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  2. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    You'd have understood this story bettor if you'd ever met Stackpoole. He was vice-cock at West Bank Preparatory School, and I was his chum. ...

    Article : 3,789 words
  3. JOKELETS.

    He: "My darling, when will you be mine?" She: "Never. But I'll marry you." Motto of the collector : Never put off ...

    Article : 797 words
  4. THE ARMCHAIR.

    King Edward may, with good reason, he described as one of the most practical business men of the day. He sets an example of efficiency to every member of the ...

    Article : 897 words
  5. VARIOUS VERSES.

    Long ago, my dear, when Science Loaned from Fancy what she lacked, Placing rather more reliance On Hypothesis than Fact, ...

    Article : 226 words
  6. SPRAY.

    A north country parson thought it absurd tint a working-class woman should wish to christen her child "Laura Wini-fred Gwendolyn Genevieve." ...

    Article : 1,282 words
  7. SUSPENSE.

    So little a light, Can it live? Just a flicker in the night! Angels, give, ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. A GOLDEN LOCK.

    A tiny lock of burnished gold The portal of my heart doth hold. 'Gainst any maid of features fair Who'd try to gain an entrance there— ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. A MAIDEN'S "NO."

    She thought to mask her heart from me With jest and Laughter gay; I knew she loved me by her glance (She looked the other way). ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. BONAPARTE'S RELIGION.

    Whether Napoleon ever uttered the following monologue is (says "T. P." in his Weekly) doubtful. The evidence on the point will be found in a charming volume ...

    Article : 424 words
  11. A ROMANCE OF SCIENCE.

    A romance of science has been the recent discovery of a fossil egg in the Gila River, in the Arizona. A writer in the "American Journal of Science" says that ...

    Article : 260 words
  12. A BRITISH SOLDIER IN INDIA.

    A soldier, who has spend several years on foreign, colonial, and Indian service, narrates the following:—"When I was in India, in the year 1876, ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. THE MATINEE HAT.

    A Parisian paper has been trying to solve the eternal problem of the matince hat by offering a prize for the best design for head-gear suitable for wear on those ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. MOLASSES IN BULK CARGOES.

    Steamers carrying oil in bulk have become quite commonplace, but it is a new departure to find molasses being similarly transported across the Atlantic. It is, ...

    Article : 280 words
  15. A PROCESSION OF GEESE.

    A correspondent writes:—One of the most curious processions to be seen anywhere witnessed daily in the town of Farnworth, near Bolton. Nineteen geese, ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. DUE TO OVERWORK.

    Of a great novelist, now dead, it is recorded that, after performing a colossal amount of work, he lost the power to enjoy leisure and became restless and ...

    Article : 199 words
  17. THE BLINDNESS OF FISH.

    Hardly any fact has excited more interest among evolutionists than the blindness of cave animals. It is known that the blind condition is due to a degeneration of ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. THE AMERICAN WOMAN.

    The American woman seems to be going ahead at a pace which is causing surprise even in her own country. The census returns show that 5,000,000 and mere women ...

    Article : 202 words
  19. A FEW HOWLERS.

    "King James I. was very unclean in his habits: he never washed his hands, and married Anne of Denmark." "Henry VIII. was a very good king. ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. IS THIS THE LOST SECRET:

    M. Berthelot, secretary of the Louvre Museum believes that he has discovered the secret of the agent used in embalming in ancient Egypt. He has come to the ...

    Article : 51 words
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