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  2. Short Story.

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

    Article : 1,980 words
  3. The Sketcher.

    Salt Lake City, December IS.—It was yet an hour before the train was due here to-day when, having read the last page of the latest magazine and ...

    Article : 711 words
  4. Spray.

    An amusing story is told of Mendels sohn which should fully establish the gentleman's right to the torm Genin[?] Inasmuch as It proves beyoad a [?] ...

    Article : 226 words
  5. Fighting in Africa.

    The trading stations of the O[?] Rivers in West Africa are the scene of many fierce conflicts between the European traders and the war-lite black races. ...

    Article : 939 words
  6. 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 islife, and ...

    Article : 232 words
  7. Raiment.

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

    Article : 647 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 : 80 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 : 217 words
  10. Paderm[?]ki's Hair.

    The story that Paderewski is growing bald has been contradicted. An experienced representative of an American paper has Inspected his half, and is ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. Donald's Number.

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

    Article : 95 words
  12. The Queen's Letter.

    Mr. Arthur Balfour follows Mr. Gladrone's example in writing the Queen's [?]tter on his knee in the 'House of Com[?]ons. Sir William Harcourt wrote his ...

    Article : 83 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 : 734 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 : 487 words
  15. Lord Charles Ber[?]ford.

    A characteristic incident of Lord Charles Beresford is related concerning is early carrer in the navy. M[?] ears ago, when he was but a middy ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. The Japanese Baby.

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

    Article : 484 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 : 461 words
  18. Growing on the [?].

    "[?] Savings 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 : 88 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 : 110 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 : 264 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 accomplishments recorded of ...

    Article : 239 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 instrnctor ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. Would Return the Favour.

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

    Article : 76 words
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