HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1888-12-28, Page 7ti
O i ,7 i RICKS OF TRADE.
THE CHEMIST THE MAGICIAN OF
THE EMT DAY.
,.ter..--,-•,
Competltlen. the Life of Trade, but was
Always 1 nefitlul to the i'ahlie-- ho
Business of Adulteration Systematically
Carried Go—The Uesults.
In this era of universal enlightenment
the training of the successful tradesman
is much broader than that of hispredo-
ceaser of fifty years ago. 'Ile latter eon-
, antlered, Himself fully educated when he
was able to distingaish the quality of the
different grades of the various articles in
which ho dealt, and as very few methods
of sophistication and adulteration were
hnowu, alfa task was a comparatively easy
one With the merchant of the present
,day, hawevcr, everything is different. Ho
can depend on his own judgment only in
very few instances. IIe must know not
4 only how to manipulate his wares so as
to undersell his competitors, but he
N must be continually ou 1115 gnarl
to make sure that the articles
which he himself buys shall be just
as represented. IIo may be a dealer in
woolens and " buy his stock from the
deacon who passes the plate in church,
yet be never neglects to have his samples
examined by an expert, and analyzed if
necessary. But the strangest phase of
the whole matter is that, so universal ban
the custom become, he does not consider
it any reflection on his neighbor to take
this course, and if ho finds that the goods
aro not as represented, ho thinks none the
worse of him, after ho has claimed and
secured his rebate. No branch of trade is
free from this sophistication, and as long
as the resulting article is not injurious to
the health of the people, we have come to
neeopt it without a murmur, as an inevit-
able result of competition. With such a lishwomen in the public streets wluc
state of affairs, It will readily be seen that some hypercritical writers have noticed,
the merchant of "ye olden time" would Mrs. Leslie explains: "It, is deemed bad'
flow stand a, slim chance of success unless taste, immodest even, to display rich cos.?
Ile called in outside aid. tunes to the common eye in public. Only
A. Acvw ADULTERATION.. totheir peers in society do End lisle high
anma�nifi-
ti;norongbly remove the powerful ciiolliicat
agents by which the necessary changes
ars brought about. here was. the oppor-
tunity for cheapening the final product..
An incomplete removal of these chemicals
means less labor and less expense; hone
the Indifferently finished product can be
add ebeaper. Unfortunately, however,
these impurities thus loft in the dyo are
in most instances highlyirritating to the
skin, and when ail, article dyed with such
substances Is worn it is very liable to
cause trouble, especially if the skin Is
chafed or scratched•—Doston Herald.
The Numerous Shad.
A single shad produces 100,000 eggs,
and only about 5,000 aro hatched natur-
ally, By the artiflcial method 08,600 aro
successfully batched. No wonder this
fine fish gets cheaper every year.
Faris Leads No Longer.
London, not Paris, now leads in matters
of fashion both for moa and women.
When tho Empress Eugenie loft Paris and
the republic took tho place of the empire,
the reign of the Preach as loaders of fash-
ion ended. Mrs, Leslie Is of this opinion,
and her opinion is entitled to respect. She.
is a woman of fashion. herself, although
deeply immersed in business affairs, and
is a close and keen observer. Moreover,
she visits the European capitals annually,
and thus has peculiar opportunity to form
an opinion. fnue says: "The reign of Paris
as fashion queen is over, and in my opin-
ion will never return, Why? Because
London and New York have obtained a
supremacy which they will never relin-
quish. IFiner drosses aro made for court
wear in London than anything now called
for iu Paris. For street wear who can
equal an English. ladles' tailor? And for
gay attire, where harmony of colors is
made a feature, American dressmakers
and milliners take the lead of all' others.
Some charmingbonnets, greatly admired
in aristocratic London drawing towns -last
spring, were made in Washington."
As to• the "dowdy" appearance of End•
HIS WAY,
Lore came to the door of the palace, !•
And the door was opened wide;
There wasn`t a thing to hinder,
Ana they needed hila much inside:
Taut he rattled bis quiver, and said with 4 sigh,
"Can I eater an open door? NAV
Not I! Not I!"
Love came to the castle window,
And he Lound a great broad stair;
There wasn't a thing to hinder,
And be might have mounted ther !
Rut he fluttered his wings, and said with sigh,
"Can I plod upa staircase?. No, not I!
Not Ii Notal"
Love came to the :Moro of the ocean,
A pd saw far over the strand
An inaccessible fortress
On a sea girt island stand.""Who cares for an ocean?" he gayly cried.
