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  2. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    The old man removed his big, horrimmed spectacles and wiped them carefully before putting them away in his pocket. Then he rose somewhat wearily ...

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  3. THE SKETCHER.

    A new theory with regard to disease was propounded by Sir Frederick Treves in a recent address. The foundation of any system of medicine, he said, was a ...

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  4. THE ARMCHAIR.

    WELL—He held her little hand in his, They stood thus for a spell, And then she shyly looked at him, ...

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  5. SPRAY.

    A traveller, who recently spent some months in South America, tells some strange stories of his experiences there. "Until I went to that continent," he ...

    Article : 198 words
  6. VARIOUS VERSES.

    "Why won't you many me ?" I asked Imperiously, as of right. "You'll own you have encouraged me. Yes ! Yes ! Up to this very night. ...

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  7. PITH AND POINT.

    Of British birds' eggs a complete set is worth about £200. As a rule, single women live longer than single men. ...

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  8. IF ONLY.

    It's not the man who talks the most Who has the most to say ; You see awl evidence of this Around you every day. You hear men talk, and talk, ...

    Article : 111 words
  9. THEIR ORIGIN.

    The children of one of the classes of a certain school were having a lesson on John Milton. The teacher noticed a boy whisper to ...

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  10. LAST SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.

    On 3rd October,, 1703, the. Duke of Queensbery, as Lord Commissioner for the Queen, opened the last session of the last Parliament that ever sat in Scotland. ...

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  11. WHAT MA TOLD AUNT.

    "Johnny," said his father, as the boy took some pudding from the plate, "don't you know that it is impolite to help yourself before your elders ?" ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. A NEW YORK POLICEMAN.

    The following story from an American paper shows the sort of reputation that the New York police Rained some years ago under the gentle rule of Tammany ...

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  13. FATHER'S DESERT.

    Once upon a tune a mother was jurying her little boy to learn his geography lesson. The mother read out what a desert was : "A desert is a barren ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. FOR BRIDES.

    A country clergyman is noted for the good counsel he gives, to the joung couples he weds. He has printed curds of advice, which he, distributes, besides offering ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. AN AIR PILLOW STORY.

    An old lady was recently a passenger on board a P. and O. steamer. She always sat on an air pillow while on deck. She left it on her chair one day while she ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. JUST WOMAN'S WAY.

    Wife : "I had better take that hat for forty-five shillings." Husband : "But I've only got two: pounds with me now. I'll have to owe ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. "DO'S" AND "DON'TS" FOR DANCERS.

    "I am sure," said a well-known London Society hostess not long since, "that quite a. number of men who are unable to dance at all will readily accept an ...

    Article : 676 words
  18. MADE OF HAIR.

    "The egg-gathers of St. Kilda," says a recent visitor to that lonely island, "consider themselves rich if their prospective brides can give them a rope of ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. AN IDIOT DEFIED.

    Bobby : "Pa, what do they call a man who has two wives ?" Pa : " A bigamist, Bobby." Bobby : "Pa, suppose he has more than ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. ONLY IN A CUP.

    A certain old lady was very tone of a drop of whisky. Her pastor had several times tried to induce her to sign the pledge. She would not do this, but one ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    The following hints are from an American source :— Badly-tarnished solid, brass may be cleaned with ease if it is first rubbed with ...

    Article : 279 words
  22. NOT THAT FAR.

    should never in any circumstances deceive his wife?" She : " Oh, no, I wouldn't go as far as that. Haw would it 'be possible for the ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. UNJUST TO JUDY.

    There is an innate sense of justice in human beings which rebels at seeing one person punished for another's fault. A little girl, who made too much noisee ...

    Article : 101 words
  24. STRANGE SCENE IN GLASGOW.

    A strange scene was witnessed the other day in a narrow court of one of the poorest quarters in Glasgow. A man named M'Grath, who had been living in the sixth ...

    Article : 200 words
  25. NOT SO GREEN.e

    The cross-examiner was a smart man, whose object it was to disconcert the witness and discredit his testimony. " What did you say was your name ?" ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. WOMEN WHO WORK HARD.,

    In Italy, Germany, France, and Belgium it is an everyday occurrence to see women doing the heaviest kind of manual labour. Week days, along the narrow, dirty lanes, ...

    Article : 193 words
  27. TO BE REMEMBERED.

    Be contented, and prosper. Be careful, Care prevents many dropped stitches and bad breaks. Be careful. Be prompt. Slackness makes slovenly ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. SHE CAUGHT UP.

    A man whose wife was a cripple was one day taking "her for an outing in a Bath-chair, when a runaway bull was encountered. ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. INFORMATION WANTED.

    During a recent law case in a provincial town one of the witnesses called was a lad of fourteen, and the opposing counsel was examining him. After the usual ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. HAVE YOU THE ACE OF HEARTS ?

    Hearts are trumps in the game of life. Clubs do very well to knock about with, but they kill more friends than enemies, and the only tricks they take are those ...

    Article : 128 words
  31. CLEAN FOR ONCE !

    A woman whose hands never appeared to be too liberally treated with soap and water, and who always gave the excuse, "They won't come clean, however much I ...

    Article : 72 words
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