130 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



LINSEED OIL. 



On the promise of a large crop of flaxseed this year, the spot price 

 of oil was somewhat- weaker for a time during the past month, 

 but when it was realized that the conditions which may prevail 

 in the fall have but little to do with the spot situation, the mar- 

 ket firmed up again. The facts are that supplies of oil and flax- 

 seed are very light, and the probabilities are that we will see a 

 firm to advancing: market until new oil is in the hands of the 

 trade. When this will be is variously estimated from about the 

 middle of September to the middle of October. In the West new 

 oil will begin to be in the channels of trade by the middle of 

 September probably, but in the East it will doubtless be later than 

 this. 



WHISTLER WAS THANKFUL. 



A patronizing young lord was seated opposite the late James 

 McNeill Whistler at dinner one evening. During a lull in the 

 conversation he adjusted his monocle and leaned forward toward 

 the artist. 



"Aw, y' know, Mr. Whistler," he drawled, "I pahssed your 

 house this morning." 



"Thank you," said Whistler quietly. "Thank you very much." 

 — Exchange. 



NOT GUILTY. 



Did you ever work for ten hours and make a beautiful garden 

 about the size of a large pocket handkerchief? And then after 

 it was all planted and up, did you ever find a hen that looked like 

 a cross between a greyhound and a buzzsaw right in the middle of 

 it with the air full of young lettuce and radishes? Did you then 

 remember that the hen was made for some useful purpose and 

 that innocent children might be in hearing distance? — Buttler 

 (Ga.) Democrat. 



ECONOMICAL. 



"I'd rather waltz than eat," confided the sweet girl. 



"Then we'll have another dance instead of going to that fashion- 

 able restaurant," remarked the thrifty swain. "And," he added 

 mentally, "that's $6 saved."— Kansas City Journal. 



