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  2. VARIOUS VERSES.

    His life is a dreary monotone, A study in drabs or grays: The full rose pinks and golden tints Are the lights of woman's ways. ...

    Article : 144 words
  3. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    "And you love me—me!" said Tom Viborough. He spoke as if he were in the presence of something sacred. "A poor beggar like me, who hasn't ...

    Article : 3,082 words
  4. THE JESTER.

    She (meaningly): "Do you consider is really dangerous?" He (meanly: "Yes often brings on marriage." Lord Arthur: "Yes, my living expenses are ...

    Article : 694 words
  5. FIRESIDE FANCIES.

    The little daughter of a distinguished French scientist had never seen a monkey; so when an organ-grinder, accompanied by Jacko in cap and jacket, appeared before ...

    Article : 191 words
  6. SPRAY.

    "Sor sale, six houses; warranted quiet; will not kick or bite." I answer to this curious announcement in the morning paper a man called at the ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. WHY HE DEMONSTRATED.

    The engine emitted a warning cough. The whistle was blown, and the train went off, Correct to the nearest second, ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. A PRODIGAL SON.

    A good story is fold of a young man who, besides being of the spendthritt order, is a splendid mimic, and can duplicate his father's voice to a nicety. ...

    Article : 190 words
  9. IT WAS SO.

    A Jewish street-vendor of spectacles and eye-glasses was offering his wards in a university city when half a dozen students came along. ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. NEGRO SLAVES FOR AMERICAN PLANTATIONS.

    Africa had to run with blood for centuries in order to push a few hundred thousand poor wretches to the coast, so that our ancestors could get at them, and ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

    In the "Correspondence of Lady Burghcish with the Duke of Wellington, edited by Lady Rose Weigall, the following incident in the domestic hite of the Duke ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. A CANDIDATE FOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP.

    The son of Count—lately applied for admission to one of the principal Italian clubs, where several candidates had been blackballed. ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. "FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED."

    A singular freak was that of a German bricklayer, who, either from a desire for revenge or mere gratuitous malice, informed the Berlin police that, concealed ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. ENTIRELY TOO TEARFUL.

    A lady who complained to he milkanan of the quality of milk he sold her received the following explanation: "You se, mum, they don't get enough ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. TO SUFFERERS FROM COLDS.

    Almost everybody suiters with colds, and suggested remedies are, of course, numerous enough. Probably the latest cure, which is recommended by several ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. EXIT THE VIVANDIERE.

    Most people have heard of the "vivandieres," the women in uniform attached to the French army to attend to the needs of sick and wounded soldiers. By the time ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. CUT BOTH WAYS.

    A cantankerous old gentleman advertised for a coachman, who was required, among other qualifications, to possess [?]nate acquaintance with the neighbourbood. To ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. WEALTH HAS BANISHED HEALTH.

    Of one of the greatest of millionaires is stated that his passion for money-getting has to impaired this constitution that he has come near to starving, owing ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. AND ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM.

    He was a long-haired musical enthusiast and he was doing his best to make himself agreeable to the master of the house to which he was paying a visit. ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. GREATEST OF GARDENERS.

    Mr. Luther Burbank, whose marvellous achievements in the production of new varieties of fruit and flowers have made him famous, lives in an unpretentious ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

    The other day a well-known counsel examining the plaintiff in a breach of promise case inquired of her: "Was the defendant's when he ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. UP-TO-DATE.

    They bad just been married. "Geoffrey," said the young wife, "you endowed me with all your worldly goods, didn't you" ...

    Article : 86 words
  23. THE IDEAL GUEST.

    It would be difficult to enumerate the many qualities which go to make up the ideal guest, but they include that and discrimination, as well as an intense desire ...

    Article : 480 words
  24. AT A LIMELIGHT LECTURE.

    A chaplain of the English navy was giving a stereopticon lecture on the subject, "Scenes from the Bible." He arranged with a sailor, who had a phonograph, to ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. LURKING IN MOUSTACHES.

    An observant woman with a turn for character reading declared that much meaning lurks in the moustache. When it is Chick and bushy, according ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. DETECTED BY THE CAMERA.

    Telling of the latest scientific appliances for the detection of erine, an expert thus referred to photo-micrography: "It is used," he said, to photograph ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. NONSENSE RHYME.

    "Little Miss Perkins She loved pickled gherkins, And went to the cupboard and stole some; ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. JILTED.

    A Glasgow youth, who has been jilted by his sweetheart has written to her the following note:—"Woman! The die is casted! The axe has falled! The dark ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. WITH DRAWBACKS.

    A tradesman in a wealthy residential neighbourhood coffered some enlightening comments on the methods of customers of the better classes. ...

    Article : 208 words
  30. UNPLEASANT FOR THE MINISTER.

    Children have sharp cars, and they are not at all backward about telling any little scraps of information they pick up. This peculiarity has led a good many ...

    Article : 164 words
  31. HAVING MAGICAL PROPERTIES.

    An odd stoy is told concerning a talisman lent to M Santos-Dumont by Continental lady of title. The talisman, which is in the shape of ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. COLLECTS FANCY WAISTCOATS.

    Signor Caruso may be said to have risen "from the ranks" in a very literal sense. He began in a warehouse in Naples, but at the age of 19 entered the army. ...

    Article : 217 words
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