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  2. A Lock of His Hair.

    A venerable white-haired clergyman recently preached in the parish of a friend. He had hardly got back to the vicarage from the church when the doorbell rang, and a charming girl of 18 asked ...

    Article : 235 words
  3. Dame Durden's Post Office.

    Everyone under 18 is Invited to write letters here. The best will be published, and perhaps, win a prize, and even the worst will be read with Interest. Writers may choose any members of the Court they please to ...

    Article : 2,298 words
  4. PASTIMES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,043 words
  5. IN LIGHTER VEIN.

    "A number of years ago I made a trip through the United States," said the sleight-of-hand performer. "It was not what you may call a startling finaninial success, but I managed to reach, ...

    Article : 472 words
  6. Flattering the King.

    A Courtier of King Louis XIV. was the Duke d'Antin, who had care of the Royal buildings. King Louis XIV. once remarked impatiently to the Duke that he hoped that some time, a forest, ...

    Article : 242 words
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    The Irony of the Inanimate. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
  8. Wisdom of the Turks.

    The Turkish peasants in their own country have plenty of homely wit. Thus they say, "Arykukyusa bitchak olmaz," or, "For the team ox there is no knife," meaning that the poor hard-worked ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. Miscellaneous.

    No Chance to Argue.—Landlady: "I want you to understand, sir, that I'm no spring, chicken." Old Boarder: "Well, I'll have to take your wcrd for it. I never saw one." ...

    Article : 966 words
  10. Over-Supplied.

    O'Hern is a contractor, and one day a blast failed to explode. He stepped up to investigate. At the moment he stooped over it the charge exploded, and O'Hern was lifted in the air, and came down ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. Sympathy.

    Like birds that far from haunts of woodland trees Have built and sung amid a city mart, So tenderest of thoughts and sympathies Are sometimes housed within a busy heart. ...

    Article : 56 words
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