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  2. SIR H. D. WOLFF'S GHOST STORY.

    The following story was told me by a lady. She was the wife of a rich squire in the east of England, after whose death she married a well-known Italian. She was a ...

    Article : 2,090 words
  3. THE LIGHT OF LOVE.

    Fair is the flush of the summer dawn, When the gate of pearl uncloses, As it glimmers along the dewy lawn And shimmers amid the roses ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. A GOOD MAN'S DAY.

    [Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, was born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestership, on the 1st July, 1574. He received his academical education at Emmanuel ...

    Article : 1,662 words
  5. IRRIGATION IN AMERICA.

    The following description of the modes and wonderful results of irrigation in America, appears in the New York Tribune, of February 19, contributed by General ...

    Article : 1,594 words
  6. PHYSICAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS.

    At no time in the history of our country has more attention been given to the subject of physical training than is given to it at the present day. ...

    Article : 358 words
  7. £A Big Crowd Fooled.

    An incident happened the other day that melted a crowd in a hurry. A toll, quiet man stood looking intently at a show window on Broadway. Two other men paused and ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. Looking Oat for His Fleet.

    It was a horny banded, bronzed cheeked, bine flannel shirted son of Neptune I was interviewing on the lake front This gentleman owns a small fleet of row boats, which ...

    Article : 251 words
  9. The Afghan Ameer.

    Abdurrahman in the first part of his career was a soldier; when he was raised to the ameership be became a bureaucrat, a new role for an Afghan ruler and one not ...

    Article : 386 words
  10. A SMART YOUNG WOMAN

    Yes, sir, I've been in the show business, one way or another, nearly thirty years, and I've had my ups and downs. Made any money? ...

    Article : 1,620 words
  11. An Unhappy Life.

    "Oh, Mr. Lighthead," remarked Miss Old-girl, with a simper, "I've seen just eighteen happy summers to-day." "Only eighteen happy ones!" replied he ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. Character Tested by a Musical Note.

    Now it is a fact, well known and beyond dispute, that every animate or inanimate structure responds to some chord or note of music, called, I believe, the dominant. We ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. A NEW DEPARTURE BY THE SALVATION ARMY.

    From All The World, a monthly publication of the Army, we extract the following appeal by General Booth:—"For some time now the starving condition of great ...

    Article : 432 words
  14. PLAYING MESSENGER BOY.

    "I would like to hare been in London on Jubilee day," said a prominent business man. "It would Lave been great fun to have studied the people who made up the tremendous ...

    Article : 494 words
  15. If They Were Smart.

    Two business men were talking the other day about the inefficiency of their assistants. One expressed himself warmly upon the subject The other quieted him by saying: ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. A Natural Conclusion.

    Looker-On heard this conversation at the Parker Louse between a couple of "chappies" to-day: Chappie No. 1—Chawlie, have you ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. CALIFORNIA WOODS.

    How Valuable Timbers Dave Almost Disappeared—The House Painter's Imitation—First Use of Redwood as a Fintailing Lumber—The Sugar Pine. ...

    Article : 1,208 words
  18. To Quench Thirst.

    A north side physician states that ice water does not quench thirst, but increases it "I remember a little story," said he, "which I think might do much pood it published ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. NO MAN'S LAND.

    The strip of American territory known as " No Man's Land " is 169 miles long by 34 1/2 miles wide. There are 10,000 people living on it (writes the Home News.) It ...

    Article : 441 words
  20. Charity In Paris.

    I have been trying to calculate how much each of the legitimate sufferers of the Opera Comique fire should get from the various relief funds which have been started. The ...

    Article : 336 words
  21. EGGS FROM EVERY STATE.

    "Eggs begin to come from the south, in January," said a Dey street dealer, "and they run up just like shad and strawberries. A few come from Texas. There is big money ...

    Article : 455 words
  22. Is It "Neether" or "Nither?"

    The pronunciation of the word "neither" is very generally considered to be a matter of taste. Most dictionaries give both pronunciations, but good speakers invariably give ...

    Article : 170 words
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