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  2. Advertising

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  3. OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

    Here s to the boy who’s not afraid To do his share of work; Who never is by toil dismayed, And never tries to shirk. ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    “When you have washed in the morning, open the windows, take off all clothing from above the waist, and fill your chest with deep, slow breaths. You ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. SOMEBODY ELSE.

    A lady was walking quietly along the city street not long ago, when the door of a house flew open, and a boy shot out with a whoop like a wild Indian. Once ...

    Article : 376 words
  6. ON THE THRESHOLD OF A CRIME.

    Old Benjamin Bolsover was polite and collected because he believed that the other would yield at the extreme alternative. ...

    Article : 3,067 words
  7. TURNED THE TABLE.

    “Ah,” said the stout, red-faced man sadly, “I was taken down a peg or two this morning. I met a little chap as bow-legged as possible, and thinking to ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. THE GHOST OF FO[?]T DONELSON

    The camp fires of General Grant’s army were lighting up the thick woods, just beyond the Tennessee; the gunboats were hurrying up the swollen river, while ...

    Article : 482 words
  9. DIPLOMATIC.

    Youngster: “Mother, can I dig up the garden for you to plant the flowers ?” Mother: “There’s a thoughtful boy ! Yes, and here’s a penny for you ; I’m ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. HAD A REASON.

    A Scottish parish minister was going from home, and procured a clergyman of a neighbouring parish to officiate on Sunday. His servant who was also the ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. A Mysterious Case of Suicide.

    A most fantastic story is that of the strange and slow suicide of. the Baron Bela Only[?] at Pesth in the year 1876. The Baron was supposed to be very ...

    Article : 246 words
  12. AMUSING SCENE IN A VILLAGE CHURCH.

    Some years ago, in a very rural district, a farmer had a cow for sale. Now as there was no weekly paper to advertise in, it was the custom of the vicar to give ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. HOW TO MAKE CONVERSATION.

    If you distrust your own conversational powers, you can at least listen courteously. Sometimes the question, asked with intelligent interest. “What is your ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. Treasure Under Water.

    If the sea were drained, what treasures we could find upon the old ocean floor-galleons laden with gold beyond the dreams of avarice ! Lesser waters than ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. NEVER AGAIN

    A kind-hearted young lady, while attending divine service, received a severe shock. At the time she was sitting behind a tall, well-dressed stranger who had ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. FIRELIGHT.

    When the north wind and the rain Batter at the window-pane, And the shadows leap and fall Down the pattern on the wall, ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. Edison’s Laziness.

    “It is amusing to recall,” Mr Edison says, “that one of my very first inventions was inspired by laziness.” At this time the embryo “wizard” was ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. HAMBURG CHILDREN.

    A curious and pretty custom is ob served every year in the city of Hamburg to celebrate a famous victory which was won by little, children more than four ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. HIS ACCIDENT.

    A keen old Scottish curler, who always appeared on the ice with a cap having useful flaps, which he pulled down over his ears, appeared one day in new ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. A Problem for an Engineer.

    One of the most perilous undertakings ever undertaken by a steeple-jack was the straightening of a large chimney stack, 200 feet high. It was as much as 4 feet ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. Noted in Venezuela.

    A visitor to Venezuela describes Caracas as a miniature Paris. The people, however, although they have much of the French lightness and ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. WHERE BACHELORS ARE FINED.

    In Argentina a man is supposed to have arrived at the proper, age for taking a wife when he is twenty years old. The man who does not many at twenty is ...

    Article : 182 words
  23. A Fight with an Eagle.

    It is a rare occurrence nowadays to hear of an eagle attacking a human being, but an incident which took place not long back on the Continent s[?]ows ...

    Article : 216 words
  24. Don’t Blink Your Eyes.

    If ever you find yourself getting into the habit of blinking your eyes rapidly without any cause, stamp the inclination out at once. An authority says that this ...

    Article : 152 words
  25. Truly Puzzling.

    A Scottish missionary who has spent some twenty years amongst the Chinese expressed his belief that the character of the typical Chinaman is too many-sided ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. Can You Get into a Lifebuoy.

    The average person in danger of drowning usually attempts to lift a lifebuoy over his head, with the result that he is immediately plunged deeper into ...

    Article : 187 words
  27. A ROUGH VOICE.

    “Your voice,” said the commanding officer, “is decidedly rasping!” “Yes, sir,” replied the subordinate, saluting. “I have been out roughing it ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. LOST HOURS.

    I say good-night, and go upstairs, And then undress, and say my prayers Beside my bed, and jump right in it. And then, the very nextest minute, ...

    Article : 81 words
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