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A certain mail has the reputation of never being able to say a plain "Yes" or "No' iu reply to a plain question. One day two ladies of his acrjuaintanco were discussing this peculiarity when one of them announced that she'felt sure that she- could make the talkative indiviuual say "No" flatly. A\ hon she iioxt met tho gentleman she said to him—"Let mo see, Mr. Robinson-—you are a widower, are you not?" "As,much a widower, madam," lie answered, with a polite bow, "as it is possible for a man to be who was never married." , ECCLERIASTE3 111 CHAPTER, VERSES IP. 20. 21. 22. For that whi:.h b»falleth tho ions of men befalleth beasts; even one thing bo. talleth them: as tho ono dieth, so dioth the other; yea, they havo all ono breath; to tl>t a man hath no pre-emineneo above t, beast: for all is vanity. All go unto ono place; all aro of tho , 'dust, and all turn to dust again. 1 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and tho spirit of tho beasc that gocth downward to tho earth? Wherefore I pcrceivo that thero is nt> . thing bstter than that a man should rojoico iu his own works; for that ij hj 3 portion: for who shall bring him to teo what shall bo after him?—Advt,

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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 13

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Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 13

Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 13

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