Show Chemistry of the Day Young gentleman said the lecturer in chemistry coal exposed to the elements ele-ments loses 10 per cent of its weight and heating power This is due to the action ac-tion of the alkali constituents of But what if there is a dog sleeping near the coal professor None of your levity young man This is a serious matter Thats what dad thought when 72 percent per-cent of his coal pile disappeared during three nights of exposure Then he asked my advice as a student of chemistry and I told him to buy a dog He bought a dog with baywindow teeth and the stringhalt in his upper lip and now we dont lose 1 per cent of our coal a month Thats the kind of a practical chemist I am Now go on with your theory I Chicago Herald |