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  2. WEDLOCK WHISPERS.

    She treats him shamefully! Her smiles On others she oestows, Yet coddles mm with all the wiles And specious schemes she known. ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  3. ONLY TOO TRUE.

    We suppose it must be classed as an in' animate object, but we always do, in some sense, pity the boarding house piano! Our heart aches for it, but our nerves ache ...

    Article : 677 words
  4. GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES.

    Marriage is the most important of the triple events of a man's career. Of his birth he knows nothing, of his death he is conscious of only the mortal side; but of his ...

    Article : 674 words
  5. QUEER AND COSTLY FUNERALS.

    Some time ago, in accordance with the wisbe a of a steamship captain, who with his last breath expressed a desire that his body should be cremated and the ashes ...

    Article : 1,144 words
  6. THE HAUNTED CAB.

    If one speaks of "haunted " cabs one is likely to be greeted with a cynical smile. Nevertheless, in a certain mews in London there is an old and exceedingly delapidated ...

    Article : 912 words
  7. JACK'S FIGHTING COURAGE.

    The annals of the sea are full stories which set in vivid light the hardihood and daring of the average British sailor. But Jack's courage, it is to be noted, has a ...

    Article : 899 words
  8. PHANTOMS OF THE BRAIN.

    Apparitions have been an important element in the history of the world, and, there are few people to whom some vision or voice has not come from the mystic sphere of ...

    Article : 1,469 words
  9. THE DEATH WATCH.

    When the pale student is burning the midnight oil after all the household has retired to rest, he sometimes hears an oncanoy tapping sound proceeding from the heart of his ...

    Article : 623 words
  10. A WOMAN'S REASON.

    I was setting, a traveller rays, in the parlour, of the Marshall House, in Nashville; Tennessce, with a little party of friends, which included Governor "Bob" Taylor. ...

    Article : 305 words
  11. WHY SHE WED!

    she was a maid with golden hair And lovely violet eyes, Adonis would have deemed her fair And striv'n to win the prize, ...

    Article : 241 words
  12. A SEA THAT HAS DROWNED 595,000 PERSONS.

    The Zuider Sea is one of the stongest instances we have of the power of the sea over the land. Prior to the twelfth century it was only an inland lake. On December ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. "THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP."

    The "will-o-the-wisp "usually appears in marshy places or in graveyards. It is believed to be due to the spontaneous combustion of Phosphuretted hydrogen from ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. FEMININE AFFECTION.

    Euphrina Slewson came in from the back porch, where she had been shaking the sag rug, and exclaimed, " Jes' luk at that Sarah Smith goin' daown th' road, Jane, 'n' see of ...

    Article : 303 words
  15. TO BE A "STRONG MAN."

    It must not be supposed that it is necessary to possess unusual strength to pose as a strong men's indeed, in many strong men's feats, strength plays a lens important part ...

    Article : 286 words
  16. PAT COT IT.

    There is a happy-go-lucky, ready witted Irishman In the employ of a well-known builder. He is a genius, but withal an in dustrious, trustworthy fellow. A few weeks ...

    Article : 200 words
  17. SILENCINC A MUSICAL NEIGHBOUR.

    The following anecdote is from the " Editor's pages " (in the "Temple Magazines"). It may afford a useful hint to persons who are troubled with musical ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. HE SPOKE TGO SOON.

    The young man had asked her the momentons question. And she had softly whispered "Yee." Theu she asked:" Henry did you ...

    Article : 91 words
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