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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAI. f - SENCER BROS: & CO. Rich County s Largest Store jj; Goethe, the Great German Poet, Visits Saarbrucken Forest and Discovers the PLiIc;epher cf Coal OUR WAR PRICES ARE DOWN TO Ameren O.emic Which Arxlcr.1 1913 No. Ill THD PKILOS3PIII?. We Are Enjoying Wonderful Xmas Business THE ALCHEMIST'S In 1771, there lived in the forest r.err Saarbrucken, in Germany, a cnemist named Stauf. lie vas a.i eccentric oli man who had an id. a, far ahead of hi: times, tha. many thngs b;s.dc c kc could be obtancd in the combustion of bituminous coal. 3arf had constructed a number of ovens over a burning mine and treated coal so that he obtained oil, j tch, coxa and soot. That was qa.ta a foiwarJ step and although he lived in the depths of a forest the great maids or Europe heard of his work. lit fact, Goethe, himself made a p lgriinagc to ci cm st the ovens of the and in his autobiography wrote a strik- Scotland and tier iiany. ami ing comment oil his visit to the Saarmull bruchui forest: ui 817, we fmd Isaac .'I r son mak-ncoke in the ground in Ready ard glad to pour hs m1"Vaints into a human far. the 1.;.i eric County, IVr.nsyLania Teat was !hc nude beg nn.ng cf o- e decrepit, little man, with a shoe on pne loot and a slippar on the odicr,i of Amcriias k' y industries, for from bee hive o.cns, waste in! as t'.i- j md with stockings hanging clown an t. in sere, vein, grew the gieat modem pant4 diaggd repeatedly pulled up himself up the mounta n to wtur; ill. t .oris' cd the world cu mg th var by t..ir production ot p t e pitch house stood which lie ha built himself and saw with grief now gases, high explosives, fcrimers and In times cc falling into ruins Here was to nd a oilier vital necessities. connected row of ovens in which coal peace these plmts produce dyes a.i I was to be freed from sulphur and neat qiuntit.es of intermediates r made fit for use in the iron works; the manufacture of oher com "odile . y con-t- o but at the same time they wished also In times of war tlicv are recover the oil and pitch, and in- - verted into strongholds of cl.fense. You will .remember that it v as an deed, did not want to lose the lamp black, so that all failed together on English boy who discovered the po;s account of the many ends in view." bility of manuiacturing dyes from coal Goethe, who dubbed the chemist of tnr but England let the great chance Saarbrucken Kohenphiloscpli or the slip through her f.ngers and as a resnt Philosopher of Coal, wrote his com- - she found herself in a bad way vvhe i mentarv less than a century and a half war broke out in 1914. It was hum What would be his comment to- - ating for the United States to L: day could he enter one of the great caught napping and to be co "p lied . American plants beg Germany to sell us dyes to color where almost un- - our stamps and currency but Engla id limited numbers of found herself in a far mor scnou products are oil- - situation. She had no dyes for b r tair.ed from the dis- - uniforms or flags, and no dmgs for dilation or partial her wounded. She could rot sell to the former German markets because combustion of she cou'd not color her textiles. She coal. cxplo-wa- s Stauf certainly- could not send sufficient high because one of the pio- sivos or gasses to the front neers, but it Nap- - she lacked the essential coal tar crude, pears that the Chi- - But England will not be caught nese used coke as asleep again. She has placed an era-a- n article of com- - bargo on foreign dyes and is working merce more than with all her strength to develop her ago, own chemical industry. 