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  2. ONE OF TOM BROWN'S SECONDS

    Mr. John George Hollway, who was one of the seconds in the great fight between Tom Brown—the hero of "Tom Brown's Schooldays"—and ...

    Article : 121 words
  3. MALE TEACHERS MUST SEW.

    An edict has gone forth that male teachers in Newark, New Jersey, must and ability to sew to their other qualifications. ...

    Article : 189 words
  4. DRINKING AT MEALS

    Should we drink water with our meals? There are many people who take no liquid with their meals under the impression that they will thus escape ...

    Article : 193 words
  5. THE SYDNEY ZOO.

    It affords much help to the students visiting the Zoo to find the various animals grouped in the classes to which they belong. The rodents, hoofed ...

    Article : 1,485 words
  6. FOR WOMAN'S EYE.

    Spotted materials are again to the fore in fashionable attire. A quaint looking costume of spotted silk foulard is illustrated here, the tunic having a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 670 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 429 words
  8. TO REMOVE SCRATCHES FROM GLASS.

    Obtain threepennyworth of putty powder and a piece of felt or leather, preferably the latter. Make the putty powder into a paste with water, and ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. AN AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTION.

    The completion of the magnificent headquarters in this State of the New Zealand Insurance Coy, is an occasion for congratulation. The modernly ...

    Article : 341 words
  10. PRINCE OF WALES'S EDUCATION.

    The Prince of Wales's first term at the University, which comes to an end this week; has been altogether successful from every point of view. The ease ...

    Article : 104 words
  11. BURIAL WITH "MY DOG POMPEY."

    Estate of £531,810 gross value has been left by Mr. James Griffith Dearden, seventy-three, of the Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale, and Walcot House, ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. TENNYSON AND TOBACCO.

    Tennyson's devotion to his pipe is well known, but the followign story of it, contained in "Mrs. Wallford's Recollections," will probably be fresh to ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. DISILLUSIONED LEGATEE.

    Thinking that he was to receive £1000 legacy left by an uncle in Holland, a Peterborough resident went to Oostburg, Holland. When he arrived ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. PERFUMED ANAESTHETICS.

    The potent effect of perfume upon the senses and the mind is now being utilised in surgery, says the "New York Herald," The administering of the ...

    Article : 266 words
  15. DEATH AT 109.

    Mrs. Mary Pryden, who acted as lodgekeeper at Frankfort, Dundrum, near Dublin, till a few months ago, was buiied on Tuesday last week at the age ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. OLD-TIME TOASTS.

    May religion and civil liberty go hand-in-hand! May difference of opinion never divide friendship! Sense to win a heart and merit to keep it! ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. £1,666 FROM £8.

    From the produce of a quarter of seed, for which he gave £8 8s. in 1910. (says the London "Daily Mail"), Mr. W. R. Elgar, a member of the ...

    Article : 225 words
  18. AFTER THE REFUSAL.

    He: "Had I been rich, perhaps your answer would have been quite different." She: "Perhaps." ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. WITH HALF A BRAIN.

    During the Swedish manoeuvres a soldier named Blomquist received a bullet in the head as the result of the awkwardness of a comrade. Trepanning ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. A CUTTING REMARK.

    Tramp (to butcher): "Garn, d'yer, mean to tell me that you've cuts to suit all purses?" Butcher: "Why, certainly, sir," ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. HINTS TO BRIDEGROOMS.

    While you are waiting at the altar for the bride don't clutch the air nervously with your hands. Neither should you allow your jaw ...

    Article : 237 words
  22. A WAY OUT.

    From America comes the story of a Scotsman who, while viewing a statue of George Washington, was approached by an interested American. "I think ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. THE UNTUTORED SAVAGE.

    At a seaport recently a lady went aboard a "tramp" steamer to inspect it, and, seeing that some of the deckhands were Chinese, approached one ...

    Article : 355 words
  24. 4,000,000 MILES BY RAIL.

    The death has occurred at Bristol of Mr. Richard Cowell, who is claimed to be the oldest locomotive driver in the country. He was born in 1816, and ...

    Article : 128 words
  25. A HOME INDUSTRY.

    Mr. Villiers had long wondered how his former servant earned his livelihood, and meeting the "darky" on the street one day, stopped him and asked— ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. HOW TO LIVE LONG.

    Consequent on the letter of Mr. L. F. Duncan to the "Times," telling how, on two meals a day, he has attained the age of 92, and is still in good ...

    Article : 260 words
  27. NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

    "Sure, Casey was a good fellow." "He was that. A good fellow, Casey." "And a cheerful man was Casey." ...

    Article : 274 words
  28. HAIR UNCUT 16 YEARS.

    For the first time since 1896 Ebenezer Henderson, a bachelor and a Democrat, who lives on a small farm between Olivet and Eaton Rapids, Michigan, has ...

    Article : 204 words
  29. FRENCH PANCAKES.

    Half-a-pint of milk, two ounces of butter, two eggs, two ounces of flour, two ounces of sugar, a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonful of baking powder. ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. A PECULIAR LAW SUIT.

    Because he did not die, Goldblatt, a Spokane jeweller, has just brought an action against his physician for $15,000. Plaintiff alleged that the doctor told ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. SARDINES AND TOMATOES.

    One tin of sardines, four tomatoes (large), pepper, salt, and a little stock. Prepare sardines—then mash and heat them. Skin the tomatoes by throwing ...

    Article : 74 words
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