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  2. Ways of Living.

    The recent legislation in Brittany and the closing of the schools there have called attention to French schools generally. But ...

    Article : 848 words
  3. SHORT STORY

    'I have my marching orders,' said the man, with an assumption of cheerfulness that was rather overdone, and I must go to town to-night. The 'Lavidia' sails for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,955 words
  4. Sketcher.

    THE story of Richard Brothers, who announced himself Prince of the Hebrews' and Nephew of the Almighty'— a relationship difficult ...

    Article : 901 words
  5. SOCIETY'S REPTION PET

    Some five years ago society belles took un the fad of wearing [?]cimens of the little green chameleon lizard of Florida about her neck and shoulders, attached to ...

    Article : 194 words
  6. Varieties.

    ONE day a Thief entered upon the lands of the Good Man and selected a fine, fat Lamb to drive away, but before he could make ...

    Article : 318 words
  7. ABOUT FAT PEOPLE.

    It is difficult to understand why those of our fellow-creatures who have the misfortune to be fat should be so mercilessly ridiculed by their thinner brethren. ...

    Article : 571 words
  8. CLEVER ANTS, THESE.

    In the current number of the Ze[?] fur Entomologie' Dr. Charles Schrooder give a curious illustration of the wonderful intelligence of ants. ...

    Article : 192 words
  9. HOW TO WIN A WOMAN IN A WEEK.

    Sunday—Make her acquaintance. Monday—Morning Violets. After. Loon, Call. Tuesday—Morning American Beauties ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. Humour.

    For months a certain police-constable had failed to find a solitary 'cate' to bring before the local magistrates, bat the ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. THE ABSENT MINDED DON.

    One of the finest instance of absence of mind on record is that furnished by a certain Oxford don, whose 'scholarly' abstraction frequently landed him in ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. SHE HAD TO DIET.

    Doctors sometimes give their directions for taking drugs or other treatment in language beyond the comprehension of the patient. Occasionally tragic, but ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. A MAN TO BE PITIED.

    Who is that sad disconsolate looking fellow? He is a man who has made a study of rules of health. ...

    Article : 303 words
  14. Housekeeper.

    ALGERIAN rugs made of hemp and decorated with eccentric patterns and striking colours are among the new draperies for the ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. THE PEASANT AND THE PROWLER

    One night, as the Peasant was soundly sleeping after a hard day's work, he was awaked by his wife, who informed him that a Prowler was skulking in the ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. Science.

    MARIANNA WHEELER, superintendent of the Babies Hospital of New York, writing to 'Harper's Basar' on the ...

    Article : 570 words
  17. A MERE SUGGESTION.

    It was at the theatre, and the young man had seen the play before. He let everybody for four seat round know that, and he kept selling what was ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. PAINTED LACES.

    Apropos of lace treatment is the new idea of painting laces, the Alencon and filet lacen being especially well adapted to this purpose. For ball gowns this is ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. Naturalist.

    IT is known, says a San Francisco paper, that Sarah Bernhardt, has a hard time with box pet dogs, as [?] of the hotels have regulations ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. DRINKS.

    Lemonade of a fine quality can be made as follows:—Six lemons cut in thin slices, with the pipe removed, and half a pint of strawberries stalked. Put both into a ...

    Article : 290 words
  21. A SCOTCH JOKE.

    In a village near Edinburgh there lived an old baker and his son. Their trade was in a flourishing condition, but unfortunately in the midst of their ...

    Article : 17 words
  22. PART COLORED SHEEP.

    In the Cameroon districts of Africa are thousands of remarkable sheep, and the Germans who settled there say that they are useful domestic animals. ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. TWO IRISHMEN.

    'Will you dine with me to-morrow, Mr,—[?] asked one Irishman of another. "Faith, and I will, with all my heart.' ...

    Article : 25 words
  24. A DOG STORY.

    A certain counters took a collie dog to a veterinary surgeon, and said it was very ill, and at her request he promised to give the [?] very attention On ...

    Article : 143 words
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