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  2. THE HUMORIST.

    One often hears it said of persons who have peculiar mental and physical traits that it "runs in the family" to do or be so. These hereditary traits are certainly undesirable if ...

    Article : 189 words
  3. THE SKETCHER.

    The Duke of York while in Ireland incurred the mild reproof of the "Tailor and Cutter" because he put on one frock coat which was rather "crowded" about the breast. There ...

    Article : 1,062 words
  4. GENERALITIES.

    Then are some men who seem to be willing to do any thing in the world to earn a living but work. Whenever you intend doing anything early ...

    Article : 856 words
  5. POETRY.

    The authorship of the following literary curiosity is uncertain. It has been attributed to Quarles, Drake, and other authors of the 17th century, but it is more generally accredited to Simon Wastell ...

    Article : 517 words
  6. LAST UMPIRE STORY.

    At a country cricket match recently a very amusing incident occurred. The batsman had been caught In the slips, and some one shouted "How's that?" The umpire did not happen ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. RETURNED—WITH A VENGEANCE.

    A good story is to hand of two brothers, who, after having a quarrel, parted never to speak again. Not long afterwards one of them thought he ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. DOCTOR'S DECISION.

    A party of men were fishing from the forecastle of H.M.S. C——. Most of the fish caught were of the kind known as flatfish. Standing close by, and intently watching the ...

    Article : 195 words
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  10. AMPLY REWARDED.

    During a School Board examination in the west of Scotland the examiner asked a little girl—"What is meant by 'He was amply rewarded?'" ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. COULDN'T SWIM IN DEEP WATER.

    Last summer, while bathing in the Burnley Corporation Baths, I was disturbed in my accustomed plunge by a cry for help. Proceeding to the spot whence the cry came, ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. ENGLISH WITHOUT HELP.

    In "Mountaineering in the Japanese Alps," the Rev. Walter Weston quotes some curious shop signs in English which were observed in various parts of Japan. As he remarks, ...

    Article : 191 words
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  15. SHE DIDN'T STOP FOR THE SWEARING.

    The train was very full, and into a railway carriage occupied by four gentlemen, each of whom was smoking, stopped a woman with a basket. ...

    Article : 131 words
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