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  2. Something Laughable. IF YOUTH BUT KNEW.

    Master: "John, I'm sorry, but I find we must part with your services at midsummer." John (after 40 years in the firm's ...

    Article : 47 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 96 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 308 words
  5. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    Sllmson: I wonder where the step-ladder is? Mrs. S.: Willie had it last. "Then it must be in the pantry." Mick O'Toole: I want a cake of soap. ...

    Article : 640 words
  6. EASILY DECIDED.

    Willie, aged six, was going through an orchard, looking for the easipst tree to [?]limb, when he came face to face with the irate owner who had with him a ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. A CARELESS DRIVER.

    A salesman was showing an elderly woman the virtues of the car. At each stop or turn he extended his arm in the proper signal. The old woman watched ...

    Article : 72 words
  8. A MYSTERY.

    The teacher was trying to explain the meaning of the word "recuperate." "Suppose, Bessie," she said, "your papa has worked very hard all day. He ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. DISTINCTLY OIRISH.

    An Irishman, with a very thick head of hair, was one day the centre of a ring of Scottish farmers, both old and young, who were endeavouring to crack jokes at ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. MEAT, MILK, BREAD.

    The Commissioner of Prices (Mr. T. A. Ferry) announces that the price of meat and mutton has been reduced at Beaudesert, Banana, Dirranbandi, Gatton, ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. GLASS DISTINCTION.

    At a country dance in Albama, when the [?]ddlers had resined their bows and taken their places on the platform, the floor manager rose. ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. WHAT WAS MISSING.

    The fallowing story of the late Mr. Charles Brookfield is told by Mr. Charles Hawtrey, who was a close personal friend. ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. NOT HIS HONOUR.

    A well-known judge fell down a flight of stairs, recording his passage by a bump on every step until he reached the bottom. A servant ran to his assistance, ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. HEART ALIVE IN A BOTTLE.

    Deep in the heart of a chicken, which was taken eight years ago from a bird that never lived, works a stran[?] dauntless force which apparently only ...

    Article : 211 words
  15. MARRIED MEN ONLY!

    Street seller: "Here you are, gentlemen, the greatest invention of the age." Onlooker: "What is it?" Street seller: "A magnetised ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. "EMPTY AUSTRALIA." REV. FRANK HANCOCK (NORTH DAKOTA).

    The following appeared in the "Times Weekly" of the 1st April:—I have read your leader and the letters on an empty Australia. As one ...

    Article : 575 words
  17. MISTAKEN.

    A farmer's daughter started to practise singing in private. One day her father came in from the fields unexpectedly. "What's that extraordinary ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. IN REQUEST.

    Little Girl (to Scottish housewife): "Please, mem, ma mither has sent me to see it ve could lend bee yuir beel bone to make broth w[?] ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. WHICH FINISHED IT.

    A clergyman was spending the alter[?]oon at a house in the village where he had preached. After tea he was sitting [?]n the garden with his hostess. Out ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. GOOD LITTLE BOY.

    Shamas O'Grady was in trouble again, and Mrs. O'Kelly was commiserating with Mrs. O'Grady. Said Mrs. O'Kelly, "So the magistrate ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. CLOSE BARGAINING.

    Two men were boasting of the merits of their respective wives. "My old woman," said one, "won't enter a greengrocer's shop She buys all our ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. LIBERAL EDUCATION.

    "I'm going on a railway journey. Can you suggest something to read?" "What route are you going to take?" "One of the branch lines where the train ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. CHEERFUL CABBY.

    The man entered the cab, and instructed the driver to take him to his residence near the cemetery. On dismounting he gave the cabby 1s. 6d., his exact legal ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 324 words
  25. NEVER INTENDED TO BE SPELLED.

    An Irishman applied for and obtained a situation on some ra lway works. "What's your name, my man?" asked the timekeeper. ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 147 words
  27. ABSENT-MINDED.

    Sarah Grand, the gifted author of "The Heavenlv Twins," is very absent-minded. One day a friend, calling on her unexpectedly, found her with a big, awkward ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. ANOTHER VIEW OF IT.

    One day a man complained of not feeling fit, and a friend isuggested that he take up exercise. "There's horseback riding," said the friend. "It is one of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. A REAL SPORT.

    A woman heard that her two sons were in the habit, each at Separate times and quite unknown to each other, of taking one of the maids "out for a lark." ...

    Article : 153 words
  30. THE MISSIONER.

    She had inspected every parrot in the shop, and the dealer was getting tired. She declared one bird was too green to go with the dining-room curtains, and ...

    Article : 103 words
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