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  2. THE JESTER.

    Mother (who is teaching her child the alphabet) : " Now, dearie, what comes after G ?" The Child : " Whizz !" He : " Weil], anyway, when I proposed ...

    Article : 567 words
  3. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    George Lackaday always made a point of walking home from the city When the evening, or rather the afternoon, was tine. So that if he left his ...

    Article : 1,446 words
  4. VARIOUS VERSES.

    When Jim got bout thirty-one. Thought he'd like to hev some So he sez to ma, "I guess I'll jest quit an' take a res'. ...

    Article : 371 words
  5. THE SKETCHER.

    A Parliamentary candidate has been very fittingly defined as a man who " is asked to stand, wants to sit, and is expected to lie." and whatever the realisation of his ...

    Article : 681 words
  6. SPRAY.

    Captain Lambton, when contesting New castle, told a story of a ride Which he and Lord Charles Beresford took on donkeys in, Egypt The latter had the misfortune to ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. A BETTER START.

    It is difficult to get Daddy Nixon, the village centenarian, to view life with the seriousness which would appear to be natural to a man of his age. ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. HER POINT OF VIEW.

    "This seems like a sweet dream." he rapturously remarked as he lingered with her at the doorstep. "It doesn't seem like a dream to me." ...

    Article : 42 words
  9. GOOD FOR TEE HAIR.

    "Do you think that music is of any practical benefit in life ?" " Well," answered "Miss Cayenne, " judging from the photographs of eminent ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. STRICTLY IMPARTIAL.

    First Undergraduate : "Claude himself on being strictly impartial." Second Undergraduate : "Yes, I once went shooting with him. He didn't seem ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. WATCHING FOR FAIRIES.

    Some nights I try to keep awake To see how fairies really look. (You have to watch so sharp and still— So says my mamma's fairy book!) ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. ABOUT KIPPERS.

    The teacher wag telling a class of infants about fish. " Now," she said, " who can tell me the names of some fish?" ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. EVEN POOR PEOPLE HAVE THEM.

    Little Corina had in her extreme youth been passionately fond of dolls, albeit a trifle destructive of them. There came a day. a " strange, sad day," ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. AN EAST END INCIDENT.

    In an East End mission (says the author of "Seven Years' Hard") was held one night a week a "Happy Hour for Children," in the course of which friendly ...

    Article : 388 words
  15. ADVENTURES WITH SHARKS.

    A member of a family which I knew wag fishing from a schooner off the New England coast with a party of friends. The fish not biting, he got into a dory and ...

    Article : 371 words
  16. ALL THROUGH A BULLET.

    " Where was this man shot?" counsel asked. "Right here in this town," replied the witness. ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. LOST BY ONE.

    In a certain northern burgh the contest—it was a political fights—had, been very keen, and resulted in a win by a single vote. ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. READING IN BED.

    Reading in bed spoils the eyes. No child should be allowed to read except sitting up straight. Grown people may, of course, do as they choose. If they do read in bed ...

    Article : 321 words
  19. A STRANGE SIGHT IN A STRANGE LAND.

    When the Tibetan Expedition, under Colonel Younghusband, reached Lhassa, Captain R. C. Moore, of the Army Veterinary Department, discovered among the ...

    Article : 227 words
  20. SAINTS IN CALICO.

    "Glad to see them !" said the mother of an East End family, as the door closed upon the retreating figure of one of those district nurses who at this time of year ...

    Article : 562 words
  21. A COMEDY IN CHURCH.

    In a certain church in a country town there was an aged verger, who, to save the exertion of continually marching up and down the aisle to conduct persons to their ...

    Article : 421 words
  22. DOCTOR AND PATIENT.

    The Patient : " There's something wrong, with my heart, doctor. I fear I'm not going to live very long." The Docter: "Nonsense, man. Gove up ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. CONTROL OF CRICKET.

    In order to bring to a finality the present undecided state of affairs between the board of control and the Melbourne Cricket Club, the board has asked the Victoria ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. LADY HAIRDRESSERS.

    A woman's hair is a natural adornment of which she is justly proud. In the past the hair received little more attention than a daily brushing, more or less effective, but ...

    Article : 447 words
  25. BOOTS WHILE YOU WAIT.

    Most people are familiar with the modern cobbler's sigh :— Boots repaired: while you wait." Not long ago this was considered a remarkable achievement. But ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  26. SOME USEFUL DON'TS.

    Don't be ungrateful. Don't overdress. Be moderate in all things. Don't be discouraged, but try, try. try ...

    Article : 263 words
  27. BITING A MAN'S EAR OFF.

    The wedding of John Pritchard Hughes, of Holyhead. which was to have taken place on 11th January, will probably be postponed (says the "Newcastle Weekly ...

    Article : 234 words
  28. NOT YET.

    A gentleman met a young woman who had formerly been a servant in his house, and being interested in her welfare, said to her : ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. ONLY HER FEET AT HOME.

    A clergyman went out one day to visit his flock. As he was going his. rounds he came to the house of a poor woman, who, happening to be washing at the time, did ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. KISSES FOR FIRST COMERS.

    One of the rural schools in Kansas has a pretty girl as its. teacher, but she. was much troubled at first because many of her pupils were late every morning. At ...

    Article : 105 words
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