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  2. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE,

    Next week will be one of rejoicing and holiday-making throughout the Empire, and great preparations have been made in Melbourne to celebrate the longest reign ...

    Article : 408 words
  3. TRUSTING IN PROVIDENCE

    We were going from. Edinburgh to Dunfermline, and the vessel struck a rock and we began to settle. A tug pulled out, and my boy said, "Oh, mamma! we are all ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. PAYING THE DUTY.

    The Turkish customs officials can be very strict when it suits their purpose to be so. In the days before Batoum became a Russian sea-port, a fireman on a Russian ...

    Article : 256 words
  5. HOUSEHOLD.

    Minced Eggs.—Five eggs, ¾ oz flour, ½ pint new milk, 1 oz butter, and ½ oz parsley. Boil the eggs hard; cool them in water, taking off the shells, and mince ...

    Article : 666 words
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    Advertising : 32 words
  7. ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES.

    "I am going," said Mrs. Atcheson to her young friend, Minna Smith, "to have tea on board the "Seamew" this afternoon, and the captain has asked me to ...

    Article : 5,476 words
  8. THE RETORT COURTEOUS.

    A well-known author tells the following story against himself:—"I was writing by my study-window, and a little Irish child was busying ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. A MARKED CHANGE.

    "Our pretty granddaughter," said old Farmer Grout, dryly, "donned her cute checkered bloomers yesterday, hopped astride of her bicycle, and rode away out ...

    Article : 278 words
  10. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    The notes of the Bank of England cost exactly one halfpenny each to make. England has one member of Parliament to every 10,250 electors, Ireland one for ...

    Article : 408 words
  11. A READY WIT.

    When the renowned Mrs Siddons was playing in the Theatre Royal, Dublin, she, as Lady Macbeth, came to that part where a drum sounds, and she exclaims, "A ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. HER SELECTION.

    The wife of a celebrated divine has each a fancy for Angora cats that she has a room, devoted to them, leading out of which a gallery is built, so that the animals ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. A BIG FRAUD.

    A beggar in Fleet-street recently accosted a gentleman, and whined, "I'm paralysed in both me 'ands, mister, an' can't work, for I can't grasp anythink with ...

    Article : 210 words
  14. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Maid in Germany—A spinster of Berlin. "Somebody must be cultivating the widow." "Yes?" "Anyway her weeds have disappeared." ...

    Article : 555 words
  15. WHY WOMEN MARRY.

    Women marry in order to give away their husbands' clothes. This is broad, general truth, and hence, of coarse, it is not always true. ...

    Article : 489 words
  16. A FORTUNE IN TRIFLES.

    Competition has so cut down the margin of profit that a very little thing makes all the difference between the success and the failure of a large commercial or ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. A HARD HITTER.

    A good story concerning Colonel Fred Burnaby, the gallant guardsman, who fell at Abu Klea, was current in Bedford circles some years ago. Burnaby's father ...

    Article : 417 words
  18. A PRETTY WOMAN.

    A pretty woman must, first of all, have clearly cut, regular features. She must have full, clear eyes. She must have a skin that is above ...

    Article : 184 words
  19. THEIR IMAGINATION.

    An amusing story is reported from a cathedral town on the coast of England. For many years half a dozen devout old ladies have been in the habit of going, in ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. A HOMELY ART.

    To make home sweet and bright with love, As earnest men and women should, And peaceful as the realms above, Goes far to make housekeeping good. ...

    Article : 98 words
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    Advertising : 51 words
  22. HIS REWARD.

    It is said that recently the Duke of Norfolk, while walking through the streets of London, happened to see an old lady in evident distress. She wanted a cab, and ...

    Article : 79 words
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