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  2. Short Story.

    Among crimes committed purely and simply for the sake of money, few show more heartless cruelty, or have been carried out with more diabolical cunning and cold ...

    Article : 3,470 words
  3. Tourist.

    A proposal has been made to erect in Berne some electric lifts to facilitate traffic between the high and low parts of the city, the difference of love being 28in. These lifts ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. Notabilities.

    It was on June 7, 1820, that Mr. Chambert did surprising things in London. He ate phosphorus, drunk solutions of arsenic and oxalic acid, swallowed spoonfuls of ...

    Article : 74 words
  5. OLD AGE AND MATRIMONY.

    When he was considered quite an old man, James Lord Balcarres, went to stay with old Lady Keith. There were a number of young ladies in the house, and before he arrived ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. NEATNESS.

    Important adjuncts to bounty are good teeth, red lips and a dear complexion. Strict cleanliness and frequent visits to dentists will secure the first. Parents ...

    Article : 296 words
  7. FIVE GREAT RULERS.

    Of the 1,600,000,000 of the earth's inhabitants the Emperor of China holds sway over 405,000,000; the Queen of England rules or protects 380,000,000; the Czar of Russia is ...

    Article : 88 words
  8. GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  9. ROME.

    Holy week is shorn of much of its glory since the days when the Pope himself celebrated mass on Easter Sunday at the high altar in St. Peter's and gave his blessing to ...

    Article : 338 words
  10. A HISTORICAL WIDOW.

    Cleopatra was a widow, having poisoned her husband. She was the cause of not a little discord in the families of both Cæsar and Antony. The former took her to Rome ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. Vanity Fair.

    We are constantly told by would-be dress reformers, that women will soon be wearing short skirts in the street without feeling conspicuous. While I sincerely trust I shall ...

    Article : 956 words
  12. ALWAYS READY.

    One of the secrets of Lord Wolseley's success in life is his faculty of being always ready. When a British premier, having tendered him in London the command of the ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. BEHOLD THE BANDEAU.

    The time has come for laying aside the ourling-tongs and bidding a long farewell to the waving-pins. Curl papers may no longer make night hideous, and damp days ...

    Article : 344 words
  14. A DWARF'S MARRIAGE.

    In 1710 Zotof and his royal master arranged a wedding between two dwarfs. This was celebrated at St. Petersburg with great show and parade. Zotof, as a high official, ...

    Article : 462 words
  15. SINGING MOUNTAIN.

    In the Truckee mining districts, down the Truckee river near Pyramid lake, is situated Nevada's musical mountain. This mountain was first discovered by the white settlers ...

    Article : 452 words
  16. Ladies' Column.

    There is a hoarding school in New York where the girls are taught to he elegant as they are taught cube root or rhetoric. One special teacher, who receives £3 an ...

    Article : 138 words
  17. Farm and Garden.

    People often wonder why a hen does not fall oil her perch when the goes to sleep. The fact is she cannot. As long as a hen is standing up or walking about the tendons ...

    Article : 598 words
  18. NOT LONG ENOUGH.

    When Lawrence Barrett's daughter was married Stuart Robson sent a cheque for £1,000 to the bridegroom. Miss Felicia Robson, who attended the wedding, conveyed ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. JEWELLED NETS FOR THE HAIR.

    Old-fashioned hair nets are again with as. Instead of being rained at 10 cents, as in the days of old, they now cost from $2 to $5. The most popular ones are made of ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. THE FIT OF GOWNS IN THE BACK.

    The first thing I say to a woman,' says an authority on physical culture and its attendant ethics, 'when she comes to me for advice and suggestion, is, 'Turn your ...

    Article : 217 words
  21. VELASQUEZ.

    Mr. Whistler is reported to have said, 'There have been two great painters in the world, myself and Velasquez;' then in the next breath, but, after all, why trouble to ...

    Article : 322 words
  22. FACTS ABOUT LONDON.

    Some interesting statistics regarding London have recently been prepared by the County Council, with some conjectures as to the population which the city may have in ...

    Article : 348 words
  23. ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

    Like all familiar customs whose origin is lost in antiquity, the wearing of orange blossoms at a wedding is accounted for in various ways. Among other stories is the ...

    Article : 284 words
  24. FEMININE MEASUREMENTS.

    Ten thousand women having been measured by scientific authority, it is discovered that English women are the tallest, the Americans next, and the French last. ...

    Article : 213 words
  25. A FLUSTERED LITTLE HINDOO.

    The Prince of Wales is a very hearty laugher. On one occasion his royal highness laughed very heartily at a Hindoo schoolboy. The youngster had been drilled ...

    Article : 94 words
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