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  2. Y.W.C.T.U. Corner.

    That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace. ...

    Article : 18 words
  3. Large Appetites.

    SOME years ago a regiment of volunteers were encamped on the outskirts of Weymouth, Dorsetshire. Among those whose curiosity led them ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. The Storyteller.

    "Marry you, Dudley? Why yon are old enough to be my father! Besides, I know you too well ever to marry yon. What a ridiculous idea!" ...

    Article : 3,839 words
  5. The Great Inventor.

    ROBERT ARDMERE was poor and [?]roud. He was opposed to hard toll, and thought he had brains enough to win wealth without working hard for it. ...

    Article : 2,494 words
  6. NATIONAL EMBLEM—"OAK AND IVY."

    NOT long ago I heard a girl defend a man for a course of conduct which was, to-day the least, open to much criticism, if not realty censurable. Her ...

    Article : 595 words
  7. A Respectable Knot.

    "PHILANDER," said a pretty girl to her bashful bean. "I wish you'd tie this ribbon at my neck; I can't see how to do it without a glass." ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. You Begun It!

    AN old minister to the Cheviots used, when excited in the pulpit, to raise his voice to a loud half-whimper, half-whine. One day a shepherd had brought with ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. A Poor Shot.

    A RETIRED merchant went one day, accompanied by his son, to shoot partridges. Before the two sportsmen approached the ground where they ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. He Passed It!

    A GENTLEMAN travelling on a journey having a light sovereign which he could not pass, gave it to his servant, and desired him to pass it on the road. ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. Not Even if it Cost Twenty Shillings.

    A NOTABLE percentage—about one-third, I think—of the power of a steam engine is used in over-coming the friction of its own parts. Hence inventors are constantly testing devices ...

    Article : 863 words
  12. The Excuse was Provided.

    GROCER (to shopman): "Peter, I owe about £300" "Yes, sir." "I have £200 in the safe, but the shop ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. Must Be.

    MGR. MIOLAND, the predecessor of Cardinal Desprez in the Archbishopric of Teulouse, was passing one day through the pig market, when a man shouted at ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. Geordie's Surprise.

    ONE stormy morning, while a party of Scots were crossing from Arran to Ardrossan, one of their number was observed by his companions to be sitting a the side ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. Monkey Detectives.

    IN one of the school districts of London too many people reported no children in their families, and in order to ascertain the real number of children in the district, ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. Circumstantial Evidence.

    AN old worthy who did odd jobs about a village in Forfarshire was one day engaged in cleaning out the minister's ashpit. ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. Trying to Beat W. G.

    A FEW days ago Mr. Arthur Roberts afforded another illustration of his fertility in the production of humorous incident. ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. Not Enough.

    WHEN I was touring in Scotland a queer thing occurred in a restaurant into which I dropped for a meal. Among the items on the bill of fare was boiled mutton ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. Puzzling.

    SON: "And the missionary was eaten by the cannibal! Will the missionary go to heaven ?" Father : "Oh, yes!" ...

    Article : 62 words
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