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  2. WHY WE “CUT” ONE ANOTHER.

    That which surprises [?] most as I contemplate the many v[?]of mankind is the in[?] frivolity with which we engender unnecessary bitterness for ourselves and each ...

    Article : 301 words
  3. THE TEST OF TIME.

    By the little window of the west gable they sat in the twilight and [?] They would be true to each other to the end, whatever life might b[?]ng. In weal or [?] ...

    Article : 2,305 words
  4. INTUITON.

    “Phase, sir, won’t you give ten cents to a hungry man ?” “Here’s five cents. Whisky isn’t half as good for you as beer.” ...

    Article : 27 words
  5. A COMMON CASE.

    Most persons will agree with Charles Lamb that it is intolerable to pay for articles you have been used to get for nothing. Thus “when Adam laid out his first penny upon ...

    Article : 63 words
  6. SPOILED THE FASHION.

    At a town of Hungary certain ladies not long ago adopted the habit of taking to the theatre huge plush bags of loud colours, in which they carried all their miscellaneous ...

    Article : 199 words
  7. INSURED THE CAT.

    A certain lady, who wished to have some fun at the expense of an agent who had oftimes solicited her to insure herself and family, asked [?] on one occasion if he would insure the cat. ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. A SHOWER OF DIAMONDS.

    “I remember once,” said an old police officer, “falling in for quite a shower of diamonds. It was in this way “I happened to he in the neighbourhood of ...

    Article : 278 words
  9. A LOST BANK NOTE.

    Of lost bank notes there are some entertaining narratives. Thus, in 1740, a Bank director, lost a £30.000 Bank-note, which he was persuaded had fallen from the chimney-piece of ...

    Article : 232 words
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