Show THEIR ORIGIN BELLS wore first placed in churches about A D they were used not to call the worshipers to service but to be runs rung an the approach of storms to prevent the prince rince 1 of the vb bower r of the air from smiting tile the sacred edifice with li lightning to express the idea of utter rout dispersion and confusion is is probably of ilish origin ina jn a version sion of the irish new testament it is written 1 I will smite the shepherd and the thiep of the flock shall lie be s ged adol or dispersed bay god cod bless me after sneezing from the fact blidt in the daab of the plague this terrible halidy be afan an with violent sneezing and other oilier indications of cold the rhe exclamation was thus ciri originally anally 1 a I prayer to be delivered from the plague tim THE title of doctor was invented for the especial benefit of the learned Iner niu of the twelfth century 1 I hie lie title was conferred by the university sity of bologna the first fir st doctor of med laudicino lar dicino cille was william Gor cordenio denio who received receive received I the title from the college 4 at asti in tur tin bow is first on I 1 monuments about B I 1 C its form then did riot not differ greatly from that in use ube anion anions g boys boy at tho present lay day it is used in europe in warfare as late as I aiho lind and was deemed dei med quite as effect effective ie as tile arque buses then employed |