Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1906 — Page 2

’BELLS Lt CHLRf'HES. FIRST USED BV PAULINUS, BISHOP OF NOLA, ABOUT 40). The Early British < tirlattafe* Ittd Worden Harriet t* » :!< th- W • "lySi'l) t *':>r U.ir»:> »—1; *ll. Thunder aud Lialituiutt Church bells are of ancient origin. I *) t • • - I ’-I for I* •’ :i si red and profane purposes. Strabo says Hhat market time was announced by •their ' id and Pliny i<t the tom. of an ancient king of Tuscany was hung round with bells The hour ot bathing was made known in ancient Rome by the sound of a bell. The ■nlg'u wat toman *■<•■• -I me, and it eerveS to cal! up the servants in great houses. Sheep had them tied about t£eir ne : ;s to frighten away wolve* er. rather, byway of amulet. Paulinus. bishop of Nola, U general Jy considered the flrat person who Introduced bells into ecclesiastical service about the year 400. Historians say that in Siu the bishop of Orleans, being at Seno, then tn a state of siege, frightened away the besieging army by ringing St. Stephen's church bells, which is a clear proof that they were not at that time generally known in France. Ths ■first large bells are mentioned by Bede in the year 680. Before that period the early British Christians made •use of wooden rattles to call tbe’con gregation of the faithful together. -Hand bells probably first appeared at •religious processions and were afterward used by the seculars. The small bells were not always held in the hand They were som -ti. > suspend ed upon a stake and struck with hamliters. The arrival of kings and great personages was anciently greeted by ringing the church bells. luguiohus, abbot of Croyland, who died about 1109, speaks of them as being-well known in tils time and says that "the first abl>M of Croyland gave six bell* to that mouastsry—that is to say. twb great one* which he named Bartholomew and Beladine; two of a medium size, called Turkctulium and Bet tri ue, two smalt ones, denomina j B He also caused the great ben to be made called Gudla. which was tuned to the ower bell and produced STI admirable harmony not to be equaled in England." The bells used In the monasteries were sometimes rung with ropes-hav-ing brass or silver rings at the ends for the hand. They were anciently rung by the priests themselves, afterward by the servants and sometimes by those incapable of other duties, as persons who were hnd The doctrine of the Church of Rome concerning beiis is th it they have merJrlt and pray God for the living and the V-ead; Sf ond. that they produce devo\on in the hearts of the faithful. The dislike of evil spirits to Lyells is well expressed by Wynken de Worde in the ‘‘Golden Legend." The passing bell was anciently rung for two good purposes, one to bespeak the prayers of all good Christian people for a soul just departing and the other to drive away the ev:i s: : - - it th-- foo” of the bed or about the b ouse. Such was the general opinion Respecting the efficacy of bells before the reformation, but sir- e tfi. ‘ per 1' ;’ has ;> ■. ’.be us tai course in tl. - CL :r>-t of i tbv when any sick person lay dying a bell should toll to give notice to the neighbors that they might pray for ths dying party, which was commonly called a pacing bell, because the sick person was passing hence to another .world, and when his breath was ex.pired the bell rung out that the neighbors might cease their prayers, for that the party was dead.” It Is now only tolled after death. The saint's bell was not so called | from the name of the saint that was ; Inscribed on it. or of the church to which it belonged, but because it was always rung out when the priest came to that part of the service, “Sanctus Sanctus, Sanctus, Domine Deus Sabbaotb,” purposely that those persons who could not come to church might know in wl;at a solemn office the congregation were at that instant engag ed an ~ en in their absence, be once, at feast, moved to lift up their | hearts to him who made them. Bells, at one time were thought an effectual i charm against lightning The frequent firing of abbey churches by lightning confuted the proud uFbtto commonly • '’’written on their liells in the steeples,! wherein each entitled itself to a six-1 fold efficacy—viz. Men®s death I tell by doleful knell: Light-..ng ana tnonder I break aihndar; On Sabbath al! to church I call; The sleepy head I raise from bed; The winds so fierce I dost disperse; Men s cruel rage I do assuage. It has anciently been reported, observed Lord Bacon, and is still received that extreme applause and shouting of people assembled in multi-. tndes have so rarefied and broken the. air that birds flying over have fallen down, the air not being able to support them, and it is believed by some that great ringing of bells in popu Jous citiea has chased away thunder <nd also dissipated pestilent air.—Naw ’fork Herald. Marine Information. “Do you ever catch auy whales, captain?” asked the fair passenger on the ocean liner. “Often, ma’am," answered the dignified captain. s “How very wonderful! Please tell me how you catch them f’ e “we drop a few of the old salts on their tails, ma’am.” « In the British museum are books written on oyster shells, tiles, bones, ivory, lead. Iron, copper, sheepwood ud palm leaves.

