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  2. SALAD DAYS.

    In case there should be any misunderstanding as to what I mean by “salad days.” let me hasten to explain that I am not going to give you ...

    Article : 730 words
  3. MEAT AND METRE.

    “Conversation at. meal-times is appallingly prosy,” writes one of our million-and-one social reformers “Could we not converse poetically ...

    Article : 407 words
  4. THE WINNERS

    The world has no time for the losers.” That, dear sinners, is one of the eternal verities, as true as truth, and as old as the earth itself. In the ...

    Article : 502 words
  5. THE CRIMINAL

    Constable Twyning was absorbed in the contemplation of two articles, which he turned alternately in his heavy square topped fingers. ...

    Article : 5,609 words
  6. MAXIMS OF SUCCESS.

    In the course of a sketch “of the late Sir William Van Horne, the following saying of that colossal worker are recorded: ...

    Article : 317 words
  7. DEADLY RAINDROPS.

    The fiercest bombardment conceivable would not be nearly so destructive to human life as an ordinary shower if it were not for the protective ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

    How many, in all climes and in ail! ages, call sadly and regretfully to mind the thousand golden opportunities for ever lost. The lesson is beautifully ...

    Article : 363 words
  9. THE NEW WOMAN.

    Groom; “I thought you were going over to my mother’s to let her teach you how to cook.” Bride: “I went, dear, but when I got ...

    Article : 225 words
  10. TALE OF WOE.

    I’ve been sewing divers patches on my Sunday pantaloons; I’ve been holding burning matches trying to locate the prunes ; I am weary now of eating ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. A BOY’S VIEW OF GIRLS.

    “Girls are much stuck up and dignified in their manner and behaveyour They think more of dress than any thing, and like to play with dowls and ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. A STINGING TREE.

    The world over there is not a nettle or tree whose sting is as severe as that of the ”Gympie-gympie,” which may be found in the dense scrubs near ...

    Article : 306 words
  13. THE DEPTH OF THE SEA.

    Depths of between seven and eight miles have been found in the ocean lay means of the recently developed echosounding apparatus. This system of ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. WHY WE HAVE TWO BRAINS.

    Nature, according to a new theory, has given us two brains, just as she has given us a pair of eyes, hands, and ears, which help each other to do the ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. EFFECT OF VITIATED AIR ON APPETITE.

    It is well known that the researches of specialists and others, have discredited the old idea that the air of occupied and ill-ventilated rooms ...

    Article : 213 words
  16. BLIND FLYING.

    So that it can be more easily and safely guided at night and at other times when no landmarks are visbie a ’plane equipped by M. Farman ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. AMERICA.

    Upon this once benighted strand, Columbus was the first to land, Since when it has increased in fame And now most people know its name. ...

    Article : 64 words
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