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  2. THE ADVENTURES OF THE SHRIMPS.

    The worst of living with the Wee Folk is that you have to do what Mrs. Know-all about-it tells you whether you want to or not. Mrs. Know-all-about-it is a ...

    Article : 911 words
  3. Items of Interest.

    From America comes the story of a father who—fearing an earthquake in the region of his home—sent his three-boys to a distant friend until the ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. Wit and Humor.

    "Hurry up and save that girl!" bawled the fire chief. "Why don't you hurry?" The fireman bent over and whispered, "I'll have her on the ladder in a minute, ...

    Article : 58 words
  5. AUNT DOROTHY'S LETTER.

    My dear Nieces and Nephews—We often hear of children keeping rabbits as pets, but it is seldom that another little animal very like the rabbit—the hare—is tamed. ...

    Article : 3,222 words
  6. A GIVE AWAY.

    Passenger—"I thought you weren't allowed to take tips, porter?" Porter—"Oh, no, sir; we're not allowed to take them, and we never do take them, ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. TO BAFFLE MOTOR CAR THIEVES.

    An inventor has designed an alarm for motor cars, with the object of discouraging the car thief, says the "Scientific American." It is claimed that tampering with ...

    Article : 91 words
  8. A CASE OF REDRESS.

    "Why are Irishmen always laying bare the wrongs of their country?" somebody once asked in the House Commons?" "Because they want them redressed!" ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. A LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT.

    A retired clergyman tells a good joke at his own expense. He was accustomed to officiate frequently as a vacation supply in a suburban church. One Sunday ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. THE DOCTOR WOULD SEE TO THAT.

    Doctor (with ear to patient's chest)—"There's a curious swelling over the [?] of the heart, sir, which must be reduced at once." ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. NOT NECESSARY

    A Lancashire landlady, whose reputation for over-feeding her boarders was not great, brought in the supper tray, and after she had set the various items before ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. RULES FOR NEPHEWS AND NIECES.

    1. Any child who is able to [?] a tetter and wishes to become a nephew or niece must write to "Aunt Dorothy," "The Chronicle" Office, asking to be accepted, and having been accepted, may ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. ONE FOR THE INSPECTOR.

    A school inspector having been told that a certain class was very dull, decided to test them himself (the London "Chronicle" relates). Asking the lads to give him a ...

    Article : 119 words
  14. MATERIAL.

    The inspector was talking about adverbs and adjectives. "Does your master use adverbs and adjectives," he asked. ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. MINDA REPORT.

    I have received a supply of the Minda report for 1913. Any nephews or nieces desiring a copy please send names and addresses to me, enclosing a penny stamp ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. CERTAINLY.

    "You said you made a personal inspection of the premises," said the magistrate. "What did you find?" "Oh, nothing of consequence," replied ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. WHERE TWINS ARE A DISGRACE.

    A special study of the women of the Ibibios and other Southern Nigerian tribes has been made by Mrs. P. Amaury Talbot, who with her husband and sister, has just ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. SUBSCRIPTIONS IN AID OF MINDA, THE HOME FOR WEAK-MINDED CHILDREN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  19. A "GOOD" SON

    "Why, Mrs. Murphy, you looks quite festive to-day. Wots up, then?" "Wot! 'Aven't you 'card my Bill comes out to-day?" ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. Advertising

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    Advertising : 333 words
  21. THE MOST ASTONISHING THING.

    If you had gone to sleep 70 years ago and awoke to-day what would be the most astonishing thing? In his "Mid-Victorian Memories Mr. R. E. Francillon answers ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. TRESPASSING.

    At a certain college in the North of Scotland the male students were not allowed to visit the resident lady boarders. One day a male student was caught in the act ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. KNEW WHAT HE HAD.

    It was the first snowstorm of the season and little Johnny was out shovelling snow when the minister came along. "Doesn't it make your back acne, my ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. A FIGHTING VICAR.

    There is a real "fighting parson," a well as a stage one (says a London paper). The real fighting parson is the Rev. A. J. Waldron, the vicar of ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. A MAN ON A BICYCLE.

    A man was racing along on a motor cycle in the direction of the Zoo. He was dressed in the latest motoring costume and looked a curious sight. ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. THE AMERICAN CROUCH.

    It is a curious thing that the crouching attitude should be characteristic of American methods in joekeysnip, in jumping, in running starts, and in boxing (says the ...

    Article : 150 words
  27. COULDN'T DO IT

    For the first time in her life she stood At the railway-station about to make a trip. She was much agitated. Gasing about, her eyes fell on the train ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. THEN THERE WAS SILENCE.

    An amusing story is being told of Sir Douglas Dawson, who had go much to do with the preparation for Prince Arthur's Redding. Sir Douglas bad a very ...

    Article : 158 words
  29. ROUGH ON SAMMY.

    The screams which were issuing from the little bouse were awful. It seemed as if a terrible tragedy must be in progress, and an anxious knot of people gathered in ...

    Article : 156 words
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