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  2. HITS AND BITS.

    He was a chatty kind of a conjurer, and was anxious to open the evening’s entertainment merrily. So he Stepped forward to the front of the stage, and said : ...

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  3. HEBREW ALTARS

    While exploring the forsaken parte of Palestine recently, the Rev. Harvey D. Greene of Lowell, Mass, discovered two notable altars which be is certain were used ...

    Article : 938 words
  4. OUR MOTTO.

    I asked my wife today if she was happy, and she said that she would be if I would get shaved and throw away my corncob pipe I promised to do both, and I will Of course ...

    Article : 573 words
  5. A TOOTH-BRUSH FOR THE DOG.

    A tooth-brush is the New York pet dog’s latest luxury. A score or more of dainty toilet articles, gold mounted and jewelled, were scattered over the glass counter, and ...

    Article : 317 words
  6. JOHN GILPIN RIVALLED.

    John Gilpin’s famous ride was beaten by one which a Confederate soldier was forced to take during an engagement in the American Civil War between Quirk’s scouts and ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. HOME LIFE AT THE CLUB.

    Mr. Primmer belonged to the dignified class of men, and though always, pleasant in his manner, was not at all of the hall-fellow-well-met-order. Accordingly, he caused ...

    Article : 275 words
  8. TROUBLE IN TRAVELLING.

    I don’t know whether was Smith, Jones, or Brown who persuaded me to buy that confounded [?] ticket but buy it l did, thereby saving S2.89, says a writer in “Puck” ...

    Article : 554 words
  9. PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

    “How do I look?” asked a young wife who stood before her husband dressed to attend a party with him. He raised his eyes from the paper he was ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. WHAT HE COULD BOAST OF.

    One of the most original characters of the Welsh pulpit was the late Rev. Lewis Powell, Cardiff. While on a visit to Carmarthen town on one occasion he called at the college ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. DEATHS FROM FRIGHT.

    “I have interested myself somewhat in looking, up , unusual causes of death,” said a well known physician and have met several well- authenticated instanced where fright ...

    Article : 242 words
  12. PRACTISING.

    Ten little trouble some fingers, Ten little finger-nails— Pattering on the piano, Scattering over the scales. ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. FOR CLONDE AND BRUNETTE.

    A little while ago tho very mistaken belief prevailed, that persons with chestnut or even downright red hair could wear nothing but light blue and certain shades of green if ...

    Article : 327 words
  14. TOO CLEVER BY HALF.

    He was a new assistant in the big retail establishment, and he was anxious to make a record as a salesman. A young lady; inquired: “Can you let me look, at some safety ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK.

    There are comparatively few women, in the present age who laboriously count the threads of the cloth in their sewing, or sew by rule, as their grandmothers did. It is ...

    Article : 371 words
  16. A LITTLE TESTIMONIAL.

    “How do you like your new typewriter,?” inquired the agent. “It’s splendid,” was the enthusiastic response. “ Well, would you mind , giving me a little testimonial to ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. HUNTING.

    I’VE a mania for hunting. I’ve hunted the [?] I’ve hunted the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 306 words
  18. A PEEP AT FINNISH LADIES.

    The young ladies of Finland are far in advance of the young ladies of this country (that is to say in a comparative sense). It is rather a fashion for the young ladies ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. HER FIRST CAKE.

    She measured out the butter with a very solemn air; The milk and sugar-also; and she took the greatest care ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. PEER EPITAPHS.

    Blomfield, in his “History of Norfolk,” gives the following from Holm Church in that county, date, A.D. 1404:— Henry Nottingham and his ...

    Article : 272 words
  21. GOOSE WAITING FOR ITS MASTER

    Bishop Stanley relates a laughable incident of a goose which formed an attachment to its master who lived in Elgin. It would follow him wherever he went, even through the ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. A MAN WHO COULD NOT KISS.

    “Old-Boots,” a well-known, character at Ripen in the 18th century was born about the year 1692. What his real name was I do not know. He was for a long time boot ...

    Article : 243 words
  23. IT WENT AT THAT.

    A lady who is a city missionary became Very much interested in a very poor but apparently respectable Irish family named Curran, living on the top floor of a great ...

    Article : 151 words
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