Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1912 — Pertinent Question. [ARTICLE]

Pertinent Question.

Speaking of - common sense, Dr. Faulkner head of the Vineland (N. J.) hospital, told the following story: A mysterious building had been erected Oh the outskirts of a small town. It was shrouded in mystery. All that Was known about it was that It was a chemical laboratory. An old farmer driving past the place after work had been started, and, seeing a man in the doorway, called to him: “What be ye doin’ In this place?* “We are searching for a universal solvent, something that will dissolve all things,” said the chemist “What good will that be?” - “Imagine, sir! It will dissolve aB things. If we want a solution of iron, glass, gold, anything, an that we have to do Is to drop it in this solution." "Fine," said the farmer, “fine! What be ye goto' to keep it in?”—ErAbod* Magazine. “lg