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  2. Playing for Even.

    Friend: "So you have married your housekeeper. Don't you know that she has been robbing you for years ?" Old Smartcuss: "Of course I know it. ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. A Real Irishman.

    In one of the fashionable quarters of Chicago (according to the Times) lives an Irishman who has made a fortune as a contractor. He has never forgotten the friends of his youth, ...

    Article : 263 words
  4. He Was Off Duty.

    " Got any little job of work, ma'am," inquired the dusty pilgrim at the back door, " that I can do to earn a bite of grub ?" "You've often asked me for cold victuals," ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    [Some readers who heve been kind enough to send in contributions for this column evidently do not understand that only bush songs are wanted. The majority of so-called songs sent in are simply poems, ...

    Article : 335 words
  6. By the Sad Sea Waves.

    Romantic Spinster: " Excuse me, sir, but is not this the spot where the beautiful girl fell into the water last summer, and was so gallantly rescued by the gentleman who ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. From the Sublime.

    Jones: " Who is that big man they've just carried by on a stretcher ?" Wones: " Oh, that was Herr Redblood, the Anarchist, who in his speech last night offered ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. A Woman Still.

    Excited Messenger : " Mrs. Sawbones, come quick ! A man has fallen from the roof of his house and is bleeding to death." Female Doctor: " All right. I'll be there as ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. Just His Style.

    A Highland drover who attended a certain market some twelve months ago paid a return visit the other day. His business being finished he proceeded to a refreshment bar where he ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. What was the Questioner?

    Alexandre Dumas, the great French author, was a quadroon, and showed his African parentage in his woolly hair, his dark skin, his thick lips, and his prodigious bodily strength. ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Best often so recuperates a fellow that it makes him too lazy to get to work. ...

    Article : 927 words
  12. A Sad Case.

    "What makes you look so solemn?" whispered a fashionable lady to another in church just before the service began. " I've got good reason to be sad," was the ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. FRITTERS FOR TEA.

    In the bush of Australia, as you all are aware, There is plenty of hardship and very rough fare; With sugar, flour, and fat I am sure you'll agree A man can turn out some nice fritters for tea. ...

    Article : 267 words
  14. Detection Up to Date.

    The Birmingham police have just succeeded, by a bold and ingenious ruse, in gaining access to a suspected betting-house which had long baffled their plans. The house in question is a. ...

    Article : 227 words
  15. Only a Word or Two.

    Telegraph tolls are moderately light as a rule; but sometimes they appear to be excessive, as in the case told some years ago of a man whose wife was going abroad. He asked ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. THE OVERLANDER.

    When I first went out exploring I took up a fine new ran, Then I went back to Sydney, And bad some jolly fun; ...

    Article : 371 words
  17. No Improvement At All.

    An old lady, who was taken to see the sights of London, where her children live, was one night passing, with her daughter, a huge building full of electric light " plant." They ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. Hypocrisy.

    Many a man will walk arm in arm with the devil until they reach the church door. This is the style of man who is thought to be pious, but who is really only watching his chance. ...

    Article : 343 words
  19. A Discussion on Fishing.

    " Papa," said Benny Bloobumper, who knew his father's weakness, "you know all about fishing, don't you?" "Yes, my son," replied the elder Bloobumper ...

    Article : 199 words
  20. No Danger.

    It was during a recent smallpox scare in a certain town in the Midlands of England. An old lady from the country thought she would like to take a cab, but she was rather ...

    Article : 96 words
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