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Show Calvluizi-d. Ono r-'ry hot day tho lato Dr. Genrgf E. Ellis, tho hisrorian, going to an in formal 3innor with a friend, woro s veyj cauiforiablb but unfashionable thin coat add mr.nilla hat. A notoriously orthodox clergjman began to banter tho Unitarian divine regarding his big straw hat, whereupon Dr. Ellis replied that ho would net have a word sad against that articlo or apparel, inasmuch inas-much as it had been a good friend of his for four rears. "Why," exclaimed his frieud, "how could it have lasted so long?" "Because it hns been Calvin-ized, Calvin-ized, " replied Dr. Ellis. Tho host, misunderstanding mis-understanding tho word, inquired with amazement how the hat could bo galvanized. gal-vanized. But Dr. Ellis, with a sly twinklo in his eyo, looked straight i tho orthodox minister as he replied: ''I did not say 'galvanized. ' I said tho hai had been Calvauizod dipped in brim stone." San Francisco Argonaut |