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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    I've just come from a mectin' held to stick up for the Boers, And every speaker prayed that they would smash the British corps. ...

    Article : 212 words
  3. Not Quite The Same Thing.

    A certain parvenu of great wealth has hanging in his drawing-room a large and hideous daub in oils which some dealer in Paris induced him to buy. He is very fond of taking ...

    Article : 239 words
  4. Their Verdict.

    "Gentlemen of the jury, what is your verdict?" asked Squire Peavy, an Arkansas justice of the peace, addressing the twelve moss-grown but honest citizens, who were ...

    Article : 382 words
  5. He Had a Cork Leg.

    A native Maori chieftain, the descendent of cannibal kings, is now completing his medical education in America. Cannibalism ended in his tribe, he says, when Bishop ...

    Article : 168 words
  6. A Bluff That Failed.

    "A good, strong bluff at the proper time is a very good thing, but it may fall flat," said a well-known commercial traveller. "It was one of the best hotels in the ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. Barker and His Gate.

    "Did I tell you ladies of how the boys carried away our front gate on New Year's Eve, and how Mr. Barker caught them at it and rescued it?" asked Mrs. Barker as she ...

    Article : 287 words
  8. Not An Impartial Judge.

    Railway Official (travelling incog, on his own line): "They say there has been some fault found with the lamps in these trains, owing to the dim light they give. Do you see ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Mrs. M'Phidget: "Who wrote the song, 'There's only one girl in the world for me'?" ...

    Article : 766 words
  10. The Wrong Man.

    He was a pale, quiet, ministerial-looking little man, and he sat unmoved in the corner of the carriage while the boys were telling yarns that would disturb the se[?]enity of a ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. The Navy Not the Army.

    Dr. B—, Philadelphia, a formerly well- known Baptist preacher, was one day accosted by an old reprobate who had little or no faith in any known Church. The reverend doctor ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. The New Hat.

    Mr. Meekly was going to purchase a new hat, and Mrs. Meekly was going with him to assist in selecting it. She had expressed great dissatisfaction with various articles of wearing ...

    Article : 567 words
  13. Short Notice.

    Here is a good story told of Sir John Willough by:—Some time back he wrote to the War Office asking for a staff appointment in South Africa, but he received no reply to ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. Commercial Wit.

    Four travelling men sat on the veranda or a Brisbane hotel the other night telling stories. The man who smoked cigarettes had just finished a somnambulist tale. ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. Advertising on Church Walls.

    Whoever said the Scotch were slow must retract (says the "National Provisioner"). The Scot is doggedly aggressive, and business to the backbone. A Presbyterian church over in ...

    Article : 284 words
  16. Talmage and the Printers.

    Probably no American preacher has had his sermons more faithfully reported and more widely published than Dr. De Witt Talmage, who has recently left his pastorate ...

    Article : 259 words
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