He Laughed Last. A certain lady who wished to have some fun at the expense of an agent who had ofttimes solicited her to inherself ami family, asketl him on one occasion if he would insure the cat. The agent, to the astonishment and no snail amusement of some friends, promptly offered to do so, provided she paid the first pre:..: um» down. The lady, still thinking to hoax him, expressed her willingness to do so, and placed a shilling on the table. The agent qpickly produced a proposal, filled it in a:ui obtained her s -.mature while those present were on the tiptoe of ex 'as to what was to follow. "Now, madam, with your permission, may I see the cat?” “Certainly,” she replied, at the same time pointing to a glass case which contained the stuffed remains of the poor defunct cat. A chorus of derisive laughter burst from all present, but to their dismay the agent turned, bowed politely, at the same time picking up the shilling, and exclaimed: “When that cat dies, madam, kindly call at our office and claim the insurance money. Good morning."—London Telegraph. Th® Ftrat Stove. Tbs most important uses of fire were taught by Are Itself. As the primitive man stood near the flames of the burning tree and felt their pleasant glow he learned that fire may add to bodily comfort, and when the flames swept through a forest and overtook a deer and baked it he learned that fire might be used to improve the quality of his food. The hint was not lost. He toek a burning torch to his cave or hut and kindled him a fire on his floor of earth His dwelling filled with smoke, but h® could endure the discomfort for tlr sake of the fire's warmth and for th® sak- of the toothsomeness of the cooked meats. After a time a hole was made* in the roof of the hut, and through thi» hole the smoke passed out. Here was the first stove. The primitive stove was the entire house, the floor was the fireplace and the. hole in the roof was the <-h!mn®v. The word “stove” originally meant "a heated room.” So that if we should say that at first people lived In their stoves w«would say that which is literally true. —St. Nicholas. Practical Dintrnoatic Sign of Death. Dr. Ott of Lillebonne • through Journal des sciences medicales de Lille) suggests the following practical and simple method of ascertaining whether or not life is present: The point selected is the forearm, which Is quickly accessible. is free from hair and is easily exposed. The arm is extended b " 7 n tally from the body and the forearm pronated. If the test is made in open air a cloak Is held so as to sh:e>: the part from all motion of the itmoa . phere. The flame of a candle is now directly applied to a spot on the forearm. which is closely watched by th® observer. At the end of a few seccn-is a swelling rapidly forms and bur-'s If It contains air or gas the tissues are lifeless. If It contains liquid or exudation life is present. ■‘Man In the Street." Emerson was not the first to use this phrasb in his •'m l - * of Life," which was published in 1860. In the first series of the "GreviMemoirs." under date March 22. 1830. occurs the following passage: “Then will come the question of a d-- . wh: v.e aflir ’ wl). take place directly, and the oth°r that ! the king will not consent to it, know ing. as the man In the street' (as we call him at Newmarket! always does, the greates* secrets of kings and being the confidant of their most hidden thoughts." It would appear from this that the expression was in common use among racing men in 1830.—Notes and Queries

