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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    A Surfleet lady very attached to some human bones which she had secured from the village churchyard, has fondly exhibited them to her neighbours. This ...

    Article : 1,368 words
  3. PATSY, "THE ROUGH."

    "The Rough" is Tommy's contraction for the Rough-rider, whether he only wears the woollen spur or is that very important person indeed, the ...

    Article : 1,756 words
  4. THE QUEEN AS MISTRESS.

    There is a certain pardonable curiosity extant as to how Her Majesty fares in these democratic times with the domestic servants of the Household; but "The ...

    Article : 303 words
  5. THE STORY-TELLER

    Of all the chance acquaintances I ever made in my wanderings, Jose Valdez was one of the most attractive, us he was certainly the most splendidly handsome. ...

    Article : 5,121 words
  6. TOPICAL ITEMS.

    A romarkable story comes from the Rome correspondent of the "Daily Express," who sends an authentic facsimile of a wonderful Doric inscription, the ...

    Article : 383 words
  7. FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO.

    At a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, held at the University of London, Mr. Ewart S. Grogan read a paper on his journey "Through Africa ...

    Article : 1,449 words
  8. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES TO INTENDING SUICIDES.

    Funerals on the insurance plan are one of the latest developments of the insurance industry in this country. Companies are being formed in New ...

    Article : 277 words
  9. THE PLUSH MENDICANT FROM AUSTRALIA.

    There are many modes of mendicancy, but for sheer, downright andacity the method hit upon by Mr. Percy Melville Emery, of Now South Wales, takes first ...

    Article : 405 words
  10. SOCIETY'S NEW FAD.

    Society has at last found a new fad, the scientific cultivation of laziness. The bicycle fever of three years ago has now given place to a mania for hygiene, and ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  11. THE NEWEST ALPHABET.

    Most languages can be transformed into writing, but one of them has hitherto resisted all attempts to do so. This is the tongue of the Cherckee ...

    Article : 302 words
  12. MURDERERS' PATRON SAINT.

    St. Petersburg society has been much agitated by the second trial of a beautiful young singer named Anna Konavalofva, who, four years ago, with the ...

    Article : 398 words
  13. TO THE WEST.

    The Boers might do much worse than accept the offer of the Union Pacific Land Company, and go west to colonise Colorado and Arkansas. The company ...

    Article : 571 words
  14. TALE OF A TAVERN.

    Somewhere east of Temple-bar and west of Ludgate-hill, there stands, aside from the Fleet, an ancient, sawdusted hostelry which they do not call the "Cheese." ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. A UNIQUE PATIENT.

    "This afternoon," writes a nurse at one of the largest London hospitals, "about half-past four o'clock, a Scotch terrier limped into the main entrance of the ...

    Article : 230 words
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