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  2. MINISTER AND MONK

    The Chartreux millions, the Crawford millions, the Panama millions. And M3. Leon Chambert, of Panama fame, returned, as ii from the dead, ...

    Article : 1,177 words
  3. THE HUMORIST.

    The wisest men will giadly borrow. From wit and Mirth surcease from sorrow. Other people feel bout as little interest in your troubles as you do in theirs ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  4. PAGAN LONDON

    Archdeacon Sinclair, speaking in the city last June, said:—"Church or chapel of any kind are only attended by about 18 per cent, of the Loudon population. ...

    Article : 643 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    When the wind sings through the orchard From the dreary western hills, With fierce snow storms in its lumbers, And a breath that nips and chills; ...

    Article : 264 words
  6. SIXPENNY DOCTORS

    In one of London's largest hospitals a group of medical students were standing round a bed in which lay a suffering patient whose ailment obviously required an ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  7. HORTICULTURAL.

    When fruit trees are grown in the kitchen garden a thorough examination should be made to ascertain whether or not the roots have become buried too ...

    Article : 215 words
  8. THE MODERN SCHOOLBOY

    As to his schoolboy work and his out- door games, the boy of to-day is a marvellous replica of his predecessor of the sixties and seventies. But there are ...

    Article : 651 words
  9. SOMETHING HOT.

    Guest: Everything you have brought me is cold Waiter: Beg pardon, sir. Have you tried the pepper and mustard, sir? ...

    Article : 22 words
  10. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Make a good sowing of parsnips. For this crop select a piece of ground of good depth, stiring and breaking it well with the digging fork. The seeds must be sown ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. APPETITE NOT MISSED.

    "Well," said the tall gent, "did you find those two people who were suffering with lose of appetite?" "Yes," responded the short agent.' ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. GOSSIP.

    An English paper tells of a cow evincing a strange love of eggs. A hen had made its nest in an unused manger in a cow-house, and laid there several eggs. ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. THE CHIVALROUS WEST.

    "Are there clubs for women in this town?' asked the suffragist from the East. "Certainly not," replied the gallant Westerner: "we can handle women without ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. THE VOICE OF DISAPPOINTMENT.

    "It's easy to pick the horse that ought to win a race." "Yes. The thing that requires intelligence and discernment Is to keep from betting of ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. A COMMON MISTAKE.

    Towne: Our friend Short Is looking rather seedy these days. Browne: Is he? Why, the last time I saw him he told me Fortune was smiling on ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. A CHINESE FAVORITE.

    An English lady, an artist, Miss Kate Carl, is said to be the first English woman who has ever stayed as guest in the Chinese Palace. She takes ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. POST MORTEM.

    Native: Yaas, Alkali Ike intimated yistod'y by that the new sheriff was a boodler and a two-faced liar. Tourist: Why! That ought to be investigated. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. HORRORS OF WAR.

    A Russ met a Jap at Chefoo. Said the Jap to the Russ: "Who are you?' "Czrxplivnatsmz," said the Russ, "Now pronounce it, you cuss," ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. MISUNDERSTOOD.

    First Spectator (who has been sleeping) a How long has Dr Holler been preaching Second Spectator: About fifteen years. First Spectator: Gee whiz! I didn't think. ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. A PRETTY GOWN.

    This gown would be pretty made in pale blue, daintily trimmed with flax- colored torchon insertion, the 'design of a straight row outside a zig-zag one being ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  21. LOVE'S SWEET UNREASON.

    "Mary's young man has left already, and Mary's just gone up to her room in tears, said Mary's mother. "I wonder what the' trouble Is." ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    It is a good time now for breaking up and replanting clumps of lily of the valley. The stronger crowns may be reserved for growing in pots, and the ...

    Article : 295 words
  23. MISTAKEN TACTICS.

    The story is told of the millionaire Jay Gould. that he once went o have his hair cut, and was charged half a dollar instead of twenty-five cents. ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. A NOVELIST'S SNOBBISHNESS.

    Of Samuel Warren, author of "Ten Thousand' a Year," Lord Derby told a story which long went the round of common rooms. It is repeated in the "Leisure Hour." ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. "RIPPER" CRIMES

    The horrors of the Whitechapel murders some years ago have (writes the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily a Mail," on June 12th), been revived in ...

    Article : 409 words
  26. VICISSITUDES OF BATH

    In a collection of Roman remains. not quite so large as some of those which have come from the Silchester excavations in recent years, the most ...

    Article : 423 words
  27. CRICKETING STORIES.

    The Rev. W. F. G. Sandwith tells some good cricketing stories in the "East Anglian." Ono is of a referee to whom a bowler appealed for a palpable lbw. "Not out," said the umpire, ...

    Article : 145 words
  28. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Poinsettia pulcherrima are invaluable for winter decoration. The finest colored bracts are produced upon plants that are propagated from cuttings annually. To ...

    Article : 301 words
  29. USEFUL HINTS.

    Ink and iron-mould may be taken out by wetting the spots with milk, then covering with common salt. This should be done before the garment is washed. ...

    Article : 594 words
  30. SOLVED.

    Miss Strong : Pardon me. but if I am not mistaken, you are one of the poor underpaid working girls whom our Emancipation Society, tried to benefit-or at least you were ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. GOOD VALUE.

    The man from London looked with disdain on a native at a railway station in the north country as he bought, a ticket for a short run. ...

    Article : 111 words
  32. QUITE ANOTHER STORY.

    R.A. (who has engaged Chelsea Pensioner as a model, looking forward with interest to stirring narrative of battlefield where he was disabled)) : And where did you lose you leg? ...

    Article : 79 words
  33. ADAM'S EXAMPLE

    Henry Penley, 20, tailor, pleaded guilty; at the Clerkenwell Sessions, on June 4th, to stealing a purse and 2s 6d from 5a chambermaid in the Strand. ...

    Article : 253 words
  34. OLD MAN'S PROMISE

    An old man attended at the Highgate Police Court on Saturday, 4th June, and made an application, in effect, for permission to commit suicide. ...

    Article : 257 words
  35. MURDER AND INSURANCE

    Much controversy has been excited by a remarkable insurance case just decided by the Pennsylvania courts, writes our New York correspondent. ...

    Article : 221 words
  36. THE TRIPLE QUESTION

    "Where are you going to, my pretty maid? "I'm going to astonish you, Sir," she said—"I'm bent on eclipsing you, Sir," she said. "May I accompany you, my pretty maid?" ...

    Article : 202 words
  37. A MODERN REQUEST.

    "Tis little that I ask of late— A life exempt from harm, A horse, a dog, a pleasant mate, And 3 little radium farm! ...

    Article : 369 words
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