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Show Old ifokcs A ro ;ool. A ptofcs.sioual humorist raid the other Any: "Tlu.re is n jfrwit truth about joked which both readers mid writers reeo'-l'i.;e reeo'-l'i.;e iu prueliec, but do not often formulate, formu-late, ii is iliis: A p)od joke iniprnveH no less with n;;e than does wine. Duet) upon a lime there was n fauioii4 rpcaker wuo.se tolerably tol-erably ha 1 lecture s(artt-d oif unit ended with two of tho most exquisite joken ever iuveiiti.nl. I'eoplo traveled mill's un.l eat palii nt!y tlirot:;;h tho kiiiiii lecture lect-ure year alter jenr to Fplit their eUcj lau,','idn,!f fit the sauio old jokes. After the ciied of tiio iulrodiictory joko had wn'ii oil" there w as always perfect ei-l. ei-l. tict) until l!i,j lecture was thive-quur-U'l-i dote, when the ant icipations of nil audience whii. h had never been swindh'd W ill i b; ;'iu to break out in trurfjliiii? l.-!,;:htcr, nod i, wiuhs and whispers of "U's cotniii'C!" And when nt last this well seasoned old chunk of wit brought the performance to a close the very roof w;;s rnis-eil. lint one f;i(al nil.t tin ro was a biid ca-eof ilyMjvjiiic i-essiuiism in a front seat. It is title that when ho reared "i iies1ui.it'' id thy iir.-t jolie thoaudit'iico nearly mobbed him, but tho lecturer's tender spot was touched. Ilu prepared a new lecture, which bec;,'in and ended vith two nb.soiulely fresh jokes. Whou the lecturer walked upon the lilattorui witli his new manuscript in his hand he received an ovation. The first new joke seemed to stupefy the people. Ijtit a few sentences of tho new leeLuro woko them up, and they rone us one man and demanded their money at lhe In -x nl'ice. At tho next town the lecturer iiiViaed tho old jokes to the new lecture, and nil went no well that ho is t-till cricking them with constantly iu-cr'.ajiug iu-cr'.ajiug success. Chicago Mail, |