Show WIT AND HUMOR i telegram in the last north american is an article of hu flu mor some happy illustrations are given aldre Is ono one pat said a priest how is this you havo have been again dont you remember the pledge you signed yes your liverence rive rence but all signs fail in dry times but that Is no better than the other pat had bad promised a priest that he would drink no ino more ro the next day the priest saw him going into a saloon ho he called to himbur but pat p paid ald no attention so he waited until pat came ont then he said pat did you rou not hear me call to you yes your reverence rive rence buti had only the price for the one another instance Is given that which lord rochester said of f charles IL Never said sald a foolish thing and never did a wise one another instance Is where mark twain is lamenting to bis his friends that his reputation as a humorist tad bad stood in the way of people believing that he ever meant what he said and the writer of the article then quotes thackeray who said that humorous writers take upon themselves to be a a weekday week day preacher so to speak but there aro are men who knew mark stark twain in his younger days who would hava have replied to him that his reputation as a humorist was not what stood in the way of people believing that he ever meant what he said that he acquired that repa reputation tation before he acquired the reputation of being a humorist the writer tells of one college professor who when in rome desired to see a particular function at st peters but at the door he was informed that a special card of admission was necessary necess necessary afy ve he said but su surely fely I 1 am entitled to admission here because of I 1 my name bilat what Is your name sir my name is luther and he got in real wit Is not nearly so frequent as humor many a droll expression of humor passes for wit and humor is a gift which seldom wounds while often wit though forgotten by the speaker speake rj rankles in the breast breast of the victim for years the best example of brutal wit and humor combined was the answer that ahat disraeli gave when asked what the difference diff was between a misfortune and a calamity quick as lightning he said were mr gladstone to fall into the thames that would be a misfortune were some one to fish him out that would be a calamity |