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  2. Short Story.

    Gifford Hull, the grocer's son, standing behind the counter of his father's store, tying up sugar in pound parcels, saw a girl come into the store, brightly ...

    Article : 2,029 words
  3. The Sketcher, Branded on the Back.

    The art of malingering had been the topic of conversation, and the only man of the company who had not eited a case was a sea-captain, who had knocked ...

    Article : 1,778 words
  4. The Home. The Hair.

    Rinsing the hair after washing it plays a very important part in making the hair pleasant and soft, both iti appearance and also to the touch. To rinse the ...

    Article : 263 words
  5. Spray. A Pen Picture of Tolstoi.

    In describing u visit to Tolstol, Mr. Andrew D. White speaks of the great Russian reformer as follows:—Tolstoi resembles a patriarch, a philosopher, ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. Household Hints.

    That one cup of yeast is equal to one compressed yeast cake. That sixteen tablospoonfuls of liquid are equal to one cupful. ...

    Article : 607 words
  7. A Couple of Old Trees.

    One of the oldest and most remarkable trees in Great Britain is to be found (says the " Gardeners’ Magazine") in a chestnut at Torworth, the residence of ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. Shall We Read at Breakfast.

    One hears a great deal of complaint (says a writer in "The Happy Home") from the women in homes nowadays of the habit into which men are more and ...

    Article : 748 words
  9. Ticklishness.

    What Is the rationale of ticklishness? asks " Science Siftings." Although it is frequently quite agreeable to be tickled —at the right time and place—there ...

    Article : 239 words
  10. The Noisy Bore.

    In one of the most exclusive of the London clubs is an elderly man who belongs to an ancient family, and takes advantage of his lineage to be ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. Big Hats.

    If ladies hats continue to grow in height. as they are doing in France esays an English exchange). until they begin to resemble the gigantic erections worn ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. Hermann.

    It requires a man of strong nerve to visit Hermann, the great, at his villa. at Whitestone, Long Island, U.S.A. The writer accepted an invitation from the ...

    Article : 244 words
  13. Just Like a Man.

    A brief colloquy bewteen a woman and her lazy husband is reported. She was busy, and the baby was crying. and the man, so far as appears, was doing ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. Which Shall Go First?

    Which of us. darling, shall know some day The pain of the parting hour. When one shall go, and the other stay, Compelled by Death's dread power? ...

    Article : 237 words
  15. Natural Philosophy.

    A farmer walked up and down a block in the city a day or two ago whistling a whistle that was apparently meant for a dog. When he had looked up and down ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. A Game Called Simkin.

    Did you ever play a game called Simkin? You first erect a tall pole, and then tic a tennis ball wrapped in a glove on a string. and fasten it to the top of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. Dr. Clifford on Newspaper Reading.

    A short time ago, at Westbourne Park Chapel, Dr. John Clifford delivered the inaugural address of the winter session to the members of the Literary and ...

    Article : 406 words
  18. Food and the Absorption of Oxygen.

    Since 1804, Dr. Marcet days. it has been known that a marked volume of oxygen is taken in at the lungs which fails to reappear as carbonic add in the ...

    Article : 342 words
  19. An Electric Flougn.

    An electric plough has, it is reported, been brought out in Germany by Messrs. F. Zimmermann and Co., of Halle. A chain is stretehed round the field where ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. Compressed Air as a Renovator.

    Compressed air, under 50 pounds pressure, has been successfully used, instead of brooms and brushes, for cleaning dirt and dust from cars. A domestic ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. flow Long Can a Man Do Without Sleep?

    It has, been said that the Fathers of the Inquisition were in the habit of keeping their victims awake as a forin of punishment. thereby driving the men ...

    Article : 313 words
  22. A Rich Duke.

    It is stated that one of the richest English dukes has recently had no less Shan three millions sterling waiting for investment. His Grace's finacial agent ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. Gretna-Greening Style.

    This is the modern and approved mode of effecting a runaway match. And seeing that gray hairs ami patriarchal hoards are to be seen more frequently ...

    Article : 251 words
  24. Too Smart for the Master.

    There are no boys on earth more fond of a Joke than Harrovians, and no lads more clannish. It seems two boys were out very late one night, and the worthy ...

    Article : 173 words
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