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  2. MAKING AN EXAMPLE.

    A certain pretentious shopper, After teasing the shopman of a millinery establishment beyond the forbearance limit, pompously ordered a reel of ...

    Article : 198 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Canvasser: Are you the head of the house? Husband : Sh-h-h! Don't speak so loud! I am Miss Sweetly, at what age do you ...

    Article : 926 words
  4. RANDOM HEADINGS.

    A movement is on foot in Cairo for the emancipation of the Moslem woman and the discarding of the traditional veil. The loaders of this movement are ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. A TWENTY-SHILLING TRICK.

    This deception, which appears as marvellous to the eyes of the uninitiated, is thus performed:—Borrow twenty shillings from the company, which ...

    Article : 302 words
  6. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    The cost of the navies of the world last year aggregated £146,000,000. A railway station costing £10,000,000 is to bo erected at Chicago ...

    Article : 741 words
  7. CHARACTER IN YOUR THUMBS.

    Just as the chin gives qualities to the face, so the thumb marks the personality of the hand, and is an unerring index to a man's natural strength ...

    Article : 383 words
  8. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    One of Robin Hood's faithful followers was called Friar Tuck, and another was called Little John. This was by way of a joke, for he was the tallest ...

    Article : 198 words
  9. THE REAL SIBERIA.

    Siberia has probably been the subject of more misconceptions than any other country. It is pictured in the minds of most people as a land of ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. SOME JAPANESE RECIPES.

    Japanese folklore contains some very strange recipes. To make a husband and wife live in harmony, take the leg bones of a pigeon that was cooked on the fifth ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. A BAD OLD WOMAN.

    Mollie and Sybil had been told that they were never to go out in the town alone. But one morning they crept out by the garden-gate and nobody saw ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. WATER DRINKING.

    If the span of human life is not greatly increased in those passing years it will not be from lack of exact knowledge as to how it may be done ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. THE SUBMERGED COIN.

    Place a coin in a shallow plate, and near it an inverted glass. Then pour enough water into the dish to cover the coin. The puzzle you now ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  14. THE UNION JACK TRIUMPHANT.

    The harbour of Rio de Janeiro is one of the wonders of the world. You enter a narrow strait, guarded by a towering conical mountain, and discover a ...

    Article : 291 words
  15. SWEET INNOCENCE.

    She sailed into the telegraph office and rapped on, the counter. The clerk remembered that she had been there about ten minutes before as he came ...

    Article : 191 words
  16. REALISM IN ART.

    They were all artists—the three of thorn; and they were sitting round the studio fire, telling stories. "The other day," said one, "I ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. WHAT THE ITALIANS BELIEVE.

    It is amusing to hear of some of the things in which the little folks of Italy are taught to believe, though at the same time it is very sad. If a child ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. TRUE HEROISM.

    Everyone in the hotel smoking-room with one exception, had been holding forth on his own personal bravery and presence of mind. Everybody, with the ...

    Article : 206 words
  19. NOT JOKING.

    Johnny was rather apprehensively awaiting his father's return from business. He had a curious little feeling that more would be heard about the ...

    Article : 115 words
  20. THE PRECISE MAN.

    "It looks like rain." "I beg your pardon." "I say it looks like rain." "What does ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. GRETCHEN AND THE FROG.

    Gretchen lived with her grandmother on the edge of a big wood. It was a beautiful wood, full of flowers and birds, and in the very middle was a ...

    Article : 273 words
  22. A LAKE OE SOAP.

    One of Nature's marvels is to be seen in the north-east corner of the State of Washington. It is a lake which bears the name of Soap Lake, and is three ...

    Article : 303 words
  23. OBSERVANT.

    "Be observant, my son," said Willie's father. "Cultivate the habit of seeing, and you will be a successful man ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. KAISER'S AIRSHIP STATION.

    Heligoland, the tiny island in the North Sea which Germany proposes to turn into a groat station for her airships, is ono of the most curious ...

    Article : 196 words
  25. HOW THE TSAR TRAVELS.

    The Tsar of Russia has one of the most luxurious railway trains in the world. It is a veritable palace on wheels, replete with every comfort and ...

    Article : 128 words
  26. CREATING A DEMAND.

    At the theatre a lady's hat obscured a man's view, and he leaned forward and respectfully asked if she would remove it. A stiffening of the neck was ...

    Article : 114 words
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