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  2. LITERATURE

    "The Cambric Mask," by Robert D. Chambers, may be rightly described as a farcical romance. The author has not been mindful of his reputation in producing a ...

    Article : 2,085 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Old Harding: "Well, I guess that young Dabsley's determined to marry oar L[?]b, in spite of everything." Mrs. Harding: "You may be sure of that for ...

    Article : 248 words
  4. THE PERFIDIOUS BOER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,388 words
  5. EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.

    Two ministers of different denominations were by accident dining at the same house. As they took their seats there was an embarrassed pause, the hostess not knowing how to ask one minister ...

    Article : 104 words
  6. COMPELLED TO MOVE.

    Young Man to Floor Walker: "Do you keep stationery." Floor Walker: "No, sir. If I did I should lose my job." ...

    Article : 25 words
  7. TREASURY ECONOMIES.

    An amusing story of the ways of the Treasury is told by Sir Wemyss Reid in the "Nineteenth Century." He says:--"I remember a distinguished public man, who has risen high in the service of ...

    Article : 283 words
  8. KNEW HIS DANGER.

    "I expect I have taken my last bath at home for a year or so." "Oh, I see. Going abroad--eh?" "No. I mean to stay at home, bat I have given ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. WHY THE ENGAGEMENT WAS BROKEN.

    "So your engagement is broken?" said the girl in grey. "Yes, it is," replied the girl in brown, frowning at the recollection. ...

    Article : 259 words
  10. GETTING AT THE FACTS.

    "What is the price of this lovely antique chair?" asked the shopper. "Thirty- seven pounds, Madame," answered the dealer. ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. WHY HE DID NOT PAY.

    "Doctor Jones sent me to collect a bill of five guineas." "Did he tell you I owed him that amount?" "Yes." ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. HOPE FOR HIM.

    Tramps are sometimes unconsciously humorous. The other day two rous[?]abouts were overheard talking. They met after one had been absent from the city for several weeks. ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN.

    To illustrate the feeling of Ireland towards the predominant partner, an actor who has lately been touring tells the story of an old waiter in a Dublin hotel. "When are you going to get Home Rule ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. DEAR GIRL.

    Miss Elders (sentimentally): "Yes, I want to die before I get old." Her Friend: "Oh! how selfish of you, Clara, and you know I want you to be my bridesmaid when ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. A PASSAGE AT ARMS.

    He: "You have promised to be my wife." She: "Have I?" He: "Why, don't you remember?" She: "Ah, so I did. Suppose, now, I should take ...

    Article : 308 words
  16. APPROPRIATE.

    "No, dear," said the kind hearted friend to the new widow, "everything is attended to, I believe-- is it not?" "Y--v--es, I think so." replied the weeping. ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. UNCONSCIOUS SLIPS.

    It is strange that in an assembly so quick as the House of Commons to seize on verbal points, no one noticed a very curious phrase used by Mr. Chamberlain when he was explaining the ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. CONSOLING.

    Mrs. Avnoo: "Bridget, the parlor windows are so dirty I can't see through them." Bridget: "Wul, mum, I only list came from the front door, and beyant the faces of Miss ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 256 words
  20. A NICE COUSIN TO HAVE.

    Jack: "You know when Mabel rejected me last week I told you my troubles, and you promised to help me. Well, she accepted me last night. Am I to thank you for interceding for the?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. THE REAL DIFFICULTY.

    Flossie: "You'll have to take back that parrot you gave me--he swears." Dottie: "He swears only in German." Flossie: "But I don't understand German." ...

    Article : 29 words
  22. STATESMANLIKE.

    "I don't know what to do with Jimmy. He is always getting his brothers into rows and then running away and leaving them to fight it out." "You ought to be proud of him. That boy has ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. WASTE OF TIME.

    "Mercy, Margaret! you are making that bread without washing your hands!" Maid: "1 know; but then, you see, ma'am, I'd have to wash them just the same after I get ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. COMFORTING.

    "You are destined to marry riches," the gipsy said: "but--" "But what?" "Death will claim you two years before the ...

    Article : 23 words
  25. AN UP TO DATE MENDICANT.

    Wickwire: "Look here! This is the fourth time this morning you have been in here asking for the price of a meal." Dismal Dawson: "Yes, I am the absent minded ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. HIS SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY.

    A returned soldier was boasting of his war experience, when he was asked: "How many of the enemy did you kill during the war?" ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 166 words
  28. AN IMPROMPTU FARCE.

    Here is a story of the ill luck of Charles Mathews, the veteran English comedian, when he went over to act at Sir. Daly's theatre, in New York. Mathew's style was graceful, polished and ...

    Article : 706 words
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