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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-17

tho Suuda, paper do lts proper share
toward Keeping the Lorda day holy.
ami toward making 70 "a day in which
man Us to Evt genuine upliftg
The Monday sub,srfugc
"Fltat. what ot iA contribution
toward phNmyal rest. oh. says So
editor. Tho Monday paper is the
simmer that requires the Sabbath
work And then hc continues 20
publish both. doubtless ON the ptius
vlplv that uf two evils hv would
choose both because there 81 money
In g.
"rhc work required by the sun.
day paper ia dcmoralialng. or. at
best srculnrising IA It's tendency so
that the proper influence OF the day
IL profaucd Go the ucWahoya. and.
worse. the proper influence Of the
day Is nullihed ia the thousands of
families where It comes with it's
clattrr and roar and rush uf the
world the very same as they have
had the week through. and Il con-
tributes IN no means 60 physical rest,
which comes not 10 much from cea-
Sation ~ work an from change Of
direction ana wherein the sunday
paper makes work q o. Ia the same
old line,
It's Edueationai Aspect
Second. uow as 60 the power OF
this publication 90 add TO man y
mental equipment For We concede
that that h. "a legitimate work for
the day that WAS made Tor man. At
the breakfast table on the Lord =
day morning this weary man g. met
WITH forty. SIXTY. OF eighty pages
OF business and boom and crime and
Islander. and political siuah and So
Clrty gossip. which the editor
muck rake has been gathering all
the week through Tor hc only gives
through the week that which he Is
NOT able. hy some cold storage pro-
cess 60 hold over till the Sabbath. IN
order that he may bring &c out in This
mind developing. brain resting
Lords day issue.
THIRD How about the spiritual
growth that such a publication as
This will produce as 20 comes ia on
thr sabbath day. 20 nli the minds
and hearts ~ the men. women and
children ] declare that you might
M we'll plant "a weeping willow or
swamp cedar on the burning sands
90 Sahara desert a thousand miles
from water and expect II 20 flourish
and grow. MS 10 think that "a human
soul would I've and grow spiritually
with its roots set IN the present sun
day paper.
Degrading Agency
As a last Word. I want % say
and I have fully weighed
the sweep % the statement aud arm
prepared 90 give evidence OF SIS
truth. wish % say that % all the
agencies that have entered Into the
American life that has gone 20
break down the ahnctity af the
Christian sabbath that have con.
splrrd 60 degrade the mental tone
and callbcr ~ the people. and have
united 90 destroy the spiritual
and soul life 81 men and women.
whom Jesus Christ came 90 save. the
present day sunday papers leads the
van May God have mercy on the
men who are responsible for It's sx-
iAtencs and power"
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a Pleasant RIDE

The fast steamer "Athion" leaves
Columbia dock az 10 a. M. and 1.ts
.. m. Don't neglect the last oppar
tuniiy ~ seeing the oregon IN the
dYydock.
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WEATHER FORECAST

For Seattle and Tonight
and Turaiay, occasional rain. brisk
to high southwest winds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-17

London and San Francisco Bank.
Ltd. has opened Savings Depart.
mcnt
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CLASSIFIED ADS.

Ans'InACr on TITLE
OSBORNE. TREMpER a co. Inc. All
stract Co., established 1881 Mining
cRim abstracts, Basement Of the Mu-
tunl LIE building
BOoIll- WHiTTLEsEY- HANFORD Alb
tlract Co, established 1869 ba.arnent of
Haler hlock. Telephone, Main iga
SEATTLE Abstract Co. N. I. block.
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Or. WaKguuer. dentist. removed 20
Globe block. cor. First and Madison
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-17

