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Show CANNON CRACKERS By W. D. NESBIT. Happily, the fifth of July, like the day after Christmas, comes but once a year. The' outlawed toy pistol will ctalm as many victims as the prohibited whisky of Kansas. Some men have a genius for making mak-ing explanation, but lack the cleverness clever-ness to make them fit. ' We are as patriotic as the next man, end we love our country dearly, but we are not so constituted that1 we can sit up In bed and sing "The Star- iv . 1 . J'.r.r. t.'. " ' mmmm Spangled Banner" when the boy across the street cuts loose with his fireworks at 3:30 a. m. July 4lh. Usually when opportunity knocks at a man's door he utters a few remarks prknocker8 iu general. It Is unnecessary to tell a man not to hold a dynamite cracker In his hand after it is lighted. He can't hold It long. |