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  2. PAUL SPICER'S PEN-WIPER.

    "See! isn't it pretty?" And Miriam Armitage held up the sum total of her half-hour's work—a dainty little china doll, dressed in myriad tiny ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  3. TO WAIT.

    'Tis woman's happy lot to wait, To wait with glad expectancy And buoyant heart lifted elate, The folded future's mystery. ...

    Article : 97 words
  4. HE WASN'T THERE.

    "Oh, what a nice dream I had last night!" said little Alice to her younger brother Augustus, one morning. "Only thing I was at a ...

    Article : 87 words
  5. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

    "Australia for the Australians" may be a good wholesome war cry. We know at anyrate the danger of permitting a large influx of people, ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  6. GOOD FOR RECITATION.

    I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is truthful James; I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games, And I'll tell in simple language what ...

    Article : 414 words
  7. THE MICHTIEST RESERVOIR OF POWER.

    So powerful are the sun's rays, when at their height, that on every square yard of the earth's surface there falls the equivalent of three ...

    Article : 998 words
  8. SOME MARVELLOUS ACCIDENTS.

    One of the most marvellous accidents that ever took place on a football field was that which occured at Gainsborough. A man who was ...

    Article : 540 words
  9. TIM MAKES HIS REPORT.

    It was the report of Tim Wackford to his wife on the occasion of an injury to their neighbour, Jason Bumpus. Mrs. Wackford had heard that Bumpus had ...

    Article : 679 words
  10. NO RISK.

    A servant-girl came to her mistress one day, and said—"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'll have to leave you next month. Me and my ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. CONCLUSIVE.

    Mr. Simkins is a great enthusiast on the subject of "chest protectors," which he recommends to people on every occasion. ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. COMPROMISED IT.

    In crossing Regent Street the other day a lady dropped her handkerchief, and a gamin of ten, who saw it fall, ran after her and restored it. ...

    Article : 137 words
  13. THE LENGTH OF A DREAM.

    How long does a dream last? To the dreamer they sometimes seem to endure for hours, and the general impression is that they last for ...

    Article : 275 words
  14. GRIEF WITH ECONOMY.

    "There are funny incidents in the life of a photographer," said a well-known portrait taker. "A countryman came in the other day and looked over my ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. VERY HANDY.

    In a small village, some time ago, an old man, taking tea with some friends, saw for the first time a pair of sugar-tongs. Not knowing for ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. A STORY OF WILSON BARRETT.

    Here is a good story of Wilson Barrett. Shortly after he had joined the theatrical profession he became a member of a company performing at ...

    Article : 304 words
  17. VARIETIES.

    The white ant of Africa is about a quarter of an inch in length with a fiat hard head terminating in a pair of sharp horizontal nippers, resembling in shape the claws of a ...

    Article : 440 words
  18. A HIGHLAND CHRISTENING.

    In wide and sparsely populated Highland districts, it not unfrequently happens that a parent has to walk a distance of five or six miles with an ...

    Article : 276 words
  19. HAD ANOTHER CUTLET.

    The Brazilian nabob, Baron Fereau, who died not long since, win as miserly in trifles as he was extravagant in other directions. It was one of his peculiarities never to fee ...

    Article : 228 words
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