The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, August 05, 1908, Image 6

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This extraordinary petrified fish is erected in Wurtemberg as a memorial
to William I., German emperor and King of Prussia, and dates from prehistoric
times. It is twelve feet long without its head, which has not been discovered.
The diameter of its throat is six-and-a-half feet.
BUSINESS
VERSUS
POLITICS
Horn "Corns" Art Effected and
the People Wonder Why.
By ERNEST McGAFFEY
"UveOnes"Keep
Tab on Available
Politicians Un
derground Route
Between CU Hall
and Inner QrcUs of
Commercial life.
IN knocking about
in politics, speak
ins. electioneering,
canvassing, and oc
casionally casting
about for suitable
candidates, togeth
er with the more active of the
ward politicians, I often met with
the "business" men of the ward.
Men in all sorts of llpes. hardware
and "soft ware." real estate men, gro
cers, butchers, bakers, plumbers, and
other pursuits', coal dealers, printers,
jewelers, restaurant men. tailors it
was wonderful what a variety, there
was in the way of business enter
prises. Now, no man can carry on any busi
ness whatsoever in a ward without
finding that politics is going to cut
some kind of a figure in his chosen
line. It may be directly, or it may be
indirectly, but it is sure to affect him
in some way. A good many business
men simply shrug their shoulders and
charge politics to "profit and loss."
The condition of a street or district
was a matter of politics; the paving
and sidewalk surroundings, whether
good or bad, meant politics; 'the health
of the ward depended on it; the light
ing of the streets at night and the
sprinkling of them in summer and the
removal of the snow in winter was
"politics;" the schools, parks, alleys,
boulevards why, the very air one
breathed asd the waterlhe drank was
a matter of politics.
And yet the majority of the busi
ness men dabbled only in politics as
It might happen to affect their particu
lar line of work A paving contract
or or a sidewalk builder was sure
to be active; a grocer or a butcher,
Every Saloon Keeper Was an Active
Partisan of Both Sides.
passive. Every saloon keener .was an
active partisan of both sides, as could
be readily inferred from the pictures
of all candidates hung conspicuously
la his windows, together with a rep
resentation of the flag of our country
bringing up the rear.
Some business men who have large
interests, -manufacturers doing a
wholesale business, for instance, usu
ally had some one In their company or
corporation, who kept unassuming,
but doss, "tab" on political doings.
These concerns sometimes wanted to
"Grab off' some out of-the-way little
chunk of ground for a stub switch
enj, to ran la cars to their factories;
or maybe they wanted to scare away
tome costly smoke-consuming device;
or choke oS a paving scheme; or save
money In some other way. They very
hrewdly therefore, kept la close
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AS A MONUMENT
communication with the ward lead
ers of both parties, and while they
were of course patriotic, they did not
allow patriotism to warp their com
mercial judgment.
They contributed to the legitimate
expenses of the ward and municipal
campaigns, generally had some sort
of representation in the official rosters
of the ward clubs, and displayed a
commendable activity in public af-
L fairs from the simple reason that
(hey could not afford to be dead
ones." Business men who were active
democrats, or active Republicans, as
the case might be. boldly hung the pic
tures of their party candidates on the
outer battlements meaning the plate
glass windows of their establishments.
But of course If a man was an "all
round" politician, like the proprietor
of a "thirst boudoir," he hung them
all up. Democrat. Republican, Inde
pendent, Labor,-- Socialist, Socialist
Labor, and even, when waggishly in
clined, the portrait of the Prohibition
candidate.
Now. your "business man" who was
on good terms with his employes, was
a political power to some extent He
did not control, by virtue of the Aus
tralian ballot, the votes of the men
who worked in his establishment; but
if he was a sarewd man, and treated
b?s man right, he could swing a good
many votes the way he wanted them.
What so easy as to have a quiet "talk
with the men," showing them that the
prosperity of the business, the suc
cess of the plant (the workmen's
bread and butter, d'ye see) depend
ed on the election of this or that set
of men? Was it done? Well, Well!
