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  2. Everyday Phrases.

    THE phrase "Mad as a batter" really means air wnomous as a viper. "Mad as a hatter" is simply a corruption of an ancient form, "Mad as an atter, or adder." ...

    Article : 553 words
  3. An Intelligent Parrot.

    A caged grey parrot in a nevtrendor's shop in Sydney, which is "a fluent speaker," has, on a couple of past Thursday mornings—when a certain constant customer for "The World's ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. American Women.

    In an article published the other day in the "Neues Wiener Journal," some statistics are given of the enormous sums spent by American women on clothes. The lavish outlay of ...

    Article : 548 words
  5. PARACHUTE DROPPING FROM A BALLOON.

    This remarkable photograph was secured near New York on the occasion of a parachute descent. It shows the balloon in mid-air, and was taken a moment after the parachute, which is seen falling to earth, was released. The parachutist alighted safely amid the cheers of the crowd. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  6. FRIGHTENED OFF.

    He stood in a Blackpool street, a tin box is his hand, inspecting the lodging houses on the opposite side. "Mrs. Gamnill, late Mrs. Figgs, late Mrs. Crocker," he read from the front of ...

    Article : 58 words
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