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  2. NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL.

    That it is possible to take a great place in the world without ever going to school has been proved by many remarkable instances. A few years ago ...

    Article : 974 words
  3. DON'T WORRY.

    The worries of to-day are the jokes of to-morrow. The worries of yesterday are the jokes of to-day. is it not often so? If you think of it at all, ...

    Article : 710 words
  4. paradise of the Lazy.

    When one woman meets another, after a careful inquiry about each other's children, or the progress of their respective socks, the next ...

    Article : 1,020 words
  5. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    Where everything in the food line is so expensive, why is it that women will persist in utilising only the same best cuts of meat, the same few ...

    Article : 1,380 words
  6. AMERICA'S MOTT[?] "THOROUGH."

    One thing America can be depended upon to be—thorough. It is all against her traditions to do things by halves. Whatever her hand finds to ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. WATCH HIS LAUGH.

    The leopard cannot change his spots, nor the laugher his laugh. It is us characteristic as his nose or the color of his eyes. No polish or ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. CHEERFULNESS.

    I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. RIVETS IN SHIPS.

    It is rather curious that riveting, one of the most troublesome processes in s[?]ipbuilding of the present day, is carried out on the same principle as it ...

    Article : 348 words
  10. Surprise for the Squire.

    A well-known Hampshire squire, noted for his shabby coats, was one day leaning over a gate which commanded a good view of his broad ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. NEW ARMLESS WONDER.

    Mechanical arms, with which it is possible to thread a needle, sew on a button, use a typewriter, and light and fill a pipe, were exhibited in ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. Neighborly Amenities.

    "There!" said Mrs. Donker, proudly, as she called Master Donker to "attention" before lier neighbor. "It don't fit so badly, does it? His father ...

    Article : 210 words
  13. WASHING DISHES.

    Washing dishes has always, been, the despair of the housewife. The quickest and easiest way always has preference. We can't say that we ...

    Article : 470 words
  14. PROTECTING THE BANK.

    The public entrance doors of the Bank of England are so finely balanced that a clerk, merely by pressing a knob under his desk, can close ...

    Article : 444 words
  15. THE ORIGIN OF DESERTS.

    There is a popular idea that deserts like the Sahara are the bottoms of ancient seas which have been lifted above their original elevation by ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. "Sweet" Economy.

    A collier's wife who had just received her weekly parcel of groceries noticed that there was only one pound of sugar, instead of lier usual ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. Wanted to Know More.

    The captain of industry was addressing the students of the business college. "All my success in life," he declared ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. What He Needed.

    Brown: "Oh, doctor, what shall I do? My eyes bother me a good deal. Do you think I need stronger glasses?" Doctor: "No, I think you need ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. The Family's Privileges.

    "I dined at my fiancee's home today," remarked young Snyder at the club. "Oh, indeed?" asked his elderly ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. His Saving Grace.

    "Do you know, dad," said the young prodigal, "I've never run short of money from the time I went away, when you gave me that lucky ...

    Article : 160 words
  21. His Medicine.

    Doctor: Your husband, madam, is suffering from nervous prostration. Anxious Wife: Yes, sir. Ooctor: And he needs something to ...

    Article : 85 words
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