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Show A BED HOT FABTIBAK. (iarrett P. ferviss. the noted science writer, ssid at th Brooklyn I'niversitv club apropos of Halle.r' comet, according accord-ing to Human Life: "The ignorant and superstitious dread thai the comet evnked in some quarters reminds me of the Millerite. "The Millerites. back in '72. when Grant wis up for a second term, were preaching the immediate destruction of the world. They were vea giving their property away. "Well, at a Millerite ramp meeting one night a Maine Millerite preacher preached that the end of th world would come in October, just a month, before election. "The preacher noticed a man in a front seal who manifested every symptom symp-tom of satisfaction whenever this date was drive home. Perplexed, he accosted accost-ed th man at th end of the service and asked him why he had sbowa pleaa-ure pleaa-ure over such a terrible matter. " ' Anything to beat tirant! ' was the reply." |