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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    At last, old man, we've met once more. Ah! that you could only speak; Though the parsons say for our foes we should pray, And it's good for a man to be meek. ...

    Article : 211 words
  3. He Was Off Duty.

    Bishop Potter, according to a story just published, was visiting a brother Bishop last summer at a popular seaside resort. As the two Bishops were wallking home ...

    Article : 97 words
  4. Doubtful About His Feet.

    While a Scottish regiment was on the march in India from one station to another, the doctor, as is usual at certain camps on the line of march, paraded the ...

    Article : 108 words
  5. Not Far Apart.

    The retort given by a certain learned scientist must have been more amusing to the onlookers than to the learned gentleman's antagonist. It happened at dinner ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. He Came Too Quickly.

    At a certain old-fashioned country church the clergyman was in the habit of thumping the pulpit to emphasise his words. One morning he had taken for his text the ...

    Article : 136 words
  7. He Wanted a Correction.

    I was sitting in the sanctum of a Kansas country daily talking to the editor, when a brawny six-footer came in and interrupted us in a rather belligerent manner. "See ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. Brute!

    In the visitors' book of a hotel in a watering-place on the Kentish coast I (says a writer in a contemporary) came across the not unfamiliar handwriting of ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. Flattering Homage.

    A traveller tells us a rather nice tale of the recent adventures of two prim old lady friends of his who were touring in Switzerland. One day these two old creatures, all ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Why is a gatepost like a potato? Because they are both put into the ground to prop-a-gate. ...

    Article : 776 words
  11. It Was the Overture.

    A party of country farm labourers on a visit to a neighbouring town one Saturday night, came across a theatre. "Suppose we go in," said one. ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. The Captain and the Cow.

    When I was down on Cape Cod last summer (writes Mr. James Buckham, in the "Outlook") I heard an amusing story about an, old sea captain and his cow. Captain ...

    Article : 513 words
  13. Masculine Manners.

    1. Don't be led astray by the generality of manner books. They tell you to be natural. Now, if something untoward happens, it is most natural for a man to ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. According to Mistery.

    A traveller found at Richmond Castle a guide who was amusingly dependent on [?] and guide-book. what is the height of this fine old ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. Went One Better.

    Two old soldiers, whose throats were parched owing to over-indulgence at the canteen the previous night, being penniless, and unable to raise the price of a pint. ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. A Ghost Story.

    A party of people had been telling ghost stories, the ghosts in every case being accounted for in some matter-of-fact way which aroused the laughter of the listeners ...

    Article : 371 words
  17. Comic Blunders.

    The "Schoolmaster" is the latest paper to give some specimens of answers to questions by school children. Here are three samples:— ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. Tom's Heroic Rescue.

    A man bearing the classic name of Tom Jones has been for a long time the most enthusiastic unofficial assistant which the volunteer fire department of a little ...

    Article : 507 words
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