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Show JOKES AMONG THE SAGES. Congressmen Enjoy Jests Between the Dry Debates. Mr. Loudenslager of New Jersey was showing a. trick in the House cloakrooms yesterday while the debate raged, and some choice spirit gathered together to exchange the latest yarns. "Who .can stick out his tongue and touch his1 ear " inquired the Ne .Ter-seyite, .Ter-seyite, juV --as he brok- " r that unless he has a long m, -0e," came a chorus of answers. an-swers. "Oh, yes, you can," replied Loudenslager. Louden-slager. "Impossible!" "Not at all. I have seen it done many a time." ;w This did not dispel the doubts, and some of the coterie of statesmen began be-gan to try it, without success. "Just sticK out your tongue and" touch your ear with one finger. Easy, isn't it?" said Mr. Loudenslager. The joke was passed around during the afternoon. Mr. Loudenslager says he heard of it in the draughtsman's division of the patent office. Washington Wash-ington Post. |