Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1912 — Useful. [ARTICLE]

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A breezy western lumber saiMmnn stopped at the Walton for a few days, returning from a trip abroad. In the course of his second evening he had made friends with half a dozen men from other cities: “Yes, beys,” he said, insisting that they take wine. "I can well afford to pay for the bubbles. Why, when I was in Europe I pulled off a little deal that’ll net me more than the cost of a thousand trips over the pond. •‘You see, 1 trade principally in white woods free from knots. Of course, pine knots are waste: only for firewood. But I just made a deal with a Swiss factory, and I'l send all the knots and knot holes I—" “What do they use 'em for?” asked the ingulsltive one. “Ear boles for wooden horses." capse back the answer.—Philadelphia Tidies. -T?-