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  2. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    The driver, wearing a watarproct cap, goggles; and a light dust-coat, turned the crank-handle of the motorcar industriously, but without ...

    Article : 117 words
  3. THE ONLY CHILD.

    Whatever yearnings an only child may feel, it is spared many a heartache, too. Mother's lap is always available. It never has the pain of ...

    Article : 446 words
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    Advertising : 1,480 words
  5. A LONG RIDE.

    An Indian officer writes of a fine performance made by the Soothers Maratta Irregular Horse in the early day of the Indian Mutiny in 1867. ...

    Article : 275 words
  6. THE "AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC BABY TENDER."

    Occasionally the men employed by Edison, the inventor, get up a joke on their chief, and they much enjoyed themselves about the time his ...

    Article : 482 words
  7. He Got His Answer.

    An amusing story is told of James Harper, of the publishing firm of Harper Brothers. A clerical friend who had contained ...

    Article : 105 words
  8. Two Women and a Plan.

    The following story has its humor[?] side:β€” Recently two ladies had to endure the ordeal of a night in a house ...

    Article : 142 words
  9. ACROSS INDIA BY MOTORCAR.

    It was well into the afternoon (writes Mr. R.L. Jefferson) when we came to the banks of the River Beas. A solemn Hindu informed us that the ...

    Article : 307 words
  10. A SOLDIER'S GRIEVANCE.

    A soldier correspondent writes:β€”It was up in the north, at one of the forts cm the east coast. I had been watching the cabbages grow which I ...

    Article : 539 words
  11. A Black Outlook.

    Two men who stayed out late one night, and were afraid to go to their homes, took a little room in a small lodging-house, and turned in in the ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. Legitimate and Logical.

    "Just a moment there, my man, It you please!" remarked a lady better known for her volubility than for her benevolence. ...

    Article : 254 words
  13. From Bad to Worse.

    The following is a good story concerning one of our most eminent actresses and a theatrical critic equally well known:β€” ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. With One Exception.

    A party of young fellows, bound for New York on board a Cunarder steamer, caused some trouble to the captain and the rest of the crew by their ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. No Celebration.

    The brave ship was wallowing in the waves that threatened to engulph her at any moment. Hastily the captain ordered a box ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. His One Mistake.

    Tilkins: How is business, Wilkins? Wilkins: Can't make it go. At this rate I shall be bankrupt in another month. I don't seem to have any head ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. A Long Pull.

    It was the club's annual fishing contest, and some two dozen fishermen were taking part One of them, among other things, had brought with him a ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. Quite Agreeable.

    A speculator on the stock Exchange had lost his last hundred pounds. After going to bed he was awakened by the sounds of some one in his ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. THE SCRAMBLE FOR WEALTH.

    If there is a Had thing in the world, it is the spectacle of the men and women who, in their mad scramble for wealth, have crushed out of their ...

    Article : 213 words
  20. DON'T BE FRUMPISH.

    It is not necessary to spend a fortune or have a great quantity of garments, but have nothing that does not suit you or that falls to show off your ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. A Stubborn Wife.

    Gilhooly: So Ferguson's wife is dead? Gus de Smith: Yes; she died yesterday. She was an awful contrary ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. Far, Far Better.

    Country life had lost its charm for Bill Slocum, so leaving his Yorkshire Home, be went to London to join the police force. ...

    Article : 112 words
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