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  2. A Barbarian.

    "Did you know," said the well-informed man, "that some of the greatest classical music we have was given us by a deaf composer?" "classical music, did you say?" inquired the ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. An Unreliable Witness.

    Judge Duffy: "You say you never saw the watch before?" Accused: "Never." "But the witness, Mrs. Peterson, swears that ...

    Article : 59 words
  4. Poor Fellow.

    A fast young man was standing in front of a bar when his little brother came running up almost out of breath and exclaimed: "Come home quick, Jack!" ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    I watched the postman to the door, And knew you had returned once more: A timid, downcast look he wore, An air apologetic; ...

    Article : 284 words
  6. A Correct Map.

    "How far is it from the Bridge to Woolloongabba?" asked Hostetter M'Ginnis of Gus De smith. "According to the map it is a mile, but I ...

    Article : 81 words
  7. He Wanted More.

    An officer and a Jew were travelling in the same compartment on the railway. After conversing for some time and getting on the best of terms the officer pulled out a packet ...

    Article : 213 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.— HUDIBRAS. Why is a specimen of handwriting like a dead pig ?— Because it is done with the pen. ...

    Article : 960 words
  9. His Heart Was Wid Them.

    A story is told of a Pennsylvania Judge who once had a number of Irishmen before him in one of the interior counties, indicted for a riot. All their names more included the one ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. What He Had.

    The New York youth was doing the west, and the first night he pulled up in a rough town and stopped at a rougher tavern, with a retired cowboy for a waiter. At the supper ...

    Article : 181 words
  11. Agin the Law.

    "I was standin' down here on the wharf," began a man who rushed into the police station, "when a feller comes up to me, and says he's a good mind to knock my chin off. ...

    Article : 324 words
  12. The Difference.

    The Grammar School Girl: " What't the difference between Mrs. Parvenue and a point ?" The Grammar School Boy: "I hate mathematics, and give it up." ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. Early Love.

    Little Rudolph falls desperately in love with Ida, who is in the girls' department of the same school, so he squeezes the following billet-doux into her hand at recess:— ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. An Unkind Retort.

    Sardanapalus Jones married an old maid for her money. She was distressingly ngly, but her bank account was healthy. As soon as Sardanapalus got his hands on the money he ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. A New Messenger Service.

    A mother with a family of small boys called to her side the youngest of them all, whose age was 5. She told him that a new baby was coming to the house, and asked him what he ...

    Article : 228 words
  16. A Great Load from his Employer's Mind.

    There was a look of stern determination on the young man's face as he started for the private office of the head of the firm—such a look as comes to a man's face when he has at ...

    Article : 420 words
  17. Personal Figures.

    While Reginald was waiting in the drawingroom for his best girl to appear her little brother came in with an arithmetic in his hand to ask the gentleman about a sum. ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. American Doctors in Mexico.

    An American doctor who has taken up his residence in Mexico was in Houston, Texas, visiting his former friends. "How do you like. it in Mexico?" asked one ...

    Article : 274 words
  19. A Matter of Doubt.

    Riding along the Clover Fork of the Cumberland one day (says a writer in the Detroit Free Press) I overtook a mountaineer, and we jogged along together. We talked of timber, crops, ...

    Article : 208 words
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