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  2. An Honourable Distinction.

    "Euphemia," said young Spoonamore, "will you marry me?" "I will not!" replied the young woman indignantly. ...

    Article : 57 words
  3. Federative Action at Dobson's Flat.

    "The unanimity and harmony of the Concert of Powers in China is refreshing to contemplate."—(Vide tenor of certain Press messages.) ...

    Article : 963 words
  4. Thought He Had Cornered Him.

    A gentleman was riding on one of the coaches in the Trossachs when the driver said to him: "I've had a coin guv me to-day 200 years ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam

    The girl may have hinted she'd like to essay Some bal ad or similar thing; She may have sug ested she'd like to display How clearly her upper notes ring; ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. Gulling the "Foreign Devils."

    When Chinese affairs became interesting the editor of an enterprising American journal decided to employ a Chinese for the benefit of his countrymen in the ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Fair Helen: "I hear you have a secret." Fair Grace: "Well, I did have one, but it ...

    Article : 877 words
  8. A Story of the Sea.

    "The pirates and the buccaneers scoured these seas for years," remarked the captain of a ship in the Gulf of Mexico. "And still," murmured a seasick ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. An Awkward mistake.

    A farmer had determined, In spite of the bad times, to pay his rent if it were his last shilling, and, saying to the factor who received it: ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. Pointed Paragraphs.

    A true actor never overacts his part. Time is a file that wears but makes no noise. The world is a prison from which no man ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. A Careless Woman.

    Wife: "Henry, can't you let me have some money to-day?" Husband: "What did you do with that half-crown I let you have last week?" ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. How Could It?

    A celebrated canon of the English Church was announced to speak at a meeting, and on this occasion did not wish his address reported. He communicated his desire to ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. A Want Ad.

    Henry W. Grady's statue in Mariettastreet recalls a story of his career in Rome, Ga., as editor, &c., of a newspaper whose struggles for existence were hard ...

    Article : 224 words
  14. Really Too Bad.

    The fair young society lady was in an agitated frame of mind when she returned from a shopping expedition the other day. 'Why, Dorothy, what in the world is the ...

    Article : 129 words
  15. He Met His Match.

    "Never cross-question an Irishman from the old sod," advises one of the foremost lawyers of the age., "Even if he does not think of an answer he will stumble into ...

    Article : 318 words
  16. A Hint to Would-be Wives.

    "It's all settled," announced the young man with a beaming, face, "and the happyday has been fixed." "So you got your courage up to the ...

    Article : 290 words
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