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  4. Stories of Mr. Ruskin.

    There is a story of a thirsty traveller who ran Mr. Ruskin to earth in a lonely lane near his home the other day. The stranger looked every inch a journalist, and ...

    Article : 612 words
  5. Short Story.

    The General had been out in the West almost continuously for thirty-five years. he had enlisted as a private in 1862, when the was 17, lying patriotically ...

    Article : 3,711 words
  6. The Sketcher.

    Au Artist. A Girl. Time: A summer afternoon. Artist: The road from Pourville to Dieppe. Artist: Woll, so the picnic is over, and ...

    Article : 1,481 words
  7. Spray.

    This story is told of a North-country servant girl who was living with a family in the neighbourhood, of Oxford. One wet day she happened to stop into a heap of ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. Curious Inn Signs.

    In the Mile End road, London, stands the Boll and Mackerel, to record the anecdote of a man who, when be caught a fish which he desired to keep for his dinner on some ...

    Article : 429 words
  9. Quite Strong Enough.

    In one of our northern manufacturing suburbs, a wealthy mill-owner was extolling the many virtues of teetotalism before a large audience. ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. Saved by His Impudence.

    At a certain school in Accrington, writing lines is a penance given to boys after school hours for misconduct. The other day the master, who had very ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. Who Was the Fool?

    A gentleman travelling to Perthshire left his luggage with a porter, got into a smoking-carriage, and read Ills paper comfortably till the train should start. ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. Baden-Powell as Sherlock Holmes.

    Colonel Baden-Powell, the defender of Mafeking. is the Sherlock Holmes of the British army, for no one has employed the methods of the great detective of fiction to ...

    Article : 375 words
  13. A Hundred Years Ago.

    Sir Walter Besant, writing in " The Queen," describes a fac-simile of the first number of one of the oldest provincial papers, the "Portsmouth Telegraph," ...

    Article : 553 words
  14. Done!

    Exhibitor (calling attention to a six-month-old baby): "Here, Indies and gentlemen, is the wonder of the century. This baby can road any book or paper you ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. How She Managed It.

    "Frances," said the little girl's mamma, who was entertaining. callers in the parlour, "you came downstairs so noisily that you could be heard all over the house. You ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. Why He Was Sad.

    He was leaning over the edge of the boat. "His profile, clear cut against the setting sun, betrayed the Hebrew blood that coursed in his veins. ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. A "Dispute" With the Queen.

    A writer in the "Figaro" some time ago related an amusing anecdote of a dispute, if the word may be used, that took place between her Majesty and Thomson, her gillie. ...

    Article : 338 words
  18. His Farewell.

    A clergyman in the West Country had two curates, one a comparatively old man, the other very young. With, the former he had not been able to ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. Long Stops.

    Some time ago a number of constables were assembled at New Scotland Yard for the purpose of being examined in matters relating to police duty previous to being ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. About Lobsters

    Mr. Frank Buckland assures us that lobsters have natural affection for their young. The old lobster has boon seen lying with its head peeping from under a rock, with its ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. 'Urt Him?

    A well-known comedian tens a story that comes all the way from Quebec. He was sight-seeing with a Tommy Atkins one day while in thai city, and they had as ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. Something Like a Cook

    A lady had a cook who gave her every satisfaction, and she was under the impression that the cook was equally satisfied with her place. But one morning, to the lady's ...

    Article : 226 words
  23. True Genius.

    Hix: "That fellow Jenks is a clever, ingenious chap, isn't he?" Dix : " Why, I never heard of his doing anything remarkable." ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. President M'Minley

    Here is a good story about President M'Kiniey. The President was taking a stroll in a Washington suburb, when he observed a little girl of 7 or 8 superintending the ...

    Article : 155 words
  25. What Job Did Not Have to Do.

    A young man has a wife who is continually referring him to Job as an example to be emulated. One morning lately he lost his collar-stud ...

    Article : 128 words
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