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  2. A Devnshire Story.

    The Rev S. Baring-Gould, in his "Devonshire Characters" tells the following story of a malingering vagrant: Dr John Budd (he writes) would attend at ...

    Article : 748 words
  3. THE EVACUATION OF THE CRIMEA.

    On July 12, 1856, began the evacuation of the Crimea by the allied forces, English and French, at the conclusion of the terrible war which had waged for about three ...

    Article : 242 words
  4. His Answer.

    "Do you love me ?" he asked In reply, the modern young girl looked at the modern young man, perfervid w the emotion. ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. VARIETIES IN COURTING.

    Probably there is no instance, said Sir Arthur Helps, in which two lovers have made love exactly in the same way as any other two lovers since the world began.' He ...

    Article : 306 words
  6. The Oldest Parliament.

    The Manx House of Keye—the Parliament of the Isle of Man is credited with being the most ancient existing legislative body. It dates bas: many years before ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. At the Siege of Mafeking.

    Lady Sarah Wilson, in her "South African Memories" recalls some incidents of besieged Mafeking. Thus: Often my telephone would then ring up ...

    Article : 246 words
  8. Cleverly Put.

    In a certain West Country village lives a blacksmith, whose chief failing is an in. ordinate fondness for drink, and one of whose principal virtues is a genuine admiration for ...

    Article : 196 words
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  10. HEART SURGERY.

    Heart surgery, or the practice of operating directly on. the living organ itself, is just now- attracting widespread attention. A number of exceedingly daring operations ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. Lady Cab-Drivers in Paris.

    In Paris the lady cab-driver is continuing to attract a good deal of interest and to evoke a lot of comment. People crowd together at street corners and stand looking at a waiting ...

    Article : 324 words
  12. So Solved.

    One of the most amusing conclusions to a lawsuit came under my notice, narrates a legal luminary. A woman had gone to law on the plea ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. What Everyone Should Know.

    Australians as a rule are very resourceful (so Lord Roberts told them at the termination of. the African war). They are of an inventive turn—not far behind Uncle Sam. Compare the ways and ...

    Article : 243 words
  14. As an Experiment.

    The destructive power of a torpedo was strikingly illustrated by en experiment made in the Gulf of Spezia by the Italian navy. An obsolete warship of 11 000 tons ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. WHEN THE BLIND DREAM.

    Everybody dreams more or less, but have you ever reflected upon the fact" that people who are born blind have only hearing dreams. In other words their mental eye ...

    Article : 277 words
  16. Where Mystery Must Remain.

    It is a curious thing to reflect that, while at the open sesame of steam and steel the doors of all the rest of the world are being flung wider and wider open before us each ...

    Article : 287 words
  17. A TRAGEDY.

    The pale, proud girl turned to the big, heavy-browed man, who, with a long, glistening knife in his hand, was gazing at her intently. ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. A Judge's Retort.

    Lord Mansfield was trying an action which arose out of the collision of two ships at sea, when a sailor, in giving an account of the accident, said. " At the time I was standing ...

    Article : 118 words
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