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  2. "SELF-PRESERVATION."

    SIR JAMES SAWYER, senior physician to the Queen's Hospital, delivered at address at Birmingham on "Self-preservation." Sir James based his address upon ...

    Article : 867 words
  3. A WASTED LIFE.

    THERE was a great to-do in the little village of Grattan-cum-Slocum, and the reason was easily discovered. Lady Flora Leaflet, daughter of the ...

    Article : 1,947 words
  4. THE COST OF A SOLDIER'S UNIFORM.

    WHO is there does not admire the appearance of a smart and wellmessed soldier? But very few, outside military circles, ...

    Article : 1,502 words
  5. ROYALTIES WHO HAVE RACED.

    WHATEVER may be the objection to horse-racing on moral grounds—and to must he confessed that, [?] these latter days, at least they are all too many and ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  6. A SPORTING PARSON.

    DEAN HOLE, one of the lost of the old school of parson?, hat just publishe volume of "Memories," in which there are soma good cricket stories that may prov, ...

    Article : 953 words
  7. COSTUMES IN FICTION.

    WITH a few firm, light touches the masters of fiction know how to put before us a picture, fixing it far all time as indelibly with their pens us Sir Joshua did ...

    Article : 766 words
  8. WHAT CAUSES UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.

    ONE hears a great deal about unhappy marriages in these days, and it is worth while to try and find out some of the causes that produce them. ...

    Article : 945 words
  9. AN ELECTRICAL LOCK.

    AN ingenious lock has been invented by which doors, etc., may be locked and unlocked from a distance electrically. It is specially applicable for doors in private and ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. OLD ENGLISH MILITARY PUNISHMENTS.

    OUR old English military punishments were not destitute of ingeniously-devised discomfort. For instance, there was the wooden horse ...

    Article : 495 words
  11. A MODERN ROMANCE

    THE sun had sunk to rest on his couch of western hills curtained with draperies of purple clouds. One by one the gentle stars twinkled into life and the silver rim of the ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. IN FULL SYMPATHY.

    Iceman (gruffly): "Wot are yer sitting on that ice for! Get off!" Boy (with emotion): "Wuz ye even a boy?" Iceman: "Of course I wuz!" Boy: "An' did you ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. MAN AS HOUSEWIFE.

    A WRITER in one of the ladies' journals treats her leaders to a little bit of persiflage at the expense of man. She pretends that man is yearning to be instructed in domestic ...

    Article : 391 words
  14. ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.

    HEAD OF THE HOUSE: "What is that terrible noise upstairs?" Daughter:" Jeaunnette is running the new sewing machine" ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. OPPORTUNITY WANTING.

    MRS. CAWER: "Haven't you got a headacho to-night, Ben?" Mr. Cawker: "No, my dear." Mrs. Cawlter: "Oh, I am so sorry that ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. HE COULD EASILY SPARE IT.

    Uncle John (packing up his luggage): "Hullo, I've lost one of the straps of my Gladstone bag. Johnny: "Oh, I know where there's one. ...

    Article : 116 words
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