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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 182 words
  3. DOCTOR AND PATIENT.

    Mr. F. F. Moore tells a curious and significant story of the influence of imagination upon health. A young civil servant in India, feeling fagged ...

    Article : 380 words
  4. AERIAL FLIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.

    Up to the present time men have taken up flying partly from scientific interest, partly from sport, and partly from business reasons, but a time is ...

    Article : 570 words
  5. VARIETIES.

    “It is a positive delight to meet a man you feel your can trust,” remarked the individual with the high forehead. “Oh, I don’t know! I prefer a man ...

    Article : 1,078 words
  6. A DEAL. IN TOBACCO.

    Some years ago the Portuguese levied a tax of 2/6 a pound on all American plug tobacco imported into their African colonies; but as tobacco ...

    Article : 656 words
  7. IN THE LIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING.

    First, I think it was sheer panic at the prospect of banishment from one’s own kind that drove us together. At any rate, I never encountered a more ...

    Article : 2,709 words
  8. MY LITTLE BROWN MARE.

    She’s rather too lean, but her head’s a large size, And she hasn’t the average number of eyes; ...

    Article : 309 words
  9. SMART DEFINITIONS.

    To hit off a jury as “a body of men organised to find out which side has the smartest lawyer,” is to satirise many of our “Intelligent ...

    Article : 251 words
  10. WHY CATS FALL ON THEIR FEET.

    An Ingenious model has been constructed by Mr. C. Hartmann to show why a cat in falling always alights on its feet. The imitation cat consists of ...

    Article : 323 words
  11. WHO THE HAPPY ARE.

    An old man, who had lived a life full of business activity from early manhood until considerably past his prime; who had been successful, as ...

    Article : 247 words
  12. TEACHING ARMY HORSES TO SWIM.

    “Just like the men, our horses are taught to swim,” remarked an officer in a caveiry regiment “As in the case of the riders, some horses soon ...

    Article : 333 words
  13. A PENNY IN THE SLOT.

    When automatic indication lies in wait for agitation, To weigh you and record it on the spot, ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. TURNING A TIGHT SCREW.|

    Anyone who has attempted to remove a very tight screw knows what a difficult business it is. After straining and twisting for a considerable ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. Quite Simple.

    He was a burly navvy, and she his no less burly wife, and they were airing their views in no uncertain manner on the pavement ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. A LARGE FAMILY.

    In the old town of Frederick, in Western Maryland, there lives an estimable lady who has what is generally known as an “abundant” family. ...

    Article : 421 words
  17. STARVATION AS A MEDICINE.

    There is a story related of a volatile Frenchman who was subject to frequent attacks of illness of a bilious nature, caused evidently by a too free ...

    Article : 454 words
  18. A SMUGGLING STORY.

    We often hear the expression “Moon-rakers,” and few know the curious smuggling story which gave rise to the word. Many years ago ...

    Article : 180 words
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  20. How He Lost Her.

    “Now, Georgie,” said Maud, “you mustn’t put It off any longer. Go to papa this afternoon and tell him what you want.” ...

    Article : 151 words
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