Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-22
CONTRARY TO BUSINESS.
People in Certain Lines of Trade Who
Do Not Use Their Own
Wares.

drugs? The less you take Of them
the better; personally I wouldn't think
Of taking them!" So said a speaker
recently at a meeting, when the ques-
ton of the supply of drugs cropped
up. His hearers stared at him, aghast,
says Smiths Weekly. And well they
might, for he was the proprietor of a
large local chemists shop.
Who a question the rarity of a
thin butcher? Nearly every butcher,
whether he be Of the pork or ordinary
variety, is a standing advertisement OF
his trade. Knowing one who certain
ly could lay no claims to s~toutness, the
writer of this article jocularly said to
him: Why are you not as fat as your
brother butcher? 1t seems to reflect
on the quality of your meat" l was
not prepared for the astounding reply:
II am not big, because under no cir
cumstances do | ever eat a piece or
meat. I am the strictest of vegetari-
ans, and | do not believe that animal
food is good for people" Have you,
then, no conscientious objection to
selling what you consider harmful to
health?" "Oh, dear no." came the
quick reply. 81 can't let my princi-
pies affect my pocket. My business is
a good one, So He shrugged his
shoulders expressively.
To be a successful public-house land
lord, it is essential to be convivial. Still,
this does not deter a good few pub
licans from remaining absolute tee
totalers.
When you are behind the bar" said
one of these, land a customer asks you
to have a drink, it would be suicidal
in a business sense to refuse. You
would stamp yourself as being I'M
sociable at once. Besides, there Is the
question Of beneiting the takings.
But that is no reason why you should
take alcoholic liquor. It is a very old
dodge to keep a handy a Finest Old
Tom bottle. which instead Of spirit
contains simply water, and to imbibe
a glass of that. You charge, of course,
for the price of gin. Profitable?
Rather!!"
1t would appear almost impossible
that a man could remain all day long
surrounded by and dispensing tobacco
in every shape, without himself sue.
cumbing to the attraction of the
weed" Yet it is a fact that one Of the
principal Liverpool tobacconists never
has and avows he never will smoke
either cigar, cigarette or pipe. His
reason for this is that he feels il he
once contracts the habit it would grow
upon him so much that he would smoke
all day long and to such an extent
that his health would suffer. In fact
he is afraid of himself. By the way
you will generally find that when q
,tobacconist is a tobacco abstainer he
Is usually a victim to the habit Of
taking snuff.
One or two, Of the most popular
story-writers Of the day are physically
unable to write. They are prevented
from doing so by blindness, a not I'm
common malady amongst journalists
These men employ other methods o.
transferring their copy" to paper
One Of them dictates his copy to a sec
rotary. Another finds that his flow
Of language is interrupted by the pres
ence of a second person. so he has
learned to master the intricacies Of &
typewriter. To such a pitch of excel
lence can he type now that 1t is sci
dom he makes a typographical error
and his memory is SO good that HI
never repeats a phrase.
A young lady afflicted with blindness
owns a very successful typewritint
establishment in London. She ha!
also turned her hand to authorship
and has written her experiences.
A well-known Jewish rabbi is now
dancing master. M. Molina was at on
time chief rabbi at Marseilles and late
az the Paris synagogue. Misfortunes
y however, came his way and he lost hi!
position. Two years ago he met Gen
Andre, the French minister OF war
who gave him the position Of dancini
master at the military cadet schoo
of st. Cyr. M. Molina has been en-
gagged as professor Of dancing at tn
Royal Casino.