OF the paper, e IL here % stay be-
cause the people demand IL
p<msraltriag Axe.ey
III IL Is true that she people de-
mand q W is because the nlK-dAy
papers have 40 demoraiixed the lit
erary appetite. that people are salts
fed with that fare on the Lord 8
day rather than some thing that
would b. Tor their higher well being
The people demand 10 Is the same
old argument that caused Aaron Co
make the golden calf and that iu-
nu7ucef Pilate 60 de iver the Christ
TO the Will % the people Tor his cruci-
hxiuu. The hands ~ the man - no
edits the paper are wholly az clean
az were Pilates after hia famous
wash. and his DISSEMINATION OF re-
gponsibiiity because OF the people
demand.
But 70 the dlrec, question. Docs
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HfiiN FlAtt"At -" 10 FiNb9 DIS. Afi
Jam'H 2%zl.
D.. w. uoreHTON. NA.l4 Collins.
AIrofNnfA-AT-LA
Wh 81 HOriALit. attorney At law suite
prosecuted ana defended lu all courts. 10
gfatH experience. Proceedings go bank
rrusl,,g eamranies lncorgofatsd. abs'la' q,
ell phrta ~ thf United EtHtes HiEsrst
commercial ana bank references. biJ
Ihifd avenue fh1ns. Main iv1.
4 a. MACDONALD. 80 nurhs building
noon. rALAEn a HHowN. Pioneer bia
LYMAN y. kNArP. 10 Halter butiaHnE
FRANK D. WHEELING. boston block
W y LAhnuTH. 2Ois rarine block
fiEiihE . rEHHY, $50 Burhs blsek
/" WAND KEMr. ~ nurks building
- kElsioaa 22s ssiisg bulialnE
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION HALE-7 rooms Of nne
furniture. corner Tenth avenue
and Norman street south. Tuemday
February 18Th, 1880 a. m, con.
hlHting Of the following hne parlor
furniture. Fine bedroom suits,
dining room furniture, Chiffonier,
nne glana ware. dishes, granite
ware. cook stove. horses and buggy
ana harness and other goods. This
is nice house ~ furniture, and
positively everything must 20. Re
member the number. s24 Norman
street. corner Tenth avenue south.
Joe Martin. auctionrer.
AUCTION sale. Tsb ism. 81 10 10 M.
ana continuing from dHY 10 dns until No
v hnid pn premises 1903 let ave. cor. 81
Pine street. siii ssil large stock ~ new
iuiuiiufe. carpets. iin1leum. stoves. and
ln faDt fho fsT bn0 stock shipped here
ly ihs Empifa Furniture 90 ~ Caium-
bus. OHIO. Hho arc forced 20 public sale
10 h4t IafErt Tues FEB 18TH 10 10
o. %. 81 lanl iHt ave- cor Pine ~
p. q hsksftun. Auttloneor
ArCTIDNf AICTIDNt
! am prepared 10 do general auc-
u0nrering at all times Can be
round az our stofsroom. also have
az this time 20 pieces Of new leather
furniture, consigned 10 me from
Tacoma. 10 be sold a. once az what
u may bring cah and see a.. nrst
20 come nfst 90 be served. COG pike
street Major y. g. STAIN. Phone.
clay fA
AUCTION SALT rooms ~ fine
furniture az a2f Norman street.
corner Tenth avenue south. Tues
day, Feb. %. az 1910 q. M. Look
Tor hig al. later. Joe Martin. Auc-
tloucer
r. q hlckEhToN. EehsraI suctoGssr.
ibi2 FIRST avenue
ntsfNEss COLLEGES
CLARKE fsfain Shorthand keh0ol. in.
aitianhl lhaifsrii1n % Boston bik
hEHT methods aad tsarhsfa. Acme has.a.aa
--.-ss. hs..aa ana IlAs,
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Coal. wood. phone Seattle Fuel Co.
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% the paper, e l. here 20 stay be-
cause the people demand "a
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cLAInyoyAsTs
CLOTHES CLEANING

