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  2. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    There was great consternation in the Iiderton household, for Miss Priscilla ilderton had announced her intention of paying a visit to die Grange, and the ...

    Article : 3,686 words
  3. THE JESTER.

    "I have nothing but praise for our new minister." "So I noticed when the plate: came round." "What would you do if a fellow called ...

    Article : 625 words
  4. SPRAY.

    An old lady approached a cabman the other day and asked what he would take to drive her to a certain place about two or three miles from the town? "Three ...

    Article : 147 words
  5. THE SKETCHER.

    The stage of a theatre is a scene for the gods as the first night of tihe Christmas pantomime draws nigh. When I made niy way behind the scenes, at one of the ...

    Article : 1,085 words
  6. FIRESIDE FANCIES.

    A handsomely-dressed woman stood hesitatingly on the outer edge of tihe sidewalk, watching keenly for a chance to penetrate the maze of vehicles which surged between ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. TOO MUCH FOR THE TRAIN.

    An old Ormskirk farmer was seeing hisson off by an express train, and the engine, which was one of the large and heavy compounds, had some difficulty in ...

    Article : 58 words
  8. NOTHING TO HIM!

    A gentleman prominent in legal circles, had entered a restaurant, and was immediately approached, by one of the waiters who remarked cheerily ...

    Article : 59 words
  9. HADN'T NEED TO BE!

    A country doctor, accompanied by his groom, went to purchase a horse. The dealer, however, failed to persiwde him to buy. As he returned home the doctor ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. A MARQUIS'S ROMANCE.

    A strange romance of an Italian marquis who gave up his title and fortune and became a British subject, has been unfolded in the New Zealand Court of ...

    Article : 316 words
  11. HOW SHE MADE IT.

    An old Ulster woman who had made money by selling whisky in a village. on fair and market days was visited when she lay dying by a minister, to whom she ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. EASIEST PUT ON.

    Once a manservant was sent by his master to mend and tar his gates. His master gave him a bag of tools, a can of tar, and a long brush. The ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. BITS ABOUT BURMAH.

    It is the Burmese woman and not the Burmese man who is at the head of affairs (says the author of "The Other Side of the Lantern"). What business is ...

    Article : 584 words
  14. THE PAINTER AND THE WIDOWS.

    The great German portrait painter, Franz von Lenfoach, was one of the most charitable of men, and since his deatlh many stories illustrative of this side of his ...

    Article : 255 words
  15. A NEEDED BEST !

    The annual inspection of the militia battalion 'had taken place, and had passed off satisfactorily. The colonel gave the order to march ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. TOO LATE.

    An experienced telegraph operator can from merely listening to the sounds understand a message on one kind of telegraph instrument without seeing it at ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. FOR ENGAGED GIRLS.

    The engaged, girl who is not thoroughly endowed with prood sense often makes this mistake of looking for hidden meanings in her lover's remarks and nourishing ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. PAT'S INGENIOUS DEVICE.

    An Irishiman took a contract to dig a well. When he had dug about 25ft. down the came one morning and found it had fallen in, and that it was filled nearly to ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. "KNOCKING DOWN" A BRIDE.

    The sale of a bride by auction has taken place in Pennsylvania. It was the idea of the girl herself—a Syrian beauty named Maud Kassouf—for ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. WHEN LOVERS QUARREL.

    Speaking of lovers' quarrels, a clever woman remarked that when the "little rift within the lute" threatens it is the man who is the more fitted to mend it. ...

    Article : 300 words
  21. PERHAPS SO !

    About 110 yearn ago an old couple lived in Shrewsbury. Their names were Simon and Nelly. "Mothering Sunday" was drawing Dear, so Nell thought she would ...

    Article : 291 words
  22. NOT SO DAFT.

    A certain farmer in Yorkshire, noted for his meanness, employed a boy on the farm, who was always called Daft Tommy. One day Tommy happened to find a ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. A MOUSE'S REVENGE.

    The captain of a Scotch schooner relates the following:— He was very much interested in a little mouse, which had become so Ume that it ...

    Article : 217 words
  24. A MODEL ELECTRIC KITCHEN.

    For his model electric kitchen exhibited at the Olympia Electrical Exhibition the judges awarded special extra prize to Mr. Henry Downing. The kitchen ...

    Article : 529 words
  25. OTHERWISE ENGAGED.

    Some time ago an affectionate wife departed this life, and for she benefit of her husband, who remained in the "vale of tears," she ordered to be placed upon her ...

    Article : 141 words
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