WILL NOT LEND THE BOOKS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 353, 12 February 1903, Page 3

WILL NOT LEND THE BOOKS.

Ct»n««ce*e o« Bare VetaMl BRDVO <0 }»«**««« Horror o* tit* tXimmW, Bor*OW«IT0, j A noted) book collector of NewYorli, one whose library is filled with soma* ' of the rarest treasure* of the biblio* phile's heart, recently complained of the total lack of the eollMtor'e spirit among- literary men. "I was recently asked by a literary man to lend him ft ~opy of an extremely rare book that I have on tov shelves to aid him in aomfi - Now, I want to help hhn all I can, house be enn have the use ol the book is JoDg n« he wants it, under ihe>mo»t •"avorabrc circumstance*. But send him the book—no, under no elrcum» itoncesl It is not the fact that it it vorih hundreds of dollars anywherft in the market, but the fact that if dam"•red or lost it would be utterly irra■Mace a bio that makes the collector hviMer. Tf it were lost or spoiled Mr. Literary Man would send an abject letter expr**Mng his deep contrition at an untoward accident, perhaps with ft eheck inclosed, but of the real horror of the situation I think he and histHbf eould hare no inkling." j,. ( Castontara Tnka Tootfc9tofe*» ~~"{ "I'd like to know what my on!» tomers .da with all tha toothpick* they carry away," says a restaurant proprietor. "Few men take a single ' out hj pick. Moat of them take half ft lozen, and many a whole h&ndful, -tut! when they eome in here again for the next meal they take as nmoy jrer again. They don't need them. : t's all due to the toothpick-chewing Ma bit, which seems to be growing. There isn't anything partiouUrfa olensnnt about chewing a woo<i«H toothpick, and it may be injurious M a piece ot the wood lodge* in tb* throat or gets down into the •taffis ach, as it is very apt to do." ■&&&>} nor* a Station «ot It* H*a& tr| A station nine mil€a out from IS great city on one of the oldest *ftHrond lines in the United Btates bear* 'he name "Belay." Thie wh becftWtft the horses, by whieh the road w*a first operated, were there 3h*«2se&' What's in a namftt ftonrttafj ft fiTMg ment of history. '*-\^J£ t MiS& l