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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    Five men have at various times tried to murder the Queen. The River Nile is five thousand miles long. ...

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  3. SUMMER DAYS ARE FAIR!

    The summer's light is on the hills, And on the ripening field, And nature, quick'ning to its thrills, With richer harvest: yield; ...

    Article : 200 words
  4. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    The post, of clerk was vacant in n certain parish church, the old clerk having died, so a railway porter, who was a member of the church, was asked ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. HOW TO SUCCEED IN GROWING ONIONS.

    At the outset, I would like to say that success in growing thin crop is not possible without well-directed effort. This means that the soil must be well ...

    Article : 449 words
  6. THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    Once the border was crossed Slater became more useful, for on two occasions he had formed one of a party that had been fitted out to search for ...

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  7. WHY HE NEVER GOT TIRED.

    A stalwart labourer, in seeking work from a Sussex farmer, gave the assurance that he never got tired. The man was accordingly engaged; ...

    Article : 103 words
  8. A MAN FROM AUSTRALIA.

    An excellent story is told by an ox Australian Governor, now a high court official, who declares he heard it quite recently from the lips of the Queen ...

    Article : 512 words
  9. "FOR OURSELVES."

    Some time ago at a council meeting the North of England, one of the members rose solemnly, and said: 'Gentlemen, we have been sending ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. THE RESULT OF CHEAP LABOUR.

    'When the curtain goes down,' says the stage manager, 'play the National Hymn. 'All right,' replied the man who was ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. LIFE IN SIBERIA.

    The five years that I spent in Siberia were for me a great education in life and human character, says Prince Kropotkin in the "Atlantic." I was brought into ...

    Article : 177 words
  12. WHAT IT COST HIM.

    'Harry dear. 'Don't bother me, Laura; I am reading, and I would rather read than talk just now.' ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

    A poor man walked into a cheap restaurant and called for a pennyworth of plum-pudding. On being served, he asked the lady if she would do him a ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. SAD WAR STORY.

    The following is one of many very sad war relief stories: A Glasgow-woman, with two of a family, received a notification from headquarters at South Africa ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. WHY HE COULD'NT SIT DOWN.

    Do you spell 'dog' with a capital D?' asked old Mr. Touzleton, looking up from his desk. 'If it's your dog— the big black one, ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. TOMMY'S PAY IN TIME OF WAR.

    Many people are under the impression that whon Tommy Atkins is ordered off to war his pay is stopped until nil the fighting is over, when it is presented to ...

    Article : 196 words
  17. STARS THAT OUTSHINE THE SUN.

    Professor Simon Newcomb, writing of stars which are so distant that they have no measurable parallax, remarks that one of these, the brilliant Canopus, can ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. THE REASON THEY WERE THERE.

    An officer going his rounds at Netley the other day. was somewhat surprised at a remark made by one of the men. Pushing open one of the ward doors, ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. CHINA'S ONLY TAX.

    In China all the land belongs to the State; only a trifling sum per acre, never altered through long centuries, is paid as rent. There is no other tax in ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. HIS FIRST LESSON.

    The curate of a small village church received a bicycle as a present from a distant relative. Tailing it out for the first spin, he had not proceeded far ...

    Article : 72 words
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  23. "CHEAP YOUNG MEN."

    San Francisco girls have organised a boycott against "cheap young men." They mean the parsimonious gentlemen who are ever ready to escort them to ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. ANOTHER ANIMAL

    'Now, take the cat, for instance,' said the teacher; ' do any of you children know of any other animal that has whiskers?' ...

    Article : 47 words
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