has been accomplished. The parchasers are Messrs. D. Armstrong, H. Boje, J. F. Hansen, W. L. Pentheny, M. and R. W. Skeoch, and A. E. Stakemann; the pur- chase price is $75.000 of which $50,000 being more or less the amount available from Government will te paid cash, the balance to be covered by mortgages in the property. The consummation of this deal is welcomed by sll, and we wish the con- cern all prosperity under this change of administraticn. The shareholders are all men of experience and there is good reason to believe that success will attend their efforts, : ; . Sl. Ul x AN Last night’s show at the theatre was well attended ard swas as entertaining as previous chapters. from the Dempsey serial. The music was a special feature of the evening’s enjoyment. The artist productions exhibited by Messrs. Riv and Rodriquez were masterpieces which were deservedly the objects of much praise. Stop That Waste e e ] The importance of due care and the disastrous results of carelessness are so vital to the Postal System that the fol- lowing short sermon from the pen of that# brilhant writer, Dr Frank Crane. ‘. furnished by the postmaster with the hope that it will inspire care an” proper preparation in th _.osking up?of mat- ter for maili. uauring the approaching Christmas se .son when public coopera- tion in securing the best service is more needed th.un at any other time of the year: STOP THAT WASTE By DR. FRANK CRANE. ™ other day the postmaster at Chi- had placards put on the motor vehi- cle. ‘perating in the Postal Service read- ing follows: A STOP THAT WASTE - 26,000,000 Pieces of Mail Annually Are Delayed or Not Delivered at All Because They Are Incorreetly Ad- dressed or Improperly Packed. The postal authorities call our atten- tion to the faet that there are 25,000,000 pieces of mail that they must handle three to sfrven times oftener than they vould bhave to handle them if they had b. 2n properly prepared. .\nd even after they have exhausted eve_y means of identification and salvage they succeed in delivering only slightly more than one-fifth of that amount. And this does not include vast quanti- ties of circulars and newspapers which are not properly addressed, and which are destroyed because they can not be delivered. 4 In Chicago there is one building that is used as a storage place ‘for mail of ob- vious value and for mail of first class which can not be delivered. Twice a year the contents are auctioned off, be- cause there is no way of finding the owners. In this building are bins of shoes, quantities of elothing, dress goods, automobile parts and tires, sporting goods, suit cases—everything from a bird cage tc a mouse trap. These are lost to both the oné who sent them and the one who sh-uld receive them because somebody was careless in tying a knot, or used flimsy wrappiuzZ paper, or put on a defective -address. Nearly 300 empioyees are engaged in correcting the common, preventable er- rors of the people. The only reason tae post office can stand this drain of care- - | lessness upon its resources is that the peop'e pay the bill. There ought to be a general campaign of education with the object of impressing | upon the people the importance of pro- | perly preparing and addressing anything ¢ they put into the mail box. i wother waste, caused by sheer [ sougntlessness,arises from the custom of * ‘nany business houses hold their mail ! guntil the close of the busine&day, when | “they release it to the post offlge in a per- i sect deluge. All day canceling macliines, | distributing cases, and the other facili- ties for handling mail lie practically idle, and just after 5 p. m. they are taxed be- yond their capacity. If people would | simply change their mailing habits to the extent of depositing their mail even two hours earlier than they do at present, it would revolutionize the Postal Service. l This article is writtengn the hope that ' many people will adopffthe idea of pay- | ipg better attention heir mail matter. | After all, the post office is the great ' public servant, and it behooves every ! citizen of the country to make that ser- | vant as efficient as possible. : Mueh of the criticism leveled at the \ Post office is due to the carelessness of ] the general public. St. Thomas News | Lo { SEVERAL PERSUNS POISONED BY ! CASSAVA AT BROUVER’S FANCY. On Saturday night lastin the neighbour- hood of ‘‘Marfoli,’’thealarm went around that four members of the French Colony had been poisoned by CASSAVA all of whom proved helpless in a few moments. An hour late? the ambulance arrived and the patients were taken to the hespital where the chil. died, mother, father, and sister-in-law survives.— The Bulle- tin, Nov. 20. Mr. J. B. Lambert, Principal of the Nisky School, died somewhat suddenly | this morning at 3.30. The deceased wss a native of Antigua, B. W. 1., and of a very affable disposition. As a mark of respect, the public schools were closed at .80 A M. : The funeral takes place this afternoon. The Bulletin, Nov. 21. Mr. L. Preetzmann-Aggerkolm an- nounces that he has ceased doing busi- ness in this island. Unfortunately, we are becominga little too accustomed to such notices; they follow each other so quickly. J. H. Fechtenburg & Co., J. Muller & Co., and now Aggerholm, all solvent and reputable concerns retiring for lack of business! . This reminds of the service of Tene- brae, on Good Friday, when the candles ‘are gradually extinguished. Those at, , the top,_while the light is brilliant, dis- | appear first, and soon and so forth, un-