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  2. THE WEAVERS

    "Now, it's no use your thinking that you can go against your father, Andrew. It is sheer madness—absolute folly. He is one of the most ...

    Article : 4,286 words
  3. WOMAN WINS AGAIN.

    The time was Sunday midnight, and 't was August, let me say; I was off to dear old Scarborough to spend a holiday. ...

    Article : 163 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOR.

    All the troubles of this world are born with wings. "With the exception of 'procrastination,' you are the greatest thief of ...

    Article : 222 words
  5. THE BRAVEST DEED I EVER SAW.

    The most remarkable act of bravery I have ever seen, in a somewhat lengthy fighting career, was that performed by Able Seaman Michael ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  6. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Scotch Broth.—Two pounds of neck of mutton, one cupful each of barley and peas, a carrot, turnip, four onions, a small cabbage, chopped ...

    Article : 800 words
  7. WATCH MAKING EXTRAORDINARY.

    The rapidity with which watches are nowadays manufactured has been made possible by the ingenious machinery designed within recent years ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. Needed Help.

    "John, what on earth made you so late?" "Wash held—hic—up, m'dear." I suppose if you had not been you ...

    Article : 27 words
  9. Advertise.

    When a duck lays an egg she just waddles off as if nothing has happened. When a hen lays an egg she announces the fact. ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. HOW I LIVED TO 104.

    Work and exercise are the real secrets of longevity. That, at any rate, was the firm belief of Mr. William A. G. Hake, "Father of the Bar," who ...

    Article : 577 words
  11. Brainless.

    The Bachelor: "Say, old man, do you know, I've a great mind to get married." The Benedict: "I don't believe it." ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. A REMINISCENCE OF DICKENS.

    Mr. Arthur Atkins, manager of the Oxford and Coventry Canal offices at Hawkesbury, Warwickshire, is retiring on superannuation, after sixty ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. Compliments.

    "What are you smiling at, John?" "At a little item I have read here. The writer says, "The best of us talk too much.' " ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. The Knock Out Blow.

    She was giving orders at an express rate, for they were married, and he, as a rule one of the most meek and submissive of men, was like the ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. COW WITH A WOODEN LEG.

    It used to be thought that when a cow broke her leg there was nothing to do but shoot the animal. But Dr. James M. I. Galloway, a Scottish ...

    Article : 176 words
  16. Old Iron (With Apologies).

    "I saw him," said the witness, "steel a hammer from the hardware store, and bolt for the door, upon which I noticed he had riveted his attention ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. What Was In It?

    "So you attend Sunday-school regularly, do you?" inquired the new minister, who was calling on little Nellie's mother. "Then you must know a great ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. FATHER'S ANSWER.

    When I proposed her father said: "I hate to let her go. But it is right that she should wed I cannot answer 'No.' ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. KITCHEN WRINKLES.

    Pickles may be kept from becoming mouldy by laying a bag of mustard on the top of the pickle-jar. Water in which potatoes have been ...

    Article : 508 words
  20. No Wonder.

    We had just drawn up at the dead-end at Princes Bridge station, and had detached our engine from the train, when an old lady came up to me and ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. Nearly Right.

    The minister became interested in two boys who were holding animated converse outside his church, and recognised in one the son of a ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. TESTED BY A LONG DROP.

    At the newest and tallest sky scraper in New York a lift or elevator has dropped suddenly 600ft without anyone being injured. As a [?] ...

    Article : 135 words
  23. SAME OLD STORY.

    The "sky pilot" of H.M.S. Water-plane took a great interest in his "flock." So much so, in fact, that he worried the gallant tars by ...

    Article : 309 words
  24. LIVING FOR OTHERS.

    If we live to ourselves, and for ourselves only, our life must necessarily be a small and poor life, since it is limited by our circumstances, our ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. Not Sure of Her Figure.

    Some years ago an attorney for the defence in an important case was cross-examining a fair witness with elaborate caution. ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. PECULIARITIES OF FLIGHT.

    If a man falls out of a rising aeroplane or balloon he will not go towards the earth, but will continue rising into the air for an appreciable ...

    Article : 149 words
  27. The Humors of English.

    "How do you pronounce pneumonia:" asked the French boy who had come to England to learn our language. ...

    Article : 138 words
  28. She Came Provided.

    It was a hidden spot on the seashore. The waves lapped contentedly, the sun shone sweetly, and everything was quiet and peaceful. The ...

    Article : 134 words
  29. LEARNING THE LESSON.

    There is a time in every man's [?] cation when he arrives at the convention that envy is ignorance; that in [?] is suicide; that he must take ...

    Article : 50 words
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