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  2. Short Story.

    I had received an invitation to upend my Christmas holidays at Hollydale, my friend Victor, Colliss's residence at Mervale—a little out-of-the-way village that ...

    Article : 2,007 words
  3. Fighting in Africa.

    The trading stations of the Oil Rivers in West Africa are the scene of many fierce conflicts between the European traders and the war-like black races. ...

    Article : 954 words
  4. Spray.

    An amusing story is told of Mendels sohn which should fully establish that gentleman's right to the term Genius inasmuch as it proves beyond a doubt ...

    Article : 203 words
  5. The Sketcher.

    Salt Lake City, December 18.—It was yet an hour be-fore the train was due here to-day hecn, having read the last page of he latest magazine and ...

    Article : 711 words
  6. Raiment.

    Fur-trimmed gowns promise to foe very popular, and though they cannot be recommended as economical, there is no denying the warm and cosy look they ...

    Article : 632 words
  7. The Home.

    A home governed by gentle innuences is, when compared to a home governed by man's authority, as different as a person is from a machine—one is life, and ...

    Article : 230 words
  8. An Unknown.

    Whistler—one does not prefix "Mr." to so great a celebrity—wrote to the Lord Chamberlain objecting to the caricature of his august personality in ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. Mother's Sympathy.

    Considering, from the very commencement of education, how important it is that personal sympathy should be evoked for the encouragement or ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. Paderewski's Hair.

    The story that Paderewski is growing baid has been contradicted. An experienced representative of an American paper has inspected his hair, and is ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. Donald's Number.

    Donald, our policeman from Tober[?] mory, wanted a pair of gloves. "She's inveetit to a weddin' tomorro,'" he explained to the young lady ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. The Queen's Letter.

    Mr. Arthur Balfour follows Mr. Gladstone's example in writing the Queen's letter on his knee in the House of Commons. Sir William Harcourt wrote his ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. The Care of the Hands and the Skin.

    A paste of magnesia and water applied to the skin 'lightens the colour. Gloves should be worn while doing housework or gardening—old gloves that ...

    Article : 771 words
  14. The Boots.

    To make a tight boot easy in the shortest possible time has puzzled many, but it can be quickly done if they are put on, laced or buttoned carefully, and ...

    Article : 507 words
  15. Lord Charles Beresford.

    A characteristic incident of Lord Charles Beresford is related concerning his early career in the navy. Many years ago, when he was but a middy on ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. The Japanese Baby.

    Every woman in Japan above the age of 15 yours seems to own a baby, and usually carrion it about on her back. Japanese babies never cry—they never ...

    Article : 495 words
  17. "Our Earl."

    There was a time in this very century when women and children worked twelve and fourteen hours a day in English factories. Men scoured the ...

    Article : 463 words
  18. Growing on the Sabbath.

    "Quaint Sayings of Children" is the title of a little volume compiled by the Rev. David Macrae. He has one story of a little girl in Aberdeen, who brought ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. His Security.

    "Will you do me a favour?" said young George Brooks to his wealthy friend, Simon Hanson. "What is it, George?" said Hanson. ...

    Article : 115 words
  20. Slang Sayings in High Places.

    It is Astonishing how a popular phrase, like a popular tune, will, even against the better Judgment of the wisest men, run in the heads of the latter and ...

    Article : 283 words
  21. An Old Time New Woman.

    Women who pride themselves to-day upon their all-round ability and knowledge of everything must sit in humility before the accompalishments recorded of ...

    Article : 244 words
  22. His Reason.

    The humbler class of the irish are so prone to pleasantry that even the deepest distress cannot quell the prevailing humour. A miserable beggar in a street ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. Military Accuracy.

    An Irish drill instructor was putting recruits through the first stages of their drill. "Oyes roight!" shouted the instructor; ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. Would Return the Favour.

    Father: "My dear, sir, you performed a noble act of herolsm this morning in saving my daughter from drowning." Young Man: "It was a narrow escape ...

    Article : 81 words
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