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  2. CURIOSITY AND INTEREST.

    If you would hare friends be interested in them; There is a difference between interest and curiosity. Never be Curious. ...

    Article : 203 words
  3. SAFETY IN DESCENT.

    Six-year-old Johnny has a staid and dignified aunt, a close copy of that hietorical spinster who, when about to take a dip in the tea, on being reminded ...

    Article : 165 words
  4. HUMOUR.

    Brother Jones was noted for his long and laborious prayers, and although the good people of the church respected him they were not at all pleased to hear him ...

    Article : 91 words
  5. HIS ORATORY.

    I knew a politician once; He was a business man. He said, "I'm going to adopt A systematic plan. ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. SHE KNEW IT.

    The following story is told in the form of a dialogue at an insurance company's office: Woman: "Do you mean to say that if ...

    Article : 88 words
  7. A DECISIVE TEST.

    "I haven't seen your wife out lately, Mr. Goodhearl." "No; she keeps at home these days." "Is she ailing?" ...

    Article : 114 words
  8. A NEW VERSION.

    At Wesley Grove camp meeting the subject of "eternal damnation," was introduced by one of a party of ministers and laymen who were lounging about ...

    Article : 169 words
  9. OUT OF REACH.

    An old man was breaking stones one day in Wales on a country road, when a gentleman came riding along. "Bother these stones! Take them out ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. IRISH PLUCK.

    A certain distinguished admiral, who is a belierer in Irish character, tells us the following story:— ln a Dutch port a merchant ship from ...

    Article : 241 words
  11. THE OCTOGENARIAN.

    They were neither of them brilliant scholars, but they liked to move with the times [?]s regards their knowledge of current events, so the daily newspaper ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. OTHERWISE ENGAGED.

    A visitor in Arian, watching an old crofter fishing in a very shallow burn, noticed that for half an hour the hook was never withdrawn from the water. ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. "LOOK PLEASANT."

    "I have come to get my wife photographed." said the determined-looking man, as he entered the studio, followed by a meek-looking woman. "You can ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. A COLD.

    Friend: "Got a cold, I see." Jinks: "Yes, a little one" "You ought to be very careful. That cough needs attention." ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. AN IGNORANT COUNTRY.

    Senator Depew, while returning from abroad on his latest trip, overbeard a heated dispute as to the respective merits of the United Stales and England. The ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  17. HOPELESS.

    A little boy smoked a cigarette. And he puffed and winked till his eyes were wet, And his cheeks caught on a yellow hue, ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. A BIG NUISANCE.

    A candidate for Parliamentary honours says that when canvassing a county constituency with some members of his committee they stopped at the house ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. HE GOT HIS EGG,

    "Talk about Yankee shrewdness," said the travelling man. "I was in a little country hotel not long ago, and a farmer came in with eggs to sell. The ...

    Article : 139 words
  20. WHY THEY WAITED.

    Tho engine-driver of a certain local workmen's train, which runs early each morning from the village of A-—to the more important township of ...

    Article : 183 words
  21. A HOPELESS CASE,

    The forgetful man was stepping jauntily along with a [?]mile on his cheerful face, when he was accosted by a friend. "Look here," said the man, "why in ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. A MOTOR CAR AND A BICYCLE

    In the Local Court Mr. Jas. Cowan, P.M., was asked to adjudicate on the divergent facts which two parties alleged in describing a collision between ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. A SLOW COURTING.

    "Slow?" said the old villager amiably. "Well—maybe we are; but we used to be slower. Ever hear of Jenny Houston P" "WelL Johnny Gibb came courting ...

    Article : 287 words
  24. THE RABBIT WAS FUNNY.

    A lady walked into a grocer's shop one day with her sleeves turned up to her elbows and a fighting light in her eyes. "This etc," she observed with a sniff, ...

    Article : 227 words
  25. THE BADGE OF INDUSTRY.

    Mrs. Murray had advertised for a skilled gardener to work by the day in her garden, and, somewhat to her embarrassment, she was obliged to chQOse ...

    Article : 269 words
  26. A FATHER'S WAY.

    As soon as Mr. Thomson got into the house and hung up his hat he ashed after Dick, his young son, who had been ailing for,a day or two. Mrs. Thomson ...

    Article : 589 words
  27. POPULATION OF THE STATE.

    The return by the Government Statistican shows that the estinfated total population of the State on November 30. exclusive of full blooded aborigines. ...

    Article : 115 words
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