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  2. HOW TO PROPOSE.

    To fall upon a Turkey rug Before her pretty feet, Protesting that the whole world holds No treasure half so sweet; ...

    Article : 138 words
  3. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.

    A correspondent writing to the "The Times," says:—The melancholy death by his own hand of Sir Edward Symes, late Chief Secretary of Burna, is an instance of ...

    Article : 317 words
  4. NATIONAL PECULIARITIES.

    There is no doubt that, whilst we have much to learn from our French neighbours, they in turn realise that in certain respects we are far ahead of them as a nation. ...

    Article : 406 words
  5. STRANGE CITY MADE SACRED TO SUDDHA.

    Lassa, the solitary; Lassa, the "Throne of God," for 1,200 years has been the most hallowed spot in East Asia. It is the religious metropolis of ...

    Article : 467 words
  6. CAPITALISTS AND THEIR GAINS.

    According to some men, there is no donesty in American professional life American politics, or American financial methods. According to others, there is no ...

    Article : 600 words
  7. YIELDING TO TEMPTATION.

    'ELSIE! Good news—glorious news!" 'What is it, Jim!' 'I am to play goal for the first team ...

    Article : 2,648 words
  8. MYSTERY OF A GOLD WATCH.

    At the Bloomsbury county court, before Judge Bacon, a Mrs. Eldridge brought an action against Mr. Arthur Hall, a watchmaker, carrying on business in Camden ...

    Article : 248 words
  9. THE FATE OF THE EARTH.

    Of all the planets of the solar system, Mars bears the closest resemblance to the world on which we dwell; this is conceded. Further, it is in every way probable that ...

    Article : 564 words
  10. HOW OPIUM KILLS.

    At an inquest held recently on the body of a shipping clerk, in England, it was stated in evidence that deceased was a confirmed opium-eater. The Coroner read ...

    Article : 304 words
  11. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

    Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C., in a recent interview told the story of his first big criminal case. A man named Orrock (he said) was the prisoner, and I assisted Mr. ...

    Article : 160 words
  12. THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.

    It is a common mistake to imagine that Gibraltar is nothing but a great barren rock ; as a matter of fact, this is by no means the case. In the ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. THE FORCES AT WATERLOO.

    It is interesting to compare the numbers engaged in the Battle of Waterloo with those taking part in the contests now being carried on in Sooth Africa. According to ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. Progress of Omdurman.

    One of the most remarkable foots in connection with the development of the Soudan is the extraordinary manner in which Omdurman has adopted European methods. ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. Counterfeit Salmon.

    Things are not always what they seem, "skim-milk masquerades as cream," and similarly, Mississippi cat fish, well disguised in tins, pass very well for Columbia salmon. ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. Seeing Life.

    What the man of the world calls "seeing life" is really the waste and destruction of life—death. Burning up tissue in the fever of unhealthy ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. A Very Pleasing Discovery.

    A poor woman living at Campagne, near Bordeaux, had reached stage of abject misery. In a little novel in which she lived was neither food nor fuel, and the cold was ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. At the Docks.

    A starved and ragged lad wandered for hours about the London Docks in search of work. He had not tasted food since morning. ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. The Carp Fish.

    People marvel at the mechanism of the human body, with its 492 bones and sixty arteries. But man is simple in this respect compared with the carp. That remarkable ...

    Article : 69 words
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