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  2. ECCENTRIC CHRISTIAN NAMES.

    Local registrars could probably tell some carious stories regarding the effect of the war on the birth-registers. In one suburban district alone, Mafeking and Wepener, ...

    Article : 461 words
  3. QUEER FUNERALS.

    People do not, as a rule, care to trouble themselves about the ordering of their own obsequies (says " Household Words "), and those who do so generally exhibit more or ...

    Article : 1,230 words
  4. A ZULU BRIDEGROOM.

    The daughter of a Zulu in comfortable circumstances does not leave her father's kraal without much pomp and many queer rites, which doubtless are ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. JOHN'S WIFE, Or, NINH'S LITTIE JOKE.

    IT was Christmas at Drainham--an orthodox sort of Christmas, bright frosty weather, with snow and nothing but snow to be seen, ...

    Article : 2,664 words
  6. STUCK.

    A crowd had begun to gather. Apparently tho man, no entire stranger, had never tried to ride a bucking bronco before. ...

    Article : 657 words
  7. New Process of Ice Manufacture.

    A chemist has discovered a salts which may kill all existing methods of supplying ice. A thimbleful is hermetically sealed ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. THREE GOOD STORIES.

    Sir Albert Rollit is a versatile speaker, but be has never been looked upon as an after dinner orator. Sir Albert, apparently, however, has qualifications in this direction. ...

    Article : 209 words
  9. Cause of the Emperor's Good Health.

    The German Emperor ascribes his good health and vigour to the excellent advice given to him by fats favourite doctor, and he has learned ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. WOMAN FREE AT LAST.

    "What!" thundered the beautiful girl, an sparks of fire flashed from her magnificent eyes. " Would you insult a nineteenth century maiden by asking her for a kiss ? ...

    Article : 427 words
  11. A WONDERFUL PARALLEL.

    " To make money reqiures genius," said the magnate to a Chicago literary friend. "It does." "I have made many millions. Therefore ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. The Wrong One.

    A certain lady had a custom of saying, to a favourite little poodle dog, to make him follow her: 'Come along, sir.' ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. WHATS A MAN TO DO.

    " Confidentially," said the undertaker's wife, " Mr. Smith hasn't paid his bill for his wife funeral vet." "Isn't it scandalous ?" exclaimed Mrs. ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. An Explanation.

    'Who made this inkblot on the copy book?' demanded the master of the English school in Jamaica. For some time no one answered; but ...

    Article : 80 words
  15. MAKING SURE.

    Warwick : That man Brainey is a genius. He has a fortune in his grasp this time, sure. Wick wire : What's he been doing ? ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. WHAT WAS THE USE?

    Mother: Goodness, how did you hurt your finger so ? Little Hon: With a hammer, When ? ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. DULY REGISTERED.

    ""While travelling on the Continent last summer," sold s gentleman who has just re turned from a European trip, " I engaged the services of a courier, and one evening on ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. Cracked.

    An inmate in a certain lunatic asylum, would not move off his bed because he said he was made of glass, and was sure that if he walked about he would, break. ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. Story of the Soudan.

    The following anecdote is given on the authority of Lord Wolseley:-- One of his officers, who happened to have a glass eye, was one day ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. UNDERSTOOD AT LAST.

    A well-known Scottish minister, who was spending his holidays Louring in Belgium and some adjacent pa[?]ts of the Continent, [?] ...

    Article : 234 words
  21. Didn't Know Him.

    'Oh, we had the loveliest arrangement at our church society last week Every woman contributed to the missionary cause £6, which she earned herself by ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. ONLY SLUFFING.

    Mr. Rockingham: No, air, I casual consent to let my daughter become the write of a man who is as wild as you are. Mr. Honeywell: How do you know I am ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. The Case Is Altered.

    Prospective Mistress: 'Have you any followers?' Prospective Housemaid: 'Certainly mem. He is in the Army.' ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. ENEMIES NOW.

    Ethel: Did you buy that second-hand bicycle from a friend 7 George : Well, I always considered him a friend until he sold me the " bike." ...

    Article : 30 words
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