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  2. JOKELETS.

    "Do you like picnics[?] Mr. Wallace?" "No; but I have the choice between coming and [?]nding the baby!" "This year, de[?]ri[?], you can wish ...

    Article : 570 words
  3. SPRAY. IN THAT CASE.

    N[?] everybody can pl[?]d guilty to having been the victim of the "[?]nadvertent slip," and of having had to endure the embar[?]ment that follows upo[?] it. The ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. FACTS & FANCIES. GRAND OLD MEN OF WORK.

    Who are the "Grand O[?] Men" who still lead their conf[?] in profe[?], art, [?] science, with the dignity added to the experience of years? ...

    Article : 436 words
  5. THE SKETCHER

    Mr. Lee, who lives near the St. John River, Forid[?], has to go six miles down the river to post a letter and perform other ne[?]sary [?]rrands[?] and the journey ...

    Article : 1,505 words
  6. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY. A FATAL INTERCESSION.

    "There’s a beauty! Gather me that[?]" Thora Harcourt pointed a slender forefinger at a lovely blush rose within reach of her companion’s hand. Herbert ...

    Article : 3,224 words
  7. ADDED.

    A few mornings ago one of the foremen in an important factory returned from his usual tour of inspection through several workshops, and found to his great ...

    Article : 213 words
  8. A LIVELY SPOT.

    A visitor to a country town asked the local policeman when the theatre opened. "We have no theatre here." "Well, the music-hall, then?" ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. IS AN ORATOR BORN OR MADE?

    Mr. Michael MacDo[?]agh asks the question[?] "Is the orator born or made?" in "Longman’s Magazine." He holds that the orator is "unquestionably, born, no[?] ...

    Article : 347 words
  10. PAPA IS FOND OF FISHING.

    "Yes, we went all over Europe, but papa really enjoyed himself only in Venice." "A[?], yes, no wonder! The gond[?]la[?], St. Mark’s, the R[?], the[?] ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. A POULTRY-KEEPER.

    A young man once made up his mind to go in for poultry-keeping, [?] he bought a hen and ten chicks, and then wrote home to his elder brother to come over and se[?] ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. DEATH SCENE OF THE FRIGATE BIRD.

    No more graphic p[?]ece of description has come from the [?]n of Mr. T. Bullen than his account of the Frigate Bird in the "Sunday at Home." One thing [?]e ...

    Article : 392 words
  13. MORE FIGHTING.

    He: "I see another naval engagement is reported." She: "More fighting?" He: "I suppose s. The captain is ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. AS INSTRUCTED.

    A little girl who was in the habit of using the work guess," was reproved by her teacher. "You must not say 'guess.' Grace; you ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. "TAPPER PUDDIN’."

    The new servant-maid was helping her mistress to prepare dinner, and all went well until the [?] for the pudding was produced. The girl looked in surprise ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. CAN ADDERS SWIM.

    Dr. Ger[?]d Leighton continues his series of "Reptile Studies" in "The Field Naturalists’ Quarterly," a periodical of exceptionally varied interest. D[?]serbing an ...

    Article : 318 words
  17. QUAL[?]D FOR THE POSITION.

    "Well." said the [?]st s[?]arply, to the tramp who had entered[?] "what do you want [?]here? Hurry with w[?] you have to say." ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. TWO GOOD STORIES.

    Justice Walton told a professional gathering two good stories not long ago. He [?]d that a friend of his who was finihing his career as Queen's Counc[?] ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. PREAC[?]NG AND PRATICE.

    Lite[?]ry [?]dy (writing): "The most essential point in our intercourse with children is to be truthful ourselves. Every other interest ought to be [?] to that ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. "DOPING" IN FRANCE[?]

    Armed with a search warrant, two detectives recently pr[?]ted themselves at the house of a well-known English v[?]ter[?]uary surgeon living near Paris, who three ...

    Article : 311 words
  21. "FIGHTING FITZGERALD."

    A no[?]orious duellist of the eighteenth century was the celebrity who was best known as "Fighting Fitzgerald." He was of good birth and fortune, and held for a ...

    Article : 262 words
  22. SUCH GOOD FRIENDS.

    Ja[?]k (meeting a friend who is walking rapidly along the street): "Hullo[?] C[?]! Why this terrible rush?" Charlie: "I am walking fast to keep ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. SUNDAY SCHOOLS MUST WAKE UP.

    More than [?] the population of our own country is outside the churches, and the majority of these outsid[?] have [?]— ed through the Sunday school Even ...

    Article : 221 words
  24. A MISER'S HIDDEN GOLD.

    A certain old man, who was as astute as he was miserly, seeking a safe bank for his [?]oardings, had hidden a hundred sove[?] reig[?]s under an apple tree in his garden: ...

    Article : 227 words
  25. SILENCE WAS GOLDEN.

    "Look here, Tommy," said young Will[?]by, "I believe you were in the garden last night when your sister accom[?] me to the gate[?] [?]‘d r[?]ther ...

    Article : 94 words
  26. A STORY FROM INDIA.

    A story is told of a high Indian officer who was in the habit of soundly thr[?]shing his servants when they displ[?]ased [?]rm. One day he ordered his K[?] to go ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. PEARED HIS OWN G[?]FTS.

    [?]oxy: "You haven’t been on call on Je[?]ins lately." Phoxy: "No, not since Christmas." [?]oxy: "Why don’t you? He treats his ...

    Article : 68 words
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