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  2. POETRY AND TRIFLES.

    "So long—" How long have I'been asleep here Jack? It seems like a week to me; Fetch the [?] a bit nearer, ...

    Article : 879 words
  3. EFFECTIVE REPLY.

    A member of a certain municipal council is regarded by his fellow-members—not without reason—as "an unmitigated. nuisance." ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. DISLIKED WORK.

    A black soldier in one of our West India, regiments being told off for fatigue party, and not liking work, went to the doctor saying he felt unwell. After ...

    Article : 82 words
  5. KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED.

    A teacher asked her class to draw a picture of that which they wished to be when they grew np. The pupils went diligently to work with paper and penc[?]il. ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. A NOURISHING DIET.

    An old South Carolina darkey was sent to the city hospital. Upon his arrival he was placed in the ward, and one of the nurses put a thermometer in his mouth to ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. WHY HE WAS HAPPY

    He was bald-headed bachelor, whose heart for the first timee had been moved by the tender passion. "Then you confess," he said in a ...

    Article : 198 words
  8. HE WANTED TO KNOW THE WORST.

    A miner who was suffering from [?] one day consulted a doctor and took his prescription to a chemist to be made up. ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. ALWAYS THE POLITENESS.

    A lady was not long ago watching a workman as he put up new window fixtures in her house. "Don't you think that you have placed ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. ICY POLITENESS.

    "Good afternoon," said Mrs. Nagg with icy politeness to her next-door neighbour. "Would you mind not looking out when my vicit[?]rs are passing? It makes the ...

    Article : 179 words
  11. FULLY QUALIFIED.

    Able Editor: "Want a position, eh? Do you understand all about Tariff Reform [?] Applicant: "Um—to tell the truth, I don't know anything about the tariff." ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. TURNING UP THE STONES.

    An Irishman on a visit to London had the misfortune to lose his watch. He called at Scotland Yard, and an energetic official there assured him that no stone would be ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. CURIOSITY REWARDED.

    It was a moonlight evening, and Jenkins was smoking a fine-flavoured Havana, when he met a friend. "Have a cigar?" he inquired. ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. WHY SHE OBJECTED.

    The lady who had charge of a banquet recently given by a patriotic society of women notified each member of the toast she would be expected to respond to. She did ...

    Article : 181 words
  15. SOWING BOILED BEAKS.

    An author, writing on life among the Moors, tells the following little anecdote: When [?] Hakk was poor, as he was one day travelling across a weary plain, ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. A SCORE FOR THE HUMORIST.

    Successful authors often have some droll tales to tell of the early days of their caress. Mr. George Ade, the American writer, for instance, before the "Fables in ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. AN OLD COMPLAINT.

    "Is—oh is really love?" sighed Arabella. "It is, my love," answered Adolphus. tenderly, as he gave her a passionate ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. HIS FATHERS PRIDE,

    "Johnnie," said a prominent mine [?]lator to his youngest the other day, "I'll give you half a crown if you'll dig up the back garden for your sister's new ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. OH, ZAT ENGLISH!

    The [?] of English is the despair of foreigners. A Polish novelist, on being introduced to a countryman of ours, inquired politely, "How is your heels?" ...

    Article : 231 words
  20. EASY TO ANSWER.

    In a village smithy in the north of [?] a few worthies had gathered, and the discussion on "a man loving his second wife" was touched upon. ...

    Article : 76 words
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