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  2. LIFE.

    No living thing, from man to a microbe, can exist unless it is continuously dying. It ia not merely necessary -for mm to absorb nourishment ia order to live; it is equally ...

    Article : 646 words
  3. FUNNY PIECES.

    "Halloa, old man!" exclaimed Jo[?]kins to his friend Jimson, "you look used up; what's the matter?" "Matter enough," grunted Jimson; ...

    Article : 238 words
  4. CUTE SALESMAN.

    A man walked into a boot shop and asked for a pair of boots. The assistant showed him a suitable pair, the price being 16s 6d. ...

    Article : 117 words
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  6. COACHMAN AS COLLECTOR.

    It is related of Dean Gilbert Stokes that once, when influenza had incapacitated his verger, as well as the two churchwardens, he consigned the duty ...

    Article : 157 words
  7. TOO SMART.

    A good story is told at the expense of an undergraduate at a certain university. He was attending the chemical, lectures of a distinguished, if not ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. WHAT HE WAS.

    "This prisoner refuses to give his occupation, sir," remarked the police officer to a magistrate. "Why don't you say what you are?" asked the ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. MILITARY ANECDOTE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Brown commanded the 28th at Barossa. He was said to have purposely allowed his regiment to be surrounded. Most officers would ...

    Article : 96 words
  10. CHRISTMAS CALLERS.

    Mr. Stingec was rather proud of his own particular method of dealing with his numerous -Christmas callers, until the following little incident occurred. ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. A RUSE OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

    It is not always policy to acknowledge a defeat. A little coolness at the critical moment sometimeS saves the day, as in the case described in Mr. Ripley's ...

    Article : 181 words
  12. INDIRECTLY.

    A boy walked into a grocer's shop, and frith much assurance went straight tip to the shopekeeper and said: "Please sir, could you give me a trifle ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. WOMEN AND MEN.

    "Men," the said, "are continually asking in are newspapers the questions: "'Why does a woman always want to know if her hat is on straight?' ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. WANTED THE PRESENT CHANGED.

    A doctor was entertaining a party of friends on Christmas Ere. During a pause in the music the door opened, and two little boys entered, carrying a big ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. HOW FOOLISH.

    Fairy Prince: Yon may have what-ever you want for a Christmas present. Fortunate Perron: I think I will choose either a wife or a motor car. ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. AN APT ILLUSTRATION.

    Illustrated.—Wife-"What is meant, John, by the phrase 'carrying coals to Newcastle?'" Husband—"It is a metaphor, my dear showing the doing of ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

    He was anxious to purchase a Christmas gift for his wife, and, as he liked pictures and as the walls were rather bare, he soon hit upon the form which ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. INSULT TO INJURY.

    A widely-detested man, who had some-[?]ow managed to become a. member of a well-known West-End club, made himself particularly obnoxious to his ...

    Article : 168 words
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  20. WOMAN'S WAY.

    "Gracious, Mrs. A., but you have a pretty baby!" "Yes, Mrs. B., all the neighbors say he is beautiful." ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. HIS DAD'S WORK.

    "I am sorry to say it, Henry." said the teacher kindly, "but your composition is not worthy of you. The rhetoric is family, the logic weak, the ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. SNAKE CALLS FOE THE POLICE.

    A man in India found a rattlesnake wedged in by a rock, which threatened its destruction. He removed the rock, releasing the snake, which showed ...

    Article : 106 words
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