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HE WASN'T THERE.
"Oh, what a nice dream I had last night!" said little Alice to her younger brother Augustus, one morning." Only think I was at a ...
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PAUL SPICER'S PEN-WIPER.
"See! isn't it pretty?" And Miriam Armitage held up the sum total of her half-hour's work— a dainty little china doll, dressed in myriad tiny ...
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TO WAIT.
Tis woman's happy lot to wait, To wait with glad expectancy And buoyant heart lifted elate, The folded future's mystery. ...
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GOOD FOR RECITATION.
I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is truthful James; I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games. And I'll tell in simple language what ...
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TOPICAL ARTICLE.
"Australia for the Australians" may be a good wholesome war cry. We know at any rate the danger of permitting a large influx of people, ...
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THE MIGHTIEST RESERVOIR OF POWER.
So powerful are the sun's rays, when at their height, that on every square yard of the earth's surface there falls the equivalent of three ...
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SOME MARVELLOUS ACCIDENTS.
One of the most marvellous accidents that ever took place on a football field was that which occurred at Gainsborough. A man who was ...
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TIM MAKES HIS REPORT.
It was the report of Tim Wackford to his wife on the occasion of an injury to their neighbour, Jason Bumpus. Mrs. Wackford had heard that Bumpus had ...
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NO RISK.
A servant-girl came to her mistress one day, and said— "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'll have to leave you next month. Me and my ...
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CONCLUSIVE.
Mr. Simkins is a great enthusiast on the subject of "chest protectors," which he recommends to people on every occasion. ...
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COMPROMISED IT.
In crossing Regent Street the other day a lady dropped her handkerchief, and a gamin of ten, who saw it fall, ran after her and restored it. ...
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THE LENGTH OF A DREAM.
How long does a dream last? To the dreamer they sometimes seem to endure for hours, and the general impression is that they last for ...
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GRIEF WITH ECONOMY.
"There" are funny incidents in the life of a photographer," Said a well-known portrait taker. " A countryman came in the other day and looked over my ...
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VERY HANDY.
In a small village, some time ago, an old man, taking" tea with some friends, saw for the first time a pair of sugar-tongs. Not knowing for ...
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A STORY OF WILSON BARRETT.
Here is a good story of Wilson Barrett. Shortly after he had joined the theatrical profession he became a member of a company performing at ...
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VARIETIES.
The White ant of Africa is about a quarter of an inch in length with a fiat hard head terminating in a pair of sharp horizontal nippers, resembling in shape the claws of a ...
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A HIGHLAND CHRISTENING.
In wide and sparsely populated Highland districts, it not unfrequently happens that a parent has to walk a distance of five or six miles with an ...
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HAD ANOTHER CUTLET.
The Brazilian nabob. Baron Ferean, who died not long since, was as miserly in trifles as he was extravagant in other directions. It was one of his peculiarities never to fee ...
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