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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1913.
TRADES OF UNUSUAL NATURE
Novelty Jobbers Possible Only in
Populous Centers.
SOKE
OF GOTHAM'S .UNIQUES
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Expert In SaiVdnst, CUpUea Chim
ney, Water stoftejslnir Arltl
flolnl Grass, Sulphur nnd
Brimstone
Among the occupations of New York
City are many of an unusual nature,
which could not exist elsewhere than in
a center of vast population. Specialize!
occupations these are, which demand a
huge population from which to draw their
patronage. New York City Is the city of
specialized trades. Innumerable articles
which in smaller cities could be but a by
product of some more general business
find hero a sufflcent market to make
their separate existence possible.
There la the sawdust man for Instance,
who In New York Is a very Important
business man. The wholesale sawdust
dealer advertises all kinds of sawdust
end requests that you will telephone youi
needs so that there may bo an early de
livery. It used to be that any one who wanted
sawdust went to the sawmill and asked
for ai much as he wanted. There was
only one kind of sawdust In the good old
days and that was an unimportant prod
uct which anybody could have for the
asking. Now the sawdust wholesaler will
tell you that sawdust Is a very valuable
product and that the sawdust business Is
offering greater opportunities every day.
There are about sixty kinds of sawdust
on the market, so says the sawdust ex
pert, and all of them have their stated
uses It. the realm of trade.
Mahogany sawdust is just as aristo
crats and riegrant a product as mahog
any furniture. It is useful for smoking
not as tobacco: that Is an exploded In
justice to the.clgar and cigarette tnanu.
. facturer. Mahogany sawdust Is employed
because ofthe good, clear kind of work
that It does In smoking hams, fish, etc.
All the way from the preparation of
food to the polishing of precious metal
ranges the usefulness of sawdust The
hard', wood dusts are used for polishing,
In some jewelers' shops and cheaper
sawdusts are used for -polishing less
valuable metal work. In packing and
making cushions, for the covering of
floors and In the fur business sawdust
la useful.
Chimney Doctors.
There are several firms In New York
who havo no other care In this world Ulan
to discover' the dark secrets of why
chimneys smoke. They don't bother to
attend to the big buildings, either. They
are almost entirely devoted to solving
the secrets of the domestlo hearth. Busi
ness Is plentiful, too, for nowadays every
body who builds a new house In the coun
try or the suburbs of New York wants at
least one open flro In It, and, strange
to say, there are more new chimneys that
smoke than thoro now chimneys that
don't smoke. Bo there you arc with an
' excellent opportunity for the smokmlK
chimney doctorand all directly In the
Nef YoVk zoncv In less closely populated
regions the new householder with -a
smoking chimney Is obliged toconsult an
architect, a mnio'n .or an bldes inhabi
tant usually wnh results much more
doubtful than when tr chimney spe
cial list Is called in.
In line with the chimney expert Is the
man who devotes his life to defective
hot water pipes. Ho calls himself a
domestlo engineer, but hastily asserts, on
being Interviewed, that he Isn't Intend
ing any Interference with the domestlo
relations court and that his domestlo
engineering ceases when the hot water
pipes are In perfect order and there are
no general heating repairs to be made
In the flat. . He Is a specialist In these
two lines of work and he Is on tap for
emergency service all the time.
Useful In, tho world of business, as well
as that of the home, Is the firm which
takes of floors. jTlie" householder or the
owner of a .large office building who
wants Ills floors .kept In beautiful order
without having to assign his superin
tendent to tho task of seeing that the
proper sort of cleaners are used and that
the beauties of the wood are not ruined
by neglect or over-application of the
'strong-arm method signs a contract with
the floor scrubbing and oiling firm to
take the whole matter off his hands.
This Is one more step toward placing the
housekeeper's art on a basis with other
up-to-date enterprises. Systematlzatlon
and. specialization are supposed to make
for efficiency in housekeeping . as else'
where, and when contracts have been
signed with tho floor cleaning firm, the
vacuum cleaning firm and the window
cleaning firm, another specialized busi
ness, which finds much patronage In New
York, the housekeeper may feel, that her
premises 'are pretty sure to be kept In
fairly good order, at least In regard to
the essentials, no matter what servant
problems she may ba called upon to con
front In the future.
Typewriting- Slentha.
New York Is the great clearing house for
experts of all kinds who are engaged In
the detection of crime, and among these
are "the expert detector of typewriting
and the expert on thumb prints. The
criminal -who reasons that by sending a
typewritten letter he will be able to es
cape' the handwriting sleuth finds to his
dhuryist that tbe typewriting sleuth has
-CAeh the trail In his direction and that
the situation Is quite as hopeless as If
be had Indited his Incriminating epistle
In his own handwriting. Typewriting has
Individual characteristics as well
handwriting, tho expert will tell. you, and
his 'deductions have led to the detection
of crime In so many Instances that he
baa now become a recognized Institution.