GRANT CHESTERFIELD, palmigt.
last week in Seattle. Occidental
hotel. IOnn a Zoe Lnc
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tho sunday paper do lts proper share
toward keeping the l.ordn day holy.
ami toward making ita day in which
man is tn Nvt genuine upliftg
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wAN1'ED-nEAL EsTATE


HOUSES AND LOTS wANTEn
WE have cash customers FOR houses - I,
cottages, stores and modern dwellnsss =
all parts OF the city. The oniy va 4
cell your property Is 20 adNefLise Mi,
Is We SPEND TWO THOUSAND M.
LARS a month Ter that pEpose. y =,
lows as a logical conclusion that w ~
sell IT, List your property vita - 4
our photographed VIII take ttsss,.ss-
a. which VIII he published In ha .A. sity
IN an the leading newspapers IN Irnsv,rSf
CfT-MAN AMERICAN lNNEsAAN
COMPANY,
bi3 Third Avenue.
WANTED TO RENT-Housk,s..
WANTED 10 RENT ,,,r
WE viii rent your house, oottAkss; ~
or rooms. Il desirable. 20 rehaps -
ants, within seven days or pay IN
months rent or We will assena,s.,ru
care ana management % your n
ana nay YOU six months rent iisasr.ssi
vance German American inNss'
Co, al3 Third avenue -
W1ks. IRON AND rlAIlsssssY,,
FAcIFfC Ran & PLATING Works, NV Z !.
When buying articles ADVERTISE
this paper, speak OF the star.
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LAUNDRY
Wen established. IN heart Of city.
on account Of owner having other
business requiring his attention.
can be bought for less than cost.
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CIGAR STAND
Paying g. 80 daily profits. can be
bought for $50 for a few dayE.
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SEATTLE Cl5thss lfsss.aK 10. eiathss
~ shape. 81 ~ month. dyslnE. repair.
ing iOG Thlrd. Hsd s4st.
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MISS H. HECHTMAN, dfessTnaking
parlorH. rooms % and 90 Downs
block
FOR ladies' tailor hnd reception gowns
CAL A. Lamb hlstefs. aiO-sii Coilius blk.
Mrs. HANSON stylish millinery al low
stt prices. Corner FoBrth ard Pine.
bhksshAKiNG pariors. ibif Third ave.
MADAME 4 5. SMITH dressmAking
ladies' tailoring pafiorB - Hlneklsy
biork Phone Brown is7i.
bHfEhAAkfNg school. iilT bih ave la
dies make their EnuusufE. Girls Fitted for
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OIL BUSINESS
Paying sl1b month clear, fine out
~ ia every respect. only offered
for short time. 1000 regular Gus
toners. best reasons for selling.
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AUCTION SALT rooms ~ fine
furniture a. a2f Norman street,
corner Tenth avenue south. Tues
DAY, Feb. %, a. 1910 a.. ~. Look
Tor big al. later. Joe Martin. Auc-
tioucer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-17

DANCING clsaasH Tor DeEiunsfs MondAg
and Friday evening al 80. prot. VIII
cons Hehgai % dancing private ltraous
daily. hsnks hall. Pie street.
SOCIETY ana ttare tAacing 81 -
LhteH supervisor Normal association.
2sib Firsi. Green 1870.
PROP LfTTLE. tea her Of tail room anl
Hur gsl
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Q. a. KOEpFLI, Clerk.
BY u. Is. SiCkcls. Deputy Clerk,
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Two nue Offices. corner. on Pioneer
square.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Tough PacI-.kin.

Everybody knows that the early pi-
oneers and plainsmen wore clothes
of buckskin. They did it not only be-
cause cloth was hard to get, but be-
cause buckskin, although soft and COM
Portable, will stand great wear and
tear. One may be pardoned, however,
If he doubts the story of the strength
Of buckskin told by one Of group Of
old settlers, who were discussing the
degeneracy Of the present age.
'I was breaking sod in northern
Texas" he said, with four yoke Of
oxen. Something frightened them,
and we started on dead run straight
for large sycamore stump which was
at least three feet in diameter.
'The plow struck it about in the
center and split it wide open. I was
still clinging to the handles Of the
plow, which went clean through the
stump, dragging me after. The stump
flew together again and caught me
by the seat of my buckskin pants"
"What happened them" asked one
of the listeners.
well, sir, would you believe it? We
pulled that stump out by the roots!"
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Il Was Rexiaed.

