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  2. SMILED GENTLY.

    "I have brought you this manuscript," the visitor began, but the editor, looking up at the tall, timid youth, interrupted: ...

    Article : 108 words
  3. WEATHER.

    Weather Prophet: I hit it again. I never fail. Ordinary Man: Pooh! The thermometer has dropped ten degrees, and it is ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. HUMOUR. A SIGN.

    Bill: How do you know the good places to fish in this stream? Jill: Oh, I walk along till I find a place where there are a lot of empty bottles ...

    Article : 38 words
  5. HOTEL MFE IN TEXAS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 words
  6. SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENTLY EXPRESSED.

    At a meeting of ministers the other day one of them laid greatr stress on the importance of considering the sort of audience one is going to address. "I ...

    Article : 166 words
  7. A FIRST PAYMENT.

    She: Have you noticed that young Shortleigh is paying a good deal of attention to Miss Riche? He: "Yes; and it's the first time I ...

    Article : 36 words
  8. TOO DANGEROUS.

    Employer: "I have noticed, Mr. Timson, that you of all the clerks, seem to put your whole life and soul into your work; that no detail is too small to ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. ASKING PAPA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  10. WARY AND WATCHFUL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 words
  11. WORSE TO TELL.

    Mrs. Jones: And she said there was worse to tell, but she wouldn't say what it was. Mrs. Brown: Oh, I don't believe ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. EXCELLEN[?]

    A schoolmaster re[?] [?] pupils a lecture on patriotism. He pointed out the high motives which moved the volunteers to leave their homes and fight for ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. WHAT HE KNEW.

    The other day Johnson called in to see me," said the ordinary business man. "It was not altogether a social call, for just before he left he said: ...

    Article : 844 words
  14. ONLY ONCE.

    Nettie: A girl doesn't often marry the man who is the best husband for her. Ned: Of course not. If he is a good husband there is no occasion to marry him ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. HER COMPLAINT.

    Father:, "You know, my dean. I have never denied yon a single "necessity." Daughter: "you denied me Jack Hardup." ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. FROM THE THIRD GRABE.

    Miss Petal Pink, who teaches the third grade in one of the public schools, says that if the daily column people could have their desks in her room newspapers ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. TWO TO ONE.

    Hawkins: 'I understand that the physicians held a consultation, hut I see you are still alive." Robbins: "Yes. I have sinoe learned ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. UNKNOWN.

    American Girl: "We haven't been over long, you know, I suppose your people always lived here?" Augustus; "We came to England with ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. HOW TO INTERVIEW.

    This is the whole law and the prophets of interviewing, according to Mark Twain:— "Young man," he said to a young ...

    Article : 619 words
  20. PLAYING DOWN TO HIM.

    Young couple (who expect the visit of a very miserly relative, from whom they have expectations) are clearing the room of every sign of luxury. ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. "BULLS."

    Why were Irishmen created? Two explanations were offered by the Rev. F. L. Meares in the course of his "recital of Irish humour." One was that they ...

    Article : 568 words
  22. THE PHILAJNTHHOPIST.

    "Mr. Scribble." called tut the retired philanthropist, "I see we received one hundred and fifty; begging letters, and every one has a stamp enclosed for ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. AMUSING EXPERIENCES IN THE ROSTRUM.

    Humourous incidents and experiences not infrequently occur in the auctioneer's sale room. A land owner, who was anxious to ...

    Article : 494 words
  24. STRONG ON ETIQUETTE.

    Bill: Oh, yen, he's great on etiquette. Jill: Is that right? Bill: Yes! Why, he was telling me ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. THE IMPUDENT ARTIST.

    Mrs. Newrich (in art store): I'd take this picture but some person has been scribbling on it. Salesman: But, madam, that is the ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. RETORT IN KIND.

    W. D. Howells, the novelist, seldom fails, when anyone hos animadverted on his corpulence, to come put with a neat retort. ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. HIS HONOUR.

    He had just returned from a Continental trip, and was telling of his adventures. "And above all, ho said, I actually had the distinguished honour of ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. TWO LIMERICKS.

    Miss Caralyn Wells, an American author, wrote the following ingenious "limerick," in which, "tutor" is pronounced "tooter":— ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 5 words
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