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  2. Mending the Constitution

    The second balance in the Victorian Constitution is the Legislative Council. It Is a second chamber. Not one of review, as it is sometimes called, ...

    Article : 604 words
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  4. Paper Making.

    A story is told of how (says the Christian Science Monitor"), something more than eleven hundred years go—to be precise it was in the year ...

    Article : 552 words
  5. Amusing Incidents.

    "Your fashionable friend seems to be threatened with palpitation of the heart." "Yes: she has just received a ...

    Article : 59 words
  6. The SEED of EMPIRE

    Dorothy rose to her foot and walkup and down the lawn restlessly. Her eyes were shining with resolution. ...

    Article : 4,398 words
  7. He Knew His Job.

    It was Easter eve in leap year, and the dear young thing, who had been receiving long but somewhat unsatisfactory visits from the very shy young ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. The Indispensable Medical Man.

    A young doctor had taken his first practice, but waited in vain for a patient. One day the surgery bell tinkled, ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. THE RIGHT ROAD.

    The right road is a long road, And at times it may be rough; But don't leave it for the wrong road That is paved with sham and bluff. ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. A Matter of Arrangement.

    A teamster charged with using laud and profane language on the street, was brought before a police magistrate, and one of the witnesses ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. Might Have Been Worse.

    The novelist was out walking and came upon a bull in a field. He only saved himself being thrown over a barbed-wire fence by jumping it, at ...

    Article : 124 words
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  13. Irrefutable Evidence.

    Before the war "seamen's return" tickets wore issued by most railway companies from seaport towns at reduced rates. A well-dressed young ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. "KISSING THE BOOK."

    When did "kissing tho Book" come to be recognised as a part of the English oath? "Master William Thorpe," a priest, who was tried for ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. Wanted to Know More.

    The captain of industry was addressing the students of the business college. "All my success in life," he ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. WIRELESS SPARKS.

    Marconi's mother was an Irish lady. His wire is also Irish. Wireless telegraphists will be in big demand when peace comes. ...

    Article : 123 words
  17. SMALLER AND FEWER TEETH.

    That our teeth are becoming progressively smaller and fewer is made manifest by a study of human jaws runnings back through the ...

    Article : 205 words
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  19. Superfluous Wealth.

    The mean man was going on a holiday, and at a busy London station the cabman had assisted his fare to carry his various hampers and packages to ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. The Case Against Polygamy.

    A little boy was once asked by his teacher: "What proof have we from the Bible that it is not lawful to have more than one wife?" ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    When stewing applet add a few chopped dates; they are a great Improvement. Don't throw away bacon and cheese ...

    Article : 220 words
  22. "DUTCH COURAGE."

    A phrase which is associated, rightly or wrongly, with alcoholic indulgence is "Dutch pluck." The phrase is said to have had its ...

    Article : 192 words
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  25. The Insurance Man Scores.

    "Some time ago," says an insurance man, "a man asked me to accompany him home, as he had come things there to be insured. When we ...

    Article : 206 words
  26. Got 'Em the First Time.

    "Mr. Johnson," asked the professor in the freshman class, "what three words are used most among the college students?" ...

    Article : 35 words
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  28. Serene Old Age.

    During a Saturday stroll in the country a pedestrian came upon an ancient rustic engaged in breaking stones. Drawing him into ...

    Article : 281 words
  29. WORTH KNOWING.

    A neglected cold is often—only too often—the forerunner of Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. This is what a leading Collins-street ...

    Article : 276 words
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    Sentimental Sue: Here's an article in the paper on "Why Men Don't Marry." Tantalising Tess: I know why some ...

    Article : 29 words
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  32. Not Far Wrong.

    Gladys Ethel, the maid-of-all-work, had fallon in love with a man in khaki. A wonderfully useful soldier he was, too. As she listened to the ...

    Article : 190 words
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