Have you a revised copy Of the New
Testament in the library, Miss ReidT
asked the young man who was max
ing an evening call.
mo. NJ. SLOW" she replied, "T re-
gret to say we haven't"
Whats a revised copy7" asked Bob
by. who had been permitted to sit up
later than usual.
You are rather young yet, Bobby,
to understand such matters" said his
sister kindly. IA revised copy means
that certain changes have been made in
the Bible which were considered neces-
sary to a better understanding of the
text. Now you had better run of to
bed-there's a good boy"
The young man could scarcely con-
ceal his admiration.
well. If that's what 1t is," said Bob
by. "our family Bible is revised, cause
pa changed It the other day. He
scratched out the date Of your birth
and made it three years later. He told
ma something about you and Mr.. Slow
and said that it wouldn't do any harm
nohow, and II Mr.. Slow wanted to look
at it it might do deal of good"
Presently the young man went away.
and a family consultation was held. 1t
resulted in Bobby passing sleepless
night.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Indian Headamen.

Nowhere is to be found a more POM
pous or more awe inspiring person
than the headsman, who plays in India
the role which the official hangman
plays in European city.
His deadly work he performs with
great skill, and In his bearing there is
certain dignity which is never seen
in a European hangman. Moreover,
while in Europe the populace regards
q hangman with a feeling which is
partly contempt and partly horror. the
people of India respect and fear the
public executioner and never seem to
think that he has lowered himself in
the social scale by accepting the Office
of headsman.
On festive occasions and when ar
rayed In his robes of Office the execu-
toner is decidedly picturesque figure
and altogether different from the SOM
Der and grim hangman of Europe.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Rocky Autograph Album.


Probably the oldest and most pre-
cious autograph album that has ever
existed lies in an almost unknown cor
ner of western New Mexico.
More than two centuries before our
Saxon forefathers penetrated the des-
ert Of the southwest the Spanish pi-
oneers, wandering through those lone
ly wilds, found rock so noble and so
remarkable, even in country of Won
derful stone monuments, that they
called it eel Moro" (The CASTLE.
Wishing to leave some record for fu-
ture generations, they traced with the
points of their swords their names up
on its rough surface. Those names
are there, with dates Of their inscrip-
tion-in nearly every instance the early
part Of the seventeenth century.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
A GREAT BATTLE.
The One known In History as the
"Victory of Victories"

The One known In History as the
"Victory of Victories"
The battle which is known in history
as the Victory of Victories took
place at Nehavend, in Ecbatana, and
was fought between the new Moslem
power in 637 and the empire of Per-
sia, then one of the most powerful of
the eastern monarchies. 1t was one of
the most absolutely decisive battles in
the history of war, and it was all the
more amazing by reason OF the fact
that it was won by a people which
twenty years before had been un-
known barbarians, lost in the deserts
of Arabia.
Arabian historians place the Persian
loss in single day at 100000 men
killed. This may be and probably is
an exaggeration, but the fact remains
that the Persian dynasty came to an
end when the battle was over and that
Zoroastrianism, which had been the re-
ligion of Persia for over a thousand
years, was at once supplanted by Is
lam. Its modern representatives, as is
well known, are now the Parsees Of
India.
The victory was so absolutely de-
cisive that it extended the Arabian do
minions over the whole of the region
lying between the Caspian sea and the
Indian ocean. With the exception per-
haps of the battle of Tours, no single
fight ever made such difference in
the after history of the world.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
The Disease Did Not Eft.

