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Show Waste Not. Near Tom Linking' house was a swamp which was a breeding place fol mosquitoes. Some enterprising neighbors, neigh-bors, who had learned of the crude oil treatment, went to Tom and tried to persuade him to exterminate the pests. "Exterminate 'em?" cried Tom. "Nol much. Not much. Why, the missus an' I just paid $-12 for screening the sida piazzer that she's been pesterin' m about for years. How are we goin' to get any good out of it if we kill off th keeters?" Harper's Magazine. |