Boone County Recorder . is advancingin price, was also formerly a matter ofstate regulation. In the thirteenthcentury, for example, an enactmentwas in force that the profit of thebaker on each quarter of wheat was tot be, for his own labor, six cents, andsuch bran as might be sifted fromthe meal. Again, in London, onlyfarthing and halfpenny loaves were al-lowed to be made, and It was a seriousoffense for a baker to sell loaves ofany other size. Nevertheless, otheTkinds of loaves were sometimes smug-gled into the market, hidden in vari-ous ways—under a- the foldsof a garment or beneat
Boone County Recorder . is advancingin price, was also formerly a matter ofstate regulation. In the thirteenthcentury, for example, an enactmentwas in force that the profit of thebaker on each quarter of wheat was tot be, for his own labor, six cents, andsuch bran as might be sifted fromthe meal. Again, in London, onlyfarthing and halfpenny loaves were al-lowed to be made, and It was a seriousoffense for a baker to sell loaves ofany other size. Nevertheless, otheTkinds of loaves were sometimes smug-gled into the market, hidden in vari-ous ways—under a- the foldsof a garment or beneath tho arms. Acurious ordinance in the city of Lon-don forbade the baker, if ho sold by retall, to sell bread in or before hishouse, before the oven In which Itwas baked, or Indeed anywhere butIn the market assigned to him. Thereseems to have been a strange preju-dice against bread made in South-wark, one reason given being becausethe bakers of South wark are notamenable to the justice of the city.—London Expressing a Thorax. Dr. Leopold J aches of Cornells med-ical school recently returned from tstudy of the use of the ilontgen raysabroad. Pausing in an account of histour. Dr. .laches said: Abroad, as here at home, the greatpublics knowledge of the rays con-tinues rather vague. Investigators recelve all manner of queer letters andrequests. Thus I heard in Berlin of aman who wrote to a specialist: Dear Sir: I have had a bullet inmy thorax for 11 years. I am too busyto come to Berlin, but hope yon willcome down here with your rays, as mycase should be worth your while. Ifyou cannot come, send a packet ofrays, with instructions ae to use, etc.,and I will see if I cannot manage tework them myself. The specialist replied:Dear Sir: I am sorry that myengagements prevent my coming to secyou, and that 1 am out of rays Justnow. If you cannot come to Berlinyourself, send me your thorax by ex-press and I will do the best I canwith it. Man at His what age 1b a man at
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