Certainly when a "boss" was dis
liked he couTd not have swung a soli
tary vote with a hawser, but when
the men liked and respected him, they
could be and were influenced by that
magic argument, nationally cele
brated, locally vital, the "full dinner
pail." This argument could be used in any
old election, from alderman to presi
dent These big business men sel
dom personally held any interviews
with the "small fry" politicians of the
ward. They had their representatives
to deal with the question, and when
fully identified with any particular
party, they were counted on to con
tribute to the campaign fund. The
popular idea of money spent in polit
ical warfare is" that it goes for whisky
and to bribe voters. Comparatively
little goes for whisky to what it was
in the old days, and as for bribery,
what's the use of "bribing" a man to
vote, when he can take the money and
vote as he pleases, and no one be the
wiser as to hov? he voted?
The bulk of the money in campaign
expenses goes for thoroughly canvass
ing the wards and getting all the vot
ing strength out; for sending out cir
culars and other campaign literature;
for hiring halls, and hack hire for ora
tors; for brass bands and torch-light
processions; for carriage hire to make
a thorough canvass of the ward by the
candidates; for the precinct captains
dn election day: for printing bills, and
divers other expenses. The money
that "goes ovei the bar is what the
candidate himself puts up as a rule.
Now the business men contributed
their checks to see the men win
who they thought would be friendly
to them in a pinch; they selected their
party candidates when they could,
and lam of the opinion that the most
of the "big men" wanted absolutely
trustworthy and reliable candidates
who would not he too ferociously stub
born about granting any little "harm
less" privilege. They were bitterly
opposed to "graft," of whatever party
they happened to belong to, but they
had their Individual -ideas of what
that baleful term meant
For Instance, suppose some highly
repubtable merchant wanted to ele
vate the sidewalk above his place of
business to facilitate the handling of
freight Suppose such an elevation
practically "hogged" that part of the
sidewalk, to the exclusion of the rass-
ing pedestrians who demurred at
climbing up the elevated sidewalk,
there to stumble over skids and
through piles cf boxes and barrels.
Was that any part of the public's busi
ness? Pish, and also Fie! . Nothing is
so obnoxious as the average pedes
trian. He is always getting tangled
up in electric cars, or cabs, or skids,
or wheels, and having his plebeian
anatomy defaced or broken by getting
In the way of "progress."
Then there was another type of
business man. This vwas the typo
that had no particular ax to "grind."
They were "party men," who gen
erally held their conferences with the
"down town" leaders, and who played!
"politics" in a genteel way. They
never contributed unless they knew
where the money was going to, and
they did not use politics-as a means
to an end. Sometimes they were
chosen as aldermanic, or other candi
dates, and when elected made good
officials.
They were often selected for posi
tions of non-salaried prominence, and
they represented what might be
termed the passive respectability of
the party. The "active" respectabil
ity of the parties .was divided among
the professional men, "big" mer
chants, small tradesmen and ward pol
iticians, in proportions which varied
according to localities. Sometimes
one of these men would turn "re
former" and often he made a very per
sistent and active man behind the gun
of reform. Reform, bad as it some
times Is, must be credited with having
accomplished much, both in local and
national politics.
' About the only way the average
business man could be reached with
political argument, 'was either by mall,
or by a personal call. You never saw
a "bunch" in your life so immune
from campaign oratory. Many of them
took their politics from their papers,
and voted straight the ticket which
their editor had selected for them.
They might be induced to read cam
paign circulars if they reached the
house on Saturday so as to be on hand
for Sunday, but they "side-stepped"
the meetings, unless some bright par
ticular star of verbiage had been an
nounced to speak. Nationality cut
always a figure, sometimes more,
sometimes less, in their predilections,
but personal interest was the key
stone of the arch of their political
gateway. - Occasionally a proposal to
do something which might interfere
with their ideas of right or wrong,
or entail considerable pecuniary sac
fice upon them, would result in "mass
meetings," which were largely attend
ed, and at which much pyrotechnics!
oratory was indulged in. At these
mass meetings they generally had the
aldermen in the ward attend; and
Nothing Is So Obnoxious as the Aver
age Pedestrian.
when the alderman got up to speak.
he knew what was expected of him.
and usually "went with the current"
If he didn't, he would "go up the
spout" the next time he ran.
The business men in the different
wards had a great deal more power
than they divined, but as "business"
was their first thought they left pol
itics to the politicians; and thereby
hung their scalps. But once aroused,
and maddened by the sound of human
oratory, and they would sometimes de
velop into a solid voting force that
would sweep the politicians off their
feet But as a rule they were apa
thetic about everything but the fetish
of "business."
