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Show AVould Do. An Englishman and an Irishman were ! one day holding nn nrgitmcnt respect- i ing the nationality of various great men who ld lived and died. The j Irishman had micceraivcly claimed each one rccntioired na a countryman of his own, till at length tho Englishman, somewhat nettled, inquired: "How about ' Shakespeare was he an Irishman?" Irish-man?" To which he received the reply: "Weil, I can't say that he was altogether, alto-gether, but at all events ho had the abilities of one." Household Words. |