Then, If the criminal has been canny
enough to beware the typewriter and re
frain from any sort of writing whatever.
there Is still the thumb print expert to
reckon with. Tracking criminals by thumb
prints has now become so well recognized
an industry that 'the thumb print expert
Is turning restlessly toward the conquer
lng of new worlds and la having the
thumb print system Installed in banks.
especially In banks which have a great
number of ignorant depositors who either
cannot write or who may be robbed ol
their bank deposits by forgery. The
thumb print expert gives his services fot
a fixed charge to such banks as have In
stalled the system, that the clerks ot
the bank may be Instructed in the meth
ods of making and recognizing flngei
prints.
Deotorlnar Hard Water.
One oC the larger -businesses which
night escape ordinary attention until In
terest was directed to It by a personal
tjsed is that of the water softening firm.
which Is also the water purifying 1'lrnv
While in the city itself there Is not a
great deal of need for the services of the
firms engaged In this business, In tht
Immediate suburbs ot New York there Iw
constant call upon the good offices ot tut
water doctors.
To tho dweller In the rural districts who
Is a profound believer In. the Insincerity
and sinfulness ot the great .city the man
ufacture of artificial grass and sulphur
and brimstone will seem particularly
characteristic of New York. The arti
ficial grass, however, Is not used as a
ghastly subterfdge (n the city parks ana
squares, but figures, rather, as the ver
dant meadow ot the 'Way back home
play or tho extensive lawns of a country
estate In stngcland. Neither Is the sul
phur and brimstone as wicked as it
seems. Broadway docs not draw lar51y
on the product, nor Is It employed In tht
grand finales ot the cabarets nnd dance
halls a la Or. Faustus. Instead, It 1
t ied In highly respectable businesses and
assists materially In curing tho baby's
sore throat and lighting the kitchen
lange.
Another strange occupation Is tho open
ing of safes by experts often ' called in
by companies unable' to opan'thejr own
strong boxes , because- of tho. absence of
the official in possession ot the corn
tlnatlon. " , '
HOW ONE WAR WAS MADE
Just n flatter of SUoninc WhlaT
Statesmen, the Sunny Side
of the Case.
Captain Samuel V. Dewey, known all
over the United States for many years
as "The Figurehead Man," because no.
on. tho night' of July 2, 1834, sawed the
head of President Jackson from the bow
of the frigate Constitution because it
was adorning a naval vessel with the em
blem ot a soldier, told me his part, in the
promulgation of the Mexican war ot MIS,
as follows;
General Taylor and the. army In Texas,
stationed near the border. Were 'busy
fighting mosquitoes,, gnats, beetles, etc,
and all that could get leave of absence
wero besieging congress In Washington
to declare war.
"Why don't you go to war, Mr. Presi
dent?" said Dewey.
"Because, -with a whig senate, w
could not get supplies."
''How many votes do -you need?"
"Three would do." '
"All right."
Dowey went to the senators from the
eastern states.
"You are Interested In the whaling ves
sels at New Bedford?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't we need a port' on the Pa
cific -whern thov can mi In fnr atinn1l
for repairs, for doctoring and for news
from homo?"
"That Is so."
"Well, take Ban Francisco from Mex
ico and as much more territory as wt
want."
"By Jovel That Is the ticketl Wasn't
I blind not to see that?"
Dewey went to the White House.
"Go on with your war; I have got five
votes for you In the senate."
And for oil magnates this war was
waged and "Bough and Ready" elected
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The Voegele & Dinning Go.
1314-16-18 Jones Street
Homo of the famous Mazeppa, Swiss Style and Bifc-ter-Swcot
Chocolate Creams. Full line of fancy and
staple candies, made in up-to-date, sanitary factory.
Standard
Bridge Company
Manufacturers and Builders of
Bridges and Metal
Structures
1302-1312 City National Bank Bid.
Omaha, Neb.
HOPES OF WEATHER PROPHET
Possibility of Making Forecasts Six
Months in Advance.
WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS
L.a.Tr GOTerntnsf Shifting; Quantity
ot Iteat from Sun Ileeently
Discovered What It
lleans.
Certain tentative laws governing the
radiation of heat from the 'sun have
been discovered recently by American
astronomers which they believe will
prove In time ot world-wide and perhaps
revolutionary effect In human affairs;
They have learned that the "solat
constant," which Is the. technical term
used to define the quantity of heat radi
ated by the sun, is not constant at nil,
but varies according to sun spots and
other conditions affecting . the solat
atmosphere.
