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  2. A Quick-Witted Woman.

    "A young woman at a swell dinner party in St. Louis, U.S.A., the other day, failed to see the sugar tongs, and helped herself to a lump with her rosy ...

    Article : 122 words
  3. A Moorish Legend.

    A certain Sultan one morning commanded his Prime Minister to take a census of all the stupid people in his empire, and let him have the correct ...

    Article : 148 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    Society editor: "Mr. Willis tells me that his family will spend the summer in the mountains, and his wife says they will go to the sea shore. Had I ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. Followed the Scent.

    A burglar had the temerity to invade a London physician's consulting-room late the other night. The doctor found him there and threw at him the first ...

    Article : 112 words
  6. Conundrums.

    What is that which no one wishes to have and no one wishes to lose?— A bald head. Why is a gate-post like a potato?— ...

    Article : 212 words
  7. Headed Future Scandals.

    A somewhat domineering judge, Who formerly held an appointment in a small colony, was sole occupant of the bench so he carried everything his own way. ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. He Voted and Drank Scocth.

    Here is a story of the Lord Chief Justice concerning a day when he was still known as Sir Charles Russell. He went to Scotland to help the Liberals ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Aspirant: "What is the chief requisite for a young lady entering the literary field?" Editor: ...

    Article : 806 words
  10. The Chaplain's Toast.

    When the great Lord Howe was Admiral of the Channel fleet (says "The Golden Penny"), he was at one time unpopular in the navy on account of his ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. Tales of Testi.

    Despite his inveterate disdain for the small details of punctilious etiquette, Signor Tosti is quick to resent an impudent attitude on the part of others. ...

    Article : 246 words
  12. A New use for the Rontgen Rays.

    An enterprising Frenchman, from Dijon, having read that Professor Vanderbilt, of Tennessee, is of opinion that the X rays, if caused to penetrate the ...

    Article : 332 words
  13. Converted the Old Man.

    What are you crying about now?" asked Buster, as he came upon his daughter stretched out on a couch, reading from a book, as the tears poured ...

    Article : 384 words
  14. A Hopeless Case.

    A certain lawyer engaged an Irish servant and undertook to coach him in regard to certain creditors with aggravating bills. ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. A Model Railway Guard.

    Railway guards and porters have long been famous for the unintelligibility of their utterance when calling the names of stations. Australian railway ...

    Article : 306 words
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