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  2. Our Language.

    What did you say the sinking-fund, was for?" asked the new director of the treasurer. "To meet the floating debt," replied the ...

    Article : 28 words
  3. Lucky for Him.

    One of the neatest examples of the tables being turned upon a bullying counsel was afforded by a clergyman who gave evidence in a horse-stealing case at the Worcester ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. The Porter's Story.

    What was my oddest tip, sir! The queerest I have had ? Well, I couldn't say this moment ; but the one that made me glad— ...

    Article : 891 words
  5. Advertising With a Vengeance.

    "This house to let-only couples about to be married need apply," is an enticing notice which attracts many young people to the doors of a pretty suburban residence. But, ...

    Article : 186 words
  6. Trial by Rice.

    They have peculiar methods of trying suspects in Bengal. One of these is "called trial, by rice." At a recent trial every person suspected was ordered to be present, and all ...

    Article : 179 words
  7. Getting Ready for Ma.

    The way in which a Okiahoma editor announced that his mother was coming to visit him may seem a trifle breezy, but it is safe to say that that isn't a mother living who ...

    Article : 237 words
  8. In a Waiting Room.

    An amusing story (writes "The Major") reaches me from an official of the Midland Railway, It was evening, and a boy entering the stationmaster's office, said that a most ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. As Directed.

    Johnnie was in disgrace. Against express orders he had ruined a fine clump of nasturtiums by practising cricket on them in his grandmother's garden. This was particularly ...

    Article : 622 words
  10. Advertising

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    Advertising : 625 words
  11. American Railways.

    Some appalling figures are shown in the statistics published by the United States Interstate Commissions relating to accidents on the railways. ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. Opera Gleanings.

    " Well, did you enjoy your evening my dear "Indeed I did John, I went to the opera." ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. The Historic Bird.

    Sir Thomas Lipton has recently been over to America to see about lifting the Cup, and here is a story one of the New York papers tells about him ...

    Article : 262 words
  14. She Found a Way.

    A capital story is told of the way in which a popular member of Parliament was once aroused to make a stirring speech. At the outset of his political career he had been ...

    Article : 257 words
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