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  2. The Sketcher.

    Barry Pain, writing in "To-day, says: —Albert Chippel was fairly well off, and unmarried. It is so seldom that facts are just as they should be that I ...

    Article : 927 words
  3. The Camel, the Giraffe, and the Rhinoceros,

    The Camel met the Giraffe on the path lending down to the pool, sud after the usual "Howdy" had been exchanged the Giraffe complainingly said: ...

    Article : 335 words
  4. ON SECOND THOUGHT.

    Time's a thief! I trusted him When he came to me with smiles I had heard that he was grim, Stem and full of artful wiles, ...

    Article : 214 words
  5. The Crocodile.

    There is little in the animal kingdom that can look so dead and be so much alive as a crocodile. The number of unsuspecting persons who have taken him ...

    Article : 356 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    Fuddy: "Hello, there's Boojum over there. Wonder if that is his wife with him." Duddy: "Of course not. Don't you see that he is carrying all the ...

    Article : 668 words
  7. The Home.

    Japan has been called the "Paradise of Children." Says one of the best writers on Japan:—"On this point (children's sports) no nation has carried ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. Adversity and Love.

    When husband and wife truly love each other, says a lady writer, there is no doubt that their affection will be Intensified by trial and misfortune. ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. A Romance of Confetti.

    "Confound the confetti! I've steallowed about half a pound. We shall And the things sticking in our clothes for months." ...

    Article : 1,716 words
  10. "After the Guests are Gone."

    The woman who takes a pride in her household (says Minnie L. Dowle, in the "Weekly Scotsman") is never happier than when entertaining her own ...

    Article : 391 words
  11. Hypnotising a Hen.

    The use of hypnotism in lieu of anaesthetics by surgeons called upon to operate upon human beings has for several years retracted considerable ...

    Article : 236 words
  12. Discovered by Chance.

    Professor Roentgen's discovery of the photographic power of the kathode rays was due to on accident. In experimenting with a Crookes tube through ...

    Article : 280 words
  13. Story of a Dog.

    In the flush days of steamboating, before the war, the captain of a Mississippi River boat had a dog that could distinguish between the passengers if ...

    Article : 320 words
  14. A Leap Year Proposals.

    Woman "Life is a beautiful thing." Man: "yes, indeed; especially in Paris." Woman: " What's that?' ...

    Article : 536 words
  15. Carious Railways.

    Spain has a novelty in the way of a submerged railway. It runs through the surf off Oreton, near Bilbao, 650ft. out into the ocean. The mines of ...

    Article : 281 words
  16. Then and Now.

    The Countess of Ancaster deplores the bad manners of the dancing people of to-day. The gentleman of the old style politely, asks— ...

    Article : 244 words
  17. Some Famous Runaway Marriages.

    There was the story of how Lord Westmoreland sought the hand of the heiress of Child, the banker, and was repulsed with "Four blood, my lord, is ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. A Grim Joker.

    At the second battle of Boll Bud, says an American story-teller, our colonel was ordered to bold a position on the right at whatever cost; and rise word ...

    Article : 283 words
  19. In Hawarden Park.

    The park is 250 acres in area, but its billy surface and the skilful disposition of its timber and foliage favour the illuslon of greater size. In places Mr. ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. Passed It Along.

    First Yankee—They say Deacon Hardskin was bunkoed down there in York the other day. Second Yankee—Yes; some scamp ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. An Amazed Woman.

    A woman who bad an Arabic glass cap of the fourteenth century and did not know its value took it to the British museum. After due consideration ...

    Article : 149 words
  22. A Temptation Overcome.

    A thirsty-looking man wandered into a State-street saloon the other evening. threw 15 cents down on the counter, and said huskily: ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. Magnet Cranes.

    An interesting use of magnetism is being made in England. Electric cranes are operated from the electric power and lightning circuits, along ...

    Article : 127 words
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