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  2. A PRECIOUS VILLAIN.

    IN the year 17—in the ancient city of Worcester, a certain Doctor Uppercut was principal of a famous school The word 'academy' had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,491 words
  3. LUCIUS SULLY.

    " What about the Macwhirter brilliants, Sully?" I asked when in response to his hearty invitation I called again at the pretty villa beside the Bois do Como. " I never ...

    Article : 2,042 words
  4. A FAMOUS SINGER.

    The January number of the " Girl's Realm " contains an interview with Miss Clara Butt (Mrs. Kennerley Rumford). Miss Clara Butt does not remember a ...

    Article : 1,474 words
  5. ROYAL LADIES AND FASHION.

    In the February number of the" Pall Mall Magazine " is a charming article by Mrs. Mary Howarth, illustrated by various costumes, in which Mrs. ...

    Article : 304 words
  6. HUMOUR OF THE DAY.

    He lived on the fat of the land— A natural thin, to be sure— When the circumstances you understand ; ...

    Article : 184 words
  7. THE WRONG JUDGE.

    No one with any sense would try to "square " a British judge nowadays, but Mir. Justice Mills tells a good story of how a hawker once approached him with that ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. THE MINISTER WAS STARTLED.

    When the new minister, a handsome and unmarried man, made his first pastoral call at a certain farmhouse in Orkney he took little Annie up in his arms and tried to kiss ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. THE GREAT TRADITION!

    Some time ago, two friends were conversing in Great Victoria-street, Belfast, when the well-known Forbes Robertson passed them by. ...

    Article : 54 words
  10. FOR SELF PROTECTION.

    A lady who suffered much from her neighbour's fowls that over-ran her garden politely asked her neighbour several times to keep his pets at home, but no attention was ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. IN CHINA.

    " In this country." said one mandarin, " a man cannot get an office unless he knows all the proverbs of Confucius and other writers who have sought to ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. OVERHEARD IN BALLYSHANNON FAIR.

    " Well, Jerry, and how are ye ?" "Troth, and I niver felt worst, Hughie." " How is that at all ?" Jerry : That divil of a rint agent passed ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. SCOTCH TERSENESS AND THRIFT.

    In a dull Scottish village on a doll morning one neighbour called upon another. He was met at the door by his friend's wife, and the conversation went thus :— ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. HE WOULD RISK IT.

    Priest of the Parish : You should not. Denis, ever take more than I measure you now (a small whisky); every drop more is a nail in your coffin. ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. WAYSIDE PHILOSOPHY.

    Weary Watkins: Say, do you know dem Sioux Indians think it is bad luck to tell your name ? Hungry Higgins: It is, if you're up ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

    Dentist; Your gums are a trifled inflamed looking, perhaps the plate hurts ? Mike Malone : Is it plate, ye say ? ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. NO GOOD.

    Mr. Freeborn Jackson: Whad yoh gwine name 'im, Laurelia ? Mrs. Jackson: Anyting yoh laikes. Anyfing cent Alias. Ise noticed boys o' ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. NOT A SAFE RULE.

    "After al[?], plenty of fresh air is the basis of good health." "Oh, I don't know : I forget my Over-coat one morning and got so much fresh ...

    Article : 41 words
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