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  2. THE HAPPY ISLANDS.

    Here is a card trick for which a reader claims novelty. We have not tested its merits, but leave that to others. It has been christened the ...

    Article : 453 words
  3. THE LAW IS AN ASS.

    A dog hero was fined one dollar in spite, of the fact, that two medals, bestowed for bravery, hung from his collar. Jim, a Great Dane, was ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. WHAT JUDGES' WIGS COST.

    Judges of the High Court, who are the highest-paid legal dignitaries, wear what are known as “full-bottom dress wigs.” These wigs have ...

    Article : 521 words
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    Advertising : 588 words
  6. NO MORE COLLARS.

    A lawyer of New York named Leighton Frooks has organized an Anti-Collar League to relieve mankind. Wearing collars, he tells us, is ...

    Article : 180 words
  7. FOILED BY A WOMAN

    A despatch from the Buenos Ayres “La Nacion” says that a former official of the American Secret Service has revealed that the discovery ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. TO CURE RABBIT SKINS.

    As soon as possible after the skin is taken from the animal, cut it open, down to the tail, and down each leg ; this makes the skin larger. ...

    Article : 380 words
  9. CANNED MUSIC.

    Have you ever thought, when listening to your favourite phonograph record, of the multitudinous and complex processes it has gone through ...

    Article : 347 words
  10. A FETCHING JOB.

    “Does your wife take in washing, Sam?” “No, sah.” “But I understand she did take in ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. AN OPTIMIST.

    That bald-headed man who just went out is the greatest optimist I ever met,” said the chemist. “That so?” asked the customer. ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. FATHER WASN'T THERE.

    A servant applied to her mistress for leave to visit her home, which was some distance away, as all the family were desirous of meeting to ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. MISFORTUNES.

    A story is told of a man, bearing the name of Fortune, who had not been very lucky in his sojournings. A wag passing along the road at a ...

    Article : 63 words
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    Advertising : 327 words
  15. RAZZLE-DAZZLE.

    An intoxicated cow was captured about twelve miles north of Columbus, Georgia, U.S.A., by a Deputy Revenue Collector, who found her, ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. TOMMY'S LETTERS.

    Rev. William Field, an Army chaplain, who has apparently censored letters written by members of all the races serving in the ...

    Article : 248 words
  17. GUARDIAN OF THE ROYAL MINT.

    An important guardian of the Royal Mint in London, where golden pounds and silver coins are made, is a big, brown-coated terrier. ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. NO DISPUTE.

    The burly navvy and his wife were airing their views in no uncertain manner on the pavement. Presently a Good Samaritan intervened. ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. GREATEST RIVER.

    The Amazon is called the greatest river in the world, because it is. The Missouri and the Mississippi combined form a river of greater ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. NOT HIS BOSS.

    The judge was evidently getting a bit fed up with the jury, and at last he announced:-- “I discharge this jury.” ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. THE RULING PASSION.

    For having struck young Cohen with a pebble, Solly had to pay Cohen's father substantial damages. This only made the enmity between ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. MISS SHERLOCK HOLMES.

    To catch an unknown thief, Jennie Joseph, a girl clerk of Bethnal Green, London, stayed away from work for a day and locked herself ...

    Article : 162 words
  23. A CORRECTION.

    A school teacher had written on the blackboard the sentence: “The toast was drank in silence,” and, turning to the class, asked if anyone ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. NICE MAN.

    Mrs. Myles: “And is her husband kind to her?” Mrs. Styles: “Oh, very. Why, he's more like a friend than a husband.” ...

    Article : 24 words
  25. THE EASY LIFE.

    “You college men seem to take life pretty easy.” “Yes; even when we graduate we do it by degrees.” ...

    Article : 22 words
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