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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 616 words
  3. Superstitions of Chinamen.

    On a farm in the southern part of California a young Chinaman was employed to do odd jobs. His one great delight was to sprinkle the lawn with the hose. One ...

    Article : 654 words
  4. Spray.

    Two men, one an Englishman, the other a German, were joint owners of a farm in California. They had a dispute about the rotation of crops; and as they could not ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. Short Story.

    "There's a wedding to-day, my dear," said the Llanbryn curate-in-charge as he cracked his egg. "I wish it may turn out well, but I fear." ...

    Article : 2,587 words
  6. Mum's Not the Word.

    "You look like a man that can be trusted, and whose advice it would be safe to follow in an emergency," said a young man who indued into the office ...

    Article : 610 words
  7. No Good Without It.

    "Can you tell me, my friend," said the gentleman to the keeper of a camel, "what the hump on that camel's back is for?" "What's it for?" ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. Art's Triumph.

    He (at the dance): "Is Miss Sereleigh a New Woman?" "Well, she's almost as good as new." ...

    Article : 23 words
  9. Before First Sight.

    "It looks like a case of love at first sight." "No. He was dead in love with her before he saw her." ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. Two Cobden Stories.

    In Mr. M'Carthy's interesting reminiscences recently published he has much to say of John Bright and of Cobden. He tells the story, so often repeated of the matter, ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. Applied Phrases.

    "I've lost my bearings," as the Bicycle said. "Everything goes against me," as the Buffer said. "I must be mailing a move," as the ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. Sugar for Strength.

    Mountain climbers who seldom eat sugar at home are said to appreciate it highly when on their excursions. Guides are very fond of it as it is a great source of muscular ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. Saving Life in Water.

    The simplest and most efficient methods of rescuing a drowning man, and of restoring life in the case of the apparently drowned, are fully described in "Pearson's ...

    Article : 362 words
  14. Not So Rosy.

    "Won't it be delightful when we all have flying machines!" "I don't know about that; of course, our creditors will all have them, too." ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. The Big Sovereign.

    Mrs. A.: "There is nothing like matrimony to make a man appreciate, the value of money." Mrs. B.: "That's so! A sovereign a man ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. Smith's Faithful Dog.

    "Well, I wouldn't have believed it!" exclaimed Jones in astonishment, as he dropped in to see Smith the other evening, and was met in the hall by a St. ...

    Article : 388 words
  17. Explained.

    A. (to his, old schoolfellow, whom he has met by chance): "Come along into the house, old man. Here's the bottle. Have a drink." ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. His Side of It.

    "Where" asked the female suffrage orator, "would man be to-day were it not for woman?" She paused a moment, and looked around ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. An Examination in Lunacy.

    The best work in Mr. W. S. Maughan's new book, "Orientations," is strongly reminiscent (says the "Academy") or the author of "L'Inutile Beaute," though it has ...

    Article : 227 words
  20. The First Lady Architect Admitted.

    (Miss Ethel Mary Charles, A.R.I.B.A., is the first lady to achieve this distinction.) Some ladies for designing Have talents truly rare, ...

    Article : 39 words
  21. Found at Last.

    "Is the editor in?" asked the caller. "No, sir," answered the sad-eyed man at the desk. "Do you wish to leave any ward for him?" ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. Spurious Earthquakes.

    Mr. Charles Davison, writing in "Nature" on "Spurious Earthquakes," says that in compiling the seismic records of any country many shocks are included which are not ...

    Article : 344 words
  23. He Got His Papers.

    A keen-w[?]ed follow, despite his general ignorance, was brought down to the courthouse to receive the rights of citizenship. "Let me see what you know about ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. Not an Inquisitive Woman.

    "Why do all you barristers clean-shave?" she asked. The question was irrelevant, following on his last words. He was nettled. "I am not a barrister," ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. Life in the Country.

    Citterly: "Well, you are living in the country now; how do you like it?" "I haven't had time to find out; I've only been there a little over a week, and ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. Couldn't be Certain.

    "My wife was to meet me here at this hour. Have you seen anything of her?" "Was she a small woman with black hair?" ...

    Article : 62 words
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