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VARIETIES.
"Do people often fall down this precipice?" queried a nervous tourist. "No. sir," replied his guide reassuringly— "never more than once!" ...
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THE HOME CIRCLE.
Woman brings us Into tho world, woman Is our first teacher, woman makes the world what it is, from century to century. We can no more ...
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Mrs.Denison, of Dundee
Certainly an cast wind was blowing straight across the North Sea on to the massive, granite front of the railway hotel at Cruden Bay, and as ...
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A TALE OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
A stirring incident of the Crimean was is des[?] by Sir Danbel Lyons, One day the Russians sent a message to the English frenches during a flag ...
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FICTION OUTDONE BY FACT.
Some two years ago a well-known author wrote a talc in which a bogus burglar is shot and a grave prepared for him; but all ends happily. Not so ...
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VIRGINS' GARLANDS.
The story of the virgins' garlands is romantic. Seven of those garlands exist in Minlstorley Church, Salop, and there is nothing else of their kind ...
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THE VALUE OF HABIT.
"Habit," the Dake of Wellington is said to have exclaimed, "is ten times second nature." For instance the man who gets ...
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LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE.
Much of the shrewd philosophy of life has conic, from men who, without being literary or cultured, have been gifted with sound sense and ...
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ON HUSBANDS.
Nobody except the woman who is married to him Knows how bad a husband a good man can be. A man may be faithful to his wife, ...
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THE MECHANICAL AGE.
Were we required to characterise this age of ours by any simple epithet we should be tempted to call it. not an Horolcal, Devotional, Philosophical ...
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WHAT THE FLORIST SAW.
The girl behind the florist's counter smiled and sighed sympathetically as she tucked the card handed her by her last customer in among the fragrant, ...
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A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
"My life was stand by having my salary [?], sand a [?] middle [?] man. The remark [?] surprise Yes" continued the ...
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THE BRANDED HAND.
During Napoleon's disastrous r[?] treat from Moscow, his soldiers won slaughtering the peasantry and burn[?] the towns and villages [?] ...
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WOMEN AND WORK.
All women who have not home duties to keep them occupied ought to have some outside interests. The women who are sweet-tempered ...
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CONTRADICTORY PROVERBS.
"Every proverb has its opposite-," says the cynic Quot me one that says girls are fickle and I'll quote you another one that says they are ...
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AMID GRIM SURROUNDINGS.
Dealing with life In the observatory on the summit of Mom Blance, a visitor observed: "The scientific men who spend their ...
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TO MOTHERS OF BOYS.
Boys demand especial care at the mother's hands. They should be trained to show consideration to oth-ers, and general good breeding. ...
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ARTIFICIAL EYES.
Most of the artificial eyes in use all over the world have been manufactured in Thuringia, where a large number of the houses are factories on a ...
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GIRL'S TUCKED DRESS.
The yoke of this dress is applied to the lining, to which is attached also the rest of the blouse. The upper edge of the latter is tucked for a short ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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"Not Yet."
Two gentlemen on wore travelling in one of the hill counties of Kent[?] not long ago. They had been driving for two hours without encountering a ...
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An Italian Effect.
"I hoar you spent a great deal of time in Italy—is that so?" inquired a lady of a wealthy but uneducated wo-man. ...
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After All.
Not long ago a young lady of Georgia, U.S.A., visited the home of her fiance In Now Orleans. On her return home, an old colored woman, ...
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Two Failures.
"I married for beauty alone," said a presumably happy Benedict to an old chum. "And yet you remind me of a friend ...
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On a Business Basis.
The night was cold, and the poor, hungry-eyed wretch who doused the footsteps of the comfortably-clad alien coughed dismally. ...
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A Fitting End.
An Indian Army officer and a former friend of his, a lawyer, had a rather heated dispute in connection with their respective professions. ...
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No Need for a Doctor.
A tourist arrived at a Highland village, and was surprised to learn that there was not a doctor within thirty miles. ...
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