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  2. MULTUM IN PARVO.

    A ‘ Krupp’ gun weighs 130 tons. The highest masts of sailing vessels are from 160 feet to 180 feet high, and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 square feet of ...

    Article : 477 words
  3. CARLYLE AND THE QUEEN.

    The Athen[?]eum prints a hitherto unpublished letter from Carlyle to his sister Jean, giving an Recount of his interview with the Queen in March, 1860 It was Dean Stanley ...

    Article : 388 words
  4. SELECTED POETRY.

    Thera are wonderful things we are going to do Some other day; And harbors we hope to drift into ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. ANOTHER USE FOR ANTI-TOXIN.

    Tetanus, or look-jaw, seems likely to be conquered by the new anti toxin treatment. It is claimed that lock-jaw in the result of germs being introduced into a wound or ...

    Article : 337 words
  6. FROM FAR AND NEAR.

    Mr John Burns, M.P., speaking at the Washington Music Hall, Battersea, said that greater toleration, tact, and judgment between the various sections of the Labor ...

    Article : 754 words
  7. SOME NOTES ON KOREA.

    Since the commencement of the war in Korea, the people and their institutions and habits have been more extensively enquired into than ever before. Missionaries have ...

    Article : 1,543 words
  8. REQUITAL.

    The Past is dead, The Past with all its halting hopes and fears Is buried from our sight; ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. DRAKE'S ATTACK ON CADIZ.

    On the 18th April (writes Fronde) he had the white houses of Cadiz right in front of him, and could see for himself the forests of masts from the ships and transports with ...

    Article : 402 words
  10. GOOD MANNERS.

    To form good manners it is of great importance to mingle in good society. One need not necessarily select all one’s associates from the more elevated walks of life, for this ...

    Article : 356 words
  11. ALL ALONG THE RIVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  12. AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT.

    Upon his accession to the throne the Emperor of Russia was appointed Colonelin-chief of the Royal Soots Greys. Whilst dressing for dinner an enthusiastic subaltern ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. CHAPTER II (CONTINUED).

    ‘I never knew him to do each a thing before,’ said Tabitha, in continuation of a theme which had been fully discussed last night. ...

    Article : 2,019 words
  14. OFTEN TIRED BUT NEVER WEARY.

    Let’s discuss this point for two minutes. Here’s a man who says that at a certain period he began to feel “ tired and weary." That's precisely the way he puts it in his ...

    Article : 707 words
  15. AN ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR.

    Acertain Cambridge professor, whom we will call Mr Blank, although a very dignified and courtly gentleman, has fits of absent-mindedness amounting almost to mental aberration. ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. PLEASANT SURPRISE.

    An amusing instance of the simplicity of a little negro boy is told by a lady in whose family the lad lived for several years. When he was about 7 years old, he was set to learn ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. GEORGE GIFFEN ON THE TOUR OF STODDART'S ELEVEN.

    With reference the cablegram published in Thursday’s Register to the effect that the Pall Mall Gazelle bad published a signed article by George Giffen on the tour of ...

    Article : 370 words
  18. SIR WALTER SCOTT.

    Dean Boyle, in his Reminiscences,’ pictures Sir Walter Scott as an old man, seated in an armchair in his father’s study, with a stick between his legs, recalling the ...

    Article : 454 words
  19. CHAPTER III.

    Isola fancied that her adventure was all over and done with after that ceremonious call of enquiry; but in so narrow a world as that of Trelasco it was scarcely possible to ...

    Article : 1,422 words
  20. LORD ROBERTS' PET AVERSION.

    Strange to relate, the only living thing able to inspire that illustrious soldier, Lord Roberts, with terror is the domestic cat. The great general is, in fact, unable to be in ...

    Article : 504 words
  21. THE ROMANCE OF AN UN-INHABITED ISLAND.

    In 1884 a mutiny occurred on board the Liverpool brig Meteor, off the west coast of South America. The captain and first mate were murdered, and the second mate was ...

    Article : 196 words
  22. A BICYCLE STORY.

    But by far the best bicycle story (writes a London correspondent) comes fresh from Mentone, and is a true one. A girl staying there walked out to see the sunset from a ...

    Article : 287 words
  23. RETIRING FROM THE HOUSE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 words
  24. "IMITATION is the SINCEREST FLATTERY."

    BECAUSE they have the best reputation and are most in demand by the public, consequently, every dishonest trader tries to trade on their fame and renown. ...

    Article : 170 words
  25. GRAINS OF GOLD.

    An ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid. Do not anticipate trouble and worry about what may never happen. Keep in the ...

    Article : 161 words
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