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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 9 words
  3. Feats of Pedestrianism.

    On Derby Day last year, a Covent Garden porter, pained James Perry, set out from St. Paul's Church, Covent Gardea, and walked to Epsom Racecourse in the ...

    Article : 352 words
  4. Overworked M. [?]onaires.

    There are men in this world not a few who are too rich and successful to [?] a holiday. They "cannot get away." When you have stocks and bends and ...

    Article : 517 words
  5. THE SKETCHER

    The ravages of slugs and wireworms in our own back-gardens convince most of us that these insects at least may well be included among the criminal ...

    Article : 752 words
  6. SPRAY.

    A prominent member of the Bay is noted for his quick will, which has helped to make his name and fortune, and which never deserts him. ...

    Article : 1,297 words
  7. PITH AND POINT

    In France postage stamps are sold at all tobacco shops. Every German regiment has a chirruped-1st in its ranks. ...

    Article : 719 words
  8. SHORT STORY

    I'm not a fellow to mind a joke against myself when the only penalty I have to pay is to be laughed at; but some of my friend Jobson's jokes get beyond me. The ...

    Article : 2,018 words
  9. Assassination of Eminent Persons.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 291 words
  10. Told by Typewriting.

    Mechanical as it seems, typewriting nevertheless shows character to a remarkable degree. I The fact was exemplified in a recent law ...

    Article : 198 words
  11. A Coming Mechanical Revolution.

    There are now fifty firms manufacturing large gas engines of 200 horse-power and upwards, says "Engineering." Almost all of these firms have entered this ...

    Article : 210 words
  12. The End of the World.

    One of the most sensational of recent magazine articles is "The End of the Work," by Professor Newcomb, of John Hopkins University. Professor Newcomb is ...

    Article : 341 words
  13. The Summer Birds.

    The bluebird he is sneezing Upon the apple tree; The bobolink is freezing Somewhere out on the lea ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. School Children's Eyes.

    It has been clearly proved that scarcely one eye in fifty is exactly perfect in its development. These various defects of vision are not so noticeable in the child ...

    Article : 203 words
  15. A Woman's Bravery.

    Captain Wells, who has just retired from the command of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, gives in "V.C." an account of what he considers "the bravest deed ...

    Article : 190 words
  16. Out of the Mouths of Babes.

    A little boy was one day so naughty his nurse could not manage him, and, thinking to coax him into being good, she said, Geeorgie, if you are not a good ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. Vegetable Acids

    The antiscorbutic properties of certain vegetables and fruits are in some cases of fully equal value to their nutritive qualities, and the amount of potash salts ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. High Heels in Fashion.

    The craze for hygiene and athletics has done much towards the suppression of the high heel, which, according to many doctors, not only deforms the wearer's ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. At a Policeman's College.

    Russia being a country in which the police are both a powerful and a numerous body, it is hardly surprising to learn that great pains are spent in training them for ...

    Article : 161 words
  20. Told of Consin Fritz.

    A Norwegian visitor, who has spent many years in Germany as head of a large factory, offered some comments on that country calculated to reassure those ...

    Article : 237 words
  21. Evils of Over-eating.

    Sir William Brown, the eminent physician, put it epigrammatically when he said there were two sorts of gout—freehold and copy-hold: the one hereditary; the other where ...

    Article : 317 words
  22. Submarine Flight.

    When the penguin is fed at the Zoological Gardens, in London, the fish are thrown into the water, and the bird, which cannot fly or swim on the surface, at once ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. A Coffin Found in a Fossli Bed.

    An extraordinary discovery, unexplainable on any ordinary basis, was made at a depth of 40ft. from the surface of a sand mind or quarry in Alum Rock road ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. Tobacco Smoking In the Antarctic Region.

    Each man on board the Discovery that was despatched to the Antarctic Regions wan entitled to a pound of tobacco every man, and the heavy smokers had no ...

    Article : 146 words
  25. Would Kill a Dog.

    When summoned before the bench for leaving his employment contrary to agreement, Maurice Kelly, an Irish labourer, alleged that the food given by ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. Washing the Air.

    The passage of raindrops through the air not only purifies the air but imparts a freshening effect to it. Every one is familiar with the "clean" smell of the ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. Not an Isolated Case.

    The other afternoon a well-known gentleman of a generous nature was passing along a city street, and chanced to observe, standing by a confectioner's ...

    Article : 155 words
  28. Work and Longevity.

    With regard to the occupations which insure longevity it is the universal testimony of Protestant and Catholic countries alike thai clergymen reach the highest ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. Breaking the News.

    This is a true account of one person's idea of "breaking the nows gently." The cook, whose home was oft in the country, appeared before the "powers above" ...

    Article : 136 words
  30. In Sunny Spain.

    The narrowness of the streets of Spanish towns is proverbial. This is due partly to the necessity of getting as much shade as possible and partly to that of ...

    Article : 102 words
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