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  2. PECULIAR DISPOSALS OF PROPERTY

    Among the many curious bequests which have been made by eccentric individuals at various times, one of the most pleasing was that of a ...

    Article : 1,221 words
  3. FIRE CAUSED BY THE SEA.

    Fancy the waves of the sea setting fire to the cliffs thy break on! Yet this is what did really happen on the western coast of Ireland. The rocks which the ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    Our birthdays, after we grow wise enough to understand their significance, what are they but warnings, that sound at intervals from off the rook-bound coast ...

    Article : 202 words
  5. MISERABLE HAPPINESS.

    What do I mean by "miserable happiness?" It sounds contradictory does it not? But it is a matter of fact that such a state of things exists, and that there ...

    Article : 320 words
  6. OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

    Here is a little talk between a boy who is a great hunter for his age and a woman of his acquaintance, which shows that cowardice sometimes depends upon the ...

    Article : 158 words
  7. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

    I determined to lie low, like Bre[?] Rabbit, when I first Game into my fortune, for I had received with it a solemn and somewhat gruesome warning. ...

    Article : 3,454 words
  8. WEAVING A WEB.

    I am weaving a web from day to day; That shall never waste nor tear, That I in the world everlasting may Have a garment fit to wear. ...

    Article : 333 words
  9. WHAT A BOY CAN DO.

    A boy can make the world more pure By kindly word and deed; As blossoms call for Nature's light, So hearts love's sunshine need. ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. BLUSHING.

    Dr Eulenburg, a noted scientist of Vienna, who has made an especial study of blushing, declares that it is a disease of the nerves, and that women of America ...

    Article : 309 words
  11. SUNLIGHT COSTS NOTHING.

    Some people seem averse to having the sunlight enter their rooms. They do not realise that apartments in which a person sends any considerable part of the day ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. A SHEEP'S SAGACITY.

    An extraordinary display of sagacity in a sheep is set forth in a letter from Mr. Edward Husband, of Folkestone. This gentleman states that lately he was riding ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. HE CHASED SNAILS.

    A nobleman once insisted on his head gardener taking as an apprentice a young lad in when he was interested. The lad was very lazy, and the gardener was not ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. WAR MEANS MONEY.

    It is said that if it were possible to gather together the millions of men who have fallen victims of war and marshal them into an army, they would form a ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. THE ART OF SEEING.

    One may have the most perfect physical sight and yet be mentally blind. How often do we 'find this in walking with a town companion along a country road. ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    RECIPES FROM DR. PETER's NEW LIGHT ON DARK AFRICA.—The unripe banana when dried yields the finest white flour. The Ugali or broth made with banana ...

    Article : 760 words
  17. QUEER PETS.

    Two queer pets are mentioned by a contributor to Part 23 of 'Living London.' One is a rat, owned by a little girl. 'Immediately its cage door is opened, it ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. LIVING IN THE PRESENT.

    The present only belongs to us. Of all the vast eternities, only the moment we enjoy is assured to us. The past is an accomplished history that cannot be ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. NEEDLES AND PINS.

    The medical fraternity of an American city are greatly interested in a most unusual case, and at the same time at a loss to satisfactorily explain its peculiar ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. MARY'S THOUGHTFULNESS.

    Little Mary's mamma gave orders to the coachman to drown a lot of kittens, but not to let Mary know of it. But the little girl heard of the order in some way, ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. A VERMONT SHEEP-DOG.

    Here is a true story of a Vermont sheep-dog which Scotchmen will find it hard to match:—"Captain C—, of Bradford, Vt., had a "shepherd-dog" ...

    Article : 204 words
  22. TREASURES OF THOUGHT.

    Sweetness that never sours will do more to smooth one's pathway through the world than great accumulation of wealth. The very act of receiving, if done ...

    Article : 281 words
  23. THE OLDEST VILLAGE INN.

    The George Inn, in the village of Norton St. Philip, Somerset, is supposed to be the oldest licensed village alehouse in England, the license dating from 1397. ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. A BLUSHING TREE.

    Among the many wonders of the vast Florida swamps there is nothing more surprising than the blushing tree. This tree is not common. It is only found in ...

    Article : 299 words
  25. THIMBLES.

    The thimble was originally called a thumb-bell in England, because it was first worn on the thumb, then it became a thumble, and finally it settled down to ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. THE CATACOMBS OF MALTA.

    Malta, some years ago, discovered that it owned some catacombs. As a matter of fact, the catacombs in question had existed there from time immemorial. But ...

    Article : 293 words
  27. ALUMINIUM.

    "Though aluminium is only a child of the last century, yet the ore can be had very cheaply and in unlimited quantities," affirms an authority. "Indeed, it is ...

    Article : 192 words
  28. LIFE.

    Life is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of us may write A line or two; and then comes night. Greatly begin: Though thou hast time ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. BE GENUINE.

    Pretend nothing. Do not seek to impress people with the qualities or accomplishments you would like to possess. If you really possess them, people will find ...

    Article : 116 words
  30. DISAPPOINTMENT.

    Disappointment is like a sieve. Through its coarse meshes the small ambitions and hopes and endeavors of a soul are sifted out relentlessly. But the ...

    Article : 64 words
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