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  2. THE ART OF NAMES.

    It is due to the vivid imagination of women that be many of us are labellad with strange names and apparently meaningless surnames (says Brig. ...

    Article : 1,385 words
  3. A BROTHER'S LOVE

    Angus Galbraith stood at the fireplace for a long time motionless. Left to himself he showed in his face the intense agitation of his heart, Now ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOR. Self-Evident.

    Mistress (to new cook): You'll not fine me difficult to suit, Bridget. Bridget: I'm sure not, marm; I've seen your husband. ...

    Article : 27 words
  5. Scandal.

    "He: I wonder how Isabel manages to preserve her complexion? She: Oh, she just keeps it in a cool place tightly corked. ...

    Article : 26 words
  6. The New Member.

    He awed with rugged eloquence opponents in debate, And proved a man of consequence, an asset to the State. ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. HOW AUTHORS GET IDEAS.

    Writing is an art that almost any educated person may learn—that is if they have enough industry in their make up But it is of little use to ...

    Article : 671 words
  8. The Reason.

    The old gentleman's wife was getting into a carriage, and he neglected to assist her. "You are not so gallant, John, as ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. SAVED BY STILTS.

    Here is an interesting story of how a pair of stilts once saved a man's life when he was in deadly danger. Some years ago, a certain Mr. A. R. ...

    Article : 222 words
  10. Doubtful.

    Spurgeon, the famous preacher was once asked the following curious question: "Would a man go to heaven who learned to play the cornet on ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. Too Many Helrlooms.

    "The Duke of Wellington once slept in that bed," volunteered the landlord. "Um." ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. Appropriate.

    The tailor's sign in a little inland town was an apple—simply an apple. The people were amazed at it. They came in crowds to the tailor asking ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. THE POWER OF ADVERTISING.

    A Berlin pastrycook, finding his business decreasing, cudgelled his brains for some novel and offective advertising scheme, and at last hit ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. A Mixed Grill.

    A schoolboy who was not noted for his Biblical history was interrogated by the local examiner thus: "Who was Esau?" ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. One for the Runner.

    A man left his umbrella in the stand in a hotel recently with a card bearing the following inscription attached to it: ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. Dipping the "Ens."

    A lady went one day into her garden and round the old man whom she employed as gardener cleaning out the chicken houses. As he was ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. A MURDEROUS TREE.

    There is a singular tree in Cuba called the yaguey-tree. It begins to grow, at the top of another tree. The seed is carried by a bird, or wafted ...

    Article : 139 words
  18. THE COUPONS.

    "It's not my place to interfere," The young, wife's mother, said. "But then, I should not like, my dear, To see your husband-dead. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 314 words
  19. Worse Still.

    For weeks Bill had been a familiar figure tramping through the streets in his shirt-sleeves, but now he was putting on his coat once more. ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. Revenge.

    A young and bashful professor was frequently embarrassed by jokes his girl pupils would play on him. These jokes were so frequent that he ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. EDITORS, BEWARE!

    She crushed the paper in her hand, Her lip, it quivered so! If you'd been there, you'd never stand Such prettiness and woe. ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. CHAPTER XXXVII.

    Angus Galbraith left Elsie at the door of her little house and walked the few steps to his own, vaguely wondering at the girl's sudden, strange ...

    Article : 1,792 words
  23. Why Hurry?

    In Mexico time is of little importance. The late Sylvanus Miller, the civil engineer, who was engaged on some work there, was once ...

    Article : 123 words
  24. Seasonable Conundrums.

    Brown: What every years comes as a bore, when palls and brooms cover the floor, and chairs and tables block the door? ...

    Article : 181 words
  25. CHAPTER XXXV.

    Erie Galbraith rose from his knees, and there was a look in his eyes which told of a heart at last, at peace with itself. Hastily bathing his red ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  26. CHAPTER XXXVI.

    After a year of troubled, tossing life, the heart of Elsie had at last found the kindly anchorage. Her husband was given back to her, after ...

    Article : 1,195 words
  27. Tit for Tat.

    Pat, who was in lodgings, was greatly annoyed by the landlady helping herself to his provisions. She began by taking a plece of his butter, and ...

    Article : 135 words
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