A MEMBER of the Kansas Legislature meeting a Cake of Soap was

　　passing it by without recognition, but the Cake of Soap insisted on

　　stopping and shaking hands. Thinking it might possibly be in the

　　enjoyment1 of the elective franchise2, he gave it a cordial and

　　earnest grasp. On letting it go he observed that a portion of it

　　adhered to his fingers, and running to a brook3 in great alarm he

　　proceeded to wash it off. In doing so he necessarily got some on

　　the other hand, and when he had finished washing, both were so

　　white that he went to bed and sent for a physician.