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  2. HUMOUR.

    "My husbcud is a perfect bruted" "You amaze [?] "Since the baby began teething nothing would quiet the little angel but pulling ...

    Article : 41 words
  3. GOOD FOR THE SYSTEM.

    "Our social system is all wrong!" exclaimed the frenzied orator. "Our social system is all wrong, and something must be done!" ...

    Article : 90 words
  4. BRITEN TO BAY.

    Willie: Father, what does cleave mean. Father: It means to unite ox stick topether. ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. REMEMBER, HIM.

    "There's no use your saying a word," exclaimed the woman of the house, as soon as she had opened the door and glanced at the man standing outside. "I know ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. A TIP FOR THE PARSON.

    Parson Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," and a man who makes a speciality of believing in the inherent honesty of all mankind tells a good story. ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. PROOF.

    She: Is it really true that the blind can determine colour by the sense of touch? He: Yes. I once knew a blind man ...

    Article : 42 words
  8. AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION.

    "Mary," said a mother to her little daughter, "I wish you would run over and see how old Mrs. Jones is, she has been quite iii." ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. MORE THAN HE EXPECTED.

    A schoolmaster complained to the headmaster that on the previous evening he had seen one of the older boys flirting with a young lady. ...

    Article : 102 words
  10. EXERCISE JUDGMENT.

    Said President Eliot, of Harvard, to a body of students some years ago: "If the law requires that four cents' worth of postage be placed on a letter, ...

    Article : 168 words
  11. BOWED OUT.

    "Hello, old man!" exclaimed Borenm, as he meandered into Busby's office, I just dropped in to kill time." "Soiry," answered Busby, "but I ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. THE PARROT SPOKE.

    A lady[?] a parrot, and was told when shttwofftdd the bird to speak to pull a string attached to its leg. The lady invited a few of her friends ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. BEGAN EA[?].

    A travellor stopping over night with an American farmer, whose estate was miles and miles in extent, said to him: "You must hare begun life early to ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. TOLD TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.

    A motor was tearing along a country road the other day, when a policeman suddenly loomed into view near some crossways, and held up his hand. ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. HIS CHAIR.

    [?] was beautiful chair, and fe mosut agreeable birthday surarise to Mr. Homebody. "it's grand. Martha—it [?] you ...

    Article : 456 words
  16. SEVERE.

    Anery-lookinor Woman: You go array from here or Pll call my husband. Tramp: You're husband ain't at' ome. Woman: "How d'yer know he ain't? ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. THE "OLD BUFFER" HEARD.

    Canon Stratton, vicar of St, Paul's, Leeds, now in his eightieth year, is a large-hearted philanthropist, and many stories are told of the manner in which ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. LYING EXTRAORDINARY.

    "The other day," began Black, "I read something about the Kot sun hatching two chickens on the sidewalk on South Water-street. It reminded me of some ...

    Article : 381 words
  19. SEEN THE LAST.

    "Yes," remarked the sad-looking stranger, as he lined up in front of the har. "I have been the last of many a good man," ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. WASH IT.

    A miserly landlord was going round collecting his rents. At one house he was greatly interested in a little girl, who watched, open-mouthed, and open-eyed, ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. "WASTING WORDS

    "I rever waste words on a fool," said the Pompous Person. 'That doesn't correspond with your wife's statement," replied a member of ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. MADE TO ORDER.

    Of loug speeches, and ambitious ones, delivered in Congress (says a writer in the "Century Magazine")) there are of course plenty. A strong incentive to ...

    Article : 269 words
  23. COULDN'T DO IT.

    "D'you know," said the missionary, who was spending a brief holiday in Texas, to the cowboy, "that you should love your enemies?" ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. AND BE DARNED GLAD.

    Major-General Chaffee tells a story about an itinerant American be met in the Philippines. He was from Texas, and was known as "Volcano" Marshall. He ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. HIS METHOD.

    One of the best known actors tells an amusing story of how a flash of humour ance gct him a berth at the time when his fortune was at a very low ebb. [?] ...

    Article : 124 words
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