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  2. ROYAL SMARTNESS.

    When Prince George of Wales was a midshipman he was present at a ball at Portsmouth. He was dancing with a young lady who had not caught the name of her partner, ...

    Article : 428 words
  3. AN INSPIRATION.

    A correspondent of the Portland (U.S.A.) "Transcript" recounts the thrilling experience of two girls, Prudence and Endurance Place, twin sisters who lived in the ...

    Article : 565 words
  4. TYPEWRITTEN LOVE.

    Frank Wilson had fallen in love with his pretty typewriter girl. In fiction this always occurs, but in real life it is not so often the case, because not every typewriter is fair and ...

    Article : 289 words
  5. ON NO. 93.

    The conductor of Number 93 put his hand up to his cap in a vague, fumbling way. "If you've no objection—" he began, as he prepared to take the seat opposite the young ...

    Article : 1,595 words
  6. A BOY'S FADS.

    I bought him rattles as much for my pleasure as his. It was a delight to me to see the [?]ttle mite of humanity make a stir in the world. It was the same with his ...

    Article : 789 words
  7. MAN AND WIFE. W[?] TWO.

    Just we two, love, only we two, To drink the honey wine of life And never taste the rue. To find the sunshade ever fair, ...

    Article : 173 words
  8. NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

    An amusing incident occurred at the close of an American revival service the other day. Sam Jones, the celebrated negro preacher, was officiating. ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. IMAGINATION CURES.

    In his "Principles of Physiology" Dr. Andrew Combe says that according to Vaidy, the French army cantoned in Bavaria after the battle of Austerlitz had only one hundred ...

    Article : 414 words
  10. EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.

    A repartee is always well received by an audience, and the public man who has a ready wit may consider his popularity assured. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, ...

    Article : 296 words
  11. JUST RETRIBUTION.

    General Van Wahl, when Governor of Keiff, received a visit one day from a poor woman, the widow of a police-agent. For a long time she had solicited the pension which ...

    Article : 271 words
  12. AFTER MARRIAGE.

    In courtship their parting he oft would delay, And he kissed her good-night till the morning was night; ...

    Article : 572 words
  13. THWARTED!

    One of the most delightful incidents of thwarted red-tapeism comes from Belgium. To understand the story it must be prefaced by the statement that the customs ...

    Article : 259 words
  14. A CURIOUS CHARACTER.

    Towards the close of the last century, there lived in Kidderminster an eccentric person of the name of Job Orton, the landlord of the Dell Inn. During his lifetime he erected his ...

    Article : 315 words
  15. AN EXTRAORDINARY EPITAPH.

    He[?] lies in horizontal position the outside Case of George B[?]utleigh, Watchmaker; Whose abilities in that line were an honour ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. OLD RECIPES.

    Very old men and women have usually very strong convictions on the subject of what has conduced to keep them well and healthy for so many years. Their opinions ...

    Article : 222 words
  17. SOME MEASURES AND THEIR HISTORY.

    The earliest measures mentioned as having been in use in Britain were computed by natural standards, as thumbs, palms, hands, feet, &c. In England the thumb had ...

    Article : 270 words
  18. VERY CANDID.

    A certain distinguished Johannesburger, who shall be nameless, but who is not a little vain of his aristocratic and intellectual appearance, not long ago visited the insane ...

    Article : 246 words
  19. DAY DREAMS AFLOAT.

    Under the willows and alders a-gleam, Bright with the dew, Calmly and peacefully down the broad stream, ...

    Article : 245 words
  20. BRIDAL FLOWERS.

    It is a mistake to imagine that orange blossoms are the only flower used for bridal wreaths. In fact, they are rather stiff and ungraceful, and nowadays lilies of the valley ...

    Article : 157 words
  21. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

    The average man is 'way below the average. Women probably cry at weddings just to make the men uncomfortable. ...

    Article : 118 words
  22. DIVORCE MADE EASY.

    In the matter of marriage laws, Mrs. Tweedie contends in her work, "Through Finland in Carts," that we have a good deal to learn from the Finns. The marriage tie ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. THE BISHOP TOOK THE "TIP."

    One of our bishops is very fond of telling the following story:—He went to preach in a certain town, and, arriving very early, walked into the church to have a look round. ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. MISAPPLIED PITY.

    Having lost his wife when his only child—a little child—was but six years old, Sandy McPherson decided to venture again on the stormy sea of matrimony. His second wife ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. THE WONDERFUL WEST.

    An Oklahoma farmer wrote to a friend in the east trying to give him some idea of the soil out there. He said they have to mow the grass off the sod floor to find the baby. ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. HOW GOOD OF HIM.

    The Zuni customs connected with courtship are curious. Regularly, a girl expresses a fancy for a young man. Her parents or relatives inform those of the youth, and the ...

    Article : 105 words
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