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  2. POINTED PARS.

    Many a person climbs the ladder of fame only to be rewarded with a good hard fall. When ill news comes too late to be ...

    Article : 275 words
  3. THE QUAKERESS.

    Regaining her composure and wiping her eyes, Mrs. Ponder went on: "For my part, dear Abby, I am tired of this horrid war, which is ...

    Article : 4,081 words
  4. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    In one of our provincial cities a certain Irishman, Mr. D—, is well known as a total abstainer, in spite of which he has a very red nose. ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. SOME [?]OW OR OTHER.

    Life is a [?]en to everyone's shoulder: None may escape from its troubles and [?]re; ...

    Article : 193 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    When is a blow from a lady welcome?—When she strikes you agreeably. What is it goes most against a ...

    Article : 788 words
  7. AMU[?]ING SCENE IN CHURCH.

    At a certain church in a country town there was an aged verger, who, to save the exertion of continually marching up and down the aisle to ...

    Article : 367 words
  8. THE PREACHER AND THE LAWYERS.

    Many a man can shine in an occasional flash of wit, who would utterly fail were he forced to repeat it for a time in rapid succession. But, some ...

    Article : 348 words
  9. THE WARRIOR AND THE PICTURE.

    More than twenty-years ago one of Lord Wolseley's officers was invalided home from the Ashanti Warm and sought repose in the Isle of Wight. ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. DISCUSSION AND ARGUMENT.

    Discussion of truth is one thing; argument is another, and very different. The discussion of a question by two persons whose common and only ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. "ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL."

    This saying had its origin in the rivalry between St. Peter's 'Cathedral, now Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul's, when, in 1550. an appropriation ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. THE BISHOP AND THE WAITER.

    The late Bishop of Carlisle was staying at an American hotel and the colored waiter was more than usually attentive. ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. SYSTEM DEFEATS WORRY.

    "Does hard work break men down? Well, properly performed, it would take a very, very great deal of hard work to do the mischief," asserts a ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. THE MAN WHO ALWAYS TRIES.

    Whatever your ambition, lad, 'However high the prize, Its mastery may yet be had By him who always tries. ...

    Article : 38 words
  15. BY TWO FLAGS.

    One of the American churches destroyed in the riots at Tokio might have been saved; we are told, could its officers have produced the ...

    Article : 280 words
  16. SEE THE FUNNY SIDE.

    Make your husband feel comfortable. That is the wisest thing any wife can do, if she desires to hold her husband's devotion—to say ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. EQUAL TO IT.

    The congregation of a certain Scottish village church recently had to appoint a new minister, so the elders arranged for each applicant to preach ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. THE "KEYSTONE STATE."

    More than one reason is given for the name "Keystone State," which has long been used for Pennsylvania. When the vote adopting the ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. NEVER RETURN.

    Remember three things come it back; The arrow sent upon its track.— It will not swerve, it will not stay ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. In Comparison.

    "My daughter," remarked the proud, mother, "has developed a perfect passion for music." "Well," returned her neighbor, "I'll ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. OVERWHELMED.

    A gentleman who recently went abroad with a party of friends is responsible for the following story:— The guide who took charge of them ...

    Article : 244 words
  22. TAUGHT BY NATURE.

    A naturalist who has made a close study of bird-life disputed the idea that birds instruct their young in nest- building. ...

    Article : 226 words
  23. RATS AND ART.

    It is seldom that a rat battue has led to such agreeable results as has been the case at Scorcola Marsicana, in the province of Rome, where it has ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. HONORS EVEN.

    Deadly rivalry exists between the inhabitants of B— and F—, two uninviting manufacturing towns in the north of England. Each town insists ...

    Article : 189 words
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