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  2. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    I have hung on the same nail—metaphorically speaking—for well high one hundred years, in the exact centre of the south wall of Miss Frenda Person's best ...

    Article : 3,941 words
  3. THE ARMCHAIR.

    A man does not pile his coats and collars, his socks and ties, all into the same drawer. And yet hundreds of men who are as neat and careful as possible about their ...

    Article : 875 words
  4. SPRAY.

    "Oui, madame is ill, but ze doctor half pronounce it something very trifling, very small," said the French maid to an inquiring friend. ...

    Article : 88 words
  5. VARIOUS VERSES.

    Don't forget your sweetheart Is your wife; Don't forget to let her be The charmer of your life. ...

    Article : 215 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 107 words
  7. ANXIETY.

    Tramp (outside the gate): "Does your dog bite?" Mrs. Wepbonwish (on the porch): "Yes, he does, and—oil, please don't come in ...

    Article : 42 words
  8. THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.

    Youth: "What do I have to pay for a marriage license?" Clerk : "Well, you get it on the instalment plan." ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. SETTLED.

    "I was in a German barber shop up at Stockton the other day," remarked E. P. Hilborn, general manager of the Central California Traction Company, "when a ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. REMARKABLE BUDDHIST CEREMONIES.

    Ceylon is one of the great strongholds of Buddhism, and one of the most sacred spots in the Buddhist world is (writes Professor A. H. Kerne, in the "Living ...

    Article : 424 words
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    Lawyer: "You sav you left home on the tenth?" Witness: "Yes, sir." "And came back on the 25th?" "Yes, sir." "What were you doing in the interim?” ...

    Article : 365 words
  12. HEARD OVER THE WIRES.

    Mr. Brown had just had a telephone connection between his office and house, and was very much pleased with it. "I tell you, Smith," he was saying ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. ADVICE FROM HER LAWYER.

    Timothy Coffin, who was prominent at the Bristol County Bar half a century ago, once secured the acquittal of an old Irish, woman accused of stealing a piece of pork. ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. A TEST OF LOVE.

    "You are sure you have that confidence in me that is so essential in choosing a Life partner?" she said inquiringly. "You trust me fully?" ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. ONCE TOO OFTEN.

    A subaltern in one of the crack British regiments was very proud of his strength. One of his favourite tricks was to slip behind a friend in evening dress, seize a ...

    Article : 164 words
  16. TENNYSON IN A TEMPER.

    During the early months ot the friendship between Coventry Put more and Tennyson, the latter often sank into a sort of gloomy reverie, which, would fall upon him ...

    Article : 352 words
  17. BE TRUTHFUL

    Mr. Sharp, the provision dealer—who, by the way, is regarded as a smart business man—looked distinctly annoyed. Glaring savagely across at Henry, the new ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. ROSE CULTURE IS NOT DIFFICULT.

    Too many people adore roses at a distance, whereas they are neither so difficult nor so expensive to cultivate as many otoher plants. Constant attention is needed ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. WHAT A WISE WOMAN KNOWS.

    She knows that home is more than half what you make it, and that a builder of a happy home is a success indeed. She knows that it takes two to prolong a ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. AMONG THE GAOL-BIRDS.

    A little girl went with her teacher one afternoon to visit the county prison. She became interested in a convict who was knitting stockings, and stopped to talk ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. PRISON OR MARRIAGE.

    In some parts of Siam girls who reach a oertain age without marrying are placed in a privileged class under the special care of the King who binds himself to find a ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. TO BECOME AN EXPERT BILLIARDIST.

    It has been well said that no one ca[?]ttain to proficiency at the game of billiards without watching the methods of expert players. Personal study of ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. HOW HAAKON VII. JOINED HIS NAVY.

    One day in the autumn of 1886 there arrived on the old receiving ship Dronning Louise, lying in that section of the Copenhagen navy-yard knonn as Housebroen ...

    Article : 258 words
  24. THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO.

    The Sultan of Morocco is somewhat barbarous in his methods in spite of his acquaintance with European civilisation. Not long ago the story runs he visited ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. WHY SWIMMING BEGINNERS FAIL

    You try hard to keep your mouth closed, I but the wretched water somehow will find a way into your mouth and nostrils. A beginner always draws in his breath just ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. BECAUSE THE LIMBS DIFFER.

    "If you were lost in a desert or in a forest, and tried to find your way out. you would he almost sure to walk in a circle. Why?" says a scientist. ...

    Article : 285 words
  27. FOR BELIEVERS IN AMULETS.

    As everybody knows, precious stones are often worn as talismans. As a jeweller who has studied the subject explained, however, the power of the ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. TRAINING FOR EVERYBODY.

    Training for what I may term daily health—taking some particular sport ami training for it—is, I am sure, good up to almost any age. Tlie man who has been ...

    Article : 146 words
  29. SHE THOUGHT HER HUSBAND WAS INSIDE THE BOX.

    Bill Jones is a country storekeeper down in Louisiana, and last spring he went to New Orleans to purchase a stock of goods. The goods were shipped immediately ...

    Article : 108 words
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