Show VERGE KNEW IHS ruble the pressman ot of the memphis scimitar tells this story abo about t the lato late ottmar elmenthaler one day a stranger came into the pressroom and asked how many papers the press w was as running off about an hour answered ruble impatiently anxious to get rid of the intruder and not particular about tho the truth ol 01 his statement the stranger stood watching the press pump up and down for a minute or so and then said she Is running about a minute pressmen are characteristically sen about guarding the secret ot of the number ot of papers run off and ruble was on the point of bouncing the visitor when he quietly walked out of the pressroom and lett left the pressman wondering who he was later when ruble came into the business office he found the stranger in conversation conversi atton with a member of the business office force when the stranger walked out ruble asked who he lie was that man Is ottmar was the reply well I 1 know him replied ruble but be figured out what the old press ot of ours was doing to a tee and take but a minute to do it cither either when the edition had been run oft the pressman compared the time lie had been running with the number cf of papers and found that the stranger had missed it only about half a paper a minute |