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  2. A SLIGHT COMPLICATION.

    As I was leaving the office Baxter called to me that if I was going to walk home he would go with me. I was going to walk, as I always do on nice days, but ...

    Article : 1,774 words
  3. THE STRONGEST SHIP.

    Earl Mayo has been visiting the Russian Vice-Admiral Makaroff aboard the I Ermack, and has obtained from that enthusiastic naval constructor some ...

    Article : 1,424 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    I've heard the birds a-singing In the early days of June, And the leafy woods a-ringing With the locust's tune: ...

    Article : 151 words
  5. WOULD DROP THE ACQUAINTANCE.

    Mrs Mann: "I am afraid, Martha, young Mr. Styles is not altogether correct in his habits." 'Oh, you think that because he and pa are such good friends; but after we are married I ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. INSOMNIA.

    Mrs Hoon: 'They say that Mrs Swiftsmith is greatly troubled with insomnia." Mr Hoon: Yes, I understand that she discovered the fact a week ago that her husband talks in his sleep, ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. THE REASON WHY.

    Mr Bingo : I don't see why you discharged the girl, for she was the best servant we ever had. Mrs Bingo : That may be; but I was at Mrs ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. EASY.

    Spelling Bees are very nearly gone out of fashion by this time, but they still survive in remote districts, and Jones went to one the night before last. His wife was awakened ...

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  9. LADIES' GOSSIP.

    "Little things!" How often in daily life ''little things" are ignored "as not worth considering." And yet "little things" make up the sum of most of ...

    Article : 536 words
  10. THE OSTRICH AND THE HUNTER.

    Dedicated to those who believe that "Conciliation means Peace; A long-legged ostrich, tramping o'er the veldt, Saw in the distance something like a man; ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. DRINK PURE WATER.

    "Believe me," said a clever doctor to a writer in "Cassell's Saturday ournal." "if people only realised the medical virtues of pure water, we doctors should have to ...

    Article : 224 words
  12. HORTICULTURAL.

    Fruit trees growing in poor soils and showing signs of weakness, will be greatly benefited if a mixture consisting of three parts of muriate of potash and four ...

    Article : 360 words
  13. HEALTH HINTS.

    Drinking at meals, I am told, can only assist digestion by affording the proper degree of moisture to. the food. Persons who are not thirsty while eating may be ...

    Article : 235 words
  14. WIT AND HUMOR.

    A small boy says that the worst nation on earth is vaccination. Before marriage the woman is the goal of a. man's happiness. After marriage he some ...

    Article : 587 words
  15. GOOD RIDDANCE.

    There is a story of a Scotch congregation who, by their loud and persistent praises of their minister, induced a neighboring community to call him to fill their own pulpit. After their ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. HOUSEKEEPING.

    It is a matter for regret (says a writer in "Woman") that the existing laws of society do not allow girls to make-any until they actually become engaged, ...

    Article : 503 words
  17. WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED.

    Mrs Brown: Where did your son get his wound, Mrs Thomson? Mrs Thomson: Well, the doctor says Dick was wounded in the epigastrium, but me and ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. THE BATH SPONGE

    is a very important article of one's bed, room, and often gets scant attention, and with what result? It is disagreeable to touch, and has a nasty close smell. To ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. A WOMAN CAUSED IT.

    Soldier (to a friend in the Yeomanry): What made you volunteer for the front, Jack? Friend: Well, I'll tell you, Jim. There was a woman at the bottom of it. ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Another sowing of turnip may now be made, choosing, sorts, that will stand' the hot weather well, such as non-seeding- white, or the orange jelly. Successional ...

    Article : 465 words
  21. THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE INFIRMARY.

    In a certain large town the other day a man who seemed to be a stranger asked a small boy if he could tell him the quickest way to get to the infirmary. ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. HECTOR MACDONALD AND THE PAY CALL.

    An amusing story is recorded of Major General Hector Macdonald when he was a corporal in the ranks. le was being tested by his General in the correct sounds of the bugle ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. USEFUL HINTS.

    To render milk more digestible, when it is apt to disagree with one, shake it thoroughly for five minutes. Sufferers from nausea and dyspepsia ...

    Article : 511 words
  24. MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN.

    A lecturer to the London Health Society says:— Taking medicine in pleasant ways was dealt with in a former paper of this ...

    Article : 834 words
  25. A HANDY WAR MAP.

    A resident in Glasgow noticed that his cook had stuck up in her kitchen a map of South Africa with the British posessions colored red, the Transvaal brown, the Orange Free State ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. SNAP-SHOTS NOT ALLOWED.

    A tourist going along a country road one day came to a beautifully-situated cottage, and decided to take a snap-shot of it. He was adjusting his camera when an old woman ...

    Article : 99 words
  27. MORE TROUBLE.

    "My dear," said a wife to her husband, " I know that I am dreadfully cross with you at times, that I am not atient as I should be, and I think the same can be said of you." ...

    Article : 239 words
  28. MERE MAN.

    The once bellicose Sarah Grand has evidently discovered that everything is not quite what her warlike fancy once pictured it:—"Personally, and speaking as a ...

    Article : 344 words
  29. TOO IGNORANT FOR MURPHY.

    Mrs Murphy: "An' phy do they put all them wires on them poles for?" Mr Murphy: Sure, if I knew ye were so ignorant I wad never married ye. Yure own ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    It will found a great saving of labor and water if flower borders are given a top dressing of well decayed manure, as it prevents to a great extent the growth ...

    Article : 758 words
  31. NO ONIONS.

    The Poet: "Would you still kiss me In pled[?] of our love when I tell you that my prospects have diminished, and my living now is mere 'bread and cheese'?" ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. LISTENING HARD.

    Magistrate (to witness): "I understand that you overheard the quarrel between this defendant and his wife?" Witness: "Yes, sir." ...

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    Everyone has read the laughable works of Max Adeler, who wrote "Elbow Room," "Out of the Hurly Burly," and many other equally excruciatingly comic ...

    Article : 180 words
  34. HE GETS THERE.

    Teacher: "You must go to school every day, Tommy, and study hard if you want to make your mark." Tommy: 'That don't make no difference. ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. SOME SWEETS.

    Sweet Casserole of Rice.—Place a pint and a half of milk in a stew-pan and flavor it according to taste. Wash three quarters of a pound of rice, place it in ...

    Article : 505 words
  36. JUST THANKFUL.

    Mistress: "But didn't Mrs Upperton leave any mesage when you told her I was not at home?" Servant: "No, ma'am. She simply gave a sigh of relief, said "Thank you, Jane, ...

    Article : 36 words
  37. THE LAST STRAW.

    "Judson thought he might pull through with out making an assignment, but just as he was e[?]cut arranging satisfactorily with his creditors—" " What happened?" "The bill for ...

    Article : 38 words
  38. THINKING OF THE FUTURE.

    Sharp Father: "I believe that handsome stranger has fatien in love with you, my Extravagant Daughter; "Do you? Why?" Sharp Father: "I saw him gazing sadly at ...

    Article : 40 words
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