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  2. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Kind words never die; unkind words don't die, either. ...

    Article : 1,528 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    [The following verses are not quite new, but are doubtless unknown to many of our readers.] If you the modern game of whist do know, From this great principle its precepts flow: ...

    Article : 396 words
  4. Too Honest.

    " Seven years ago," he said as he entered a crockery store on Sixth-avenue the other day, " seven years ago I came in here and bought six plates of you, and handed you" ...

    Article : 530 words
  5. He Learned Something.

    The other windy day as a gentleman stood on the sidewalk waiting for a ear his hat blew off and went sky-larking down the street. He was gathering himself for a ran when another ...

    Article : 126 words
  6. "Tourmalin's Time Cheques."

    Mr. Anstey, to whom this sad world is debtor for "Vice Versa" and "The Tinted Venus," has just made a fresh contribution to the gaiety of nations—in the guise, as before, of the ...

    Article : 965 words
  7. The Cheaper Way.

    "What on earth are you taking boxing lessons for?" asked one dry-goods clerk of another the other evening, as he found him stripped off and punching the ball. ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. All the Same.

    " I have called in reply to your ad. of man wanted to dig a cellar by the day," he explained as he walked into a commission house in Queenstreet the other day. ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. Sticking to His Pals.

    A good story is told of the Doke of Portland and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale with reference to a conversation they bad with a street Arab in London. Whilst walking down ...

    Article : 522 words
  10. Australian Fables.

    One day as the Squatter was eating his dinner a Deputation from his Woolshed came along to Interview him. "We have Knocked Off," said the ...

    Article : 274 words
  11. Prospecting.

    "Marriage licenses here?" he whispered to the county clerk. "Yes." "Get one any week day ?" ...

    Article : 102 words
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