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  2. FEAR AND DEATH.

    The spirit of the plague entered the gate. One, watching, asked, "How many wilt thou slayT?" "A thousand," spake the spirit, "is my quest." ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. Raiment.

    Long necks, short necks, thin necks, and fat necks, all adorned with the same style of stock collar, is a sight to make one weep for the lack of originality ...

    Article : 359 words
  4. The Sketcher.

    "What have you got to do this evening?" said Cmythe. "Nothing whatever," I replied. "Well," said he, "I have a couple of ...

    Article : 1,407 words
  5. The Home.

    Lassitude and loss of appetite are anions the first evidences of the effect of the sun's heat on the body, and in hot weather many persons who have ...

    Article : 222 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    A singular being.—A bachelor. In vino verit (able) ass, frequently. Not a Case of Necessity—A cigar-case. Bad weather prophets—made on the ...

    Article : 846 words
  7. THE SOLDIER

    One dreamy, drowsy afternoon toward the end of June, having nothing particular to do, I sauntered in the direction of the chelsea College ...

    Article : 1,660 words
  8. Murudered Monarchs.

    The Shah was the eighteenth sovereign or bead of a State assassinated in tills century. It was the Emperor Paul, murdered in 1801 by ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. The Roilling Pin.

    A medical practitioner bewails in the "Lancet" the decadence of modern pastry. In the days of his youth, he says, the rolling-pin was an instrument ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. A Becoming Bonnet.

    The value of a becoming bonnet (writes a lady gossip) cannot be calculated. One's gown may be simple, may have been made over a number of times, may. ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. Fault-finding.

    Fault-finding Is an art that is easily learned. All you have to do la to find out some little thing that is wrong, and then think about that, and keep your ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. Speaker's Perquisites.

    The statement of a few more of the quaint privileges which appertain to the office of the Speaker of the House of Commons may be of interest. He is ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. Wouldn't Bite.

    Not long back, while a certain English lord, touring in the United States, was breakfasting at bis hotel, a solemnlooking individual across the table ...

    Article : 285 words
  14. Sunbura and Freckles.

    An eminent medical specialist has been Interviewed on the subject of sunburn and freckles. "Sunburn," be says, "is only a universal freckle, and if you ...

    Article : 271 words
  15. He Turned.

    "Right face! Left face! About facer!" The little, fat, red-faced sergeant bawled out his orders and watched the line of feet as the raw recruits ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. The Soldier and Obedience.

    Once, when I was military attache in Paris, I was holding a conversation with Gambetta, and he said to me, "In these days there are only two things ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. Wit Served Her Purpose.

    An old Irishwoman who has received many benefits at the band of a benevolent minister and his wife is so shiftless that occasionally the large-hearted ...

    Article : 265 words
  18. Justified His Slowness.

    An eight-year-old -San Rafael boy was being lectured on obedience last evening, "I told you that you could play with the Wilson boys till 5 o'clock." said his ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. Somewhat Mixed.

    He was a pale-faced, red-whiskered man, and he was leaning against a horseless waggon which was lying on its side near the road fence. ...

    Article : 243 words
  20. The True Story.

    Every one has beard the story of the railway carriage, the smoker, the lady, and the lapdog. But it has never been told so circumstantially as by the ...

    Article : 152 words
  21. Nations and Roosters.

    When one rooster sees another rooster which be believes to have evil designs, be gets on the fence and crows. Civilized nations don't do that, ...

    Article : 71 words
  22. Puzzled About the Ark.

    Much work remains to be done by the Christian Evidence Society, as a speaker at one of the May meetings showed before a large audience in Exeter Hall. ...

    Article : 241 words
  23. Types.

    "Minion" he howled, while the [?]afters shook. The other came forward humbly. "There ain't enough of it," he said ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. The Blind Marrying the Blind.

    An Inquest was held the other afternoon at Bethnal Green On the body of a child, and in the evidence the story of a remarkable marriage was told. ...

    Article : 191 words
  25. The Requirements of a Lawyer.

    Love of the profession and health to follow it are, then, the first two considerations. What are the mental qualities to be considered? I answer ...

    Article : 199 words
  26. Novels with a Purpose.

    "I think every age is test taught by its own generation," said Mr. Grant Allen in the course of a recent interview. "As in science, so I think in literature, ...

    Article : 188 words
  27. A Better Piece.

    Ralph—The government has stopped the stamping of hard tack with the word "Remember the Mainel" Nimms—Yes; Sampson's gunboats ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. A Price Winner.

    Smith—The Nashville is the finest boat in our navy. Brown—Nonsense! She doesn't compare with the New York or the Iowa. ...

    Article : 38 words
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