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  3. CONTROL TO CELEBRITIES

    Sir Charles Santley, in his Reminiscences, writes: "Since Pauline Viardot sang at Drury Lane in 1858, only one great lyric artist has appeared. Her name is Kirkby Lunn ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. SMILE SEED

    She: "Don't you think it's, easier to coax a woman than to drive her?" He : "Can't say; but I think it's a great deal safer ...

    Article : 1,274 words
  5. HERE & THERE

    There are 64.212 old-age pensioners In London, of whom 44,782 are women ...

    Article : 17 words
  6. LIFE.

    No living thing, from man to a microbe, can exist unless it is continuously dying. It is not merely necessary for man to absorb nourishment in order to live; it is equally necessary ...

    Article : 721 words
  7. PAWNED HIS COFFIN.

    A man who recently died at Prague left, instructions that his coffin would be found at a pawnshop ...

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  8. A WELLINGTON BATTLE MESSAGE.

    From the London "Times" of August 7, 1812.—"Copy of the notice printed at Salamanca, of the memorable battle in the neighborhood of that city, on the 22nd of July ...

    Article : 262 words
  9. ELEVEN SOLDIER SONS.

    An old soldier employed by the Hayes (Middlesex) Council as a roadman, who died last month, left 11 sons, all soldiers ...

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  10. SCHOOLGIRL'S RECORD.

    Sasan Strange, a pupil at Christ Church Day School, Surbiton (Eng.), has been presented with a silver medal for not having boon absent from or late at school for nine years ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. FIREFLIES ILLUMINATE TOWN.

    The Town Board of Miller, Illinois, ordered the electric light current to be turned off recently because of the visit of millions of fireflies. They decided that the flies furnished ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. INFALLIBLE BAROMETER.

    Upton, near Peterborough, one of the smallest parishes in England, numbering only 14 houses, possesses a tombstone of black marble which becomes damp in patches whenever rain is about ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. NATIONS' BRAINS.

    The weights of the brains of different nations are, according to experts, as follows, frays nu exchange:—Scottish, 50oz; German, 49.6; English, 49.5; French. 47.9; Zulus, 47.5; Chinese ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO RETIRE.

    "It is rather difficult to give expression to what one feels like on retirement, but I can tell you this, to me it has meant happiness and contentment ...

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  15. IMPORTATION OF GRAPE VINES.

    The Agricultural Department of Victoria have for distribution next planting season 150,000 grafted vines on phylloxera-resistant stocks. It is estimated that this is about ...

    Article : 330 words
  16. TO ABOLISH TIPPING.

    A number of the large Swiss hotelkeepers ere about "partially to suppress" the tyranny of the tip in their establishments. The method to be employed is to charge a certain sum ...

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  17. THE DANGER OF FLANNELETTE.

    Bishop Boyd Carpenter (chairman of the National League for Physical Education and Improvement), Sir Lauder Brunton, Sir John Tweedie, Sir H. Craik, Dr. Mary Scharlieb, Sir ...

    Article : 154 words
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