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  2. SKETCHER

    It has been several times rumoured since the outbreak of the war between England and the Transvaal that the latter State was granting Letters of Marque to privateers ...

    Article : 551 words
  3. POETRY.

    Lovers on an evening sweet, Close we walked along the street. Hand-in-hand? No; we'd be caught, So we worked this little plot: ...

    Article : 104 words
  4. TRAVELLER.

    In August last I formed one of a Swies touring party, and, being Irish, I 'chummed' with three other Irish fellows, who were, like myself, strong in the Irish accent, ...

    Article : 244 words
  5. DEPRESSION.

    Last night I was be glad—too glad m[?]ems As I sit through this lagging afternoon— Love was to me a rosebud set in June. A promise sweet, of sweeter summer dreams. ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. NATURALIST.

    A traveller in Greece found three shepherds with flocks of six or seven hundred each, all mingled together, but the sheep would answer to their names when called by ...

    Article : 226 words
  7. Original Novel.

    Author of 'Father and Son,' 'The Daughters of Eve '—a tale of the Maori War; 'The Mystery of Mervellien,' 'Marian Gonisby,' 'Piwee,' Daughter of ...

    Article : 41 words
  8. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]

    A caged bird may acquire the ways of a caged bird without desiring to be caged. Lady Merlin is a generous and high-principled sort, but from what I have seen, ...

    Article : 3,462 words
  9. TOYNBEE HALL.

    That 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives,' is a saying which is becoming less and less true every year, so far, at least, as East London is ...

    Article : 621 words
  10. A FAMILY OF SQUIRRELS.

    A journalist who has visited America says that he and his companion who were duck-shooting there, had stopped to rest in an old field in which there was an orchard. A ...

    Article : 207 words
  11. FORTUNES ACQUIRED THROUGH BEGGING.

    Except in cases whore fortunes are inherited or acquired through some lucky speculation, the aspirant has to work hard if he wishes to make one. But there are ...

    Article : 473 words
  12. WHERE DOGS ARE EATEN.

    The only people to be called civilised who eat dog at tie present day are the Chinese— and they do not eat it promiscuously; at least, 'among the classes,' in Mr Gladstone's ...

    Article : 523 words
  13. SOME SALARIES OF OUR MILITARY DIRECTORS.

    It will, perhaps, be of interest to our readers to know that a few of the salaries of England's military directors are as follow. The pay of the Librarian and Map ...

    Article : 472 words
  14. FARM AND GARDEN.

    No. 126. Strawberry Culture—Selection of varieties—Low prices—The Royal Sovereign—Characteristics—Borax—Use in Butter—What It Is—Various Uses— ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  15. THE QUESTIONABLE PIG.

    The perplexing condition of modern agriculture is exemplified by a discussion in a contemporary concerning the utility of the pig. 'Does Pig-keeping Pay? we are ...

    Article : 285 words
  16. MERELY A CHANGE OF NAME.

    A certain politician has a mania for visiting madhouses and interviewing their inmates. He went to a private lunatic asylum ...

    Article : 120 words
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