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  2. PASTIMES.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 534 words
  3. IN LIGHTER VEIN.

    The following anecdote is related of Bellachini, the renowned conjurion. He had travelled over almost the whole world when he sought to try his fortune before the Sultan of Morocco. After ...

    Article : 235 words
  4. A Timely Retreat.

    A young botanist was showing a party of ladies and gentlemen though the conservatory, and explaining to them the properties of some of the choicest plants. ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. Miscellaneous.

    Warner: "We like to put prisoners to work at what they are used to. What is your speciality?" Prisoner: "I am the champion sprinter of the world; if you give me a fair show on an open ...

    Article : 708 words
  6. An Old Friend.

    A young man was tried for murder, having killed a member of a rival faction in a faction fight (writes Aubrey de Vere in his "Recollections"). The judge, reluctant to sentence him ...

    Article : 233 words
  7. An Angel.

    Whene'er live cammitted an error My wife ne[?]er will let the thing pass; To be sure I admit she's an angel— But a recording angel, alas! ...

    Article : 30 words
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    Teacher: "You are painfully slow with figures, Tommy. If your father gave your mother a £10 note and a £5 note, what would she have?" Tommy: "A fit" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  9. Nicety of Etiquette.

    A true gentleman usually feels that, it is as essential to be courteous to the least as to the greatest, but etiquette does not always recognise this. The famous Talleyrand is reported to have ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. Just a Trifle Twisted.

    Recently a group of people were telling stories Illustrating the wit and humor peculiar to children, and the mistakes often made by them, and it was suggested that the saying of a little girl was ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. The Awakening.

    A woman cried "O soul of mine, O heart, from love be free! O body, be a vestal shrine! Let thought be all of me!" ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. What Was in the House.

    A gentleman one day arrived at a forlorn country hotel, and addressing a lugubrious waiter, inquired if he could have a chicken and asparagus. The mysterious serving-man shook his head. ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. The Law Still Supreme.

    Crafty Citent: "I'd like to get some legal advice from you." Learned Lawyer: "Certainty; what is it?" Client: "What's the best way to collect a bill ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  15. Hic! 'Zactly So!

    "I would I were a bird"— That is no wish of mine; I'd rather be a bottle, And always full of wise. ...

    Article : 24 words
  16. ANSWERS TO PASTIMES OF MARCH 12.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 words
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