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Show Bernard K. Green, the well-known C fl consulting engineer of Washington, , ! . said the other day, in a discussion of ; tho new Pennsylvania Capitol, which . ho helped to build: "Tho troubles with every question is that self-seeking en- j ters into it. Were there no self-seek- '"S -j' ers, tho world would bo a very Utopia. v. But as it is" He smiled. "Why, ..' H yesterday," he said, "In a talk about filtration in a cafe. I heard a well- ;fi dressed man say earnestly: 'I maintain ' i 1 that all water used for drinking and ,:. culinary purposes should be boiled at ,v; least one hour.' 'You are a physician, ; H I presume?' said a thin man, respect- . 1 fully. 'No, sir," was the reply, 'I am a ' ''J. coal doaler.'" George's Weekly. |