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Show The Limit. A Scotch minister Instructed his clerk, who snt among the congregation congrega-tion during tho service, to glvn a low whistle If anything in tils sermon appeared ap-peared to bo exaggerated. On hearing tho minister sny, "In thoso dnys thero wcro snakes fifty feet long," tho clorlc gavo a subdued whistle. "I should t'nvo said thirty feet," added add-ed tho m' sler. AnotlK whistle from tho clerk. "On consulting Thompson's Concordance," Con-cordance," said tho minister, In contusion, con-tusion, "I seo tho length Is twonty feet." Still another whlstlo; whereon tho preacher Icnncd over nnd said In a stngo whisper: "Yo can whlstlo as much as yo like. MacPhorson, but I'll po tnko nnlthor foot off for anybody!" Harper's Wcokly. |