Those who were business men and
politicians combined, who had a pay
ing business and a paying combination
with official life, were not an unusual
sight; and these were surely the
subtlest In the game. If their candi
date "lost out," and they were gently
separated from the "trough." they
simply smiled and went on doing busi
ness "at the .old stand." If their can
didate won, and they were retained in
office, they won out at "the store,"
and also at the "city hall," thus both
"eating their cake and having it,"
and outdoing in completeness the
southern process of catching the
'possum "a-comin" or a-gwlne."
ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
(Copyright 1908, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Figures Settled It
Two men got into an argument dur
ing lunchtlme in the Astor bouse ro
tunda at New York the other day.
One was from the east, one from the
west Each had many things to say
of the infinite inferiority of the rest
of the country- Finally the man from
the east challenged: "Come out here
an get licked, you big stiff," he
begged.
"You can't lick me," said the other,
decidedly.
"Cer'nly I c'n lick you!" shouted
the man from the east "Lookee
fiere."
He went to a weighing machine
near at hand and solemnly climbed
up on it He peered at the dial for a
moment "There!" he said In tri
umph. "Two hunner' and forty-eight
pounds. Cer'nly I c'n lick you."
The westerner walked over to the
scales and focused one eye on the
needle. "Guess that's ri', " he com
mented. "Gissa drink, bartender."
Who can say, after that, there Is
need ..for an International Peace so
ciety. The Honest Friend.
We are all travelers In what Ahn
Bunyan calls the wilderness of this
world, and the best that we find in
our travels Is an honest friend. He is
a fortunate voyager who finds many.
We travel, indeed, to find them. They
are the end' and reward of life. Rob
ert Louis Stevenson.
KNEE
Perhaps one of the hardest household duties that anyone can be called
upon to perform is that of scrubbing, and any device to lighten work of this
description will well repay the cost and trouble that is entailed in its construc
tion. Our sketch illustrates a capital article for this purpose, and one that with
out difficulty can be made at home. It consists of a piece of wood about an
inch in thickness and semi-circular in shape, the upper side of which is pad
ded either with wadding or sawdust, and covered with coarse canvas nailed
on at the sides or underneath.
In the article from which this sketch was made, the canvas had been cov
ered with a piece of fur cut from an old mat, which made it additionally com
fortable to kneel upon. In front, and made of American, cloth, there is a kind
of hood which pulls over the knees and keeps the skirt from becoming wet
The mat for want of a better name, is easily shifted about, as occasion arises,
and such a device as this is invaluable in a case where stone has to be knelt
upon, and may be the means of saving colds and other illnesses.
In the upper sketch, on the right hand side, the interior of the article is
shown, and underneath there is a diagram of the shape of the wood.
In another part of the sketch, the dotted line and arrow Indicate the way
in which the American cloth may be pulled up over the knees, to protect the
skirt from splashes of water.
COATS IN HALF-LENGTH.
Garment That Gives Graceful Finish
to Hat Costume.
There is no more graceful finish to a
hat costume than the charmingly
transparent half-length coats of tulle
embroidered in fine paillettes or with
flosses, or of fine lace, whatever its
kind. They are not only most becom
ing, but give an- air of grand chic to
the wearer if her figure is slender and
shapely. One especially was of black
"tulle, very delicately wrought by hand
with pink and black silk the latter in
traceries brightened with cut jet
bugles. It was a low-necked model,
with a bust insetting of real Alencon,
triangular in shape. At one point in
the middle of the bust line there was a
finish of a handsome jet buckle across
a lace bow of Alencon, with finished
ends. This coat had a slight gathering
of front fullness on each front and
caught under the jet buckle to give
ease to the fitting across the bust,
while at the same time producing a de
cidedly smart effect. The fronts, al
though open, were swept back on each
side with a long downward curve, the
back being half-fitting, showing the
two long shoulder seams now so gen
eral. The half-sleeves were formed
from the front and back pieces, and
embroidered to correspond. In shape
they were wide at the elbow and slit
up to shoulders on the outside arm
line, calling for gloves long enough to
incase the entire arm. Tbat long
glove line enters as a feature of dis
tinction into the ensemble, but for
wear in extreme midsummer heat a
transparent, close-fitting, wrinkled long
sleeve to match the gown may be
worn, made either of gauze, crepe de
chine or lace, according to choice
made. Vogue.
