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the size of the pills; and third, the needle-disc is hexagonal, so that it cannot roll when placed on the dispensing counter. There are twenty-eight needles, sixteen in the outer row and twelve in the inner. They are "true" in length and in oppositeness to the holes in the receiving tray. The article is well made, and should, with ordinary care, last for twenty years. The Pill-Coater is put on the market by Messrs. Robert Ferber & Co., 195 Southwark Bridge Road, London.

HIS APOLOGY.-Some years ago, according to the Philadelphia Ledger, there was an old judge on the bench in Berks county whose decisions, in consequence of numerous reversals, did not always command respect. One day in a case in which he was sitting one of the lawyers lost patience at his inability to see things in a certain light, and in the heat of the moment remarked that the intellect of the court was so dark a flash of lightning could not penetrate it. For this contempt the judge showed a disposition to be very severe with the offender, and it was only after much persuasion by friends of the latter that he yielded and decided to accept a public apology. The following day the lawyer accordingly appeared before his honor and made amends by saying: "I regret very much that I said the intellect of the court was so dark lightning could not penetrate it. I guess it could. It is a very penetrating thing."

DIFFERENT.-Chimmy: "Wot's de best way to teach a girl

to swim?"

Johnny: "Well, yer want to take her gently by de hand, lead her gently down to de water, put yer arm gently round her waist, and-"

Chimmy: "Oh, cut it out! It's me sister."

Johnny: "Oh! Push her off de dock!"-Driftwood.

ABOUT TIN BOXES.-The following is clipped from a very interesting article in a recent issue of Printer's Ink by James H. Collins:

Brooklyn is the centre of the tin box industry. Near the Bridge approach are several factories, the largest belonging to the American Can Company. This is the "trust," formed in 1901 by the Moore Brothers and capitalized at $88,000,000. The consolidation embraced 126 plants in various parts of the country, making some 50,000 kinds of containers. Only twenty-three of these plants are now running, it is said, and when the "trust" entered the field prices were immediately raised to consumers under the impression that a close monopoly had been acquired. But independent companies began making boxes, attracted by the very fact that prices had been raised, and to-day, after two years, about seventy-five independent concerns are said to be engaged in the industry. The largest is the American Stopper Company, also in Brooklyn. It had never made tin boxes until two years ago, but was manufacturing a patent stopper for glass cans. When it was found that the same machinery could be utilized in making tin containers the company immediately entered the field. The story of its success, as told recently by the advertising manager at the company's office, is interesting in its advertising and business phases:

"Prices were raised 100 to 200 per cent, and the 'trust' claimed to control the tin plate market. As a matter of fact, only about 50 per cent of the American output was under control, while English tin plate could always be imported profitably, even at the high tariff. When we approached consumers of tin boxes, however, they were afraid to give us contracts at the old prices, doubting our ability to fill orders. So we decided that a contract must be secured from a customer so large that there would be no question as to our responsibility. The largest consumers were the Cascarets folks. We sent a representative to Mr. Harry Kramer. He was a little doubtful of our ability, but finally said, after sound arguments had been presented, 'Well, I'll take a chance, anyway.' His order ran up into the millions, and many predicted failure for us, but we filled it, and to-day supply all the Cascaret boxes. Last year we delivered 13,120,246 to that company, and their order for this month is 500,000 of the 10-cent size, 800,000 of the 25-cent, and 30,000 of the 50-cent.

WILLIAM C. WHITNEY AS A MASCOT.-A story is going the rounds about William C. Whitney and one of his negro hostlers. Mr. Whitney had noticed that each time he visited his stable this man watched every move he made, and, upon one pretext or another, managed to keep near to him from the moment he entered the stable till he left it. The financier was greatly puzzled by the conduct of the negro, and one day he called him aside.

"Peter," he said, "why do you follow me around and watch me so closely every time I enter the stable? You must have some good reason for your actions. What is it?"

"Has I gotter 'splain, sah?"

"Certainly."

"I's powerful 'fraid dat it'll spoil de charm, sah." "Spoil what charm? What do you mean?"

"Well, sah, it's dis yere way. Ev'ry mawnin' I looks up de entries fo' de day's races. Den I names things in de stable fo' he hosses, see? De wheels of de kerriges; de heads, an' de tails, an' de shoulders, an' de flanks of de hosses; de harnesses, whips-ev'rything in de stable's done gotter name of one of de hosses dat'll run in de races to-day. Fo' instance, when yo' comes in you walks 'round an' 'spect's things, an' yo' touches things. Whatever yo' touch, I plays. Dat air wheel yo' just shook, ter see if it's sound, is named Gold Heels, an' dis nigger's gwime ter play Gold Heels fo' de limit." Mr. Whitney laughed heartily.

"Are you lucky, Peter?"

"Lucky? Why, Mr. Whitney, dem han's of yourn knows mo' 'bout prophecy dan ole 'Lijah hisself!"-Exchange.