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  2. THE HOME.

    One of the thinking women of the day has issued an edict against Rolls, which she says, as palpable shams are demoralising to little girls, and help to develop a like for frivolous ...

    Article : 376 words
  3. SCIENCE.

    It has been found by photmetric experiments n the light emitted by the stare of different orders of magnitude that the light of is star of the sixth magnitude amounts to ...

    Article : 309 words
  4. LITTLE FOLKS.

    Send the little ones happy to bed, When closes the troublesome day; Lit no harsh invective be said, To role their minds while they pray. ...

    Article : 180 words
  5. FUNNIOSITIES.

    Hid deep in grass, the ancient college pomp Stands sunning. Silent many a day hat hung ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. THE INNER MAN.

    I hope people are enjoying the present weather. Everybody I know is either suffering an unbecoming martyrdom from cold in the head, or some form of bronchitis or ...

    Article : 280 words
  7. ODDS AND ENDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 words
  8. VARIETIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 words
  9. Preparations for Sealskins.

    There is a popular notion that the seal-skin as we see it at the furrier's is just as it was taken off the animal. Nothing, however, could be more contrary to fact. Few skins ...

    Article : 370 words
  10. BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS.

    It was a bright, warm day in the early summer of 1781, and London was full to overflowing, when a boy about eleven years old, with long dark hair hanging down his ...

    Article : 472 words
  11. Going to Night Quarters.

    The operation known as "going to night quarters" consists in preparing a ship for immediate action, and the celerity with which it can be carried out is so extraordinary as ...

    Article : 850 words
  12. On Shaking Hands.

    A pretty good index to a man's character is the way in which he shakes hands, says the Chicago Journal. There is poor ever-cordial and beaming friend who grabs your ...

    Article : 277 words
  13. Modern Science—Where will it stop?

    Almost everything under the sun has received the benefit of scientific study and researches, and now babies are to be taken in hand and a great improvement is to be ...

    Article : 922 words
  14. How Ladies Bathe in Turkey.

    When a refined Turkish lady bathes, her retire is first removed. An attendant takes glove—every day it is a new glove—of undressed silk. With her disengaged hand she ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. CAUGHT.

    By reason of his skill maneuvering and great adroitness, Mr. Billings had lived to the age of 40 without becoming a benedict, but in an ungarded moment the discipline of ...

    Article : 247 words
  16. The Camel.

    A writer who is giving a very interesting series of letters from Africa, has this to say of the disagreeable traits of the indispensible camel. They had arrived at the banks of a ...

    Article : 535 words
  17. SUBJECTS OF THOUGHT.

    Nothing ought to be pleasanter or more exalting to our minds than social intercourse; and this can be made pleasant by the due observance of good manners. When we come ...

    Article : 248 words
  18. Stern Husbands.

    In the old days, a [?] wife [?] ...

    Article : 656 words
  19. Disrespect to a Mother.

    Young people sometimes know so very much mote than their elders: at least, according to their own estimate of their knowledge. They pride themselves on advanced ...

    Article : 393 words
  20. Lost its Charm.

    First Lady: 'Oh, have you heard that Mrs. Gossip has moved from the city?" Second lady : "No, indeed." "Well, she has, and you don't know how ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. A Subject for Concern.

    Dr Brown: "Have you over thought where you will leave your money when you die ?" a, Jones (sharply): "No, sir; I am only ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. A Miss.

    "Last night in the waltz," said Miss de Lormes, " The blood to my head so bounded, That I started to faint, and sank in the ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. Somewhat Mixed.

    First Farmer: "I hear that you have a baby at your house.' Second Farmer: "Yes, and Polly's got a fine mule cult, too." ...

    Article : 378 words
  24. Sparks and Flashes.

    Bill collectors sometimes imitate she promoters of a colonization scheme, and officer special inducements to settlers. Doubtless the small boy would find little it ...

    Article : 134 words
  25. Heavy Honors.

    The King of Siam has conferred the order of Chulachonclao on his dentist, a Frenchman. The decoration is the least important of the four orders of Siam, and it involves the ...

    Article : 277 words
  26. Antipyrin in Seasickness.

    In a note presented to the Academy of Sciences (Compt. Rend) M. Dupay calls attention to one value of antipyrin as a remedy against seasickness. lie states that ...

    Article : 215 words
  27. Changing Tone.

    Edison found, upon experimenting with his phonograph, that boss has reproduced on the instrument at great speed became soprano or piccolo. A piping song put on a ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. Out Of Balance.

    Dasenberry came home in the "wee, sma' hours" of the night. He had been to a political meeting and was full of patriotism and beer. His wife challenged him from the for ...

    Article : 134 words
  29. Plain Enough.

    "Nice little girl that you had with you the other night at the theatre, Smith?" "Yea, pretty nice; but she is apt to he strong minded and sarcastic at times." ...

    Article : 101 words
  30. An Observing Traveller.

    R.: "What did yen see in Castile, Ed? "Everything almost, except soap." ...

    Article : 21 words
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