The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-11
The Young Man
Who Knew

sion course" said New York woman
as she sank into the nearest piazza
chair and looked after the retreating
carriage from which she had just
alighted "If ever there is chair OF
general information created at any
college the young man who brought
me up here just now should have it.
I'm the first place, we'd scarcely
started when we passed huge wagon
piled with burlap bags, each contain
ing what seemed like mammoth
cream cheese. II smelled just for all
the world Ike one enormous deiicates-
sen shop. | said;
"'Oh. is that the way you mako
cream cheese up here in those great
blocks and then send II down TO the
city to be cut up in little squares and
wrapped in tin fcil?
''1isn't cheese It's casen, skim
med milk. you know What they make
piano keys and buttons out of, was
his reply
Buttons made of MILK repeated
in astonishment
ley Of information that can't remem.
Der half he said. He told me how they
separated the cream for butter at the
creameries and then extracted the
casein from the skim milk
IL seems the curd is pressed and
baked and dried and powdered until 1t
becomes perfectly white and odorless
al,
flammahe
"He said II was used fos all sorts of
things, like playing cards. expensive
paper and pen holders. Finally, as
sort Of dismissal Of the entire subject,
he said:
Why it's practically on the same
principle as making knife handles,
combs and things out Of blood
Blood? | repeated.
"fOh yes he continued in the most I
matter of fact tone. Lots of blood at T
Ill the big slaughter houses, you know
They'd be sure to find some use for
that Ii takes a fine polish and is sol
Id and durable
Just as ! was getting over the
shock Of this disclosure again no
ticed the delicatessen odor. This time
there was no wagon in ght but over
in the field was what looked like a
pond Of milk,
Whatever is that?' | inquired
Skim milk--oversupply. Neigh
bors don't like it, but the creamery's
cot to get rid OF it somehow. 50 they
pump 1t over into that hollow in the :
field Doesn't smell very good, and
at this he whipped up his horses and
tried to leave the pond Of skinned 5
milk in the distance as soor as posi-
BILE.
Il settled back for moment, wait
ing to see what would come next
In few moments we came to sew !,
eral prosperous looking farms In
every chicken yard and here and there
on the grounds adjoining the houses
were thrown bright REQ blankets in
one place an old scarlet shawl and =
perhaps further on an antiqualed red
portiere
What are all the red things for?' ,
! inquired :
Hawks, he replied sententiously !.
"A hawkll never touch chicken If
there's anything red around Thought !
everybody knew that
Il felt rebuked and kept silent for ;.
some time.
Wed gone quite a distance when I p
suddenly looked down on my lap and +,
was dismayed to find that my fountain E
pen. which | always carry in my hand n
bag had evidently begun to leak and p
the ink was gently oozing through the
seam in the leather q
What shall do? | exclaimed as q,
/ showed him the generous black spot
right on the front of my light skirt.
links easy enough to get out he II
said in the most uncoDcerned man
ner III stop at the next house we :
come to and get some salt. r
Salt? l repeated 7
"'Well. any absorbents good but a
most of them II cave a grease spot. 7
Salts the best a
He refined up a, the next house and i
held the horses while he went in
Soon he reappeared with a handful of
salt done up in piece Of heavy brown
paper
Putting piece of the paper under
the cloth he covered the ink spot on
both sides with the salt mad rubbed it
vigorously, blowing away the top layer
every few moments and putting on
fresh salt As YOU see, it hardly shows
at all now. and he assured me Just
now when he drove away that by put
ting salt under the spot and over IL.
letting it remain that way for an hour
or so and then finishing the treatment
with another rubbing. not trace Of
the ink stain would remain. N Y.
Sun.
Had to Give Up Cigarette.
Emperor William of Germany. driy-