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writing the Secretary, Mr.. Henry II.
Hadlv, box 1885, New York.
Whether much good will be ac
complished depends solely upon the
vigor with which this organization is
pushed forward. 50 tar as it works
at all, society must be benefited.
When moderate drinking business
men, and men ppcuniarjly interested
in the hqlor trade bcyiu to feel the
necessity of doing something to
check the ravages Of rum, | do not
want to stop singing 'he long metre
doxoloLy long enough TO inquire
whether they are doing precisely
what am doing. It used to be said
OF General HaI'eck that he would
rather loose a battle By approved
methods than win it by departing
from ,hrm. Tnu,e who in their own
pcr>u :, or their loved ones, have
tasted the sharp sting of this sprpant's
tooth will he guilty OF no such folly.
Sink" GLAD hands with any man, of
any cr"rl, who will help brush one
temptation from the path of my boy,
liit one man from the gutter, or les
son bv rcather's weight the deadly
influence of the dram shop and the
drinking usagcs Of society.
A CURIOUS LAW SUIT.
Th' soap makers are in court over
Il cwncal case, and by the way the
b.indfoldrd Goddess smiled first on
one. aud then on his rival, one is led
TO f. her traditional bandages are
"tOo thiu." Who does not remem-
Der the reign Of soap, and
sand, and Bristol brick, and last,
though far from least, "elbow
grease? AS the latter commodity
grew unpopular, if not scarce, Yam
kce wit ,harpened itself up to the
point OF producing a substitute for
the whole lot, and saponaceous in.
yentions grew and multiplied like
the excuses Of a poor debtor. About
eight years ago a photographer
named Troxell was struck with an
idea, which, like lightning, is very
apt to hit in out of the way places,
He was using silex, fine, smooth,
saponaceOus but gritty substance,
easily dissolved in water, to clean
and polish his glasses, when the idea
occurred to him that it might make
a superior cleaner for household pur-
poses. A long series of experiments
demonstrated its eminent fitness for
scoring and polishing all metals,
paints and glass, and for cleaning sill
yer and britannia by simply washing
in the suds, as well as for removing
ink and other stains from the hands.
He boldly came down from his sky
light, became a soap man, and named
his invention "Pride of the Kitchen
Soap" But the course OF true
lather never ran smooth, and why
should it with Troxell Another
soap man complained that his soap
was put up in tin foil with blue la
bel around it, and that because he
was putting up his soap that way, his
right to use TN foil and blue was eX.
elusive. Mr.. Troxell died, and his
brother became defendant to a suit
which WAS decided in his favor. The
blind Goddess scores one for "Pride
of the kitcheuw Another suit was
brought bcf,re another Judge, and
this time the bind'oIded Deity de-
cides for the plaintiff. The proprio-
tors of the Windsor, St. Nicholas aud
metropolitan Hotels testified to the
transceudant virtues of the "Prlde
of the Kitchen" and several first
premiums from the American Insti-
tute and other fairs we're displayed,
but all to no purpose. 1t wasn't
their turn. 1t was the other fellows
1t looked so like a game Of "odd and
even" that the Troxeils are now APP
peaIing, confident that the next turn
is theirs. This suit is still pending,
and meantime the superior quality Of
"Pride Of the Kitchen" makes it sell
tremendOusl Y under a new label,
and its proprietors appear very CRATE
full for the gratuitous advertising
these funny suits have given them,
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