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  2. Humor.

    He sat beside her near h he stove A prey to bashfulness; To her he spoke no word of love, Nor sought her hand to press. ...

    Article : 239 words
  3. Good Stories

    Prince Albert, before his marriage with Queen Victoria, was married morganatically to the Countess Reuss in Germany. In November 1840, Queen Victoria and the ...

    Article : 670 words
  4. Miscellaenous.

    With each new Spring Newborn it wakes, when every forest thing Unfurling is and buds are blossoming ...

    Article : 985 words
  5. Essayist.

    It may sound paradoxical, but positively there are people in this world who are never so happy as when they are miserable. I have seen them. I can put my finger on one this ...

    Article : 404 words
  6. Farmer.

    Opinions of farmers differ, though not more widely than do the facts on which they are based, as to the depth that soil may be profitably cultivated. In the best soils plant ...

    Article : 977 words
  7. Ladies' Column.

    When things don't go to suit you An the world seems upside down. Don't waste your time in fretting , But drive away that frown; ...

    Article : 201 words
  8. Children.

    There was a fend between the 4 year-old young lady and her aunt, which cane at last to declared hostilities. But the little lady knelt down at night and said her prayers: ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. TWO OF A KIND.

    MINISTER,—And do you like to go to church with your papa and mamma, Bobby? BOBBY (included to be non-committal)— ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. HIS GRIEVANCE.

    "See here George, "said a fond mamma to her small son, as they walked on the beach, "what a lot of nice small round stones." "Yes," grumbled George, as he cist ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. Engaging a Servant.

    HOUSEKEEPER: "Are you a good washer and ironer?" APPLICATION: "Please, mum, the last family I with sent their wash to the ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. PREFERRED DIRECT COMMUNICATION.

    A little 4-year old chubby-faded boy sat clenching his fingers around a shilling at the Sunday-Church service at the Methodist Church one Sunday, and later reluctantly ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. Grumbling.

    Many of a melancholy disposition are apt to grumble. They cannot help it, even if they tried; not that they ever do try—quite the reverse—but they could not help grumbling ...

    Article : 223 words
  14. Marguerites and Rosebuds.

    Get a sheet of Calla lily paper—which is about like cream-laid note paper in thickness—and cut out a lot of circular pieces the size of a shilling. You can cut out a good ...

    Article : 948 words
  15. OH, MIGHTY TRUTH !

    This is the composition a new teacher had the pleasure of hearing read in a school. "Going to school—I like to go to school' when we have a good teacher. I don't like to ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. Pretty Big Joke For Bobby.

    MISS CLARA (to young Featherly, a guest at dinner): "Won't you have an orange Mr. Featherly?" FEATHERLY: "Oh thanks, awfully." ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. HE AIMED HIGH.

    A small boy was given a toy gun in the use of which beans served as ammunition. The little fellow was tremulously excited over the toy, and came in one morning from the ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. A Mimic Matrimonial Circus.

    LITTLE DOT: "Mamma, Dick and I got married this morning." MAMMA :"You did, did you? Who performed the ceremony?" ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. SHE KNEW WHO PETER WAS.

    It was at a Sunday-school examination, and the superintendent was showing off the results of his labors. During the exercises he asked the children who could tell him ...

    Article : 156 words
  20. A Word About Saving.

    Again, do not be took kind to your relations, I do not say that you should be selfish or mean, but only prudent. Before leading money to be used in their business see that the ...

    Article : 413 words
  21. To Soothe The Savage Beast.

    "Mary, suppose you sing something." "Oh. it is so late, Charley. I'm afraid it'll awake every one." "That's too bad," exclaimed Charley, with ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. A STRANGE VISION.

    A lady who is a resident of the interior of Penusylvania was travelling in Europe and while staying in London she dreamed that she was visiting prominent points of interest ...

    Article : 322 words
  23. A LEAN LARDER.

    It is pleasant to know even one family in which a child of tender year takes a interest to those practical details of housekeeping which make a woman so valuable to a man ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. It Is a Wise Boy, Etc.

    Papa, teacher says that everybody will tell the truth in Heaven," "Yes, my darling." "And shall you go to Heaven, papa?" ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. A Warning.

    Recently a man fell of a vessel lying in the Yarra. His mate ran to the side and yelled out: "Can yez swim, Pat?" ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. PERMISSION TO GO HOME.

    Bess went so church one sultry day; She kept awake, i'm glad to say, Till "fourthly" started on its way. I Then moments into hours grew; ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. Salt For Stock.

    It has been argued by some that as many animals in the wild state seem to thrive with out salt it is not necessary for domestic ones. The [?]ies, the muscle and the blood of all ...

    Article : 395 words
  28. Rubbing Noses.

    "Ma," said Johnnie de Blank, looking up from the paper he was reading, "is pa a new Zealander?" " Yon know well enough he isn't. Why ...

    Article : 315 words
  29. GRUFF BUT GENEROUS.

    A prettier and more pathetic story has seldom been told than the one published in the "Daily Telegraph." A hospital for sick children in the East End of Loudon should ...

    Article : 337 words
  30. Literary Life.

    All literary men who accomplish much and maintain their health do their work in the morning and do it every morning. It is the daily task, performed morning after ...

    Article : 473 words
  31. A STARTLING QUESTION.

    Even the life of a newspaper canvasser is not totally devoid of poetry. The unending round of "Times is so hard and money is so scare that we can't take a paper," and "My ...

    Article : 243 words
  32. Wheat in America.

    "Concerning the introduction of wheat into America, reliable information is obtainable. It may be difficult in the present day to realize the fact that wheat was at one time ...

    Article : 226 words
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