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  2. Resisting a Partnership.

    On the outskirts of one of the southern cities of the American Republic there used to live an old coloured blacksmith who did a thriving business, but who, in an evil hour, took to ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. His Prayer Was Answered.

    An old crofter, who had two cows, one night got one of them stolen. He repaired to the minister and sought his advice. He advised him to pray earnestly for three days and three ...

    Article : 98 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    Mrs. Amsterdam is not much of a housekeeper. Her butcher knows this and palms off on her the toughest steaks he has. A few days ago Mr. Amsterdam pushed his chair back from ...

    Article : 73 words
  5. Her Son.

    On a train the other day was a newly married couple, the bride appearing to be about 25 years old, and the groom being a dapper little chap a year or two younger. A. lady took ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. A Large Family Raiser.

    The elevator boy in the big drapery emporium was airing his views to a passenger on the proper conduct of children. "What do you know about it?" laughed the ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. The Bargain Was Off.

    At a farm in Aberdeenshire a few weeks ago a servant by the name of Jean thought she would make arrangements with Geordie, the cattleman, for fear that nobody would take any ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. She Was Mistaken.

    A newly married New York lady rebuked her husband in the following terms:— " Before we were married, George, you used to call and Bee me every evening. Now yon go ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. A Mystery Explained.

    Teddy Vanohump came down to the club the other night with a great problem weighing on his mind. Coming up to the boys he said: "If I stand on my head the blood all rashes ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. Facts and Fancies.

    Renter: "Is there water on the top floor of this house?" Honest Agent: "Yes, ma'am; when it rains." Teacher: " Tommy, what was the name of the ...

    Article : 854 words
  11. Making Folks Envious.

    Sitting next me at table d'hote the other evening at Genoa, writes a correspondent of "Woman," was a young American widow, lugubriously attired in weeds of the absolutely ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. A One-horse Hotel.

    The pompous, want-the-earth gentleman was stopping for a day or two on business in a town which is only largo enough to maintain one hotel, kept very nicely by a very nice woman, ...

    Article : 192 words
  13. A Heartless Joker.

    A new device for the bothering of lovers was "operated" successfully in a third-class railway carriage by a heartless young man in Wales the other day. A couple sat on the seat ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. Barometers and Other Game.

    John Leech and an Irish gamekeeper once had an amusing conversation when the former was visiting the Green Isle. " How in the shooting about here ?" asked ...

    Article : 143 words
  15. Good Advice.

    A gentleman in England made an adaptation of a French play and forgot to submit it to E. F. S. Piggott, the late censor. Consequently at the last moment the license was refused. ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. The Last Word.

    Judge Pennybunker is the most phlegmatic of men. He never allows himself to get angry. His wife, on the other hand, is as excitable and quarrelsome as be is calm and placid. ...

    Article : 226 words
  17. Distance Lends Enchantment.

    The artist had some pictures on exhibition in a dealer's gallery, which was such a cramped up little place that the artist complained con-<

    Article : 160 words
  18. He Took Oat the Change.

    The Chicago man who had gone on a business trip to Omaha had started home again. He had been compelled to run several blocks to catch the train and was somewhat overheated. ...

    Article : 211 words
  19. An Ignorant Candidate.

    " Many years ago," remarked an old Kentucky wheel horse, "I engineered a congressional race for a friend of mine, and during my labours in his behalf I got away off into a ...

    Article : 272 words
  20. It Brought Him Home.

    There is one married man living who got badly scared the other night. He sent a note to his wife about 9 o'clock to say that he would not be home until late. The messenger boy ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. His Girl Cleared Him.

    A. farmer had some wheat stolen, and he was so sure that he knew who the thief was that he went to town and secured a warrant for a certain young man living near him. When the ...

    Article : 405 words
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