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    REMINISCENCES. He: 'Ha! Ha! And do you rem ember the time when you fell out of the apple tree and! caught you ?" She: "Yes, indeed! And do you remember the time when I pulled ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. £200,000 FOR A LIGHTHOUSE.

    The American Government, after approving of the plans of Captain Eells, of Boston, have agreed to pay him £200,000 if he construed a lighthouse on the shoals off Capt Hatteras, which have been aptly if sinisterly termed the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY.

    If heaven is the chief registry for nuptials, the kitchen of an English dat is the playground—I beg its pardon—the fortress of virtue. To this conclusion, though ...

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  7. SPRAY.

    A widow whose husband had lost his life in a railway accident received from the company 10,000 francs by way of compensation. Shortly afterwards, records a ...

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  8. FACTS & FANCIES.

    Now, having thus set forth, the conditions of newspaper being, you will not he surprised to find that I cannot honestly say that the daily journal makes always for ...

    Article : 376 words
  9. JOKELETS.

    Next to Nothing.—One degree below zero. What most of us think we need is less to do and better opportunities for doing ...

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  10. ROCKING STONES.

    Hocking stones are and have been standing mysteries for a long time. These huge stones, placed in perfect equipoise upon gigantic monoliths, so that a touch will ...

    Article : 262 words
  11. HOW MODERN LYRICS ARE WRITTEN AND PAID FOR.

    If ever there was a practical refutation of a venerable proverb, one finds it in the case of the lyrics for a new musical comedy. Formerly the writing of the ...

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  12. PICTURE POSTCARDS.

    Picture postcards are said to have originated during the Franco-Prussian. War. In the earlier part of the conflict, during 1870, a camp of about 40,000 men was formed in ...

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  13. HARI-KARI.

    Hari-kari will be the order among the officers to whom, if any, blame attaches for the Japanese disasters at Port Arthur. This form of suicide is common to China ...

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  14. BANNS OF MARRIAGE.

    When were the Bantu of Marriage Instituted? Notices of this kind were given in the primitive church, for Tertuillian, who died A.D. 240, states that warning of ...

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  15. TATTOO MARKS THAT CAUSE WARS.

    One special feature of many of the tribes inhabiting New, Guinea is the unwritten law of copyright in the designs with which they tattoo their bodies. Each tribe has ...

    Article : 251 words
  16. THE FIRST BANKS.

    The first banks of which we have record were established in Italy so fur back as 808 by the Lombard Jews, who had benches, or counters, erected in the ...

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  17. A TREE TO WASH YOUR FACE WITH.

    You couldn't have a handier tree than this. When you are out of soap you have simply to break off a branch and wish your face with it in the same way that you ...

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