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  2. RESULT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT.

    Andrew French was one of those mortals who are so unfortunate as not to be depend-out upon their own efforts for support. Having graduated at college, he passed ...

    Article : 1,312 words
  3. BETWEEN KISSES.

    Her love is like the morning dew Upon the summer rose, That glistens fresh and fair to view And ero the noontide goes, ...

    Article : 1,095 words
  4. THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

    All hail the sweet girl graduate, who's now in fullest bloom; Who knows her Greek and Latin, and the use of who and whom; ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. ADVICE TO THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

    List to me, O girl! Turn those reluctant feet of yours from the muddy place where the brook and river meet and bend your steps in my direction. Bend your car ...

    Article : 562 words
  6. THE HERO MAKER.

    Young Mr. Morrison, of the "Daily Plant" wandered out on one of the numerous piers that make certain fashionable portions of the Atlantic coast look like the rim ...

    Article : 1,529 words
  7. THE PIANO'S NEEDS.

    A few simple rules on the subject of the piano may be of interest mid value:— Be careful to have the piano tuned once every three months. ...

    Article : 372 words
  8. HER FIRST KISS.

    To me the beauty of that night lives unsurpassed. All heaven and earth seemed blended in one grand, harmonious note. The stars seemed to scintillate in silent glee, as ...

    Article : 205 words
  9. A SPIDER'S STRATEGY.

    A naturalist has recounted an interesting incident which illustrates the reasoning power of some spiders. Standing in the road between Watford and Pinner, he says, my ...

    Article : 336 words
  10. OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER.

    "And what is your age, madam ?" was the attorney's question. "My own," she answered promptly. "I understand that, madam ; I mean how ...

    Article : 181 words
  11. HOW CHOPIN WROTE HIS "DEAD MARCH."

    Few people are aware of the extraordinary circumstances under which Chopin composed his famous "Dead March." The inspiration came to him in the studio of M. Ziem, in the ...

    Article : 295 words
  12. A CONVICTS MASTERPIECE.

    Perhaps the most interesting fact about the building of Wormwood Scrubbs prison is that the plans for its construction were drawn out by a convict in his cell while ...

    Article : 287 words
  13. A COPYRIGHT WAR.

    The first copyright suit, contended somewhere about A.D. 521-597, was the cause of a civil war. St. Columba, an Irish saint, whilst visiting his master Finnian, made a ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. A GIGANTIC UMBRELLA.

    The Department of Concessions of the Omaha Exposition has received an application for space for the erection of a mcchanical device which will, it is hoped, excel the ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN REBUKED.

    The following good story is told of Sir Arthur Sullivan. Some time ago, when a change in the cast of one of his operas had been made, Sir Arthur, who happened to be ...

    Article : 392 words
  16. A BAD QUARREL.

    "You were having a quarrel with the prosecutor, were you not?" said the Judge, in an attempt to straighten out a complicated case. ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. ALIVE AFTER DEATH.

    Physiologists make creepy experiments at times, and very gruesome discoveries. Mons. Robin got a beheaded Parisian criminal, for instance, placed the arm at right ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. HENRY THE FIFTH'S CRADLE.

    Lord Salisbury has Queen Elizabeth's cradle at Hatfield; and that of Queen Mary Stuart—the only place in which she was out of mischief—is also preserved; but the cradle ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. A QUAINT SET.

    Perhaps the most unique collection of stamps in the world is owned by a Mrs. George Wilson, of Binghamton, N.Y. There are 862,000 stamps, and they completely cover ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. FIXING THE LARK'S SONG.

    As far back as 1650 lovers of nature tried to fix tho song of the lark on paper to write it out, in notes to bo reproduced by voice or musical instrument. The first composer to ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. VISION ON THE WATER.

    The question often asked is "How far can one see with the naked eye on the water?" And although fishermen and persons who go on chcap steamboat trips tell some wonderful ...

    Article : 166 words
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