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  2. SHORT STORY.

    VERY beautiful It looked to her longing eyes for on each side of the stately avenue stretohed smooth, well kept lawns, brightened by brilliant masses of ...

    Article : 3,144 words
  3. Odds and Ends

    CAN knocking a policeman over be described as laying down the law?’ ...

    Article : 13 words
  4. LONG LIFE AND ITS SECRET.

    There can be little doubt but that like is shortened by our notions concerning the natural duration of life. Everybody has come to think that when a man is seventy ...

    Article : 205 words
  5. THE TRAY VANISHED.

    Employer (to page boy) : ‘John, after this, when anyone calls, hand him the silver tray, and bring the card back on it.’ John: ‘That’s what I thought I ought ...

    Article : 42 words
  6. THE YOUNG IDEA.

    A four-year-old boy was bad the other day and his mother said, ‘Sammy, why don’t you be good?’ [?] ‘Cause I’m afraid,’ was the prompt ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. Miscellaneous.

    THE black leopard has been regarded by many as a distinct [?]. A naturalist in India, however, reports having recently found a pair of leopard ...

    Article : 318 words
  8. ENCAGED HIM.

    Stranger: ‘Don’t you want to take on a man?’ Coal Dealer: ‘Wall, I want a weigher. Have you any references ?’ ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

    Ingredients:—3ozs flour, 3ozs grated dry cheese, 2 butter, yolk of 1 egg, squeeze lemon juice, a sprinkle baking powder, mustard, cayenne, and salt. ...

    Article : 510 words
  10. A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

    A new explosive, said to be invented by Frank Wurtenberger, who is at present in Mount Vernon hospital suffering from the effects of an explosion, which nearly killed ...

    Article : 400 words
  11. WAITING FOR HIM.

    ‘Is your husband up yet ?’ inquired the early morning caller. ‘I think he is,’ replied the stern looking woman. ‘I d like to say a few words to him.’ So would I. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  12. A SHOELESS PEOPLE.

    The 10,000,000 inhabitants of Mexico use almost entirely home made boots, sho[?] gaiters, slippers and sandals, so far as they wear any boot-covering at all. Shoes in ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. APPEARANCE HER CHIEF CONCERN.

    Ethel (from the motor): ‘What is tha trouble, Harry?’ Harry (from bene[?]): ‘I’m afraid the boiler’s burnt out.’ ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. Housekeeper.

    [?] to a tub of hot water and the patient must lie in this tor fifteen minutes. Then follows the cold spray and the bather emerges with every trace of her aches and ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. ON THE LAST LAP.

    Mr. Oldboy walked into his library the other evening, and beheld his only daughter comfortably [?] on the knees of young Squirs Beaswing. He looked his ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. [?]

    MUCH dearer be the things which come through hard distress. Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book. ...

    Article : 663 words
  17. DONT’S.

    Don’t face the light when reading or sewing, Don’t allow a cold, raw wind to strike the eyes. ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. JOY OF JOYS.

    Little eight-year-old Sammy Spry surprised his school teacher with this outburst of confidence:— ‘Teacher, my mother is away; been ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. SOME PECULIAR TREES.

    Most remarkable are some of the festures of different kinds of trees, and eccentrio vegetation is confined to no tropic or country, bt can be met with all the world ...

    Article : 569 words
  20. EXCUSED.

    ‘I think that friend of your is pretty fresh on such short [?]tance,’ complained Mrs. Nagget. ‘I overheard him remark that I was ‘no chicken,‘ ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  21. Science and Invention.

    THE Texas militia has been recently provided with an acetylene apparatus for the purpose of transmitting messages. This is a greatly improved ...

    Article : 206 words
  22. FRUIT.

    If only ripe and good fruits are used, the natural appetite for them may be trusted almost implicitly. In many in stan[?] a supposed disorganisation of the ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. NO NEED FOR MORE.

    ‘No. Mr. Spooner.’ said Miss Elder, lindly but firmly, ‘I cannot marry you, but I’ll be a— ‘Thanks, Miss Elder, interrupted the ...

    Article : 37 words
  24. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

    As a guard to health it is well to know that it is necessary to keep the mouth shut, for it is not intended for breathing purposes, the nose being essential for this ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. NOT HIS FAULT.

    Head of the establishment; ‘David, you are a fool I’ David; ‘Well, sir, I can’t help it. When you engaged me you told me to ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. A NEW OIL TABLE LAMP COMING

    An inventor promises us a new incandescent light. He uses ordinary petroleum without a wick, and a tube only one-eighth of an inch outside supplies the oil, which ...

    Article : 89 words
  27. A PASSIVE RESISTER.

    Pa Twaddles: ‘I can’t see why that young idiot who is calling on Molly hasn’t sense enough’s no go. It’s midnight.’ Tommy Twaddles: ‘Taint his fault. ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. BREATH THROUGH THE NOSE.

    The hygienic mother of the present day sees to it that her children keep their months closed when asleep and at all other times when not necessary for the purpose ...

    Article : 308 words
  29. WONDERFUL !

    A young man from the country was on board a rivet steamer for the first time in his life. He tooks great interest in watching the motion of she paddles, At length ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. SEVEN TONS OF ARTIFICIAL SILK DAILY.

    Artificial silk—of which the daily production is now seven tons, or five per cent, of the total consumption of silk—is practically pure cellulose to which the super[?] ...

    Article : 96 words
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