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  2. That Reminds Me Bright Things That People Have Laughed Over

    The reporter, a young lady, who usually "did" the weddings of a certain provincial ...

    Article : 127 words
  3. Saved Himself.

    A non-commissioned officer, entering a barrack gate in Dublin, was mistaken by the ...

    Article : 119 words
  4. Misunderstood.

    Landlady (to boarder): "I hope you slept well last night, sir?" Boarder: "Well, not exactly. I was troubled with an attack of insomnia." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  5. A Doubtful Compliment.

    A clergyman was about to leave his church one evening when he encountered an old lady examining the earring on the font. Finding her desirous of seeing the beauties of the ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. Mark Twain and the Office-boy.

    Mark Twain does not cherish a fondness for the average office-boy. He has an idea that the genus is insufferable, and invariably when the humorist sallies forth into some business ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. The Clerk's Fixture.

    A gentleman who, out of kindness, had taken a lad into his office as junior clerk, one Saturday kept him at work rather later than usual. The lad became sulky, and performed his duties in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  8. His Turn Next.

    A physician, upon opening the door of his consultation-room, said: "Next patient, please. Who has been waiting the longest?" A tailor who had called to present his bill ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  9. Overheard at the Opera.

    Arabella: "Oh, yes; we can trace our ancestry far, far back, ever so far—we have been descending for years!" ...

    Article : 24 words
  10. The Doctor's Turn.

    Doctor (to patient, who is Buffering with) severe cold): "Did I not tell you to throw yourself into a perspiration?" Patient: "Yes, and I did." ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. "For Loife."

    At a certain temperance hall in one of the poorer districts of Dublin, the "pledge" is administered to all who care to apply. Some of the applicants are well known to those in ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. The Touch that Failed.

    There was a struggling writer in the front studio and a struggling artist in the back. The struggling artist was very nice to the struggling writer for a time. He even helped her wash her ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. Among the Bathing Machines.

    "Cannot you find me a quieter spot to hathe is than this?" an academic young lady inquired of a bathing machine attendant. "I am a Bishop's daughter, and my father would be ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. Reasons Stated.

    A firm of merchants who carry on business near the Scottish capital recently had sent back to than through the Returned Letter Office a note which they had a short time previously ...

    Article : 82 words
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