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  2. HEROIC, BUT EFFECTUAL.

    “Boozy” Flinders, as the neighbors called him, was an idle, dissolute fellow, with a wife a great deal too good for him. She bore with patience his ...

    Article : 384 words
  3. WHY I DISLIKE UMBRELLAS.

    “To this day,” said the retired burglar, as he watched a woman close and place a dripping umbrella in a stand, “to this day I never see an ...

    Article : 318 words
  4. POINTS OF A LADY'S HORSE AND HOW TO MANAGE HIM.

    A lady's horse must have a well-bred appearance. An underbred horse is never trustworthy, and cultivates more bad than good habits; therefore, ...

    Article : 971 words
  5. MISTAKES OF MATCH-MAKING MAMMAS.

    It has often struck me as a remarkable thing that among the many reasons given by ingenious scribes “why the men don’t marry” as they ought ...

    Article : 847 words
  6. Leaves from a Lawyer’s Notebook.

    Few people associate the word “law” with romance; and yet we lawyers see more of romance in its widest, fullest sense than any other class does, be it ...

    Article : 3,355 words
  7. THE CARPENTER BEE OF SOUTHERN EUROPE.

    The carpenter bee is a large and handsome insect, with lovely purple iridescent wings, to be found in the south of Europe and in tropical ...

    Article : 313 words
  8. DRUDGERY IS UNAVOIDABLE.

    I heard one of the cleverest women of our time say the other day that there was no work which had to be performed day by day that was not ...

    Article : 265 words
  9. An Accident on the Way.

    A little girl had a pet kitten, which died suddenly, to the intense woe of its small mistress. By way of comforting her in her ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. THE REAL WAY OF THE WORLD.

    There is more sunshine than rain, more joy than pain, more love than hate, more smiles than tears, in the world. Those who say to the contrary ...

    Article : 104 words
  11. A Trifling Altercation.

    “Where did you get that dreadful black eye, Mrs. Hawkins?” said a lady “slummer,” as she seated herself on the extreme edge of the least dirty ...

    Article : 371 words
  12. How They Obtained a Good View.

    At a football, match played recently it began to rain heavily, and a fullblown masher, who was seated in the grand-stand, wishing to protect ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. A BACHELOR ON MARRIAGE.

    Old bachelors are sometimes entertaining. One of the genus was recently discoursing upon marriage. His remarks ran on these lines:— ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. SMART YOUNG MAN.

    A man in an obscure town, whose literary efforts had failed to find favor, sent this letter to an editor:—"Dear Sir,—This is a small place ...

    Article : 243 words
  15. FOR WOMEN ONLY.

    Perhaps the queerest city in the world is that of Nang Harm, the home of the royal family of Siam. This city’s peculiarity lies in the ...

    Article : 243 words
  16. Nearer to Sandy’s Intentions.

    A Scotsman and an American had travelled together a good distance. When they had to separate at a certain station, Sandy, not wishing to ...

    Article : 169 words
  17. ARE YOU OUT OF GEAR?

    The two sides or a person's face are never alike; The eyes are out of line in two cases out of five, and one eye is stronger than the other in seven ...

    Article : 149 words
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