. Book of the Royal blue . e told HoiH-s whut he wanted t knowan in a irw seconds \\iiz on his wa\ t th ** Wl/ard ! \\iz;ird ^oii may think that wii/. . Hairloek, liiil it wuz easier thn dod; 1 seen th man w;dk across th street,carrin .a hoe. Now what man uv his ;i;ic wouldbe carrin a hoc if he didnt work in th street-cleanin fjann: Also I seen him lean his hoeatjaiiist th bnildin, li\ which 1 knowed he wiizcomin in. Natchly, this m:in wouldnt be in th strect-cleanin gani; if he wuz a Hepnlilican. fir Casivis a Democrat. Me .an Caseys Krea


. Book of the Royal blue . e told HoiH-s whut he wanted t knowan in a irw seconds \\iiz on his wa\ t th ** Wl/ard ! \\iz;ird ^oii may think that wii/. . Hairloek, liiil it wuz easier thn dod; 1 seen th man w;dk across th street,carrin .a hoe. Now what man uv his ;i;ic wouldbe carrin a hoc if he didnt work in th street-cleanin fjann: Also I seen him lean his hoeatjaiiist th bnildin, li\ which 1 knowed he wiizcomin in. Natchly, this m:in wouldnt be in th strect-cleanin gani; if he wuz a Hepnlilican. fir Casivis a Democrat. Me .an Caseys Kreat friciuls,whiih evrybodx in town knows. It wuz a fore-gone conclusion tht this man didnt me Ifind any lost er stolen bonds, Th onlythinK he <d be want in wuz me t use my influ-ence t keep him at work. If th Kepubliciiishad won hed have wrote out his atonce instead uv tryin f hold his job, whichshowed me Casey had been elected. No, Josh, a case like this is too another THE FAKE FISH. Out in I,os Anficles is ,a fish; where theres there*s a story; ofttimes where theres a fishstory theres a fib. But in tin- catesrory of i-riniethe fish prevaricator is exempt. Now when Mr. .S. S. .Stinson of the Iliila-delphia Record left the City of BrotherlyLove and Irosscd the arid di-sert, h<- with :i disease calleil truth, and thedisease was not fhoroiiffhly diagnosed until his picture fakiai with the ffreat .Americantarpon of the Faeilic Coast; and realiziiif;- thatt!l,il!l!) peoph-before him had done the .same thin^;-with the .same fish, each declaring it to be hiscatch, Mr. Stinson decided he would lie difT(loiilit when the public reads this the circulationof the Kecord will be ;\ increased, as itshould lie iiiiili-r these circumstances. 24 HUMOR AND THE HUMORIST. DENVER POSTSCRIPTS. James Barton Adams, of tl


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