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  2. He Is the Only Relic Left.

    A man who opened a small tavern near the field of Waterloo was frequently questioned as to whether he did or did not possess some relics of the battle, and he invariably and ...

    Article : 224 words
  3. A Chip of the Old Block.

    "Is your father in " said the man who rang the bell with one hand while he held a bunch of accounts behind him with the other. "I don't know," said the boy who opened ...

    Article : 69 words
  4. READ THE QUEENSLANDER OUR REPORTER ON TOUR. NOTES

    About Longreach there is a garish staring appearance which is disagreeable. The town is too new, and the paint has not yet lost its odour. Everything is intensely material, and ...

    Article : 2,184 words
  5. Idiots Not Barred.

    A certain learned professor who attends a London church has been complaining of the services of the curate. This reverend wiseacre would illumine the text of Scripture, "Are not ...

    Article : 189 words
  6. His Mother Was Boss art Home.

    The relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and his mother, the Mme. Mère of Imperial times, was peculiar. Mme. Letizia, who was 34 when her famous son was born, had always ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    A gentleman who does business in the city, but lives in the suburbs, met a neighbour on a train. The latter had a large ostrich egg. "What are you doing with that ostrich egg?" ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. He Had Nerve Enough.

    George Bailey and his cousin Esther within two weeks have made two attempts to get married and failed, and now the wedding is off. The ceremony was to have been performed one ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. He Liked the Giblets.

    In the Daily Telegraph, apropos to the man, the goose, and the giblets, a correspondent gives an instance of the universal desire among all classes of the community to have their full ...

    Article : 184 words
  10. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. A Brisbane boy described heathen as "people who don't fight over religion." ...

    Article : 865 words
  11. Show Hiss No Merey.

    "Boys, what's the trouble?" asked a man who had come upon a Kentucky lynching party. "This chap killed his father." ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. A Dangerous Experiment.

    We have in our midst, so to speak, a young business man who is thrifty and active, but who has not yet made his pile. He has an uncle who is a millionaire, but that doesn't do ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. An Aggravation of the Offence.

    One of the wits of the British Parliament House is said to have observed on the occasion of Judge Deas's promotion to the honour of knighthood, "The Queen may make George ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. The Girl's Brother.

    The girl's brother is always a great deal younger than herself. He has only one aim in life—to give his big sister away. He is never engaged in anything else. Sometimes he does ...

    Article : 570 words
  15. Elephant on Toast.

    The young man from the country took his green necktie and his best girl into a restaurant, and, like some young men when the girls are about, he was disposed to be facetious at the ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. Could Use It.

    Pedler (opening his pack): "I have here, madam, an improved rat-trap, which—" Woman of the House: "We are never troubled with rats." ...

    Article : 214 words
  17. A Dead Failure.

    A fellow with a big lamp in his windpipe and a birthmark on his left ear entered the office and lost no time in announcing that he wanted some life insurance. ...

    Article : 246 words
  18. Noblesse Oblige.

    One night on one of my side trips in the mountains of the Cumberland (writes an American traveller) I slept at a cabin where the accomodations were as narrow as the ...

    Article : 273 words
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