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  2. MRS. JACK JOHNSON'S WEEKLY COLUMN.

    A volume of "Allegories" (John Lane) has been published by the Lady Mayoress, and, as it is the first time any Lady Mayoress has published a ...

    Article : 1,507 words
  3. BURIAL FOR HUMAN ASHES.

    Cremation is a common method of disposing of the dead in Japan, and burial grounds for human ashes are to be seen near every town. There is ...

    Article : 310 words
  4. SPARKLETS.

    "Papa, what do the papers mean when they speak of the 'aggressive policy?' "Ask your mother." "He has a breezy manner, don't ...

    Article : 723 words
  5. THE BEAUTY DOCTOR

    One Day a Beauty Doctor [?] in her Pink Reception Room hoping that [?]he resembled her Lithographs. Her Income was a Sovereign every time she took a Full Breath. She ...

    Article : 532 words
  6. A HOSPITAL STAFF DINNER.

    Yen cannot help remarking as your eye travels round the ring of faces at the long dinner-table of the great London Hospital that the men who sit at it are ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  7. A LAND OF PEPPER.

    Sumatra is a land of pepper and in a good year exports about 400,000lb. or about two-thirds of the spice that tickles the palate of mankind. ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. AN ART STUDENT'S STRATAGEM.

    A famous artist who is just now very much in the public eye, and lives in a palatial house in Chelsea, had a very severe struggle in his younger ...

    Article : 283 words
  9. WILLING TO OBLIGE.

    An Englishman at a dinner once told a tale of a tiger he had shot which measured twenty-four ft. from snout to tail-tip. Everyone was ...

    Article : 262 words
  10. SHADOW OF A GREAT NAME.

    Once a sweet little babe Of the masculine sex Was named Francis Xavier, And the poor little dear ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. THE DOG DOCTOR.

    The dog doctor is not a veterinary surgeon in any sense of the term. He is invariably, however, a man po[?]saed of a great deal of knowledge of the canine world. As a rule[?] ...

    Article : 509 words
  12. RATHER HEAVY.

    "What do you think of my pound cake, dear?" The young wife asked of Mr. Game. "W[?] judging by its weight," he said. ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. HELPING HIS FRIEND.

    Bagley: You might help a fellow, if you wanted to. I'd have Gertrude find out all about my good points from an outsider. ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. PREPARING FOR THE AXE BEARERS.

    Voice of the Outlook: Mr. Binglebunger, seven women are coming down the road with axes! The Proprietor: What ho, there! Drop ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. NOT ON THAT LINE.

    A porter on the Caledonian Hallway went to Edinburgh to get married. Before his departure to the latter place he secured a pass from the head of his ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. OTHER LANDS.

    The world's output of copper last year was 160,000 tons. About 616,000,000 telegraph messages are sent yearly in Great ...

    Article : 328 words
  17. THE FATAL ALBUM AND A LEAP FOR LIFE.

    Here is one of Aesop's Fables (new series):—One evening a girl named Eclair had her Steady in the parlour and was trying to keep him from ...

    Article : 439 words
  18. NATIONALITY.

    In long, hard names science revels, but one need not be overwhelmed with them if one keeps cool. A learned zoologist had taken a few of ...

    Article : 101 words
  19. CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

    Here are some more stories from the Rev. David Macrae's amusing book on "Quaint Sayings of Children":—Some of the little caddies on St. Andrews ...

    Article : 310 words
  20. BIG CIGARS FOR ROYALTY.

    Two crowned heads of Europe have their cigars made expressly for them by the largest factory in Havana (according to the "Cigar and ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. SHE COMMANDED HIM.

    "Good-bye," he said brokenly, and his frame shook with emotion. "Good-bye, and may Heaven bless you! Remember, Miss Green, that although I ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. A LIQUID DIET.

    "What did Ncah and his family live on for forty days?" asked the Sunday school scholar. "Well, my dear," replied the lady ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. WHY SHE DIDN'T.

    "Julia has given up her proposed trip abroad." "Why se?" "Well, her passport described her as having a large mouth and she wouldn't ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. HYPNOTISM.

    New Boarder: What's the row upstairs? Landlady: It's the professor of hypnotism trying to get his wife's permission to go out this evening. ...

    Article : 25 words
  25. THE USUAL WAY.

    "Mamma, can I have that piece of mince pie that was left from dinner?" "No, dear, it's cold." "No, it isn't, mamma; I warmed it." ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. AN OBSERVANT KID.

    "Johnnis, you must never interrupt anyone when they are speaking." "Well, I'll have to when I'm married, like you, papa, won't I?" ...

    Article : 29 words
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