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  4. Short Story.

    Starr was writing a poem. And that is equivalent to saying he was in love. He never even thought of poetry in the Interregnums, but when a new girl mounted the ...

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  5. Pith and Point.

    You cannot put a great hope Into a small soul.—J. L. Jones. A stringent anti-trust bill has passed the Minnesota Legislature. ...

    Article : 750 words
  6. The Sketcher.

    After forty years' single-minded devotion to beer, the lorryman seems now to be enjoying the fruit of his labours in a keener appreciation of things moral ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  7. "La Dog" in France.

    The statement has recently been made that "in dot" is dying. It dis to be feared that all the bachelors of France who have still thoughts of marriage exclaimed when ...

    Article : 432 words
  8. Spray.

    He took it very philosophically. In the course of time men become philosophical even in love affairs. "So you have decided that you cannot ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. Burial Under Fire.

    High on the ridge where the marines pitched their tents on the shore of Guanlanamo Bay (says the Chicago "Evening Post") the first Cuban soil taken by ...

    Article : 582 words
  10. Like Being in the Theatre.

    Jones (who finds his friend Smith gazing into the window of a milliner's) : "Hullo, old man! Admiring the styles?" Smith: "Not exactly. 'Hear the organ ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. Chinese Telegraphy.

    The Chinese, owing to the multiplicity of of the characters in their written language, have solved the problem of telegraphy by using numbers for transmission over the ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. Benedict's Woes.

    In room No. 5 of the General Post Office building there is one of the oldest and most esteemed postal employees in this city. He is noted for his genial ...

    Article : 694 words
  13. Fisherman's Luck.

    Here is a graphic description of a fishing excursion:— "Went off Saturday noon, for a half-day's fishing. Returned late at night, having ...

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  14. Paid at Last.

    An old Scotch grave-digger was remonstrated with one day at a funeral for making a serious overcharge for digging a grave. "Well, ye see, sir," said the old man in ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. An Obstinate Artist.

    "A portrait painter can't afford to be entirely Independent unless he has a tremendous vogue," remarked an artist who has spent a number of years in study ...

    Article : 287 words
  16. Their Next Business.

    A poor woman of the labouring class was telling the usual story of having seen bolter days, and referred to the foot that her husband had once owned a cab and two horses ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. A Wrong Conclusion.

    There was a regular hell of rice and old shoes for good luck as John Bootheel got into the cab, and on turning round he was struck on the eye by a friendly boot with ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. Curious Friendships.

    How shall we explain that most curious of strange attachments, the friendship often evinced by the good for the unworthy, by the noble for the mean, by the honest for the ...

    Article : 301 words
  19. How They Knew.

    My friend, being rather a shy girl, wished it to appear as if she and her bridegroom were quite old hands at married life, so on their honeymoon Journey they occupied ...

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  20. Reason for Curly Hair.

    At a recent conversazione of the Royal Society (says the "London Graphic") a, curious exhibit was shown by Professor Arthur Thomson—namely, a model to ...

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  21. The Top of Politeness.

    The most polite man in four comities has been discovered. He is George A. Tracy, the milk dealer. When you call on Mr. Tracy he takes you down cellar and seats ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. A Surprise Indeed.

    A family in the bush had a Chinaman who was the best cook they ever bad, and served up delicious repasts. But he left their service—In fact, he was discharged, and this ...

    Article : 232 words
  23. Making the Most of It.

    In Hull recently a little girl was invited to a party at a friend's house. After tea different games were engaged in until it was time to go home. As the guests were ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. National Secret Service Agents.

    Indispensable as it is for the protection of a State, it would be wrong to say that "secret service money"—using the term in its extended sense invariably sullies ...

    Article : 294 words
  25. Sharks Afraid of Noise.

    The cowardliness of sharks is well known among men who have been much to sea in southern waters infested by man caters. The fiercest shark will get out of the seaway in ...

    Article : 164 words
  26. Some Stories of Sir Walter Parratt.

    Of all visitors at the Royal dinner table no one is more welcome than the Master of the Queen's Band, Sir Walter Parratt. And no wonder. Kindest and most ...

    Article : 390 words
  27. A Fruitless Run.

    When shooting licenses were first introduced in England the police had strict orders not to let any one shoot without being able to show his license. ...

    Article : 179 words
  28. Where the Boys Outnumber the Girls.

    The number of male Infante born yearly in the United States exceeds that of female by 1 to 4 per cent, the proportion varying slightly from year to year. The mishaps of ...

    Article : 263 words
  29. They Didn't Crack Them.

    Not long ago the curate of a small town in a very remote corner of Erin's Isle was paying his weekly visits to the poor, and as he entered the cabin of Biddy Dolan be ...

    Article : 140 words
  30. He Was Progra[?].

    An employee of a large granite company was once driving from a railway station with several casks of blasting powder and dynamite cartridges in his load, when he ...

    Article : 240 words
  31. Origin of the "Loving Cup."

    It is said that the traitor-like method of despatching enemies or "obstacles" by stabbing them in the back while offering them a friendly cup became so common ...

    Article : 190 words
  32. A Fifteen Puzzle.

    A whaling skipper, in the old days, carried a medicine-chest and a table of directions. One of the rules ran: "For a ore throat, with fever, give a tablespoonful of ...

    Article : 119 words
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