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  3. AMONG THE STRAWBERRY PICKERS.

    We are unmistakably in the strawberry country, says a writer in the Globe. The luscious smell of the fruit salutes one as soon, as one emerges from the train at the ...

    Article : 1,398 words
  4. WHAT DO SWEEPS EARN ?

    ACCORDING to Cassell's Saturday Journal the chimney-cleaning trade is not nearly so lucralive as it was of yore. Its palmy days are over. No longer can the master sween ...

    Article : 992 words
  5. Items of Interest.

    An excellent substitute for tea is prepared by the Germans from the leaves of the common strawberry plant. The oldest flute in the world is made of ...

    Article : 2,271 words
  6. A NEW MATERIAL FOR BANK NOTES.

    A CURIOUS mineral, amber coloured, transparent, and non-combustible, which is said to be adapted for the manufacture of bank notes, has been discovered in ...

    Article : 623 words
  7. [NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.]

    Dick and I had quarrelled and parted. I cannot tell you how it all began, or why it ended in this serious fashion, but I can assure you felt very miserable as I saw him striding ...

    Article : 1,801 words
  8. A CERTAIN CURE FOR BALDNESS.

    THE satchel he carried in his hand as he walked briskly into a city merchant's place bore the I [?]gend "Hair," in large letters, so that all dynamite suspicions were allayed ...

    Article : 509 words
  9. SMOKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

    The Turks are now a nations of smokers, but early in the seventeenth century the priests and rulers denounced smoking as criminal, and Amurath IV. ordered its punishment by ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. THE STORY OF A LOTTERYTICKET.

    MANY of the French lottery loans of to-day, like ours of the time of Anne, give the chance of enormous prizes, besides the certainty of interest. ...

    Article : 246 words
  11. A TREACHEROUS ORACLE.

    A fascinating maid was she, And I, her most devoted lover ; But whether she cared aught for me Is what I couldn't quite discover. ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. SENT TO AN ASYLUM.

    I HAD just taken my seat in the car when an elderly gentleman entered, closely followed by a young man of decidedly fashionable aspect. They secured seats near ...

    Article : 243 words
  13. THE PHILOSOPHY OF GHOSTS.

    A sad tragedy once happened in our quiet village. A poor woman drowned herself and her baby in a tiny stream that runs through the ...

    Article : 415 words
  14. ABILITY VERSUS BIRTH.

    Amasis, a man of humble origin, was the favourite and afterwards the successor, of Apries, King of Egypt. Finding himself somewhat despised by the people on account of his ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. THE NOURISHMENT OF POTATOES.

    A GERMAN chemist has recently been investigating the nutritive value of potatoes, and finds that it varies considerably according to the age of the potato. ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. HOW HE DID THEM.

    THE man was pompous and had it large sized and visible confidence in the correctness of his manner of doing tilings. H had finished his meal at the hotel, and as he ...

    Article : 83 words
  17. A MILD INSINUATION.

    MISS THINNE : "What's this I hear about Jack putting his arm around you?" Miss Fatte: "He didn't do anything of the kind." ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. A QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE.

    HOTEL MANAGER : "What position are you seeking, my friend ?" Applicant: " I seek a position as carver." Hotel Manager : "Yes, and what ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. TWO OF A KIND.

    SHE was a lively little Yankee girl, and her friend was real English, not an imitation, but the pure article. The American girl was recounting the events of the day ...

    Article : 186 words
  20. SPIRAL SUPPOSITION.

    She--"I want you to answer me one question and then I shall feel sure of you." He--" What is it, darling ?" She--"If you knew that I love you as ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. GREAT SCHEME.

    Mudge: " Do you believe in the adage that a man who is lucky in love is unlucky atcards :" Yabsley: "No. Why ?" Mudge : "Because if I thought there was ...

    Article : 55 words
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