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Show Kept Himself Guessing. A negro porter In n barber shop mado a speech ono night nt his colored col-ored men's club. It was qulto an effort, ef-fort, creating a sensation among his brothers on account of tho number of big words it contained. Ills employer heard of It, and the next day began twitting him when ho saw him absorbed in a dictionary. "What aro you doing, Sam?" ho asked. "Looking up somo moro big words for another speech?" "No, sah," ho replied. "Taln't that All's Jest' transalatln' tho speech Ah mado laB'- night" Harper's "Weekly. |