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Show TOO HIGHLY COLORED. On the streets of Richmond. Ya.. George Washington Jackson appeared ap-peared one moiiiLng with a chameleon chame-leon pinned to the lapel of his light brown coat. A friend st p ed to as!; him what he was wearing. "Don't von know wnat dU hyuh is?" questioned G.-oige Wa.h I n ; ton Jackson, Jack-son, with scorn. "Why dls hyuh is a chumeleou." "Whut does he do?" inquired the other darky. "He tu'ns any colah what you put him on. Drap hlr.i ou a pink shawl, an' he tu'ns pink Drap him ou a green hat an' he tu'n j;reen." "Do toll! exclaimed the friend. "I aln nevah liearn tell oh sech a hue;." "More'n dat," went on Jacksoi proudly, "I put him on a Scotch plaid do othah day. an be Jes' up an' bus' hisse'f to pieces." Popular Magazine. |