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  2. HUMOUR. A DIFFICULT CONUNDRUM.

    "Hi, waiter, what do you call this?'" "Bean soup, sir." "Yes, it's been soup, but what the dooce is it now?" ...

    Article : 27 words
  3. A SCREECH DAY.

    If the tall feathers of all the parrots present in the French saloon of the St. James's restaurant at a recent exhibition could be placed and to end they would ...

    Article : 1,170 words
  4. A NEW KIND OF HOD.

    A cavalry regiment stationed in India was having a new canteen built of stone. The [?]artermaster noticed that the natives got along very slowly, carrying a ...

    Article : 104 words
  5. HAD SHE SECOND SIGHT?

    Little Washington: Ma. if I was to accidentally fall aginst th' jam cupboard, an' knocked a pot of jam out, would it be naughty if I wuz to eat it? ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. DIPLOMATIC.

    A worthy professor was invited to dine an the house of a lady of high rank. The day was hot, the wine cool, the professor's thirst groat, and the fair neighbour with ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. BETWEEN FRIENDS.

    "I'm always careful my makeup." "That's right. old man. You want to look the part, even if you can't act it." ...

    Article : 29 words
  8. VERY DEADLY INDEED.

    A certain professor amused his students during a chemistry lecture by relating a story about an old German professor, who in narrating the fact that cyanide of ...

    Article : 60 words
  9. HE SURPRISED HER.

    There was a farmer who wore his old suit until everyone was tired of it, and his estimable wife was almost ashamed of him. ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. SCHOOLBOYS' "HOWLERS."'

    Adults obtain a certain amount, of amusement, from the "howlers" which are committed by schoolboys at their examinations and there is a fund of ...

    Article : 781 words
  11. BREAKING IT GENTLY.

    His Cousins: We sent off the wire to stop your model coming. But you had put one word too many—so we struck it out. ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. HE KNEW THE LANGUAGE.

    Senator Randolph Burton of Kansas, while in Hawaii with the Congressional Commission, was sitting one morning in the dining-room of a Honolulu hotel. A ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. AFRAID OF THE GINGER HAIR.

    Walking along a lane one day, a village rector noticed an old man in front of him hobbling along as fast as his legs could carry him. Seeing that it was one of his ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. SOME TURKISH PROVERBS.

    The master of the house is the guest's servant. He who has not rest at home is in the world's hell. ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. A VERY MODERN EVE.

    Said an indignant mother to her young son, "Why did you strike little Else, you naughty boy?" Dick, indignant in his turn, exclaimed. ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. BEATING THE LAWYER.

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has the unique honour of commanding 4s. a word for his detective stories, told at the literary dinner recently given him in London ...

    Article : 258 words
  17. HIS REWARD.

    "Young Legalcap is a smart fellow." said the manager of the big countinghouse to the grea lawyer. "Yes What's he been doin' now?" ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. A WAY THAT ACTORS HAVE.

    In some private theatricals a fugitive from just ice was supposed to escape from his pursuers by concealing himself under a table. The table was small, while the ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. A CLEVER SCHOOLGIRL.

    A schoolgirl said to her father the other night: "Daddys. I've got a sentence I'd lihe to have you punctuate. You know something ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. A LEGAL WATERLOO

    The other day a prominent contributor to the columns of the daily and weekly, newspapers was a witness in trivial case in court, and was being harried by a ...

    Article : 314 words
  21. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.

    "What is the secret of success "asked the Sphinx. "Push," said the Button. "Take pains." said the Window. ...

    Article : 308 words
  22. A RESOURCEFUL BRIDE.

    Her first venture at cooking dinners in her own home had passed successfully, and they sat in silence at opposite ends of the table wondering at the novelty of it ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. BUT ONE EXCEPTION.

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

    Article : 166 words
  24. DIFFERENT VIEWS.

    The writer was chatting with an old police officer, whose thirty-seven years of service had been spents mostly on the western frontier. The soft spring air ...

    Article : 91 words
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