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Show Axciknt Etiquette. What were the three first words thnt Adam paid to Eve, when they met In the garden of Eden, that read the same from left to right, or from right to left? Answer next week. "What Is the meaning of backbiter?" asked a committee-mau of a class he was examlninc. "LiMl "Rrlvht F.vph rnlspd his hand. "Well, my 6on, 6peak up," said the committee. '''It's a flea, thir," Bright Eyes exclaimed. It was evidently evident-ly experience versus the dictionary. Always pleasant is a compliment to editorial ears. "I 6aw the excellent things in your last paper," said a wag to an editor. "Ah, indeed! what were they?" inquired tho delighted knight of the quill. "Mince pies," replied the wag, who escaped the paste-pot by slipping out of the door. "Who was the meekest man?" asked a Sunday school teacher of his class. "Moses," said one of the boys. "I knew a meeker," said a young rogue. "Name him," said the teacher. "He's Abe Meeker, the grocery man." The face of the teacher was expressive of anything but meekness. "How do you compare full?" asked a teacher of a little pupil just getting initiated initi-ated into tho mysteries of grammar, "Positive full; comparative fuller; superlative su-perlative fullest," he answered. Johnny Todd, who stood next in the class, shouted shout-ed "wrong." "How is it, Johnny?" asked the teachtr. "Positive full; comparative com-parative fuller; superlative slop over. |