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  2. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    She: Do you think our soldiers were happy when they first started for France? He: Happy; They were in ...

    Article : 25 words
  3. THE DISCONTENTED WOMAN.

    She is too engrossed in the pursuit of pleasure ever to find real happiness. She forgets that the possession of high ideal isn't enough. So she sets ...

    Article : 291 words
  4. HOW TO BE WELL.

    This matter of feeling well or ill or of working or not working, is large ly a question of mental dominion. The moment you begin to coddle and ...

    Article : 840 words
  5. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    The tone of the home that is set to the key of higher vallies than those represented by wealth and material things is the tone that cultivates the ...

    Article : 567 words
  6. FOR THE FARMER.

    In teaching colts the walk-trot-canter, it is necessary that they have some good thoroughbred close up, and it they have good action they may make ...

    Article : 367 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 933 words
  8. OBTAINING AN EDUCATION.

    To be contented with ignorance, to have no ambition for anything beyond the staple knowledge of reading and writing, or multiplying and dividing. ...

    Article : 414 words
  9. BOOKS AND READING.

    Good reading makes the mind rich la knowledge, and fills it with germs of improvement that develop the capacity of the intellect. It enlarges the ...

    Article : 279 words
  10. The Call of Duty.

    "What does my little man want to my to-day? Candy?" asked the kindly storekeeperas five-year-old James entered. ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. Why, of Course.

    "Pop," said the youthful seeker after knowledge, "why do words have roots?" "I suppose, my son," answered the ...

    Article : 28 words
  12. Why She Was Qualified.

    "And have you had any experience with children?" inquired the woman who was about to engage a nurse. "Shure, Oi hov," returned the ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. Try This, Girls.

    "Why, hang it, girl," said her father angrily, "that fellow earns only ten dollars a week!" "I know, father," said the daughter ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. How It Was Done.

    "Now, Willie," said his mother severely. "you have hurt your hand. I you have not been fighting again." "No. ma'am," said Willie with an air ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. BEND YOUR BACK TO IT.

    When life's task proves hard and tollsome Needing all your grit and strength, If you set your teeth to do it ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. The Victim.

    "Little boy." asked a well-meaning man of a lad at a conversazione, "is that your mother over there wearing a beautiful set of furs?" "Yes, sir." ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. STORY OF HEROISM.

    The papers are full each day of stories telling of the wonderful heroism of our men on the battlefields, but even then a story will now and again stand ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. GET RID OF "WASTERS."

    Success on the farm depends quite as much upon good judgment in selecting good stock, and upon judicious man agement, as it does upon the hard work ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. Without Feeling.

    Miranda had been sitting on George's lap since 8 p.m. It was now 11 p.m., and Miranda weighed 260 pounds. "Dearest," she said as the clock ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. TALE OF WOE.

    I've been sewing divers patches on my Sunday pantaloons; I've been holding burning matches trying to locate the prunes; I am weary now of ...

    Article : 249 words
  21. Repairing an Error.

    Marlon was saying her prayers "And, please, God," she petitioned "make Boston the capital of Vermont." "Why, Marion," said her shocked ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. Corrected.

    "And are you the oldest of the family, my little man?" "No, sir. Farver's older'n me." The clergyman was preaching a long ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. PIGS AND PROFIT.

    Pigs which have a free outrun on grass usually eat so much green stufi that their requirements in the way of other foods become very considerably ...

    Article : 341 words
  24. How He Could Help Best.

    An elderly negro had been run over by a waggon, and an attorney had Tushed to the hospital to get the case. The sufferer looked at him coldly and ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

    Too often, from ignorance of signs of approaching disease, a child is punished for what is called idleness, listlessness, sulkiness; and punished, too, ...

    Article : 322 words
  26. A WORD ABOUT THE BOYS.

    "If we can only keep our boys from everything bad till they are sixteen," said a mother recently, "we need feel little fear; for tl en good habits will ...

    Article : 204 words
  27. AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT.

    If you are putting on flesh at a rate that dismays you, here Is a way by which you may regain your lost stylish slenderness. The cost will be ...

    Article : 216 words
  28. Educating the Baby.

    Sounds of turmoil from the nursery brought mother running to the scene to find the baby gleefully pulling little Billy's curls. ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. WAIT AND HOPE.

    This is a world full of trouble, full of disappointment, as we all know; but there is, after all, no folly so great as that of ceasing lo invite the smiles ...

    Article : 206 words
  30. No Cause for Complaint.

    "Here is that suit I bought of you last week," said the angry customer to the tailor. "You said you would re turn my money if it was not ...

    Article : 62 words
  31. DOMESTICATED SPAIN.

    Spain is a country full of contrasts The women are domesticated, they wash, iron, cook, and sew most beauti fully. They do delight in their house ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. A Life-long Patron.

    The vicar stopped one of his aged parishioners and congratulated him on his approaching marriage. "I am sorry," he added, "that a ...

    Article : 171 words
  33. A Distinction.

    Magistrate: You say you are a tourist? Accused: Yes, sir; I love Nature in all her radiant beauty— ...

    Article : 55 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 237 words
  35. MORE PRECIOUS THAN FINE GOLD.

    Platinum la generally known to be as precious as gold—at least, so far as price is concerned—but it is rarely remembered that there are at least ...

    Article : 381 words
  36. "All the World Loves a Lover."

    The bus conductress was very tired and disgruntled. She had shouted to the waiting knots of people for home—Only two upstairs—only three inside ...

    Article : 182 words
  37. Classifying Him.

    "Pa," said Tommy, who had caddied one afternoon at one of the golf clubs, "is a man a good golfer if he knocks the ball one hundred and twenty-five ...

    Article : 145 words
  38. CHILDREN OF BRILLIANT PARENTS.

    One would readily imagine that if two very brilliant persons marry, their children will naturally be brilliant But eugenics has come in, and, by care ...

    Article : 361 words
  39. Practical Definition.

    An old Scottish farmer, being elected a school manager, visited the village school and tested the intelligence of the class by his questions. His first ...

    Article : 66 words
  40. In Accord.

    Judge, to the jury, who have retired several times without agreeing: "I understand that one juryman prevents your coming to a verdict. In my ...

    Article : 67 words
  41. Microscopic.

    Tomlinson strolled Into his club and I said, "I've got an interesting item of news relative to German rationing." "Indeed," remarked Coles, "how do the ...

    Article : 117 words
  42. Would Have To.

    A man whose every word and action betokened a son of the soil stepped up to the booking-office of a provincial railway station. After a cheery "Gude ...

    Article : 223 words
  43. Buying Knowledge.

    While waiting for a train home from the city one night Jones grew restless, and looked about for something Interesting. His eye fell upon a slot ...

    Article : 208 words
  44. Hidden Sarcasm.

    While dining at a West End restaurant Tankerton found himself seated next to a well-known newspaper paragraplist, with whom le got into ...

    Article : 69 words
  45. Worth Trying.

    "What do they mean by poetic licence? Does a poet have to pay for a licence?" "No. If he did we'd have fewer ...

    Article : 41 words
  46. The Spirit of Bargaining.

    A deaf old lady of obvious Scotch lineage entered a shop to make some purchases. "What's the price of this silk?" she asked of the young ...

    Article : 119 words
  47. Quite at Sea.

    When an American squadron recently came up the Firth the British flagship signalled to them, "You are to anchor west of the Forth Eridge." ...

    Article : 87 words
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