And his rainbow wings were quickly plied:
"Not Il Netli"
Love came to a lonely dungeon,
Where window and door were barred;
There was none who would give him entrance;
Though he knocked there long and hard.
Then "Who cares for a bolt?" said the saucy elf,
And straightway the warder was Love himself !
"Scot I Not I!"
Eva.L. Ogden.
Chinese as Opium Smugglers.
Who do I think are the most successful
smugglers? The sleek faced, moon eyed
Celestials, most emphatically. There is
no portion of a vessel or its cargo sacred
or safe from the manipulations of the
rascals. They have the deadly drug
plaited in their queeies, quilted in their
clothing, packed in the cork solos of their
shoes, and tucked away in the:5oft, cling-
ing folds of :their silk handkerchiefs.
They have false bottoms and sides to their
camphor wood trunks,,false bottoms to
their cooking utensils. and they are false
all the way through. They will construct
material to resemble coal, fill the interior
with opium and place it in the coal
bunkers until all suspicion is allayed and
the steamer discharged; they construct
tin bolos to fit around masts and cover
their deception with false mast coats well
calculated to deceive the inexperienced
eye of a landsman. They will store it
away in boxes of tea, cover it up with
preserved ginger, and have it they will,
despite all efforts to suppress the prac-
tice.—Now York Star.
Tho chemist is really the magician, who born ladies reveal the wealthg •
today is sought by ono party to develop a cenoe of their wardrobe. On a visit to a
now adulteration, and to -morrow is called friend's house they appear each evening
upon to analyze the article which ho has in a different toilet with jewels to match,
just succeeded in adulterating. His la- and, favored by exceptional physiques
oratory becomes the confessional for that lend majesty to costliest costumes,
merchants of all degrees, andhe must be
as anent and secret as the clergyman. But
his power is greater than the ecclesiastic,
who cannot read our thoughts, and who
may know only what we care to tell him.
But to the chemist all facts within his
province are accessible. If WO are frank
with him, we can render easier the work
which. we have for him to do. If, how-
ever, he has a suspicion that anything has.
been withheld. he has but to make an
analysis and the whole secret is open to
him. In his realm ho is king. He says
to the merchant, "Do thus," and the busi-
ness man, realizing that his only way to
success is by following such injunctions,
does so and is relieved fora time. Soon,
and with a bloom and vigoe far past the
turning point in other women, our Eng-
lish aristocratic lady cousins are by no
means second to the Fronch.' -•Homo
Journal.
Dodos Among the Crows.
In personal appearance the Crow Indian
men aro fine looking—tall and well
formed. The women . are small: and in-
ferior in appearance, and aro not as vir-
tuous as other plains Indians. Their
vocal language is coarse and harsh, and
does not seem to have a rich vocabulary.
They aro poor in tradition. The men out
tho hair squarely off round the forehead,
leaving this bang from four to sixinches
however, Ito learns that he is being under- in length, which, when in full dross, is
sold, and once more has recourse to tho made to stand upright by dressing it with
magician, who finds that some brother 'clay, which is sometimes made more ad -
genius has 'stolen his charm, and it be- lissive by admixture with. a sticky sub-
comes,neeessary /Or him to conjure up a stance obtained•by boiling gummy weeds
more powerful one, only to have it, in and bushes. The side hair is at times.
time, again stolen. • I braided and the hair on the back of the
Tho following incident, related by a des- , head separated into several 'strips;"
tinguished chemist, may be interesting, which aro held in place by glue placed at
as showing howsystematically this busi- regular intervals. To give' them the ap-
nest: of adulteration is carried on. Tho poarance of very long hair, of which they
are extremely proud., that which has. been
gentleman mentioned was recently con -
gaited by a firm of oil dealers, who wore out off in mourning, or that taken, iron
naturally anxious to learn how it was that their ponies' tails and manes, is gluedon
their competitor was always able to under- I to lengthen it'out. They do not pull out
sell them, in face . of the fact that the eyebrows or ladies. In dress .the men
chemist of their factory could not discover . wear the hooded coat made of blanket.
any adulteration in their rival's product. • At the shoulder, wrist of the coat and
On analysis, no foreign substance ap- down the leggings a .coarse fringe is
peered, and - the consulting chemist was fastened. The women wear. short skirts
forced to confess himself nonplused., In mado of raw material, and care little for
the course of conversation he happened to colored ribbons or trinkets.—Fort Keogh
mention, quite incidentally, that tho only (M. T.) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
impurity he had been able to find was a
trace of petroleum oil, which he had con-
sidered accidental. The oil dealer inquired
the amount of this oil present, and on
finding that it was about 2,} per cent., im.
mediately said that the problem was
solved. Two and a half per cent„ he e$
plained, made in a barrel of forty gallons
• a difference of ono gallon, and, by extract-
ing this quantity of an oil worth fifty
cents,' and substituting a gallon of an in-
ferior kind worth, say, ten cents, his rival
had been enabled to draw away almost all
?lis trade.
