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  2. Funny Fragments. Bringing Him to the Scratch.

    "I know what you've, come here for, Mr. Jones," said little Willie. "Well, my little man," replied Mr. Jones, "what have I come here for?" ...

    Article : 82 words
  3. Round About the World.

    Horses can now refresh themselves at the cafes and restaurants of Paris, where a society has had buckets placed for them. During a dense fog on July 23, the ...

    Article : 886 words
  4. Chips and Chaff.

    How does a horse set an example of philanthropy to man? He always stops at the sound of woe, and is willing to let you take the very bit out of his ...

    Article : 579 words
  5. Appropriate Toast.

    A noted politician was recently a guest at a banquet of physicians. During the banquet the usual toasts were drunk to the King, army, navy, and ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. Last Resource.

    A mother was reading a story to her little son. It was about a boy, who, when his father died suddenly, set to work to support the family. ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. Irish Thirst.

    A tourist was driving along a dusty road in the west of Ireland one hot summer day, and stopped at a small inn for refreshment. On asking the jarvey if ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. Caught a Tartar.

    A firm of coal merchants hit upon the expedient of pushing trade by occasionally emptying a ton of coal down people's cellars, then going next day and ...

    Article : 198 words
  9. Unlike a Woman.

    She was a college-bred girl, and could use her brains. "One day she dropped her eye-glasses in a narrow opening between two walls. She couldn't reach ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. He Had the Best of It.

    "One afternoon," said a tourist, "I visited a famous English castle. Here the guide took me through this state chamber and that state chamber, and finally ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. Irish Humour.

    Sometimes Curran did not have the best of the joke. "Father O'Leary," he said, in one of his gay moods, "how I wish, when I die, ...

    Article : 189 words
  12. Not to be Caught.

    A distant relative had taken up his quarters with a newly married couple, who had received him with every mark of consideration. But when, after a ...

    Article : 200 words
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    Advertising : 431 words
  14. Wily Old Watchmaker.

    "Brown, I don't see how it is that your girls all marry off as soon as they get old enough, while none of mine can marry." ...

    Article : 401 words
  15. Good Bulls.

    "And you say he had murder in his eye," asked a judge. "No, sor," said the victim, "I think it wuz in his hand. That's where he hild ...

    Article : 246 words
  16. What Baxter Shot.

    Wife (to husband, who has just returned home): "Any news in town?" Husband: "Nothing." "Of course not. Oh, well, there is ...

    Article : 251 words
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