They havo found ' through experiments
extending over a period ot years that
sunspots appear, and disappear with some
degree of regularity have, in fact, a
certain .periodicity and these sun spot
lnfluenco -the, amount of heat radiated
the-, sun and consequently have a dlrct
bearing' .on terrestrial temperatures and
weather .conditions.
These discoveries. It Is believed, will
in time make it possible to forecast the
earth's weather condition with something
like acouracy at least bIx months In ad
vance. The immense value of such pre
dictions to agriculture, navigation, en
gineering and many other departments of
the world's activities will be obvious at
a glance.
Value of, Advance Katmlcdce.
If the farmers had six. months advano
information regarding tho weather they
would plant the crops that would thrive
best under coming weather conditions. It
the spring and summer were to be hot
and dry the farmers would take small
chances on corn, for Instance, which re
quires plenty .of rain and might try bar-
ley- Instead, which makes a good stand
In comparatively dry weather. If tht
coming weather was destined to be wot
they would plant large crops of corn
and would depend for hay upon timothy
and clover rather than upon alfalfa.
They would regulate the acreage sowed
to wheat and oats by the predicted cool,
ness or warmth and the amount ot rain
fall.
It the season was to bo bad for corn
and hay they would probably sell off
their superflous live stock rather than
keep them to fatten for market With
a scarcity ol food impending. On the
other hand good seasons for corn, eats
and hay would mean fortunes In hogs
and other farm animals.
Advance knowledge of frosts and cold
snaps would enable orchardlsts to be pre
pared to protect their trees and some
times would mean a saving, ot millions
of dollars especially to the citrus fruit
growers ot California and Florida,
Six months' forecasts would have a
material effect upon Irrigation and rec
lamation projects in the west. They
would enable' merchant to lay jn steeks
ot goods best fitted for sale In the coming
season. -..They would ba of immense ad
vantage to grain speculators and market
brokers. In many obvious ways they
would have an Important bearing on
other large business Interest.
The principal work In this country In
gauging the radiation of heat front the
sun and In attempting to discover tho
laws that govern It has been dot.e by
C. U. Abbot and F. li Fowle ot thn
Smithsonian observatory at Washing
ton, the late Prof 8. P. Langley ot the
Smithsonian Institution, Herbert II.
Kimball of the governement weather bu
reau at Mount Weather, Vs., and Prof.
Edwin B. Frost of the Yerkes obser
vatory at Williams' Bay, .Wis.
' A Variable Quantity,
It was ten years ago that these Inves
tigators began to suspect that the solar
constant was a varlabo quantity. Their
experiments have established this as a
definite fact. Then came the more diffi
cult problem of finding the cause ot
the variations In the radiation Ot the
sun's heat. It had been supposed up to
the commencement ot their work that
tho variations wero due entirely to dif
ferences ot density and transmlsslblllty
of the earth's atmosphere. Ten years of
observations have now convinced them
that these variation In solar radiation
are due to conditions In the sun Itself,
though all of the astronomers are rs,dy
to admit that tho earth's atmosphere Is
still an Important part of the problem
and one to bo constantly reckoned with.
Prof. Frost recently said It Is difficult
to determine tho exact amount ot heat
which each square foot of the earth's
surface Is receiving from the sun every
minute. To measure this as accurately as
possible the lato Prof. S. p. Langley In
vented an extraordinarily sensitive instru
ment which he named the' bolometer.
With this Instrument he was able to ob
serve tho change of one-millionth ot a de
cree In temperature.
To obviate posslblo local effects in
the atmosphere Profs: Abbot and Fowls
established two stations for simultaneous
work, one In Algiers and the other near
the, summit of Mount Whitney In Call
fornta. The results ot observations at
the two stations .concurred In showing
similar fluctuations at the same time.
Observations of sunspots havo now
been mado long enough to show that
they aro more numerous every sloven
years, and slowly decline from a maxl
mum number to a minimum about seven
years later and then rise to' a maximum
agal nabout four years later.
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ernment weather bureau at Chicago for I
eighteen years, and one ot the best known
of government forecasters, said It would
be a great boon to business Interests of
the world If forecasts could be made six
months In advance.
"Such long distance prognostications
may come In time," said Prof. Cox. "The
discovery of definite laws governing the
recurrence ot solar change, prominences
nnd sunspots nnd their effects on the
radiation ot sun heat to the earth may
make such predictions possible. But I
havo my doubts about the ability of
scientists even to make weather predic
tion six months In advance with any de
gree of accuracy because of variations
in the density of the earth's atmosphere.
