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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    She's a phantom of grace as she sails in the room, And I long for a glimpse of her check; But [?] dies in an ebony gloom— My pangs are too utter to speak. ...

    Article : 346 words
  3. Killing Two Birds.

    When Sir John Cart was in Glasgow in 1807 he was asked by the magistrates what inscription he recommended for the Nelson statue, then just erected. Sir John recommended a ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. A Good Word for Wagner.

    Policeman: "And are the folks not at home, Biddy?" Bridget: "No, indade, Mister Roundsman; they have all gone to the theayter, and it's one ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. A Mint.

    He was a lively fellow and fond of her, but it didn't [?] to him that a girl expected something else besides going to places and having fun all the time. ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. The Extremity of Cleanliness.

    There is an old fisherman in a Devonshire watering-place who makes it one of the chief ends of his life to keep his boat immaculately clean. ...

    Article : 161 words
  7. The Man That Laid as Egg.

    In a State school an egg was used to illustrate to the children how Columbus, sailing west, want round the world and found a new continent. The next day the teacher asked ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. Prepared for Emergencies.

    A clergyman, well known for his love of "horseflesh," was driving through a country township the other day, breaking in a new horse, when he overtook a doctor of his ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. An Unfortunate Decapitation.

    They have queer stone-cutters down in [?]. Deacon Hackett lost his second wife lately, a [?] and shrewish woman, whose [?] was not an unmixed sorrow. Still, the ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. Facts and Fancies.

    [?] now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS, Higbee: "A man man can't go into society without clothes." Kellogg: "No, but a woman can." ...

    Article : 814 words
  11. Poor Consolation.

    Nervous Lady Passenger (on board of steamer): "Steward,, how can you he so careless as to pour kerosene oil into those lighted lamps while the boat is pitching like this? ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. There Was a Bond.

    There was a man leaning up against a lamp post, seemingly gazing afar and having a lot of thoughts on his mind when he was approached by a second man who had stood for half ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. The Directory's Mistakes.

    Many curious things come up in connection with the publishing of a directory. Mr. Donnelly (says a Chicago paper) was busily engaged in his private office when the usual ...

    Article : 191 words
  14. Announcing a Baby.

    The following quaint advertisement is from a South African paper:"It was on Thursday, at 9.30 a.m., the 4th of April, 1895, that in the passive retirement ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. Eight Plain Faces.

    A lapse of gallantry occurred the other day in Professor Tait's class at Edinburgh (says "The Woman's Signal"). Under the new [?] the front bench is allotted to ladies. ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. A Successful Druggist.

    "I noticed," said the druggist to his assistant, "that a gentleman came in with a prescription, and that you gave him the stuff in about three minutes. What do you mean ...

    Article : 232 words
  17. "If Dirt was Trumps."

    A hundred years ago in a quaint old English inn located in the heart of London, at a table beer-stained and aged, s[?]t two very curious characters playing at cards. ...

    Article : 176 words
  18. Fat Got the Billet.

    Patrick, in answer to an advertisement for a coachman, applied for the [?]. He was one of the three applicants, and patiently waited until his turn arrived to offer his ...

    Article : 139 words
  19. The Wrong Dog.

    Education may be all right in a dog, but a person should be careful in what line [?] trains him, as a minister discovered the other day. He has a pug dog of which he is very fond, ...

    Article : 338 words
  20. Each to Her Own.

    "I tell yon what," said the girl in blue, "you can never find a four-leaved clover by looking for it, and if you did it wouldn't be any good." ...

    Article : 224 words
  21. A Slow Eater.

    "Will we sit at the table very long to-day, mamma?" inquired a restless little daughter of 5, as she watched her mother putting the finishing [?] to the dinner table. ...

    Article : 224 words
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