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  2. THE GENTLE LIAR.

    There are liars who are cruel, there are liars who are kind,But the latter are the subject of my song; ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. THINGS AS THEY SEEM.

    I am a firm believer in the call. Some time in every man's life, and perhaps repeatedly for many years, comes an inner impulse to some ...

    Article : 1,393 words
  4. Conquering Chance.

    I'll bo a sluggard, a drone, a sycophant, a loafer, a parasite no longer," I said doggedly. "Then—go!" thundered Mr. Bolton. ...

    Article : 4,243 words
  5. IS YOUR NAME TAYLOR?

    Yet another romantic story of lost heirs is at present engaging the attention of the law, the fortune awaiting the rightful claimants being no less ...

    Article : 319 words
  6. SINGULARITIES.

    There was recently held before the Zoological Society of London a mathematical discussion of the differences in the shapes of eggs. A few eggs, ...

    Article : 336 words
  7. BIRTH OF THE STEAM PRINTING PRESS.

    In 1804 John- Walter, the founder of the "Times," in confederacy with an ingenious compositor named Mar- tyn, conceived an idea of workine ...

    Article : 290 words
  8. SOCIETY WOMEN IN NOVELS.

    Although on one occasion Mr. E. F. Benson denied the allegation that Dodo, in his famous novel of that name, was really a literary portrait of Miss ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. WOMEN IN INDIA.

    "I have seen women under a burning midday sun reaping in the fields," says a writer. "I have seen them at road- making in the streets of cities; I have ...

    Article : 281 words
  10. FACTS ABOUT PRECIOUS STONES.

    The emerald is. now one of the -rarest of precious stones. - The black diamond is so hard that it cannot be polished. ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. SOME RIPON STORIES.

    A couple of examples of comical blunders in clerical speeches are given by the Bishop of Ripon in his Reminiscences. The first was related ...

    Article : 326 words
  12. Women Are Such Fools.

    Mrs. Hiflie: I lost a five-shilling- piece somehow out of my purse to: day. Mr. Hiflie: You did, eh? I'd like to ...

    Article : 560 words
  13. DRINKING VESSELS.

    The water supply for poultry should receive particular attentiou during summer. Proper drinking vessels are necessary. Unfortunately, cheapness ...

    Article : 388 words
  14. valuable horses.

    The Arab's regard for his mare is often expressed in sayings that are short and very much to the point, as, for instance: "The foundation of ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. PEOPLE WHO DON'T LAUGH.

    Laughter is unknown among the Veddahs of Ceylon: They are the most solemn people in "the world. When a traveller asked some of them ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. EYE STRAIN AND ITS DANGERS.

    Never allow children to read or do any form of fine work unless there is strain on young eyes that they never quite recover, and weak or defective ...

    Article : 164 words
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