The Drama of the Sunaet. We never tire of the drama of sun set. I go forth each afternoon and look Into tbe west a quarter of an hour be- ! fore sunset with fresh curiosity to see what new picture will be painted there, what new phenomenon exhibited, what new dissolving views. Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half an hour In such lights as the great artist chooses and then . withdrawn and tbe curtain falls. The I sun goes down, long tbe afterglow , gives light, the damask curtains glow ; along the western window, the fiast star is lit, and I go home.—From Thoreau’s “Winter." Power of Words. Words have not their import from the nat «l power of particular combination- of characters or from the real efficacy of certain sounds, but from the consent of those who use them and arbitrarily annex certain ideas to them, w’fiich might have signified with equal propriety by any other.—Oliver Cromwell. r ® — Perstateaee. The way to reach or to attain to anything is to bend oneself toward it with ah one’s might, and we approximate It just in proportion to the intensity anl the persistency of our effort to attain It.—Succes«**Magaztne. A Hard Cut. Mrs. Newcast —I am thinking of tak- ; tner a short holiday and visiting some I of the scenes associated with my ancea- ' tors. Mrs. De Bleu Blood-Cutting—Oh. but slumming is so horribly out of date nowadays! Where to Hare a 8011. Thomas Blrfley Aldrich, commenting • once upon the trials of Job, remarked i that the only proper place toUiave a boll was between "John” and O’Reili lr ”

’ A FRIGHTENED ACTRESS. Wh*,n Mallbraii Ran For Her Life (•rom Her Father. M ilibrau was an exceptional woman as well as a great singer, and she had an interesting an 1 spontaneous temperament. The daughter of Garcia, I.- :. ■■ id fficult master in her own father. When she w.is sixteen he one day ' came to her room and without any kind of prepar tion said to her, "You will make your first appearaufce with me on Saturday in ‘Otella.' " It gave her exactly six days for preparation. The > Hl. terrified nearly into specchlessness. stammered that she could not possibly do it—what he asked was impossible. Cut Garcia could take no contradiction. All he answered was: “You'll make your first appear ance on Saturday, and be perfect, it not. In the last scene, when lam supposed to plunge my dagger into your breast I'll do so in real earnest." The frightened girl had to make best of It. Her success was absolute, frut one little piece of realism in her acting at the end was a delicious though entirely unconscious piece es retaliation upon her fatb r for a rather brutal method. Her Desdemona had been exquisite; she bad made her what she was herself, a child, Innocent and submissive and adoring But in the last act. when Othello strode toward her with uplifted dagger. la Malibran, truly frightened out of her wits, ran away from him and made for windows and doors, franticsllv trying to escape. When her father at last caught hold of her. so real had the whole thing become that, seizing the hand with which be was supplied to murder her. she bit it till it bled Garcia gave a cry of pain, which th# audience took for a cry of rage, and rlie act. ended in deafening applause sot father and daughter. The incident reveals la Malibran She was never, in one sense of th* -- - ' studied counterfeit of emotions, but a woman with an extra ordinary power of losing hers - f - emotions of ■

FORCED TO EAT 300K5 Hnman Beina. Who Wore Compelled to Devoar Liteotwre. Among the that contribute to the destruction f >» >as. says an Italian writer Amer ' r.itti. there is one very curious ?ne — may Recalled bibliophagia. N > referen *e is int-mded to the Ei.'e -hat on-e iestray-d in England an entire edit: >n of Castell’s "Lex'-cAr Heptagiott-on." but to human bc-it vs who hare literally devoured books. In Barna bo V!« anti compelled two ’aapsl de. gates to eat the bull of -r -asenieat:-:: wbi h they had bre z;' him. tt>re—er with Its silken eta ds and leaden seal. As the boll was written on parchment, says the Scfes-Anieri'-an. n ' piper, it was all the E 're difficult to d zestA similar az®-?ivte was related by Oelrirh tn his “Di-sertario d-» Biblietbeearum et Librerem Fatis” .(175*5) of an Austrian general who had ~ gned a sote for “.(«) florins and whet: it fell due compelled his creditors to eat It. The Tartars, when t-ooks fa!’, into their posses* ml eat - r it they may acquire the kr:>wi-!