Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-05
ONE DRINK TO EACH
AND THIS BARKEEPER ALLOWS
 NO SMOKING.
queer Little Inn in Londo" Which At.
 tracts Custom by It's Uausuat Regula- tons How HypOcrites Can Make a Success by Utiil1iag Novelty. .

Just of Gus5 Bishopgate. London. in small and somewhat slummy" street. there stands a public house re- markabIe for the fact that in 1t one is allowed to have only one driak-and no smoke The proprietor of this quaint hoStelry. obviously worthy citizen. seeing that he himself invented. So to speak, this original system of do ing business. has been in the occupa- ton or the house some twenty odd years Thither go all sorts and condi- tioRs of men. from the siik-hatted city man to the railway porter. warehouse nan, or mere messenger All have just their one drink. and go out Nor is it possible to trick the proprietor by or defing. say. bottle. and calling it lone drink No; his one drink means a certain measure Of beer, wine. or spir- it's. and that moderate one On the wall of the one bar wherein all and sundry are served alike. hang the printed rules of the establishment in srame. They set forth how that the proprietor. deeming that he may con duct his business as he thinks best, and having at heart the cause of temper anee. begs to call attention, etc. Then follow in numbered order the several rules, Before a customer can have a second drink he must go away and stop away for at least thirty or forty minutes. One result of the strictly en- forced rule against smoking is that the atmosphere Of the bar is wonder fully clear and fresh Of course, no person is served should he appear to be ever so slightly under the influence of alcohol The result is perfect oroer and subdued quiet The hours of closing, too, differ from those Of other houses in the trade. Eleven oclock sharp sees the house shut on five nights of the week On Saturdays the hour is 12 and on Sundays. 10 To this house the chief rabbi grants his special per init every Pentecost to sell kosher" rum to those Of the Jewish community of the neighborhood. Of course. over and above the regular customers. many people are attracted to this inn out of pure curiosity. The sightseeing and novelty American finds it out in his rsmbles. Should the curiosity monger, however, try to coax the men servers behind the bar into a breach of their stern laws he is courteousiy re- fused. They are never caught mapping. try them ever so often. The list of carefully compiled rules concludes with an intimation that such customers as do not care to conform thereto are Ire spectfuily requested to transfer their custom to some other establishment"
 Insanity in the Lower Animals.
 Darwin declared that insanity was not peculiar to human beings. and as- serted that other animals often become insane. According to Dr. Snelison, the lower animals, without exception. Ut times labor under delusions like those of insane human beings They work themselves into a frenzy Of insanity. and this is applicable to birds. cats. dogs, monkeys, cattle and horses. Mr Richard Kearton gives instances of birds developing forms of insanity
  Razor bills, he says. are somewhat shy birds. and yet on one occasion when 250 Dutch fishing-boats landed at the capital of the Shetlands. in order to hold their annual feast before start ing summer herring catching. and the place was literally crowded. razor bill came in from sea. and began to cut such odd capers within dozen yards of the crowded esplanade as made everybody who saw it wonder. Some of the onlookers said that they had never seen q bird act in such fashion. and that it must be mad He also instances form of mental aber- ration in a young cider duck
 We Filter Foreign Water
 Most of the great water filters now in use by large industrial institutions in all parts of the world are the product of this state. The largest of these is the Altering plant in St. Thomas. Can ada, which has a capacity of 5000 900 gallons daily. Other large plants from New York are in New South Wales, Columbia. Norway Germany, Russia and Siberia