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  2. HASHISH-SMOKING IN EGYPT.

    R. WARNOCK, who has been in charge of Egypt's solitary lunatic ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 723 words
  3. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.

    OLTA anD De Saussure suggested the evaporation of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 566 words
  4. The Queen's Equanimity.

    IT is a commonplace to insist upon the Queen's equanimity. The country knows ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,142 words
  5. A Resurrection.

    TYPHOON was howling astern, and we were doing our level best to keep ahead of it; also we had but the faintest ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,315 words
  6. VALUABLE RUBBISH.

    In our younger Says there used to be sung a piece of doggerel verse which ran something Hue this: "Dearly beloved brethren, it really is a sin, When you peel potatoes, to throw away the skin; ...

    Article : 576 words
  7. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

    Our contemporary the London "Evening News," in its account of the first match played in England by Darling's team at the Crystal Palace, gave some sketches of the men and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  8. CURIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOM.

    A remarkable custom prevails among Roumanian peasants. When a Roumanian girl is of a marriageable age all her trousseau (which has been carefully woven, spun, and embroidered by her ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. LITTLE THINGS.

    People who do the great things are always those who have paid attention to the small ones. There are great societies that would never have been formed, great congregations of women that would ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 163 words
  10. CENTURY'S BUTCHER'S BILL.

    The great war painter, Verestchagin, was obliged to destroy one of his picture because it showed the Russian soldiers in retirement. His countrymen could, not bring themselves to ...

    Article : 492 words
  11. CONQUERING AFFECTION.

    There is a time, I believe, in love's first approach, when it is not too hard to bar the door if there is reason why it should not stand ajar. A girl may not have to learn to love, but she can ...

    Article : 214 words
  12. MY LORD MAYOR.

    By the average Briton the Lord Mayor of London is regarded as a sort of superior police magistrate, whose chief duty is to feed well and to provide a huge show once a year. As a matter of ...

    Article : 319 words
  13. GERMAN BRIDES.

    As soon as a maiden ,is betrothed in Germany she is called "bride" by her sweetheart who addresses her thus until it becomes time to Call her wife. Immediately upon betrothal the lovers ...

    Article : 150 words
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