The Washington herald., 1911-05-11

Firms of artificial teeth manufactur-
keep in stock molars of every shade of
color from white to black. There Is
steady demand for black teeth in Siam.
Java. Batavia, and Burma, where the
natives chew the betel nut, which
blackens the teeth. For Persia the
teeth must be absolutely white. Recent
ly We have received an order from
Bhavnagar. India, for some bright red
and blue artificial teeth. Smokers teeth
are regularly supplied to dentists in
Shades to match those which have been
discolored by nicotine"
Trade with Argentina.
Merrill o. Jones, of New York, who is
connected with shipping and South
American trading enterprises and was
seen at the Arlington last night, said
that the status of the trade of the
United States in the Argentine is pc
culiar.
"A few big American corporations
have gone It 1t carefully. intelligently,
and with continued energy" said he.
american steel and iron makers have
found 1t profitable field in which they
have won a fair share Of business. in
sharp competition with England. Ger
many, and Belgium. Lately. Russia has
appeared upon the scene as a seller of
steel rails. and her prices have upset
all former market conditions. 1t re-
mains to be seen, however. whether
Russia can maintain her position for
any length of time as to supply and
prices.
American harvesting machinery takes
care of the crops of the Argentine as
1t does Of those of many other countries.
The American oil companies supply the
Argentine market with Illuminating and
lubricating oils. The American packing
interests have gone heavily into the ship
ping of frozen and chilled meats, anu
now control probably 80 per cent of the
Argentine export trade in those products.
AS yet the shipments are all to Europe,
but the time may come when the people
OF the United States will look to the
Argentine to supplement the home supply
Of bread and meat
Goods Are Shown in Court.
In one of the chancery courts at the
Royal Courts OF Justice. in London a
novel arrangement was recently carried
out" said S. B. Smith-Walker. a solicitu,
of London, who is here on business and
was seen at the New Ebbltt recently
In order that Mr.. Justice Parker
hight thoroughly understand the work.
ings OF wireless telegraphy during the
hearing Of an action concerning that
marvellous invention which was being
fought out before him, a complete and
expensive installation of wireless teleg-
raphy apparatus was fitted up in the
court room, which for the time being
had the appearance of an electricians
laboratory.
"A much more humorous exhibition once
took place in the court presided over by
Mr.. Justice Warrington. Dangling from
his lordship's desk and from other ele-
waited places were scores of gorgeously
colored corsets, the subject matter of a
patent action. With an obvious poverty
of intimate knowledge of such delicate
articles, the opposing counsel argued none
too convincingly. Is the round top any
thing new?' asked one, pointing to a
particularly fascinating creation in col
ored silk. What is the bottom bit for
queried the other, indicating a tab for the
attachment of suspenders.
1T is no uncommon thing to see a
judges table bearing an array Of bottles
that would do credit to a first-class saloon
bar. Generally the action has reference
not to the contents, but to the labels: but
occasions have arisen when the adoption
of right conclusions required the drawing
of corks. Two or three bottles of Old
Tom were one day handed up to the
judge in order that he might closely in
spect the labels
Ink Used by Ancient Jews.
That the ancient Israelites had a cheap
and easy method of sending written mes
sages which was in fairly common use is
now an established fact" said George A.
Reissner. assistant professor of Egyptol-
ogy at Harvard, who for the past fourteen
years has been conducting excavation
work in Egypt and Palestine Prof
Reissner returned recently on the Cam
pania.
I'VE were excavating in Samaria. once
capital of the northern kingdom OF
Israel, during the year 1905, when We
came upon the palace of the Israelite
kings. Two summers ago We found on
the floor of one of the chambers Of the
palace a number of potsherds, and on
these sherds were written messages; they
related to tithes or taxes paid to the
King, and were written in an ink made
of pure carbon or lamp black with a
reed pen. These are perhaps the earliest
specimens of Israelite work contempo-
raneous with the Bible. They were writ
ten in the reign of King Ahab.'
fragrant "OO0 from 0uDa.
Russell o. Rice, of Key West ana
Cuba. who is at the Riggs. said that
Spanish cedar is the wood whereof the
best cigar boxes are made. and that
most Of 1t comes from Cuba
This wood said Mr.. Rice, "it is
claimed, always retains the flavor Of a
good cigar, and there are those, indeed,
who contend that the wood improves the
flavor of the weed packed in 1t, the rea-
son assigned being that Spanish cedar
f1ourishes best in the localities that give
the best Havana tobacco, for which, d.
1t were, it has an affinity.
Time and again manufacturers of
cigars in this country have endeavored
to substitute some other wood, but the
true connoisseur of a cigar will have no
wood but Spanish cedar for his boxes.
Attempts to grow Spanish cedar in
this country for cigar boxes have not
been very successful The Florida and
the South American cedars contain a pc
cular gum that melts when the wood is
exposed to the heat Of the store or
dwelling. and thus the labels and some
times the cigars themselves are spoiled.
Smokers of inferior grades Of cigars
are. of course, less fastidious about the
quality of the wood used for their boxes,
and for these a veneered cedar from
Mexico Is substituted for the Cuban ar
ticle. 1t has been estimated that over
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