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  2. A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.

    Mistresss (after a heated discussion with argumentive cook): "Are you the mistress of this house, I should like to know ?" Cook: "No, madam. I ain't—but " ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam

    First Frog: "Cheerful individual, isn't he? Second Frog: "Yes, indeed ! His motto is Eat, drink, and be merry to-day, for ...

    Article : 36 words
  4. SUFFICIENTLY DESCRIPTIVE.

    The artist was of the impressionist school. H§ had Just given the last touches to a purple and blue canvas, when his wife came into hits studlo. ...

    Article : 84 words
  5. ANECDOTE OF WELLINGTON.

    Captain W.Gordon M'Cabe of Virginia, in his personal recollections. of Tennyson, in the "Century," relates that the laureate said to him, referring to the lines in ...

    Article : 365 words
  6. A COUNTER IRRITANT.

    "Still bothered by that amateur comet player next doer ?" "No, I bought a dog." "What had that to do with it ?" ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. A NEW DEVICE.

    Timid, unprotected ladies who looks. under-the bed before courting the sweet restorer, and who have been known to keep a masculine hat hanging in the hall to keep ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. DOMESTIC JOYS.

    Meeks: "My wife praters coffee for breakfast and I prefer tea." Weeks : "Then I suppose you have both ?" ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. A BACKHANDER.

    Hostess: "0, do, Mr. Basseau, oblige us with just one more song." "The Singer : Really, Mrs. (Footenit, I'm afraid at this late hour I might ...

    Article : 50 words
  10. MYSTERY EMBODIED.

    "Did you call that trust magnate to the stand ?" " I did," answered the man who was con- ducting the Investigation. ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. WAIT A LITTLE.

    Goodfellow nearing Jollyfellow's house very late at night after a "time" at the club): "Shay, Jollyfellow, look there. There's a burglar getting into your house ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. REVENGE AT LAST.

    M. Xavier- de Montepin, the eminent French novelist, who died lately, bad, like most at his craft, experienced bard times at the beginning of his eventually very ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. THE PIANO TUNER.

    Tuner : "Your daughter left word that I should call and repair the piano." Mr. Binks: "What's wrong with it ?" Turner: "She says three strings are ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. IN DEEP WATERS.

    "The main objection I have to a conoe like this," commented the young man in the stern, "is that if a fellow tries to kiss a girl in one he is almost sure to upset the ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then It relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS Cannot some wise one tell Us, To ease our wondering mind. ...

    Article : 653 words
  16. POLITELY PUT.

    A New York religious paper undertook to describe the scene in the House of Commons when Dillon characterised Chamberlain in profane language. It could not ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. RIGHT OF DISCOVERY.

    There are times when differences of rank do not count, and an Irish soldier is said to have chanced upon one of them during the late war in Cuba. ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. TOO OBLIGING.

    An amusing incident arising from the flowery headgear affected by women is described in "Lippincott's Magazine." The doer bell of a certain physician of New ...

    Article : 251 words
  19. AN IMPATIENT ANIMAL.

    Clara: "Men are the most impatient creatures. Harry knows that I have an offer from Mr. Oldchap, who is Just rolling is wealth, yet Harry is just as ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. A GRIM HUMDURIST.

    The present Governor of Arkansas, who tears the notable name of Jefferson Davis, cultivates a particularly grim type of humour. He has pardoned a negro, ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

    A diplomat is a man Who knows how to hold his job. Wise is the man who knows when to make a long story short. ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. A YANKEE YARN.

    Scene—Pullman car, entering St. Louis. Porter obsequiously whisk-brooiming women passenger. After lingering expectantly he receives a tip—a five-cent nickel. He ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. A FRIENDLY CHAT.

    "D'you call these Brussels sprouts, young man—in the basket I mean ?" "That's the name they go by, mother." "Thought p'raps they was walnuts from ...

    Article : 306 words
  24. WON BY LOSING.

    A few years ago an American contractor test eyes upon a certain contract on the Nikolaevsky Railway. Not toeing able to obtain it by fair means, he went, on a ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. SUBDUED APPLAUSE.

    During the earlier years of the reign of Queen Victoria dramatic performances were given at Windsor Castle under the management of Charles Kean. The ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. A BOTTLE-SCARRED VETERAN.

    The annual dinner of the "Correctors of the Press" occurred a few nights ago in London, and naturally many anecdotes were told to illustrate how printers' ...

    Article : 169 words
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