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  2. General Information.

    The singing of the national hymn of China occupies half a day. The horse has the smallest stomach of any quadruped, in proportion to size ...

    Article : 810 words
  3. Two Hypocrites.

    She sat in her coay chamber, with the curtains all drawn light, curred up in a great big rocker, fair and street in the soft lamp right. A bonbon box on the ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. General Information.

    It is a noteworthy fact that sheep thrive beat in a pasture infested with moles. This is because of the better drainage of the land ...

    Article : 891 words
  5. A Wonderful River.

    One of the famous curiosities of the Mammoth Cave is the Echo River, a body of water estimated to be some three-fourths of a mile in ...

    Article : 295 words
  6. How They Met.

    The individual from the country who stood in the doorway of a shop in George-street, Sydney, discussing an orange and eyeing the people who passed him in that ...

    Article : 248 words
  7. A Minister's Downfall.

    A Sco[?]minister and his bea[?] were returning from a real old-fashioned marriage. "We had better gang in by the back ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. SHAKESPEARE AND HE WERE OLD FRIENDS.

    A woman went recently into a booksellers' shop to purchase a present for her husband. She hovered round and manifested the usual indecision, whereupon the ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. An Easy Winner.

    The countryman is not always as simple as he is painted. A cardsharper, on the way from the races, joined a small group of station hands in a ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. A SOFT ANSWER.

    The blacksmith of a certain village in Scotland is a good sort of fellow, but over fond of the 'whusky.' Meeting him one day, the minister ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. What's in a Laugh?

    The voice is a source of fortune, but there are few men who, like Jno. D. Adams, a millionaire planter and steamboat owner of Arkansas ...

    Article : 449 words
  12. Into the Lion's Den.

    A commercial traveller at Red fern Railway Station quietly went up to a stranger just as the train, for the South-western district was about to start, and ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. PUT HIMSELF AWAY.

    A well-known entertainer tells the following funny incident of which he was a witness during his travels: A man had entered an action against ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. Lake Huron.

    Ah Englishman, touring through America, went on board a steamer late one night, and on the following morning, after walking on deck and ...

    Article : 255 words
  15. OUT!

    At a country cricket match recently a very amusing incident occurred. The batsman had been caught in the slips, and someone shouted 'How's that ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. RAILWAY DRAMA.

    Scene 1.—Train stopping at big junction. Ticket Collector (examining passenger's ticket): 'This won't do sir. You'll have ...

    Article : 177 words
  17. He Didn't Accept the Offer.

    During the general election a candidate in the West of England was addressing his constituents. He was interrupted by one of the ...

    Article : 135 words
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