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  2. Virgie’s Inheritance.

    May I ask, Mrs. Farnum,” Virgie continued, “how long you have been in America?” “We sailed from Liverpool the sixth ...

    Article : 670 words
  3. SCHOOL STORIES. The Use of the Hyphen.

    At a certain school the mistress was giving a lesson on the use o£ the hyphen. After illustrating to the pupils what a hyphen was, she asked one of ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. WOMANS WORLD. ONLY A WOMAN.

    Only a woman! Think of it quietly for a minute or two. Is a woman so bad a thing after all? Is it so worth less to be “only a woman”? A woman ...

    Article : 228 words
  5. IN “MOTHER'S ROOM.”

    I’m awfully sorry for poor Jack Roe; He's the boy that lives with his aunt, you know; And he says his house is filled with ...

    Article : 242 words
  6. A Smart Boy.

    An inspector was examining some boys, and gave one the following sentence to parse: “Hark! How the lark sings!” When he reached the noun, ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. The Teacher’s Discomfiture.

    In a village school not fifty miles from London, the first standard waa being examined in arithmetic. Teacher: Ben, what is one and one? ...

    Article : 54 words
  8. HOW TO TREAT YOUR LOVER.

    Do not, if you know he has had other love affairs, be constantly alluding to them in your conversation. Such matters are better left alone, and you ...

    Article : 216 words
  9. A Desert Indeed.

    It was the geography lesson in the infants’ class, and the patient teacher was doing her best to instil into the minds of the children the meaning of ...

    Article : 102 words
  10. WITH TEN-CAT POWER.

    Mr. Harrison Weir, the eminent artist who died recently, was a great lover of cats, and was founder of the National Cat Club. Mr. Weir, at a cat ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. Johnny’s Trouble.

    “Jolinny Jones,” said the school teacher, impatiently; “what is it you are fidgeting with?” Johnny did not reply, but the ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. A ROMANCE OF THE TELEPHONE

    When Alexander Bell was making his first experiments in the telephone, there lived in Boston, U.S.A., a clever tool-maker named Williams, who had ...

    Article : 598 words
  13. JEALOUS BROTHERS.

    Where brother and sister have been brought up together, the whole of thenchildhood and early youth having been passed in close companionship, it ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. How He Sunk Him.

    For some reason or other the two youngsters had to stop in school dur ing play-time. The teacher had told them to keep quiet, and then locked ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. JUST A HABIT.

    There’s many a man who carries a From morning till when he’s in bed— A sort of martyrdom heavy-weight look As though he held in his head ...

    Article : 140 words
  16. CHAPTER XVI.

    Mrs. Farnum looked frightened at Virgie’s startling threat, and she realised at once that she had underrated the character of the woman with whom ...

    Article : 2,403 words
  17. COUNTING THE COST OF LUXURIES.

    In home management there is much wisdom in counting the cost before we indulge in too many luxuries. Parents who can deny their children nothing, ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. Why Latin Was Essential.

    Mrs. Timkins was taking her son to school for. the first time, and, after impressing the schoolmaster with the necessity of his having a thorough ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. CHAPTER XV.

    “Have you a picture of your—of Sir William, madam?” Mrs. Farnum inquired, as she folded the letter and returned it to the envelope. ...

    Article : 2,355 words
  20. Brunei's Lost Half-Sovereign.

    Here is a curious story about Brunet that is given in “The Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart.”:—He had a curious accident before his death. ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. A Quaint Reply.

    Infant Teacher (giving a lesson on “the bear,” and speaking of his thick, I warm coat): And can the bear take off his coat like you? ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. MISTRESS OF THE KITCHEN.

    A woman should insist upon being mistress of her own kitchen, but, unless she possesses self-control, patience and tact, she is really just as unfit to ...

    Article : 283 words
  23. Breaking It Gently.

    Foreman (at the door): Did yer husband hav’ a new suit av clo’es on this mor-rnin’, Mrs. O’Malley? Mrs. O’Malley: He ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. A Unique Pedlar.

    “Hear me one moment, madam,” said the pedlar at the front door. “I have not been rendered incapable of activeexertion by any sort of a sad accident; ...

    Article : 160 words
  25. GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

    I will be neat. I will do honest work. I will not have the blues. I will keep my mind clean. ...

    Article : 181 words
  26. A Streak of Luck.

    Violet: I never had such a streak of luck. He fell in love in Rome, pro posed in Naples, and bought the ring in London. ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 76 words
  28. One Exception.

    “All the world loves a lover,” remarked the young man who was making his first call. “You haven’t met my father yet, ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. HEROINE AND PATRIOT.

    There died not long ago, in France, a once wealthy lady, who, during the Franco-German War, went through eight battles in the capacity of ...

    Article : 165 words
  30. Advertising

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