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  2. "HASTEN SLOWLY."

    An old-time writer of sea stories makes one of his characters quote the Latin motto, "Festina lente," with the explanation, "That's Latin for hat and ...

    Article : 434 words
  3. ABOUT LAUGHTER.

    All the world laughs, though the nations have different ways of showing mirth. The Chinese laugh is not as hearty ...

    Article : 213 words
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    Advertising : 1,893 words
  5. QUACKS WHO HAVE HOAXED THE GOVERNMENTS.

    A South African cable told recently how the Cape Town Parliament had been hoaxed by a lady quack named Van Niekerk. This woman claimed ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. GENIUS AND ABSENT-MINDEDNESS.

    Lapse of memory is a disease that has fastened on many men famous for learning. It is related of Benjamin Franklin that he was driving along ...

    Article : 449 words
  7. TESTED HIS COURAGE.

    A good story is told of a lisping officer having been victimised by a brother officer (who was noted for his cool deliberation and strong nerves), and his getting ...

    Article : 452 words
  8. CHANNING ON BOOKS.

    Books are voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. WHERE COTTON-REELS COME FROM.

    Practically all the wood used in making reels for cotton in England and America is cut in the forests of Maine; but so great is the amount of ...

    Article : 144 words
  10. THE ONE EFFORT MORE WINS.

    Sir Charles Napier once said of the difficulties with which he was surrounded in one of his campaigns, "They only make my feet go deeper into the ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. WORK AND BE HAPPY.

    Activity is the most fruitful source of happiness and pleasure. The very infant is always amusing itself with exertion of legs and arms. You ...

    Article : 250 words
  12. KNEELING DOWN TO DIE.

    Though a camel is supposed to have carried Mohammed in four leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca, seven miles an hour is the latter-day camel's limit. ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. TREASURE ISLANDS.

    There are quite a number of islands scattered around the globe whereon buried treasure exists. Usually this takes the form of gold. ...

    Article : 263 words
  14. A FEW DEFINITIONS.

    If a man takes a piece of steel worth 6d. and makes of it watch-springs springs worth £20, that is skill. If he takes a piece of paper worth ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. CONCERNING CATS.

    All who love cats should read Mrs. Winslow's interesting book "Concerning Cats," which comprehends a large amount of information on the subject of that ...

    Article : 390 words
  16. OIL YOUR UMBRELLA.

    A dealer in and repairer of umbrellas says that the life of the umbrella will be doubled if the joints be regularly and properly oiled. An umbrella ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.

    Many men consider the calm and passionless nature the finest type of humanity, but such a nature is seldom associated either with saitliness or ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. THE DESERVING FEATURES

    Of "Wolfe's-Schnapps" in cases of gout and rheumatism have secure, for it the popular favor; see that you get "Wolfe's-Schnapps." ...

    Article : 25 words
  19. To Agriculturists, Thrashing-Machine Owners, Etc.

    Gentlemen,—We have pleasure in informing you that we are now in a position to book orders for the coming season's requirements for "The ...

    Article : 157 words
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