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  2. HUMOR.

    A well-known judge on the Virginia circuit was recently reminded very forcibly of his approaching baldness by one of his rural acquaintances. "Jedge," drawled the farmer, "it won't be so ...

    Article : 60 words
  3. FLOWER-O'-THE-CORN.

    Maurice stood for a long minute, dazed and drunken with a great astonishment. Billy was at his elbow with the best, but most unworkable counsels as to how to treat colleens, who, to their ...

    Article : 1,901 words
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  5. DEFINES HIS POSITION.

    "Are you the defendant?" asked a man in the court-room, speaking to an old negro. "No, boss," was the reply. "I ain't done nothing to be called names like that. I'se got a ...

    Article : 52 words
  6. LUCY'S CHOICE.

    Uncle William wanted to buy a birthday present for his little niece Lucy. He did not know exactly what to buy, but he did not want her to know till her birthday came. ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. ON A PLEASURE STEAMER.

    An excursionist on a Scotch pleasure steamer, the other day, recognising a friend on board, rushed up to him and exclaimed, "Man, Jimmie, hoo are ye? Are ye for plesshur, or are ye wi' ...

    Article : 56 words
  8. NOT THE GAME.

    A raw Irish Volunteer, during the late war, was discovered by the sergeant of his company in a hole, well out of the way of even a stray shot, when he should have been engaged in active ...

    Article : 98 words
  9. THE ARTIST SCORES.

    A fountain in a public square needed painting. An artist agreed to do it for nothing, provided he could take as much time as he pleased for the job, and erect a hoarding to protect ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. AT A DINNER PARTY.

    "I do not like big women," said the heedless gentleman sitting next to an unusually tall lady at dinner; and then, seeing his blunder, he added, "At least when they are young."--"The ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. NEVER HIT HIM.

    The Judge: "What did you hit this man with, anyway?" Prisoner: "I didn't hit him wit' anything, yer Honor." ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

    A Frenchman was boasting that he had thoroughly mastered the English language, when he was asked to write from dictation the following choice specimen:-- ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. HER OWN FAULT.

    A fashionably-dressed young lady sat in a train the other day, tenderly holding a little poodle. "You canna hae yer doug in here," said the guard, as he looked at her ticket; "it's against ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. NOT TO BE DRAWN.

    A capital story and an interesting piece of information are to be found in the last war letter published from Mr. Bennet Burleigh. This is the story:-- ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. A MODERN SOLOMON.

    Years ago, in a small village, two men quarrelled about a five-pound note, which one, John Smith, had lent to the other, John Brown. The latter declared that he had repaid the ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. CIVIL SERVANTS' GRIEVANCE.

    Yesterday a deputation, representing a number of civil servants, was introduced to the Premier (Sir John See), for the purpose of stating a grievance in connection with the Superannuation ...

    Article : 385 words
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    Advertising : 74 words
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