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  2. Grave and Gay.

    Bell: “Did you call him up?” Nell (haughtily): “No, I called him down.” “He seems to be an unusual sort of ...

    Article : 328 words
  3. The Maiden Aunt.

    The popular notion of the maiden aunt, as set forth in many short tales and in comic illustrations, is an elderly woman with a sour visage and sour ...

    Article : 433 words
  4. For the Children.

    “Let us meet here at a quarter to seven and have a moonlight coasting party” cried Fred Baker. “We all have supper at six, and that will ...

    Article : 145 words
  5. Winnipeg’s Richest Man

    There is a store of romance in the life stories of many of Canada’s men of fortune. The case of Lord Strathcona, who rose from the ranks to the ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. TWO FRIENDS.

    Pierre Durand and Jacques Duval had been brought up together, so to speak. As small boys their patents, friends of long standing, had taken them to play in ...

    Article : 2,423 words
  7. A BOY IN BLOSSOM.

    “Oh, grandpa,” said Charlie, “what lots of apples there are going to be this year! See how white the trees are with blossoms.” ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. It Didn’t Work.

    A man stood at the corner of a street in a crowded thoroughfare, and after performing a few simple conjuring tricks to attract the ...

    Article : 462 words
  9. THE DOG AND THE BELL.

    A gentleman who lived in the North of England, had a splendid mastiff dog, called Ponto, who was allowed to roam about just as he ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. THE ABSTEMIOUS JAPANESE.

    The Japanese are naturally abstemious in the matter of eating. Rice is the staple diet, with died fish as almost the only meat, and with ...

    Article : 261 words
  11. What is a Gentleman?

    A gentleman, is just a gentleman ; no more no less, a diamond polished that was first a diamond in the rough. A gentleman is gentle. A gentleman ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. ANOTHER SAM WELLER.

    Magistrate, to prisoner in the dock: “What is your line?” Prisoner: “I ain’t particular, [?] the oyster said when they asked him ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. A LITTLE GIRL’S LIKES.

    I like t’ play wif dollies an’ I like t’ go t’ school; I like t’ jump my skippin’-rope in mornings when it’s cool; ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. THE LIPS INDICATE CHARACTER.

    A certain learned man gave simple rules for the choosing of a wife, and bade young lovers beware of a girl whose lips drooped at the corners, as ...

    Article : 282 words
  15. A HOME STROKE

    Dr Busby, when chaplain to the forces quartered at Dover, was one afternoon delivering a discourse from the eighth commandment, in which ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. Our Wealth of Flowers.

    That well-known writer, Maurice Maeterlinck, reminds us that many of our most treasured and established flowers are but comparatively recent ...

    Article : 347 words
  17. RATHER TOO PREVIOUS.

    At the recent demonstration against the Licensing Bill in Hyde Park, Sir Wilfrid Lawson told one of his good stories. ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. A CURATE’S RUSE.

    Dr Gretton, in his “Recollections,” describes an ingenious plan by which a curate-in-charge escaped censure for a sermon which had given offence in ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. IS THE UNICORN EXTINCT?

    Early in the last century the unicorn of ancient myth came within the realm of scientific knowledge in the form of the white rhinoceros, the ...

    Article : 199 words
  20. CONUNDRUMS.

    What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen? Time the clock was fixed. On what did Noah live when he was ...

    Article : 256 words
  21. LOVE TRIES TEMPERS

    It may be very delightful to be in love, but ask a mother what she and the household generally have to put up with when one of the family falls ...

    Article : 281 words
  22. SO CHICKENS CALL.

    A scientific observer who set himself to interpret the speech employed by chickens says that a chick, a few hours old, has five distinct calls. Its ...

    Article : 204 words
  23. WHAT COLOUR TO WEAR.

    An artist’s rule as to colour is: Choose carefully only those tints of which a duplicate may be found in the hair, the eyes, or the complexion. A ...

    Article : 182 words
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