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  2. A PROSPEROUS SHAKER COLONY.

    No more prosperous colony of Shakers can be found than that near High Bridge, Ky., in one of the most beautiful sections of the blue-grass ...

    Article : 327 words
  3. FUN AND FANCY.

    A ‘ high old time’ seems highest when the bill is presented. The fool never has an idea that is too large to slip out of his mouth. ...

    Article : 519 words
  4. HOW LARGE IS THE UNIVERSE?

    To form some idea of the largeness of the earth, one may look upon the landscape from the top of an ordinary church-steeple, and then bear mind ...

    Article : 520 words
  5. WON ON A BLUFF.

    The life insurance agent had been telling some good stories of his experiences in the business and when he had finished the drummer rosc up and ...

    Article : 1,165 words
  6. LADIES' COLUMN.

    ‘MY DEAR MILLIE,- ‘ After a holiday season, one’s gowns seem old and shabby, and it is about' this time of the year—what the French ...

    Article : 756 words
  7. SELECTED POETRY.

    The following graceful verses are from Miss Nesbit's 'Leaves of Life’ (Long man’s):— When all the skieswith snow were gray, ...

    Article : 235 words
  8. MORS ET VITA.

    ‘Under the roots of the roses, Down in the dark rich mould, The heart of my dear one reposes Like a spark which night inclobcs ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. THE COST AND LOSSES OF WHEAT-GROWING.

    The cost of growing an aero of wheat is a very important factor in the discussion which has now been going on for some time, and has been brought ...

    Article : 544 words
  10. COOLING HIM DOWN.

    A certain farmer living near (he town of Burslem had made himself disliked for his quarrelsome habits. The other fanners decided one night ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. A FATAL PAST.

    On thin same Sunday, about twelve o’clock in the morning, Lieutenant Francis Rocha was sitting idly enough in his barrack-room at Lynwoud smoking, and occasionally ...

    Article : 2,907 words
  12. ITS GONE, ALL GONE, AND IM GOING TOO.

    For many a year did the same man sweep' a certain street crossing in Hampstead. Through all seasons and in all weathers, there he was, sweeping the crossing and ...

    Article : 881 words
  13. MACHINES AND MEN.

    A writer in one of our exchange?, says the Manufacturers’ Gazette (U.S.), bewails the decay of mechanical skill in the following words:—‘The decrease ...

    Article : 541 words
  14. TO MAKE A HAPPY HOME.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  15. APHORISMS.

    Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor.—Johnson. In good company you need not ask who is the master of the feast. The ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. THERE WAS NO PROSECUTION

    In some cases the law provides no remedy. An old solicitor with whom I once worked was one day consulted by a client as to a gross. case of ...

    Article : 281 words
  17. HARD ON HIM.

    A colored porter at the American hotel had charge of the hats of the guests who went in to dine. His accuracy and promptness in giving ...

    Article : 95 words
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