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  2. The Meaning of the Month.

    THE mouth is such a sensitive and significant organ that the character ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 706 words
  3. A MEAN PIECE OF WORK.

    WELL, Chinese is ram folk," said Jim. "I never had much to do With em myself, but an old mate of mine told me ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,007 words
  4. WRONGLY CONVICTED.

    IN view of the fact that Mrs. Maybrick's guilt is doubted by no less a personage than the Lord Chief Justice, it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 153 words
  5. DRINK AND EDUCATION.

    THE present writer has neither liking nor disliking for teetotallers. He loves neither a bigot nor a sot. ...

    Article : 808 words
  6. Power of the British Press. I

    THE power of the press in England is mainly based on conviction of its honesty of purpose, and the cleanness ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 856 words
  7. An Actress's Opinions.

    ONE of the young actresses who dared to venture into the United States under the matronly wing of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 684 words
  8. CLOWES AND JOHNSON.

    In 1880 two Staffordshire farmers, Clowes and Jchnson, were sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for an alleged outrage on a man named Brooks. In 1882 the latter on his death-bed ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. LOWSON, HODGSON, AND SIDDLE.

    In May, 1884, three men, Lowson, Hodgson, and Siddle, were charged at the Durham assizes, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, with the murder of Police Sergeant Smith at the village of Butterknowle, in ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. THE QUEENS "PARDON."

    This declaration was being confirmed meanwhile by the information collected from various sources by the Home Office commissioner. It was shown that, although Siddle had been heard ...

    Article : 254 words
  11. The Wobbegong of Botany Bay.

    THE shark fishing which I really enjoyed—the tiger hunt, as it were, of the sea — was systematically ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 765 words
  12. Do Bishops Steal Umbrellas?

    The "Speaker's" Diarist thinks there is no trial greater than that of being turned out of one's own club and compelled to sojourn with strangers in a strange place. "I heard an amusing story ...

    Article : 308 words
  13. Origin of the Sandwich.

    The sandwich, which of late years has become so popular, being an almost Indispensable adjunct to our luncheons, teas, picnics, &c, originated with Lord Sandwich, an official of high rank ...

    Article : 235 words
  14. A Care for Toothache.

    Amongst the old Assyrians there was a belief in a deity who bore the strange name of Abraca­dabra. Now, let that name be printed in the fol­lowing fashion, and you will notice (says ...

    Article : 218 words
  15. Sixteenth Century Dress.

    I Extravagance in dress reached its zenith in the sixteenth century, the Tudor period in England. This was the period of silken hose. Doublets were slashed, that is to say, fine and costly pieces ...

    Article : 308 words
  16. First Use of Umbrellas.

    There ban be little doubt, says "Nates and Queries," that when umbrellas first came onto use in England they were carried only by women. Of this we have the evidence of Guy Miege in his ...

    Article : 261 words
  17. An Upright Cycle.

    There is no doubt (says "Cassell's Family Magazine") that cyclists tend to become round-shouldered through bowing over their machines, and the "Upright" bicycle, which halls from America, will, ...

    Article : 447 words
  18. Bicycle Fire Engine.

    In Paris is to be seen a fire engine propelled by cycling firemen. The machine has the appearance of two tandem bicycles, coupled with a singlesteering post. Hanging between the two bicycle ...

    Article : 241 words
  19. The Kaiser's Freaks.

    A story about the Kaiser and bicycling is going the round of the German papers. It appears that several of the young officers on the Hohenzollern have been accustomed to use their cycles on the ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. Post Office Annoyances.

    Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P., writes from Karlsbad to the "Times:" "Her Majesty's Postmaster-General will not permit the use of a mourning border on the address side of a post-card if posted ...

    Article : 223 words
  21. Royal Chess Players.

    Among the numerous wedding presents to Princess Mand was a very handsome rosewood chessboard and lvory Staunton chessmen, specially manufactured by the British Chess Company, and ...

    Article : 163 words
  22. His Helmet's Plume.

    We hear a greet deal nowadays (says "Woman") from male moralists, about the barbarity of the fair sex in the decoration of their bonnets with the spoils of the feather world, but what can be ...

    Article : 183 words
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