The doctor had paid visit to Mr..
Cassidy, and after his departure Mrs.
Cassidy's friends in the tenement
stepped in TO hear the verdict.
WELL" said Mrs. Cassidy, smooth
ing down her apron with an air Of
modest triumph, "the docther says
Moike seems to be having an attack
Of plural pneumonia, but Oh says to him,
OF says, 'Docther, you know well that
Moike is shmall little man. Oh says.
and amt you exaggerating bit, for,
to my thinking, single is all there'd be
room in him for OF says. But whin
he went or his wurrd was unchanged.
so it's plural pneumonia Moike has by
his telling, and sure it's grand, large
disease for SO shmall a man as him."
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
The Value of Singing.

From the medical standpoint singing
Is most important exercise both by
virtue of its influence on the emotions,
on the respiratory movements and on
the development of the lungs. Nothing
better shows the beneficial effect of
singing in developing the chest and
warding of the lung diseases than the
great pulmonary development and free
dom from pulmonary disease among
professional singers. Their general
health. moreover, is exceptionally good,
and this is probably in large meas
ure attributable to the mere exercise
Of the calling. 1t is especially useful
In defective chest development and in
chronic heart disease Provided the
patient can sing with comfort there is
no condition in which singing is con-
traindicated unless 1t be tendency to
tuberculosis or aneurismal hemoptysis.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that the
singer should be so clad as to allow
absolute freedom of the chest move
ments, there should be no construction
of the neck or waist, the collar should
be low and ample and the stays, if
worn. ample and loose.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
DoEsN'T TRUST HORSES.
Fnrt Maniac and Part Idiot Is What
One Man Calls Them.

Ohc MAN Oa1ts Inems
have spent much of long life in
the observation of horses. 1 have
reared them, broken them, trained
them, ridden them, driven them in ev-
cry form from the plow to four-in-
hand. The result of these years of
study is summed up in one sentence-I
believe the horse to be part maniac
and part idiot. Every horse at some
time in his life develops into a homi-
cidal maniac. believe any man who
trusts himself or his family to the
power of horse stronger than himself
to be lacking in common sense and
wholly devoid of ordinary prudence,
writes Kentuckian to Harper's Week
ly. | have driven one commonplace
horse every other day for six years
over the same road and then had him
go crazy and try to kill himself and
me because a leaf fluttered down in
front of him. 1 have known scores of
horses, apparently trustworthy, appar-
emily creatures of routine, go wild and
insane over equally regular and recur-
ring phenomena. No amount of OBJ
servation can tell when the brute will
break out. One mare took two gener-
ations OF children to school over the
same quiet road and then in her nine
teenth year went crazy because a
rooster crowed alongside the road
She killed two of the children. If any
one can tell me of one good reason
why man should trust horse, should
be glad to know.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Mixed Metaphors,

A German lady In town in Ventura
county had daughter who was her
mothers pride. The mamma bears
somewhat of reputation as a Mrs.
Malaprop and is also prosperous mer-
chant. On one occasion the daughter,
who assists her mother in the store
was by dint of hard work among rela-
tives and friends chosen as queen of a
street carnival to be held in the town.
Maternal pride ran riot in the elder
woman's breast. To friend she burst
forth in this ecstatic strain:
"Oh, mein Mollie! She vas so peau-
tiful as neffer vas! Dere vas no gerrel
SO beautiful as mein Mollie! Und she
vas sooch goot cook-mein gracious,
she vas sooch goot cookI Und she
vas sooch goot tressmaker! Oh, dere
vas no gerrel, like mein Mollie! Und
she vas de best clerk vat effer haf in
mein shtorei Und she vas a goot mu-
sicianer! Oh, mein Mollie vas de great
est gerrel vat effer vas! She vas yust
jack of all rabbitsp'-Los Angeles
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
BE slow to Believe It.