2,000 years Through the literature of the ancients runs the absorbing story of the alchemists patient search for touchstone which would transform all metals into pure gold, and the never-endin- g quest for the elixir which would restore youth to the aged andwould cure all human ills. The alchcmist, driven from cellar to garret and put to death, had an elemental knowledge of chemistry and vaguelydreamed that it could be made to perthe-ma- MEAT FRESH 1 ASK FOR OUR MIXED HENFCOD ii'-o- Buy Your $ Christmi s Candy & Nuts -- After-Effect- Making work ' Out Of Xmas 4 'x p ip sp zp zp 5p ip Sp (2E e, ly e, (Released by the Institute of American Business, New York) s YVzrsffi rer . The trage end of Lieut Col. noted m lk Of War ittlesey, such, ut (Released by The Institute of American Business, New York) At. Tije as the pro-fro- u $ useful inter-deep- ca-ii- 9 $$ pounds described as interme di a t e s. Although some of the crudes and many of the termed lates ars ?!? SjtifSKv t-- m cals, and either heat or cool as the ease be, and we get a host of other com-bas- e treat-Subtl- - e- -e DREAM real develop-forment begins with wonders. alchemist, the chemical It was Ben Jensons seventeenth mtwrne-centur- y nent of in the early back all who planned to hangc , intermediates, one line of hafh Corning11 to send to "all'Yh- - treatment will produce drugs, another cxplosivcs, another poison gases, plumbers and pewterers and bV their perfumes, food flavors an! . materials. Some Si me . .. . i t varjmg peace and war tune uses with-beout further treatment. It should and twenty days h v noted that some of these crudes re form an old man of four score into a quire as many as fifteen manipulations child. prattling 0 procjuce a given compound and in sue- not has is Certainly, chemistry cacjj manipuiation a marvels. ceeded in performing these projUCE(j which again must be made unan The philosophers stone still is Jnj0 something useful in order to avoid known quantity to science, buried, per- -- wastc ramthe at js because 0f this treatment and haps, with the pot of gold bows end, and the elixir of youth is as retreatment of coal, crudes and zar-oit hidden as on that d..y mediates that it is so easy to convert a m when De Sotc set forth so bravely yC piant ;nt0 a factory for the Spain to find it in the new world.- faction 0f high explosives or poison-Bwonous gaSes almost over night, chemistry has accomplished ders by the utilization of coal tar by- Germany v. as indeed farsighted, ;n jg59f whcn she took advantage products which contribute to every V11 of Perkins discovery, and began the phase of our daily life. and mof a gigantic dye industry fairy glass of the chemist jeveioprnent to this rather uninteresting substance EQ sjje mjght never be without the coal. crudes and intermediates so essential We put a kettle of it over a fire and t0 success in war or peace, we see leaving at various times what Germany developed the synthetic the chemist calls the Crudes-benzondye industry, just as she developed toluene, xylene, napthalene, phenol, other industries, to create employment But anthracene, carbazol, and some others. anci wealth for her millions. learnBut these are the most important, through these developments she Some are clear liquids, son.', are C(j the value of chemistry, of chemicals, beautiful crystals, End 0f chemists themselves. She realbut all are bi ought ized early how dependent her peace out of the blac-- development was on chemistry and coal tar by the she soon saw the value of chemical inmagicians wand, dustries to war. Germany saw that which is simply the manufacture of dyes required much fractional distilla- - chemical research and also that dye tion; that is, catch- - making made use of the waste prod- ir.g and condensing ucts from the coke ovens, themselves the vapors given off a necessity to her iron and steel in- at various tempera- - dustry. She saw its value in the pro- Auction of explosives, gases and fer- tures. Now, what of the t'.lizcrs for her fields. This foresight crudes? Add nitric gave Germany a forty year start on acid, or any one of the United States, and the rest of the hundreds of chemi- - world. - "- By-Produ- No. IV OJ? COAL 3 X- rs (Told In E'ght Sketches) By JOHN RAYMOND fir-seei- Rubbers and Overshoes For The Entire Family CL Utilization cl Coal her (Told In Eight Sketches) By JOHN RAYMOND tho Vr.