Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-01-13
OYSTER EATING.

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satisfied sigh and looked at the barri-
cade OF empty shells with a mixture OF
pride and apprehension Gee Whit"
he exclaimed. that must be pretty
near record. amt it?'' The opener
smiled scornful1y and went on washing
his knife. Such foolish assertion did
not call for reply. We'll" saidxhe
young man, q tribe chop-faIlen, .sst's
certainly a right fair snack. What's
the most you ever knew anybody to
eat?" 'Straightaway, or heats?" In
CURED the opener, with an air of one
who weighs his words. ''Oh, right at
one time; hand running. y know"
We'll, the most ever opened for any
body myself was fifteen dozen an a
half, for tvo-when was working on
Royal street. One gentleman eat eight
dozen and half and the other gentle
man eat seven dozen" Eight and q
half!" said the young man, enviously.
Holy snakes! That's 49, oystersr'
They was large Oysters too" con-
tinued the opener, "and that makes all
the difference in the world. A dozen
such oysters is equal to three dozen
small culls, and you want to bear that
ing about their records. Five dozen,
though, is nothing out Of the way in
the winter time. 7 open that many
for single customers every night"
What's supposed to be the record
among the oyster openers in toHn?'
We'll, they say a man ate seventeen
dozen, medium size at a place here
last season. He came from New iberia
and he wasn't a big man to look at,
either, but he sure had q capacity. The
shells filed a barrel" ssYes, that's
straight" spoke up customer from
the other end OF the bar 81 was there
when he did it, but pshAw! that
wasn't anything. I claim. the cham
pionship myself: I won It about six
years ago, eating barrei Of oysters in
a wholesale house here opeAing them
myself as / went along. I admit they
were not very big. but the score was
306, and up to date haven't heard OF
anybody who has beaten it. The
speaker was a well-known resident OF
New Orleans. and several bystanders
confirmed his statement. The young
man with the four dozenH record
changed the subject.-New Orleans
Democrat.
COILS SECRETARY.
How q Raise Was Made to His. Salary
The Chicago News of a late date
! gives currency to the. following story:
a few years ago Coils P. Huntington's
private secretary, Mr.. Miles, asked for
an increase of salary DO You need
any more money!" asked Mr.. Hunt
ington, thoughtfully. mo. sir, l don't
exactly need it," replied Mr.. Miles,
"but still I'd be glad to be getting
| little more" "Ah-hum-In-m,". unused
his employer, "can you get along with
out the advance for the presents" "Oh,
yes" answered the secretarySHI guess
So" and the matter was dropped. A
couple of years later a. boy ap-
| peared at the Miles home and the
secretary thought the time propitious
to renew the applications. 'sWhy, my.
dear sir,'' said Mr.. Huntington. when
he heard him through, Il raised your
salary when you asked me before" Il
never heard anything. about II" said
/ the secretary, in amazements @Proba-
bly, not" returned Mr.. Huntingdon; "in
fact, used that money to bug piece
Of property for you. I'd Just let 1t
stand for a while if 1 were YOU" Mr..
Miles thanked him warmly and retired.
somewhat mystifed. Recently Mr..
Huntington called him into his private
Office. by the way, Miles," he said,
ST have sold that real estate Of yours
at pretty good advance. Here is the
check" The amount was $4,000. The
property was part of large section
! purchased by the railway. king as an
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Great Bells.
In the manufacture of great bells
Russia. has always taken the lead.
The Giant" which was cast in Mos
cow in the sixteenth century, weighed
2SS 600 pounds, and it required TWEEN
ty-four men to ring 1t. 1T was broken
by falling from its support, but, was
recast in 1854. On june Is, .17O6, it
again fell. and in 1892 the. fragments
were used, with new materials. ia cast
ing the king of BeIls,"- still to be
I seen in Moscow. This bell is .nine-
teen feet three inches high. measures
around the margin sixty feet nine
inches, weighs about 443, 1872 pounds,
| and its estimated value in metal alone,
is at least $500. D90.- 81 IEan's bell,
| also In MOSCOW Is forty. 7feet nine
inches IN circumference, sixteen and
a half inches thick. and weighs 127.-
$50 pounds. The bells Of China rank
J next to those of Russia in size. IN
] Pekin there are seven bells, each is
said to weighf 12e. 600 pounds. The
weight Of the leading great -bsRs:ef the
world. are as follows: Great Bel OF
Moscow. 44S, 732 pounds; ST. ZFan's.
Moscow, 127, $50 pounds; Pekin, 12O,-
900 pounds; Vienna 1920. pounds;
olmutz, Bohemia; Il. 900 p09nds; Rou-
en-. France AZ. zoo pounds: st PauPs.
London, $40 poundssS s,sSfg Ben, %
Westminster. 80, $50 pounds:s Montreal,
q, $50 pounds st. Peters Bone.
1850 pounds =, - -.
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