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  2. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    'Madam,' he began as the fron door opened, ' I am celling a new book on 'Etiquette and Deportment." ' Oh, are you,' she responded. ' Go ...

    Article : 221 words
  3. GENERAL ITEMS.

    A looking-glass was originally called a seeing-glass. The first regular standing army was that of Egypt about 1900 B.C. ...

    Article : 932 words
  4. HOW IT FEELS TO BE IN A TRANCE.

    The sensations of a seemingly dead person, while confined in a coffin, are mentioned in the following case of trance:— ...

    Article : 415 words
  5. [Copyright.] THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    At the cottage matters had almost resumed their ordinary routine. The patient did not get well so rapidly as might have been expected, and that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,459 words
  6. WHY "RIDE TO A FALL?"

    You're a foolish old fellow, Oom Paul; Why strive you to build up a wall Twixt Outlauder and Dutch? Shure, of sense you've not much, ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Representative.

    One of the most interesting personalities alive at the present moment without doubt is Dr. Willen Johannes Leyds, who is the prime representative ...

    Article : 641 words
  8. In the Days that were Gone.

    Husband (looking up from his paper): What asses men make of themselves! Wife: 'What is the matter now, dear?' ...

    Article : 216 words
  9. Pretty Girls & Plain Girls.

    Pretty girls are not entirely to be envied. They may be much admired, and all that, but there is always a prejudice against them. ...

    Article : 277 words
  10. Mick's Advice.

    Two Irishmen—Pat and Mick—were comrades; but they had to part. Pat sailed to Australia, and in due course got married, and after a few ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. In Instalments.

    A good actor, but an extremely [?]t one, was playing a part in a melodrama with a junior, who, at a critical moment, was to dash in and carry him off the ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. Why is a Ship Called She?

    In these daft of rapid and extensive shipbuilding, it is so often difficult, in naming a vessel, to hit upon a word that has not been need before. The names ...

    Article : 231 words
  13. How He Could Help.

    A clergyman visited a prison some time ago, and going to a sulky prisoner, said: Is there anything I can do for you! ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. A Pretty Story.

    It was in the year 1837 that a young girl was seated at a window to watch the great event of the Proclamation of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne ...

    Article : 364 words
  15. Straight from the Shoulder.

    My opinion of Paul Kruger is: He's a snarling, crusty, sullen, testy, cross, froward, gruff, moody, crabbed, snappish, tart, splenetic, surly, brutish, ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. Dear Old Soul.

    A well-known bishop, Buffering from impaired vision, was recently holding a levee, and one by one bis guests were being ushered into his reception-room. ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. Good at Measurement.

    An Englishman and an Iriahman met one day, and the former, wishing to have some fun with Pat, asked him if he was good at measurement. ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. Knew Where They Were.

    Teacher: 'Johnny, does your mother know that the buttons are off your coat?' Johnny: ' Yes, mum; and she knows ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. A High Liver.

    The doctor looked at his patient. Then you are dyspeptic, he said. Then he put his ear near to the ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. Will Discover Shortly.

    Paul Kruger has sever been able to solve the old riddle: " What happens when en irresistible for[?] meets an Immovable body?" ...

    Article : 27 words
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