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Show HONEST NAME IN ANY TONGUE. Various Renderings of the Good Old Appellation, "John Smith." John Smith plain John Smith la not very high sounding; it does not suggest aristocracy; it is not the name of any hero in die-away novels; and yet it 13 good, strong and honest. Transferred to other languages, it 6eems to climb the ladder of respectability. respecta-bility. Thus, in Latin, it Is JohanDes Snilthus; the Italian smooths It off into Giovanni Smithi; the Spaniards render it Juan Smithus; the Dutchman Dutch-man adopts it a6 Hans Schmidt; the French flatten It out into Jean Smeet. and the Russian sneezes and barks Jonloff Smlthtowski. When John Smith gets into the tea trade in Canton Can-ton he becomes Jovan Shlmmlt; if he clamber6 above Mount Hecla the Icelanders Ice-landers say he Is Jahno Smithson; If he trades among the Tuscaroras he becomes Ton Qa Smlttia; In Poland he Is known as Ivan Schmlttlwelski; should he wander among the Welsh mountains they talk of Jlhon Schmidd; when he goes to Mexico be is hooked as Jontll FSmlttl; if of classic turn he lingers among Greek ruins he turns to Ion Smlkton. and In Turkey he !s utterly disguised as Yoe SeeL |