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  2. Spray.

    A correspondent of the "National Observer" tells this story of a parrot he possesses. The parrot, he writes, had a very bad cold one morning, and ...

    Article : 120 words
  3. The Home.

    Don't choose a husband because he is the handsomest man you know, and all the other girls are wild about him. Good looks are not, by any means, ...

    Article : 230 words
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    Advertising : 835 words
  5. THE MESMERIST'S CRIME,

    "But, professor," cried Lady Diana, amazed at this presentation of the case, "how can she deny it?" "Ah, madame," said Professor Fleury, in ...

    Article : 3,752 words
  6. Present to Longfe low.

    Longfellow used to tell of a child who once examined the titles of books in his library, and then approaching him said: —"Haven't you got a Jack the ...

    Article : 112 words
  7. Humours of Examinations.

    In dealing with immature minds one should be careful to say what he means. A. little boy in the course of his reading lesson came to the word "widow," and ...

    Article : 114 words
  8. Did Care Kill a Cat?

    I have kept cats all my life and never noticed that care or worry either prevented them from sleeping soundly on the footstool or in bed. By the way, a ...

    Article : 230 words
  9. On Top of a 'SUB.

    Passenger (in second seat, to his friend, pointing to a man just leaving front seat): "That's an actor." "How da you know?" ...

    Article : 79 words
  10. The Revelation.

    An Idle poet, here and there, Looks round him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair, Is duller than a whilting's jest. ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. The New Woman.

    A correspondent asks me (Dr. Gordon Stables) for an opinion concerning this —ahem !—strange anomaly. Well, as I'm not going to adopt a Parliamentary ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. Birthday Honours.

    Mr. Smith : "I wish particularly to see Mr. Jones—I mean Sir James Jones. Is ha in ?" Junior Partner :"He's not in just now, Mr. Smith. But if it's to ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. Pith and Point.

    Kilwinning is notable as having the oldest Freemasons' lodge In Scotland. An exchange points out that when sugar is partly burned in a gas flame ...

    Article : 474 words
  14. The Late Markiss.

    In his "Recollections of Paris," Captain Bingham tells a story of Mrs. Hudson, the wife of the Railway King (whose son was called the Prince of ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. Hidden Valuables.

    A curious discovery of hidden valuables has been made by a Liverpool furniture repairer. He was lately taking to pieces an antique Chippendale ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. The Latest Chinese Idea.

    Uncle Abner (from his almanac): "I allow them Chinese critters hain't such senseless fools ez folks try to make aout; they do their readin' backlards." ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. Sound on Its Travels.

    An American humorist was asked, "How fast does sound travel?" His idea is that it depends a good deal upon the noise you are talking about. "The ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. Palmerston Tripping.

    Once at a meeting in connection with the University College, London, Palmerston took the chair. He was not at home in this learned body, and was ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. Famous Battle.

    A traveller in England asked a certain waiter if he could direct him to the field where the great Towkesbury battle was fought. ...

    Article : 147 words
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