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  2. ON THE TELEPHONE.

    I wished to apeak to Annie's heart, But never could get near it. I pondered how to tell my love. So that her heart may hear it. ...

    Article : 200 words
  3. WATCHES ON THE TIME-PAYMENT SYSTEM.

    At an English county court recently a man sued a number of persons for balances due in respect of watches with which he had ...

    Article : 190 words
  4. QUEEN ELIZABETH.

    In asking England to rally round her, Elizabeth Knew that she could not demand any great sacrifices on her behalf. By cultivating personal ...

    Article : 329 words
  5. BARONETS IN POVERTY.

    The baronetcy has it romances as strange as those of the peerage. Sir Thomas Echlin, the seventh baronet and holder of a title which ...

    Article : 336 words
  6. The Track of the Goldseekers.

    Mrs. McKain was a vivacious conversationalist, and she soon became a general favourite. As at Sunbury on the day of the banquet, she devoted ...

    Article : 2,624 words
  7. Tempting the Burglar.

    In the course of some reminiscences an old police officer related to the writer the following amusing example of the pride that goeth ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

    Nicholas H. is a very silent man, preferring a smile, a squeeze of the hand, or even a genial wink to any verbal expression of his feelings, ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. Johnnie's Fast Accumulation.

    The Sunday-school needed money, and Mr. Smart, the superintendent, had a new way of getting it. He proposed giving each boy ...

    Article : 208 words
  10. Population of the United States.

    The advance sheets of the census of the United States of America lately taken have just been published, and some interesting figures ...

    Article : 228 words
  11. THE OCTOPUS PLAGUE.

    That uncanny creature, the octopus, which a few years ago was looked upon as a curiosity of the aquarium, has recently infested our southern ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. Bees and Grapes.

    The question whether bees puncture grapes has been discussed from various standpoints for a good many years, and the conclusions ...

    Article : 200 words
  13. The First Post Office.

    The great collection of earthen tablets found at El Amarna serves to give an idea of the postal service between Egypt and Babylon as it ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. His Head Was His Account-Book.

    An extraordinary character has recently passed away in the person of William Ray, an American bank manager, who could neither read ...

    Article : 213 words
  15. Killed by Etiquette.

    George the Third and bis Queen "stood" at the baptism of the infant daughter of the Duke of Chandos. The Archbishop of Canterbury ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. The Duke of Sutherland.

    The Duke of Sutherland is described as being simple in manners, and still more homely in dress. Few people would imagine ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. Odours and Milk.

    There is an odour in the milk of cows even when they are kept with the greatest care. Every animal throws off a volatile oil, which ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. Place of Danger.

    'How did you get that bump on your forehead?' asked one boy of another. 'Got hit with a stone,' was the ...

    Article : 101 words
  19. Tonic Hair-Wash.

    When the hair is falling off, the following tonic will be found very useful:—Take half a fluid ounce of tincture of quinine, one drachm of ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. A Novel Church.

    In the city of Heidelberg, Germany, there is a church called the Church of the Holy Ghost, which is unique in its way, being the only church in the ...

    Article : 57 words
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