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  2. PERSONAL.

    Professor Albert Hoffa, the celebrated German "bloodless surgeon," died suddenly at Cologne from heart disease. Mr. Frederic Harrison, the noted ...

    Article : 1,148 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    First Disputant: Then I'm a liar? Second Ditto: On the contrary, my dear fellow; you have just spoken the truth. Miss Sweete (archly): None but the brave, Mr. ...

    Article : 317 words
  4. HOW TO PROPOSE A HEALTH.

    Old Gent, (proposing the health of the happy pair at the wedding breakfast): And as for the bridegroom, I can speak with still more confidence of him, for I was present at his christening. I ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. AVARICIOUS.

    A wealthy gentleman has a coachman who recently took unto himself a wife. A week or two later the master asked the man how they were getting on. ...

    Article : 91 words
  6. STARVATION THWARTED.

    Their's had been a love match pure and simple-- in fact, they had eloped, and flinty hearted parents had proved obdurate. Therefore they had nothing to live on but love, and they grew thin on it. ...

    Article : 158 words
  7. HARD LUCK.

    She was a poor little creature of the slums, scarcely old enough to lisp her own name, but yet with a knowledge of sorrow which more fortunate beings go through life without ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. AUTOMATIC PRISON.

    For one hour and thirty minutes by the clock a passenger--a city man returning home to Balham--was held prisoner by an automatic boot cleaning machine at the new Victoria station. ...

    Article : 418 words
  9. THE UNHAPPY FATHER.

    He entered the shop hurriedly. Those whom he passed at the door heard him repeating under his breath a formula which he seemed to fear might slip away and be lost. ...

    Article : 165 words
  10. THE LAST TIME.

    "I will pay your debts to-day, but it is positively for the last time." "Oh, dear, uncle, then at least wait until tomorrow!" ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. THE JAPANESE SCARE.

    Mr. Dooley's monologue, "The Japanese Scare," observes the "Spectator," is a shrewd as well as entertaining commentary on the responsibilities of America as a world-powor:-- ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. A BIT TOO-TOO.

    Magistrate: Now, you seem a sharp lad. Tell me the size of the stone he threw. Was it as big as my head? Witness: Yes, sir, but not ho thick! ...

    Article : 34 words
  13. MARK TWAIN'S STORY.

    Mark Twain was on one occasion on board ship when a collection was made on behalf of the widows and orphans of sailors. The famous humorist, says a writer in an American paper, ...

    Article : 700 words
  14. REPAIRING.

    Widow Hennessy: Ah! Mr. O'Flaherty, whin me ould man died, it left a big hole in my heart. O'Flaherty: Mrs. Hinnissy, would ye wind patchin' it wid a bit out o' mine? ...

    Article : 34 words
  15. NO MONEY.

    First Girl: Who is that clean shaven, handsome boy?" Second Girl: O, he's an actor. First Girl: No; I mean the other one. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. NO FLIES ON HIM.

    Wife (loudly): Do you remember, John, how you used of an evening to hold my hand, you funny boy, for hours and hours? How silly my old boy used to be. ...

    Article : 60 words
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