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  2. RIOTOUS EXCESS.

    ThE mothevly-looking woman produced a penny, and said to the tramp: "Now, I want you to understand that I am giving you this not because ...

    Article : 79 words
  3. A DUCK AND TWO QUACKS.

    At dinner she had a dcctor on either hand, one of whom remarked that they were well served, since they had a duck between them. "Yes,'' she broke in- ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. HUMOUR.

    Was his flying machine a success?" ' Oh. yes; it failed to work before it got far enough to hurt." ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,293 words
  6. NO VACATION.

    "You want to get away from. your,. business," said the physician. "You are" worrying too much." "My dear sir," answered the ...

    Article : 50 words
  7. THE ONLY EXCEPTION.

    Among the rules of a well-known club there is one prohibiting gambling and another requesting the members not to fee the waiters. ...

    Article : 150 words
  8. CYNICAL.

    "After all," said the sentimental youth, "love is a lottery." "I don't know about that," answered the cynic. "You have some chance in a ...

    Article : 29 words
  9. AS IT SEEMED TO HIM.

    A Scotsman in Canada—"out"' from Scotland less than a year—was bravely wearing his kilts in the dead of winter, and was asked why he did it. ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. PUZZLING NAMES.

    Young Tourist (to Scottish boy) Where does that road lead to, my lad? Boy: A'm.no shair. Tourist: And that one? ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. WITH CONTRARY RESULTS.

    Of a certain wealthy man, now dead, it is told that he could hardly ever resist an appeal to charity, even when it came in a somewhat aggressive form. ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. A POINT OF ORDER.

    A windy M.P., in the midst of a tedious speech, stopped to imbibe a glass of Water. '"I rise," said Sheridan, "to a point ...

    Article : 64 words
  13. QUITE HARMLESS.

    A young man who is blessed with a Scottish kinsman need never fear that he will be allowed to hold too high an opinion of himself. ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THEORY AND PRACTICE.

    When the party of three, which included two college professors, enterer the hunting camp, their attention was attracted to the unusual position of the ...

    Article : 228 words
  15. ON THE INSTALMENT PLAN.

    Mrs. Browne: "Oh,' what lovely wedding presents! Such beautiful silverware, and such rare china! Wasn't it nice to get such presents?" ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. HE MADE HIS POINT.

    James Watford" accuses Isaac "Taylor of.stealing three fowls. "You say you saw me there?".said Isaac, cross-examining. ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. HIT THE WRONG SIDE.

    Sam, a coloured man, was an hour late, and his employer asked. him to explain. "Yes, sah. I'll explain sah," Sam ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. AS IT SOUNDED.

    'Stanley (aged four years): Mamma, please sing that lovely song, ''The Hash is Cold" Mamma: I don't know any song ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. IT WAS ALL CLEAR.

    A coloured, boy about twelve years old had entered a New York warehouse tho other morning slapping his hare feet on the floor, and tho coloured man ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. A WILY OLD LADY.

    An old lady was fortunate enough to have an old "lieu run over by the first car that passed in the London to Folkestone run. ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. NOT UNDER HIS CONTROL.

    "Dear me," said the good-looking female visitor to the superintendent of the lunatic asylum, "what a vicious look that woman has we just passed in ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. HIS LIFE WAS RUINED.

    Many delicate compliments have been paid the fait' sex by men subtle in Spcech, but here is one straight from the heart of an illiterate negro that is ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. THE POPULAR TAX.

    Judge Giegerich, of New York, has never been accused of tax-dodging, yet a recent epigram of his shows how clearly he understands the feelings of the ...

    Article : 99 words
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