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  2. OBSTINACY.

    An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed of an error, it is like a devil, only cast out with great ...

    Article : 734 words
  3. "NIGHT TERRORS."

    Writing of "night terrors," as common among children, Dr. Adolph Stern says that these have a deeper cause than those given in the text-books, ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. A HOSPITAL FAIRY STORY.

    The fame of the "First Eastern General Hospital" at Cambridge has already spread far, and we welcome an account of the origin, methods and ...

    Article : 1,906 words
  5. SHAKESPEARE ON THE GERMANS.

    The Germans, grudging England anything undeniably good, insist that Shakespeare is "essentially Teutonic," and that all that is best in him is alien ...

    Article : 1,019 words
  6. WAR AND FORESTRY.

    There is one effect of the war which has escaped general observation—the destruction ot forests. It will be observed that the moat sanguinary and ...

    Article : 261 words
  7. DISTORTION OF THE FEET.

    Distortion of the feet is sometimes congenital, but more frequently the result of bad nursing or of weakness, exposure to the damp and cold, or ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. THE LATEST "KITCHENER."

    From an Indian correspondent of a contemporary comes the following story of Lord Kitchener and a determined little lady of three or four summers. It ...

    Article : 216 words
  9. TREMBLING.

    A great many people are troubled by trembling, shaky, unsteady movements of the hands. For such people it is a very difficult matter to thread a needle ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. HOW STATE SECRETS LEAK OUT.

    How do secrets of State leak out? Not once only, but frequently, of recent years, has public attention been drawn to this question, on account of ...

    Article : 1,496 words
  11. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS.

    Applications for grant of letters patent lodged in the following names have been accepted by the Commissioners. Messrs G. G. Turri and Co., ...

    Article : 423 words
  12. A STRANGE DELUSION.

    The uneducated peasants in the Cherson province of Russia have an extraordinary belief that the Tsar has only one car. They are confirmed in ...

    Article : 210 words
  13. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    There is no capital punishment in Italy. London is the healthiest capital in Europe. ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  14. A MILLIONAIRE'S MEAL.

    An old man, whose millions were all the time rolling up other millions for him not long since happened to notice the dinner packet of a boy who had ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. FRUGAL.

    The Impresario: "Certainly madam I can supply you with a second prima donna to sing your children to sleep. But you sing so perfectly yourself." ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. NOM DE GUERRE.

    Sympathetic Stranger (after neighboring lady's repeated calls of John! John! John!"): "John doesn't seem to be a very obedient little dog." ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. TIME TO BEGIN

    Jones "Here we are with no army, no adequate navy, no guns, no nothing—in an absolute state of unpreparedness! I believe we order have ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. A DILEMMA.

    Wife: "henry, you really [?] the landlord come [?] the damage the [?] ...

    Article : 4 words
  19. BRITISH GAIETY.

    "During the raid, Southend," said one eye-witness, "looked more or less as it does in holiday times. The people were out, many of them in their night ...

    Article : 23 words
  20. SAVAGE HUNGER.

    Mary and Tommy had been to hear a missionary talk at a Sunday school. "Did he tell you about the poor heathen?" father inquired at the dinner ...

    Article : 46 words
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