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  2. THIS BRITISH NAVY.

    Both the Government and private dockyards are at present very busy in building for the navy. Before the end of 1894 the following line-of-battle ...

    Article : 264 words
  3. THE DIRTIEST CITY.

    Amoy, in China, bears the unenviable reputation of being the dirtiest and most unhealthful city on the globe. The reputation is thoroughly deserved. ...

    Article : 383 words
  4. FUN AND FANCY.

    A man who is always on his ‘mettle’ —the engine-driver. A Low Estimate.—‘Well, gentlemen,’ said Tompkins to a couple of ...

    Article : 504 words
  5. SENTINEL STORIES.

    Connected with the military duty known as ‘sentry-go,’ occur from time to time some curious incidents, containing both tragic and comic ...

    Article : 638 words
  6. SELECTED POETRY.

    Over the hill to the poorhouse I'm trudgin’ my weary way. I, a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray. ...

    Article : 952 words
  7. A FATAL PAST.

    ‘Dear Lady Eunismore, for your children’s sake try to rouse yourself, and do not give way to morbid fancies.’ ‘Fancies!’ she echoed with a hollow laugh. ...

    Article : 2,872 words
  8. LADIES' COLUMN.

    ‘MY DEAR MILLIE,— ‘A few years ago we were wont about this season to be busily engaged in the manufacture of “Easter eggs,” ...

    Article : 754 words
  9. THE SILENT CITY.

    Many stories have been written about mirages and delusions, but none more interesting and curious than that of the Silent City illusion, which makes ...

    Article : 230 words
  10. A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET.

    Have you any second-hand shoes enquired a young lady at a shoe store. ‘We don’t sell second-hand shoes, ...

    Article : 237 words
  11. THINGS TO REMEMBER BY.

    If a great fortune were unexpectedly left me (and it could be unexpected), I’ll wager anything that I should never forget the time or place where I first heard of it. Or if I ...

    Article : 799 words
  12. PIG FEEDING EXPERIMENTS.

    Some useful experiments, carried out during two years at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, with the main object of determining the ...

    Article : 329 words
  13. EARLY MARRIAGES.

    Some men sail straight into a sea of trouble with their eyes wide open. They most assuredly do so when they marry while very young without any ...

    Article : 376 words
  14. STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT.

    A man is only as rich as he is contented. People find fault without looking for it. ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. GLUTTONS FOR MEDICINE.

    A good many people regard medicine as a sort of luxury, and swallow itespecially when it is at other people’s expense—with untiring delight. What ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. HIS BRIGHT IDEA.

    The young man had married the rich man’s daughter, and wasn’t killing himself with work to support her. One day the father called him up to call ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. POPULAR SIMILES.

    As wet as a fish-as dry as a bone, As live as a bird—as dead as a stone; As plump as a partridge—as poor as a rat, As strong as a hours—as weak as a cat; ...

    Article : 241 words
  18. A DREADFUL GIRL.

    She is one of those dreadful girls who observe everything new in musical or scientific circles, and she springs surprises upon her friends at inopportune ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. CO-OPERATION EXTRAORDINARY.

    Earl Spencer is a great believer in the principle of co-operetion. On the Althorp estate there is co-operative farming, co-operative dairying, and ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. TOOK THE HINT.

    ‘If you were a Frenchman you would know how to make love,’ she said cruelly to her bashful lover. ‘But you would not understand me ...

    Article : 56 words
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