_’- -.a’ained In them. A Scandinavian writer, the author of »• political '-o-; was compel -d to ’ « ing his manuscript boiled In broth. Isaac Voimar, who wrate soma spicy satires against Bernard, duke of Saxony was not allowed the courtesy of the kitchen, but was forced to swallow them uncooked. Ftlll worse waa the fate of Philip Oldenburger. a jurist of great renown, who was condemned not only to eat a pamphlet of his writings but also to be flogged during his repast, with orders that the flogg-ing should not cease until he had swallowed the last crumb. Terror Saved Her. A tale of a paralytic and a stroke of lightning: For twenty-two years a woman bad been paralyzed, unable to leave her room. One night when she happened to be alone In the house a fierce storm broke. Tbe paor woman was terrified by the thunder and the blinding glare of the lightning. With an effort of which no one had believed I her capable she struggled from her bed i and to the house of a neighbor. Barely i had she reached safety when tbe place ' she had just left was struck by lightning. The room in which she had lived ’ so long was rent in two and everyi thing in it was burned or smashed. I Power of locomotion had been restored to the cripple just in time to save her life.—Chicago News. Her Advantage. Mistress (after many remonstrances on unpunctuality)—Really. Mary, you must try to b® more punctual about •erving the meals. When they are I lat“ your master blames me M»yI Ab. well, mum, of course I can go. but you’re a prisoner for life! — London Punch. Saepteleaa. Mr. Bilking (looking up from tbe paper!—The eminent physician. Dr. Greathead, says there Is no exercise •o condurive to health In woman aa ordinary housework. Mrs. Bilkins— Huh! I’ll bet*he’s married.—Tlt-Bita. Applea laprove < lean. PoMibly the best wav to improve cigars is to place very thin slices of apple between them. This is a familiar practice among connoisseurs. Any old apple will do—New York Press. Nothing hardens the heart and conscience like the acquisition of a for- ' tune at tbe expense of others.—Bur lai “ aCChi - ®

Daadle* ot Papua. Even the natives baje their flue gentlemen, their •'..indies. To raffit in this class the yotrr: W c>* £ d oSament“of poised shell.. But as an ex; lotcr "very i - .• >-u, blades can afford to posset one anl accordingly it may be lent either for a consideration or as a very special favor -; h „ possessor of one - wife ?o. it. and sometimes it is paid as a tritxu tribute by one should be have to pa. blood money or be unable to give the statutory pig as atonement for a mur der.” I’apuan husbands, too, have a primitive way of dealing with their recalcitrant wives. A man named Gedon had a shrewish helpmate whom he attempted to tame according to this method: “He would pick up a billet o. wood when she was halfway tb,O'i„ a tremendous scolding and give her a terrific blow over the back. Thereupon ensued pandemonium. The other men and women would gather round jabbering but they would make no attempt to stop the bea’iug once it had begun." The Fashionable Dinner. Eight men exclusive of the butler are required to serve a dinner of twenty four covers, one being allowed for every three diners. Another is stationed in the pantry to “run in" the courses. Absolute order and silence reign among these men, who perfectly understand the butler’s cabalistic signs. Electric signals pass constantly between chef and butler. From the seating of guests until th** ladies leave not more than eighty-five mmutes should elapse for long dinners are considered bad form. Upon these occasions scarcely a member of the domestic corps escapes some special duty. The housemaids assist the pantry maid. After each course twenty-four silver plates and countless small silver must be carefullv cleansed, wiped very dry and then polished with chamois before b :ig put away. Nearly 2'» p:ec--s of engraved crystal ware must be washed and polished, and it is too costly and br.'tie to be hastily handled— Everybody's Magazine.

