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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Mother (whose children have had an education superior to her own, to her small daughter, whom she is in the act of smacking): I'll learn you not to contradict me! ...

    Article : 348 words
  3. PERSONAL.

    More wisdom from the police court. The other day a poor woman complained to the magistrates of the conduct of her husband in refusing to advance her the money with ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  4. LITERATURE

    The condition of things in the great Russian Empire, now in the throes of revolutionary disturbance, render of interest any information which serves the purpose of ...

    Article : 2,117 words
  5. LAZIEST MAN ON EARTH.

    Ralph Shackle has been described by experts with a wide and varied experience of professional work dodgers, as "the laziest man on earth." At frequent intervals efforts are made to coerce ...

    Article : 355 words
  6. OLD BUSH SONGS.

    In collecting the old bush songs which were composed and sung in the bushranging, digging and over-landing days, Messrs. Angus and Robertson may have done its ...

    Article : 487 words
  7. ONE EXCEPTION.

    Tragedian: Our manager would attempt to produce anything. Comedian: Yes, anything--except salaries. ...

    Article : 27 words
  8. TO MAKE IT MORE REAL.

    Landlady: I dreamed last night that you paid, me all the back rent at once. Lodger: Indeed! Then suppose you give me a receipt. ...

    Article : 34 words
  9. "THE RACES."

    "Saddle up for the Empty Gully Handicap!" they culled out," and Joe and Bill and Tom became active. They tightened the girths round Honeysuckle, and lifted Barty into the saddle. ...

    Article : 1,466 words
  10. ONE GOOD POINT.

    "Oh, by the way, was. Mr. Brown's flying machine a success?" "Oh, yes; it failed to work before it got far enough up to hurt!" ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. OVERHEARD AT THE SALE.

    He: Can I send, these for you, madam? She: No, thanks; I have my motor outside. Child: Oh, ma, I am glad we're going home by tram! ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. A HARD ONE.

    "My proudest boast," said the lecturer, who expected his statement to be greeted with cheers, "is that I was one of the men behind the guns." ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. THE TWO SCHOOLS.

    The Christian Scientist: Sickness is only a manifestation of sin. The Regular Practitioner: Then, madam, your husband is on the road to perdition. ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. APPARITIONS AT A MEETING.

    A speaker at a Liberal meeting near Weymouth remarked," "I am pleased to see before me some men who have laid down their lives for their country." ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. A DISAPPOINTING FISH.

    A loud voiced Radical orator astounded his audience by declaring that "the Tories keep dragging the Home Rule red herring across our path, but it misses fire every time." ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. PUZZLED.

    Mr. Arnold-Forster was reading a quotation at a meeting at Croydon. "Who said that Sir Henry Campbell or Mr. Baunermann?" an opponent shouted, excitedly. "That's just what ...

    Article : 38 words
  17. MIXED.

    In a moment of excitement a metropolitan candidate declared that "the spirit of the age will have to put its hand in its trousers pocket." A speaker at Leeds argued that the act relating to trade ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. LITERARY GOSSIP.

    Sonny, by Ruth M'Enery Stuart, is a simple and pleasantly written little story, wherein the ingredients of humor and pathos are happily combined. A Christmas ...

    Article : 439 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 273 words
  20. A SERIOUS DOUBT.

    "Do" you think he loves you?" asked Maude. "I don't know," answered Mamie. "He writes to you every day?" "Yes. But his letters sound suspiciously sane ...

    Article : 33 words
  21. THE REASON.

    The Labor candidate at one of the Yorkshire divisions says he is in favor of taxing bachelors. He told a meeting he thought all men of 25 ought to be married. "You see," he said, "I have six ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. EQUAL TO ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.

    "I have never known an election at which so many extraordinary lies have been told," observed Sir Came Rasch recently. He believed that the united efforts of Ananias and Sapphira could not have ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. AN UNPARDONABLE OFFENCE.

    Friend: Aren't you rather afraid of that handsome rival of yours? Smartchap: Not a bit. "He is very rich, and a great favorite with the ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. THEIR OWN PETARD.

    "Did you read that first article in the 'Getthere Magazine' about 'How to Amass a Fortune?' The one that said to cut off all unnecessary expenses and save every sixpence?" ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. A CAB HORSE'S PREJUDICES.

    An amusing description of an eccentric cab, horse was given at Westminster police court by the animal's owner, a Fulham cabman, named Fred Williams. ...

    Article : 346 words
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