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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    An Irishman once went into a hardware store to buy a stove. The clerk showed him some, but the Irishman was not satisfied with any of them. Then, coming to a high-priced ...

    Article : 62 words
  3. In the Language of Golf.

    "Think! Think ! Oh, if you could only think!" The proud girl in the large-checked skirt turned a calcium-glare of scorn on the chrysanthemum-decked youth. Then she ...

    Article : 55 words
  4. A Sudden Relapse.

    "He's a mean man," was the earnest comment-"a mighty mean man." "What has occurred?" "I was explaining to him my success in demonstrating the power of mind ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. An Old Story Adapted.

    When has the Irishman ever lacked for the retort courteous or discourteous? One was sitting in the middle of a seat on a tramcar when two women got on. They looked at him ...

    Article : 195 words
  6. It Was Cold There Too.

    A Glasgow gentleman paying a visit to Aberdeen remarked that it must be very cold there in the winter, being so far north. "Well," replied the person addressed, a ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. Sadly Mixed.

    Sometimes religious knowledge and fiction get sadly mixed in young folks' minds. A recent case is related of the latter, in which a Sunday school teacher asked her class: ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. According to Robert's Taste.

    A farmer attended a party at the village squire's one evening, when there was music, both vocal and instrumental. The next day he met one of the guests, who said to him, ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. He Wanted to Know.

    Mamma (anxiously watching her little boy at dinner): "My dear child, you really should not eat your pudding so quickly." Small Child: "Why not, mamma?" Mamma: ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. A Young Financier.

    Harold—[?]tat. five—is supposed to have no conception of the value of money, to the great annoyance of a provident mother, and the amusement of an indulgent grandfather, who ...

    Article : 165 words
  11. Facts and Fancies.

    Tommy: "What's Willie Wyman bragging about?" Billy: "Why, he says his father looks like Kitchener, and his grandfather looks like Oom Paul." ...

    Article : 834 words
  12. Knew Mr. Johnson Well.

    He was one of those garrulous old fellows whose only aim in life seems to be to strike up conversations with strangers in public places. He was seated in the corner of a Red Hill car, ...

    Article : 175 words
  13. The selfish Thing.

    "No, mamma," sobbed the unhappy young wife, "George doesn't love me. I found it out last night." "Oh, my poor child," the mother exclaimed, ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. Punishment Deferred.

    College men [?] appreciate this sketch from "Black and White":— "Such conduct," said the dean, reprovingly, "is a disgrace to the college." ...

    Article : 628 words
  15. The Distracted Mendicant.

    Mr. Frederic Mines writes to "The Academy":—"I have just recevied from Ga[?] the local newspaper, 'Caffa[?]',in which is a beautiful translation of Mr.Kipling's popular ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. Who Was Talking?

    There was a meeting of men and women to discuss an important question of municipal government, and the city editor assigned a reporter at 2 o'clock p.m. to go and see about it. ...

    Article : 222 words
  17. The Perils of Tram Travelling.

    When Mr. Perkasie arrived at home a few evenings since he was surprised to find that his wife had not yet come in, although she had been at his office in the afternoon, and ...

    Article : 492 words
  18. Tragedy of a Night.

    Time: 2 a.m. Scene: Rooms of Mr.and Mrs. X.'s boarding-house. Dramatis personæ: Mr. and Mrs. X. Mrs. X.: "Clarence—Clarence! do wake up! ...

    Article : 389 words
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