of service salvatory to the worker, an English writer refers to the immunity from disease of those who work in the oil-fields:
There is no difficulty in accounting for
this. Carbolic acid, one of the most powerful
of our disinfectants, is abundantly produced
in the oilworks, and this is carried
by the clothes of the men, and with the
fumes of the oil into the dwellings of the
workmen and through all the atmosphere of
the neighborhood, and has thereby counteracted
some of the most deadly agencies of
organic poisons. Besides this, the paraffin
oil itself is a good disinfectant.
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OCCUPATION OF THE MIND
A certain boy who was distinctly bad in
the Sunday-school class was observed to be
one of the best in the industrial class held
on Saturday. "How is it," said the teacher,
"that you cut up so in Sunday-school and
behave so well here?" "Well," said the boy,
"here I have something to occupy my mind;
in Sunday-school I don't."—Walter L. Harvey,
"Journal of the Religious Education
Association," 1903.
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Occupation, Slavery to—See Engrossment in Business.
Occupation, Wrong—See Sympathy
Royal.
Occupations, Comparing—See Values,
Standard of.
Occupations of Women—See Alumnæ
Occupations.
ODD BEHAVIOR
Paul Veronese, like many other painters,
was given to eccentric moods and odd habits.
On one occasion he accepted the hospitality
of a family at their beautiful country villa.
He assumed great liberties during his visit,
claiming absolute possession of his room,
allowing not even a servant to enter. He
would not suffer the maid to make his bed,
and the sweepings of the room were left
every morning outside of the door for her to
remove. He slipt away without bidding the
family good-by. On entering the room the
servant found the sheets of the bed missing
and at once reported that the painter must
have stolen them. After careful search a
roll was found in a corner, which proved to
be a magnificent picture of "Alexander in
the tent of Darius." It was painted on the
missing sheets of the bed, and the artist had
chosen this curious way of recompensing his
hosts for their generous hospitality.—Frank
H. Stauffer, The Epoch.
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ODD ONE, THE
"As every one who has visited London
knows," said a young man formerly attached
to our embassy at the British capital, "the
number of passengers carried on certain
'busses is limited by regulation.
"Once a kindly Irish conductor, tho quite aware that his 'bus was full, had permitted a young and sickly woman to squeeze in. The 'bus had not proceeded far before the usual crank spoke up. 'Conductah!' he exclaimed, 'You've one over your number, y'know.'
"'Have I, sir?' asked the conductor with affected concern. Then, beginning to count from the opposite end, leaving the complainant until the last, he repeated: 'Wan, two, three, four, foive, six, sivin, eight, noine, tin, 'lefen, twelve, thir—so I have sir, an', be the Lord Harry, ye're the wan. Out ye go!'
"And out he did go."—Boston Transcript.
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ODORS
As each nation has its peculiar cut of dress, so each has its national odors apart from race odor. Esson Third says:
The Korean gentleman carries about with
him two odors that are specially noticeable to
a newcomer. I once made a journey with
a Western friend who had a somewhat highly
keyed sense of smell, and I remember his
stopping short on the road as we walked
along, tapping me on the arm and with a long
sniff saying: "There it is again." "What
is it?" I asked. "That peculiar smell," said
he. I sniffed long and hard, but there was
nothing but the fresh morning breeze and the
delightful odors of hill and field. "I've
smelt it before," said he, "and I'll tell you
later when I smell it again."
We tracked that odor for two days, and then we discovered that it came from the black lacquer hat. The odor of lacquer is one of Korea's national smells. The second smell is due to a mixture of garlic, onions, cabbage, salt, fish, and other ingredients, that make up the Korean pickle so greatly enjoyed with their rice. This odor clings like that of Limburger cheese, and follows
