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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    I guess you're in love with my sister; now aren't you; honest and true ? I heard her tell ma this morning she thought a whole bushel of you! ...

    Article : 466 words
  3. Eggs Without Hens.

    At a country fete a conjurer was performing the old trick of producing eggs from a pocket-handkerchief, when he remarked to a boy in front : ...

    Article : 71 words
  4. A Cockney Poem.

    Tompkins, the Cockney poet, has broken into song over the imbroglio in the Far East:— Woodjer kindly sarnd the trumpet? woodjer likewise beat the drum? ...

    Article : 176 words
  5. Couldn't Beat Him.

    A little boy from California who has been about a great deal was spending the holidays with his Washington cousins. He had enjoyed the sights of the capital, but he ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. The Ready Reference-writer.

    I. Reference for a Coachman Discharged for Careless Driving, Having Upset a Surrey Containing the Family of the Signer. ...

    Article : 998 words
  7. His Embarrassment.

    "You seem to be embarrassed," said the old gentleman when the hand of his daughter was being asked by a stammering young man. ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. The Two Classes.—"I see that Timmins is getting out another novel." " Historical ...

    Article : 823 words
  9. A Great Compliment.

    A story is told of a foppish Frenchman who knew absolutely no English, but who was an Anglomaniac, and put "Esq." after the names of gentlemen to whom he wrote ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. How He Trained.

    "My gracious !" exclaimed the astonished visitor at the dime museum, regarding the human snake with great interest. "How did you ever become such a wonderful ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. They Do Fall Off— Bicycles.

    "Willie : "Pa, is the earth round like a ball ?" Pa : "Yes, Willie." Willie : "And does people live on the ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. A Tough Mole.

    The minister, with his little son Charles, was calling on an old parishioner, who poured her troubles into his sympathising ear, ending with the remark : ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. Little Elsie's Question.

    No one has ever comprehended the wondrous workings of the infant mind. "He is one of the greatest organists now living," the father had said when telling the family ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. Clear as Mud.

    Professor Wendell, of Harvard University, called for a short composition in exposition style from one of his classes in English. There was one man in that class who had ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. Give Him a Chance.

    A now famous physician relates that early in his career in the city where he was located there resided an elderly physician who was always ready to give him ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. His Chance.

    Several years before the discovery of oil at Pithole, U.S.A., an Irishman named M'Carty and his son Dan came to this country from the Emerald Isle. Dan was ...

    Article : 332 words
  17. A Job's Comforter.

    The homely, affectionate, and familiar way in which priests officiating at French weddings address the brides and bridegrooms has often been commented upon. ...

    Article : 165 words
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