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  2. KEEPING UP THE CIRCULATION.

    An old gentleman, when passing a little boy selling newspapers at a street corner, remarked—"Are you not afraid of catching cold on such a wet night, my ...

    Article : 53 words
  3. WHISTLER'S LATEST.

    Here, according to an artist just returned from Paris, is James M'Neill Whistler's latest: A group of American and English ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam

    Mrs. Nextdoor: "I have found out one thing about Mrs. Newcomer. Whoever she is, the has never moved in good society." Mr. Nextdoor: "How do you know that?" ...

    Article : 48 words
  5. A TALE WITH A MORAL.

    It is strange that I can't get my wife to mend my clothes," remarked Mr. Bridle, in a tone of disgust. "I asked her to sew a button on this vest this morning, and she ...

    Article : 242 words
  6. CROSS-I-BEAR.

    A small girl on being taken to the Zoo became very tearful, exclaiming: "I want to see the bear! I want to see the bear!" ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. ELIGIBLE.

    A lady who spends her leisure time in organising anti-cigarette leagues was recently speaking to an audience of boys over on the east side. After her lecture ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. A LINCOLN STORY.

    King Edward VII. is credited with the saying that it is vastly easier to live up to the obligations of a play king than to those of a real one; and the same thought ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. BEAT THE CIRCUS.

    Willie, aged five, had been warned not to eat pastry for supper, but insisted on having a piece nevertheless. The next morning he related a wonderful dream, in ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. WORKED WELL.

    "I don't believe in these blustering, threatening notices about the people who took an umbrella being known, and if they don't bring it back they will be prosecuted ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest me —HUDIBRAS. The darkest hour is when you cannot find the matches. ...

    Article : 692 words
  12. A CLEVER RETORT.

    A well-known citizen attended the funeral of a Chinaman on a recent Sunday He took a great deal of interest in the queer services at the grave, and noticed ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. DAM THE HOGS!

    The "Ozark Mountain News" tells a good story about a colonel. "The colonel was an enthusiast, on the irrigation scheme that ...

    Article : 201 words
  14. PROVIDENCE AND EDISON.

    Edison was approached the other day by an enterprising lightning-rod agent anxious for some word of praise for his wares from, the great man. ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. AN INDEPENDENT BARBER.

    The following notice, used to be displayed in a barber's window at a little village in Yorkshire:— Notice. ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. THE CURATE AND THE GINGER-BEER.

    There is a good story told respecting the curate of a Birmingham suburban church. The other day he took his Bible class out for a drive into the country. On the ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. BY MAX O'RELL

    People who are always arguing with you and in search of opportunities for contradicting you are vary aggravating, but I am net sure that people who are ever ...

    Article : 541 words
  18. HOW EDISON GOT EVEN.

    It was anger, said Thomas A. Edison to a friend recently, that first impelled him toward the invention of the incandescent lamp. ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. LEGEND OF GUNPOWDER.

    Great honour is paid to St. Barbara in Germany and Italy; why, very few people, apparently have up to now been able to discover. A German officer says that she ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. A HONEYMOON INCIDENT.

    "It was pretty hard to have the honeymoon clouded before we had been married two hours," complained a newly-married man. "Fact is, though, the excitement of ...

    Article : 265 words
  21. LORD KITCHENER'S STARLING.

    Lord Kitchener is said to have a pet starling, which was a known character in Pretoria, and many stories are told of it. A correspondent of "Navy and Army" ...

    Article : 184 words
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