Ghast or Illusion? A minister of the gospel, according to this tale, was walking to and fro m a Cig that ran through tbe bouse aud meditating upon his next sermon. There brushed by him a housemaid. He watched her pass and enter h;« study Fearing that she would disarrange bis papers, he hurried after her. went into his study—anl no one was there. No means of egress was possible but by the one doo: through which he ha i seen the girl enter. He rang tbe bell and—the housemaid came d >wn from the top of tbe house, where she ha 1 been performing her dut -s And the unusual part of * no one sickened and died- Tbe young woman married happily. And yet that minister of the gos[>el is sure that he saw that h 'tisemaid.pass him. Nor to this lay d>— his stout and happy matron know That she was ever in two traces at once. W-nlrh In Old Raman Time*. Our wealth, as much as we boast of it is comparatively puny as compared with the wealth of men of old. There was Mark Antony’s bouse that was ■old to Messala for over $5*10.000. and Scaurus’ villa was burned at a loss of over sl2 ' -*ViOO. Otho spent over $14.000.060 in finishing one wing of a palace commenced by Nero. Nearly *36,600,0(* 1 was found in the coffers of Tiberius, and Caligula spent 1t all in less tlxan a year. Paulus could make a trifling present to the mother of Brutus of a pearl worth over $30,000. So let us be modest We are a cheap people, even the wealthiest of ns.

Smoking the N'argtlle. A Gre<-k ’■ - how nargile is smoked by his brethren: “Only pure tobacco is used in the narzile. It is grown expressly for the purpose in Persia. The weed there is called tumbeky. This kind of tobacco is first washed two or three times by the man who keeps the restaurant. He puts it under a faucet and squeezes th» »: out Otherwise the tobrcco would be too strong. Then, when the smoke of it is drawn through the water. the tobacco having, of course, been dried first, all the nicotine is deposited in the war* -, artfl a d-'ichtfu) and innocuous smoke is the result.” The Teat. “How do you like your new music teacher?” “He’s no good." “Why, what makes yon think so?” "Yc-<»- - I pi.iyed a coiutn >n tune clear through, and he didn’t say it would take a week’s practice to offset the harm done.” Surely. “Tommy is such a sweet child.” said a doting mother, "that I often think it wffi be a miracle if he lives to grow up." “It will.” said the candid neighbor, with a baleful gleam in his eye. A Coincidence, Mrs. Janson said to Mrs. Lammls in perfect confidence. “Do you know mine Is the prettiest baby in the world?” “Well, reaiy-. now. what a coincidence!” said Nirs. Lammis. “So Is mineT’ Cause and “Poor .Tones is suffering from melancholia.” “Why. I thought he was the editor of a comic paper.” “He is.” The More the Merrier, “I to introduce you to a young lady—a very nice girl—and she’s worth her weight in gold." “Stout girt. I hope.”-Iz>ndon >itjpr.

