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  2. WHY HE CALLED HER PEGGY.

    "I thought your wife's name was Elizabeth?" "So it is." "Then why do you call her Peggy?" ...

    Article : 74 words
  3. A SHY DUKE.

    A story to illustrate the shyness of the Duke of Devonshire is told in "Cassel's Saturday Journal." One aftrnoon, when it was feared that John Bright was ...

    Article : 142 words
  4. MONEY COULD NOT BUY IT.

    A gentleman was walking with his youngest son at the close of the day, and in passing the cottage of a German labourer the boy's attention was attracted ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. A RARE CHANCE.

    Nell: I was delighted to meet her at a bargain sale to-day. Belle: I thought you detested her? Nell: And so I do; and during the ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. HUMOUR. KEPT IT DARK.

    Master Bobby Honpecked: Papa, what is a bachelor? Papa Honpecked: A bachelor, my son, is a man to be envied, but don't tell your ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. REASSURING HIM.

    She had been shopping, and he naturally was disturbed. "I hope you didn't spend much money while you were down town to-day," he ...

    Article : 44 words
  8. PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

    Gertrude (the big sister): Maud, I do wish you'd stop chattering to that dog. Can't you see I'm talking to Mr. Lovedale? ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. A POOR COLLECTION.

    At a concert recently a man had been engaged to take charge of the cloakroom, where the visitors left their hats and coats. The man depended almost ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. A SELF-RESPECTING SCOT.

    It is reported that a Highland waiter once refuged to serve the late Max O'Rell at dinner, and when reproved, exclaimed. "It's no to be expected that a ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. BAI JOVE

    "Yas beastly hard luck, don't you know! There's my old uncle just died, and left all his money to a lunatic asyjum. ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. HE WASN'T TAKING ANY.

    Professor D—a well-known ventriloquist, was bidding adieu to some friends when one of thempresented him with a little fox-terrier, to which he had taken ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. A WORKHOUSE STORY.

    A story is told of a former master of the Leicester Workhouse who was at his wits' end to deal with an iumate named Billy Goddard. This man was ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. HER BEST EFFORT.

    Manma told me I must keep Mr. Huggard at a distance when we met him at the seaside this summer," said Miss Key. "And did you?" [?]ced Miss McQuecry ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. FORESAW THE RESULT.

    The Widower: I wish to speak to the spirit of my departed wife. The Spiritualist: What do you wish to know ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. A MAIDEN'S TROUBLES.

    Helen: "Gertrude lay awake almost the whole of the night worrying." Clifford: "What was she worrying about?" ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. NOT SURE OF IT.

    Husband (reading): Old Mr. Hoppson was buried yesterday. Wite: Why, is he really dead? Husband (sarcastically): The paper ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. A NEW BOY.

    A well-known newspaper manager sent his office-boy across the street to the post-office for a sovercign's worth of hapennies.' Nearly half-an-hour passed, ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. HE CRUSHED THE STUDENT.

    When off duty, Professor Richards, of Yale College, enjoys a joke, and his pupils often come to him when they have heard a new one. He adds to the fun ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. LAWYER'S MISTAKES.

    In connection with lawyers abusing exports in the witness box in murder trials, a case is recalled where the lawyer looked quizzically at the door or who was ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. QUENCHING HIS THIRST.

    "I thirst for fame," said the pale young man. "Tell me how I may make my name ring through the land?" "Well," said the kindly friend, "you'll ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. A HAPPY SHOT.

    A certain young woman had been devoting her evenings to entertaining a bashful admirer. He seemed to be deeply in love, but he evidently didn't care to ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. NOT REQUIRED.

    Mrs. Subbubs: Oh, Mrs. Brownjones is not at home, isn't she? Well, I'd better leave my card so that she'll know I called. ...

    Article : 48 words
  24. HIS FULL VALUE.

    Speaking one day of a public man. Daniel O'Connell said in his presence that this gentleman should not be against the Government, as they had offered him his ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. THE MILKMAN'S CHANCE.

    A certain milkman was in the habit of watering his milk to the required consistency before starting on his rounds in the morning. ...

    Article : 181 words
  26. A LONG START.

    "Are you sure the course is clear?" she whispered, sliding down to the arms of her lover. "Yess," he responded; "I succeeded in ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. SURPRISED THIS BUGLER.

    A party of young men were standing at a street corner curiously examining a bugle which belonged to one of them, and as a stranger came along an animated ...

    Article : 158 words
  28. HIS LAST FEED.

    The other day a French criminal about to be executed, asked, in accordance with custom, what he would like for his last meal on earth, chose mussels. It was ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. A HINT FOR TRUANT OFFICERS.

    In a provincial district there was a great many parents who reported "no children," and in order to ascertain the real number of children in the district ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. NOT HER PIE.

    "Does your mother allow you to have two piecee of pie when you are at home, Willief" asked his hoatess. "No, ma'am." ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. EVIDENCE ON OATH.

    Perhaps the finent example of the difficulty to which counsel are reduced in getting a plain answer to a plain question was that which occurred in the ...

    Article : 165 words
  32. HE CHARGED TOO MUCH.

    A little fellow of five in a private school annoyed his teacher so much that she threatened to ask his father, a lawyer, to come and see her. ...

    Article : 62 words
  33. DEMANDED A PENSION.

    Barnstorming Thespians who ocassionally have to dodge substantial expressions of displeasure of audiences will sympathise with the claim of a veteran ...

    Article : 142 words
  34. HE WANTED THE CURE.

    An amusing case of mistaken identity is revealed in a letter to the Interior Department at Washington. It was addressed to a former assistant secretary ...

    Article : 187 words
  35. THE COST OF LIVING.

    (Statisticians say the cost of living is decreasing.—"Daily Paper.) What is the cost of living? The price of bread and a bone? ...

    Article : 266 words
  36. DIDN'T WORK.

    "I have to helop Johnny with his mental arith[?]tic every evening," said the young woman, "and it is a nuisance." "Do you—er—know that celebrated ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. PAPA OR FATHER?

    The children, the youngest nine and the eldest fourteen years of age, besought their father's permission to raise bautam chickens, pleading that there was ...

    Article : 187 words
  38. PATS BLESSING.

    An officer, cancluding a visit to Ireland was hidding farewell to an attendant. "Good-bye. Pet." ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. NO APOLOGY REQUIRED.

    A few days ago on a train bound coastwards were a young couple well dressed and evidently on their wedding trip. The billing and cooing in which they ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. A MENACE TO SOCIETY.

    The Colonie: Well, beys, this is my last night at the club. I've become a fearful meance to society, so there's nothilng left for me to do but go away and ...

    Article : 83 words
  41. DANGEROUS INTERVIEW DEVICE.

    The late British ambassador Sir Michael Herbert, had a horron of interviewere. He once told Senator Depew that he lay awake at nights thinking up ...

    Article : 185 words
  42. A CONSOLING THOUGHT.

    "When [?]-read in a serman," said Mr. Dooley, "that th' wurruld is goin' to pot, that th[?] foundations iv government is threatened, that th[?] whole fabric iv ...

    Article : 84 words
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