Remodeling Last Year's Sleeve.
In remodeling a part or the whole of
! any garment the first thing to do is to
rip it up and clean and press well.
After the sleeves have been carefully
pressed they are ready to be cut over.
Lay the pattern on the sleeves and cut
carefully, according to directions.
When the sleeves have been seamed
up and the cuff replaced the sleeve
should again be carefully and thorough
ly pressed before It is replaced in the
garment
Any gown can be remodeled in this
manner and made to look decidedly up
to date for merely the cost of a good
sleeve pattern and the time that the
remodeling takes.
White in Different Tones.
In these days there come so many
fabrics that are near white that it is
not necessary to get snowy linens in
order to get the white effect. There
are mustard-colored stuffs, pongees,
linens, mercerized cottons and mulls
that are delightfully refined and dainty
in appearance. And if one does not
care for yellow there are the rose col
ors, the natural tan tones, the soft
pale apricots, and the delicate grayish
white fabrics. These do not soil quite
as readily as the white goods, and are
almost as youthful in effect
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! To Keep Lace Firm.
! Nearly every girl does a little home
' dressmaking at one time or another.
Some make nearly everything they
wear, while it is the luck of others
only to do the darning and see that
things are in order generally.
1 A great many girls find trouble
from lace stretching at the edge, es
pecially around a Dutch neck or at the
tcp of a collar which is made out of
lace sewed together.
When once it has pulled it is impos
sible to get it into shape again, and
to the end of its days it will never set
right
Before the dress has been .washed
baste a strip of newspaper under the
lace, then rn the edge through the
scwinz machine.
The paper, which Is torn off when
finished, keeps the sewing machine
from catching the thread underneath.
Alcohol for Tender Feet
If you are starting out on your vaca
tion and if vou Intend to do a great
deal of tramping around, stow away
this little hint In a corner of your
brain and see how much good it will
4o after a lively game of tennis or a
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A WORD AS TO MEDICINE.
Danger in Taking Drugs Not Pre
scribed for the User.
It is a very common thing among
women that they will take medicine
which is recommended by friends and
also give it to their children without
investigating ijs formula.
They will have prescriptions refilled
which another woman's physician has
recommended for her particular case,
or take up what remains in her bot
tle. This is a most dangerous practice,
and should not be continued. If a phy
sician has written a prescription for
his patient, he understands her partic
ular case and is not prescribing for
anyone else who wishes to take it.
He may not only give her medicine
for what he thinks she needs, but may
give her drugs which she needs and
knows nothing about.
It may be something to strengthen
the heart or other organ of the body,
same drug which would be very harm
ful to another person; or opiates may
be in the formula which would have
an entirely different and disastrous ef
fect upon another constitution.
It is a very dangerous practice for
yourself, but in all common sense do
not give such things to your children.
If your child is sick and you do not
understand what to do. call a physi
cian and let him prescribe in the right
way, even if it does cost more money.
By this it does not mean that the
doctor has to be railed for every small
ailment of the child, but if the child
is really sick you will know it Do not
risk the child's health by giving It
things which you do not understand
and which may be poisonous to it You
are running a terrible risk by doing it.
The crepe de chine coat is a great
favorite.
T.e presomt sleeve is close, but not
tight; it melds the arm without bind
ing it
Tte satin coat is an excellent ex
ample of the present craze of associ
ating a cloth or veiling skirt with a
wrap of satin.
The small sleeve, when not carried
to an extreme, is always becoming. It
is one of the few fashion manifesta
tions which the stout woman may gaze
on.
One of the best examples of the typi
cal small sleeve is used in the tailleur.
It is full length, of course, close fitting
and with no perceptible fullness at the
armhole.
A girl of 12 years will look dressy If
she has an everiing frock of nun's
veiling, with a lace yoke and sleeves
and silk band trimming. A dress of
louisine trimmed with quilling of silk
is pretty, also, with a lace yoke at the
front and back.
jaunt into the woods. Bathe yout
tired feet with hot water and with a
coarse towel rub away any callouses
which might be there. Then rub them
well with alcohol. It not only toughens
tender feet, but it is amazingly refresh
ing and in many cases it will prevent
disagreeable perspiration.
