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Show AS TO OUR SENSE OF HUMOR Life Would Be Dull Without It, But Its Manifestations Are Beyond Estimation. A dignified, retired Judge In the east wns brought near to death lately late-ly through a tit of laughter caused by a comparison of n woman In a hobble skirt to a giraffe with Its feet tied together to-gether Thu possessor or a kovn sense or humor would hardly And this convulsing, con-vulsing, but It nearly killed tho Judge-So, Judge-So, too, a man In Lawronceburg, Ind., laughed ror 12 hours over the Idea nr finding a mule for a shoved-tall horse A sense of humor Is often a safer valve to human beings. Life would be a dull thing without It, but Its manifestations are beyond estimation, A recent writer speaks of the frequency fre-quency wVh which It spoils the most pathetic scenes at the theator; of how that which should Incite pity Is mistaken mis-taken by. thu thoughtless for a subject or mirth. The criticism Is deserved, but It is to be doubted lf,lt will cor-roct cor-roct a misplaced sense or humor which rcsms to be Inherent In a considerable con-siderable portion or the human rnce. There Is no accounting for taste, ovon In matters or this sort, nnd thero is no way to prevent grave and reverend rev-erend Jurists or mulo traders from becoming be-coming vlcttms ot an undeveloped or , a too greatly developed sense of humor |