The barber didn’t say anything, but, after due reflection, concluded that the man was right, and so changed the notice to read: “Shoes Blacked Inside.” He had scarcely put it up when the same man came along again and opened the door to say:
“No one wants the inside of his shoes blacked. We pay to have the shine on the outside.”
The barber puzzled over it for a while, and realized that the man was right again, and next day the notice was replaced by one reading:
“The outside of shoes blacked inside.”
“That’s perfectly correct,” said the fault finder, as he came along in the afternoon. “Never give yourself away on the English language.[Pg 54]”
THE NEWS OF ALL NATIONS.
Dies Preaching on Death.
“Prepare to live and you will be prepared to die,” said the Reverend R. G. Collison, addressing a large congregation in the tabernacle of the Oregon Christian Church Convention, at Turner, Ore. As he spoke he sank to the floor of the pulpit and died within a few seconds. Death was caused by apoplexy.