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  2. "Boots."

    There exists not in the colony, at the present day, a more industrious and trustworthy class of individuals than those functionaries whom custom has identified with their ...

    Article : 447 words
  3. The Girl and the Fence.

    Did you ever see a girl trying to climb a fence ? It is more fun than a Salvation Army meeting. This is the way she does it. ...

    Article : 761 words
  4. The Travels of an old Hat-box.

    In the year that the horse Ellington won the Derby, Mr. Thomas Dawson, the well-known trainer of Middlebam, had backed the animal to win a stake of £25,000. A ...

    Article : 852 words
  5. An Unlucky Quarter of an Hour.

    "Second class, sir? Ho[?] you are? Jump in." The carriage door was thrown violently open, and as violently slammed to again, ...

    Article : 1,808 words
  6. Light and Healthsoms

    To stir up tea with a spoon does not necessarily make it a stir(r)up cup. "A very light crop," as tire barber remarked when he attacked the dude's ...

    Article : 1,253 words
  7. Rules for Shopping.

    As the pleasure associated with buying is far greater than that of possession, when starting out on a shopping tour, you should enter thereupon with a mind perfectly ...

    Article : 473 words
  8. How he got at 'em.

    A good story is told of a well-known member of Parliament, whom we shall call Jawner, and the way he captured a large number of votes that were doubtful. He rode ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. Lucky Finds in the "Rag Bag."

    The " finds " in the rag bag and the rubbish heap are sometimes not a little curious. A mistress allows Betty, the maid, to keep a rag bag, and occasionally Betty yields to the ...

    Article : 384 words
  10. A Dodge for a Dinner.

    There was a particular chop-house near Temple liar which Sheridan was in the habit of frequenting, especially when he was in the mood and appetite, for a devilled ...

    Article : 400 words
  11. Business is Business.

    The following announcement appeared some time ago in a foreign paper : " Who would earn 2,000 dollars Said sum will be paid by Mr. Marco Pimento to any five of ...

    Article : 359 words
  12. A Spoiled Case.

    A well-known city detective, one of the best in his profession, has the l[?]ump of caution very strongly developed, but hen at home his other bumps predominate so largely that ...

    Article : 233 words
  13. A Contrast.

    If I tried criminality, I'd take a lofty rank ; I'd be a fraudulent trustee or cashier in a bank. I'd plunder trusting parsons, and confiding ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. If They Only Knew.

    Some people love the mysterious, and may be readily imposed upon by any show of jugglery. Not long ago a certain doctor set establishment in a fashionable locality. ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. The Travesty of Walt Whitman.

    The most amusing travesty of the day is that given by Richard Grant White in his " Fate of Mansfield Humphreys." Here is the travesty :— ...

    Article : 346 words
  16. Why People Get Married.

    Though it is very common to reproach old bachelors with their celibacy, and to pity old maids as if "single blessedness" were a misfortune, yet many married people have ...

    Article : 223 words
  17. A Peculiar Look.

    A negro woman prosecuted a man for stealing some clothes which had been hung out on a line to dry. " This rascal," she said, in giving her ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. Some American Jurymen.

    Nothing is truer than the maxim that great events turn upon small hinges. Look well to the small things of life, gentle reader, for upon them may depend the greater ones. ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. Stopping the Performance.

    At a certain court theatre on the Continent, the leading comic actor entered into a wager with the leader of the orchestra that he would undertake to " put out" the ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. More.

    Benevolent old lady to beggar boy— " Here's a penny, my boy. What do you say?" Small beggar (with native promptness)— ...

    Article : 26 words
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