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Show H A Great Chestnut. Thoro is probably no man on-gngod on-gngod in tho nowspapor busi-M'ss busi-M'ss in this stato, who is not acquainted with a man whose 1 j excuse for discontinuing his ' subscription is that ho already "has more papers than he can , read." Tt is only an excuse I lTorod to ameliorate tho pro- fl ruined lacerated condition of ihe editor's feelings. It has no such effect, for in tho first place an editor novor worries over the loss of a subscriber except -when he loaves the country without paying up arrearages. But why not be truthful and say to the honest newspaper man just what you feel in your heart. Go into his den, ask him how fl much you owe, pay the dolin- H quiiicy and toll him frankly 1 that you don't want his dis- reputable, blackguarded sheet 1 any longer. Say to him in a sorrowful tone of voice that you deeply regret his iuibility to publish a newspaper worthy t ho name and advise him to sell his plant to some man with a thim-ble thim-ble full of brains and seek some " occupation which does not re- H quire much wear and tear of H j mind. Do this and then you H I can go away with tho comfort- H j ing assurance that the editor H ! vospects you for your candor H " and will cherish no hard feol- H l Sngs becauso you chooso to bor- H tow his paper instead of buying There is not enough joy in I M this struggling world, so fow lr p people have time for it; but I J children, happy children, who I ' ' t are brought up in sympathetic r L atmosphere, in tho infinite loi- I'' 'V sure that is theirs, have an immense im-mense capacity for joy. How can we deny ourselves that enriching en-riching .spectacle a joyous child? The capacity for joy is one of the highest of the human faculties, and it is grossly neglected. neg-lected. Wo walk to much with our feet in the graves. Let us laugh with the children and be young. Ex. The law docs not prohibit dealers from disposing of fireworks fire-works or explosives, but the proclimation forbids their use 'on our public thoroughfares, (let your crackers, boys, but, don't fire them off on our s'. roots or sidewalks. |