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  2. Comic Cuttings.

    He: "Do you think my moustache becoming?" She (meditatively): "Well, it may be coming, but it hasn't come yet." Jaggers: "So he married the widow! I ...

    Article : 649 words
  3. Spray.

    Discussing the speed of birds on the wing, an ornithologist not long back remarked that it was necessary to revise some of the extravagant estimates of the past. ...

    Article : 219 words
  4. Short Story.

    "You must know, my dear girl, that I have only your welfare at heart." Lindsay Bryant, Esq., M.P., delivered himself of this sentiment in a ...

    Article : 3,058 words
  5. Spray.

    The marvels of modern surgery continue to increase. The most recent is a triumph indeed, being nothing less than an artificial artery, the device of a Russian ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. Comic Cuttings.

    A woman can say more to a [?]igh than a man can in a sermon. An appropriate wedding present for a bachelor is a copy of "Paradise Lost." ...

    Article : 733 words
  7. The Sketcher.

    "Look here, my dear," said Mr. Knaggee, tossing out the ribbons and laces in his wife's chiffonier, "what's become of that tin-opener? I don't see it ...

    Article : 791 words
  8. Boldly Original.

    Like other Patent Offices that of the United States frequently affords amusement. As an instance of the que[?]r ideas that inventors sometimes patent, may be ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. Driven Home.

    A certain doctor, when only a beginner in practice, had occassion to attend a trial as a witness. The opposing counsel, in cross-examining the young doctor, made ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. The Usual Charge.

    In the days when our guardians of the law wore tall coats, top hats, and leathers collars, a young Welshman from North Wales joined the police, and a day ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. This Cow is Dangerous.

    A train on one of our Southern railways, whilst proceeding between two country stations, came to a standstill. The guard went up to the driver and ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. Hot Quite His Worst.

    The room was crowded. The leading men and women of all Sa[?]elby were there, yet not a single face bore any trace of suspicion that there was something ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. Cured Him.

    In an engineering shop was an apprentice whose family had come down in the world. The apprentice would impress upon his fellow-apprentices that "my father ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. Railway Consolidation in America

    "Engineering" has an article which gives some interesting details as to the conditions which brought About the system of railway consolidation in the States. It ...

    Article : 489 words
  15. Slight but Effective.

    "Olues are curious things," said an exdetective musingly. "Sometimes the best of them will fall you, while one that seemed so faint as to be worthless will serve your ...

    Article : 203 words
  16. Their Weights Compared.

    Weighings made of brains of negroes have given between forty-four and fortyfive ounces, a weight that corresponds with European women; while in the [?]egress ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. Rebuked by the King.

    If reports, now being circulated, have any foundation in fact, the King does not Intend to permit the various officials of his Court to indulge themselves unduly. ...

    Article : 344 words
  18. Orange Blossom Essential.

    A wedding in Ashant[?] is, among the more educated natives, Quite a momentous event. Long before the auspicious day arrives, the all-important question of dress arises ...

    Article : 123 words
  19. If Doubtful.

    After a prolonged study of the current literature devoted to ladies' fashions, one is always inclined to the idea that men are fortunate in not being catered for in ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. The Admirable Chrichton.

    Few of the many who g[?]bly speak of the Admirable Crichton appear to have any clear knowledge of this individual's identity; in fact, we lately had brought ...

    Article : 474 words
  21. Pity Poor Ireland!

    "There's a difference in time, you know, between this country and Europe," said a gentleman in New York to a newly-arrived Irishman. "For Instance, your ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. That Ended the Lesson.

    It was a [?]ultry afternoon, and the teacher of a geography class in King's Lynn was endeavouring to get a few good answers before closing the lesson. ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. How the World Wags.

    Things move slowly in Alton. A native of that interesting little Hampshire town visited a friend in London the other day. "Well," said the Londoner," and how ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. Smith, the Diplomat.

    A Mr. Smith, of Gateshead, partook of a good dinner in a well-known restaurant in that town, and then moved gingerly towards the door. ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. A Story of Heroism.

    An inquest upon two men who were suffocated on Christmas Day in a gasometer on the premises of the Chloride Electrical Syndicate's works was opened, at ...

    Article : 328 words
  26. A Terrible Reward.

    He leaned heavily on the gate. His features were drawn and distorted with agony, his eyes were wild and glassy, and as each fresh paroxysm of pain sbot through him ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. In a Crowded Thoroughfare.

    One evening in London a most laughable incident was witnessed in a well-known but rather low-class thoroughfare in one of our crowded cities. Two men, undoubtedly ...

    Article : 282 words
  28. How to Bathe Baby.

    A man went into a hardware shop in Hawick and asked the price of a child's bath. "Half-a-guinea," said the shopman silly. ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. For One Day Only.

    This, one of the newest ideas, has been introduced by a French insurance company, and the machines are shortly to be placed at various stations. ...

    Article : 146 words
  30. Merely Momentary.

    "Did you see a man and a woman driving past here in a dog-cart about an hour ago," asked the detective. "Yes," answered Mrs. Blank. ...

    Article : 135 words
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