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Show Ceneeialnc l.li, From tlmo Immemorial woliavo been nmiiselcl In one way or another lo Iwwaro of fools, lliMgrro'ililo con-niu con-niu lire nro tnrnllone.1 of answering one kind (,( fool according t.i hi f.illy, ati.l of refraining to answer nnotlier hind Yit In spile of the general rcj 1 ti'llco tliero lnarlflyitfotwhWili e)ccti-.l lo inlrtnr ino-t id tlio Chris- I tlan virtue. Ilo IsnipposcJ tolienls-wilulely tolienls-wilulely uxl i.aturtd nniler ridicule, tan.l iiovcr Justly ri-iengnful Wlien nltarkpil lie Is evpecte.1 tonulle with Id tormentors, mid Jo.n J.i tho gincrai lauglk ITIiougli lm lie by nature ft modest man, lioiniut bcarllliequanliiilly the cross n( Hndhig lilnwlf snd lnly ilrng god luto pnbilo iinllce, with Iu. ryes of nscoro or lnoro ot peoplo turned on Mm nt once I Ilo imit La tell sarrlneuy, willing lo yield hit own dignity fur tho straw nent of other. It ho luit relent III tiingo hy n woM of remonstrance I10 renhi-s contempt nan crusty bf.irniul ft ilosplser of Anelcut customs. This sp-vlc of fnol I Ium on the looming of April First, nrol Ilka certain summer Invets lin n brief ciltlcnce of ono day. It liU genenl lnsenlblllly lo rlllcute, Ills tnccknest under nbuse nnd hit unfailing good temper should con tinuoln IhoiAiio incosura throughout tho jeir. one might call l.lm a miracle. At it usually hip-ns, howetrr, lie Is content with n brief oxerclw nt such virtues, and tho temporary title of April fool Youth'a Companion. |