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  2. NOTABLE TOASTS.

    Next to the toast of “The King,” which is drunk every night in every military and naval officers’ mess, probably the most toasted man in the ...

    Article : 241 words
  3. Ninety Per Cent. of Water

    The history of civilisation is that of a never-ceasing struggle against winter. Under each of the three headings into which the necessities ...

    Article : 1,575 words
  4. ARNA’S SACRIFICE.

    Lord Cardon, sitting in abject loneliness amid the confusion of the cardlittered room, suddenly heard the garden door open and swing-to again. ...

    Article : 4,100 words
  5. LONG-LIVED SEEDS.

    There are few questions more argued upon by gardeners than the life seeds. Some people say that wheal and pea seeds taken from mummy ...

    Article : 253 words
  6. Nothing Free.

    “Pa,” said Johnny, who is a persistent knowledge seeker, “what is a law-giver?” “There ain’t any such thing, ...

    Article : 69 words
  7. A Pacifist.

    The new-comer had hardly seated in the railway compartment before he began to talk. “I am a pacifist,” said he, in a voice as if he ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. Before and After.

    “There is a great deal of difference,” she said with sarcasm, “between the way a man parts with his money before he is married and ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. Got His Own Back.

    Though diminutive as to stature, the sergeant’s temper was fierce, and he possessed a ready and a rasping tongue. ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. Apportioning the Blame.

    One of the best “doctor’s stories” I ever remember to have heard was related by Surgeon-General Sir A. Sloggett. ...

    Article : 372 words
  11. The Real Problem.

    Mr. Dobbs was in a very serious mood as he spoke to his son. “Suppose I were to die, what would become of you, my son?” he said ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. Sensible.

    To have ideas of your own at five is truly prodigious, but Harry was only four, and he had more than a few Ideas. ...

    Article : 256 words
  13. Hot-Water Cure.

    Boarding-House Keeper: “A glass of hot water? What can the man want with a glass of hot water—he doesn’t shave?” ...

    Article : 129 words
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