-tdeTo;by C--j ?.ccc;rI1-rc- i mls.o Cl: heu TI-"- ,- i 4. Wh- " Lest hero of the Battalion , who is supposed to ha-'vliest sentiments of the human ra:e is j jumped overboard from. a steamer er- capable. Yet some people make the route to Juba, suggests how heavy a Ghristmas period one of worry and burden many of the are of the as result t' eir war carrying There are some women who have long Col. Whittlerey had a experiences. lists of friend", and they feel that all nature, and the horrors, of these people must be remembered jjfor war are supposed to have prejeJ upon this holiday. Some of them will select his mind. and send off rememberances to a hunSome people may have suoposed dred or more people. Many of these that when the soldiers who a been gifts are just Christmas Cards, yet they under fire h ard the joyful news Of devote a good deal of thought ,to each Armistice day, they would be readi card, so as to be sure that the sentime- to resume v normal life again just as nt is appropriate. left it. had But for a lot left they Noble as the feeling of Christmas the horror of war h idj been of, them, is, any good thing can be overdone. tod deeply sear.d into their souls. They Some people who are worrying and can not be the same men yet, and fretting about their list of presants, some will never be. , ever-strai- IT IS NOT YET TOO LATE TO ENTER ON OUR SUBSCRIP llON LIST, ( AS A GIFT ) THE NAME OF THAT FRIEND OR RELATIVE. e TB0B0DGSB8H) EJOS the occasion. Christmas Toys , An enor.nous amount of money has always been sp'nt on Christmas toys s the natural for the children, and BROAD TOE No. 1 No-- 2 Rich expression of love for the little ones and enjoyment of their hippiness. But ! sometimes the simple toy gives more real satisfaction than the costly one. County Furniture Cu. A man with a calm and philoso- phical temperament might go through this awful Jiell, and yet come out none the worse. But anyone with a sensitive and imaginative nature would not pass through the experience so lightly. Those sights and s unds of horror would haunt his mind. In many cases severe nervous strain has persisted and the men having had this experience find themselves in constant mental - anguish, to be toys The existance of many mm in sold th .t were poorly made. They were this condition should lead the governelaborate' and hansome, and tbe child- ment to do its utmost to see that ren would look at them open mouthed cases of shell shock and o'her similar for a few days, until they refused to troubles get attention from the most work. A toy of that kind does not skilled specialists. help a child to develop. Children should The friends of men who underwent Many mechanical be taught to preserve their toys, hut if they are so made that they go th pie. ces in a few days, the youngster has no incentive to care for them. ENGLISH No. 3 We meet all competition tor cash RICH COUNTY NEWS 0 1 of have failed to catch the real spirit FOOT FITTERS PER YEAR $1-5- j Toys are very useful when they give a child the oppertunity to engage in some healthful sport, or game that de-- j velopes his initiative, or when they en- courage him to do something with his A set of building blocks for in j hands. stance, leads him to exersize skill and imagination. Substantial and well made toys that lead a child to do things for himself, can be a factor in promoting i his development these severe nervous strains should not feel disheartened If their progress seems slow; Usually nature will heal these ex hausted nerves. The rest of us who were far from the line of battle have no conception of what such men have borne for us. Their service and men. tal suffering represent a great sacrifice that their fellow countrymen should never forget. Mable You mean to say youre ngaged to Jack "Speeder? Why, Ethel, you only met him yesterday! Ethel Yes, but we arent going to be married until tomarrow. -- We Offer Now Service, Reasonable Prices, and The Best Quality of Goods OUR SPECIALTIES ARE FRESH & CURED MEATS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES To our custohave in stock satisfy mers we complete line of best grade. Groceries and family Drugs Mentholatum Glycerine Vaseline Camphor Epsom Salts Turpegtine Iodine ETC. - Caugh Remedy Me are alto Agents for the Del&val and U. S. Sepuralois. Leave orders here for Sepen.tors, eid Ext j as. OiJ, Brushes and Rubber Rings always on hand. It Pays To Trade With Us City Meat Market ONLY UP TO DATE MARKET IN THE COUNTY PHONE NUMBER 36 m |