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  2. LIGHTNING'S LITTLE W[?]

    It is a curious thing that lightning never kills twice in the same way, and the same stroke will have entirely different effects on two people who ...

    Article : 402 words
  3. QUAINT MALADIES OF THE MIND.

    Quite a number of people are agora p[?]oblacs, although they probably are not aware of it. The sufferer has a dread of leaving shelter, of crossing ...

    Article : 281 words
  4. Stamp on Crown Land Applications

    Under the Stamp Duties Act, 1920, statutory declarations are liable to 2s 6d. stamp duty. The Act provides certain exemptions, but if has not ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. THE PREDECESSOR OF DREAD[?]OUGHTS.

    The [?] was propo[?] American [?] by Robert Fulton for the [?] of the American ...

    Article : 299 words
  6. [?] LITERARY PRIZE.

    [?] the prize which awaits [?] authentic and fullest history [?] of Emperor Alexander L. [?] of the most enligh[?]ed rulers ...

    Article : 250 words
  7. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    A Chinese doctor's fee ranges from 2d. to 5d. Snails in France cast, wholesale, 7s. 6d. per 1,000. ...

    Article : 761 words
  8. Huge Profits in Rum-running

    William Slavens McNutt, a widely-travelled journalist according to the New York "Literary Digest" writes to the American "Christian World" ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. Lithgow Sick Pay Scheme

    Under practically the same principle as the Lithgow Hospital Industrial contribution scheme, whereby 3d per week secures free treatment for a ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. NO SUNDAY TRADING.

    Farmer Jones was a firm believer in [?]ing the Sabbath, he regarded it as [?] duty to show others a good ex[?] ...

    Article : 208 words
  11. OLD-TIME ILLUMINATION

    In these days of ingenious electric illumination and display, it is amusing to read what the subjects of George II. considered a dazzling ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. WHEN THE WORM TURNS.

    The case, as a matter of fact, was of quite a trivial nature; but, for all that, the lawyer, who happened to be a young man, and ambitious ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. A Railway Allegation

    "Collare[?] Chronicle" rises to make a few remarks: "One would imagine that the Railway Commissioners would provide something above ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. CHINESE PRINTING VERY ANCIENT.

    The Chinese claim that they discovered the process of printing long before the Christian era. As the art of making paper was not discovered until ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. TO THINK OVER.

    We feel most lonely when we feel most selfish. The modest man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never ...

    Article : 220 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 875 words
  17. AN ANCIENT EUROPEAN CAPITAL.

    Famed for its cleanliness, hustling and thriving, Leeuwarden, the ancient capital of Friesland, still preserves many remains of its paramount ...

    Article : 229 words
  18. A BARGAIN.

    A well-dressed man was standing, outside a bookseller's shop, closely examining one of Balzac's works, illustrated by Gustave Dore. "How much ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. DANGERS OF HOLIDAY PACKING

    Holiday-makers are apt to wonder why they so often develop a cold in the first day or two of the holiday. It is usually ascribed to a draught in the ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. GETTING EVEN.

    A compositor lived next door to a carpenter. For some reason they were not on friendly terms—quite the reverse, in ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. THE DOUBLE RETORT.

    A burglar was on trial for housebreaking, and conducted his own defence. "My lord," he said, addressing the ...

    Article : 159 words
  22. CLAIM INVALID.

    His arm was in a sling. His nose was out of shape. One of his eyes had been blackened. He was limping badly. And thus, a melancholy ...

    Article : 188 words
  23. BEACON FIRES.

    In these days, when it is possible to that over the telephone with a person hundreds of miles away, we have no use for beacon fires, but in the old ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. WILLING TO LEARN

    Yes, Bill the Basher could talk all right when the spirit moved him. It moved him one Saturday night, when a constable was urging him to move ...

    Article : 142 words
  25. THEN THE STAR TWINKLED.

    Long had he worshipped her at a distance, but his shyness prevented him from proposing. Then, one evening, for the sake ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. CURIOSITIES OF THE CALENDAR.

    On reference to almanacs it will be found that January always begins on the same day of the week as October, and the same is true of April and ...

    Article : 110 words
  27. A KNOCK FROM THE POSTMAN.

    An old country postman, whose duty it was to drive the village mails to the central office, was turning a sharp corner, when he nearly collided with an ...

    Article : 128 words
  28. THAT TERRIBLE CHILD AGAIN.

    "Mary," asked the young lady's little brother, "did Mr. Evans take any of the hats or umbrellas from the rack when he was going home last night?" ...

    Article : 120 words
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