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  2. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    The noted actor, who had consented to give a reading for the benefit of a certain charity, arrived home late that night with a very worried look on his ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    The new chum at Tumbleton had assisted in the conversation about horses (relates a "Punch" contributor). He hadn't the look of a horsey ...

    Article : 1,036 words
  4. A WIFE FOR A LIFE.

    "Yes, I know there is a mystery associated with your life. You have told me so, again and yet again. Why not let me Share it with you? Your burden will then be all the lighter." ...

    Article : 2,555 words
  5. HANDLING FOALS.

    In the rearing of horses there is one thing always to be remembered, which is that the flesh born on a foal once lost can never be regained, and one ...

    Article : 728 words
  6. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Don't say to see how little, But how much, boys, you can do; Yours may be just the needed hand To tide some trouble through. ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. AGRICULTURE.

    Grass is a soil-protector, a soil-renewer, and a soil-builder. Covering the land with grass is nature's way of restoring to old, worn-out soils the ...

    Article : 836 words
  8. REMEMBER THESE HINTS.

    A living Hindoo philosopher gives to Europeans the following hints on marriage:--"If you think of marrying a woman, ...

    Article : 140 words
  9. THEY WERE PARTNERS.

    A sturdy little figure it was trudging bravely by with a pail of water. So many times it had passed our gate that morning that curiosity prompted ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. Fully Prepared.

    A maiden lady, who resides in the country, has a great dread of fire. When on a visit to London recently, a niece offered to act as guide on a ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. THE TALK OF THE FUTURE.

    The teeth are really appendages of the skin, and not of the skeleton, as [?] formed in accordance with the ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. A LITTLE BOY'S SPEECH.

    They thought I couldn't make a speech. I'm such a little dot; I'll show them whether I can do A thing or two or not. ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. A Sad Calamity.

    The omnibus conductor had an afternoon off, and he was passing a portion of the blissful period in sleep when his wife awoke him, and exhibited ...

    Article : 153 words
  14. DIDN'T BELIEVE IN IT.

    Ray is a little friend of mine who lives in a small town away out in Kansas. He is only about ten years old but he knows right from wrong much ...

    Article : 632 words
  15. PINEAPPLES FOR DYSPEPTICS.

    The word enzyme does not appear to have any connection with pineapple, yet it is the name of the chemical that gives to the luscious fruit the remark ...

    Article : 298 words
  16. She Had a Grip.

    A tall old lady, dressed in black, and with a very business-like manner, walked into a well-known London establishment, and declining the service ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. CURIOSITIES OF SOUND.

    In very high or mountainous regions, says a Baltimore journal, sounds become diminished in loudness, so that a conversation cannot be carried on in an ...

    Article : 365 words
  18. The Captain's Answers.

    The captain was an eccentric of the first water, and numbered among his peculiarities the fact that he never gave the desired answer to a direct ...

    Article : 461 words
  19. WHEN AND WHERE TO "STOP."

    Many a man or woman has carelessly or wilfully contracted bad habits, saying, "Oh, I am one who knows when to stop!" That is probably true. ...

    Article : 153 words
  20. SHOEING THE FARM HORSE.

    Occasionally a farmer is found who is as particular about having his horses properly shod all around at all seasons of the year as is the man who ...

    Article : 443 words
  21. A MERCHANT'S MAXIMS.

    On the tombstone of John Dorrough, of New Orleans, the following maxims are engraved as the merchant's guide to young men in life:-- ...

    Article : 143 words
  22. KEEPING THE LIGHT BURNING.

    One of the most solitary women in the world is probably the keeper of a lighthouse on Robbin's Reef a dangerous ledge of rocks, five miles out of ...

    Article : 349 words
  23. THE VALUE OF A SMILE.

    Which will you do, smile and make others happy or be crabbed and make everybody around you miserable? You can live among beautiful flowers and ...

    Article : 269 words
  24. THE RIPENING OF CHARACTER.

    [?] alone. Were [?] be a paradise of angels. No! Like the growth of the earth, he is the fruit af all the seasons; the accident of a ...

    Article : 256 words
  25. WISDOM FROM JAPAN.

    Like all ancient races, the Japanese have a large stock of proverbs. Some of the more notable of their sayings compare curiously with our ...

    Article : 191 words
  26. SOOT AS A FERTILISER.

    Great manurial value is possessed by soot, and the owners of gardens should not fall to remember this when their chimneys are to swept. Though in ...

    Article : 167 words
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