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Show Man. Man that Is born of woman Is small potatoes and few in a hill. He rlseth up today and flourishes like a rag weed, and tomorrow or tbo next day after the undertaker hat him In the loo box. lie goetb forth in the morning warbling warb-ling like a lark, and Is knoukod out lu one round and two seoonds. In the midst of life he Is iu debt, and the tax oolleotor puraueth him wherever he goetb. The banister of life is full of aplln tera and he slldeth down it with oon slderable rapidity. He walketb forth In the bright sou light to absorb ozoue, and meeteth a bank teller with a eight draft for $387. He coraeth home at cventido aud mouteth tho whoelbnrrow In bis path, and tho wheelbarrow rlsuth up and amltheth hlra to tho enrth, aud falloth upon him. Iu tho goutlo spring tlmo ho puttoth on his summer olnthes, and n blizzard strlkoth him far away from home, and fllloth him with woe aud rhoumntlsm. Ho layoth up rlobea iu the baulc, aud the proaldout epeculatoth in mnrglue and ho gooth to Canada for hio health. lu autumn ho puttoth on bis wlntor trousora and a wn?p that nbideth lu them fllleth him with intouae excitement. excite-ment. Ho alttoth up all ulght to got tho roturua from Ohio and in tho ond learueth that the other follows havo carried It. Ho buyeth a watoh dog, and whan ho comes homo lato from tbo lodgo tho watoh dog treeth him, and sit be-ueath be-ueath htm until rosy morn. Ho goeth to the horse trot and bet tetb ou tho browu maro aud the bay gelding with tho blazo-faoe wluuoth. Ho marrioth a red-hoaded heriess with a wart 011 her uoeo, nud tho noxt duy nor paternal ancestor goeth under with few assets aud great liabilities nud oomoth homo to live with his bo-loved bo-loved soululnw. |