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  2. RAIN-MAKING RUSES.

    At Samara not long ago six peasants were tried and sentenced to terms of imprisonment for digging up a dead body and floating it down the Volga, ...

    Article : 181 words
  3. FRETTING INTO FAILURE.

    Is your face your misfortune? I don’t mean are you plain-looking—but do you wear an hapitually peeved expression? Is vour mode of speech a ...

    Article : 460 words
  4. PAYING OUT.

    Joseph Corfield leaned over the big table at which the pretty typist sat, and, lowering his voice to a confidential whisper, said: “Are you doing ...

    Article : 1,697 words
  5. EAT PLAIN, WHOLESOME FOOD.

    If air and water are essential for the body, food is of no less importance. Certainly man can exist for quite a considerable amount of time without solid ...

    Article : 1,176 words
  6. STARLIGHT READINGS.

    The fascinating pictures which even a cursory acquaintance with the study of archaeology conjure up increase with marvellous rapidity as the spade ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  7. WASHING THE WINDOWS.

    Blossom’s got a bad cold, and her mother’s staying with us for a few days. By that I don’t mean that the mother is staying with us because of ...

    Article : 699 words
  8. HER COMPLEXION CURE,

    The lady of the house was giving a party, and all the invited guests being assembled, the bell was rung for dinner to be served. ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. FIRST WITH THE FINGER-PRINTS.

    Who was the originator of the use of finger-prints for identifi[?]? M. Bertillon is usually mentioned in this connection, but, as a matter of ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. HOW THE POST BEGAN.

    The first penny post in Scotland was established in 1768, by Peter Williamson, who kept a coffee-shop in the hall of the Parliament House. Gentlemen ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. BABY WITHOUT A BIRTHDAY!

    It is possible to have no birthday at all, if one happens to be born at the right time in the right spot! This happened to a baby born during ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. SHEEP PICTURES SELL WELL.

    “Sheep are always popular with the picture-loving public,” said a salesman in an art gallery of repute. “If I were a painter of animal studies I would ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. HER MANLY MAN.

    Mr. Tobias Myld is a meek, henpecked little man. The other evening Mrs. Navber called upon Mrs. Myld, and stayed gossiping with her some ...

    Article : 452 words
  14. SOME TRADE DISEASES.

    Workers in almost every trade suffer from their own peculiar diseases. Take, for instance, brass-founders’ ague. This disease attacks ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. AUCTION SALE ROMANCES.

    Nearly every auction sale has a romance and it is not only the large sales which afford interesting cases. A second-hand dealer, who makes a ...

    Article : 217 words
  16. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

    A woman ran out of a house shouting “Fire!” A passer-by started at a gallop for the fire-station, while a second pedestrian dashed into the hall ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. HE COULD GO BACK!

    A gentleman, who was interviewing a valet, asked him: “Why did you leave the last place you lived at?” ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. WHAT RAISED HIM.

    A temperance lecturer was once describing to his audience how his Own life had been influenced by total abstinence. ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. LUCK.

    It was Friday night, and he had just received notice of a reduction in his wages. He walked homewards mournfully, and when ten yards from his ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. A NATURAL AILMENT.

    Old Gentleman (in the park): “What are you doing, my little dear?” Little Girl (with doll): “I am giving dolly a drink.” ...

    Article : 48 words
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