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his hundred dollars, he would therefore be paid for his time at the rate of thirty-three and one-third cents a day.
When the bars of the northern lights shoot up in a cone shape, like guns stacked, that is a sure sign of war.
If you want the cake you make to be light, stir the batter only one way.
Hemlock-trees attract lightning, It is said that you need put no lightning-rods on your buildings if you will only set up a tall hemlock pole near them. The lightning will hit that pole, rather than the buildings, every time.
All sound-minded people have the largest half of their heads in front of their ears. A man with the heaviest part of his head back of his ears you may be pretty sure is an idiot.
Sleep before midnight is “beauty sleep.” Therefore if you wish to be handsome go to bed early.
