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  2. COPYRIGHT. THE TREASURE TROVE.

    " It's that miserable affair with the hidden treasure that has turned her head! sobbed Rose. "What?" Lenard Sutton asked. ‘‘Are you ...

    Article : 1,539 words
  3. GENERAL ITEMS.

    There are seven hundred and fifteen known planets. The finest poultry produced in France are bred and fed on the vineyards. ...

    Article : 966 words
  4. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    On the Great Northern Railway the other day a charming young widow entered a compartment, accompanied by a fine looking little fellow, about four ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. THE GARMENT OF IRON.

    There was no skeleton in the arm, ur when Hartpole found it: only some Band and a bunch of tumble weed, a rattle-snake, and a tarantula. The tarnotola scuttled off he ...

    Article : 2,190 words
  6. CHARACTER SHOWN IN HATS.

    Show me how a man wears his hat, and I will tell you what manner of a man he is. Notice yourself how he wears his headgear, and you can make a ...

    Article : 352 words
  7. PUNCTUATION.

    A country soboolmanter. who found it ra her difficult to make his pupils observe the difference in reading between a comma and a full point, adopted a plan of his own, ...

    Article : 310 words
  8. Change of Luck.

    A butcher in a small way of business was in the habit of sending his son out with a small trap to deliver orders. The lad was a careless driver, and one ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. THE BEST TIME FOR MEALS.

    Food should be taken at regular hours, and no food should be taken between these hours. The Romans only took two meals daily, and in France seldom ...

    Article : 274 words
  10. Pawn His Tools.

    A public-school teacher was endeavoring to explain the term ‘booking,’ as applied to our railway system. 'Now,' he said,, can any of you tell ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. CURIOSITY REWARDED.

    Two ladies called at the house of a wellknown physician the other week. While one of them was consulting the physician in his private room, the other, prompted by ...

    Article : 313 words
  12. He Was Asleep.

    During a sham fight an old General came unawares upon a soldier who was lying fast asleep in a field among the corn. ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. ABOUT WEATHER PROPHETS.

    What about farmers and sailors? it may be asked. Do they not actually foretell weather from long study of the face of the heavens? Sometimes; and when they do, ...

    Article : 361 words
  14. SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    A story told to illustrate the character of Sir Redvers Buller is worth repeating. During the last Nile Campaign, while on board a river steamer descending ...

    Article : 237 words
  15. His Business.

    A lawyer trying to serve his client by throwing suspicion on a witness in the case, in the course of his cross-examination, said: ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. CHEMIST’S CURIOUS CUSTOMERS.

    A chemist is making a collection of the qneer orders he receives from people who send children to the store for things they need. Here are a few samples of them:— ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. Absent-Mindedness.

    A certain bishop, whom it would be cruelty to identify, is a victim of absentmindedness. Dining at home one evening, he found fault with the flavour ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. A BEAR HUNT IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

    An interesting account ia given by Mr. Walter Wellman, who commanded the recent Wellman Artic expedition, of his ad—a period of twelve months, for in the North ...

    Article : 393 words
  19. SHE WAS CUTE.

    At Nuneaton, a lady canvasser called on a woman, and said: " Now can’t yon persuade your husband to vote for Mr. Johnson?" ...

    Article : 186 words
  20. Give-and-Take Contest.

    Magistrate McShane was investigating an assault case. ‘After he kicked you the first time what did he do next?' ...

    Article : 99 words
  21. A BARRACK-ROOM STORY.

    When Major Roberts was in command at Fort Weber during the early part of the Boer campaign, he paraded his forces, chiefly volunteers, the first ...

    Article : 197 words
  22. Rough on the Farmer.

    An old farmer having been elected a member of the School Board, paid a visit to one of the schools under his care. ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE.

    One has heard a good deal about English as she is spoke ’’ in the columns of 'Punch '' and elsewhere, but how about English as she is written in the ...

    Article : 104 words
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