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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    "How'd your melon crop come out?" "Made the railroad rich !" "Pretty hard on you. wasn't it ?" "No; I bought shares in the road before I ...

    Article : 35 words
  3. GOT AHEAD.

    Mr. Housekeep: "For goodness sake I What are you crying about?" Mrs. Housekeep: "Bridget got mad and left this afternoon (sob) without a moment's (sob) ...

    Article : 53 words
  4. A MISUNDERSTANDING.

    There is a story extant of a young wag who was once invited to dine with an old gentleman of rather sudden temper. The dining-room was on the second floor, and the principal dish ...

    Article : 124 words
  5. AN EXTRAVAGANT COMPLIMENT.

    A young woman from the North, had a class of dusky pupils whom, she instructed in reading and writing three times a week. They admired her, and one evening a ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. HIS OBJECT.

    While Admiral Dewey wag in command of the Asiatic squadron he purchased a large quantity of much-needed coal without previously consulting the Navy Department. ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. WHATB IN A NAME?

    A few years ago I was one of a party listening to a concert in London. The late J.T. Carrodus, a most excellent violinist, surpassed himself in two Paganiril picces. ...

    Article : 331 words
  8. EASILY GUESSED.

    "Professor," said Miss Skylight, "I want you to suggest a course in life for me. I have thought of journalism—" "What are your natural inclinations?" ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. A WIBE PRECAUTION.

    The new minister of a Sootcb kirk had occasion to complain to one of the elders of the poorness of the collections. "Ay," remarked the worthy elder, "they are ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. ONE ON TENNYSON.

    The boy writer of the following is decidedly backward in his Tennyson. Concerning the late poet-laureate he writes: "Tennyson wrote buteiful poims with long hair and studid so ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. JUST PRETENDING.

    During a sham fight an old general came unawares upon a soldier who was lying fast asleep among the corn. "Is this your post?" exclaimed the general, ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

    Schoolmaster (in despair): "Late again 1 Come here, sir I" Boy (trembling): "I slept in, sir. I was dreaming awfu' dreams, sir." ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. HOLD ON TO IT.

    The appointment of Col. Joseph Sanger to the position of Assistant Adjutant-General of the United States army, a post of trust and importance, recalls the fact that he was once ...

    Article : 292 words
  14. HE WAITED.

    "What were you doing at the time of your [?]reat" asked the magistrate of the prisoner. "I was waiting." "Waiting for whom?" ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. FACTS AND FANCIERS.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRS. A woman had a certain sum of money for a trip out of town, and spent so much ...

    Article : 654 words
  16. THE CONFIDENCE TRICK IN A NEW FORM.

    One Sunday morning when everybody had gone to church a traveller undertook to show the landlord how to draw three different sorts of wine from the same cask. The two went ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. THE MAN WITH A COUGH.

    When the present Prime Minister of England frequented the golf links at North Berwick a good deal more than he does now, his caddie was usually an elderly man who was one of the ...

    Article : 164 words
  18. A PRINTER'S BLUNDER.

    The Editor's handwriting was always regarded as "hard"—that is, illegible—by the typesetters, bat, having had experience as a typesetter in his early days in the business. ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. A SLEEPING CAR TRAGEDY.

    "Dear me," said a girl suddenly, "it was just this time last year we made that dreadful sleeping car trip and had such horrible adventures because we didn't have a corkscrew. ...

    Article : 402 words
  20. REFLECTIONS OF EVE.

    When a woman begins to flatter you, run. Don't let your mirror do all the reflecting. No dressmaker has ever succeeded in making velvet fit vulgarity. ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. THE WOMAN AND THE WAITER.

    One day during the dinner hoar, at a crowded city restaurant, a talkative lady hailed an overworked waiter, and ordered dinner for two. This is the way she did it;— ...

    Article : 261 words
  22. DETECTIVES WITH BRAINS.

    Detectives came upon two thieves in the act. The thieves made off in a dogcart; the detectives followed, and captured the horse and cart, though the thieves escaped. ...

    Article : 174 words
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