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  2. TOOK HER AT HER WORD.

    A couple of rough-looking fellows, were charged at a provincial police court some time ago with breading into a small shop and stealing several ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. ABOUT TOBACO SMOKING.

    The senenteenth century was the golden age of "My Lady Nicotine" (writes Mr. W. A. Penn in his book, "The Sonerane Herb"). Widespread ...

    Article : 536 words
  4. WONDERS OF THE PAST.

    School children of to-day know more about the history of the early days of this world and the queer men and animals and things of prehistoric ...

    Article : 262 words
  5. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

    "Australia for the Australians" may be a good wholesom war cry. We know at anyrate the danger of Permitting a large influx of people, ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  6. GOOD FOR RECITATION.

    I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is truthful James ; I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games, And I'll tell in simple language what ...

    Article : 422 words
  7. HOW HE SUCCEEDED.

    During the run of a popular play in the provinces, the leading lady flatly refused to go on, urging an attack of nesves as an excuse. ...

    Article : 216 words
  8. THE MIGHTIEST RESERVOIR OF POWER.

    So powerful are the sun's rays, when at their height, that on every square yard of the earth's surface there falls the equivalent of three ...

    Article : 1,005 words
  9. IN DANCER.

    "This animal, ladies and gentlemen is a chimpanzee." said the showman. The remarkable thing about the chimpanzee, ladies and gentlemen is that ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. IRISH.

    In Parliament a member, on one occasion sat down, after his maiden speech, on a new silk hat, which he had provided in honour of the ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. HOW TO GET OFF.

    They had been haymaking, and when they had finised a high stack, a boy, shouted from the top: "Maister, how do I get down?" ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. THE MOST WONDERFUL NEGRO IN THE WORLD.

    From slavery to a doctorate of the law, such is the unprecedented record of Booker T. Washington, the negro president of Tuskegee Industrial ...

    Article : 385 words
  13. HUMOROUS ITEMS.

    "Did your employer give you any thing when you got married?" "Yes ; confound him!" "What?" "An alarm clock?" ...

    Article : 278 words
  14. THE LENGTH OF A DREAM.

    How long does a dream last ? To the dreamer they sometimes seem to endure for hours, and the general impression is that they last for ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. THE DOCTOR'S SARCASM.

    A short time ago, a wealthy gentleman, well known for his stinginess, drove up hurriedly in his carraige to the door of a celebrated doctor. He ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. A STORY OF SIR HENRY IRVING.

    I remember a story poor William Terriss described to me, that occured at the Lyceum Theatre, one day. It was during a rehearsal of the ...

    Article : 335 words
  17. A STORY OF WILSON BARRETT.

    Here is a good story of Wilson Barrett Shortly after he had joined the theatrical profession he became a member of a company performing at ...

    Article : 322 words
  18. CRUSHED.

    The other day an old woman bounced into city office, with a notification that had been sent to her to the effect that a quarter's rates on some ...

    Article : 184 words
  19. JOHNNY'S TASK.

    "What on earth," said a gentleman to his son, are you doing up there, Johnny, sitting on the horse's back with a pencil and paper, when you ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

    Captain Willian Fleck Pitt, a native of Whitehaven, Cumberland, the news of whose death through a dynamite explosion on one of the ...

    Article : 276 words
  21. HOW IT COULD BE DONE.

    "Patience and perseverance will accomplish all things !" was a very favourite saying of an old miller. He had just given utterance to this ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. SHE SPRINTED.

    Counsel (examining witness): "You say you saw the shots fired ?" Witness : "Yes, sir." "How near were you to the scene ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. A HINT TO BASHFUL SWAINS.

    A young man had entertained [?] tender passion fo[?] young lady, but was too bashful to tell her so. He had the courage, however to get the ...

    Article : 33 words
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