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  2. The Sketcher.

    Rose. Ethel. Drawing-room in a country house. The day after the Hunt B[?] Rose: Ethel, what made you behave ...

    Article : 1,427 words
  3. The Home.

    Sorrow has ministry, but many find it [?] at [?]st to compre[?]end. Its meaning or to learn its lessons. Everything about it seems so dark the mysterious that they ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. Comic Cuttings.

    Funny, isn't it, that after a man has once given his word, he should try so hard to keep it? She: "They say first love is sweetest." ...

    Article : 665 words
  5. SPRAY.

    The chief characteristic of the Australian [?]humans is the [?].[?] tter lived in the bush in the [?] small hut.They met twice a day, ...

    Article : 1,232 words
  6. FACTS & FANCIES.

    The list of royalty who have been addicted to the use of the bottle is a long one. In not a few instances monarchs have set a baneful example to their ...

    Article : 430 words
  7. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY.

    Looking over the letter I have lately received from my correspondents, I [?] with the following one, which contains an account of so remarkable an occurences ...

    Article : 2,305 words
  8. Home Lessons.

    I am asked, writes a leading literary man in London, to gave my opinion on the much[?]xed question of home lessons; and as it is nearly five years since I last wrote ...

    Article : 614 words
  9. Soldiers Who Are Missing.

    Despite the utmost precautions taken, and the careful Investigations made by our military authorities, after every campaign scores of men are posted as ...

    Article : 679 words
  10. BRIGHT PARAGRAPHS.

    The very best kind of charity is to touch the value of food and the best methods of cooking.— J. C. Buckmaster. Though the fame of England owes a ...

    Article : 401 words
  11. The Japanese.

    The Japanese are a continual marvel. It is recognised that the organisation of their contingent to the Allied forces in China is superior to any. But we are told that in ...

    Article : 239 words
  12. Too Exact.

    An amusing story is told at the expense of two grooms in the service of a Yorkshire gentleman. They were sent out one morning with a ...

    Article : 256 words
  13. THE VIPER THAT KILLED C[?]EOPATRA.

    The serpent in ancient Egypt according to M. d Avenes, was an en[?]em of the Sun god, as were the chief defined animals; but it was also a symbol of pe[?]idy. ...

    Article : 308 words
  14. On the Wrong Scent.

    First Little Girl (at a fashionable seaside resort) : " I'm glad to get quainted with you, 'cause you're nice." Second Little Girl : "So'm I with you ...

    Article : 159 words
  15. He Also Ran.

    The proprietor of a Birmingham restaurant advertised for a cook the other day. The first to apply for the berth appeared to be in every way suitable. But before ...

    Article : 194 words
  16. In Search of an Honest Man.

    Some years ago a wealthy man died in Brussels, leaving nearly his entire fortune to a young woman, who was entirely unacquainted with him. This is how it came ...

    Article : 218 words
  17. CURIOUS WEDDING CUSTOMS.

    Koreans have what appear to us strange wedding ceremonies. A Korean women must be mute as a statue from the morning till the evening of the day she is ...

    Article : 294 words
  18. ARBOREAL FREAKS.

    The wonderful dispensations of Nature are often varied by most peculiar eccentricities. These queer vageries are to be met with among both flora and fauna, but ...

    Article : 297 words
  19. Chinese Superstition.

    When General Grant was visiting China Chester Holcombe, for many years secretary of the American legation at Pekin, secured for him a privilege never before that time ...

    Article : 251 words
  20. Don't Like Cold Water.

    The healthiness of Chinese cities has been ingeniously attributed by some people to the universal habit of fanning, a practice which is said to keep the atmosphere in ...

    Article : 221 words
  21. OLD BIBLES.

    What becomes of the worn-out Bibles ? That is a question, says an American paper, that Chicago book store clerks ask each other. The number of Bibles sold ...

    Article : 203 words
  22. At the Telephone.

    "Hello, Central!" , "What number, please ?" " One thousand two hundred and sixty-four." "I don't catch that." "One thousand two hundred aud sixty-four." ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. BANK OF THE HOLY GHOST.

    One of the oldest banks in Europe which has survived more than three centuries of political and financial change, is the Banco di Santo Spirdito, the Bank of the Holy Ghost, in Rome. ...

    Article : 234 words
  24. A RAINY DAY.

    I don't like the rain, But the ducks and fishes do; So I'm glad we sometimes have a rainy day— Aren't you, ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. LABOR BANKS

    In three years 28 Labour banks have come into existence in the United States, having resources of over £30,000,000. These banks are nothing if they are not private banks. They have ...

    Article : 257 words
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