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  2. AMUSE YOURSELF.

    This little diversion will create no end of amusement. Let a line be drawn across a certain portion of the room, and then let the men stand thereon, and try which of ...

    Article : 94 words
  3. "GREAT SCOTT."

    Every night for a week past she walket briskly along the path divided: by a strip or green sward from the city street. She selected a seat bebeath a tree where the ...

    Article : 1,927 words
  4. HUMOUROUS.

    "Now then, wake up," said a clear little voice in Tommuy's ear. Tommy woke and saw at the foot of the bed a boy about his own age all dressed ...

    Article : 416 words
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    Advertising : 418 words
  6. CONUNDRUMS.

    A lady asked a gentleman how old he was; he replied, "What do you do in everything?—NL (excel). Why is a thief in a garret beating his ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  7. A CURTSTStAS 0ABD, GAME.

    Quite an exciting game can be played with Christmas cards. All the cards are collected, and dealt out equally between the players. The game is played thus—a player ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. A WATCH GAME.

    All that is required for this most entertaining game, in which any number of persons may take part, is a wineglass and a box of matches. Place the matches, heads ...

    Article : 151 words
  9. THINK OF A NUMBER.

    Thought reading is a capital take in Taking a piece of papaer and pencil ask one of the party. to think of a number, and to write it down withour saying what ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. DESERVED A PRESENT.

    It was five O'clock on Christmas Eve and George Grit, the grocer, stood smilingly behaind his tins of pineapple and pots of jam. ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. AN EXCELLENT JOKE.

    The following trick causes much amusement. Place a glass of water upon the table, put a hat over it, and offer to lay a wager with any of the company that ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

    First Boy: "Expect to get much for Christinas?" Second Boy: "Yes; but I expect I won'tget nothing like wot I expect." ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. PAT DECLINES A RISE.

    Pat had worked hard and well for some years in the service of his master, and now it struck the latter that it was time to raise the man''s pay. ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. BURNED AND RESTORED.

    Get a tinman to make a double canister with an opening at each end. This must so slide within a tin tube that either end can be concealed within it alternately. In ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. LUGGAGE IN ADVACE.

    Willie Slimson: "Mamma, does Santa Claus come in his sleigh on Christman Eve amd drive around to all the houses of the little boys amd girls?" ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. ONE OF THE FORTY,

    Clerk: "This is the shilling entrance to 'Forty Thieves.'" McNab:"Gie me my sixpence back. I"ll no see the other thirty-nine." ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. To Lift or to [?].

    There are two kinds of people on earth today. Just two kinds of people, no more; I say Not the saint and the sinner, for tis well ...

    Article : 213 words
  18. A DISAPPEARING PENNY.

    A sheet of paper is laid on a table and penny is then placed in the centre. A wire coil stands on the same piece of paper. A paper cone is next ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. THIS GIFT REFUSED.

    "Let me offer you myself as a Christmas present, dear, " said young Mr. Dashit to her. "I can only accept useful Christmas gifts, ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. PREMATHRE [?].

    Chairman (at Christmas concert): "Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Discordant will now sing, 'Only Once More'" Sarcastic Critic: "Thank goodness for ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. [?] IS THE WORD?

    Only game which you will find enjoyable for your Christmas party. company is divided into two parties. having a captain; and they stand in ...

    Article : 215 words
  22. AS PER SAMPLE.

    A little girl who had a live bantam given to her for a Christman present was disappointed at the smallness of the egg laid by the bird. Her idea of an egg was ...

    Article : 259 words
  23. Beet [?] for Long Life.

    One of the most interesting dicoveries of recent research by the Japanese is the value of the red garden beet. The Japanese love beet, and declare it contains that ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. LUCK IN CRACKERS.

    A New York millionaire recently presented to his three daughters such sumptuous crackers as would scarcely be belieeved. Inside a golden case, bearing the pet name ...

    Article : 85 words
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