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Show f .. - T"j I 'JBBBBBBBBBgM PARI8' NEW ULANG WORD. Called Into Being by the Death ,-. Pope Leo. JSk I The death of the pope has enrlchemT'V the argot of Paris with a new word. I A polleoman Is a "camerlengo." Th,. I first constable who heard himself ad I dressed by that epithet was Indeed nonplussed, quite as much as the sow darme who was caIleAj"centurlon? But. the motto of the P-rls police is "When In doubt, arrest your man-And man-And In this case the Innovator spent ,a few hours at the police station be. fore being released. According to one authority, the connection between a policeman and a camerlongo Is to be found In the silver hammer used to thrice strike the deceased pope's brow. A policeman Is a "cogae," I. e., he who strikes and this furnishes the conneoting link. However that may be, tne fact remains that the word Is ' now In common use, and In every street squabble at present some one Is sure to shout, "Eh, va dono, earner llnguel" New York Tribune. |