A kind-hearted woman moved to pity at the spectacle of a poor man asking for alms before her door rushes out to him with some cold victuals, 1 Medamo/ he replies, haughtily, letting them fall on the pavement which she had just swept. *do not insult my manhood! I may be a beggar, but lam not in want!’
‘ I never argy agin a success, ’ said Artemus Ward. 'When I see a rattlesnaix’s head sticking oat or a hole, I bear off to the left, and say to myself, * That hole belongs to that enaix.’ ’
It Depended.—A professor of French in a country school recently asked a pupil what was the gender of ‘academy.’ The unusually bright pupil responded that it depended on whether it was a male or female academy.
Scene in the Auditorium of a Theatre,— Actor (who has appeared in the first piece) ; “ Good evening ! May I take the seat next to you ?’ Rady—' Certainly ; but don’t you appear any more to night P’ Actor— ‘ No.’ lady— ‘ Oh, I’m bo glad ! Please sit down.’
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2626, 7 September 1882, Page 4
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176Untitled Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2626, 7 September 1882, Page 4
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