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  2. Subletting a Contract.

    A benevolent oil lady happened one dry to be visiting a school where a young incorrigible was undergoing punishment for a series of misdemeanors. ...

    Article : 203 words
  3. Simple and Easy.

    Two commercial travellers, while in train, got into an argument over the action of the vacuum brake. " It's the inflation of the tube That stops ...

    Article : 156 words
  4. First Aid to Nations.

    Liberia, the Black Republic on the West Coast of Africa, has proved itself unable to manage its own affairs. The country is populated by freed slaves from America, ...

    Article : 746 words
  5. Growth-Extraordinary.

    In the smoking-room of the Cosmopolitan Hotel an Englishman and a "Stars and Stripes" man were strongly advocating the claims of their respective countries. ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. The Robin at Church.

    "It was the night before Christmas in England, and snow was falling. A little robin, cold and hungry, hopped about wearily, seeking shelter and food. Our robins ...

    Article : 266 words
  7. A Bloodthirsty Battle.

    A fight which took place in' a cleared space near the foreshore in Rolling Bay, Northern Territory, was witnessed by Mr James R. M'Pherson, who was on a trepang ...

    Article : 489 words
  8. Astronomer's Accuracy.

    A celebrated astronomer, in discussing the recent eclipse of the sun, told how he waited in Denver for the eclipse of 1878. For a hundred years astronomers had ...

    Article : 178 words
  9. How Coal Was Formed.

    The formation of coal was due to the rays of the sun bringing forth, millions of years ago, when the sun was larger and hotter than to-day, a wonderfully luxuriant ...

    Article : 279 words
  10. The Gold Fever.

    When the gold fever gripe a man it is astonishing to what lengths he will go, and what privations he will endure. A writer from these northern Alaskan goldfields where ...

    Article : 209 words
  11. Must Have Been bad.

    One of our leading actor-author-managers tells the following yarn:— A certain man obtained admittance to a theatre on a free pass. The play was an ...

    Article : 212 words
  12. At a Street Corner.

    A big burly navvy and a Jew were fighting in one other day. The Jew was getting by far the worst of the argument. Both his eyes were ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 925 words
  14. The Royal George.

    The ever-memorable Royal George disaster happened on August 29, 1782. The Royal George was a British man-of-war, carrying 108 guns and a full complement of ...

    Article : 397 words
  15. Worry.

    Nothing will prevent effective work like worry. If you are given to introspection and worry, and allow these to go unchecked, they become habits with you, and while you ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. Tit for Tat.

    A coterie of business men had foregathered in the smoking-room of a certain middle class club one evening and the conversation distinctly savored of "shop." ...

    Article : 330 words
  17. An Extra Room.

    The real estate man bad sent likely tenant to look at a five-roomed house he said the wanted. "The prospective tenant found it in need of extensive repairs and went back ...

    Article : 227 words
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