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  2. WISE MEN SAY--

    That there is a better market for smiles than for frowns. That great wealth and little health make a pitiable combination. ...

    Article : 347 words
  3. FOES THAT OYSTERS FEAR.

    The oyster's lot is not a happy one. Man waits to gobble him up as soon as he has reached the succulent stage, and before he is ...

    Article : 251 words
  4. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Two men were wandering through a country churchyard examining the quaint tombstones. "Look here," said one, "here's a ...

    Article : 51 words
  5. STATION STORIES.

    In my thirty-odd years of railway life, says the superintendent of a big London terminus, I do not think I can recall a more humorous ...

    Article : 552 words
  6. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Serpents are said 'to be able to live six months without food. The total war costs have been estimated at £40.000.000,000. ...

    Article : 251 words
  7. SOME "BIG 'UNS."

    "Behold, there came the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name," whose height was "six cubits and a span." ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. MAKING USE OF HIM.

    The only thing to be said, about the touring theatrical company was that it worked hard. The audience got thoroughly bored, ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. ARE YOU "ON THE SHELF"?

    "The shelf" is that mysterious place to which spinsters are relegated when the world considers that their chances of marriage are nil. ...

    Article : 737 words
  10. GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.

    Ravenous with hunger, the traveller entered the local hotel and ordered dinner. Time passed. He'd read all the news in last week's ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. FOUND IN' THE NET.

    North Sea fishermen are having anything but a happy time of it. Although the stock of fish is larger and more plentiful than it has been ...

    Article : 714 words
  12. BUNNIES FOR BOWLERS.

    Without doubt, a good many women go warmly clad in rabbit-skin coats which they buy under such fancy names as coney or electric ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. PAYING THE PENALTY.

    The headmaster of a boarding-school was invited to preach at the local church on a certain day, when the scholars usually had a holiday, ...

    Article : 583 words
  14. A TERRIBLE SECRET.

    That there is a hidden force by which the world can be blown to atoms, is the startling statement made by Sir Oliver Lodge, the ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. SUITS BY THE HUNDRED.

    A popular film star has confessed to owning more than four 'hundred different costumes, many of which she has only worn once. ...

    Article : 319 words
  16. UNCOLLARED!

    First I was interested, and then I was beguiled by a certain correspondence in the Press a few months, ago --"Should Parsons Wear Black?" ...

    Article : 766 words
  17. CONVICTS' SILENT LANGUAGE.

    Prison messages were mentioned in a recent case at the Old Bailey. Talking is not allowed in prisons. There are, however, several ways in ...

    Article : 383 words
  18. GIRLS AS PRACTICAL JOKERS.

    The recent rectory oil mystery, which, it was suggested, was the result of a girl's hoax, calls to mind one or two remarkable exploits of ...

    Article : 290 words
  19. NINE TIMES THEIR WEIGHT!

    Rats do a great deal of damage, and destroy millions of pounds worth of food, but they do not eat anything that is set before them. ...

    Article : 215 words
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