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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 82 words
  3. NOT YET, BUT SOON.

    "My dear," murmured a sick man to his wife, "I am nearing the golden gates. I hear strains of sweet music, unearthly in its beauty, Iā€”" ...

    Article : 70 words
  4. HUMOUR.

    "Your father is heartless! I told him I couldn't live without you." "And what did he say?" He offered to pay my funeral expenses." ...

    Article : 29 words
  5. A SOFT ANSWER.

    A man who is regarded as a bore by his acquaintances met a witty friend in the street and stopped him. "What's going on?" he asked. ...

    Article : 42 words
  6. COURT-MARTIAL!

    Officer; "Seen anything of my baggage, sentry?" Sentry: "She's waiting round the corner for ye, sir." ...

    Article : 20 words
  7. A MATTER OF HISTORY.

    Tommy had been punished. "Mamma," he sobbed, "did your mamam whip you when you were littlep" ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. AWKWARDLY EXPRESSED.

    "How are you. Mr. MacIntosh, this inclement weather?" "Just managing to keep out of the undertaker's hands." ...

    Article : 30 words
  9. AN EXPERIENCED BURGLAR.

    Burglar (rousing the sleeping head of the family): "Don't more or I'll shoot! Whar's your money hid?" Head of the Family (struck by a ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. THE DUCKS.

    A gentleman once sent his servant with nine ducks in a bag, upon which was the following direction:- "To Mr. Matthew Muddle, with IX ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. THE REAL WANT.

    A certain professor had been annoyed by the tardy entrance of a student. He pointedly ceased talking until the man took his seat. ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. EASIER!

    "Well. Mabel, and what did you learn at school to-day?" "I learnt all about the mongoose, grandpapa!" ...

    Article : 44 words
  13. THE FUSSY MAN.

    Everyone knowe one or more of those conscientious egotists who cannot rid themselves of the idea that no one can be trusted to carry out the simplest ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
  14. A CONSCIENTIOUS WORKMAN.

    Strong-Arm Tim is employed in carrying bricks on to a barge. His strength is so great that his boss keeps increasing his loads until finally the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 226 words
  15. PRESENCE OF MIND.

    Young Man (somewhat agitated)ā€” "I have called, Mr. Wealthyman, to ask your permission to pay my addresses to your daughter, Miss Ruth. ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. A BRIDEGROOM'S ERROR.

    "After sad experiences in his youth, prosecutor had determined to contract a marriage, in which he would have nought to fear in his riper years from ...

    Article : 694 words
  17. IMMATERIAL.

    The janitor of a small church raises a few chickens in a small enclosure in his back yard. The eggs of these he sells to some members of the church in ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. AN INHUMAN WISH.

    It was a clergyman with a care for souls in one of the poorest parts of London who went down to a provincial town to plead for support for his work, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 163 words
  19. MISPLACED PITY.

    An American who recently made a walking tour of Ireland in company with his daughter came upon a whitehaired old woman, sitting on the green ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 151 words
  20. OVER AGE.

    Old Jacob Weatherly is a man of extreme regularity, and, on the principle that "Early to bed." etc. is the best guiding rule for a household, he ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. THE UNEXPECTED HOSTESS.

    Merryweather was off to Birmingham, and just as the train started, his friend Jones, who had come to see him away safely, said ...

    Article : 214 words
  22. NEGRO LOGIC.

    A lawyer was consulted-not lone since by a coloured man who complained that another negro owed him three dollars, a debt Which he absolutely refused to ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. ONLY ONCE.

    "The Scotch." says Mr. Wilson, of the British Department of Agriculture, "are certainly a witty people. Now there was a visitor in the little town ...

    Article : 85 words
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