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  2. Funny Fragments. Half a League.

    There was once a mathematical intor in one of our great universities who was in the habit of boasting that he neither knew nor cared to know anything about poets or poetry, and ...

    Article : 116 words
  3. Gathered Grain.

    The average depth of the Atlantic Ocean is 4,015 yards. A naturalist of eminence finds that Iandbirds make their journeys in the daytime, the ...

    Article : 747 words
  4. Chips and Chaff.

    Stranger Which is the quickest way to get to the hospital? Constable M.'Leny: Try to cross in front of a bicycle." He: "It must be dreadful when a ...

    Article : 660 words
  5. Irish Conductor's Wit.

    An Irish conductor on a branch of Boston's West End railroad came into tho car one day and called out, Wan scat on the roight! Sit closer on tho roight, an' mek I ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. No Chance for the Language.

    A stenographer once proposed to Henry Ward Beecher that ho be allowed extra pay for reporting Mr. Beecher'a sermon, in consideration of correcting the errors in grammar. ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. Didn't Tangle Him.

    The satisfaction that everyone must feel at the triumph of the boy is due to the same feeling which prompts a big-hearted man to take the part of the under dog. ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. Far, Any Way.

    How far is it from here to Brushinurg? asked a tourist of an old fellow who was hoeing'weeds in a field of sickly corn down South. Is it far! ...

    Article : 98 words
  9. It Depended.

    Michael Flaherty was in court as a witness, and with each succeeding question put to him his never brilliant mental powers became more and more confused. At last be ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. Youthful Joseph.

    Joseph Chamberlain is a young-looking man, though not so youthful as a few years ago, when he was a member of Gladstone's administration. Crossiug the Irish Sea one ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Why He Wanted to Be a Friar.

    He was known as the best young man in town. He had the face of a Greek insurgent, the figure of Apollo Belvidere, and the grace and aplomb of a dry-goods clerk. Wealth ...

    Article : 332 words
  12. But There Seemed to Be.

    The gentleman living in the suburbs had a gost for the children's pleasure, and it was that kind of a goat which might well be called rambunctions, for it took passesbion of ...

    Article : 203 words
  13. Fatally Twisted.

    A story is told of two Irishmen who were caught asleep one night in the loft of a burning building. One of them hastily drew on his trousers and jumped from the window. ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. Before or After.

    In a certain town of Rhode Island, U.S.A., the coloured people have a debating society, which affords great pleasure to its members, and much amusement to an occasional out ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. How He Made It.

    I made £100 once, said the man in the macintosh, "by merely keeping- my mouth shut. Was it at an auction? asked the man in ...

    Article : 209 words
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  18. His Very Latest.

    Not long ago a citizen was wending his way homeward, tacking from this side to that, muttering to him-self, and wondering what Mary would say about his condition ...

    Article : 189 words
  19. English Without Help.

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    Article : 197 words
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