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  2. FACINATION OF BRIDGE.

    As most people are aware, the great card game which has taken Society by storm is "Bridge." Why this game should have attained the ...

    Article : 773 words
  3. A QUARREL IN A RESTAURANT.

    The row did not attract general attention in the restaurant, until a big man with a red lace threw off his coat, slammed his hat on the table, ...

    Article : 270 words
  4. THE ROMANCE OF A DOORMAT.

    I am a door-mat. Be generally comes home from the club at about two in the morning. It is a g[?]at relief to feel that He is at home as I can then ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  5. GREAT MODERN INVENTIONS.

    An American scientific writer says: From the earliest ties until the second quarter of the present century there was no change in the methods of artificial locomotion. The ...

    Article : 1,876 words
  6. ABOUT NOTABLE PEOPLE.

    Even the President of the French Republic is not exempt from the formalities governing the actions of his poorest subjects. He recently went to Rambouillet for the ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  7. A PLAYFUL GRIZZLY BEAR.

    An old indian was terribly frightened by a monster grizzly bear, and her half-grown cub one autumn, while out gathering berries; but, badly as he ...

    Article : 308 words
  8. SUDDEN DEATH IN INFANTS.

    It is a well-known fact that many cases of sudden death occur annually in infants, even among those who are to all appearances in perfect health. ...

    Article : 194 words
  9. IN A JAPENESE RAILWAY CAR.

    A writer in the "Pall Mall Magazine," in describing scenes in Japanese railways, says when a native lady enters a carriage she slips her feet ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. GRASSHOPPERS AS FOOD.

    Grasshopper catching is a profitable business in the Philippines. They sell at eight shillings per bushel, in the larger cities of the islands, where ...

    Article : 282 words
  11. HICCOUCH FOR FIVE YEARS.

    Hiccough even when lasting but a short time is distressing enough. But Dr. E. H. Thomas, of Dehra Dun India, had a patient who, after a day ...

    Article : 179 words
  12. A BLIND JOCKEY.

    That interesting writer, "Kettledrum." in the "Spotting Chronicle," tells a marvellous story of s blind sportsman of the eighteenth century. His name was John Metcalf, ...

    Article : 605 words
  13. LIVING WITHOUT A HEAD.

    The following particulars of an extraordinary instance of the length of time a bird may live after its head has been severed from its body comes ...

    Article : 369 words
  14. A FROZEN MEAT PROBLEM.

    It has been supposed that "sweating" of frozen meat during defrostation has been due to an exudation of moisture. It gives the meat an ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. ABOUT LORD WOLSELEY.

    Lord Wolseley is remarkable for always being ready for any domestic emergency. There is no ailment however trifling or unexpected—for which ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. MR. JEROME'S FACTORY OF HUMOUR

    Mr. J. K. Jerome's method of work is not uninteresting. He writes shorthand, a relic of reporting days and an earlier experience of a city clerkship. He usually dictates his ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. PETER MACKENZIE AS A LION.

    When the Rev. Peter Mackenzie lectured at Spitalfields, London, ia 1863, on "Samson," the chapel was crowded, and many gentlemen sat on the platform. Speaking of ...

    Article : 260 words
  18. JAPENESE FOWLS.

    Here is an illustration of the fact that acquired characters can be handed down; or in other words that the living being, subject to the influence ...

    Article : 135 words
  19. TOLD BY A BISHOP.

    The Bishop of Norwich recently told a story against himself. Walking one day in the suburbs of the city, his thoughts were interrupted by a pleading child-voice, which ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. EARLY ASPIRATIONS.

    School Boy: "Mother. I think o[?]'ll be a priest whi[?] of grow big." Fond Mother: "Aid why's that me dar lint?" ...

    Article : 52 words
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