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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Belle: Yes; I am single entirely from choice. Pearl: Whose choice? Miss Rosie: Have you change for a fiver? Mr. Broke: No; but I would like to have a fiver ...

    Article : 568 words
  3. PERSONAL

    Queen Louise of Denmark is extremely wealthy. She not only, inherited a large fortune from her father, but also (the "Graphic" states) another from her ...

    Article : 1,376 words
  4. AN UNFORTUNATE AMBIGUITY.

    Parson: Where is the other man who used to be here as keeper? Park Gatekeeper: He's dead, sir." Parson (with feeling): Dead! Poor fellow! ...

    Article : 56 words
  5. REAL CLEVERNESS.

    Frail A.: Is your friend Emma clever? Frau B.: I should say so. She can manage a cook, a husband and a motor car.--"Die Muskete." ...

    Article : 31 words
  6. NOT SO YOU'D NOTICE IT.

    "Say, old man, do you think your illness is serious?" "Serious? Well, there's nothing very funny about it." ...

    Article : 23 words
  7. MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND.

    Mark Twain has recently arrived in England on a visit. Being a licensed humorist, the first thing he did was to arrange for his own funeral. To be compelled to be funny immediately after ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  8. HIS ONE WEAKNESS.

    "So poor Bill's gone, has he? How did he die?" "Three tons of cement fell on his chest." "Poor feller ! He always was weak; there." ...

    Article : 30 words
  9. MOST UNPROFITABLE.

    Guest: Why do you scowl at me so, little Luigi? Luigi: Cause you have eaten up all the cake and haven't married cither of my sisters yet.-- ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. THE RULING PASSION.

    "Brokely borrowed money from me this morning," said Little. "He told me he wanted to buy a pocket book." "O, I see," exclaimed Large. "He was getting ...

    Article : 34 words
  11. QUITE POSSIBLE.

    "To-day, during the thunder storm, as our chief editor was about to write one of his intellectual' leading articles, the lightning struck the building and knocked the--scissors out of his hand."-- ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. THRIFTY.

    "Mamma, can I go to bed an hour, earlier than usual to-night?" "An hour earlier! What for?" "I want" to say my prayers for three weeks ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. EITHER WAY.

    A traveller lately returned from Ireland has a story, illustrating the ready wit of the Irishman. An old gardener, meeting his employer, touched his finger, to the tip of his cap and said: ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

    A member of the bar tells of a country justice who was fond of enjoining; upon everyone in court the necessity of brevity in offering testimony in ordinary suits. ...

    Article : 183 words
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