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  2. THE JUBILEE OF " BLOOMERS."

    An American newspaper reminds us that we have just passed the jubilee of the introduction of “bloomers,” A sorry jubilee. indeed, for but that the term is used ...

    Article : 397 words
  3. CAUGHT BY THE TELEPHONE.

    Working late at the office a few evenings ago I was rather startled to linear the telephone phone bell gave out is “ting-a-ling, ” and wondering who it was ringing up at so late ...

    Article : 486 words
  4. ECHOES AND RE- ECHOES.

    I met a Turk the other day, and ewer a cup of coffee and a smoke fee said:—Tell me, oh dog of an unbeliever, why you make your women folk eat dirt in the ...

    Article : 1,376 words
  5. ODDS AND ENDS.

    Not a single infectious disease is known in Greenland. A shipyard at Ominato, Japan, still in operation, was established over 1,900 years ...

    Article : 1,579 words
  6. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROBES.

    Queen Alexandra's coronation robes will, it is expected, soon be in course of preparation. So many years have passed since a Queen Consort was crowned, that records ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. MYSTERIES OF THE HAREM.

    London is promised something quite new in the way of lectures within the next few weeks, says the "Daily .Mail." There has just arrived in the metropolis the Princess ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 429 words
  8. FLEECING THE CHOSEN.

    On his installation the new Bishop of London had his experience enlarged in the field of fees. It is a high honour to be selected for a seat on the Episcopal Bench. ...

    Article : 744 words
  9. OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

    Mr. S. J. Jacobs, president of the Chamber of Commerce, is a son of the late Mir. Charles .Jacobs, an old colonist, who half a century ago established the business which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 216 words
  10. WATCHING ROYALTY.

    Royalty may pick and choose society to a certain extent, but the private police, like the poor, rulers have always with them. Some sovereigns object strenuously to the ...

    Article : 928 words
  11. A REMARKABLE FIND OF IVORY.

    According to the New York correspondent of the "Nottingham Guardian" a gold seeker, while working in a gulch near Nome, came across a prehistoric deposit ...

    Article : 98 words
  12. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    A cablegram received from London on September 5 states that the twin-screw torpedo boat destroyes Fervent and Zerhyr are to form part of the flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyers for strengthening the Australian Squadron. The Fervent was launched in 1895, and was built by Messrs. Hanna, Donald, & Wilson. Her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 138 words
  13. THE LATE SIB JOSEPH ABBOTT.

    Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, late Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, died in Sydney last Sunday. He was a native of the Hunter River district, having been born are ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. A SNAKE DINNER.

    That snakes are edible was demonstrated recently at a "snake dinner" at Rochester, U.S.A. It was given by Mr. "Rattlesnake Pete," a local reptile expert. He first ...

    Article : 373 words
  15. A FRENCHMAN'S WILL.

    The town fathers of Rouen have been put into an awkward position by the will of one of its millionaires, who left his fortune to the muneipality on the condition that every ...

    Article : 217 words
  16. THE DUNMOW FLITCH.

    Dunmow had its annual fete on August 5. For 364 days each year it is a small, drowsy Essex town, with about two or three thousand inhabitants. But on the ...

    Article : 658 words
  17. THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEDAL.

    The medal of the South African campaign is issued with 24 clasps, hut of course it is impossible for any individual to obain all of them. Our illustration (taken ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 123 words
  18. ENGLISH ARMY RE- MOUNTS.

    The eighth report of the English royal commission on horse breeding was issued as a Parliamentary paper on August 4. The progress made is recorded in detail. It is ...

    Article : 192 words
  19. THE HIGHEST BALLOON JOURNEY.

    The balloon trip of Drs. Berson and Suering constitutes a record in aeronautics. After ascending from the Meteorological Institute in August the balloon reached a ...

    Article : 264 words
  20. HINTS FOR CAMPERS.

    Don't forget soap to wash the dishes. Don't pack the dishes away in cases. Leave them in the air and sunlight. Don't forget the matches with which to ...

    Article : 175 words
  21. BEAUTY BUREAU.

    Two "'Twentieth Century Britishers” recently issued the prospectus of a matrimonial agency designed "to promote marriage between women of the United ...

    Article : 268 words
  22. WHEN THE BOER IS CHEERY.

    M. Pache, the young Swiss lieutenant, who has recently returned from fighting with the Boers, and is communicating his reminiscences to the "Gazette de ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. THE WOUNDED SAILOR.

    At the British Medical Association meetings at Cheltenham some very interesting facts were brought forward as to the position of the wounded in naval battles, ...

    Article : 265 words
  24. STRAY TORPEDO TUBES.

    Capt. Callaghan (says the “Fiji Times” August 24) has brought to Snava in the steamer Clyde from Udu Point a galvanized-iron case of three torpedo tubes. ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. THROUGH FRENCH GLASSES.

    The Englishman in England can without hesitation be proclaimed the most hospitable. table, Kind, affable , and considerate host in the world. When he travels abroad be goes ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. HOW A NONAGENARIAN LIVES.

    Mr. Neville Cooper, son of Mr. Sidney Cooper, R.A. writes regarding erroneous statements as to how his father lives. “My father," says Mr. Cooper, "has not tasted ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. A SONG.

    Charles Kingsley, asked to contribute a song to a girl's album, wrote:— My fairest child, 1 have no Bong to give you; No lark could pipe in skies no dull and grey ...

    Article : 133 words
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