Two years aw'tho winter In the
Untied States was unusually severe; In
Alaska it was extraordinarily mild. It
conditions In the s,un caused the severe
winter In the southern latitudes It Is
not easy to understand why they did not
produce the same kind ot weather In the
hftrth. The difference In tho weather, I
think, depended more on atmospheric
conditions than on conditions on the sun.
The earth's atmosphere, I am convinced,
will, always remain a vital factor to be
reckoned with In long distance predic
tions, even If laws regulating conditions
on the sun are reduced to a definite basts.
"The value to mankind ot weather pre
dictions six months In advance would be
Incalculable. It would probably surprise
the general publlo to know the Important
figure the present dally weather predic
tions of the government weather bureau
out In business affairs of all kinds. These
prdlctlons are watched closely by navi
gation companies, railroads, corporations
and individuals that make shipments of
perishable goods merchants, farmers,
owners of base ball parka and amuse
ment enterprises, board ot trade opera
tors, and even restaurant keepers, who
prepare their dally menus according to
the weather. It tho veil could bo torn
from the future and the weather condl
tlons to prevail six months In advance
could be laid bare, It would mean millions
of ' dollars saved or millions bf dollars
made each year." New York Sun.
KIM'S TO THE AUTO GUEST.
Do not try to prescribe the spot for
stopping when errands are to be done
Tho chauffeur may chooto the hottest
In sight, while a tree which casts a
celestial shado may be a rod or two
Western Bridgci I
and , k.- I
away. But It Is not yours to question
the whys and wherefores.
It you are asked whether there Is any
special drive that you prefer, It la safest
not to prefer any. The one you dote on
Is sure to be full of tom-up roads; or
It Is too far for the time available; or
It Is "too hard on the tires."
Like ono seat In tho car just as well
as another. This Is very Important. The
family usually havo, each his or her own
chosen seat. Bay that you. do not care.
(I nm suro that this Is truthful, bocause,
compared with making the rest happy,
you really do not care.)
If the chauffeur chooses to go In the
face ot tho sun, when he might equally
well go tho other waynthus avodtng tho
sun both ways, never mind or If you
do mind, say nothing. Say nothing also,
It he runs over a hen or a dog or any
object.
Bo very cnthuslastto over tho scenery
and publlo buildings, especially If you
are In tho friend's town for the first time.
friendships have sometimes been broken,
and very often cracked, because a visitor
has criticized tho local "Soldiers- monu-
mcnt," or has failed to note that the
stained memorial window which is the
pride of the family church Is a work ot
Imperishable art. ,
Bo careful "all around" about (making
remarks upon what you see. Do hot try
to be witty upon the houses and peo-
tale you pass. If you do, you will
bo sure to strike a blow at some Aunt
Susan or Cousin Jacob. Islle'a Weekly.
Mr. Mtrchmnt, Art
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with tho hundreds ol olirewd buyers who crowd this Market
during tliat Unto? x A , .
Your time will ho limited but wo want to extend an invita
tion to yoH to look at the ilnest and most complete lino of
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that was ever displayed in Oils market. If MERCHANDISE and
riUCEH interest yoH come and seo us. Make this your headquar
ters while in the city.
OMAHA CROCKERY CO.
. i j u wuwmu u i.' o i n i-i ruc .-in.-.-1 1
Oandy Firm that
Has Been Located
Here Thirty Years
Voegelo & Dinning Candy company
has been In business for the last thirty
years In Omaha and are celebrating this
anniversary. This Is tho firm which
manufactures the famous Maszeppa
chocolates which havo such a demand nil
over the western country. Under tho
management of R. J. Dinning, who has
been manager for tho last thirty years,
this firm has prospered until now It is
recognized as one ot tho leading manu
facturing concerns of the Gate City of
the west.
Wearing; Other Folks Limbs.
Dr. A. I Soresl, n Now York surgeon,
a few days ago remarked that he hopes
shortly to be able to prove that It Is pos
sible to graft new limbs on human botngs
to replaco lost ones, using limps ftm
persons not long dead. No-wo can't dis
pute his ability to do this thing, nor the
possibility of It, for there are too many
wonders dally coming to pass that wero t
but yesterday believed Impossibilities.
But won't it be rathor-cr uncanny, to
say the least, to go around wearing tho
arm or tho leg of a deceased person
or persons? One would expect consider
able nervous Irritation and perhaps In-1
somnla to arise from the contemplation
of such a condition, wouldn't ono?--trolt
Free Press.
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