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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Dora: He said there was one thing about me he didn't like. Cora: What was that? Another man's arm. "Isabell, you haven't painted any angels on ...

    Article : 1,392 words
  3. SUDDEN DEATH.

    Kind Lady: Your husband is dead, then? Mrs O'Keefe: Yis—he wint off most suddin, mum. Kind Lady: Poor man! Heart failure? ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. TO SOFTEN AND WHITEN THE HANDS.

    Two ounces glycerine, one ounce rosewater, and the strained juice of one lemon. Rub a little of this into the hands every night after washing, first ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. LORD ROBERTS.

    We do not often erect statues to our public men in their lifetime. In too many [?]ses it is only the foil of death which teaches the nation the greatness ...

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  6. THE STORY OF ROSEMARY.

    I think, on looking back, that I must have been quarrelling with Rosemary, though that seems well-nigh Impossible. Aren't you sorry that you can't be a ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  7. FORTUNE'S SMILE.

    "Pa, what is Fortune's smile?" "is the thing to which people generally give the credit for some fellow's hard work," ...

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  8. NURSERY NOTES.

    Says an English paper:—There is an old saying that an hour lost in the treatment of a sick child is as much as a day lost in the treatment of a sick man. ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  9. USEFUL HINTS.

    Keep all preserves, Jellies, and tinned fruits in a cold, dark and dry place. Plated ware is less likely to tarnish if stored where it is warm and dry. ...

    Article : 593 words
  10. THOSE NEWSPAPER HINTS.

    Foreman We need a few lines to fill up a column. Society Editor (wearily): Well, say "The Prince of Wales has began wearing old clothes ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. A TRANSFERABLE TALE.

    "And what did he say when he heard that story? "Oh, he laughed heartily. "What at himself?" "No, You see, I put you in his place." ...

    Article : 30 words
  12. HE TRIES TO MAKE IT UP.

    He: Won't you How me to escoht [?] home, Miss Black? I think yo' am too good a church memba[?] to keep up a quarrel. She: Huh! I doan think yo' am much of a ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. PAINT CHEAP.

    One day and old country dame went on a visit to a friend of hers who had married and settled in a town. After she had been talking about different things. she made some ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    It is a good time now to make sowings of Canterbury bells, wallflowers, and other hardy perennials of this class. It is beet to sow them in rows in a ...

    Article : 428 words
  15. THE UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH.

    Somehow the talk had drifted on superstition. The red-faced man was the last to speak. "Gentlemen," he said, "I've always been superstitious since one cold night last winter. ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. THE SAVAGE BACHELOR.

    "By the way," said the Sweet Young Thing, gently, "I read not long since of a lunatic being restored to reason by a blow on the head. But this was a lunatic, not an idiot." With ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. A GOOD JOB FOR THE FARMERS.

    The volunteers of F—had been having a field day. Headed by their commanding officer and the band, they marched through the principal streets of the town, which were packed ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. HORTICULTURAL.

    A careful watch must be kept for scab or black spot. This fungus, when it attacks the leaves, appears at first in dark green spots, which afterwards assume a ...

    Article : 303 words
  19. POPULAR PAT.

    'Pat M'Ginty" was a member of the Dundee City Rifles, and a regular attender at the annual camp, and while there he always delighted his comrades by his flashes of wit and ...

    Article : 305 words
  20. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

    The labor of house-cleaning can nowadays be fairly reduced to a science. First no sensible woman thinks of beginning the overhauling until warm weather has ...

    Article : 239 words
  21. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Down there upon the stair The flowers lie I pass them by— I Said I did not care ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. A ROUGH SHAVE.

    "Now I rather pride myself on my ability to read character," said the man who was given to buying detective tales, "and yet why should I? It is really a very simple thing—requires ...

    Article : 196 words
  23. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Plants of salsafy and scorzonera from sowings made in September should now be thinned to a distance of 9 inches apart. This sowing is not so liable to ...

    Article : 384 words
  24. LADIES' GOSSIP.

    I was reading to-day of a man who, on being condoled with on losing his train and told that "he did not run fast enough," was sufficiently honest to ...

    Article : 587 words
  25. HOW TO MAKE FURNITURE GLOSSY.

    First of all rub down with a flannel moistened with turpentine, which will take away the dust in the wood. Brush well with a soft brush into any carvings. ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. HE WAS REFEREE.

    "Whaur hae ye been?" asked a mother, angrily, as her little son came into the house. "Ye're just mud frae held to fit." "I—I wis playing fitba," was the boy's ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. TOILET HINTS.

    Says an English paper:— If you want to look young and retain a pretty complexion, live as healthy a life as you possibly can. An unhealthy ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. WHICH IS WHICH?

    A candidate for a priest's orders, preaching his exampore trial sermon before the late Archbishop Tait and Dean Staley, in his nervousness, began stammering: "I will divide ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. "OH, THE POOR FISHERMEN!"

    According to a special article in the "Chronicle," one of the principal reasons why a new Royal yacht was required was the fact that the old Victoria and ...

    Article : 277 words
  30. HOW TO SLEEP.

    Try to think of something pleasant when you are going to sleep, and don't screw up your eyes tightly, or draw down the corners of the mouth. Both ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. WRONG END UP.

    Two lrishmen were recently crossing a bog, on their way to market, when one of them, Mick, slipped and fell into a bog-hole. Pat, his mate, immediately ran to the nearest ...

    Article : 268 words
  32. TO IMPROVE THE ARMS.

    If your arms are inclined to be coarse and hairy, try rubbing them briskly with a well-soaped loofah every day. Afterwards well rinse and dry, and then ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS

    Autumn raised seedlings of cyclamens will now be ready to transfer into 5in. pots, in which some of the plants may be flowered, though the stronger ones ...

    Article : 399 words
  34. BLOODSHOT EYES.

    After a busy day one's eyes are often painful and bloodshot. Boracic acid is an excellent remedy. Dissolve half an ounce in a pint of boiling water. Bottle ...

    Article : 77 words
  35. AND THEY DID.

    He: Now that our engagement is ended, I suppose we should return each other's letters? She: I suppose so. And, George, while we are about it, why not return each other's kisses? ...

    Article : 40 words
  36. TOOK THEM RAW.

    "Well, madam, how's your husband to-day?" "Why, doctor, he's no better." "Did you get the leeches?" "Yes; but he only took three of them raw. I ...

    Article : 34 words
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