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  2. [?] STORY OF A CRIME.

    [?] the last house of a gri[?] dull, [?] street, having no thoroughfare, and [?]ding off from [?] road, Lambeth, The tenement was a rambling old-fashioned ...

    Article : 2,748 words
  3. THE CHILD'S GARDEN.

    A little garden of its very own, where it may plant and [?] and [?]ull weeds up and potter about to its heart's content, is a very great boon to a child. For children love to ...

    Article : 517 words
  4. A WATERLOO VETERAN'S REMINISCENCES.

    Living in the busy city of Lynn, spending the last days of a dramatic life, honoured by all who know him, is John Henry Board, one of the few survivors of the battle of ...

    Article : 698 words
  5. HOW I LEARNED [?] RICE THE [?]

    The only help I [?] in learning to [?] the bike was from my [?] The [?] would grab hold of the framework just [?] the rear wheel and maintain my two hundred ...

    Article : 552 words
  6. COURTSHIP CRACKERS.

    Katie and [?] ing[?]ged anny moor. O[?]h, but the heart of me's breakin' far sure! The moon has turned grane and the sun has turned y[?]llow. ...

    Article : 1,193 words
  7. OSTRICH FARMS IN AFRICA.

    The retiring of ostriches for their feathers is an industry of which little is known. South Africa is the place where ostrich-farming flourishes. The country is unlike ...

    Article : 501 words
  8. MY LORD, YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THESE.

    A certain noble lord, who shall be na[?]eless, during his journey North on a political mission, changed his costume for a full highland "rig out" intending it as a delicate ...

    Article : 209 words
  9. JAPANESE APPRECIATION OF ENGLAND.

    The following appears in the "Yorod[?]u Choho," a Japanese journal:—"Thy greatness, O England, is not thy own making. Thou bast no stored for thyself coals in ...

    Article : 329 words
  10. AN ACOUSTIC FREAK.

    One of the division superintendents of an American railroad had heard repeated complaints that at a certain crossing the signals of the locomotive were not given. Engineers ...

    Article : 249 words
  11. PLANTING THE POTATO.

    As it is the fashion just now to celebrate the anniversaries of great events, the cook would remind you that the present year is the 300th anniversary of the planting of the ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. FAMOUS YOUNG MEN.

    Bacon was a Member of Parliament at twenty-three. Longfellow's first poetry was published at thirteen. Shakespeare left school at fourteen; John Bright at fifteen. ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. THE WORLD'S NATIONAL SONGS.

    England—"God Save the Queen," United States—" America," "Hail, Columbia," or "Star-Spangled Banner." Ireland—"God Save Ireland." or "A ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. LOOKING INTO THE SUBJECT.

    M. Le[?]uz, of 15, Rue Racine, Paris, has brought out a "human lorgnette" for the use of medical men, which enables them to inspect the bones of the living subject by ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. THE CLERGYMAN'S DILEMMA.

    A young clergyman, who was a slave to his manuscript, which was, moreover, exceedingly illegible, was preaching on "Running the Christian Race." He got along very ...

    Article : 272 words
  16. POLICE!

    A masked and fancy dress ball was being held. At midnight two policemen called, and said the company must separate. "Not at all," laid the hort, "this is a ...

    Article : 183 words
  17. KAFFIR MOTHERS-IN-LAW.

    After a Kaffir marries he is never allowed to speak familiarly to his wife's mother or to look her in the face. When be wishes to speck to her at all he must get away fifty or ...

    Article : 210 words
  18. AN EPITOME OF MECHANICS.

    According to Professor Barns, the human body is an epitome of all mechanics, all hydraulics, all architecture, and all machinery of every kind. There are more than 310 ...

    Article : 155 words
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