New-York tribune., 1907-11-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

queer document in the form OF an edIct against
the use or coffee has come 20 light anG IS pub
rshed In German paper. The edict was published
by the Bishop OF Paderborn on February g. 1881.
and ts discovery among lot OF old papers caused
the finder TO doubt the goodness OF the olden
time. The document gives 4 long list Of the peC-
pie who may use coffee. provided Il has been
brought 20 them from other lands" The Burger
neister owners OF large estates, post officers Inn
keepers where noble guests are entertained. people
who live on their incomes, the rabbi Of the JEWS h
congregation and it's presiding officer were on this
list. To give coffee 10 servant an offence
punishable with fine OF 10 Rechsthaler. Students.
school teachers workmen and workwomen sur
geons, private soldiers police officers and a long
list OF others We're warned that "A fine OF two
Reichsthaler would be imposed II they did not alb
stain from the use Of coffee When the privileged
persons failed to live up TO the law the fines were
doubled with each offence. and at the third time
uhelr coffee privilege was revoked. For those whose
rank station made them Ineligible to the prtvi-
lege Of drinking coffee three violations OF the edct
meant term in prison
Little Mollie (who often becomes reflective at bed
Time. Time. ana has spent the whole day with her god
mqIherl.Do Podparents get punished for their god
e9mlI6Fs@s fnr1So s!@S' ,los %9taer'
Moe (wth a profound sigh)-Oh. what a pity!
felt 50 comfy about lt-Punch.
The sale of the little old house at New Rochelle
once the property of Thomas Paine recalls the
story OF newspaper man who went TO the place
some years write It up" He knew that
the house had been built I'm l72G by a Huguenot
refugee and that it had been condscated after
the War of the Revolution because II had become
the property OF active Tory He knew also
that the house and several hundred acres OF land
had been given by Congress to Paine for his SER
wees but ne went there TO get picture and TO
explore the place where the writer Of The Age OF
Reason had lived and worked. When he reached
the place which had been described as the houee
ne stepped from the carriage and asked a Young
man who was walking toward him in the road.
Who lives here"
That's tho Paine house but old Pai,a 60 5,a ..
''Yes?"
Yes. lie killed in the war he WAS Can
tain, or something like that There's a monument
up to him near here-put up by the Grand Army
me newspaper man thanked his loquacions in
folmant and entered the house where the ov,par
Charles W See. gave him the information no
wanted He likes to tell the story ana vybera,,ar
ne does he wonders what "Old Paine would bova
saia had ne heard tho new points in his bography
uaS What It, little oiy boy can tell the difference be-
d@v scbnoi 5a0 4eCk 4 ana the dead?" asked the sun
[Wd,, Wills waved yiI,.i d! his hand frantcaIly
Please. ma'am. tho quick are tho ones that
Ge6 GT qGt m of tbn the s way Of automobiles the ones thai
a'' '"o "edu' -hVerybody's Magazine
The current number of ''Vadaczlap" a HUNGARIAN
h'Int journal contains interesting account NJ -
bear hunt by Archduke Josef In order 70 I'm
the bear the archduke had to fire i've shots 81
these were delivered at such close range that ~
animal in making his last lunge tore the hunter
EaiLheh's win MS claws. or the thirteen bears
which Archduke Josef has encountered be IN
killed ten. In describing the last scene in the on
counter the writer says: The muzzJe OF nv ,.r,n
was only span from the animals shoulder ,rb
shot reached his heart, and he broke down ana feu
upon my root felt his breath. drew my knife
ana plunsel il into his body / arose brt :, ,',
difficult for only then realized how near ,y,e
my end"
neutrality-suspicious. does il happen, Jane. thar
you never finger bowls before? Didn't tho,S
use them in the last place YOU wCrked2 ''''S
Jane-NO marm; they mostly washed thaireoI,,a
before they came TO the table marm-IIfe