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  2. NO RETURN JOURNEY.

    While on the new Isle of Man boat a man, who suffered severely from mal de mer, was heard to say to his son:-- ...

    Article : 86 words
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    Jones (leading up to the question of an advance in salary): Er--I'm thinking of getting married, sir. Employer: What! On your salary? My sainted aunt! Jones: No, sir; your daughter. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  4. JUSTICE FOR THE JUDGE.

    "I cannot sing; I realty cannot," protested the famous Lord Norbury of "hanging fame" to a pretty and pressing hostess. "I have neither ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. HARD TO-TELL.

    During a trial a judge called a witness. No one answered, and an elderly man arose and solemnly said, "He is gone." ...

    Article : 49 words
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  7. A CURIOUS CHRISTIAN NAME.

    An old lady advertised some time-ago for a housemaid. Among the names of the applicants was one "Dei Gratia." Being struck by the ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. ONLY A TRAP.

    A gentleman was walking down a street when he saw a boy place a large apple on some steps and then retire some distance away. ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED.

    Mrs. Marmaduke Brown was entertaining some ladies at a select five o'clock tea, and her little son Jacky, who had been ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. WHAT A RELIEF!

    "See me scare that milkman half to death," the joker said to three or four men who were waiting at the corner as a milkcart was ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.

    A well to do American, whose differences with his son arising out of the latter's marriage with a London show girl were und[?] for ...

    Article : 211 words
  12. THE PIE AND THE CONSEQUENCE.

    "Jimmy," said the fond mother to her smart eleven-year-old, "what become of that little pie I made for you as a treat yesterday? Did you ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. OUR SISTERS AND COUSINS.

    She does exist, the old-fashioned woman, She has not been altogether swept away by Feminism. This does not refer to the inner woman, who is just the same now ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  14. SOME GOOD STORIES.

    The burglar cautiously entered the house. All was quiet and still. The only sound he heard was the ticking of the clock on the mantel. Sh! He heard footsteps. ...

    Article : 1,951 words
  15. CONSOLING THE TEACHER.

    The country school mistress sent word to the school that owing to an attack of illness she would be compelled to dismiss the classes for ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. TOLD BY A DUKE.

    The following little story is told by the Duke of Abruzzi, who has recently been winning fresh laurels as a mountaineer. A certain well-known Arctic explorer was ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

    Names are such quite peculiar things! In nearly every town Dwell Misters Black and White and Gray, and likewise Green and ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. AN ADAPTABLE BLOUSE. A SEPARATE CHEMISETTE AND SLEEVES AND UNDER-SLIP.

    There are practical days, and the region of dress--everyday dress, anyway--has been, fortunately, invaded by a spirit of practicability. One of the evidences of this is the prevalent fashion of blouses with yokes or chemisettes, which may be made separately to allow of frequent washing of the more soilable parts, and of change. The blouse shown here illustrates one of the prettiest. As it stands it has a square yoke of embroidery, the material being laid ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 338 words
  19. IMPOSSIBLE.

    "No, sah," said a negro with vague notions of menm and tuum, "dat ar new doctor ain't no use!" "How is that, Sambo?" asked a missionary. "Well, ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. BAD FOR DEFENDANT.

    A tailor who was defendant in a case at the assizes seemed much cast down when brought up for trial. "What's the trouble?" whispered his counsel, observing ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. LITTLE GIRL'S LOGIC.

    In Chicago there is a certain little girl whose passion for the truth in all circumstances sometimes embarrasses her father very ...

    Article : 236 words
  22. HE HAD LEARNT.

    "What's that you've got there?" asked Smith's wife sharply." Er-um, a set of boxing gloves, my dear," said Smith. "I bought them for ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. WESTERN JOURNALISM.

    An editor in Sheboygan, Michigan, was shot at four times last month, and now his "reptile contemporary" refers to the matter under the head of "Amusements." ...

    Article : 32 words
  24. A FORTUNE MADE EASY.

    "Of course, my dear girl," said the indulgent parent, "I know you are fowl of Cecil, and that he's a good fellow, and all that sort of thing. But there is one little ...

    Article : 162 words
  25. COULDN'T SHAVE A BIT.

    When the famous archaeologist came into the club his erudite countenance was ornamented at several points with sticking-plaster. ...

    Article : 216 words
  26. GOOD PRACTICE.

    To become a good bateman one should practise with a ball suspended from the ceiling at the end of a long cord. When Lord Hawke was a [?]d he used to practise ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.

    A husband and wife ran a freak show in a certain provincial town, but unfortunately they quarrelled, and the exhibits were equally divided between them. The ...

    Article : 117 words
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