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  2. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    Have we anybody in this country that can do work similar to that performed by Miss Marie Dahms, a New York girl of twentytwo? She ...

    Article : 141 words
  3. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    When a Siamese girl attains the age of thirty-five without marrying she is labelled and placed in a privileged class under the special care of ...

    Article : 512 words
  4. SPARTAN DESPATCHES.

    The Spartan conciseness of some of Sir Douglas Haig's despatches often appears to the humble Tommy who has helped in the post practical part ...

    Article : 472 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 569 words
  6. DIDN'T FANCY IT.

    A woman whose husband was out of work was very anxious to take in some washing, and she applied to a gentleman she knew for help. He ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. THE RETORT COURTEOUS.

    A Scotsman had ventured into matrimony for the second time, and the lady of his choice was highly sentimental, as well as a little ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. FLYING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

    Great preparations are being made in the United States by aviators who hope to fly across the Atlantic in the near future. Under their own ...

    Article : 112 words
  9. AFRAID.

    The small boy lad been to a party, and as he was leaving the hostess said to him: "Well, Tommy, you can tell your mother for me that you are ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. CLEOPATRA'S PEARL.

    Most persons know the story told of Cleopatra to illustrate her luxurious habits of living, that she dissolved in her wine a precious pearl. ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. THE CAUSE.

    "Brown, why does Charlie refuse to speak to you? You used to be great friends." "Yes, when we were bachelors, ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. IRISHMAN AND TIGER.

    A maneating tiger recently made its appearance at Sauillone, India. It was heard prowling around one night, and next morning, between 7.30 ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. WHAT'S YOURS ?

    Nearly everyone has some special word which he mispronounces. Have you ? The writer always tries to avoid the word "plebeian." through ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. PROOF POSITIVE.

    Strolling along the quays of New York harbour, an Irishman came across the wooden barricade which is placed round the enclosure where ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. HIS ERROR.

    The lawyer looked serious, and his client gloomy. It was a clear case of breach of promise, and the only question was how much the young ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. IT HAS BEEN SAID--

    It has been said:-- That success comes in cans; failures in can'ts. That a diplomat is a man who ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. A LOVE TRAGEDY.

    He was a smart new clinical thermometer. She was a pretty nurse in an influenza ward. His figurings were clear and his quick-silver ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. KAISER'S TWO ESCAPES.

    The " Daily Chronicle " is authoritatively informed that twice during the war the Kaiser narrowly escaped being killed by British airmen, ...

    Article : 194 words
  19. CATCHING A THIEF.

    Novel means were employed by a merchant in Muthaiga to catch a thief. Discovering that several thefts had been committed, he decided to ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. A WIFE INDEED.

    A man who had looked on wine when it was red a great deal too often was induced to sign the pledge the other day. His wife was ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. RATHER DIFFERENT.

    Some time ago a resident in Dublin entertained an old Presbyterian minister, who was rather shortsighted, and loved to prowl about ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. PINE CORKS.

    Owing to the scarcity of true cork in Sweden, wooden corks are being used in that country, the substitutes being made from quick-growing pine. ...

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  23. THACKERAY'S DAUGHTER DEAD.

    Lady Ritchie, Thackeray's eldest daughter, who died last March in her 82nd year, had a wonderful store of personal recollections of the great ...

    Article : 117 words
  24. THE KAISER'S GOLD BOOK.

    The French Army Museum, in Paris, has acquired the famous gold book from Hohkonigsburg Castle, Alsace, which was given to the Kaiser ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. ONE IN NINE.

    According to statistics compiled by the American Government, one in nine American marriages is terminated by divorce. ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    A report issued by the General Manager of Railways and Harbours, South Africa, states:--" There has been further activity during the year ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. BLEAK HOUSE IN DANGER.

    Serious landslides continue round the East Kent coast, the frost at night- causing the chalk cliffs to crumble. ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. HIS TALL STORY.

    Seven feet six inches tall, a man appeared in a Chicago court not long ago to answer a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The giant ...

    Article : 57 words
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