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  2. HELPFUL MR BARKER.

    The helpfulness of a good man, when it comes to assistance in domestic affairs, is apt to be vary much like that of the Mr Barker whose exploit is narrated below. ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. PEOPLE WHO HIRE DRESS. SUITS.

    Some time ago the writer, through circumstances which need not here be dwelt upon, visited a well-known establishment for the purpose of hiring a ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  4. THE CECILIA'S BELL.

    The wind wailed mournfully and the rain beat fitfully about Life-Saving Station No. 300, and the night was very dark. ...

    Article : 1,490 words
  5. A SUDDEN CHANGE OF PURPOSE.

    Miss Eliza Watson had lived her fifty years of life in the little brown cottage under the maples. Besides the little home, she owned a horse, old and perfectly ...

    Article : 2,235 words
  6. HEROISM IN ANIMALS.

    In a weekly contemporary a writer on natural history complains that men are prone to regard masculine courage in defence of others as a virtue purely ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. MEN WANTED.

    Men whose word is their bond. Meu who possess opinions and a will. Men who will not lose their individuality in a crowd. ...

    Article : 97 words
  8. BY THE SEA.

    I stood by the sea when the sun shone bright, And flooded its depths with a blaze or light; ...

    Article : 290 words
  9. ROYAL JEWELS.

    Quite a unique jewel is an apple-green diamond owned by the Prince of Wales. It was discovered in South Africa and is the largest stone of the shade in the ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. ORIGIN OF THE WORD PIC-NIC.

    Everybody knows what a pic-nic is, but most folk would find it hard to say how it got that name, and yet it is simple enough when you come to learn ...

    Article : 621 words
  11. HOW TO BE HAPPY.

    Many of us miss the joys that might be ours by keeping our eyes fixed on those of other people. No one can enjoy his own opportunities for happiness while he ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. WONDERFUL ESCAPE.

    Traveller—" You have no idea of the widely romantic nature of the Rocky Mountains, nor of the dangers which meet one at every turn even in the most ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSOPHER.

    A philosopher is one who disengages himself from all former prejudices, masters his passions, and learns to think, speak, and act, according to rule and ...

    Article : 334 words
  14. HOW THE SHOWMAN GOT A GOOD SEAT.

    The Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, New York’s famous octogenarian preacher, is fond of telling this story. “ One Sunday morning shortly after I ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. THE HANDICAP OF JOSEFA.6

    “I am always the victim," said Joseta, smiling. Some time ago Rosa had influenza, and I, although perfectly well, had to lie in bed for a whole week. And ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. THE ORIGIN OF BRANDY.

    Brandy was first distilled in France in 1343, and was originally used only as a medicine, and, from its strengthening and reviving powers, physicians named it ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

    Mrs Benham: “If there were you wouldn’t know it.” Benham: “ What do you mean [?] ” Mrs Benham: “ You are not at home ...

    Article : 68 words
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