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  2. TROUBLE IN TRAVELLING.

    I don't know whether it was Smith, Jones, or Brown who persuaded me to buy that confounded s[?]ulper's ticket; but buy it I did, thereby saving [?]2.69, says a writer in "Puck." ...

    Article : 598 words
  3. HITS AND BITS.

    He was a chatty kind of a conjurer, and was anxious to open the evening's entertainment merrily. So he stepped forward to the front of the stage, and said: ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  4. JOHN GILPIN RIVALLED.

    John Gilpin's famous ride was beaten by one which a Confederate soldier was foreed to take during an engagement in the American Civil War between Quirk's scouts and ...

    Article : 419 words
  5. A TOOTH-BRUSH FOR THE DOG.

    A tooth-brush is the Now York pet dog's latent luxury. A score or more of dainty toilet articles, gold-mounted and jewelled, were scattered over the glass counter, and ...

    Article : 365 words
  6. HOME LIFE AT THE CLUB.

    Mr. Primmer belonged to the dignified class of men, and though always pleaarmt in his manner, wna not at all of the hail-fellow-well-met order. Accordingly, he caused ...

    Article : 321 words
  7. OUR MOTTO.

    I asked my wife to-day if she was happy, and she said that she would be if I would get shaved and throw away my corncob pipe I promised to do both, and I will. Of course ...

    Article : 638 words
  8. HEBREW ALTARS

    While exploring the forsaken parts of Palestine; recently, the Rev. Harvey D. Greene, of Lowell, Mass, discovered two notable altars which he is certain were used ...

    Article : 976 words
  9. PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

    "How do I look?" asked a young wife who stood before her husband dressed to attend a party with him. He raised his eyes from the paper he was ...

    Article : 268 words
  10. WHAT HE COULD BOAST OF.

    One of the most original characters of the Welsh pulpit was the late Rev. Lewis Powell, Cardiff. While on it visit to Carmarthen town on one occasion he called at the college ...

    Article : 236 words
  11. DEATHS FROM FRIGHT.

    "I have interested myself somewhat in looking up unusual causes of death," said a well known physician, "and have met several well-authenticated instances where fright ...

    Article : 296 words
  12. PRACTISING.

    Ton little troublesome fingers, Ten little finger-nails- Puttering on the piano, Scattoring over the scales. ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. TOO CLEVER BY HALF.

    He was a now assistant in the big retail establishment, and he was anxious to make a record as a salesman. A young lady inquired: "Can you let me look at some safety ...

    Article : 170 words
  14. FOR BLONDE AND BRUNETTE.

    A little while ago the very mistaken belief prevailed that persons with chestnut or even downright red hair could wear nothing but light blue and certain shades of green if ...

    Article : 342 words
  15. THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK.

    There are comparatively few women in the present ago who laboriously count the threads of the cloth in their Hewing, or sew by rule, as their grandmothers did. It is ...

    Article : 438 words
  16. A LITTLE TESTIMONIAL.

    "How do you like your now typewriter?" inquired the agent. "It's splendid," was the enthusiastic response. "Well, would you mind giving me a little testimonial to ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. A PEEP AT FINNISH LADIES.

    The young ladies of Finland are far in advance of the young ladies of this country (that is to Bay in a comparative sense). It is rather a fashion for the young ladies ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. HUNTING.

    [?]VE a mania for hunting, I've hunted the hare, I've hunted the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 365 words
  19. HER FIRST CAKE.

    She measured out the butter with a very solemn air; The milk and sugar also; and she took tho greatest care ...

    Article : 321 words
  20. QUEER EPITAPHS.

    Blomfield, in his "History of Norfolk," gives the following from Holm Church in that county, date, A.D. 1404:- Henry Nottingham and his ...

    Article : 319 words
  21. GOOSE WAITING FOR ITS MASTER.

    Bishop Stanley relates a laughable incident of a goose, which formed an attachment to its master who lived in Elgin. It would follow him wherever he went, even through the ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. A MAN WHO COULD NOT KISS.

    "Old Boots," a well-known character at Ripon in the 18th century, was born about the year 1692. What his real name was I do not know. He was for long time boot ...

    Article : 293 words
  23. IT WENT AT THAT.

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