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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    " Nellie," said a mother to her little daughter, " I wish you would run over and sea how old Mrs. Smith is ; she has been quit ill." ...

    Article : 96 words
  3. He Bought a Bike.

    A heavy man with a square Jaw walked into a bicycle shop the other afternoon. The proprietor advanced to wait on him. "Gimme a bike." said the square-Jawed ...

    Article : 204 words
  4. And He Chuckled.

    "I am glad," she said, "that we are to have a little summer weather at last." "We have been having summer weather," he replied in that aggravating way so ...

    Article : 124 words
  5. Slightly Absent-minded.

    "Does your husband ever help you about taking care of the baby ?" was asked the wife of a young professor in a Southern city. ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. A Good Parrot Story.

    Here 'is a good parrot story. One of these birds occupied the witness stand in an American court-house the other day. Poll strayed from the house of its owner, Meyer ...

    Article : 126 words
  7. Just What They Were.

    A bicycling party was pursuing its leisurely way along a delightful country road the other day when they came to a particularly well-kept kitchen garden. A patch of most ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. A Demonstration.

    She: " I see, doctor, that the learned members of your profession object to kissing because liable to transmit disease. Now honestly, doctor, does science recognise or ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.— HUDISRAS. First Youngster: "My farver's on a Jury." Second Ditto (scornfully): "Mine's an a ...

    Article : 831 words
  10. A Champion!

    London "Field" tells the following " thumper" :—A rat was ought alive on board a British naval vessel in a trap, and the beast was thrown from the trap into ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. A Nice Little Elopement..

    "There's a rather funny circumstance connected with the el[?]peneot here last week." remarked the loquacious landlord of the tavern in a "remote Sussex village says ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. The Only Place to Put Tham.

    "I say." said a friend the other day, "you are an old hand at It. I have only Just got married, and don't understand much about the business. I should like to know ...

    Article : 223 words
  13. Never Thought of It.

    One day as Jock Samson was at work in the harvest field he was busy on the top of fell cart loading the sheaves, and the farmer was below pitching. ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. A Queer Payment.

    A Yorkshire clergyman married a couple in his church recently, and after he had pronounced, them man and wife the groom took him to one side and asked what the damage ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. Turned the Tables.

    William R. Walters, who is serving in the Philippines, tell this story, says an American Exchange "Some very amusing affairs take piece between our soldiers and the ...

    Article : 218 words
  16. The Price for a Fool.

    An Englishman always fond of recalling incidents of his earlier days "at home." and episodes on the cricket crease or the hunting field seldom escape his memory. ...

    Article : 234 words
  17. The Mug Pleased Him.

    " See that man ?" said the clerk of a Brisbane bank, as a handsome, middle-aged man strolled through the lobby of the hotel. " That is the manager of the Life ...

    Article : 181 words
  18. Just for Luck.

    When the business man who has a fine home out Coorparoo was starting on a short Journey recently his wife called him aside. ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. He Was Not "Father Abraham."

    In 1964 a resiment of confederates from South Carolina were marching north to Join Lee. White in North Carolina they camped one day on opposite hills, between ...

    Article : 246 words
  20. Seeing the Sights.

    The stranger in a great city was being shown over the offices of a great publication establishment. He saw the presses and the typesetting outfit, and then he said ...

    Article : 238 words
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