’•» , ..rr* aSI EER POKER SAME !®.‘ IT WAS PLAYED BY TWO STOCKMEN IN A DENVER HOTEL. The Tarn That t ame VV hen the I »r---to„e. or Both Me.. Were Piled the Table-A Side Bet ..ad " That Was Not Show., to the Board. The old St. James hotel in Denver was one of the landmarks of the city for over a quarter of a century, and many famous sportilg men were among its guests. Numerous stories are told "f the “stiff' poker games that used to be played there in the late eighties and early nineties of the last century. A game was played one night between two stockmen, a banker and a mining man. The story goes that the mining man and the banker played until they were “all in," lea ing the two stockmen to battle it out. It came up to the “consolation" jack-pot, and those who had lingered to see the finish were not disappointed when they expected something spectacular to take place. The stakes were running high, the ante being SSOO. with no betting limit. One of the stockmen opened for $2,500 and was promptly raised before the draw. Then there followed a series of raises and counter raises until the pot contained $11,600 before cards were drawn. “Gi' me that one," blandly announced the man who had "seen" the last raise. The dealer slipped one card across the table, laid the deck down, relighted his neglected cigar and said unconcernedly, "I’ll play these. Then the betting commenced in earnest. The player had opened, and he led off with’ *2,500 as a '“fevi-r.” The dealer raised a like amount, and the other fellow followed suit. It was plain that one or the other cf the men was going to lose his f ortune. Checks were written, torn up and made out for larger amounts, and finally mortgage papers on real estate and cattle were passed into the pot. Finally one man said to the other: “Say. Henry. I'm going to stay with you until everything I've get, right down to the clothes on my back, is represented on the “able. Now. I'm in doubt as to some of my property holdings, so I’ll make you a proposition. Give me until tonight (it was then 4 a. m.i to find out just where I stand and we'll play the hand out. Meantiny let us seal up my hand in one envelop*, yours in another an l the deadwood In still another. We'll leave the three envelopes in the office safe, to be delivered to both of us together.'' The other player agreed, and envelopes and sealing wax were sent for. The hands and remaining cards in the deck were duly sealed and deposited as per arrangement. Meantime friends of the two players endeavored to get the men together on some sort of compromise proposition, knowing f'l'i well that Neither could afford to bank his entire fortune on a poker band, leaving his family destlhite. but both men were obdurate and world listen to no proposition to spilt the pat. An interested and expectant group gathered in the lobby about 8 o’clock in the evening, among them being rhe man who had opened the pot. They talked together in a friendly manner. speculating upon what would happen when the man who went to Look up his assets returned. While they were talking he walked in. “Well, Henry, I’m ready to resume our little argument.” he announced In a matter of fact tone. Then the crowd repaired to the room where the game had been played. The man announced that he had $33.00) to “play back.” Securities and certified checks representing this amount were piled on the > table. Then, and not until then, did either of the men show signs of nervousness. The opener had drawn a check for $33,000 and started to tear it out of the book when the other man said in a slow, deliberate voice: “Looks a little strong for either of us, doesn't it, Henry?” “Well,” rejoined the other man. toy ing with the check, “what would you consider a fair proposition at this stage of the game?" “It’s n<st gambling. I know," said the other, “but if you want to split the pot and” - “She’s split.” calmly announced the man who had opened for $2,500. The currency, gold, checks, mortgage papers and securities were equally dlvia ed. Not a word was spoken. Silently the man who opened took up the envelopes. tore them open and laid the two hands on the table, faces downward. “Bet you a cigar I had you beat,” he bantered. “You're called,” said the other, turning over four cards, jacks and sixes. The opener also turned over four cards. They were jacks and sixes. “I'll bet you," said the dealer, “a thousand dollars that I've still got you beat." The other man peeped at a corner of his buried card, toyed a moment with a stack of currency and shoved SI,OOO to the center. Then, without waiting for the man he had called to show%is hole card, he turned up a four spot The dealer looked at It, smiled, fetched the bell and put his hand in the deck. He never told what the other card was.—Denver Times. Llffhta of London. A farmer who visited London for the first time was walking along Oxford street, filling his pipe, when a matchboy came up to him with the usual “Lights, sir?" Th® farmer took a box from the boy®*xtracted a match, lit his pipe and handed the box back to the astonished lad. passing on with the remark. “Lor. what a wunnerful place Luunon is, to be surqjf

