New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
ANATOLI HISSAR THE CASTLE OF ASIN.

once suggests the hard question: What is n
chemical? Some might define it as a substance
never used except for the purpose of producing
chemical changes in other substance. II 50, why
are Hacking and ink cassed chemicals? Aso'
why are Drugs such as 3arks. beans berries
balsams buds bulbs, excrescences.' put INTO
this schedule? To preserve the distinctness OF
the list and help it out of conflict with Scheduie
G. Agricultural Products and PROVISIONS tne
clause is added. (which are drugs ana ho'
edible" This shows the acuteness OF the la" J.
trainers: warts for instance, might nave pee"
supposed included in "excrescences Whlch are
not edible" if il had not been for the Insertion oi
the words drugs and" As it u.s. tins aIlIteratNe
cataloque reminds the reader-always supposlng
him susceptible of "A joke-of the old game
love my love with a b, because ne Is
Though of course. "Barks, beans, berries
would hardly come in as well in TINS cohhec''oh
as 'balsams and bulbs would
1t u.s. further, surprising to remark that opium ID
nut in the subdivision Of "Oils" along with castor
oil and cotton OIL though the castor bean appears.
from some reason o- other six schedules away
from it's oil and from the other barks' peahs'
berrics" and so forth Another interesting SUD-
division Of this schedule is Preparations" which
certainly seems sufficiently appropriate term
for doctors stuff" though not one whit more
evact than the popular phrase, including as IL
does both things ITO be shaken before taken
and also plasters The chemicals seem--to the
unofficial mnd-to have a way OF aNenglhs
themselves for the intrusion Of the backing ano
the ink 10y stopping all over the other scheduies'
sulphate OF baryta cropping out among the
earths side 10y side with substances famllT |"
those who have never heard Of baryta
In Schedules B and X the idle and not spe-
cally Informed reader will find many uneX-
pected things and not little useful informatioh
He may not be surprised 10 find opera glasses
sandwiched in between cut glass table furnish
ings on one side and telescopes on the other;
but he would hardly look for them in the same
schedule with grndstones. In like manner I'D
Schedule K the classification OF 'gorings, sus-
pcnders. braces" not far off from mats anu
rugs gives occasion for some profitable thinking
about the origin of things, while the terms top
waste. subbng waste, rowing waste also
"noils" may stimulate the curious to closer
study of the phraseology of the wool market He
who thinks ne knows Il great deal because he
has pored over books is referred for an antidote
tn intellectual pride to Schedule NJ where he
will find books classed with pulp. Artists ana
art connoisseurs will find the steel engraving
plates TO which they are likely to attach mucIS
importance catalogued in Schedule {, with par
rel hoops and crinoline wire If they want PANT
ings whether in oils or in water colors they WIN
find those articles in Schedule n, Sundries'
inst after rattan mating and followed by the
list already referred to-pencils, pipes. poughs'
plush threshing machines umbrellas ahV
waste" whatever this last may mean.
OF course, all this apparently unaccouhtaoie
classification is really only curious because the
tariff classifier classifies mainly from the polho
Of view of origin while mankind in general looks
at things in the light Of their uses in human ME-