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  2. The Enancipation of Women.

    "Will you," he asked in trembling, hopeful tones, " be mine ?" " Hardly," she responded in a rich bass voice. " You have given me hope that you would," ...

    Article : 156 words
  3. He Had Something to Say.

    He: "At last we are alone and I have an opportunity to speak. I have been seeking this moment for days and days, for I have something to say to you." ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    [We purpose giving, under this heading, as many of the well-known Australian bush songs as can be gathered together. There are many such songs that have never appeared in print, but have been handed on from man to man as news was circulated before the ...

    Article : 469 words
  5. The Philosophy of It.

    Pa and ma were sitting quietly near the fireplace. Pa was reading a paper and ma was knitting. Presently ma looked up over her glasses. ...

    Article : 126 words
  6. He Deserved His Success.

    A suburban resident, whose home is on a height far above his railway station and approachable by a moderately short, steep path and a long roundabout road, fell in with a book ...

    Article : 314 words
  7. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAR. "Is Jenks in the swim nowadays?" "He must be. His best girl has just thrown him ...

    Article : 941 words
  8. Ear[?]ers' "Don'ts."

    Don't try to please your wife. Don't appreciate one thing she does. Don't ever plan your work- [?] to be able to take her to any entertainment. ...

    Article : 177 words
  9. THE STOCKMAN'S LAST BED.

    Be ye stockmen or no, to my story give car. Alas I for poor Jack, no more shall we hear The crack of his stockwhip, his steed's lively trot, His clear "Go ahead, boys," his jingling quart pot ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. Sayings of Children.

    It was a high school boy who said there were tour zones—frigid, horrid, temperate, and intemperate. ' Innocent Sarcasm.—Little Willie: " I wish I ...

    Article : 806 words
  11. Bravery.

    "All soldiers have odd notions of what is bravery and what cowardice," said an old American army officer in a party of talkers. " For that matter," he added reflectively, " all ...

    Article : 232 words
  12. Pleased Her.

    Shoemaker: " Well, don't any of these shoes suit you, miss ?" Miss Flipporly: " Oh, yes, indeed, but you have such a delightful way of lacing them up I ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. Not the Old Kind.

    The susceptible young man had asked the girl to be his wife. "I am very sorry," .she said, "very, very sorry; but it can never be. I can be a sis—" ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. Mark Twain's Coolness.

    The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith (says the [?] City Times) relates the following story :—> ' . " When I was living with my brother in Buffalo, Mark Twain occupied a cottage across ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. He Was Clean Enough.

    The Ainu, an uncivilised tribe on the Island of Yezzo, are not at all fond of bathing. Indeed, they share the Chinese idea that it is only dirty people who need continual washing. ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. We Are All Outside.

    The teacher' in geography was putting the class through a few simple tests. "On which side of the earth is the north pole ?" he inquired. ...

    Article : 133 words
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