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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam.

    At a branch post office in Moscow the letter-box was, full to overflowing when an English traveller called to post son[?] letters He took his letters inside, but ...

    Article : 70 words
  3. MORE THAN HE EXPECTED.

    A schoolmaster complained to the headmaster that on the previous evening he had seen one of the older boys [?]ing with a young lady. ...

    Article : 98 words
  4. WASTED ENERGY

    A young man in a cricket shirt and straw hat was wheeling a baby carriage backwards and forwards in front of a small suburban house, and he was an hot ...

    Article : 124 words
  5. OUTWITTED.

    A man working at a large rollieny in South Wales recently out witted the [?]ire in a clever manner. The police stationed themselves at the ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. PUZZLES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 words
  7. A GOOD REASON.

    He: "And so you refuse me?" She: "I must." "It is because I am poor. I presume?" "No, that is not the reason." ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. BATHING DISCUORAGED.

    Colonel Harry Hall, of Pittsburg. the writer and orator, likes the prairie, and goes West every summer. During his trip last year he was overtaken by night, in ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. KAISER STORIES.

    An anecdote about the Kalser is reported from Metz. When he was told at the railway station that 2000 girls in the costume of the country awaited his ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. "WASH IT."

    A miserly landlord was going round collecting his reuts. At one house he was greatly interested in a little girl, who watched, open-mouthed and open-eyed. ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. THE TERRIBLE CHILD.

    About a dozen people dropped in unexpectedly at a country house the other evening, and the fluttered hostess did Her best, in the limited time at her ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. FACTS AND FANOIES.

    "If Mississippi stole Missouri's New Jersey, what would Delaware ?" I don't know, but Alaska." Visitor: "When will Mrs. Highblower ...

    Article : 757 words
  13. HIS MISTAKE.

    Fritz, after his day's work is done, serves as walter in a music-hall, where he earns a few shillings in "tips," After his long day's work he is naturally very ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. A HAT IN SEARCH OF ITS OWNER.

    A felt has blew off a tourist's head last year as be was leaning out of a railway train window, in Sweden. Of the man himself nothing further in known, but the ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. BUSINESS AND SENTIMENT.

    Lady Curzon. it is said, makes a point of collecting any amusing attempts made by Hindoos to write English that come under her notice, and has many ludicrous ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. THE KIND OF MAN HE IS.

    A Mississippi man made the following reply to a matrimonial advertisement recently:?—"I inclose my photograf with My Pull Description. It shows the ...

    Article : 193 words
  17. LAMP POSTS NOT POPULAR.

    "It is strange how shy people are of street lamps," said a New York night watchman. "The most unpopular house in the block is usually the one whose ...

    Article : 212 words
  18. LETTERS.

    Sir,?—in your issue of 11th July, pages 7 and 10, reference is made to the timbers of the Cairns-Herberton districts, and to the difficulty of obtaining a market for ...

    Article : 421 words
  19. HIS HAPPY THOUGHT.

    After they had been silent for a long time she sighed gently and said: "You know father is a physician." "Yes." he answered. ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. A LOVER OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

    Biggs appeared in his office with his right eye surrounded by a dingy black circle. His face looked as though it. had been kicked by a mule. The chief ...

    Article : 356 words
  21. OLD KENTUCKY JUSTICE

    The attorney for the prosecution: "Did yen hear the prisoner declare he would [?] the deceased ?" The witness: "Your Honour, must I ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. PLAIN ENGLISH?

    His wife came into the room where he was sitting. She was twisting herself around in the effort to look at the back of her new blouse. By the tense lines ...

    Article : 199 words
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