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Show BECAME PROMINENT "He le quite a prominent man In the neighborhood." aald the village merchant mer-chant to the truvellng man, apenklng of a guutleman who Imd Just left the tore, "Whnt doea a man have to do to become be-come prominent In this nrlghlmrhooifr" aaked the traveling ,innn eroaaly, for liufUiesM wa not very good with him that iliiy. "Oh," sulci tlii) merchunt, "he may do any one of ninny tliluga and aometlmva becomes prominent, or even famous, by doing nothing, like old Illrnm It'', who by idat living for tilncty-lhree years , has beromn the oldeat man In tho township. Some men become prominent prom-inent by letting prlzea at tlie county fair, some hy raising big wheat crops, some by paying their dehta, mjf some hy never paying anything. I anew a man once who heranie prominent b-causo b-causo hla wife made gouii blseiifts, and you will become prominent In tills lo-eatlty lo-eatlty heranse I flrert you O'.t of my place for making light of thrigi serious." se-rious." And then lie took the traveling mnn by the enr, 'd him lo the door, uii kicked hlty Into tho piuddy roud. |