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  2. Light and Healthsome

    A great many of our professional politicians no doubt believe in the doctoring of elections. In China the officers of a bank that fails ...

    Article : 2,142 words
  3. A Lover's Vision.

    'Tis past midnight. I start to write, And what do you think I see? A maiden fair, with magenta hair, Sitting and watching me. ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. THE PICTURE.

    "What I took to be the champion's brains flew horribly before the discharge; the air was all smoke, a heavy body rushed between the Marquis and me, and drove as apart, and ...

    Article : 3,261 words
  5. A Cat Nurses Rats.

    A few years ago, when visiting at a neighbor's house, it was mentioned in the course of conversation that there was then on the premises a singular case of a cat having ...

    Article : 419 words
  6. A Successful Book Agent.

    Retired book agent: "Why, how de do, Jinks? How spruce you are looking. What business are you in now?" Jinks: "Same old business—selling ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. Romance of Crime.

    One Sabbath morning, in the summer of 1883, the dead body of a burglar was found at the bottom of the hatchway of Kilgour and Taylor, a prominent wholesale house in ...

    Article : 382 words
  8. A Little Refreshment.

    Madame Falconi, a star of the Italian opera, was travelling towards the end of last year on the Andalusian line of railway, on her way from Madrid to Malaga. As far as ...

    Article : 398 words
  9. Scientific and Useful.

    The total number of Australian fishes now amounts to 1,291 species. According to a German scientist's experiments, the healthy eye is able to perceive about three ...

    Article : 264 words
  10. Seeing Without Eyes.

    A sharp youth, in a school in Glenferrie, was asked by a worthy professor of a college, "Can a man see without eyes?" "Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. "How, sir," cried the ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. Agricultural. &c.

    Cows that are fed exclusively on hay have a stronger desire for water than if fed on other kinds of fodder. When bees kill drones in spring it may be ...

    Article : 332 words
  12. Will You Love Me When I'm Old?

    A little mole is growing, John, Just underneath my chin; It gives me so much grief, dear John, I'm growing pale and thin. ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. An Amorous Aeronaut.

    A late French journal contains the following curious and characteristic incident. It is a fit idea for the construction of a melodrama. ...

    Article : 478 words
  14. An Expensive Experiment.

    You may have been a passenger on a 'bus at a time when some one picked a florin off the cushion or from the straw and anxiously inquired for an owner. At such a time every ...

    Article : 420 words
  15. A Trying Child.

    "What makes that noise?" asked a little boy in a train. "The train," answered the mother. "What for?" "Because it is moving." "What is it moving for?" "The ...

    Article : 190 words
  16. REVIVING FRUIT TREES.

    Mr. S. D. Pratt writes to the American Institute Farmers' Club about the care of fruit trees as follows: "Remembering Professor Liebig's theory that when a vegetable is burned the part ...

    Article : 283 words
  17. Too Much Competition.

    The local burglars are still trying to beat their own best previous records. The other night a cracksman had just successfully picked the back door of a house at ...

    Article : 231 words
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