Soft Scerf Girdles.
In direct or position to the princess,
bsbe princesse and jumper frocks, are
the new soft scarf girdles now being
exploited in Paris. They are the des
pair of the stout woman who wishes
to disguise the fact that she has hips,
and the delight of the slender woman
who has secretly been bemoaning her
lack of them. The new girdle is mere
ly a soft sash that Is wound twice
about the waist and drawn up half
way to the bust. With a skirt and
coat costume it takes the place of a
waistccat, or rather Is both belt and
vest in one, and it actually helps to
dress up the blouse into a semblance
of a fitted bodice. Preferably the scarf
girdle should match the color of the
gown, unless a decidedly contrasting
tint is necessary to "tone up" the costume.
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BLACK-BACKED GULL
The movement for bird protection
which began many years ago In Mas
sachusetts where the first Audubon
society in this country was organized,
I has grown with the years until the
' movement has become world-wide. It
is no longer a national Audubon soci
' ety, but an international Audubon so
, ciety which is actively engaged in pro
! tecting the bird life of the world from
destruction at the hands of its innu-
merable enemies, both natural and un
natural, the two-legged animal man
coming under this latter classifica
tion. The United States as a whole com
pares most favorably with other
countries in the matter of bird pro
tection. The history of the "Audu
bon movement" is most interesting
and significant. It really began in
the early eighties, when the Ameri
can Ornithologists' union earnestly
discussed the matter of the undue
destruction of birds, and the council
of the union was directed to prepare
a memorial to congress to ask for
help in bird protection. From the
United States department of agricul
ture was secured $5,000, and a superin
tendent. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, was
appointed by the Ornithologists' union
to help in properly spending the
money. From this beginning has
grown up the biological survey, which
works in close collaboration with both
the department of agriculture and the
National Audubon society.
I The National Audubon society itself
was organized in 1886, at the sugges
tion of a committee of the American
.Ornithological union. It started under
most flourishing auspices, receiving en
couraging letters from such men as
Henry Ward Beecher, John G. Whittier
and Bishop Potter. At the end of 188G
the society had 16,000 members. The
next year it began to get out a special
organ, the Audubon Magazine, and the
membership increased to 38.000.
Two years later came a shimp. The
public seemed to lose Interest in the
movement The bird laws were broken
repeatedly. The press paid little at
tention to the Audubon workers.
Thing3 were discouraging during
the next few years, but in 1896 the
question of the protection of birds
was again brought before the public
by the organization of the Massa
chusetts State Audubon society. It
is the formation of such societies al!
over the country that has kept the
second Audubon movement from
failing like the first The matter
was simply too large for one society
to carry out alone.
Pennsylvania, and then other states
soon followed the example of Massa
chusetts, and at the present time
there are but ten states in the union
in which an Audubon society doe3 not
exist. In most states the societies
are large and continually increasing.
They have their own magazine, Bird
Lore, a successor to the old Audubon
Magazine, but much more ambitious.
In all but three of the states which
have the society the uniform Audubon
law for the protection of non-game
birds has been adopted, and this law
is in force even in some states which
do not possess a state Audubon
organization West Virginia, for in
stance. The National Association of Audu
bon Societies is not a distinct club,
but simply a loosely-drawn federa
tion of the various state societies.
Its object is to secure uniform action
and establish some sort of union
admitting of concerted action when
occasion arises. A national commit
tee has been formed, to which com
mittee each of the state societies
sends a delegate. This committee
meets every year.
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JUST A MODEST SUPPER
Boston Bull Was a Little Hungry,
That Was All.
"The dog in his domesticated con
dition more nearly approaches the ab
solutely omniverous than any other
animal of my acquaintance or of
which I have knowledge," said a Jer
sey resident. "The other day I be
came the owner of a pedigreed Boston
bull pup that had spent his short life
in a New York flat. He weighed 17
pounds and I deemed his avoirdupois
would have relation to his appetite.
However, he ate two pounds of dog
biscuit, the bones of half a dozen
lamb chops, a pint of Ice cream and a
quarter of a pound of marshmallows.
