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  2. Funny Fragments. An All Important Matter.

    Miss Askew: "So your marriage is put off:" Miss Crummy: "Yes; papa is not.at all satisfied.with his position; mamma doesn't ...

    Article : 78 words
  3. Gathered Grain.

    Irish fisheries employ 27,000 men in 6,00 boats. The world takes 236,000 lb. of quinine in a single year. ...

    Article : 775 words
  4. Father Disapproved.

    Father: "What's all this you are doing?" Little Johnnie: "Please, dad, teacher told me if I wanted to learn quickly I was to pat down every word I didn't know and ask you ...

    Article : 73 words
  5. Glad There was Something.

    "There are not a few people who take a pitiable and morbid delight in believing that they ore assailed by an incurable disease which must shortly close their careers," ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. His Only Revenge.

    A gentleman was watching a young man who was playing golf, and noticed that he always hit as hard as he could, whether he aimed straight or not. ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. Man of Polish.

    "I am going to give a ball," said a lady to an expectant workman who stood before her, "and I want yon to polish the floor. Do you thoroughly understand your ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. Forestalling Him.

    "Now, Mr. Beefy," coldly said the handsome young widow who was doing her own marketing, "while lam folly conscious of the honour yon wish to confer on me, I must ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. Golden Rule.

    Tommy bad been quiet for folly five minutes. He seemed to be engaged with some deep problem. "Papa," he said. ...

    Article : 111 words
  10. Wanted Lubricating.

    The bell-ringers of a certain church usually leave the question of "tips" to one of their number, and the matter could scarcely be left in better hands. ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. Defendant's Pleading.

    In a rural district in the west of England there lived an eccentric old farmer who was continually appealing before the magistrates for allowing his cattle to stray on the ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. Hard Lines.

    Sir Henry Irving ones overheard a young man eay he would very much like to see him act. "Why not go, then?" said he, stopping ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. How He Played.

    "Do you play by note?" inquired one of the passers-by of the violinist of the street orchestra which had been discoursing earpiercing strains to a small audience. ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. Caught.

    "There is one very easy way of outwitting any railway company," said a traveller to a railway official. "I often travel from B— street to C—Junction without a ticket." ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. Chips and Chaff.

    Dodo: "Now, tell me, what do people think of me?" Penguin: "And make you my enemy for life. Not much!" "For a while he was clean out of his mind ...

    Article : 587 words
  16. He Took,

    It was his first day at school, and he was standing the fire of the usual questions asked on so auspicious an occasion. "Who's your family doctor?" asked a big ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. Still Hope.

    "Do you, know it's wrong to smoke, my boy?" said an elderly-looking lady in a railway carriage to a young lad who persisted in puffing a cigarette, muck to the old lady's ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. Obeying Orders.

    The mistress came downstairs and tried the door of the sitting-room, only to find it locked against her, while the key, which was usually in the lock, was missing. ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. Absent-minded.

    Most men would "feel lost" without a watch, but after all the absence can be borne. A certain gentleman decided the same on one occasion. In company with a friend he ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. Carried No Samples.

    He travelled for an important wholesale house. Seated comfortably in the railway carriage he found beside him a rather sedatelooking gentleman, with whom he sought to ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. Cured of Pilfering.

    A man stepped into a grocer's shop to make a few purchases. Whilst tho apprentice was weighing the goods the customer could not resist the temptation of treating himself to a ...

    Article : 162 words
  22. Little Elsie's Question.

    No one has ever comprehended the wondrous workings of the infant mind. "He is one or the greatest organists now living," the father had raid when telling the family ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. Then They Went.

    A man was recently sitting in Hyde Pork with a dog of very doubtful breed beside him. Two little urchins stopped and looked intently at the animal for a few moments. Then one ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 10 words
  25. Friend in Need.

    A certain gentleman Trent to the laboratory of an old schoolmate, a professor of chemistry, to make a friendly call. The professor was studying a dark-brown substance spread out ...

    Article : 183 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 34 words
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