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  2. The Whirling World.

    "I believe the world does turn round," declared a somewhat seeptioal little schoolgirl. "What has convinced you?" "I can see it whirl when I twist in ...

    Article : 58 words
  3. He Might Whistle.

    While a little fellow was gazing out of the open window of a railroad car his father slipped the hat off the boy's head in such a way as to make his son believe that it had fallen out of ...

    Article : 105 words
  4. He Had Learned the Lesson.

    " At last I understand," sighed Mr. Homeflat wearily, as he put a slat in the bedstead, and saw that it didn't fit. "Understand what?" said his wife, ...

    Article : 62 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    I was stopping at a pub. in a lively little township of New South Wales; lively especially on a Saturday night, for the local footballers were a merry crew, and, so to speak, ...

    Article : 566 words
  6. A Change of Grass.

    It was in one of the cozy villages of Bonnie Scotland, where gossip in the chief barter and church the chief duty of every "mon" and all the "weemin." For once gossip and church ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. The Horse Was Sensitive.

    A sensitive cab hose and a four-wheeler drew up in front of a theatre the other night, and a portly old gentleman alighted. Having handed cabby his strict legal fare, he turned ...

    Article : 82 words
  8. An Awful Host.

    A worthy and prosperous Glasgow tradesman was visiting some friends in London lately, and while with them was invited to a dinner party. Our friend made himself as agreeable as he ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. An Awkward Recovery.

    "Doctor," said a distressed wife to the family physician as he was coming downstairs from his patient's room, " can yon give me no hope of my dearest husband? Can nothing ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. An Ayrshire Story.

    The following amusing scene was witnessed at the last half-yearly hiring fair held in Ayr, which goes to show that farm lands are not so extravagant as some would make them out ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. The Tramcar Code of Manners.

    Always stop a car when it is at full speed. Do not go to the crossings where the ears are expected to stop and are willing to do it. By stopping them at different points of the road ...

    Article : 820 words
  12. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Belle (aged 7): "I can't find the matches, Georgie." Georgie (6): "Well, strike a match ...

    Article : 809 words
  13. Poetic Feeling to Time.

    A well-known artist, who spends several months of the year in Venice, tells how, the morning after his arrival in the " water-logged" city, he hired a gondola in order to see the ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. A Bicycle Steak.

    In Paris, where horse steaks are served occasionally, a customer in a restaurant, who had ordered a beef steak, complained bitterly of the leanness and toughness of the meat ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. Answers to Corresponded.

    Jane B., C[?]nton: "Can I take ink stains out of a towel with nitric acid ?" You can, Jane; you certainly can, but you won't be able to wipe your face with the holes ...

    Article : 438 words
  16. An Ingenious Boy.

    My father could not make up his mind whether to make me a minister, a farmer, or a banker (says a writer in an English paper). So one day he put me into a room in which was a ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. The "Luxury" of a Slave.

    A. lanky, dishevelled shepherd hating been to a fair, had managed to get quit of his charge, the flock having been told, so he determined to indulge in the luxury of a slate. He ...

    Article : 268 words
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