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  2. "MEN ON THE MARKET."

    A type of social highwayman who far outshines the stage villain in the noxious character of his doings is increasing at an alarming rate in London and Paris just ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 968 words
  3. THE SKETCHER.

    Funny pictures and funny stories in rich abundance are to be found in "Wit and Humour of Great Musicians" (Walter Scott, Limited, 3s. 6d.). It is the ...

    Article : 726 words
  4. VARIOUS VERSES.

    When you're feelin' grouchy Let the sunshine in ; When your face gits feelin' hard Crack if with a grin. ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. SPRAY.

    "I'm awfully sorry, papa," said Bobby, "to think how much trouble I give mamma." "She hasn't complained, has she ?" ...

    Article : 1,283 words
  6. PITH AND POINT.

    Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. A truthful enemy is better than a lying friend. Difficulties are meant to rouse, not ...

    Article : 577 words
  7. ONCE UPON A TIME.

    Heard I once, my old nurse telling Stories by the fire at night, All about big bearded giants, Till I shivered with affright. ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. KNOWS ALL ABOUT RACES.

    As a jockey he's a wonder and he never makes a blunder, He's a master in the saddle and he rides a perfect race. ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY.

    Mrs. Lynn felt her responsibility more than usual that morning. For four years she had been piloting her nephew, a young minister, past all kinds of matrimonial ...

    Article : 1,842 words
  10. DON'T GRUDGE PRAISE.

    A friend of mine recently told me of a lesson she had, of haw she was awakened to a knowledge of something she had not known before. She had only one little ...

    Article : 268 words
  11. M.P.'S BLUNDERS.

    Mr. John Burns (says the "Spectator"), in a discussion on the Children's Employment Bill, said, in a weary, protesting tone, "I will now repeat ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. SALVATION ARMY DETECTIVES.

    "Our Intelligence Department will procure information upon all matters referring to the respectability of persons, houses, situations, &c.; will make searches for ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. NEVER SHOW OLD LOVE LETTERS.

    Not one man in a thousand can stand the mention of a wife's old sweethearts with any degree of amiability, to say nothing of equanimity. ...

    Article : 280 words
  14. GIGANTIC LOCKS.

    The machinery of ship-canal locks has long outgrown hand labour, and most recent structures of this sort are actuated by hydraulic power. The Amsterdam ship ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. CIRULATING LIBRARIES.

    The earliest form of circulating library was the lending out of books for hire by stationers of the Middle Ages, but this was of very limited extent. In the reign of ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. HARD KNOCKS.

    The lump raised by a blow on the head is due to the resistance offered by the hard skull, and its close connection with the movable elastic scalp by many ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. SLATE-MARBLE.

    State-marble is a Belgian product, which, when completed, looks just like black marble, and carries a polish quite as durable, so that the surface can be etched, ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. THE EARLIEST MAP.

    The Chaldacans were probably the first to cultivate astronomy, which, with its sister science, astrology to have been evolved independently by Egyptians, ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. WHEN IS A COLOUR NOT A COLOUR ?

    Colour is very commonly looked upon as a definite quality. This, however, is only partly true. The more correct and scientific concept of colour is that it is simply ...

    Article : 200 words
  20. MINIATURE MAXIMS.

    Don't worry. Don't hurry. "Too swift arrives as tardily as too slow." Simplify! Simplify! Simplify! ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. ETIQUETTE AT STATE BALLS.

    A State ball is invariably opened with a quadrille d'honneur, in which the partnerships of the Royalties are strictly regulated by precedence, and they dance at the ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. THE CZAR'S DOMESTICS.

    The Czar has more servants than anyone else in the world, for a veritable army of over 30,000 domestics, cooks, pages, butters, grooms, gardeners, and so ...

    Article : 112 words
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