POISONOUS DYES.
People have become so accustomed to
finding the discussion of the subject of
*adulteration • confined to articles of food
and drink that they aro apt to consider
that this is the only part of it of any im-
portance. Physicians, however, can tell
a different story. For instance, they are
frequently consulted for disorders which
can be directly traced to cheaply dyed
tirticies of dress, and many of the most
,obstinate cases of skin disease aro due.ta
poisonous coloring matters.
Before the art of dyeing had progressed
much most of they dyeing colors in use
were prepared from simple vegetable ex-
tracts. Soon, however, the demand, was,
greater than the supply, and the chemist
was ealled upon for su$stitutos. Step by
Step he followed nature back to her labor-
atory', and finally was able to announce&
that he could produce at will in nattnie
ited quantities a dyo • stuff which could
not be distinguished by any test, Dither
chemical or physical, from the natural
product. The substance which ho had
made was alizarin, the coloring matter
of madder, and the article from which ho
made It was common coal tar. This des-
,Covery worked a revolution in the indus-
trial world. The path, once it had been
pointed out, was easy to follow, and in
quick succession came the announcements
of now colors made from this same waste
product --coal tar --until at the present
day any color or tint can be supplied
from it.
But hdre, tee, the practice Of sophisti-
cation soon ;boeamo a prominent ffactor,
'until the gnestioli was, not how well can
dyes be made, but how' cheaply. The
process et manufacture is a long ono, and
;rent caro itosuites1 gt ozoly, titolj, is
In the Cause of Science.
A man went down from Paris to
Auteuil a few weeks ago, and, hiring a
room in a secluded part of the city, shut
himself up in it with a quantity of provi-
sions, He stuffed the lea
vholes with
paper, pastedpaper ove3 the window
panes, and in other way*, manifested a
desire for secrecy. After ho had remained
there several days the inhabitants told
the police,about him and the doors were
beast in. It was then found that he was
inoculating three terriers with his own
blood in order to ascertain whether a bite
that ho had received from a dog was likely
to prove fatal. He explained that he was
experimenting in the cause of science, and
expected to discover some means by which
every man could bo his own Pasteur.—
Now York Sun.
IIe Was Perfectly satisfied.
Tho officer. at the Third Street depot
found two men jawing, and after sending
one away said to the other:
"You are very foolish to get up a
wranglo here."
"But ho threatened to hit me on the
snout)" protested the stranger,
"Yes, but what do you care?"
'I don't caro about his threat, but it
was his language. I protest against the
term 'snout!"'
"Ho meant nose, I presunie."
"I presume so, but why didn't he say
so? That's what I was asking him, and
that's what I want to know. Ile could
have just as well told mo in a quiet,
genteel way that he would hit me in the
nose, and ho might even have hit me."
"Well, you'd better lot him along."
Ho didn't, though. He slipped away
and renewed the controversy,, and ten
minutes later ho camp back with his nose
knocked into the middle of last week and
one oyo closing.
"I told von," said the officer. "Are
you satisfied now?"
"I am, sir. It's snout, and a mighty
bad one1"—Detreit Free Press.
The Seller of Per nes.
The subject of peculiar guests around a
hotel is a never ending ono for new feat-
smmer for an
eastern house,xnanufact ring a full lino
of perfumes, who comes to this city oc:
casionally. Ho is a veritable walking
advertisement for his employers. Ho
drosses in the latest style, is of a striking
appearance in his general make up, has
his handkerchiefs perfectly saturatedwith
different perfumes, and 'withal small rub-
ber ball he throws a filo spray of perfume
on his shirt bosom and clothing, thus at-
tracting attention to his business by 1
furnishing a combination of 'delicious
smells, from the spicy isles of eastern
seas down to the real, coninon, every day
musk that IA soopular with the colored'
people.- lames O'Connell in Globe -Dem.
ocra .
xAS. W. INGLIS,
•
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER 1Ni
17ine am, Sleighs,
Buggies, coo., &e.,
Repairing of all kinds attended to.
tar PRICES VERY MODERATE.
GIVE E' A CALL.
Catching Monkeys with Boer.
