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Show ovei spread his f;iee 1 pre; the case oiu's lurk to nitf.ii lillly ISone!y j.ios-ent? j.ios-ent? "Jistam here. Jeilce," answered, a dilapidated par.y near Hie stove. "How niucli of lint licker did you get on tlier oinsMe o(V" inquired the now animated di-ner.ser of rural jiutice. 'Uoul or guiloa.as well as I ricollict." " lr.it did jou see?" "Kv'rylhing whin's terrible an dis-tiai'iin' dis-tiai'iin' jeilgj. I jist nacliully seed N'oati's ark an' ev'rything whut was in it. I counted MS animals Thar was the zebry, ther rattle snake, ther uiou key, ther coou, ther 'pos&uut. ther liz. zard, ther wolf, ther tiger, ths r water-dog, water-dog, ther- " "Hold on," interrupted tho court, rneiu whut you mentioned make nine, don't they Hill? j"I b'itevB they do, j dgi." ' You slid you seed M3." 'That's whut I said, jedge," "Well, you needn't mind naming the balance; the court seed thu other 1)04 last night. "The case is demisted and court adjonrmd."- Arkansas Traveller. They Had Both Seen Them. "Call tbe next case, Mr. clerk." The speaker was a justice of the peace of a weet Tennessee magistrate's court, and the next case was the last one on the (locket. His hair was dishevelled, hii shoes untied and the wan tired expression of bis face, together with a nervous jerking aud occasional involnu;ary starting of the legs and Eras, plainly iudicatid that the court was suffering from a terrible ter-rible nervous trouble. ' The next case," replied the clerk, is Beasley vs. Beasley. "Got ther witnesses presem?" "I don't exactly ricollict the carcum-stance carcum-stance of the case," mused the tiquire as he twisted uneasily on a soap box, and nervously pu'.led at his long, tan-sled tan-sled lock?; "will you please jog ther court's mem'ry on that air perticlar pint?" "lhe evidenee"as I remember instated the clerk, is as follows: "Susan Beasley tbe piaintiff, charged her husband, William Beasley, the defendant, with : insanity and prays the court to make such disposition of the defendant as will protect her from bodily harm." The evidence showed that the defendant defend-ant had been drinking for several days, and that in his delirium he imagined he saw wild beasts, reptiles and many other hideous. thiugs too numerous and not necessary to mention. At the suggestion sug-gestion of the court a gallon jug of the liqHor the defendant had been drinking drink-ing was brought into court and ha honor deciitd to take each liquor home with him, analyze it and render his decision this morning. "I see I see!" mused the justice of the pease as a reminiscent expression |