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  2. CURIOUS FACTS IN WARFARE.

    Fate seems to have a rather grim habit of making those who are responsible or chiefly concerned in any great disaster to their fellows pay toll with ...

    Article : 718 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Visitor to Gaol: Is there anything you would like, my good man? Prisoner: Well, sir, I wonder if they would allow me a latchkey. ...

    Article : 683 words
  4. SOME CURIOUS SOURCES OF REVENUE.

    Two hundred years have passed since bachelors in England rendered themselves liable to taxation by rea son of their unmarried state. The tax ...

    Article : 744 words
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    Advertising : 1,227 words
  6. OUR HONEYMOON.

    When Jack and I started on onr honeymoon we had a special compartment in the train to ourselves, and the guard put up a notice “Engaged." But ...

    Article : 212 words
  7. LANGUAGE OF THE UMBRELLA.

    Umbrellas are said to possess a language of their own quite as expressive as that of flowers. For example, place your umbrella ...

    Article : 404 words
  8. HOW TACKS ARE MADE.

    "Where do the pins go to?” is a common saying; but when one takes a few notes of the tack industry, the question, “Where do all the tacks go?” ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. VARIETIES.

    In India a native visitor never takes his departure of his own accord. Etiquette requires the host to dismiss him, which he does in the politest way ...

    Article : 438 words
  10. A MISTAKE.

    “I’m sorry I did it! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”. A mother-bird piped in the gloomiest tone; ...

    Article : 348 words
  11. TRUE COURAGE.

    “It is no easy thing," remarked a mental authority, “to distinguish between true courage and qualities which may take its place, such as ...

    Article : 260 words
  12. The Only Solution.

    Heraughty, pipe in mouth, was thoughtfully regarding a pile of new timber, which lay in his back-yard. "O’im building a fowl-house,” he ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. Her Brother.

    When a young man is sitting in a room with the ugliest four-year-old boy that over was clambering over his knees, jerking his necktie out of place, ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. The Cheerful Open Fireplace

    Is an agreeable ornament, but useless for thoroughly warming a house. In order to make the fire burn brightly, there must be a strong draught from ...

    Article : 87 words
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