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  2. THE SACRIFICE OF BABES

    Professor Long speaks very plainly in the London "Daily mail":— 124,222 persons died in England and Wales during the last ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  3. HORTICULTURAL.

    Where practicable rasberries should be given flenty of moisture of the roots and occasional watering being [?] It a much ...

    Article : 374 words
  4. STORIES OF PORT ARTHUR

    Reuters correspondent with the 3rd Japanese Army in front of Port Arthur telegraphing on November 2, sends a vivid account of recent ...

    Article : 713 words
  5. GREAT EXAMPLES

    When, on his Pacific tour of 1903, Mr. Roosevelt declared ''I would rather be whole President for three years and a hall than be half a President for seven years ...

    Article : 969 words
  6. WATCHING LONDON'S GROWTH

    "The L.C.C. is a practical, original, and painstaking body, and it sets himself many stiff .asks. whereof the newspaper reading ratepayer knows nothing. ...

    Article : 963 words
  7. A HUMANE WOMAN.

    An old lady, surrounded by a load of parcels, hailed a passing cab. The "cabby" obligingly, put all her luggage on the top of his cab. The old lady, however, refused so surrender one ...

    Article : 87 words
  8. A HORSE'S EP,TAPH

    The uncannily clever "Hare of Berlin," over and above astonishing the civilised world by the feats which have earned for has 'the ...

    Article : 549 words
  9. THE HUMORIST

    "Oh, her singing Is heavenly. "Then, by thunder, I am an agnostic." I!. you are wise, you will never hit a man after be has got you down. ...

    Article : 1,352 words
  10. BROUGHT TO A HEAD.

    Scene:—A trysting place Sandy, (who has been kept waiting some time)—"What's come over ye? Ye've kept meeting mair me half-an-oor!" Peggy (wham has' courted " ...

    Article : 58 words
  11. PULLED THEM TOO SOON.

    An Irishman one day was travelling through America, when he met an impudent looking Yankee, who was wearing a pair of short, tight-fitting trousers. "Where did you get ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. ADAPTING HIMSELF TO THE TIMES.

    Patsy was hanging about outside 'The Jolly Irishman," when a motorist drove up the hill to the inn. "Let me hould your horse, long hould your horse, your, " he said, "But I have no horse, my ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. HE KNEW HIS MAN.

    St. Andrews is the Mecca of golfers, and there candiles speak their minds freely. An illustration this is given with much gleo by a gentleman who was never, a very clever player. ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    The dry weather experienced during the past week or two has proved very trying to vegetables, especially where plenty of water has not been ...

    Article : 257 words
  15. SHARPER THAN THE SHARP.

    A country youth on a visit to London for the first time got into converstion with a seedy locking individual in a restaurant, and during the chat he parsed the remark that he would ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. WE ALWAYS DO IT.

    "Yes," said Mr Blykins, "we always celebrate Christmas for the children's sakes. They expert it, you know, and 1 Wouldn't have the heart to. disappoint them." ...

    Article : 104 words
  17. HE DOUBTLESS WAS.

    Henderson: Why did you invite Jackson to spend Sunday with you? It nearly broke his heart when you married Mildred Wilkins. Williamson: I know It. I thought if ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR

    After General Stoessel Nikolai Suyeff, aged 13, is the here of Port Arthur. says "Lleyd's 'Weekly" According to the Russian Press, ...

    Article : 221 words
  19. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Where rose stocks are planted for budding, the work of putting in the buds may , be proceeded with at once, Budding is an operation, the ...

    Article : 406 words
  20. ARTISTIC SENSE IN NAME.

    The lady reporter had been detailed to procure the names of prominent persons in attendance at a performance of grand opera. "I beg your pardon, madam," she said, ...

    Article : 101 words
  21. MR SEVIER'S BETS

    The Gaming Act, which makes it impassible to recover gambling debts in a court of law, was successfully pleaded in the Appeal Court by Mr R. S. Sievier. ...

    Article : 260 words
  22. NOT ENOUGH ROOM.

    Agent: Did that girl I sent to you this morning-call, madam? Lady: Yes. But I couldn't engage her. Agent: Why? She struck me as. being just the very girl you'd want; seemed ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. EMPHATIC ENOUGH.

    The angry father strode into the parlor. "Girls," he said, "who are these young ; ?men" "Papa," replied one of the daughters, "this ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. CHINA MOVES

    From the "'North China Herald": It was a remark of Sir Robert Hart's a great many years ago, when China was being twitted with her backwardness ...

    Article : 240 words
  25. PLENTY ON HAND.

    "You would get along a great deal better if you didn't get so excided, "said he calm man to his trascible friend. " Can't you learn to keep your temper?" ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. A PRAYER FOR LANDLORDS.

    The Re. Canon Falle. vicar of S. James's Barrow-in-Furness, expresses a hope in the curent issue of his magazine that the landlords will allow the ...

    Article : 331 words
  27. HE WASN'T THERE.

    The bishop felt its duty to remonstrate with, one of his clergy hunting on a Christmas Day. "Well, your lordship," was- the reply, "I ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. MARRIAGE CONTROVERSY

    'The women in fact,, have put up the price of the marriage serip so high. that men to day cannot or well not bid." This was one of the. statements. with ...

    Article : 265 words
  29. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Young plants of gloxinias raised from seed sown in July should have plenty of attention. If. carefully grown they should' be good ,flowering plants by the ...

    Article : 345 words
  30. GENIUS WANTING WORK

    "I have executed extensive reports repairs on the Great Wall of China and have super intended the whitewashing of the gas house opposite Purtell's lane in Chair. I ...

    Article : 176 words
  31. THEN THE ROW BEGAN.

    H was a young officer starting for an expedition in Africa, and was talking to the regimental doctor. "I have just bought a revolver, "he said, . ...

    Article : 102 words
  32. No Title

    There is a steadily growing feeling that our machinery for government is so far imperfect that we need in addition to professional politicians a body of trained ...

    Article : 135 words
  33. WOULD BE USEFUL.

    "Here's an astonishing statement," she said, looking up from the newspaper. "What is it " he asked. "Why, scientists have discovered that different ...

    Article : 101 words
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