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  2. WANTED-- A RECIPE.

    I wish some codger, hoary-haired and mellow. Would send me his recipe for growing old; ...

    Article : 319 words
  3. FAMOUS RACECOURSES.

    As the classic events of the racing season--the Derby, the St. Leger, and the Oaks--always create world- wide interest, it will be a matter of information to all classes of turfmen to say something about the ...

    Article : 494 words
  4. THE HOUSE IN MACQUARIE-STREET.

    "And I stood as far out in the stream as any man." As Henry Parkes felt his footing in public life more firmly, and as his dominating personality became indisputable, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,790 words
  5. FAMOUS LOVE LETTERS.

    Thirty years after their marriage Thomas Huxley [?] Reathorn) printed for private circulation a little volume of poems which contains the following poetical epistles exchanged between the couple on the thirty-first anniversary of the ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. "LIFEGUARD."

    Not very far from our offices an enterprising coffee--house keeper advertises in his bill of fare a dis[?] called "lineguard" (says the London "Daily News"). Many of us doubtless have eaten fried steak and eggs, but ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. NEW INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE.

    There were some amusing passages in the speech's on the occasion of the presentation in Yarmouth of new instruments to the k[?]al Salvation "Army" hand. Bandmaster Chittleburgh told how he started the band ...

    Article : 184 words
  8. HOW HE WOW OVER THE JUDGE.

    It was out in Kansas, where a man brought a case before the court to recover some land which had been filched from him. His case would have been a good one but for the ...

    Article : 245 words
  9. "ART OF APOLOGY."

    Some interesting instances of apologies are recalled by Mr. E. A. Bryant in the "Quiver." One of the most awkward was that of a statesman with whom Lord North had to ...

    Article : 196 words
  10. THE FLAMINGO.

    The beautiful flamingo is a bird of feeble intellect delicate appetite, and genteel tastes. It cannot eat fish, for its slender throat would scarcely admit a pea. Besides, the idea of catching anything, or even picking ...

    Article : 498 words
  11. LORD ROSEBERY ON THE PALACE OF WHITEHALL.

    Lord Rosebery presided on February 12 a[?] the annual meeting of the Lamina Te[?]egraphical Society, and gave an address on the old Whitehall Palace. He said that, besides the Banquesting House, a couple of ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. SWEET DAY.

    Stay, sweet Day, for thou art fair-- Fair, and full, and calm; Crowned, through all thy golden hours, With Love's brightest, richest flowers, ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. BISMARCK'S ANECDOTE.

    Prince Bismarck, who knew the full value of an apt phrase, used to tell a delightful story of a rough-and- ready apology made by Frederick the Great, under whom Bismarck's father served. At a review an ensign ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. AFTER SUCCEEDING.

    There is no test of character quite so severe as that of success. Adversity is hard on a man; but success is ten times harder. Adversity, or downright failure, challenges all the best that there is in one ...

    Article : 156 words
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