At Darfur,. in Africa, the monkeys are
said to be so inordinately fond of a kind
of beer made by the natives that the bev-
erage is used by treacherous man as a
means of capturing their unsuspecting
relatives. Cans of beer are placed within
reach, and when the "convivial monkeys
have become so thoroughly inebriated
that they fail to know- the difference be-
tween the man and the ape the negro
takes the hand,of: one of them, in all good
fellowship, and leads him off. The others
naturally follow him, and so good -by to
their liberty.—Once a Week.
YOU OUGHT TO GO TO ---1-,
T. DISJThI]i'S
CLOTS -1=C+ MIVIPORITIM,
Where is to be found the FINEST, BEST SELECTED and CHEAPEST AS–
tOltTMENT of all the Latest Patterns and Most Reliable makes in
SCOTCH, ENGLISH, IRISH and CANADIAN Made Goods.
Drift of Ocean Dercilcts.
Everett Hayden, of the Hydrographic
bureau, in a recent lecture before the
Franklin institute, gave some interesting
data concerning the remarkable drift of
ocean derelicts. For example, the ship
Ada Iredale caught fire from. spontaneous
combustion, was abandoned, drifted 2,423
miles in eight months, was; towed into
port and continued to burn for eleven
months longer; then was repaired and
made into a handsome bark, which is
doing good service in the Chinese trade.
Another vessel drifted 3,521 miles in eight
months and ten days.—Now York Tribune.
Teutonic Element in Chicago. ,
File F ie n;ch Panting, Wort$tedo grid U'Vocoa iaig .
A STOCK OF RENTS' FURNISHINGS.
• Chicago is one of the largest German
cities in the world, so far as the numeri-
cal strength of the Teutonic element is
concerned. Even in the fatherland there
are few centers of population which can
vie In this respect with the wonderful
metroplis of the western heixiisphsre.
Whatever causes may have driven the
Gelman from the land of his birth it can
truthfully be •said that his first aim on
foreign soil is to create a home for him-
self. Then he organizes a verein—a so-
ciety. In fact, in populous cities tho so-
ciety; precedes the home. --Chicago Times.
the population of St. Petersburg-11AAk
diminished by 85,000 in the lest seven
Years.an w ...wrw
•
LOWEST PRICES FOR CASK•
FOR RELIABLE GOODS AND GUAR NTEED FITS,
GO TO
JOSEPHINE ST.; EAST,
T. LESLIE
•
Iv1EItlt, Ovr.
THE, CONDITION
Boys Dressed Like Girls.
A little Philadelphia miss, who has
been traveling in northern Europe during
tho summer with her mother, was much
amused at the way that prevails in Hol-
land of, dressing boys and girls under 8
years of ago exactly alike in full dark
skirts and bright bodieos. The'oniy way
to tell them apart is that the girls wear
plain naps, while the boys' caps, are col-
ored. Both avear the Bair short, with
bangs, so that the face offers no hint as
to the sox of the child.—Philadelphia
Times.
Of Unfaithful, Sluggish, Slumbering or Napping Watches
• Thoroughly Diagnosed and Put
IN FRAILE AND DISPOSITION, BY
E. n F. a GER§TER.
Besides, be keeps the Most Varied, Select, Elegant and Cheap'
Stock of
'WATCHES, SHWELLE Mt, &c.¢,
1N WINGHAM.
MASON BLOCH•
•
AND Pun met.
WINd$AMI.
DUFFIELD
Tendency to Increased Luxury‘.
The tendency of the time is toincroased
luxury. There will be more pretty little
adjuncts to the dressing case: this year
than over. Toilet sets have been growing.
Tidier and richer every year. Last year,
ivory backs to brushes, anti' ivory combs
word considered the 'proper things. This
goat everything runs to oxidized silver
for combs and brush and mirror backs. I
suppose after awhile gold will be the
proper caper—J.. A. W. Talmow hi Globe -
Democrat:
Sint v011,13'011 cough when 13hi1o1i's Cure
will Live Nee LI) mediate relief'? Price 100.
Lbc. an'n• tl. Fur sale by il.L• AVIIIiaels..
•
0'
fid
.m
0
.a+
A
tel
0
SOLE
Give -all classes a chance to invest:their means to the best advantage in
CU
.o+
•
•
I ai'rp Gcods, Cut) 'ay
and
§ c'DT § `MTV -MIX,
c
7 '
eta
Woodenware.
An:orican and Canadian Coal ' Oil, wholesale, olid retail. Etvetroughii t.
specialty. Repairing neatly alibi 1,rotnp ly dole. Don't rake
any
lnistal.e but call end raped our Maui and get our tri es.
D T FFIELD & SON,
STONE DLOO1 .,