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  2. The Sketcker.

    It was Olive's idea. She doesn't often have ideas, so when she does we treat them with respect. It began by her lamenting the decay of romance and ...

    Article : 1,249 words
  3. Short Story.

    "Ah!" This ejaculation is capable of expressing the whole gamut of the emotions from the abyss of despair to the ...

    Article : 1,863 words
  4. The Fixity of the Fiddle.

    For when you come to think of it, it is a curious and bewildering circumstance that, in a world and in an age where progress is one of the laws of ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. Pith and Point.

    New York newspapers disagree about Sarah Bernhardt's age, but they are unanimous in saying that she does not look it. ...

    Article : 1,088 words
  6. Household Hints.

    In house cleaning one of the principal cares should be the pictures. It is too often overlooked or left to the care of the servants, when the mistress should ...

    Article : 166 words
  7. Spray.

    "Frenchmen of the upper classes ride much better, and are much better sportsmen than they were, but the bourgeois has not made any progress. One ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. A Costly Cannon.

    A cannon made of solid gold, mounted upon a carriage of rosewood, inlaid with costly gems, is the unique bauble of warfare that recently came into the ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. How to Wash Blankets.

    Housewives are getting blankets and heavy things washed now while it is easy to dry outdoors. The following is a quick way of cleansing these ...

    Article : 132 words
  10. Unexpected.

    The following story is related of a gentleman who invited a number of Sunday school scholars to a treat in his beautiful grounds. Not the least ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. Why, Indeed?

    The gas had burned low—very low— ever since it was turned down. From the darkest corner of the darkened room came the hushed tones of the young ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. Hints on Boots.

    There is no better blacking to apply to soft fine boots than equal parts of black ink and sweet oil, well mixed, and rubbed on with a sponge. A neat little ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. Care of the Teeth.

    People suffer so much from neglected teeth, which, with a little regular attention, would do service for a lifetime. The toothbrush must be used night and ...

    Article : 170 words
  14. A Difficult Problem.

    King Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived. People came from miles around just to look at the receptacle of so much wisdom. One day a young man ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. Proof Positive.

    "I'll bet you half-a-sovereign," said the short man. The tall man with glasses cast one more look across the car. ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. New Words.

    It is a matter of surprise that the universality of the bicycle has not produced an extensive vernacular. As a matter of fact, the slang expressions in ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. Painter's Pickle.

    Painter's pickle, for removing old paint. Great care must be taken in using this pickle, as it discolours the finger nails for a time, and takes the ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. For About Twenty-five Years.

    At the time of the great distress in France in the year after the Franco Prussian War, a citizen of Bourges, Delorme by name, vowed that he would ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. A Ready-made Interview.

    Ready-made interviews, in regular stereotyped blocks, are being peddled to patent inside papers by an enterprising New York journalist. One is a talk ...

    Article : 333 words
  20. Facts About Cholera.

    The explanation of the German cholera epidemic of 1893, given by Dr. Barry, is conclusive as to the danger of water contamination. The outbreak ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. "As Brave as a Lion."

    "Once, in order to test the courage of a Bengal tiger and a lion," said a well known showman, "we placed a lighted squib in each of their cages. As soon ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. Disguised as a Sweep.

    A military deserter, who was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a military prison, devised a novel and amusing scheme of escape, and has not ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. Gas Engines.

    An important point made in favour of gas engines is that of simplicity, and on this ground their employment has been largely urged. They are simply engines ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. The Sorrows of a Collector.

    One of the brightest men in town— a man who you'd swear came from some cultured centre of the East if his name didn't specifically assert ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. Dan Godfrey.

    Mr. Dan Godfrey is 66, and is the oldest bandmaster in the service of the Army. The age limit (of 60) has, indeed, been specially prolonged in his case at ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. Not So Old.

    Kirk-attenders in Scotland are very particular on the subject of their minister's preaching old sermons, and to repeat a discourse which they could ...

    Article : 128 words
  27. The Observation of Earth-waversar

    It is now generally known the [?]lations of the earth's crust cau[?] great earthquake are recorded t[?] of miles from the centre of dist[?] ...

    Article : 245 words
  28. The Quindecuplet.

    The latest thing on wheels, a quindecuplet, or cycle for fifteen riders, is to be built for a club of fifteen New York enthusiasts. The captain of the club, ...

    Article : 242 words
  29. Torpedoes.

    In 182 Colonel Colt, of revolver fame, commenced a series of experiments with torpedoes and submarine mines in America. In 1842 he exploded a torpedo ...

    Article : 152 words
  30. Two Worlds.

    By land and sea I travelled wide; My thought the earth could span; And wearily I turned and cried, "O little world of man!" ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. Hard on Bob.

    An inspector was lately examining the school of a fishing village in the land north of the Tweed. They had come to "Mental Arithmetic," and the question ...

    Article : 156 words
  32. Unexpected.

    "There are incidents," said a teacher in a Board school, "that will destroy the dignity of any occasion. The other day one of our lady teachers was ...

    Article : 134 words
  33. A Lapse of Memory.

    A little boy about to attend a Sunday school examination was coached by his mother at the last moment. "They will be sure to ask you Who made you?" said ...

    Article : 96 words
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