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  2. YOUR BRAIN HAS BLIND SPOTS.

    Everybody knows that the brain is a mass of grey matter made up of bunches of cells, each bunch representing an inclination or feeling such ...

    Article : 488 words
  3. Grave and 'Gay.

    "Dad, what do they call a man who cats only vegetables?" "A vegetarian, son." "And one who eats people?" ...

    Article : 32 words
  4. The Just Men of Cordova

    Sir Isaac Tramber went to Lincoln in an evil frame of mind. He had reserved a compartment, and cursed his luck when he discovered that his ...

    Article : 3,038 words
  5. The Household.

    Kidney and Onion.—Take a sheep's kidney and a moderate sized Spanish onion. Skin the kidney, and season according to taste. Peel the onion, ...

    Article : 700 words
  6. WOOD AND ITS PRODUCTS.

    It is not generally known that over 60 per cent, of wood may be converted into liquid. The strongest hydraulic pressure would not squeeze one-half ...

    Article : 313 words
  7. Why?

    "Really though, why is it that a girl always closes her eyes when a follow kisses her?" "Easy. She's just told him he was ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. Small Change.

    "It's three years since I was in this city," said the stranger as he finished his dinner. "City looks the same." "I don't find much change," ...

    Article : 48 words
  9. Tobacco.

    Tobacco is a dirty weed, I like it. It satisfies no normal need, I like it. ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. Wise Hubby.

    "Docs your husband ever lie to you?" "Never." "How do you know?" ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. THE USE AND ABUSE OF KNOWLEDGE.

    People often declare that to wish to do right, and to do it to the limit of our knowledge, are all that is necessary for moral excellence—that ...

    Article : 253 words
  12. The Sabbatarian.

    Bridget: The new neighbors want to cut their grass, mum; and they sent over to ask the loan of your lawnmower. ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. The Redeeming Feature.

    Wealthy Old Spinster (to her young fiance, who is toying with her hair): There are two or three 'silver threads among the gold,' darling. Doesn't the ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. Served the Beggar Right.

    The new baby had proved itself the possessor of extraordinary lung powers. One day baby's brother, little Johnny, said to his mother: ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. STRIPPING DAIRY COWS.

    The importance of properly stripping dairy cows is often not understood by any means as well as it should be by those workmen who have ...

    Article : 377 words
  16. All Great Men.

    Referring the other day to feeling nervous when making public speeches,. Sir Thomas Dewar told a story of a man who was suddenly ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. REST AND STRENGTH.

    "I am asked to speak of the hygienic value of the Christian Sabbath. Physiology teaches an unstable condition of our vital forces. If the original ...

    Article : 271 words
  18. CHAPTER XII.

    The curious ring on the Carholme was crowded. Unusually interested in the Lincoln Handicap was the sporting world, and this, together ...

    Article : 1,571 words
  19. Smile in Court.

    At a recent trial one of the witnesses was a green countryman, unused to the ways of the law, but quick, as it proved, to understand its ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. READING IN BED.

    Reading in bed used to be objected to in the old days on the score of danger, and one or the first injunctions of a hostess to her guest was in ...

    Article : 227 words
  21. He Didn't Know.

    The motor bus was going along at a good speed, when an elderly gentleman of ample proportions threw his dignity to the wind by falling into the ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. WOMEN AND THE HOME.

    Nowhere can women do better work than in the home, although their labors have by no means ended there. In the present battle for freedom ...

    Article : 360 words
  23. SELECTING THE LAYERS.

    No matter what the variety or strain may be, there are good, bad, and indifferent layers therein. A prac tised eye can pick out a good layer. ...

    Article : 346 words
  24. TO MAKE HIM WORK.

    "I drink to make me work," said a young man. To which an old man replied: "That's right, thee drink and it will make thee work! Hearken to me ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. Hard to Please.

    "Madam!"—the new Borough Councillor remarked as he stood purple with righteous wrath before the somewhat slatternly woman who had ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. A SIMPLE TREATMENT FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.

    A Parisian doctor recommends for insomnia a simple remedy, which, he declares, has been tried with great success. It is merely to keep your ...

    Article : 236 words
  27. The Doctor's Mistake.

    'Twas midnight, and all was still in the house.' Suddenly the doorbell rang, and the doctor, whose car was well trained, awoke. Someone ...

    Article : 169 words
  28. Talked Too Much.

    In one of the sporting clubs the other day the story was told of a dying jockey who gave to his son this parting advice: "Never talk, my son! ...

    Article : 167 words
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