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  2. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.

    When petty cares my heart oppress With all their weary bitterness, And all my soul seems growing A home where low ambitions dwell, ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. QUALIFIED GRIEF.

    A poor woman who kept a small shop in a village, and who was troubled with a husband Who could scarcely be called a credit to the family, one day found ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. HIS FULL NAME.

    "Little girl,-what's your name?" "Wulson." "What's your father's name ?" ...

    Article : 50 words
  5. A FRIENDLY WARNING.

    Love of fun is not unknown, among the serious-looking Chinamen who have Found a home in some Californian town. A storekeeper, wishing to advertise his ...

    Article : 117 words
  6. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    "My face is my fortune, sir," she said, "That's very plain," said he. The girl who has mastered the piano will find no difficulty with a man. ...

    Article : 968 words
  7. ANOTHER SOFT ANSWER.

    "I'm glad to say," remarked Mrs. Strongminde in an insinuating tone, "that my husband is not a sporty man." "Oh," replied Mrs. Kallyppe, looking ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

    A Baltimore man tells of an address made to some school children in that city by a member of the board of trustees. "My young friends," said the speaker, ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. A TRAGEDY OF THE DEEP.

    Suddenly there was a wild shriek. The passengers on the lower deck caught a momentary glimpse of a dark object falling swiftly from above. ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. METHOD IN HER MADNESS.

    An American who went trout fishing got board at 12s. a day at a small wooden farmhouse near a good stream. Arriving late at night, his first meal at this ...

    Article : 165 words
  11. TAKING REFUGE.

    Mrs. Hicks was telling some ladies about the 'burglar scare in her house the night before. " Yes," she said, "I heard a noise and ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. HAD AGED SINCE THEN.

    A story of a woman who was travelling in a goods train with her child is told by an American paper. The train was delayed by many tiresome and seemingly ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. BILL'S REPUTATION.

    "An," said the head clerk, "got an accident to report, have you, Murphy? Well, just fill up one of these forms. "Yes, sir." said the foreman of the works, ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. ROMANCE AND REALITY.

    "Darling," said the bride, "I had a terrible feeling of sadness come over me this afternoon—a sort of feeling that you were doing something that would break my ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. A MERE TECHNICALITY.

    Some years ago there was a lawyer in the Indian Territory named M'Gann. He was the attorney for a farmer who had killed a neighbour. M'Gann got the man ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. HER REASON FOR MARRYING.

    "That excuse is a very cynical and hopeless one," said Senator La Follette. "It doesn't speak at all well for the future." ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. A LESSON IN ETIQUETTE.

    Priscilla had, unknown to her mother, paid a visit to one of her small friends, and on her return Mrs. Parsons was disturbed to note the soiled dress her child ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. GOT IT ALMOST WARN.

    When the thermometer dropped below zero 'Mrs. Rogers was much disturbed by the thought that Huldah, the new kitchen maid, slept in an unheated room. ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. A POOR SPECIMEN.

    A minister, who flourished in a rural district in the west of England a good many years'[?] [?] strictly honest but painfully trank old man. One day ...

    Article : 114 words
  20. CHEERING TOMMY UP.

    The obstacles which beset the pathway of a photographer when he endeavours to secure "a pleasant expression" are many, particularly when his sitters are of a ...

    Article : 94 words
  21. THE WAY OF THE SNOB.

    Two church dignitaries lived near Tunbridge Wells. One of them was a canon, and the other a prebendary. Both of them were in the best society, among a ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. THOUGHT IT WOULD CURE HIM

    An American clergyman has had in his employ for so long a time a negro named Julian that the latter has come to regard himself as something of a. confidential ...

    Article : 183 words
  23. NO OTHER WAY.

    A certain magistrate was a natural peacemaker, and always endeavoured to smooth over any slight differences between persons brought before him at the ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. THROWING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.

    Mr. Frederick Remington, the artist, whose work is well known on both sides of the Atlantic, was introduced to a wellknown Chicago millionaire. ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. PUPIL'S PROGRESS.

    Writing an examination paper on the subject of ventilation, a pupil at a State school said that the rooms in houses should be heated by a fire in winter and ...

    Article : 241 words
  26. MINDING THE BABY.

    Tommy, 6 years of age, was left in charge of the baby, but was tempted by a playnate to go out and play. In order that the baby might come to no harm whilst he ...

    Article : 235 words
  27. ONE OF HOOK'S JOKES.

    One of the most humorous practical jokes ever perpetrated is that attributed to Theodore Hook, an inveterate London punster. He laid a wager with a brother ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. POLLY UP A TREE.

    A showman at a fair possessed a beautiful parrot, which accompanied him everywhere, excited the admiration of the gaping crowd by its capital imitation of ...

    Article : 176 words
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