The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-19

gle before the passengers in the smois.
! ing room, Lloyd took pencil, drew
pony and cut him up into three pieces
The pony was galloping before he cut
II up, but the thing was to make it
gallop afterward. The governor Of
fered reward then for anybody TO
solve 1t on the voyage but nobody dill
and not many afterward. p. T. Barn
UNI heard OF this puzzle and ordered
100000 for advertising use The
Snowman Travelled around with the
solution In his pocket, as he could moi
remember 1t over night, he said. In
the end 1,000,O00,oO copies of the puz-
gle were sold. Lloyd made fortune
out OF his puzzles and died a wealthy
man.
For the next month, New York will
be without q general library and viii
have to depend entirely on the branch
Libraries throughout the city This
peculiar condition of affairs is not
due to any deficiency on the part OF
Endrew Carnegie. but to the greatest
book moving feat which has ever been
attempted. For the opening of the
new library on May "a more than 90O,-
600 books will have to be moved from
the old Astor library downtown. Some
six weeks will be necessary for the ac-
complishment of this enormous task
It Is estimated, and as result 1t has
become necessary to close the old
library more than a month before tho
new one Is to open. The books to be-
transferred are packed in boxes usual
ly not larger than one man can carry
IL Is now planned to move about 90
600 volumes a day, although rainy
weather may reduce the average. The
100000 volumes which have already
been moved from the Lenox library
to their new home required thirty days
Tor their handling The books ara
classined by letter or by two letters
to indicate their subject. When ther
are carried to the library they will be
deposited on the shelves bearing tha
same letters. After that they have to
be arranged in alphaneucai ore
it may be that for short time 1t will
be necessary for readers in the new
library to wait five minutes for a book.
Were all the books to be moved into
the new library laid end to end thew
would form line more than 400 miles
In length.
That various citizens throughout the
country may be the unsusnectipo
wearers of gun cotton neckties and ex-
plosive socks liable to blow UP at any
moment Is the startling possibility
Just brought to light here Nor is the
FEMININE sex immune from the danger
since petticoats may likewise be ar
ticles of destruction. This unsuspected
condition of affairs has been discovered
through IDEAL protest recently filed
against the manufacture of artificial
silk from cellulose, In which Ii appears
that there Is a possibility that almost
any article Of wearing apparel made
to initiate real silk may actually be
explosive. There are several processes /,
1t appears according to the protest nv !
which artificial silk is produced from
cellulose. One process employs nitro |
cellulose which Is really nothing more
tnan soluable gun cotton From IL |
the breads to be used in manufacture
are drawn in ether or alcohol. After
the threads to be used in manufacture
ready for wearing It is supposed to |
be denitrated. If 1T is, it is entirely |
safe If 1t is not, 1t may be exceed
ingly dangerous. for it then remains
nothing less than gun cotton spun into
a fabric. So in the future it may be
worth while to refrain from stamping
the near silk" clad foot or yanking
viciously at the cravat OF the same
material, even though no casualties
from explosive garments have yet been
reported.