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  2. WHEN FATHER WAS A BOY.

    I think, when daddy was a boy he nefer done a thing; He allers told the truth, an' nefer even owned a sling! ...

    Article : 187 words
  3. HOME HAPPINESS.

    How gently he lifts up the latch of the door, And cautiously treads on the new-washed floor; ...

    Article : 391 words
  4. PICTURES IN POSTAGE STAMPS.

    In the making of stamp pictures and decorative designs, quite a new art has been created (says a contributor in the "Windsor Magazine") that has nothing ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. THE ADVANTAGES OF POVERTY.

    We insert this paragraph because many persons will consider it very curious if there are any advantages in being poor. It will, perhaps, be ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. WOMAN'S WORLD.

    A right to be a woman In truest woman's work; If life should be a hard one, No duties ever shirk; ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. THE UGLY MILLIONAIRE.

    Two young men were strolling along a quiet street, deep in a discussion on the gentler sex. "Yes, girls are mercenary little wretches; ...

    Article : 2,329 words
  8. MISTAKES OF HISTORY.

    "William Tell did not found the Swiss Confederation, and the story of Gessler has no historical basis. Wellington, at Waterloo, did not say, ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. THE ART OF DRESSING

    Girls with thin necks should not wear tight, stiff collars or bands. A soft, deftly-arranged lace tie looks smart, and will not disfigure the neck. The ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. A QUESTION OF MARRIAGE.

    We were getting, ready to go to a wedding the other day, my wife and I, and our son of five years was giving us all the assistance he could by asking ...

    Article : 314 words
  11. THE EXPRESSION OF THE HANDS.

    The hands have an expression, as well as the face; and are quite as interesting to the student of character. One of the greatest portrait painters ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. A TRICK OF EXECUTION.

    "Tricks of execution in piano-playing are interesting to thousands of persevering musicians. The Comtesse Potocka relates that Dreyshock and Leschetizky ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. FASHIONS FOR BRIDES.

    There was a time when there were but two materials that were considered suitable for the wedding gown—namely, silk and satin. But to-day the ...

    Article : 236 words
  14. USES OF AMMONIA.

    Ammonia is a powerful alkali, and a small portion of it is poisonous when taken. For this reason it should be kept on ...

    Article : 303 words
  15. FINGER POSTS TO HAPPINESS.

    Under the title of "Advice," a book has been published in France which is intended by its author as a "guide to happiness." The following, in his ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. TEA DRINKING IN JAPAN.

    The Japanese drink their delicate infusion of properly-prepared tea at very frequent intervals during the day. It has a delicious aroma, and is very delicate ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. A WOMAN'S BRAVE DEED.

    "Hi! hi!" shouted again and again by a group of excited people, who had a few minutes before been quietly sauntering along the[?] streets of San Diego, in ...

    Article : 312 words
  18. TO WARM ONE'S SELF.

    It may not be generally known that, when exposed to severe cold, a feeling of warmth is readily created by repeatedly filling the lungs to the ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. THE MODEL HUSBAND.

    An American paper offered a prize for "The best description of the best husband by a happy wife," and the following was awarded the prize: ...

    Article : 220 words
  20. READY FOR EMERGENCIES.

    A farmer should be ready to meet any trying circumstance. Harness, farming implements, waggons, etc., will break or need repairs, and often when ...

    Article : 227 words
  21. QUITE PREPARED.

    A clergyman, living in a newly-settled district in the Western States of America, always before performing the marriage ceremony, used to interview ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. BUSINESS APHORISMS.

    Big debts come from big promises. Leaks in business are like gimlet holes in a barrel. Little ideas and big successes never go ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. SLIGHT OMISSION.

    One little thing omitted! What a difference it makes sometimes, especially in cooking. A Frenchman, having eaten plum ...

    Article : 161 words
  24. CAKE OF THE COMPLEXION.

    There are certain things which should be attended to in the preservation of a good complexion.... We must consider shortly the influence of general ...

    Article : 371 words
  25. CHARLES' DICKENS SUMPATHY.

    Nothing is more sure than that Dickens lived in passionate sympathy with the world of his imagination, and that when the last page of a book was ...

    Article : 168 words
  26. A NOURISHING DRINK.

    A raw egg is an excellent tonic. It is strengthening, and tends to prevent that tired feeling so prevalent at this season of the year. If prepared in the following ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. EACH THOUGHT THE OTHER STUPID.

    A tall, raw-boned stronger of the antediluvian period sauntered into the post-office the other day, and in stentorian tones inquired of the clerk if ...

    Article : 223 words
  28. WAYS OF SHORTENING LIFE.

    1. Wearing of thin shoes and cotton stockings on damp nights, and in cool, rainy weather; wearing insufficient clothing, and especially upon the limbs ...

    Article : 300 words
  29. BORES.

    In a lecture on "bores" De[?]n Hole declared that the industrious agriculturist was as often the victim of bores as anyone else, though these troublesome ...

    Article : 223 words
  30. EXAMINING A WITNESS.

    The examination of witnesses is an art, but one in which many lawyers fail, because they do not put their questions in words which the common man ...

    Article : 147 words
  31. THE BRIGHT SIDE.

    If one looks upon the bright side, It is sure to be the right side, At least that's how I've found it as I've journeyed through each day. ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. AN EXECUTIONER'S BILL.

    In the old days in Paris the public executioner and his assistants and torturers did not work for glory alone. One of the French papers reproduces the ...

    Article : 267 words
  33. THE KITCHEN.

    A spotless kitchen is the joy of every good housewife, and her natural pride will forbid any carelessness or neglect in that apartment. But it is also of ...

    Article : 151 words
  34. TWO WAYS OF PUTTING IT.

    "Doctor," said an old lady the other day to her family physician, "can you tell me how it is that some folks are born dumb?" ...

    Article : 154 words
  35. RURAL INDEPENDENCE.

    On the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee a rustic delegate from his parish waited upon the vicar to propose a jubilee memorial. He said the parish ...

    Article : 149 words
  36. REBUKED.

    A well-known public man, who has an excellent opinion, of himself, received not long since a well-merited rebuke. It had been stated that this celebrity ...

    Article : 136 words
  37. A BARBER'S JOKE.

    A well-known American clergyman went into a barber's shop one morning, and being somewhat of a joker, said to the barber, "My friend, you may cut ...

    Article : 124 words
  38. SUNNY [?]OMS.

    Light is one of the most active agencies in enlivening and beatifying a home. Let us take the airies[?] shoicest, and sunniest room in the houe for our living ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. THE SCULLERY.

    The scullery in many houses does not get the same care as the kitchen; rubbish, in the shape of broken pots and empty tins, adorn the shelves, which ...

    Article : 143 words
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