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SUSIE F. — Here is a formula for brittle finger nails: Take 

 equal parts of refined pitch and myrrh, or of turpentine and myrrh 

 melted, and mix together and spread upon the nails at night. Remove 

 in the morning with a little olive oil. Make the paste, for which I 

 give you formula, and spread upon the nails at night. Sometimes 

 this paste will nourish the nails and make them stronger. 



CHINESE DIFFERENCES. 



(From the Minneapolis Journal.) 



His compass points south. 



In saluting you he puts on his hat. 



Walking with you, he keeps out of step. 



He shakes his own hands instead of yours. 



He says east-south instead of south-east. 



To be polite he asks your age and income. 



He throws away the flesh of the melon and eats the seeds. 



His women often wear trousers, while he often wears a gown. 



He presents coffins to his friends as your present cigars or books. 



ALCOHOL MADE OUT OF SAWDUST, SAYS WILEY. 



Government Expert Says It Is Not Wood Alcohol, but the Genuine 



Stuff. 



WASHINGTON, March 8.—" 'Glorious opportunities lost,' is 

 the name for a song that the drinking men of the country can sing 

 with great pathos," said Dr. Wiley, the pure food expert, of the 

 Agricultural Department, to-day. "for science has just discovered that 

 sawdust is good material for the manufacture of alcohol. 



"It's not wood alcohol," declared the expert, "but the genuine 

 stufif. It cannot be told by taste, smell or chemical analysis from the 

 alcohol made from Indian corn. 



"Just stop and think for a moment of the millions of tons of saw- 

 dust that have gone to waste. Sawmills, when the mountains of saw- 

 dust got too high around them, had to be moved to escape the sawdust. 

 You cannot burn it. It has no commercial value. But it makes good 

 alcohol and a new industry has come into being. 



"Sawdust alcohol is now being manufactured commercially in 

 Pennsylvania and the industry is expected to spring up and thrive in 

 all sawmill communities." 



