" I'll itake my reputation on it," Mid s noted boaster and pretender. " Humph!". said a cjnical bystander^ " but will you - stake anything of ralue P " It. is said that' a Lowland Scot has ,1 named his donkey Maxwelton. Bat the : neighbors don't think that "Maxwelton's braes are bonny." " Teacher: Define the word' exoarate.' Scholar: It means to hollow out. Tea- \ cher: Construct a sentence in which the word is properly used. Scholar: The baby excavates when it gets hurt. A Japanese in this country wrote home: '''■ " Everybody here is a doctor, and always ' shakes your hand and asks after yootk health." ,"" .J t# :
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3080, 31 December 1878, Page 2
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103Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3080, 31 December 1878, Page 2
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