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  2. SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

    If we take any moderately large insect, say a wasp or a hornet, we can see, even with the naked eye, that a series of small, spot like marks run along the side of the body. These apparent spots, ...

    Article : 1,842 words
  3. THE VANISHED DIAMOND.

    The jury re-entered the court after half an hour's consultation. It all comes back to me as vividly as though I stood in the dock at this very moment. The ...

    Article : 4,786 words
  4. OUR HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    RUSTIC (explaining to his girl how he had a tooth drawn): Eh! Liza, it wur a job, tusslin' wi' that tewth. LIZA: What did yew do, when t'man pulled it? ...

    Article : 43 words
  5. Where They Put the Poultice.

    There is a time to keep silence, but it evidently was not the right time in the case of a boy mentioned, who lives in an Queensland town. ...

    Article : 275 words
  6. A NEW CURE.

    Mrs. CRIBBER: What's become of all your Cleopatra jewellery--the asps, snakes, reptiles and things? Mrs. BIBBER: Hush! don't let my husband ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  7. A PRUDENT MAN.

    OLD GENTLEMAN: My friend; what do you do with your wages every week--put part of them in the savings bank? 'BUS DRIVER: No, sir; after payin' the grocer, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  8. OVERMATCHED.

    GILES: What did Twitwillow say about his twins[?] MERRITT: Said it was one too many for him. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. Three Women Walk to Inner Africa.

    Three women footed it in July and August last from the Indian Ocean over two hundred miles to Mashonaland. They were members of an Episcopal order, and were trained nurses ...

    Article : 774 words
  10. AN INEXPERIENCED JUSTICE.

    MAGISTRATE: My good woman, whatever made you chastise your boy so severely? PRISONER (up for child beating): Yer honour, was you ever the father of a wuthless boy? ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. DISGRACEFUL.

    WAITER: I've been sent to ask you to make less noise, gentlemen; the gentleman in the next room says he can't read. HOST: Tell him he ought to be ashamed of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  12. BEFORE THE 'BUS STRIKE.

    TIME-KEEPER: Look here, Donovan, I can't understand how you made seventeen hours on Thursday. DONOVAN: Shure, Oi shtarted two hours before Oi began, and Oi wurrked all dinner toime whin I was ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. DISPUTED HEIRDOM.

    WIFE: Johnny is a very affectionate and good-tempered child. From whom does he inherit his amiable disposition? HUSBAND: Probably from you, my dear; for I ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  14. AT THE SEASIDE.

    CHARLOTTE: Oh, how slippery these rocks are. Take a good hold of my arm, John, and if I slip, hold on like grim death; but if you slip, for heaven's sake let go. ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. COVERING THE WHOLE QUESTION.

    BRIGGS: Say, old man, what are you doing for that cold? GRIGGS: Coughing. ...

    Article : 24 words
  16. A BAD SHOT.

    HE: I have never yet met the woman I thought I could marry. SHE: No, they are very hard to please, as a rule. "IT's a sure sign of Spring." ...

    Article : 44 words
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