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  2. Pith and Point.

    The hide of the hippopotamus, la certain parts, attains a thickness of 2in. The Prince of Wales is a determined upholder of English-made goods. ...

    Article : 1,030 words
  3. The Sketcher,

    The story of Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne in the April number of "Pearson's Magazine" is certainly one of life most powerful from the pen of this brilliant writer, ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  4. Short Story.

    The skies are gray, and the atmosshere is tilled with a soft-falling, mistlike rain, which has blotted out all the blues and purples of the hills, all the ...

    Article : 658 words
  5. Spray.

    I had a lore In the days of youth. Language would be poor to name her; Her smile as the face of truth, And all that she did became her. ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. The Home.

    Learn to govern yourselves, and be gentle and patient. Guard your tempers, especially in seasons off Ill-health, irritation, and trouble, and ...

    Article : 245 words
  7. Mysterions Must.

    One spiritual phenomenon [?]eserves singular observation, and that is the wonder known as mysterious music—not the whistling of the wind through ...

    Article : 364 words
  8. POSTCRIPT.

    It Is autumn, and the old farmhouse, picturesque and 'hospitable-looking as of yore, Is steeped in the calm light of an autamnal sunset. ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. What's In a Name?

    The following list is given of the forms under which Shakspeare's name has appeared at different times:—Chaksper, Shakspere, Shaxpere, Shakspire, Shaxspere, ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. A Clever Woman.

    What Is really a clever woman? A clever woman Is one who looketh well after the ways of her own household. A clever woman la one who undertakes ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. He Didn't Surrender.

    Perhaps the most remarkable old lady whom I knew intimately was Caroline Lowther, Duchess of Cleveland, who was born in 1792, and died in 1883. She ...

    Article : 378 words
  12. To Reach the Pole.

    M. Pesce, an Ingenious Frenchman, has proposed a novel way of reaching the Pole. On the assumption that the Pole Is surrounded by open sea, he suggests that It ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. Hands Must be Free.

    According to an ex-sergeant of police, detectives detailed to,look after shoplifters, pickpockets, and "professionals" of that class always look to see if their suspectB ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. Something Over.

    For people who have sot a large amount of money at their command, and who are obliged to carefully consider the question of-expenses, there is nothing more difflcult, ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. A Trading Dog.

    I was going down a little side street in the French quarter in New Orleans one. morning recently, writes a newspaper correspondent, when I saw a dog—apparently ...

    Article : 359 words
  16. Pushing Female.

    At a cycle trade banquet at Coventry, the following letter was read by the general manager of a large firm of manufacturers, as an example of the kind of applications ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. Gray and Silver.

    I had a love; dark-haired was she; Her eyes were gray; Far sake of her, across the sea I sailed away. ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. Frightening Baby.

    It is a sign that something Is wrong when a child Is afraid of Its nurse. This always points to one of two evils, either the nurse is unkind to the child when the mother is ...

    Article : 441 words
  19. CHAPTER II.

    A month hias passed away since that rainy day in spring. The dramatis personae are seated on the veranda of the old house, watching ...

    Article : 639 words
  20. Chinese Sayings.

    A great many of the quaint and curious sayings of the Chinese have (says "Fireside") come down from the times of Yao, the Yellow ...

    Article : 502 words
  21. Discredited.

    In engaging a new servant, a certain housekeeper stipulated that no followers would be allowed. To this Bridget made no demur, and for ...

    Article : 259 words
  22. Estimating a Treasure.

    "So she jilted you after all!" said the sympathetic friend. "That is what happened." "And only yesterday you were telling me ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. Sheet Lightning.

    Sheet lightning is said to be more frequent In Madras than in any part of the world. There It may sometimes be Been every evening tor months together. It has ...

    Article : 141 words
  24. Chamberlain's Orchid.

    Mr. Chamberlain's love of the orchid Is responsible tor the following:—During the progress of a political meeting In the provinces. at which Mr. Chamberlain spoke, ...

    Article : 166 words
  25. Choosing a Sweetheart,

    A lady writes:—Choose your sweetheart carefully, prayerfully, and tenderly, my dear girls. Remember he Is to be more than even this to you come day—he Is to be your ...

    Article : 332 words
  26. "Hurrah for Eton!"

    During the Crimean war a young officer, who had learned at Eton, not much from hooks, hut a good deal from its sports, had hot work on the night of the battle at ...

    Article : 278 words
  27. A Canons Wager.

    A curious wager is recorded as having happened just a hundred years ago. Two gentlemen were settling an account at a coffee-house, and one of them drew out of ...

    Article : 264 words
  28. A New Yacht.

    The millionaire Pierre Loriliard who during his sixty-lour eventful years of life has dose, a Dumber of curious things including winning the Derby, building' end ...

    Article : 167 words
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