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  2. THE MONEYLENDER'S REVENGE; OR, CUPID IN CHANCERY.

    "The skies will fall next and we shall have cheap larks", cried Val Rockingham, as he merrily skipped out of bed the moment he had perused a letter brought him by the ...

    Article : 2,236 words
  3. TRANSVAAL COURTING.

    The Bocrs marry very young. On attaining the age of 20 a youth begins to look out for a partner in life. Balls and similar opportunites of ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. THE UNLUCKY NO. 13.

    Alboni was a martyr to superstition. She would never sing on the 13th of any month if she could possibly avoid it, or sit down 13 to table, or travel, or sign a contract on a ...

    Article : 439 words
  5. A BABY BORN NEAR THE NORTH POLE.

    Little Miss Peary, the daughter of the great Arctic explorer, has the distinction of having been born at a higher degree of northern latitude than any other white child, ...

    Article : 375 words
  6. HOW THE FIRST VC. WAS WON.

    On-the 20th June, 1854, the British Fleet was bombarding Bomarsund (a fortress in the Aland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia), which was being defended by the Russians. ...

    Article : 304 words
  7. PATRIOT PIGEONS.

    Experiments have been made to determine the length of time through which a pigeon will preserve the "homing " instinct—that is to say, how long a bird must be kept away ...

    Article : 342 words
  8. WON BY AN ACCIDENT.

    When we say that something happened from chance, we really mean only that it occurred without or in spite of previous planning by the men who wished to control ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE IN INDIA.

    A writer in an Indian paper makes some interesting comments regarding Indian social etiquette. He says:— In India all save the lowest caste, what we call pariahs, can ...

    Article : 329 words
  10. SELLING THE SPIRITUALIST.

    An old gentleman, apparently from the country, one day entered the room of a medium, and expressed a desire for the " sperit communication." He was told to ...

    Article : 271 words
  11. FORGOT TO DIG HIM UP.

    It was night. The band was discoursing sweet music at the hotel. Within all was bright, all was gay. A hundred happy couple.) were dancing over the well-polished ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. A MINIATURE TRAIN.

    A "Tom Thumb " train, so called because it is supposed to be the smallest in the world has just been constructed by a young Scotsman, who, without any technical ...

    Article : 227 words
  13. A LITTLE SERMON.

    In the last days of those cities which were overwhelmed by the floods of lava from the fierce of Vesuvius— in the days when Pompeii was passing into her living grave— ...

    Article : 251 words
  14. NATURE AND ART.

    From the cold bosom of the earth A little fountain sprang to birth, Bubbling up to the open, bound To sparkle neath the blue profound. ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. THE THUNDER TERROR.

    "Thunder has an undefinable terror for many people, even those who are otherwise most strong-minded," says a medical man who who has studied the subject. " It is of no ...

    Article : 278 words
  16. "KISS THE BOOK."

    The following laughable incident, related by an ex constable of the Royal Irish Police took place in Connaught, some time ago. As an Irish-speaking witness, a red ...

    Article : 188 words
  17. THE PANSY.

    One of the most cheerful flowers of this and of my mother's garden was the happyfaced little pansy that, under various fanciful folk names, has ever been loved. Like ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. A MOVING LAKE OF ICE.

    A lake of ice, forty miles long, of varying width and enormous depth, moving at the rate of 60ft. a day— such is the Muir Glacier, on the coast of North Western Alaska. ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. THE DAUGHTER OF KING CANUTE.

    Bosham Church has long traditionally possessed the reputation of having been the place wherein was buried the daughter of King Canute. It was believed that she was ...

    Article : 194 words
  20. THE GREEK BELLE.

    They don't like old maids in Greece. Tho old maid in the Hollonic land is but another name for everlasting disgrace To guard against old maidenhood girls are often ...

    Article : 205 words
  21. MARRIED FOR THE DONKEY.

    Visitors to the West cannot fail to notice what an important part the patient ass plays as as beast of burden. A very good story is told in this connection of a rather handsome ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. IT SAVES MUCH TROUBLE.

    "The administration of justice in Mexico has certain phases which might startle those who are accustomed to the law's delays in this country," remarked the other day one ...

    Article : 381 words
  23. IN HIS SPARE TIME.

    A gentleman having advertised for a coachman a young man applied for the situation, and in due course asked what his duties would be. "Oh," replied the other ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. REASSURING.

    Patrick O'Rafferty was csorting Kitty: home from the village dance, and under the influence of the benign silvery moon he gave expression to certain sentiments, all of them ...

    Article : 97 words
  25. LOVE OF THE GARDEN.

    Lord Bacon describe a garden as the purest of human pleasures, and as providing the greatest refreshment to the spirit of man. " The breath of flowers," he continues, " is ...

    Article : 199 words
  26. THE QUEEN HAS NEVER SEEM PARLIAMENT.

    It is a curious circumstance that Queen Victoria has. never seen her "faithful Commons" in session. be is witnessed by the ...

    Article : 282 words
  27. YOUNGEST WHEELMAN.

    Hurry W. Slining, is the tiniest cyclist in the world. He is only 17 months old, and rides what is probably the smallest wheel ever built for practical riding. His mount ...

    Article : 240 words
  28. NOT SO GREEN.

    The other day a ' greenhorn from the country went into a photographer's shop in C—,to have his portrait taken. The photographer kept the countryman sitting for a ...

    Article : 201 words
  29. A BIG OYSTER.

    A gigantic oyster shell is on oxhibition at a Portland (Me.) fish market. The shell weighs 1531b., and is called by sentfaring men a blue point. It was brought by Captain ...

    Article : 192 words
  30. A CHINESE TYPEWRITER.

    A missionary at Tung Chow has. invented a Chinese typewriting machine. It is a great success. The characters number about 4,000, and are on the edge of wheels about a ...

    Article : 122 words
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