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  2. What the Wolf Hid.

    We were standing at the window watching Lion, the house-dog, burying a bone in the dead leaves near the fence. "Why does he do that?" asked my little cousin. ...

    Article : 843 words
  3. Wit and Humour.

    "Be jabers," exclaimed an Irishman, " I've slept 16 hours! I went to bed at eight and got up at eight." "Yes," said the captain of the ocean steamship, "we had a very expensive trip this time. Very little seasickness; ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  4. Young Folks

    Sister Josey's got a baby; (She is but a child herself;) And the baby is a bright eyed, Laughing, crying, little elf. ...

    Article : 166 words
  5. CONNUNDRUM.

    1. When does truth cease to be truth? 2. Why is geology considered a deep "science?" 3. Why is China a desirable country for a lady to select a husband in? 4. Why is a young lady like a violin? 5. Why do little birds in their nests agree? ...

    Article : 59 words
  6. ANSWERS TO PASTIME.—March 10.

    CHARADES.—By E. R.: I. Love-locks; II. Stone; III. Buttercup. ENIGMAS.-By G. K.: Bull-E-Eel-Tea-Orinoco; Night jar-Beeton. ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. His Pa is " Nishiated."

    "Say, are you a Mason or a nodfellow, or anything?" asked the bad boy of the grocery man. "Why, yes; of course I am." "Well, do the goats bunt when you nishiate a fresh ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  8. Chess.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  9. CHESS IN LONDON.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 663 words
  10. Pastime.

    At my first were displayed, in neat array, Glasses, and china, and flowers gay; And the buxom landlady went with a smile, And fetched my second to aid awhile: ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. HOW A "MOTHERLY OLD WOMAN" FIXED A LOVER.

    A motherly old woman, considerably troubled with the asthma, and also lame, called at the Twentieth-street Station, the other afternoon, to state her case. She made the sergeant in charge place his hand on a copy of Brown's Grammar which happened to ...

    Article : 441 words
  12. ENIGMAS.

    She was sent for my first, and the money she had Enough for a pair had been reckoned, But the weather of late had been stormy and bad, And she found that my first was my second. ...

    Article : 451 words
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    This was a club dialogue and its sequel:—Q.: "What are you smoking!" A.: "An imported Havana." Q.: "How much does it cost! " A.: "A quarter." Q.: "How many do you smoke a day?" A.: "Half a dozen." Q.: "How long ...

    Article : 104 words
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