The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 June 1935 — Page 7

THURSDAY, JUXE 6, 1935.

TREMENDOUS TRIFLES © By ELMO SCOTT WATSON TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE spring of 1898 a Swedish tailor In Berkeley. Calif, read an advertisement in a San Francisco paper that said •’Tailors wanted for a whaling cruise in Alaskan waters.” Some ancient memory of his Norse ancestors stirred In him. He applied for the Job. A few days later be was aboard the whaler “Reliance” as she spread her canvas and headed north. "Get aloft there and help unfurl them sailsbellowed the first mate to Eric. “You go yump in the ocean." was Eric’s calm reply. But before the mate's fist could crash into his face, the captain, Swedlsh-born and a kindly soul, interfered. To his demind for an explanation Eric produced a crumpled newspaper clipping and pointed to the “Help Wanted" advertisement “The newspaper made a mistake,” said the captain with a laugh. “I wanted sailors, not tailors.” But Eric didn't feel like laughing. In fact he was very angry and only the captains assurance that he could travel on the ship as a passenger until they put in at Fort Clarence, calmed him. When the "Reliance” stopped at the port to take on water and reindeer meat. Eric left the ship. In an Eskimo village he obtained a boat and started down the coast. At the mouth of the Sinrock river he met with three prospectors who had found a little gold there and they gave him a small nugget. A short time later Eric showed this to an Eskimo chief who pointed up toward the hills and exclaimed excitedly “Vmalaktok. umalaktok emetna!" meaning "much more the same.” The chief then took him up the river to where it forked and there by scratching in the gravel they were able to pick out large pieces of coarse gold. At first this place was known as Snake river but later when a horde of frenzied fortune seekers pitched their tents And built their shacks there It became PNome City. Thus a typographical error launched one of the greatest gold rushes in all history. • • • HIGHLY IMPORTANT COMMAS A COMMA is only one of many punctuation marks and, except for the period, is about the smallest and most insignificant of them all. But • put It in the wrong place and disastrous results may follow. Once upon a time a misplaced comma cost the United States government the tidy sum of F2.iWO.OiW. The day might have been warm, the clerk who was marking the tariff free list might have had a headache, but whatever the details surrounding the incident, the comma got put in the wrong place. The clerk, instead of writing "All foreign fruit-plants are free from duty," wrote this, "All foreign fruit, plants are free from duty." Two million dollars worth of foreign fruit had come into the country and congttM had to meet for the next session before this little comma could be removed. Then there is the story about the Russian empress. Mnrie Fetxlorewna. Emperor Alexander HI had imprisoned one of his political enemies. Then the empress accidentally caught sight of the following note, written by her husband on the margin of one of the death warrants: “Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia." Marie had pled for the life of this subject. His wife was one of her childhood friends and she had done all she could to save the conspirator. Alexander could not In duty bound, release the plotter, and the sentence stood until Marie transposed the comma so that It read. "Pardon. Impossible to be sent to Siberia." The man was released, thanks to a woman’s big heart and a 11 title comma. • • • ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN mA CCIDENT is the mother of ln- ** vention, 90 times out of 100," said Louis Brennan, the torpedo Inventor. One day he saw a frayed driving belt on a planing machine acting queerly. He got the Idea that It was possible to make a machine travel forward by pulling It backward. He made use of that principle in inventing his engine of death. Careless workmen In a paper mill forgot one day, to add siting to the pulp, and the whole vat had to be thrown away as waste. A short time later the proprietor came by. He saw the discarded rolls and tore off some strips to use for making notes. It absorbed the Ink as fast as oe wrote on it. so be called It "blotting paper.* We’ve used it ever since. In another plant a workman playfully tossed a piece of cheese Into the plating bath solution, used for producing copper disks for stamping phonograph records. The disks from this particular bath were far superior to any others. The casein In the cheese was the one element that chemists had been looking for. A French scientist, while experimenting in his laboratory, accidentally opened the wrong valve. Several drop* of moisture settled in a glass tube. Horrified at his mistake, the scientist was about to throw the tube away when he realised that be bad diecovered liquid oxygen. WMira Swwwir Pawn. Q»i<k-Growi ßt Tees The fastest growing tree in the world to said to be »ke balsa whose '’ teed is not mods larger chan the head of a pin. In five years the tree grows to a height of T 3 feet with a diameter of two feet or more. The Swoctade Bear Ono of the most interesting memMia of the bear family come* from South America. It is a small animal called the spectacle bear, deriving Its Mme A white rim of hair around its ■

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Simplicity Keynote of Modern Styling PATTERN MlB \Z^ s ''-'>X 1 'JI I \ j'ji X V ''' ' ! /7 w vl'^'' s » v Simplicity is always a keynote te chic. But for those who are not slender it must often be a complicated simplicity—enjoying the relief of a line here, or a tuck there. The new dress sketched Is a masterpiece in design-—a fashion that Is new and arresting—a model whose excellent taste lends an air of refinement at all times. The deep V yoke with the tiny buttons, and the skirt panel give length and a slenderizing line. It Is exceptionally attractive made In a print of fluid, and not too large, design. Raglan sleeves and yoke may contrast, as in the detail sketch. Patterns 9318 may be ordered only tn sizes 16, 18, 20. 34, 36. 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 requires 3% yards 39 inch fabric. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS In coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER and SIZE. Address your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 232 West ISth Street, New York, N. Y. HARDLY EXPECTED “I want to be honest, sir. I can’t support your daughter, but she has her heart set on marrying me." “Never mind; do your best I can’t support her either.”—Kansas City Star. Presence and Absence “Haven’t heard you broadcasting recer tly," said the friend. “Yet I am sure you have what is called radio presence.” “Yes.” answered Senator Sorghum, “but when the public has had a large amount of talk a little radio absence may have its advantage.” Soothing Influence “Do you think it’s wrong to play lotteries?” “No," answered Miss Cayenne. ■They help to keep us convinced that prosperity may be just around the corner." Not Vulgarity , j Jack—And now, to select the ring. A very large diamond would be vulgar. Bess—Yes, Jack, but no matter how big you get it I will forgive you. On the Beach Wife—John! Is that a peep-hole you’ve cut in your paper? Husband—Er—no, dear. It’s — er —er—a competition coupon.—Humorist Magazine. Sales and Sales Schultz —Your opening sale haa closed. What now. Schwartz—Our closing sale opens. WNU—A 23—85

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