Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-13
BAD COD LIVER OIL.
II Your Shoes Smell Like 1t You May
Know the Reason Why.

"This pair of shoes has always been very sat-
isfactory, save only in one particular" said
The STAR reporter. as he handed them over
for soleing and heeling to the cobbler. .'They
have always had most horrible smell of cod
liver OIL"
The boot member grinned.
You don't like cod liver dip" he said
ITS bad enough to take; don't see why
should have the flavor of it about my shoes.
What is the reason, pray?'
'simply that the cod liver oil is very bad
stuff"
1T really is cod liver oil, them"
why, Of course. Don't you know that it is
used for lubricating purposes in the prepare
ton OF leather?''
Il never heard Of it"
well, as q matter of fact, it is very largely
employed In that way-much more largely in
deed, than for medicine. Naturally however,
a cheap grade of oil is made to serve and the
sort that has made the leather in these shoes of
yours Dllable was undoubtedly obtained orig
inally from the hvers by simply letting them
rot in open casks and Swimming off the oleagi-
nous product as it rose to the surface. OBJ
ylously the oil thus extracted by decomposition
is exceedingly fetid. So henceforth if your
shoes smell of cod liver oil you can be at ease
In mind about 1t, knowing the facts. Cheap
factory-made foot wear is the sort that is most
likely to exhibit that peculiar symptom"
Commissioner Morgan Confirmed.
The Senate went into executive session yes
terday at o'clock and remained secluded I'M
til nearly pm. When the doors were opened
1t was announced that the nomination of Thos
]. Morgan, commissioner of Indian affairs,
had been confirmed. This was more than a
great many people expected and to not a few
the announcement must have been disappoint-
ing. II was believed even by many of Nor
CANS friends that his defeat was probable. The
roll call, however, gave twenty-eight votes in
the affirmative and sixteen in the negative, so
she commissioner was confirmed Senators
ingalls, and Pierce were the only two republic
cans who voted against confirmation although
Senators Plumb and Davis absent) were paired
against the nominee. Voting with the repubii-
can majority were Senators Blodgett, Colaui,t
George, Pugh and Reagan.
The nomination of Mr.. Dorchester, superin-
tendent of Indian schools was then taken up
and would have been confirmed had it not been
that the quorum was broken.
For a Gunnery Practice Vessel
The acting secretary OF the navy has given
orders that the torpedo ram Alarm, which used
70 be one of the sights at the navy yard here,
and which has lately been lying at the New
York yard, be reftted at the latter place as
gunnery practice vessel When completed she
will be sent to the apprentice training station
Al Newport The Alarm is an iron vessel oil
900 tons displacement. heavily armored in
front, and built with q very heavy ram pro-
Jecting beneath the water and SO arranged that
spar torpedo could be projected from it,
extreme point. She carries at present one
smooth-bore 15-inch gun firing straight ahead
This Is to be replaced by q modern 6-inch
breeeh-loading rife and she is to be given !
number Of rapid-fre and machine guns, IL !,
probable that the spar torpedo apparatus viii
be replaced by tube through the ram foI
launching automobile torpedoes.