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  2. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

    There used to be a quaint old character in Ballarat known as Joe the Beliman. Joe was an [?]ccenuric, who had been a notoriety ever since the ...

    Article : 809 words
  3. A Journalistic Burglary.

    ''What was that?" I sat up sharply in bed arid peered' into the blackness. "I could swear I heard something," ...

    Article : 2,809 words
  4. WOMEN'S WORK.

    The old idea that woman's sheltered life in the house was easy, and that man going out day after day to earn a livelihood bore the brunt of the ...

    Article : 373 words
  5. PENALTIES OF ILL-HEALTH.

    With common diseases strength grows decrepit, youth loses all vigor, and beauty all charms; music grows harsh; and conversation disagreeable; ...

    Article : 94 words
  6. WONDERFUL MECHANISM.

    That "we are fearfully and wonderfully made" is a fact that has been admitted for many centuries. But it is not generally known to how large ...

    Article : 130 words
  7. STILL WAITING.

    There are but few of toe old Swiss houses oh the banks of the river left now in Geneva. Many of the frail pillars oh which they are built have ...

    Article : 1,360 words
  8. A MAN OF NEVER AND COURAGE.

    Major Vaksel who lived in St. petersburg in the [?]tgn of the Emperor Paul was a [?] of imp[?] table [?] ...

    Article : 249 words
  9. A PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEW OF POCKETS.

    Women do not appreciate the profound effect pockets on character. If they did, they would have more of them. ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  10. BIRDS OF GERMANY.

    The birds of Germany, like the crows of Ireland, are the pets of the people, both in the city and toe country. They are protected by law, but no law ia ...

    Article : 149 words
  11. GOOD SERVICE.

    Many good stories have from time to time been told of the Rev. Thomas Hunt, the temperance orator, who was a well-known figure in the early ...

    Article : 153 words
  12. CHOOSING A HUSBAND.

    Don't allow yourself to fall in love with a young man who does not earn every penny he has to spend. Don't give your affection too freely ...

    Article : 367 words
  13. THREE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR QUEST.

    The wise old Hassan sat in his door, when three young men pressed eagerly by. "Are ye following after any one, my ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. A LAKE OF INK.

    In the midst of 3,500 Cocopah volcanoes of Arizona stands a lake of ink, into which run scores of streams of clear, hot, mineral-charged water. It ...

    Article : 249 words
  15. WHY SOVEREIGNS ARE "POUNDS."

    "Why is a sovereign called a pound?" was the question put to a gentleman who has made a study of money, on its historical side. ...

    Article : 290 words
  16. THE STORY OF LIFE.

    Say, what is life? Tis to be born; A hapless babe to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy moon and night; ...

    Article : 498 words
  17. FRANKNESS.

    Frankness is a quality to be commended in either man or woman. The person who looks yon straight in the eyes, and tells you candidly what he ...

    Article : 323 words
  18. A LITTLE KINDNESS.

    "The evening before I storied on my vacation," says a school-teacher, "I went to the seamstress who had been doing come work for me. I was cross ...

    Article : 364 words
  19. THE REAL GENTLEMAN.

    You can't alter society, or hinder people in general from bring helpless and vulgar, from letting themselves fall into slavery to the things about ...

    Article : 178 words
  20. SALVAGE OF SUNKEN SHIPS.

    A diver named John Pearce, living at Whitstable a favorite resort of man of his profession-- had a curious experience while recovering the ...

    Article : 305 words
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