ROPES. ■ A Marine Plan. Tha. G ro#, .. K Three lluadred Fee t j * n>e largest marine pi aut J"*’ ■ bly one of the highest plants k IIO JB this globe is a gigantic seawJW nereocystis. tfn- stem- , )f W been found to grow as i uuel | ■ feet long. It was first discover ■ far from the Alaskan ..-oast but H since been found floating j u v parts of the Pacific oeeuu alt/?® American and Asiatic shores seaweed grows in a very ner. Large quantities of it are /Hr at a little distance from <.. . M depths not exceeding f e „ t W loamy bottoms large thickets' u( Hl plant take root, and a stem thickness of ordinary eord grows ward. At its top there is a pear -haW’ balloon, which grows with the and when it reaches the surface of® l water it often measures six feet more in length, with a diameter of (B feet six inches. This balloon has® course, an upward tenden. y tlie stem growing until it floats on®’’ surface of the water. From the tun® 1 this balloon a large tuft of strn® : thick, spadelike leaves grow originally are not more than twofK long and which grow and split from the balloon a r®sc!ike from fifty to sixty-five feet in ter covers the water. This weed grows in such quantities near ths shore large lands are formed, which impede gation. The natives of the islands maa - manifold plant. From theif strong dried they make ropes 250 feet and m® Iqng, while balloons of this nish them with larg- • ■ are dried, the smaller ones In their boats to bail out water. long leaves, after b.-in a aK ®( into narrow strips .i far work, the making of sadsj® lar furniture. W LAPP WOLF HUNTERS’® ® 2 K tvsift Runners on Snowshoes Shot! Work of the Brutet, The Swedish Lapps live with, by and upon tlo- mS Lapp who • ■ ••.- a •'. j i-.g very rich man: but, as taxes are sessed upon the urn : er. inclined to undere<:imat>The most daugoron- ■... is the wolf. who. If so dispostd, kill thirty deer in a i. gl.t a wolves can make a rb h Lapp When the snow is dem mft It is announced that t-acks been seen in the -I of deer the swiftest rmon s:ioH slices prep ire for an ex.-itmg The woif may hiv ■■ a : a oM or two. but the tra--k :t .c-s 11 deep, soft snow is s . tlie limiters <snu f • v ;• at speed. M The wolf, though he may ran has but -.igiit . 1: ■ short men who on s“ mH through the wood. down hills an-1 jump from i-kg.-s sovaK yards in height. Ea h " doeslM best to outrun the oth'-r- f r tlie belongs to the Lap:- -tr.kos first blow. As soon as the hunter is close enough t ':-•.• gives it a heavy blow a • the with his strong spiU-d v-i.-estlM If there are other woi' i-s to be sued, he kills it outt.g: • if disables it and waits t.ll All the ers arrive before gi' >•-' tlie deiM stroke. H Ou Tipplug the Hat. ■ New Yorkers still cling to the IM cient custom of tipp.ug -:.-.r i-.m ' S greeting a mile friend It Is a co?»mon sight to see a stilH prosperous Io dong : .m passes an ac ,■: although the other is a c.:ni UIM compauied by a woiim:i It * s same after a party ha- t°? e “® somewhere, at dinner. • ■ -.i'dy. the theater. You will nonce one separates himself f an the iwM he will say good night or an then tip liis hat. Also when one is introduced to another :: -.•> to a subway ticket that !■•' w ; 1! “‘uH chapeau. Wonder why t >’• don't 9 do it in Pittsburg -Pittj- ■ Dispatch. ■ Crusty. The new stenograpb-r's glittered in the flood of suniigbt poure* through the w.u mw ■: t fice. oH But old. Duke, the bookkeeper. no eyes for the girl's beauty. He ed a cigar and set to work. ■ “Mr. Duke." said the steuogrspa* ■ “Huh?” the old man grunted. ■ “Look here." she said Imperiously™ am sorry, but smoking always m me sick.” J “Then.” said Duke, without up. "don’t ever smoke.’ —New Times-Democrat. ■ An Irish Compile o *- & ■ An Irish gentleman said to aa v Msh officer. “Do you know » cf -?” The officer disclaimed J that pleasure. “Ah, be is a v ■ J fellow and a good friend of m he has been dead these six ye ™ Bhure, you're very like him. fleer said he had been coml ' o f M good many things in the co - lifetime, but never before to ■ year-old corpse.—London fepee ■ Latter Dar B ’ e * i "'*usein J “How often do your o ■ 4 “Do you mean bow o ften^ M the furniture,” asked slan ß . - gta fewedd. “or how often do the out Couner-Journa If poverty Is the mother want of sense is the ts Bruyere. . . - - -