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  2. JIM'S CONSPIRACY.

    Jim meant to celebrate the "fifth" in truly royal fashion. He had been saving up all his money for months past, with the result that, With papa's half-crown and ...

    Article : 1,755 words
  3. A SIMPLE LITTLE REMEDY.

    "I just can't stand it [?] The speaker was a painly-dressed man with a bundle under his arm. He sat down on the doorstep of a large building near the ...

    Article : 832 words
  4. CONNUBIAL BLISS.

    My wife is a woman of mind, And Delville, who examined her bumps, Said that never was found in a woman such large intellectual lumps. ...

    Article : 1,065 words
  5. BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.

    About the middle of the last century there lived, in a quiet back street off Soho, a certain Doctor Norman, a surgeon of high repute, attached to St. Bartholomew's ...

    Article : 2,744 words
  6. STREET ARAB A GOVERNOR.

    John Green Brady, of Indians, who has been appointed Governor of Alaska, never knew his parents, says the " Savannah News." He grew up a veritable street Arab ...

    Article : 209 words
  7. FLIRTING WITH THE FAN.

    It is really amusing in this matter-of-fact day and generation, to see a Spanish woman flirt with her fan. Spanish women, are not very brilliant as far as wit or conversation ...

    Article : 304 words
  8. TUNING FORKS.

    Two tuning forks are tuned absolutely alike. They vibrate with the same rapidity, and, mounted thus on their resonant stands, you bear them loudly sounding the same ...

    Article : 216 words
  9. WEATHERCOCKS AND VANES.

    Weathercocks are to be divided into two classes, the weathercock proper, which is the gilded figure of chanticleer; and the vane, which, turning with every wind equally with ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. SIGNET RINGS FOR WOMEN.

    With the returning fashion of sealing all dainty social epistles is revived also the signet ring in a new and artistic design. The intaglio and the cameo and the finely-carved ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. CONFERRING ARISTOCRACY.

    The wealthy old aristocrat objected to Harold marrying his daughter because Harold was compelled by the exigences of his circumtances to work for his living. ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. FLOWERS THAT ARE EATEN.

    The use of flowers, such as rose leaves and violets, for making confections is well-known. Now the nasturtium is treated in a like manner, and the products are received with ...

    Article : 155 words
  13. CURIOUS NATIONAL CHARITY.

    Most people will be surprised to learn that slavery is in such a flourishing condition in Eastern lands that England spends several thousand pounds every year in aid of the ...

    Article : 476 words
  14. CONDUCTING THE MOVEMENT.

    Mademoiselle Alboni, having heard on the day of her arrival at Trieste, on one occasion, that a cabal was being organised against her, wended her way to the estaminet, and ...

    Article : 420 words
  15. HER PROUDEST MOMENT.

    One of the proudest moments of a girl's life is when she receives her first engagement ring. She is so pleased with the jewelled circle ...

    Article : 205 words
  16. "I THOWT I FELT A HOP!"

    An Irishman went into a public-house one day, and asked for a mug of beer in a great hurry, stating that he was so dry he thought he could drink a gallon. The publican told ...

    Article : 170 words
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