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  2. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LEATHER IS TANNED?

    The skins or hides of animals, being organic matter, and of similar nature to flesh, will decompose and putrefy when left in the moist state. ...

    Article : 747 words
  3. THE SLEEPING GANG

    The energetic Council was constructing an electric tramway which they hoped would be able to make pay — on paper. Always economical and ...

    Article : 141 words
  4. LOSSES CAUSED BY ABRASION.

    Losses by abrasion are an important item in the economy of human life. They are not confined to any particular branch of domestic or industrial ...

    Article : 379 words
  5. Married in May

    Anne pushed him into a chair and at on his knee. "Keith," she said abruptly, "Cherry is my sister." ...

    Article : 3,005 words
  6. MAZES AND LABYRINTHS.

    Landscape gardeners tell us that Americans who have made their fortunes and can find time for the enjoyment of the fruits of leisure now ...

    Article : 826 words
  7. AN EYE OPENER.

    Mrs. Buffers: "The teller at the bank says you are the meanest stingiest—" Mr. Buffers: ""Wha—what is that? ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. ALL CORRECT.

    A sergeant was trying to lick into shape a dozen recruits, and one morning, having marched the men out to the drill ground, he proceeded with ...

    Article : 50 words
  9. PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.

    "What a peculiar choice for a wedding gift!" remarked a lady, trying not to laugh as she inspected a huge flatiron which her charwoman had ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO INVENTED A SWIVEL CHAIR.

    Historians have written much of Thomas Jefferson as a president and statesman, but even if his life had not been so closely knit with the affairs of ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. HOW THE CARD WAS USED.

    A certain barrister not long ago went to the races, backed the chief winner, and asked the bookmaker for his winnings. ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. IT TROUBLED HIM.

    He was a big, hearty working man, and when a poor, thin little man entered the tramcar, stumbled and sat upon him, he said in reply to the ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. IN MEMORIAM

    The honeymoon was over, and they were comfortably settled in their snug little home in Broxbourne. The husband, returning from business, was ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. AN UNDOUBTED ALIBI.

    "And you say that you are innocent of the charge of stealing a turkey from Mr. Jones?" asked a judge of a meek prisoner. ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. AUNT MARIA SAYS.

    My old man is that 'asty! Some cats was making a noise the other night so 'e threw a pair of boots at 'em. It'd been all the same if they ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. PREPARING FOR THE WORST

    A young wife said to her husband one night: 'My dear, there is a man in the drawing-room who wants to speak to you." ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF.

    One day a drill sergeant had a number of recruits to drill, and wanted the married men separated from the single ones, so he formed them in a ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. FOR THOSE WHO USE WATER.

    To the ever-lengthening list of societies formed for the purpose of promoting this or that object must now be added the National Association of ...

    Article : 274 words
  19. PAT'S ECONOMY.

    An Irishman went into a post office and handed over a telegram addressed to a remote part of the country. The post-office clerk informed him that the ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. THE REPORTER'S VERSION.

    "Well, that's enough to try the patience of Job," exclaimed the village minister, as he threw aside the local paper. ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. EXASPERATING.

    A story is going the rounds of a well-known motorist, who was stranded one night with a dry petrol tank, says "Contact," in "The Motor." A ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. BOTH WRONG.

    Sandy and his master were waiting at a wayside station. As the train approached, Sandy said: "Here's yer train, sir." ...

    Article : 163 words
  23. WOULD DRIVE ANYTHING.

    He was trying a horse with a view to buying it, and noticed that after driving a few miles the animal pulled very hard, requiring a firm hand and ...

    Article : 140 words
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