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  2. Wit and Wisdom.

    A Fort Wayne saloon-keeper ordered the Electric light to be removed from his establishment because he couldn't light it with a match. All is not sealskin that shines. Cats have ...

    Article : 675 words
  3. AN INTERESTING OLD POEM.

    In the remote and time-cloud-covered days when this city was called Rome, there lived upon the two islands lying westward of the state of Gaul, three, or according to some ...

    Article : 2,354 words
  4. OUR ILLUSTRATION.

    The champion athlete of the world, whose picture we put before our readers, was born in Cheshire, England, 16th December 1846. and arrived in Melbourne, Australia, when ...

    Article : 402 words
  5. PUNCTUALITY.

    "Always be ready at least five minutes before a special time," was the excellent advice given to a pupil by a rather stern though first-rate tutor; and this advice ...

    Article : 688 words
  6. AN INCIPIENT LEGISLATOR.

    For some time past Mr. Haze has suspected hit son Willie of having Congressional tendencies. The boy had a wonderful faculty for finding things that were never lost by their rightful ...

    Article : 256 words
  7. VERY "FLY" MEN.

    Criminal methods are different, it must be admitted, in France and America, as displayed, for instance, in the two following, both of recent occurrence:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,206 words
  8. RECESSION OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.

    An interesting bit of information comes to hand regarding the wearing away or recession of these Falls. It will be known to many that, in conformity with recognised ...

    Article : 533 words
  9. THE WRONG HOT PLACE.

    At a dinner parry in London there were two sisters present, one a widow who had just emerged from her weeds, the other not long married, whose husband had lately gone out to India ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. TALE OF A TELEGRAPHER.

    "Come inside," and the gate of the railing was swung open, and for the time being the reporter became the privileged guest of the telegraph operator in his little office, in ...

    Article : 895 words
  11. A LOVE SCENE.

    The "to-morrow" is now " to-day." I could sleep not at all. It is now noon ; she may be here at any moment. I scrawl this with a crayon in the ball-room. There is ...

    Article : 996 words
  12. EVERY MAN HIS OWN DRUGGIST.

    When heavy rains are prevalent patches of fine white powder like hoar frost may be noticed on the surface of brick walls. Dr. Joseph Leidy, president of the Academy of Natural Sciences, ...

    Article : 336 words
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