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  2. FAIRY TALES OF EVERY DAY. A VALUABLE THUMB.

    A woman sued a railway company for [?]ive hundred pounds damages for the loss of a thumb. The young barrister who represented the defendant opened his ...

    Article : 76 words
  3. INTO THE ECHOLESS VOID.

    Tailor: "The postal service is in a wretched condition." Friend: "Never noticed it." Tailor: "Well, I have. During last ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. THE DELUDED RECRUIT.

    General Officer (inspecting infantry regiment): "Are there any complaints?" Private: "Yes, sir." "What is it, my man?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  5. IT HIT WOOD.

    In a village cricket match recently the local butcher was batting, when a ball bumped up and hit him on the head, from which the wicket-keeper made a catch. ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. VERY RARE

    The dealer in antiques was showing an old violin to a probable buyer. "Yes," he said, "this is of historical interest; that is the identical fiddle Nero ...

    Article : 59 words
  7. THE DEAR FOOD GOVERNMENT.—("Observer Cartoon.")

    Mr Tolmie delivered a strong indictment against the Dear Food Government for keeping up the price of bread by refusing good Australian flour to be imported into Queensland.—News par. Theodore: "Garn! You only tackle me because Ryan is away. I didn't make a mess of it!" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  8. SPITEFUL CREATURE.

    Jones was one of those men who grumble at anything. He was once attacked by inflammatory rheumatism, and was carefully nursed by his wife, who ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. WHY TELL?

    Dick heard of Lou’s engagement, an[?] went round to congratulate him. "Well, old boy," cried. Dick, as he grasped his friend’s hand, "my ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. HE DIDN’T MIND.

    There is a certain railway which has a station entitled Sawyer’s Mills, but usually entitled, for short, Sawyer. A rural couple on one of the trains ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. NO HEN SECRETARY.

    Sam had worked on the farm for nine years, and until his master took to poultry farming he was quite satisfied with life. But this poultry business was a bit too ...

    Article : 145 words
  12. TURN ABOUT.

    As Sandy holed out on the first gr[?]en his friend from over the border asked, "And how many strokes did you take?" "Eight," replied the Scot. ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. ALL GEORGE CARED.

    Mary was a young wife who decided to go back to her old profession as typist in order to swell the family income. She secured a billet at thirty shillings ...

    Article : 137 words
  14. A GOOD GUESSER.

    The usual crowd of small boys was gathered about the entrance of a circus tent in a small town one day, pushing and trying to get a glimpse of the interior. A ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. TOO LAZY TO BREATHE.

    Sam Smith was reckoned the laziest man in town. So tired had the authorities become of contibuting to his support that they decided to consign him to a ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. HOW HE KNEW.

    The pupils were being examined on the subject of personal hygiene. A boy was asked: "What have you to do in order to keep ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. LOST ELOQUENCE.

    Determination writ large upon her angry countenance the mother of the child who had been bitten by an Irish terrier belonging to a neighbour (Mrs. Green) gave ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. MARY'S VERSION

    "The sentence, 'My father had money,' is in the past tense," explained the teacher. "Now, Mary, what tense would you be speaking in if you said, 'My ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.

    "Where are you goin’, ma?" asked the youngest of five children. "I’m going to a surprise party, my dear," answered the mother. ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. THE RETORT UNMISTAKABLE.

    Reverend Gentleman: "Do you know, my friend, that half the cases of throat trouble are caused by people smoking those, foul, dirty, short black clay pipes?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. THEN THE KING BLUSHED

    Little Prince Olaf of Norway, who celebrated his twelfth birthday the other day, is one of the most interesting of the younger European Royalties, and more ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. SWEET SIXTEEN AND A BET.

    She was a young and pretty girl of a sporting turn of mind. Somehow she heard that a certain horse was to win a certain race, and, deciding to indulge ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. A REAL HUN.

    The methods of the Huns seem to be spreading, if one may judge by the remark of one talkative lady to another on the tramcar. ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. HUMAN MEASURE.

    "Eh, but I’m tired!" exclaimed a tall and thin man, meeting a friend in the street. "What have you been doing to get so ...

    Article : 82 words
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