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  2. THE UNBALANCED BRAIN.

    Even with the strongest man the brain is liable to temporary breakdown. The truth is known to men-tal specialists, who are aware of a ...

    Article : 269 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Porter (suspiciously): "Are you first-class, ma'am?" Lady: "Yea, porter, thank you, how's yourself?" It was a fine wedding." "Were ...

    Article : 819 words
  4. RANDOM READINGS.

    An American Jeweller has hit on a novel method of securing effective shop-window illuminations after business hours at minimum cost. ...

    Article : 119 words
  5. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    The Queen detests cards. Of men who murry, 10 are bachelors to one widower. There are in Paris 200,000 more ...

    Article : 709 words
  6. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    Millie and her sister were going to visit their grandmother. They went on for a long time, until at last they know they had lost their ...

    Article : 217 words
  7. OUTDOOR SLEEPING.

    People of sedentary habits or who are closely confined in their daily work indoors should not sleep indoors at night. But if one must ...

    Article : 328 words
  8. GOOD CHEER.

    There is a great physician who long ago began To clear away the troubles that come to pester man; ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. A DOG STORY

    A young Army officer owned a smart cocker spaniel. Among other tricks, the officer trained the dog to answer "letter call" and fetch his ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. THE DONKEY'S ROAR.

    There once was a boastful donkey who thought himself the most splendid creature in the world. One day a lion passed through the ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. LIVES LOST BY LAUGHINC.

    An accident, said to be the most extraordinary on record, occurred at some oilfields in the Baku district of Russia, on the borders of the ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. REASON QUITE VALID.

    The train was somewhat full. Still, although he couldn't find a corner seat, there was really plenty of room for Algernon in the third-class ...

    Article : 202 words
  13. CHANGEABLE BRISTLES FOR TOOTHBRUSHES.

    The use of many sets of bristle holders in a single handle is a new idea in sanitary toothbrushes, which has recently appeared. The handle, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  14. NO WALLPAPER, NO GLASS, NO SOAP.

    The inside decorations of houses are all of comparatively recent date. Through the Middle Ages wall paper was entirely unknown. In the ...

    Article : 508 words
  15. PUZZLED THE POLICEMAN.

    Before she went away for a week at the seaside Mrs. Jones made her little husband promise to take the children for a walk on Saturday ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES.

    Have you ever heard the story of Atlanta? Long years ago, when the world was quite young, there lived a King who ...

    Article : 379 words
  17. "HORSE POWER."

    It is not every one who knows the exact meaning of the term "horse power" as applied to steam engines. The following is the explanation ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. SURPRISING THE PARSON.

    A provincial labourer recently lost the greater part of his furniture through a fire. The vicar of the parish headed a subscription list, and ...

    Article : 185 words
  19. CONUNDRUMS.

    Why are there more marriages in winter than in summer?—Because then men seek comforters and ladies seek muffs. ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. A REGIMENT OF GIANTS.

    Frederick the Great originated the Prussian Guards. His ambition was to form a Royal bodyguard of giants. Every country was ransacked by the ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

    A Scotsman in search of work was recently given employment as a labourer at a shipyard. His first job was to carry several heavy planks. ...

    Article : 97 words
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