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Show Humor In Afghanistan. Abdurrahman, the late Amir of Afghanistan, Af-ghanistan, had a grim sense of humor, hu-mor, which wos sometimes exercised without scrupto. On ono occasion a durbar he was holding was interrupted interrupt-ed by a man who, in a state of tho greatest excitement, rushed in declaring de-claring that 'iho Russians were advancing ad-vancing to invade Afghanistan. Turning asldo for a moment from the business in progress, the Into nmlr, in tho most uncvueerned tones, ordered his Shahgass to conduct the man to the summit of a certain watch tower. "Look you out woll for the Russians," commandod Abdurrahman, "for you do not eat until you seo thorn arrive." Grand Magazine. |