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  2. "Stamps is Riz."

    A lady who lived in a small village in the West of England once sent her errand boy to the post office to buy some stamps. ...

    Article : 114 words
  3. The Power of the Press.

    Gent (excited) : I wish your paper was dead ! Editor :why, what is the matter now ? "You reported the day before ...

    Article : 95 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    Gazlow : "What is your opinion of my new novel ?" Snickers;' "I regret that I can't give you an unprejudiced opinion. ...

    Article : 47 words
  5. A National Indication.

    Cumso; "The queue a chinaman wears is indicative of the backwardness of China." Cawker ;" How do you make that ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. A Sad Half-hour.

    There are ways and then again there are other ways of breaking debtors from dodging creditors. The other day a young man who is connected with a ...

    Article : 263 words
  7. An Exciting Minute.

    There iS a physician at Somewhere who is pretty sure to stutter when under the stress of excitement. Some time ago he had occasion to professionally ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. A Business Card.

    A man who lost two fingers in an accident has had printed this card: To All inquirers: I went into a place where I had no ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.- HUDIBRAS. The ghost of a show-Hamlet's father On everybody's tongue the postage stamp. ...

    Article : 1,055 words
  10. Jacks's Hard Job.

    A vessel being ready for sailing, the caption ordered a new hand to take a boat to shore and buy ten shilings' worth of vegetables. Not being certain ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. A Bonnet to Order.

    A prominent grapery firm having a millinery department, received the following mail order for a bonnet from a patron who wrote that she lived "where ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. A Queer Proposal.

    A quaint offer of marriage written more the 100 year ago, is carefully preserved in the family of the young woper's descendants. It was addressed not to ...

    Article : 247 words
  13. Stories or the Shah.

    At the garden party given by Lord Sallsbury to the Shah seven years ago, there was an exhibition of shooting by a man who shot corks off a lady's head. ...

    Article : 619 words
  14. Sayings of Children.

    Willie is a plucky, generous, little Scotchman of only 4 years. One evening lately at the kitchen fireside the following conversation took place ...

    Article : 598 words
  15. A Cold Man's Ruse.

    It was a cold. wet day in a Texas town, and the train was two hours late. The ticket office at the station was crowded. The half-dozen chairs of the ...

    Article : 555 words
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