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  2. Bankrupts Willi Secret Savings.

    "That there are individuals who prosper by going to smash everyone believes. If it should be doubted, a ten minutes' perusal of some of those ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  3. Pith and Point.

    Great Britain has 85,000 teachers. Aluminium makes the best artificial limbs. Great Britain bas a quarter of the total ...

    Article : 837 words
  4. Spray.

    Popular songs in Paris just now are all devoted to the Czar or to Russian themes of some kind, and the censor has some trouble to keep dangerous political allusions ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    Dusk had come in the drawing-room, but the lamps were not yet lighted, and the young women in, the picturesque hats clustered around the little tea table as closely ...

    Article : 1,038 words
  6. Short Story.

    A matter of business took me to the theatre. It concerned as nearly as can remember --but why not confess that I remember it perfectly ? I went ...

    Article : 2,537 words
  7. Language of Umbrellas.

    After a lengthy study of the subject, some genius has arranged the following "language of umbrellas'': -- To place an umbrella in a rack at a club or a friend's ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. Precept and Practice.

    "Now, Willie," said the polished and highly respectable Mr. Gilder, as he drew to his side his youngest son, " I want to have a serious talk with you. ...

    Article : 400 words
  9. No Other.

    Helen : " Why, I never saw anybody in the world like George ; he can talk upon any subject." Aunt Hannah : " Any subject ? nonsense ! ...

    Article : 78 words
  10. Suing or Starving.

    Daniel Webster was once sued by his butcher, and the man did not call upon him afterwards to trade with him. Webster. met him in the course of a few days, ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. A Problem.

    The Bankruptcy Court can boast some delightfully naive rejoinders. " How, sir, is it possible," angryly demanded the Opposing counsel of the bankrupt, " to live ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. " Kathleen Mavourneen."

    Truly an eventful career was that of the late Frederick William Nichols Crouch, whom two continents know almost solely through his song 44 Kathleen Mavourneen" ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. A Matter of Policy.

    A beautiful and bashful young woman of about lit summers called recently at the office of a life insurance agent and asked him timidly if he could tell her ...

    Article : 354 words
  14. Inherited.

    Old Gentleman : " Well, how does my 1 son get on?" "He is one of the best boys at school, sir," replied the master. "I have no ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. A Smart Boy.

    A small boy with an ingenuous face walked into a hardware store on Saturday and said to the clerk : 44 Have you not any tacks ?" ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. Climate and Character.

    It has been widely believed that a severe climate produces the greater effect on pstional character, because it compels effects and self-denial, and thus promotes energy ...

    Article : 206 words
  17. No Prison.

    Austria is the only country in the world which never places a woman in prison, no matter what crime she commits. Instead of being locked up the female ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. An Austrian Rogue.

    The following story exhibits the cool audacity of an Austrian rogue: --A carriage in the train bound from Vienna to Pesth contained one evening recently five ...

    Article : 238 words
  19. News for Nansen.

    In the " Nieuws van dan Dag," Amsterdam, we find the following conversation between a member of Nansen's expedition and a citizen of Tromso, ...

    Article : 250 words
  20. Bad Business.

    The village blacksmith was standing under the spreading chestnut tree. There were no sparks flying from the forge, and he did not look cheerful. I hate to spoil ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. " Uncle" in Germany.

    There is a royal pawnshop in Berlin elsewhere in Germany there are Slate pawnshops, ducal pawnshops, county pawnshops, city or municipal pawnshops, and ...

    Article : 221 words
  22. A Story of Rubenstein.

    A good story is told of Rubinstein. One summer, in obedience to his medical adviser at Merienbad, where he was under going the "cure," be abstained from wittey ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. A Highway.

    Two ladies of distinction once stopped in a carriage at a jeweller' s near Charing Cross, one of them only got out. and the coach stood across the pathway which some ...

    Article : 170 words
  24. Exceptions to the Rule.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 6 words
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