New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

What becomes of old boots and shoes has hither-
to been almost puzzling problem as "nere al
the pins go to- The solution, however IS given IN
a British trade journal: "Old boots and shoes OF
leather" the journal says. "are cut up into srnah
neces and then are put for two days into chloride
of sulphur, the effect of which is to make the
leather very hard and brittle When this Is fuiIy
effected the material is withdrawn from the actlon
of the chloride of sulphur, washed with water.
dried and ground to powder. 1t is then mixed with
some substance that will cause it to adhere to-
eether such shelac or other reslnous MATERIAL
or even good glue, and a thick solution or strong
e,uro If Is afterward pressed into moulds to form
combs buttons and a variety of other useful ar
+icIes Prussiate of potash is also made out OF OLD
leather 1t is heated with pearl ash and old iron
hoops in a large pot. The nitrogen ana CARBON
form cyanogen, and then unite with the iron and
potassium The soluble portions are dissolved out
and the resulting salt added to of iron, pro-
duces the well known Prussian blue. either for
dyeing purposes as a pigment
MY wife never pays attention to what
milne does-sometimes.'
How do you manage IT.?
IT talk in my sleep."-London Opinion
.Tbe outlook" of Denver says that it is ''abso
Iutelv unfair to the Pope to say that he is an
enemy of Ernesto Nathan, the new Mayor of
Rome because Nathan is Jew The Pope is
fond of telling this story: While he was poor
bishop he was in neec of 10000 lire. After having
tried in vain to get the money from several wealthy
men in his diocese he wrote to one Jacur, a Jew,
asking him for the amount. By return mail came
A letter with a check Tor 10000 lire, which Jacur
asked the bishop to accept the condition that
he would consider one half of it present from
a friend Pope Plus has repeatedly expressed him.
self in condemnation of ant-Semitic movements"
.TI never forget the first jackpot 1 ever won."
what did you hold?' asked the youngster.
My breath. for one thing; don't remember what
hi lSHR
In answer TO a correspondent "Menestrer' gives
a list showing the ''creativeness' of some German
composers. Franz Abt, according to the figures
published created 26lo compositions, of which
L079 were choruses 100 duets and 1,134 songs. Jo-
hann Sebastian Bach is credited with 1,1O3 compost
tious of which 225 for the organ and Gil were
choruses Beethovens compositions are placed at
42a Brahms 53s; Handel 397; Haydn. SIS; List.
go Mozart when he thrty-five years old had
written SIS compositions; Raff. 610; Rubinstein.
$50 Schubert thirty-one years old. 791; Schunann.
forty-six years old. OIL. When We except Czerny
and Diabelli, who wrote for pedagogical purposes,
Mozart and Schubert rank highest for prolific
work The statstician did not consider in his list
the compositions intended for the stage.
why don't you quit smoking. old chap? You
&c "Certainiy But every time make up my mind
tol do it, somebody comes around and tells me
ought to!-Puck.
Hermann Sudermann has written a letter TO the
''F'rankfurter Zetung'' in which he asks that
paner to publish the fact that he has long been
engaged in writing drama founded legend
of the time of Charles the Great. The drama,
Die Karolstochter" he says. has already taken
form as 10 sentiment and characters. and was
shown years ago 10 Ludwig Fulda. He adds that
the statement is made before the production of Ger
hart Hauptmanns new play to prevent possible ac-
clIsations Of plagiarism"
DO YOU think horse racing a crime
Sure"
But YOU owned q string of horses last season
That's Just il. ! referring to the way in
which hnrses raced."-Philadelphia Ledger.