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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    She took my hand In sheltered nooks; She took my candy And my books. ...

    Article : 82 words
  3. Gave Himself Away.

    [The Reverend Mr. Baxter, well known as the end of the world prophet, has renewed the lease of his business premises for eighty years.—Daily Paper.] There's a prophet in the land— ...

    Article : 176 words
  4. As the Note on Her Face.

    "So," concluded the advanced woman, after expounding for thirty minutes her objections to men in general for the benefit of the gentleman next her at dinner. "you ...

    Article : 65 words
  5. Fast Colours, But They Never Run.

    "I like this pattern well enough," said the customer, who had dropped in to look at some ginghams, "but I'm afraid the "colours will run !" ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. His Symptoms.

    A doctor tells a good story in connection with a lad who, until recently, was in his employ. It was part of his duty to answer the surgery bell and to usher the prospective ...

    Article : 165 words
  7. What the Princess Wanted.

    The virtues of British medicines must be getting known throughout the Shan States. The following is a copy of a letter from a well-known shan princes to "The Medical ...

    Article : 82 words
  8. Advice Gratis.

    After a dinner of legal dignitaries, a barrister remarked to a Judge: "I have made a comfortable fortune at the Bar, and now I think of retiring and ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. Keeping the Good Opinion of Beth.

    "Your daughter looks so much like you, Mrs. Greene, that I can hardly tell you apart." "Really ?" ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. A Delicacy.

    Inquiring Party: "Good gracious, my man, you don't mean to Bay you sell those large meat pies a penny a piece. Why, Whatever do you put inside 'em ?" Vendor: ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. The Mindoo Christian's Church.

    A Hindoo native Indian paper is responsible for the following:—The scene lies at a chruch in Maura, the day is the Sabbath Day, and the hour is the hour of Divine ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. An Extraordinary Wooing.

    Many a heart has been won through the agency of well-written letters. One morning a fashionably-dressed man rushed into a matrimonial office in London and ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. Facts and Fancies.

    "There" exclaimed the druggist. "I have made a mistake and given a man morphine instead of quinine." "That's awful!" shrieked his wife "I should say ...

    Article : 744 words
  14. Not to Blame.

    "Do you think it proper," said the man who was trying to keep his temper, "to laugh at a man who slips on a banana peel by accident ?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. Net A Rara Avis.

    The other day an Edinburgh clerk went to fish in a Peebleshire stream, and his amateurish work with rod attracted the curiosity of a native. For Quite an hour ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. An Economical Game.

    "Golf is such an expensive game that I really can't afford to play," sighed Mrs. Quiverful. "That's where you make a great ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. Some Japanese Jokes.

    The Japanese have a keen sense of humour, and their literature abounds in witty sayings and funny stories. They also appreciate the better class of jokes published ...

    Article : 739 words
  18. The Sailor's Christening.

    A story is told of a sailor who went up to the font to have his baby baptised. Sailors as a class claim little stock in babies, and, naturally enough, this one ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. Paying off an Old Score.

    An old man-of-wars-man took a seat in a passenger-car one day, attracting considerable attention by his dress and manner. An indiscreet neighbour ventured the ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. Trimming the Ship.

    A story is told of a time when some of the officers and men of a British warship anchored in the harbour of Funchal, Madeira, went ashore for a horse-back ride ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. The Prodigal Son.

    "Once," remarked the tramp who saved the brewer's life, and has since given up tramping, "I struck a house down in Ohio wot looked like a good graft, big an' roomy ...

    Article : 380 words
  22. Signs of Sia.

    "I distrust that man at sight," said Jones meaningly. Jones is one of the men who think they are born detectives. "Yes, sir, I wouldn't trust that man with a saucepan ...

    Article : 179 words
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