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Show Edited with an ax. I j A man has been fined ftu snuiu g in I iihuiili Now, irtbeie is an u;lit I a good has. it is the light to some in chinch. When a man gets lulu lit- co7 coiner, and sees bis fnvmite preachei In the pulpit, then peace comes to him and the tension of his neives is gone. Sleep, peaceful sleep, makc-i a halo lound his head He sleeps. Now, ir lie stioies should he uidelv hauled up befnii' the couit and lined"' Suiely not. or couise, the deacons should turn on their sort pedals ped-als and not dlsluib the slnneis. but somehow, a peaceful hum tioin the nest ills or the deacons Is a sign Unit all Is well in 'Ion. A man who i- dis-gi dis-gi untied and oil Ids tiollv won't sleep in chinch. Hut a good biuthei who has paid lor his seat and who loves the brethren and all the slsteinhasa nap coming. Pix.vn ot tonus "Voui poems." said the edltoi.'Mie all light In lii.vme and melei, hut they lack coloi. Ililng meiometlilng with a lllte color, and I will pav foi it." So the poet i etui lied to his ganct,, and consltucted the following "To man) a sky-blue llvei. To many asalfion shoie. ! -Wlieie the peail-graj shaoows ipiivei. I Or the moss-gieeii bieakeis loai. i The lose-liud maid is going i To spend a week or two. Wlieie bilck-ied klneaie lowing, And the meadow bieee Is blue: She'll leave the fresh green fellow At woik in the glim, giav town, And lead the lomauces jellow In the foiest's vand.vke brown. The editor bad to admit theie was plenty ofcoloi in this poem, but for some icaiou he icfuscd to take It An exchange bids r.ucwell to a departed clti.en as lollows: "He was a man or push: he played maibles with a bo roi keeps and cheated all his plaj mates out or theli allies; he swapped a bladelcss knire, unseen, Tor ! a roui blader, sold It for ."0 cents, bought a pound ot sugar, made a barrel bar-rel or lemonade, whlcli he sold on circus cir-cus day for eight dollais. He stalled in business and sold tough meal for choice cuts and made a fortune. When he got a thousand dollais he staitcd a compaii) with live million dollais, mostly water, and sold the stock at pai When the company i busted it was found that he had long j since sold out. He died a millionaire, and left all his money heie. It is veiy I wann where he is now'" An Iilshundei taker was laving out the deceased husband of a weeping Hibernian widow. Thucoipse woic a wig, and It was veiy dilllcult to Induce it to st a onstiaight, as wigs ought alwavs to do, even if thej don't. The beieavcd widow wascallcd In toassist. "(oiiii' git mc a pot of glue, Mrs. Mcfiovein," said the undeitaker, "so that I ma keep this wig wheic it belongs." be-longs." Mis. McOovetn set out after the sticking n atcrial,' and after a time she letuined. "Here Is the glue for ie," she said with a sigh. "Mis. Mcfiovein. jou kin take back the mucilage." said the undertaker; "the dllllculty Is lixed. I used a tack." "Whoopee:" he jelled as he came through the swinging door and collided collid-ed with another man late election night. "Here! What's the matter with jou?" Indignantly demanded the other. "Oh, pshaw! Nuthln'. Nuthln' much. I'm just under chinch Inlluenee1" In-lluenee1" 'Tlsnow the honest fanner packs 1 1 is apples up to tcvvn, This is the top low In the sacks O O O O O O O And this Is lower down o o o o o o o 1. inner adveitiscd foi his stiay call In posting in the postollicc the following pecular notice: lt()NI A VA on Ket anil Vite Calf mlt Its to behind legs as pluck, he was a .she Calf Any potty dot prings Dot Calf home pajs me the Tollar. Hans Hog, Tiee Mile Ilchind de pildge Hear Cieek. A man walked into the ollicc of a l'ulte county editor the other day and paid up $10 worth of back sub-v. sub-v. ription. Then ho paid for the paper f"r live yeais in advance. After he got the money the editor sent the man home In a carriage. The man was drunk. There was a grass widow quite pio-per, pio-per, who wasformerly married to Hopper, Hop-per, but he got a divorce, as a matter of course, and the glass widow Is now a grass-Hopper. I |