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  2. Very Heartily.

    "You will have to endorse this cheque, sir," said the bank teller to a minister, at the same time handing him back the cheque across the counter. ...

    Article : 67 words
  3. Alotsam and Jetsam

    "Whom did you marry, Billy?" "A Miss Jones, of Sydney." "You always did like the name 'Jones;' you used to tag round after a little snub-nosed ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. An Observing Child.

    Hazel is just 6 years-old, She goes to a kindergarten and is just learning her letters. The other day the teacher was endeavouring to teach her the latter part of the alphabet and ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. No Room for Doubt.

    Mamma: "What are you trying to draw?" Little Ethel: "An elephant." "Rather a difficult subject." "I'd rather draw elephants than anything ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. The Train Didn't Stop.

    An Englishman travelling in America had occasion to investigate the running time of the trains that passed through the small place where he was sleeping. Carefully ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. Naming the Baby.

    "Charlie, dear," said the young mother, "I've decided on a name for baby. We will call her Imogen." Papa was lost in thought for a few minutes. ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. Too Great a Risk.

    Some time ago a gentleman entered the office of an insurance agent, and, tossing a paper on the counter, said to the clerk: curiosity of the eye. But the tongue within ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. Put His Own Foot In It.

    May (indignantly): "I don't care; I think Harry Easterleigh is downright mean I" Marie: "Why, May?" May: "Well, he wrote me from the North saying he had shot an ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. Meant the Same.

    A certain Sunday school teacher, who has a class of boys "assorted sizes," established the custom of repeating each Sunday a Scripture passage in unison, until it was firmly implanted ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. Too Easy for Her.

    Mr. Newlywed (explaining poker): "Now, if you get a poor hand you want to bluff, and if you get a good hand you want to make a bluff that you're bluffing. Now, there are two ...

    Article : 83 words
  12. Facts and Fancies.

    "I saw you kissing my daughter. I don't like it, sir." "Then you don't know what's good, sir." "Pauline, what made you out young ...

    Article : 811 words
  13. An Apt Reply.

    Sir Robert Findlay, Q.C., M.P., was over in Ireland ones, and meeting an Irish drover with a number of cattle proceeding to a fair in the south, stopped him. ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. Inquisitive Youngster.

    "Papa, you learnt science in college, didn't you?" "Yes, dear; I spent two years on science." "When you look in a mirror the left side of ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. Advice From the Gallery.

    Of the Dublin gallery boys a famous baritone, in his reminiscences, tells some fectetious tales—one of "Faust," in which he played Valentine. ...

    Article : 92 words
  16. A Studied Proposal.

    A young lady was acting temporarily as hostess, and her time was much occupied. One of her admirers, a nervous and absentminded lover, perceived that this would be the ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. An Awful Prospect.

    A correspondent to an English paper tells an amusing story of a Boer farmer. He was told by an Englishman that the English Government were sending an Army Corps to the ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. The Only Disturbance.

    "There is a good deal of what you might call theological unrest in my congregation," said the Rev. Dr. Blue, "and I am called upon almost every day to settle some member's ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. Misplaced Zeal.

    During the present war the following incident occurred in an English military hospital where the women nurses were mostly amateur. One of the first batch of "returned wounded" was ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. A Necessary Precaution.

    In a large business establishment the other day the head of the firm was much annoyed by one of his clerks going to sleep. Waking him up he demanded: ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. The Tongue's Province.

    The curiosity of the tongue does not cause the human being so much trouble as the curiosity of the eye. But the tongue within it's limits is the most curious of all. ...

    Article : 220 words
  22. A Ready Irishman.

    In a company recently each one was to ask a question; if it was answered he paid a forfeit, and if he could not answer it himself he paid a forfeit. ...

    Article : 95 words
  23. What is Mr. Chamberlain?

    At a public meeting held in an English own to protest against Great Britain going to war with the Transvasl, a well known M.P. criticised the action of the ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. Extraordinary Marriage Vows.

    An English rural clergyman says that in his parish it was quite the fashion for the man, when giving the ring in the marriage ceremony, to say to the woman: "With my body I thee ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. In the Land of Beef and Mutton.

    Touring Cyclists (retiring for the night, to backblocks landlady): "We would like grilled fillet of steak or chops for breakfast, with coffee. Mrs. Murphy." ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. His Bright future.

    A bachelor happened to be dining with a friend the other evening, and of course the table's population included the inevitable 5- year-old boy. The latter had fallen into a ...

    Article : 173 words
  27. Hints for Investors.

    A dividend-paying company is the joy of investors. Every company is not a joy. Some companies Day the shareholders; all Day the promoters. Therefore promote ...

    Article : 143 words
  28. Repartee.

    The sarcastic Bosr sympathiser with the bald head and spectacles exclaimed, raspingly, as he Bank into his chair. "I'm going to begin writing my great-book at once." ...

    Article : 110 words
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