There is no better test of purity and
true goodness than reluctance to think
evil of ones neighbor and absolute In
capacity to believe an evil report about
good men except upon the most trust
worthy testimony Alas, that this
large and lovely charity is so rare!
But it is only with those who possess
this charity that men accused of sins
against society have an equal chance
with those accused, under the forms
of law, of crime. Every man brought
to trial for crime is presumed to be In
nocent until he is proved to be guilty,
but with the world at large every man
slandered is presumed to be guilty un-
til he proves himself to be innocent,
and even then 1t takes the liberty Of
doubling the testimony. Every man
who rejoices in scandal thereby adyer-
tises the fact Of his own unworthiness,
and every man who is panied by it and
refuses to be impressed by it uncon-
sciously reveals his oWn purity.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
ALIASES OF THE PEANUT.
There Are Many Names For tn,
ToothsOme Palate Ticker.

There Are Many Names For the
TOothsome Palate Ticker.
Considering its universal popularity
and excellent standing In agricultural
circles, it is remarkable how many
aliases there are under which the pea
nut travels. Whenever 1t is introduced
to a new community the toothsome
offering of the sod adopts a new name
and comes forth with an additional
sobriQuet which makes 1t almost un-
recognizable to its old acquaintances.
If the edible fruit"-as the dictiona-
ries call it-had ever done anything to
be ashamed of, the public might under
stand, but as things are the eccentrici-
ties of peanut nomenclature are abso-
lutely astonishing.
Here in Virginia we designate our
little friend principally as the peanut,
but quite often we likewise allude to
him as ground pea" and occasionally
as "goober." Over in England they
call the same fruit ground nut, while
it is yariously known elsewhere as
"earth nut" Manila nut" 'jurnut'
and "pindar." The scientific patro-
nymic, as we understand it, is Arachis
pypog@a, and the family belongs to the
genus of leguminous plants.
But, be its name what it may, a pea
nut is a peanut tha world over, so far
as its virtues go, and few are the hu-
man palates which decline to receive
an introduction to it.-Richmond Dis
match
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
WIRE AHeREvIAr,oN.
Time Saving Code That Is Used by
Telegraph Operators.


Time Saving Code That Is Used BY
Telegraph Operators.
From the beginning Of practical to-
iegraphy there has been a constant ef-
fort to increase the capacity Of wires,
SO as to do the greatest amount Of
business in the least possible time.
After duplicate, triplicate, quadrupli-
cate and yet further Increase In capac-
ity code system of abbreviation was
irted which has grown until single
letter stands for several words, and
two or three letters mean an entire
sentence.
If telegraph operator wants to say
supreme court Of the United States"
he does not send twenty-nine letters,
for six answer his purpose. he simp-
ly clicks of IS o t u g." There is a
saving Of about 80 per cent in time by
using the first letter of each word. II
'it is understood" is to be transmitted,
the initial letters are not exclusively
used. but 1t goes y K u" Here "x"
stands for "is," as II does in ''it is be-
lieved, Eich goes II I b.
II "out of the'' Is to be sent by wire,
seven Of the letters are saved, for the
three words are carried BY the one
letter "k." Then "f'' means "of the"
You could not guess in a year what
"k a W" means to telegraph opera
tor, for the letters are used not because
they are initials, but because they are
an unusual combination. They signify
adjourned sine die"
A telegraph operator knows Of no
good reason for using fourteen letters
when he wants to say CONSTANT
nople." so he makes It &C p."-New
York Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
As to Printer., Mnrkn.

The Interrogation mark or point"
% was originally "a" ard an "o,"
the latter placed under the former.
They were simply the first and last let.
ters of the Latin word "questio." So,
too, with the sign of exclamation or in
terJection @. In its original purity it
was combination of '1'' and "o," the
latter underneath, as in the question
mark. The two stood for TO-" the
Latin exclamation of Joy. The para
graph mark is Greek "p," the initial
of the word paragraph. The early
printers employed a dagger to show
that word or sentence was objection
able and should be cut out.