We were just leading him on to see
what he would take. Then he went
out in the yard and tore up a rubber
pls-t that stood three feet high and
at that leaf, stem and root He then
lK.aded the house and during the
nirfbi ate my leather automobile cap,
a pair of shoes, got my wife's hat and
ate that bolted a paper of tacks, ate
ATION
AGUE
At present the work of the na
tional society consists In forming new
state -Audubon societies, strengthen
ing the weaker ones, maintaining a
warden system, by means of which
sea birds, such as terns, are specially
protected during the breeding sea
son, and attending to all matters of
legislation. Besides all this, the
national committee interests itself
greatly in various bits of educational
work, including the dissemination of
illustrated leaflets. It Is also a
valued medium of exchange belween
the state societies.
Though the foreign methods in
the struggle for bird protection dif
fer from this country's, the move
ment Is truly International. On the
continent It has taken the form of
international conventions or con-'
gresses. It was the German Ornitho
logical assembly which first brought
up the matter of bird protection in
1845. One Baidenus suggested the
idea, but, according to the records, his
proposal was first "rejected;" next
year, at the meeting of the Saxon Ag
ricultural society, "shelved," and ten
years later, at the second meeting of
German ornithologists, "ignored."
It was not until 1868. at the twenty
sixth assembly of German agricult-
uralists and foresters, that a. request
was made by vote of the assembly to
the Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ter to take .measures for bringing about
the formation of international treaties
and agreements. Switzerland and
Italy were the first states to join in
the movement
It was not until 1884, however,
that the first international ornitho
logical congress actually met at
Vienna under the patronage of Crown
Prince Rudolph.
On account of various delays, such
as the death of Prince Rudolph of
Hungary, who had been the moving
spirit of the first meeting, and .the
quarrels between various officials,
the second congress did not take
place till the year 1891. It was held
at Budapest, and little of Importance
was accomplished, though there was
a general feeling that the matter in
hand demanded close and immediate
attention.
Finally, in 1900. the third Inter
national ornithological congress was
held in Paris, and in 1902 the con
vention was signed by the dele
gates present. Its most important res
olutions were as follows:
"Bird3 useful to agriculture, particu
larly the insect eaters, shall be uncon
ditionally protected by a prohibition for
bidding them to be killed In any way
whatsoever, as well as the destruction of
their nests, eggs and hroods.
"It shall be forbidden, at any season
and in any manner whatsoever, to steal
nests and eggs, to take or destroy nest
lings. "The Import of these nests, eggs and
nestlings, their transport, the colportage
of the same, their putting up to sale,
their sale and purchaso, shall be pro
hibited. "The construction and employment of
traps, cages, nets, nooses, lime-twigs or
any other kind of Instruments used for
the purpose of rendering easy the whole
sale capture or destruction of birds, shall
be forbidden.
"It shall be forbidden from March 1 to
September 15 of each year to take or kill
useful birds.
"The "sale or offering for sale of the
same is also, during the same period,
forbidden." c
Among the nations represented at
the convention were Austria-Hungary,
Germany, France, Belgium. Greece.
Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Norway
and Switzerland. Italy sent dele
gates, but they withdrew early In the
session. Two years aco. in 1906. Austria-Hungary
incorporated the conven
tion into its corpus juris. There is
hope that the other countries whose
delegates signed the convention will
soon follow Austria's example. Al
ready several of these nations have
laws protecting birds to a certain
degree.
French Doctors In Bad Way.
The number of physicians in France
has nearly doubled in ten years. There
are now 20,000, and nearly 2.000 are
turned out every year by the medical
schools. Fees have decreased alarm
ingly because of this competition, and
because of the diminution of disease
due to hygienic precautions. In some
districts In Paris a franc is all that is
paid for a doctor's call.
his brass studded collar and leather
leash, upset and drank a jar of har
ness oil and arriving at a bottle of
Piatt's Chlorides capsized that and
lapped it up and laid down at last in
peace."
Celluloid Explodes.
A celluloid factory in Vienna, Aus
tria, where several hundred persons
were employed, was completely
wrecked by an explosion due either
to me ignition of celluloid dust or to the
action of some of the powerful chem
icals which are used in the process
of manulacture. It is known that at
least 17 persons were killed.
From His Own Experience.
"Have you 'What Can Be Done with
a Chafins Dish?'" asked the customer
in the book store. mep
"No'm replied the haggard-looking
clerk, who had attended a welsh
rarebit party the night before "bat I
can tell you what should be done wit
a chafing dish." PhiladIpaia Prsss
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