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Show Ba Concluded to live. It ib a strange fact that the average newspapor man is' superstitions to a degree. de-gree. Why this should be bo po one knows, One of the craft, who looks to bo healthy enough, was around town on hi3 work the other day and he ran across Frank Hill, Chicago's coffin king, who was at ono tlmo at the head of the ill fated Thirteen club. In the course of a chat with a few mutual friends the scribo ventured the opinion that he would not livo long. Every one langhed at such a hallucination on his part and tried to choer him np. Finally Mr. Hill came to the rescue and took a hand in the discussion. He regarded the matter from a business point of view. "Don't dio so soou, my boy," he urged. "You just wait until onr new spring style of casket cornea out and then I'll give you a daisy at first cost." Hereupon the scribo gave up the idea of dying and concluded to livo. He did not want a business matter made of it. Exchange. |