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  2. [?]adies' Column.

    In learning the art of smocking, a striped or cross checked material should be used to practice upon, to save all trouble of marking the material, until the chief characteristics ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  3. Miscellaneous.

    She beard him talk of deathless love As if such things could be), And blushed, with downcast eyes, to hear ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. Humor.

    Alone within my den I sit, Unchained by Hymen's fetters, And, in a retrospective fit, Am groping 'mid old letters. ...

    Article : 262 words
  5. People We Read About.

    William Ewart Gladstone was born in Liverpool, England, December 29, 1809, the son of John Gladstone, Esq., and of Ann, daughter of Andrew Robertson, Provost of ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  6. Traveller.

    The Yellow River, from the enormous rapidity of its volume when swollen by melted snow, is the worst of offenders. Its new bed, even in twenty-five years, has ...

    Article : 578 words
  7. Children.

    One, two, three, one, two, three, Better little children never did yon see; Clothes so neat and tidy, faces sweet and clean, ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. Making Railroad Maps.

    The method of making railroad maps is described as follows: Up to 1870 maps were engraved on stone, copper or steel. The process was slow, ...

    Article : 577 words
  9. Fairy Wishes Now-a-Days.

    Tinkey lay under a wide-spreading apple tree, upon a fied of half dried grass, that was not yet bay, sending out the most delicious perfume of clover blossoms. ...

    Article : 2,042 words
  10. Betrayed.

    At a large dinner-party the Major it called upon for a speech. He rises and begins: "My dear friends[?] Unprepared as I am— ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. A Four-Cornered Surprise.

    "This dinner must have been a heavy expense to you, Mr. Nouveau Riche—an enormous drain on your purse." "Well, there are many unforseen bills, ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. His Worst Girl.

    "Clara, I loye you." "But I am utterly without means." "Oh! you don't let me finish my sentence —I love you not at all." ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. The Shrine of Juggernaut.

    Next to Benares, Jagannath, which is unique in many ways among the holy places of the Hindoos, attracts the largest number of pilgrims from all parts of India. ...

    Article : 622 words
  14. Force of Habit.

    Beggar: "Oh, help me, doctor; I have four small children!" Doctor (sternly): "Show me your tongue." ...

    Article : 21 words
  15. Too Tender-Hearted to Marry.

    She: "With all your wealth I should get married." He: "Impossible! It I should marry and then find some other woman ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. Queer Religious Sects in Russia.

    A Russian writer, M. Tsakni, has ust pubished an interesting work upon carious religious sects in Russia. It appears that in the empire there are no less than fifteen ...

    Article : 295 words
  17. A Passing Thought.

    "You gave me a counterfeit coin yesterday. You have no conscience." "Give it to me. I'll take it back." "Yes, now—when I have pasaed it off o[?] ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. Trifles Light as Air.

    An undesirable country seat—On the custard pie at a picnic. Why is age like an umbrella? Because neither are any protection from folly. ...

    Article : 417 words
  19. Innocence Afloat.

    Farmer (to a tramp whom he has surprised in a fruit-tree)! "What are you doing up there?" Tramp: "I? Nothing I only hanging ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. Involuntary Music.

    Mrs. Preesley: "Oh, I am so glad you have yielded to our entreaties and are going to sing at our musical parties." Mr. Tenori (bluntly): " Lord! what can a ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. A Good Highwayman.

    "These highwaymen should be shot or strung up instantly." "Hot all of them. I know one who is a capital fellow, and as honest as the day is ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. Recipes.

    One and one-half pints or sweet milk, one-half box of gelatine, three eggs, four table-spoons of sugar, one tablespoonful of lemon flavoring. Mix the milk, gelatine (which ...

    Article : 347 words
  23. For those about to Marry.

    He: "All women ought to carry a ticket on the breast, with an inscription stating what dowry they will have." She: "Certainly! And the men should have ...

    Article : 48 words
  24. Cost of Stopping a Train.

    "It not generally known what loss of power is involved in the starting and stoping of a train of cars. There is required about twice aa much power to stop a train as ...

    Article : 155 words
  25. Talk of the Day.

    A TIME TABLE—twenty minutes for dinner. JOKES about seal skin sacgues are very fur-fetched. ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. A Handsome Reception.

    "I never was bluffed in so pleasant a way as on my last trip," said Joblots, lately. "I was just about to enter an office when I saw a stairway with a sign: 'This way for ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. Chinese Proverbs.

    "It is needless to use a battle-axe to out off a hen's head." "Never climb a tree to catch fish." "A fuir wind raises no storm." ...

    Article : 59 words
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