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  2. A Palmerston Story.

    A [?] old enough to have been in the House of Commons when Lord palmerstor was Prime Minister recalls a scene in which there wsa delivered a speech at once the ...

    Article : 331 words
  3. Spray. A Marriage Comedy.

    "Why don't you got dinner?" he asked, "You didn't marry a cook," she replied, simply. Time passes. It is now the dead of night, ...

    Article : 57 words
  4. PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGMENT. THE MESMERIST'S CRIME, CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continied.)

    Valerie had resolved to keep silence, but, torn by conflicting emotions she found it impossible. She must hear the worst now; nothing yet to be revealed could add to the ...

    Article : 3,351 words
  5. Irish Humour. Among the Beggars.

    Beggars in Ireland carry about with them a lot of change in the matter of small talk. Their pleas are so suggestive. ...

    Article : 1,062 words
  6. Pith and Point.

    A pet flea has been known to live for six years. There are no fewer than fifty-nine Highstreets in London. ...

    Article : 917 words
  7. He Saved His Crop.

    "Yes, the neighbours consider old Beegum the meanest farmer within twenty miles of here." "Why is that?" ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. Our Village Cricket Match.

    Bowler (appealing for l.b.w.): "How's that?" Umpire: "Well, now, between you and me, I wasn't lookin[?] very careful. I was ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. Not a Slave to Custom.

    "You will not refuse my last request?" pleaded the condemned criminal. "No," replied the gaoler. "What is it?" "I want to be photographed in the act of ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. Faster Tanner Outdo[?].

    It is the prevailing impression, fostered by the practices of men like Succl and Dr. Tanner, that in order to endure a long fast a man must absolutely refrain from physical ...

    Article : 320 words
  11. A Show for Her Money.

    Hal: "I'm going to spend my vacation at Lake Point; they have golf links there." Harriet: "Golf links! What do you want with golf links? you don't know ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. At the Pawnshop.

    Seedy-looking man enters pawnshop, takes off a very much worn coal, and asks; "How much on it?" Uncle, surveying the ragged garment, "No ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. Change.

    Wife (bitterly): "How you have changed since I married you!" Husband: "Yes, I've done nothing but change' five-pound notes." ...

    Article : 21 words
  14. A Sad Disappointment.

    Sterne's maid-servant once asked permission to go to a public execution near York. She soon came back in tears. On her master inquiring the cause of her grief, she ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. Would Never Forgive Himself.

    Bliffers: "What's wrong to-day? You look blue." Bluffers: "I'll never forgive myself. I kicked a caller out of my house last night." ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. The Wearing of Rationals.

    A writer in the "Sketch," on the subject of knickerbockers for women, declares that in many parts of the Continent trousers have been the Correct thing for female wear ...

    Article : 310 words
  17. CHAPTER XXV.

    "Valerie!" She lay in her father's arms. He had raised her from the ground, and it was his voice that restored her to consoiousness. ...

    Article : 532 words
  18. Head in Name Only.

    "Is the head of the family in?" inquired the census enumerator. "The man who calls himself the head of the family is in," replied the determined-looking woman who ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. In Good Time.

    Old Lady (excitedly): "When is the train due?" Railway Porter: "In two hours and forty minutes." ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. The King and the Quaker,

    When Penn stood before Charles [?]. with his [?] on, the King put off his. "Friend Charles." said penn, "why dost thou not put on thy [?]at?" ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. A Repartee.

    A Ju[?] who is notorious for the extreme [?] of his summing-up, and a Q.C. were upon indifferent terms. One day a client of the counsel's made his appearance ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. Novelties to Induce Churchgoing.

    The vicar of St. Michael's Church, Bowespark. has (says the "Westminster Gazette") hit upon a unique method for preventing his congregation being deterred from ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. Ingenious But Dishonest.

    Three English tourists went on a tour to Ireland to see the various places of interest. After visiting several places for two or three weeks, they thought about ...

    Article : 230 words
  24. Immaterial.

    "Hello!" said the voice at the other end of the telephone, "is this Grindle?" "Yes." "Did you write up that story of the ...

    Article : 97 words
  25. Her Simple-Request.

    "I am going to ask a great favour of you." she said hesitatingly. "It is already granted. he answered devotedly. "A very great favour, " she repeated, as if doutful ...

    Article : 112 words
  26. They Write and Ask.

    American Congressmen get curious letters. "I voted for you, just the same as Jim Smith, and he got four packages of seed, and ...

    Article : 218 words
  27. Jewels Live.

    Real jewels, sel[?]tists now assert, posses[?] organic life. It has long been known that opals and pearl's grow dull when Worn by invalids, and latterly rubles and the ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. How People Eat Oysters.

    The Englishman, as a rule, contents himself with brown bread and butter, pepper, vinegar, or lemon; Americans usually require crackers, and the Belg[?]ans eat them ...

    Article : 188 words
  29. A Wrong 'Un.

    I was walking along the street one afternoon with my hands full parcels. when a man of gentilmanly appearance bumped violently into me, causing me to drop two of ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. All the Difference.

    "So you went into the stock market yesterday and made several thousand dollars?" said the young man's uncle. "Yes, sir." ...

    Article : 129 words
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