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  2. SNUFF AND SNUFF-TAKERS.

    We are, it seems, threatened with a revival of snuff-taking, and the fact gives a peg for an interesting .article on the subject by Emily Hill, in the ...

    Article : 516 words
  3. WELLINGTON AND ROBERTS.

    From the point of view of personal sacrifice, the .Duke of Wellington's lifework is not to be compared to that of Lord Roberts. Wellington's ...

    Article : 528 words
  4. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A young man who was sending a present to his lady love wished to send with it four lines of original poetry, so he sat down to grind it out. He wrote : ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. HOW ARE HIEROGLYPHICS DECIPHERED?

    The deciphering of inscriptions in unknown characters which have come down to us from ancient times has for the learned investigator a charm which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,542 words
  6. THE ESPENDOLA CHEST.

    " Tom Randolph is such a charming fellow!" Every girl who knew him and every girl's mamma lifted up her heart and joined in the universal chorus. He was the sort ...

    Article : 2,828 words
  7. THE BOERS NEEDED IT.

    The conductor of the orchestra in a Northern theatre is a Dutchman, and his sympathies are all with the Beers. Consequently, he dislikes playing "God ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. A SURE TEST.

    It is said that the spiritualists, finding they were not progressing at this side of the world, turned their attention, just prior to the war, to the Transvaal as a ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. MISUNDERSTANDING.

    The Editor : I guess our correspondent must have been alluding to shoes. The Assistant : Why so ? Tile Editor: le says the St. Louis ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. NOT SURE WHICH.

    " What is your husband's favourite fiction ?" asked the inquisitive person. " I can hardly say at a moment's notice," said tie patient wile, " whether ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. EXPECTED HE WOULD.

    During the Peninsula War, at a little town of Tavistock, in Devonshire, a Militiaman wais beard to say that if the French landed he should certainly bolt, ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. THE TYPE TO BLAME.

    Visitor (angily) : See here, sir. You called mea political jobber in your paper this morning. Editor: Yes. but that was a mistake. ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. TO SCARE THE DOG.

    "Now, darling, will you giant me one favour before I go ?" " Yes, George, I will," she said, dropping her eyelashes and getting her lips ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. Wings to Fly With.

    They had just received a letter. front the front, and the father was reading it aloud, when he came to a sentence which ran thus: ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. THE LAST STRAW.

    A man once went into a coffee tavern, and when he got in he saw a placard in the shop which said: 'As many pancakes as you can eat for ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. AN INSTANCE.

    "Thomas," said the teacher of the class in physiology, ' can you give a familiar instance of the power of the human system to adapt itself to changed ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. With Stripes In.

    An old gentleman once went into a painter's shop and asked for some ' graining colour.' The shopman mixed the paint and ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. His Answer.

    A certain captain, who for many years commanded a Transatlantic steamer; had the reputation of being decidedly crusty. It is said ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. VERY CUTTING.

    During the hearing of a breach of promise case, counsel was cross-examining plaintiff, when the question of the latter's beauty was introduced. ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. IT MIGHT SERVE A PURPOSE.

    Sweet Girl : It's just too mean for any-thing ! There isn't going to be any opera. Old School Friend : Are you so fond of ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. A Smart Reply.

    On the road to a country market- place a youth was trying to get a cart of vegetables along; but his donkey was stubborn, and would not move. ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. WHAT HE HAD DONE WITH IT.

    'What did you do with that note I gave you for Mr. Smith?' 'I put it on his chair, sir.' ' But he will never notice it there.' ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. COOL.

    A well-known detective happened once to be instructed to effect a capture in Parisian anarchist circles. Entering the club patronised by some of these ...

    Article : 100 words
  24. There's Air.

    On a windy day, a well-known George-streeter who affects long hair looks like a badly-bound hair mattress, as he floats down the street. ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. THE JUDGE WAS INSULTED.

    An Irish barrister was once engaged in a difficult case. Seeing the judge shake his head, and fearful lest such an ominous protest ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. SAME AS BEFORE.

    Our Susan was in many respects an estimable servant, but she was not perfect. Soon after she came to live with us the census papers were sent to be filled ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. Fixed.

    'Did I hear you say, guard, that the engine was at the rear end of the train ?' asked an old lady of the guard. ...

    Article : 68 words
  28. SUCH A SHAME.

    Jones was busily engaged reading the daily paper the other morning when a lady came into the bar. They began talking about the war, ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. Magee's Choice.

    Corporal (to high-class recruits): 'On the field of battle a good soldier will always be found where the bullets are thickest; do you understand that, ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. MUSICAL TEST.

    To test your musical talent : Whistle all the time. Sing the rest of the time. Hum a bar of every new opera incessantly. Drum on the table with your ...

    Article : 69 words
  31. Changeable Climate.

    'I thought you said this was a changeable climate,' said the man with the cold. V Well,' was the apologetic answer, ...

    Article : 43 words
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