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  2. THE WHITE GLOVE

    In reckless mood, Clifford crossed the room. He had fully made up his mind to do exactly what he was told, only as yet he had not the ...

    Article : 6,366 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR

    A representative of a firm of household decorators was one day called to suburban home of an eccentric man, father of a large and ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. THE HOUSEHOLD

    Chicken Salad.—Take two thirds of celery to one-third of chicken; cut up the celery and chicken with a mincer. If the chicken is dry, add a little of ...

    Article : 469 words
  5. THE GREAT CHESS- BOARD OF LIFE.

    Suppose, said Huxley, it was perfectly certain that the life and fortune of everyone of us would one day. or other, depend upon his winning or ...

    Article : 360 words
  6. Value for Her Money.

    An old lady called on a photographer to have her portrait taken. When the artist removed the plate, he told her she need hot sit any longer. ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. How They Divided It

    The proprietor of a well-known medicine and a doctor of great learning once fell into conversation. The physician asked: ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. FASCINATING AT FORTY-FIVE

    Gleopatra was at least forty-five years old when she brought Mark Antony to her feet; Helen of Troy had attained almost to middle age when ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. Served His Time.

    “Volunteers to. man the handpumps!” rang out the cry. Quickly they were forthcoming. It was a for lorn hope. ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. THE SKELETON LADY’S STORY.

    There is a story told by a “skeleton lady” which is filled with pathos. In all the town there was: not one girl as pretty as she. She was the belle ...

    Article : 304 words
  11. DETECTION BY RICE

    Peculiar methods of trying suspects are used in Bengal. One of these [?] called “trial by rice,” and the follow description of its operation ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. Not Entirely Undisputed.

    The case before the court was one involving the ownership of a tract of land, and the solicitor for one of the parties to the suit was cross ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. A FABLE

    There was once a man win was called a Duffer And it came to [?] in the fullness of [?] that a certain Merchant Prince [?] ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. COMPASSES AND THEIR ERRORS.

    It is generally believed that a compass pass points north and south, but this is seldom the ease. In the first place, the magnetic north pole is ...

    Article : 243 words
  15. The Walter’s Fluent Tongue

    The waiter who bawls out Ills order to the cook in the kitchen may soon be as extinct as the dodo; but his cries should live for ever. ...

    Article : 201 words
  16. Naturally Repaired.

    It was a murky, day, and the old sea captains were talking of a schooner which had been struck by lightning a few days before, and adding ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. One to the Porter.

    Mary Ann, of Lancaster Gate, [?] was having a week off, and [?] arrived back to her little active [?] large in all her [?] ...

    Article : 48 words
  18. Raising, a Laugh.

    Wiggins was harassed by the possession of expensive tastes and the non-possession of means to gratify them—a combination of ...

    Article : 213 words
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