FINE PRE-NORMAN CHURCH
Remarkably Well Preserved Edifice at
Worth Was Built Long Before
the Conquest.
Many churches In -Britain owe their
origin to the piety of the Norman In
vader, but these which antedate this
great period of church building are not
bo numerous. One such pre-Norman
edifice is the fine old parish church of
Worth, near Three Bridges. A little
book, written by Rev. Arthur Bridge,
the rector of Worth, tells the his
tory of what Is aptly described as
one of the most remarkable relics of
a bygone age. It seems probable that
the church passed with the Manor of
Worth under the will of Alfred the
Great to Tils third Bon, Ethel ward.
Archaeologists will be lavish of thanks
to Mr. Bridge for the Interesting and
Qseful little record of his unique
church. He tells us that Worth ex
hibits the earliest example of the pure
ly English cruciform building, and Its
semi-circular eastern end is of very an
cient date. But the whole church, as
might be gathered, possess many fea
tures which make it of peculiar fascin
ation to the student of the antique.
The windows, for Instance, have not
suffered "restoration," and are well
known to all students of architecture
here and on the continent. Dundee
Advocate. '
Volapuk.
A few years ago Volapuk was the
order of the day, and we are only re
minded, of its erstwhile fame by read
ing an. account in a Paris contempo
rary of the death of its founder. He
was an ecclesiastic named Schleyer,
and his method was to constitute a
universal language by borrowing
freely from the Roman and German
tongues. The proposal received a
great deal of attention from serious
writers, and it goes without saying
that it came in for a lot of ridicule.
The effort might have succeeded had
It lint hadn f rv ITafutfantn T-V. a .91
avr " VVi JdO7 CU I.VT. A Will
priest watched the rise and decline of
his proposal, and he lived to see Us
fall. The thought that must suggest
itseii to an wno eivn tnn matter con
sideration is: Why should there be a
new language? Why not teach boys
to- write Latin as a universal lan
guage? An effort in this direction is
being made in Germany.
A Judge of Wine.
George C Boldt, the hotel man, was
talking In New York about wines
"The average American is now a good
judge of wine," said Mr. Boldt. "He
Is no longer fooled by elaborate and
Imposing labels. He has learned to
appreciate a wine's bouquet, flavor and
body.
"I heard the other day a mild-looking
chap in a restaurant who said: '1
understand they've been having wine
riots in France, waiter.'
"'Yes, sir; I believe t so. sir.' the
waiter answered. -
""Well.' said the mild-looking chap,
the wine you've served me here would
be enough to start a riot anywhere.' "
The Danger-Line.
"Once." said Brother Dickey, "dar
wuz a man who prayed dat he might
git out of de wilderness, an' his pra'r
wuz answered, an' time he got out, a
ortermobile run over him. an' then
tout de time he riz up an' breshed
de dust from off him a a'rship felled
on him, an' w'en he come ter hisse'f
ag'in a policeman told him ter move
on; an' so he lifted up all de voice
what he had left an' prayed fer a har
rlcane ter blow him back ter whar he
jftrme frpm." Atlanta Constitution.
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NEVER DREW AN INFERENCE
Coachman, However, Thought the
Horses Could Draw One If the '
Traces Held.
A young clergyman who had deliv
ered a discourse In the place of an
aged brother minister requested the
opinion of the latter respecting it.
"Oh." said he. plainly, "many of the
words you used were beyond the com
prehension of your hearers. Thus, for
instance, the word 'inference' per
haps not half of my parishioners un
derstand its meaning."
"Inference, inference ! " exclaimed
the other. "Why, everyone must un
derstand that."
"I think you will find it not so.
There's my clerk, now. He prides him
self upon his learning, and, In ' truth,
is very intelligent. We will try him.
Zachariah, come hither. Zachariah, my
brother here wishes you to draw an
Inference; can you do it?"
"Why, I am pretty strong, but John,
the coachman, is stronger than L I'll
ask him." t . '
Zachariah went out for a few mo
ments to look after the coachman, and
returned.
"John says he "never tried to draw
an inference, sir; but he reckons his
horses can draw anything that the
traces will hold!"
House of Commons Ghost.
An interesting house of commons
ghost is the "radiant boy." This child
ghost has been many times seen and
heard. Its complexion is of the color
less purity of Chinese white, a halo of
silver sparkles about its head during
its peregrinations and its eyes gleam
in their sockets like bright electric
lamps. It is evidently in agony, for
the palms of its hands are stiff and
turned downward, and as it paces
from room to room it gives utterance
to moans of anguish and never lifts
its gaze from the floor. So far as can
be ascertained this particular ghost
has no prespectral history and why it
should have chosen the house for its
haunt is a mystery. London Mall.
Musicas ' Auto,
Uue of the latest fads of the mtt
torlst is , the musical automobile At
tached to the side of the car is a sort
of pipe organ calliope arrangement.
The wind pressure to operate the
pipes is supplied with power from the
engine. There are ten pipes, giving
the "player" a range of an octave with
two "half notes' included. The stops
are operated from the rear seat of ,the
car, by means of wires running to a
miniature keyboard attached to the
back of the frdnt seat. The instru
ment can be used for the double pur
pose of amusement and as a warning
to pedestrians.
Two Wealthy Cities.
Frankfort probably shares with Am--lerdam
eminence as being the wealth
iest city in the world per capita. There
is an immense investment fund in this
city garnered through centuries. Frank
fort has long been one of the great
money markets of Europe and banking
ing in Germany centered here until re
cent years, the great Frankfort pri
vate banking houses leading and being
assisted in their operations by such
houses as , Mendelssohns and Blelch
roeders tn Berlin and the Oppenheims
in Hanover.
Didn't Do Much Good.
Father Have you done any think
ing about- how you are to meet your
debts?
Son No, drd; but I've done a deuce
Of a jpt of wcra4ertng! -Puck.
