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  2. TRUTHS.

    Man marries a good listener. Woman marries the man she can get. A man's best friend is tho one who offers assistance in the time of trouble. ...

    Article : 203 words
  3. A Strange Story.

    There was really only one drawback to my charming little flat. I did not mind it being high up; I was quite content to wait on myself (there was no sleeping ...

    Article : 1,991 words
  4. Seasonable Funniments!

    Mrs. Grump: 'It's just twenty years ago this Christmas since we wore married, John.' Mr. Grump (growlingly): 'There you go ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. Wit and Humor.

    Freddie: Say, dad, why are there n° marriages in heaven?—Henpecked: Because it is heaven. Teacher: Willie, where is the capital of ...

    Article : 789 words
  6. The Spell of the Mistletoe.

    Among the Celtic nations the mistletoe was an object of veneration, and at the festival of the winter solstice the Prince of the Druids himself cut a bough of it. The ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. Carious Weather Happenings.

    In 1268 tho Antiura reapers found all heads to be as read as blood. Wurtemburg, Germany, had a shows of brimstone and ashes in 1634. ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. IN CASE.

    'Lomme see, Mrs. Pottle, you want a pound 'n arf of Christmas Puddin' mixture—one bottle Wassail Syrup—one tin oysters—and two bottles Older—2s lid altogether ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. AFTER THE CHRISTMAS EVE DANCE.

    Willy (pointedly): 'I—aw—suppose 16 is the pwopaw thing faw a fellaw to get down on his knees before pwoposing ?' Ethel (coldly): Yes, and on his upper lip ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. A Plaister for his Chest.

    A good story is told by a doctor who bad a country practice in Devonshire. One day he was called in to see an old man who was suffering from on attack of bronchitis. The ...

    Article : 206 words
  11. A BORN DEBATER.

    The Vicar (to his son, aged five): 'You are a very bad boy, and in spite of its being. Christmas Day, you shall have no dessert after dinner.' ...

    Article : 160 words
  12. Good Maxims.

    The pan who procrastinates struggles with rain.—Hesiod. The caviller can always find something to criticise and someone to condemn. ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. The Children.

    [Found in the desk of Charles Dickens after his death, and supposed to be the only poem over written by the " Master." ...

    Article : 565 words
  14. The Meaning of the Spiced Pudding and Pies.

    Almost as important as the gift giving and gift receiving on Christmas Day is the feast of dainties spread on that festal occasion. But even the Christmas dinner has ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. CONUNDRUMS FOR CHRISTMAS.

    Why are women like churches? Firstly, because there is no living without one; secondly, because there is many a-spire to them; thirdly, because they are universal ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. NOT HEAVY TO HIM.

    The man on the elephant's back is nothing to the elephant. The big beast doesn't mind him any more than one of those immense dray horses you see in London minds the brss ...

    Article : 777 words
  17. A Boy Should Learn.

    To let cigarettes alone. To be kind to all animate. To be manly and courageous. To ride, row, shoot, and swim. ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. STRANGE EPITAPHS.

    American.— Beneath this stone our baby lies, He neither cries nor hollers ; He lived just one and twenty days ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. An Extraordinary Thing.

    The following paragraph appeared some time ago in an Iowa paper:—' An Extraordinary Thing.—There took place yesterday in a stable one of the most extraordinary ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. Be Patient with the Living.

    Sweet friend, perchance both thou and I, Ere Love is put forgiving, Should take the earnest lesson home—Be patient with the living. ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. Christmas on a Monday.

    Christmas Day this year falls on a Monday, and the following lines may interest our reactors, it being a poem of unknown authorship:— ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. The Spirit of Christmas.

    A little maid stood 'neath the mistletoe bough, So sweet and fair with a roguish air, But her lovers to kiss her did not dare; For each thought to himself ...

    Article : 218 words
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  25. Excelsior.

    The shades of night were falling fast, As turkeys fat went flying past To find the trees where they could stay Until the night hod grown to day. ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. The Pulse.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 18 words
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