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  2. Optimism.

    Hamlet Montague : "Yes, I was delayed and could not arrive in time to go on with the performance. The audience became unruly, and tore up some of the seats. It ...

    Article : 77 words
  3. Without Experience.

    There is in this city a young man who, though he attained his majority some time since, has never attained much height or width. In fact, he is very equality and ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam

    A woman there was, and she wrote for the Press (As you or I might do.) She sold how to cat and fit a dress, ...

    Article : 277 words
  5. Keeping It Holy.

    A certain minister and elder in Scotland managed well "between the pr[?]chin's" "Had' it not been the Sabbath day Mr. Blank," remarked the preacher. "I would ...

    Article : 159 words
  6. Both Were Surprised.

    An American Bishop told the following story. He must, therefore, be held responsible for it :—" As far as I remember," said he, " I never was quite thrown off my ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. A Blow for Cupid.

    " It was pretty hard luck to have a cloud over the honeymoon before we had been married two hours." complained the newlymarried man, "and the only excuse I could ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIPRAF. "And what did you think of the Pyramids, Laird ?" "Hoot, I [?]ist tho[?]ht them ...

    Article : 822 words
  9. A London Cabby "Done" for Once.

    Foreigners often fall a, prey to the unscrupulous wiles of the British cabby, who basely takes advantage of the stranger's want of familiarity with the English idiom, ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. Not Arrived.

    At a little village church in the West of England, where the service is never commenced on Sunday mornings until the squire has taken his seat, one Sunday ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. A New Oratorie.

    In a board school the other day a teacher asked his class the meanings of "oratorio," a word which occurred in their lesson. As no one could give an intelligent answer. ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. Very Diplomatic.

    "But What shall I do with it ?"he asked helplessly. She looked up all him, and laughed as he stood dangling a square white box by its ...

    Article : 643 words
  13. "By Appointment."

    A good story is told of the second Duke of Wellington, who, though far from being stingy, was in many odd ways economical. He discovered one day some champagne ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. Modern Malapropisms.

    It Is always Interesting, and sometimes instructive, to listen to the blunders in speech made by others, and some of these "bad breaks" are certainly amusing ...

    Article : 521 words
  15. Freakish Phrases.

    All newspaper offices could make a choice collection of freakish phrases if they chose. Once in a while one gets into print, but most of them amuse only the copy readers. ...

    Article : 342 words
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