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  2. IN ROUND NUMBERS.

    "I am thirty-five years old," announced a woman of fifty-six at a Wavertree tea party. "And I am twenty-six," said the ...

    Article : 62 words
  3. A HORSEMAKER.

    Little Elmer, while out walking with his nurse, saw a blacksmith shoeing a horse, and upon returning home said: "Mamma, I saw the man who makes ...

    Article : 64 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,255 words
  5. HUMOUR.

    "Well, Sir," said Mr. Dooley, "it's wondherful what that man Andhrew Carnaygie can do." "What's he been up to iv late?" ...

    Article : 808 words
  6. A QUESTION OF VALUATION.

    One of the very smallest of the late Marshall Field's employees—and he was a very small boy indeed—once came to the great merchant with a request for ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. COMPREHENSIVE.

    Two small boys were quarrelling; one was pouring fourth a volume of vituperative epithets, while the other leaned against a wall and calmly ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. THE WITNESS EXPLAINS.

    "Now, sir," said the cross-examining counsel to a witness he thought he had "cornered," "you say that you were walking behind this woman, could not ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. STATE OF THE STREETS.

    "There's altogether too much liberty allowed in this country. Look at the streets. There's no safety in 'em for man or beast." ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. A MARK TWAIN RETORT.

    As Mark Twain and a friend were chatting at the summer home of the humourist, Quarry Farm, near Elmira, N.Y., the conversation turned to the ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. HEARS WHEN HE WANTS TO.

    A certain Judge is wary of jurors who offer reasons for being excused from the panel. He excuses a juror only when he has a very good reason. ...

    Article : 181 words
  12. WAITING TILL SHE FINISHED.

    A husband was being arraigned in court in a suit brought by his wife for cruelty. "I understand, sir," said counsel, ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. THE BEST OF A BAD JOB.

    "Yes," said a smart young man. "I used to be in the insurance business. I once got a man to take out a £10,000 policy only about a week before he ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. A CHINESE SOLOMON.

    There lived some time at Nankin a Chinese lady and her husband. The latter, being compelled to join the army, remained absent so long that his ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. HIS OWN FAULT.

    "I say, you know, this is a silly project of yours," a visitor remarked to the Mayor of a seaside town. "You are making a pier half a mile long, and ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. AS IT WORKED.

    Mr. Bennett was about to go away for a week on business, and his wife was helping him to pack his bag. "Here, George," said she, beaming ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. NO TROUBLE WHATEVER.

    An old railway manager related the following aneedote:— Many years ago there was employed on a small railway an Irish foreman, ...

    Article : 279 words
  18. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.

    A certain member of the New York Stock exchange has set his nephew up in business three times, but the young man lacks something essential to ...

    Article : 182 words
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