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  2. SOME SPLENDID RAINFALLS.

    Showery weather continued yesterday and until late last night, 45 points being registered. The weather is still abnormally close, and the sky overcast with heavy thunder clouds. ...

    Article : 1,089 words
  3. SPRAY. Getting Along Backward.

    "How is your boy Fritz getting along in der college?" “Ach! he is half-back in der football team and all der way back in his studies.” ...

    Article : 35 words
  4. THE SKETCHER.

    Professor Tyndall, who used to go year after year to Switzerland while he was engaged in his interesting investigations as to the nature and movement of glaciers, ...

    Article : 792 words
  5. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    "My dear, may I help you to another small portion of fowl?" “Thank you, no, Josiah, I have a full sufficiency.” ...

    Article : 2,182 words
  6. Looked Like a Record.

    Mrs. Crimsonbeak: “What are you going to do with that porous plaster, John?" Mr. Crimsonbeak: “I am going to see ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. His Own Trade.

    "If you please, sir," said the new convict, addressing the governor of the prison, “I should like to be put to my own trade.” “Certainly,” said the stern, but kindly ...

    Article : 57 words
  8. The Ox and the Ass.

    At a certain general post office amongst contractions in general use, were “Aux" and "Asst.,” for auxiliary and assistant postmen respectively. A rural postmaster, ...

    Article : 62 words
  9. Realistic Art.

    Two pavement artists were toasting about how they could paint. “Do you know," said one, “I painted a sixpence on the ground one day and a ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. Why Couldn’t He?

    The Late Speaker Seed, Mark Twain, and Joseph H. Choate were one day dining together. When the waiter was about to pour wine for Mr. Choate he shielded ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. A Fig for His Grace.

    Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, has a kindly wit which some persons have misconstrued as caustic. At a dinner-party a lady whom he had been chatting thought ...

    Article : 90 words
  12. Only the King.

    King Edward was never at a loss for a quick, suitable answer. One day be was coming around a street corner on one of his periodical walks in London when he ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. The Limit of the Law.

    The frown on the face of the magistrate was fearful to behold as he gazed down upon the three ragamuffins who stood before him charged with having broken the ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. GETTING ON.

    Monsieur Lepine, the famous French Chief of Police, who is doing his best to stamp out hooliganism in Paris, tells a story of a boy anxious to imitate the ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. Truth Will Out.

    Hubby (with irritation): "Why is it that you women insist upon having the last word? Wifey (calmly): “We don’t. The only ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. About Face.

    Miss Prude: “ I just heard that Mr. Upton had an accident—in fact, he broke his—ah—er—limb, you know. Do you know how it happened, Mr. Jones?" ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION.

    The Glasgow "Citizen has published an article under sensational headlines alleging that the Australian Labour Party is arrayed against any increase in ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. The Spider and the Fly.

    A sportsman Trent into the shop of Dougal M'Intosh, the fly dresser of the district. “I am informed that you dress files.” ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. How Stupid.

    Mrs. Jones (reading:): "It says here that a nautical mile is 6080ft., and a statute mile is only 5280ft. Why is that? I thought a mile was a mile. ...

    Article : 89 words
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