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  2. PERSONAL.

    Mr. J. L. Toole was the hero of countless good stories. A very amusing, incident occurred during his Australian tour. The golden city of Ballarat is renowned for ...

    Article : 1,748 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    "Don't you know, my little fellow, that it is very wrong to fish on the Sabbath?" "I ain't fishing; I'm teaching this worm to swim." "Darling, we are one now, aren't we?" ...

    Article : 338 words
  4. WAITING.

    The children had "broken up," to use the language of the schoolroom, and were showing their freedom from restraint, by posing as real grown up folk. Two of them were gravely ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. "TYRANT OF THE KITCHEN."

    Judge Bacon, in deciding a cook's claim for wages, characterised that functionary as the "tyrant of the kitchen." Plaintiff was Julia Cox, who sought to recover from Mrs. Mason, of ...

    Article : 371 words
  6. OF COURSE.

    "My eye, old man, you're going bald!" "Going! Wot're you talking about? I was born so!" ...

    Article : 20 words
  7. ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

    "But don't you know her? She lives in the same square as yourself I" "Yes, but not in the same circle!" ...

    Article : 25 words
  8. SCOUTED ADVICE.

    The almost superstitious value attached to the possession of land by the poor Russian peasant finds a parallel in the old Eastern story of Nasr Eddin Hodga, who met a peasant one day with a ...

    Article : 200 words
  9. REAL ECONOMY.

    "My wife is very economical." "In what way?" "Well, she wears laced instead of buttoned shoes, on account of the saving it effects in hairpins." ...

    Article : 28 words
  10. THAT LITTLE BROTHER AGAIN.

    Cholly: What do you think of the engagement ring I gave your sister? Willie: It's great She lets me wear it when her other fellows are calling. ...

    Article : 34 words
  11. WHOLESALE.

    Doctor: Well, Matthew, did you take those pills I sent you yesterday? Patient: Yes. doctor: but couldn't 'e do 'em up in something different? They little boxes be ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. FITS.

    He: I'm going to Drysdale to take the waters and thin, down a bit. She: Why, aren't you thin enough? He: No. I've just had a dozen shirts made. ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. TOOLE'S JOKES.

    On one night of the season of 1866 he played at three theatres, first at the Surrey, secondly at the Adelphi, and thirdly at Sadler's Wells. A comic incident occurred in the transit from the ...

    Article : 2,981 words
  14. LIFE'S LITTLE WORRIES.

    Milly: There's my husband on the pier. He's awfully worried this morning. Tilly: What about? Milly: Why, he was worrying about something ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. HIS BEST BARGAIN.

    "George," said his wife, looking with crushing scorn at the gaudy rug he had bought at a special sale, "I wonder if ever in your life you knew a good bargain when you saw it?" ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. PAYING FOR INEXPERIENCE.

    Mrs. Blank was trying to decide upon a new cook. "You say you have not had much experience?" she ventured, as she looked doubtfully at the applicant. ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 321 words
  18. THE NEW CUNARDER.

    The largest steamship in the world has latterly become a familiar phrase. It has been used several, times within the past year to designate marine creations of the ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. THE MEANEST LANDLORD.

    A landlord owning a lot of small properly in a poor part of the city has long been noted for his parsimony. In a street whore he owns a number of small ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. ONLY FOR AN ENEMY.

    A comedian tells of a performance where it would have been difficult to say which was wor[?], the play or the acting. He had been strolling about the lobby during ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. NOT IN DEMAND.

    Lovers of good, plain dogs, which have been allowed to grow naturally, will appreciate the story of the Cockney pedlar who went to a dealer in dogs, and thus described what he wanted:-- ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 27 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 18 words
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