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  2. Tribute to the Police.

    Imperial service medals, the King's expression of appreciation of "long and meritorious service," were presented to several retired members of the police ...

    Article : 722 words
  3. Something laughable. EVEN BREAK.

    Townly: "Do you often have to rush to catch your morning train?" Subbubs: "Oh, it's about an even break. Sometimes I am standing at ...

    Article : 52 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 71 words
  5. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    "Who is that lady over there?" Little Bob: Her I That ain't no lady; she's my sister. Johnny: My father's a policeman. What does your father do? Jimmy: What ma tells him. ...

    Article : 364 words
  6. TOO SUDDEN.

    Little Mary came into the house bedraggled and weeping. "My goodness," cried her mother, "what a sight you are. How did it ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. NOT THAT COLD.

    A Scotsman stepped into one of the Edinburgh shops, and asked to be shown a certain kind of overcoat. "How much?" he asked the shopman. "Five ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. CONFOUNDED HEAD WAITER

    At a dinner, a young man whose chief claims to distinction seemed to be an eyeglass and a drawl said to a man near him, "Beastly nuisance, isn't ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. MOUNT MULLIGAN RELIEF.

    The Premier (Hon. E. G. Theodore) on Nov. 29 made a statement in reply to some comments of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne regarding the control of the ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. HE MUST HAVE BEEN A MAN.

    Edith Wharton, the writer, told this war story: "The American wounded were being brought in from the second Marne battle," he said, "and a fussy ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. LAID OK THICK.

    Your narrative is too [?] coloured, remarkd the editor, returning the bulky manuscript. In what wa inquired the ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED.

    The train made long and numerous stoppages. At last it stopped at a station called March, and the porter walked up and down the platform calling out, ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. THIS WORLD FIRST.

    There is an English church where a box hangs in the porch. It is used for communications for the pastor. Cranks put their notes in it, but occasionally ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. A SATISFACTORY SUBSTITUTE?

    A Mrs. Smith (as good a name as any) engaged a new housemaid, and was annoyed to find that the girl persisted in addressing her as "Mrs. ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. ONE THING MORE.

    "Going far?" asked the chatty little man of the stranger in the corner. "Oh, no, only to Scotland," replied the other, who hated talking to ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. THE ORDER OF THE STRAP.

    The stern parent was about to apply the strap to his offspring, who had erred. Robert was the erring offspring's ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 238 words
  18. A SMART FELLOW.

    Red in the face with hurry and excitement, the suburban resident rushed into the police station and exclaimed: "They say you have caught the man ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. THE REASON WHY.

    When Jones came down to breakfast the other morning, his wife told him that all the electric bells in the house had stopped ringing. Would he call ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. BUSINESS METHODS.

    A small shopkeeper relates the following as an example of what he has to put up with from his customers:—In response to a sharp note to the ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. NEAR THE END.

    Just as two Irishmen were in the middle of a largo Held, one of them turned and saw an angry bull making for them. ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. TRUE ENOUGH.

    An ardent philanthropist called a meeting in connection with some good work, and only two people attended—himself and a particularly fat reporter. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. THEIR CAPTURE.

    A man and his wife went for a holiday in the country, and secured very comfortable quarters in a farmhouse. During their first night they ...

    Article : 137 words
  24. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

    A teacher was trying to illustrate the outcome of laziness and idleness. She drew a terrible picture of the habitual loafer, the man who hates work, and ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 153 words
  26. T. J. RYAN MEMORIAL.

    The executive committee of the T. J. Ryan National Tribute Fund have not yet decided what form the memorial of the lamented Australian statesman ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. FATAL MISTAKE.

    The lady bather had got into a hole and she couldn't swim. Nor could the young man on the end of the pier; but when she came up for the first time, ...

    Article : 207 words
  28. BEYOND BELIEF.

    Two actors met in the Strand a few days ago. One suggested that they should partake of some light refreshment. ...

    Article : 166 words
  29. A LOVERS' QUARREL.

    They stood beneath the stars, the silence of the night being only broken by the intensfied sound of two hearts be[?] as one. ...

    Article : 141 words
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