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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    An old lady in New England had Occasion to write to a friend about some matter of trifling importance, and when she had reached the end of the nineteenth ...

    Article : 54 words
  3. ONE ON THE SECRETARY.

    Secretary Shaw, of United States, America, has received a request from an old neighbour at his former home for a letter of recommendation which can be used by ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. SHE STOPPED THE SMOKING.

    It wasn't a smoking compartment, but they were using it for that purpose all the same, and she was too modest to object. By-and-by the two men got into a ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN.

    Here is a portrait of Queen Alexandra by an American girl in London: " We don't go to the theatre to witness a play, but to see the audience. I thought ...

    Article : 186 words
  6. CUFFED.

    A queer kind of letter (says the " Daily Telegraph") was in the correspondence rack at Edgbaston a few days ago. It was nothing more nor less than a shirt cuff. ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. NO JUDGE OF MUSIC.

    The Town Council of a thriving burgh in the west of Scotland recently acquired a piano for their town hall, and appointed three of their number to inspect and ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. TWO MEAN MEN.

    Of William and John Scott, afterward. Lord Stowell and Lord Eldon, Lord John Russell used to tell with infinite rest a story which he declared to be highly ...

    Article : 234 words
  9. OONGERING BUSTS.

    Some school children were being shown through the capital the other day (says an American paper), and visited, among other places, the Vice-President's room. ...

    Article : 94 words
  10. ALL IS VANITY.

    When one thinks that any bee that walks out of its cradle, pale, perhaps, but perfect, knows at once all that is to be known of the life and duties of a bee, complicated ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. KITCHENER AND THE DELINQUENTS.

    Numerous anecdotes are told about Lord Kitchener in South Africa, which, though they are all more or less—mostly lesstrue, throw interesting sidelights on his ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. CRUSTLES BREAD.

    Little Annette, the sunlight of a Commonwealth home does not like to eat bread crusts. Her mother, realising how such a habit ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. DIAMOND DUST.

    Nothing hurts a self-made martyr like being ignored. Much of the milk of human kindness tastes of the pump. ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then In relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. "Waldo doesn't look like an actor, does he?" "Doesn't act like one either." ...

    Article : 615 words
  15. MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

    The reasons why a man should employ a matrimonial advertisement in order to get married are often a source of bewilderment ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE

    A well-known actor who had been visiting out-of-town friends over Sunday, not long ago, hurried down to the little station on Monday morning with the Intention of ...

    Article : 206 words
  17. TEST OF FRIENDSHIP.

    " Square Stubbs wuz the meanest, driedest up old skin in Dugdale, an' that's say in considerable," began the old man, scraping out his pipe with a huge jackknife, "an ...

    Article : 779 words
  18. TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

    A little sermon which will be appreciated by nurses and doctors was innocently preached by a small girl who little knew the, bearing of her tale. Her aunt ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE.

    "There is no better opportunity to study human nature than aboard an ocean steamor during a voyage." said a traveller who recently returned from a trip to Europe. ...

    Article : 307 words
  20. PAVING THE WAY.

    she knew enough A popular young ...

    Article : 151 words
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