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Show TALE OF A CHEMIST. A well-known analytical chemist was one day talking with a young brother chemist when a man came in with a bottle of whisky. "I want this sample of whisky analyzed," he said, "and when you have analyzed it I wish you would write a letter testifying to its purity that we can publish." "Very well," the chemist answered, taking the sample and marking it, "I will attend to it; but I shall have to have five gallons of the whisky to test it thoroughly. "Five gallons!" returned the manufacturer in some surprise. "I didn't know it took so much, but I'll send it over." When the whisky-maker retired, the young chemist turned to the elder. "What in the world!" he asked, "do you want of five gallons of that whisky? You can't need more than half a gill or so to test it." "Young man," the other answered, a look of mirth and wisdom coming over his face, "didn't you hear him say he wanted a letter to publish? It is absolutely certain that whisky must be pure." Town Talk. |