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  2. Short Story.

    CHAPTER I.—Wirdan to Leedham. "A third-class return to Leeddham, An ordinary enough request, truly ...

    Article : 1,820 words
  3. The Ellen's Congress.

    An interesting meeting was held lately at Henpeckt Mansion, kindly lent for thy occasion by Mr. Tim idde—his wife being out of town. ...

    Article : 333 words
  4. The Home.

    Before any of you marry commit the maxims I am going to give you to memory, and if you can persuade the person you are about to marry to do tile same you will do well ...

    Article : 291 words
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    Advertising : 695 words
  6. Sound Advice.

    The distinct falling oft of the appetite fs one of the symptoms of heat exhaustion. We have little or no inclination for food, and unwisely give way to this disinclination ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. A Boy King's Worries.

    Alfonso XIII., the young King of Spain, has been heard to wish on more than one occasion, says a writer in "Chums," that his lot in life were a humbler one. A boy of average tastes ...

    Article : 417 words
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    Advertising : 121 words
  9. Dartmoor Prison.

    The real Dartmoor, the Dartmoor that is known to the thousand black-arrowed inmates of the sombre granite-built penitentiary, and to those of us who live amid its primeval tors ...

    Article : 391 words
  10. Food a Mighty Factor.

    Butchers and bakers hold the welfare of the nation in their hands. Good bread and good meats are moralists in a certain sense, for they pave the way for the counsels of ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. TROOD'S ISLAND REMINISCENCES.

    Mr. Thomas Trood, British Vice-Consul at Apia, Samoa, has unpacked his mind of memories. They come in a book "Island Reminiscences," a trimmed ...

    Article : 397 words
  12. Gaolbirds as Actors.

    A prison chaplain of vast experience, who was consulted by the writer on this subject, says:—" Old gaolbirds can defy the vigilance of all the warders in ...

    Article : 328 words
  13. Stale Fruit.

    Never at this season allow children to eat fruit which has been long gathered. It is a most fertile source of diarrhoea, and may produce that dreaded fatal disease, cholera. ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. Railway Carriage Windows.

    What is the law with regard 10 the control of windows in railway carnages? This is a matter that is very difficult to decide, and has probably caused as many disputes ...

    Article : 812 words
  15. Legend as to the Origin of Tea.

    A pious legend tells us that Daruma, an Indian saint, was the medium through which the fragrant beverage became known to the ? world. He had renounced all allurements of ...

    Article : 194 words
  16. A breakfast With Jenny.

    Life has its sighs ami sorrows. Amen! But Jet them be ever so many, My messenger's coming to call me at ten, For a breakfast—a breakfast with Jenny. ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. Horace Greeley's Handwriting.

    According to one legend, Greeley happened for a time to be chairman of a local railway company, and he had occasion to send to a clerk in one of the offices a written notice ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. SUNKEN SHIPS.

    Sunken ships may now be refloated by means of acetylene sins. An experiment was tried successfully on a 10ton boat in the River Seine. The boat ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. MODERN LIFE.

    The Sleepy Hollows and tho Auburns of the vale will not always slumber. They are on the verge of awaking, and the touch of modern life expressed in the ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. Passes Away the Time.

    The Turkish Jamplighter is usually a tall and gaunt Mussulman, with a fierce moustache, an embroidered scarlet jacket, and a huge turban. He carries a ladder, a box of ...

    Article : 160 words
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