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  2. MISCELLANEA.

    A big hole in your income—a large rent. A SHORT absence quickens lore, a long absence kills it. A ROLLER SKATE is a nice skate bat an ice skate iff not a roller skate. ...

    Article : 1,411 words
  3. Young Folks

    When I grow up there are some things That I will never do, And that's as rare as grass is green And violets are blue. ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. The Slave Boy.

    Fifty years ago there was a boy in Africa who was taken prisoner in one of the fierce wars between the tribes, and was carried away from his home to be sold as a slave. First, he was told for a horse. Then his buyer thought him a bad ...

    Article : 202 words
  5. Rags and I.

    Of all the holidays in the year none ranks higher nor with greater importance than the 26th of January, the Anniversary Day of the colony. Everyone rouses up; the most lethargic grows lively, and pleasure-seekers of every kind and ...

    Article : 1,716 words
  6. PASTIME.

    My first is in German, but not in waltz; My second in errors, but not in faults; My third is in trappings, but not in gear; My fourth is in landing, but. not in pier; ...

    Article : 77 words
  7. Teacup Lore.

    Pictures in a teacup? Well, the idea is not altogether a new one, and many of my little friends have, no doubt, tried the old-fashioned plan of making pictures, or, as I think it is called, "telling fortunes," in a teacup. In fact, ...

    Article : 398 words
  8. Double Acrostic.

    By one, methinks, the other wasn't found, Although th' erratic wand'rer bears his name; He gave it forty months for going round, And at the time predicted, lo, it came. ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. Proverb Puzzle.

    Take a certain word from each proverb. When the selections have been rightly made and the words placed one below another in the order here given, the initial letters will spell the name of a place famous in American history. ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. A New Game for Children.

    A new game for children is described in the Little Folks' Magazine. It is called the game of "Names." Each player is provided with a long slip of paper and a pencil, and if one of the players has a watch so much the better; ...

    Article : 328 words
  11. Easy Inversions.

    EXAMPLE: Invert an apartment and make to secure. Answer: Room, moor. 1. Invert fate and moke disposition. 2. Invert a colour and make a poet 3. Invert enmity and make bleak. 4. ...

    Article : 79 words
  12. Conundrums.

    Why is a successful swindler at a rural town like a customer at an oyster saloon? What measure of capacity is of a sorrowful nature? Why is the best part of many melodies like entering a ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. Answers to Questions in Mail, March 7.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 words
  14. Mrs. Humming-Bird.

    One day grandpa said to Harry and Ida, "Children, if you will come oat while I am picking peas to-morrow morning, you will see something very pretty." That was all he would tell them. ...

    Article : 429 words
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