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  2. MRS. WICKS ON ‘‘THE BLUES."

    I’ve had what folks call the blues more’n once. They come from not gettin’ what you want in some form or other. Ef you didn’t think you were ...

    Article : 536 words
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    Advertising : 818 words
  4. CURATE HOMERTON, CONVICT

    “ It’s a mystery to me, sir,” said Gaoler Walch, “and a mystery I ain’t a-going to try and fathom. “They ain’t all filled with the milk of ...

    Article : 1,629 words
  5. WOMAN’S WORLD.

    Who shall limn for uB the picture of a true, good woman?—the pride and the paragon of her own and the admiration of the other sex—of the young woman, ...

    Article : 200 words
  6. A HEIRESS’S DEVICE.

    An Irish lady, heiress to £10,000 a year, became so weary of tho attentions of money-seeking men that she resolved to seek a new career as governess in a ...

    Article : 557 words
  7. HOW DID YOU TAKE IT?

    Did you tackle that trouble that came to you With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light of day ...

    Article : 93 words
  8. MAKING FRIENDS.

    A fault with some people in making, or rather attempting to make friends is this—they want other people to be friends to them, not to be friends themselves to ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. “MR. BBOWN."

    “Old Pete" was a homeless vagabond. The only legacy bequeathed by his parents was a deformed body and a thirst for strong drink. Left alone in his boyhood ...

    Article : 434 words
  10. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Two Irishmen who had not met tor years ran across eash other in Derby, and after a period of handshaking adjoured for some must congratulations. ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. A GOOD TALKER.

    What constitutes a good talker? According to Lady Jeune a few qualities stand out as being pre-eminently necessary—(1) a soft voice; (2) general ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. HE HAD HIS WAY.

    Barend Vet, of The Hague, semiofficially described as the "King of the Fivepence-finders,” is more—he is an epigrammatist. He had the misfortune ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. A GLOVE SATCHET.

    A handsome glove satchet is made by slipping two pieces of stout cardboard 11 by 4½ inches in size between plush and satin lining. Cut tbe satin and the plush ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. ACCORDING TO A LAWYER.

    If any of our ancestors of even four or five centuries ago returned to earth they would probably feel most at home amongst legal folk. ...

    Article : 459 words
  15. WOULD YOU LIVE LONG?

    [?]ou often see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as was the perfect bloom of her youth. You wonder how this has come about. You wonder how it ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. SCOTCH OPTIMISM.

    A farmer was once complimented on the farming prospects. Crops were grand, potatoes splendid, corn beautiful, he granted; but he still looked ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. HIS LAST MOMENTS.

    An old tenant of the Wester Ogle was on his death-bed, and his end near at hand when his wife thus addressed him: “ Willie, Willie, as ye can speak, ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO.

    The venerable castle of St. Angelo, which has frowned and smiled upon so many different epochs, is about to enter a new phase—more intellectual and more ...

    Article : 410 words
  19. THE VALUE OF A SIGNATURE.

    An important matter to teach a girl is the value of her signature. If the habit is once formed of attaching her full name to every letter she writes, with her ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. HAPPY THOUGHT.

    When Washington State was a part of Oregon Territory, and the Indians numerous there and white people few, there came one day to Mr. N—’s ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. CHILDREN’S GARDENS.

    Where there are children in a family, a small plot cf ground should be given them for their own little garden. There is certainly nothing that will furnish ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. BONIFACE AND THE BARONET.

    Sir Robert Walpole was of a convivial turn, and a great admirer of wit and humour. An innkeeper in the neighbourhood of Houghton Hall, who was ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. QUITE TRANSPORTED.

    A certain church member was extolling the devotion and interest of a young man who had attended the services on the previous Sunday. ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. TOO MANY " AMENS."

    Visiting England during his holidays, a Scotch minister attended an English service, and noticed that at the end of the prayers the choir sang “ Amen.” He ...

    Article : 151 words
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