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  2. Brought to Terms.

    A lack of ordinary courtesy is one of the most troublesome things a traveller can encounter, and it would be well, perhaps, if all travellers were as ...

    Article : 499 words
  3. Short Story.

    A sadden gale has sprung up from the north-east, great black-backed gull and feeble-winged puffin bad been forced alike through the smoking mists inland. ...

    Article : 1,900 words
  4. Honsehold Hints.

    For picture Ranging use copper or brase wire, for both are moth proof and will last for years. When anything has been scorched from ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. Spray.

    I saw them--they were going flown from Saginaw on the boat, and as a swell rocked the ibid steamer the young lady screamed out and clawed around until she seised the ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. An Essay on Files.

    The fly has some advantage over a man. For instace, he has a pair of double compound eyes, and with them he can see in any direction or in all ...

    Article : 452 words
  7. Pith and Point.

    The silkworm is liable to over one hundred diseases. Some men will keep everything but their distance. ...

    Article : 842 words
  8. To Cleanse the Air of a Room.

    Place a jump of camphor in a saucer and apply a very hot poker to it. This will cause strong fumes, which cleanse the air very speedily, and at the same time act as ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. Table Salt.

    Table salt is 'most objectionable unlers it is kept thoroughly dry and finely pulverised. This is difficult unless the salt-jar can be always kepi on the mantelshelf. ...

    Article : 29 words
  10. The Whole Truth.

    Clerk of the Court: " Remember, my good woman, you are on your oath, and must speak the truth, the hole truth, and nothing but the truth." ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. To Restore Furniture.

    The care of furniture is not complete when the upholstery is brushed and cleaned, for the wood of the chair, or couch must receive the respect due it. When the wood looks ...

    Article : 563 words
  12. Complimentary to the Cornet.

    The other day in one of the little villages a little boy, one of the village chair, went upstairs into his bedcom to practise a solo that he was going to sing at the Sunday ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. An Unfortunate Crop.

    "Well, Pat," said a gentleman to an Irishman, " I see you have a small garden." " Yes, air," said Pat. " What are you going to set in it tor next ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. What He [?]reached For.

    A clergyman, whose salary had to been paid for several months, told the[?] that be must have his money, as his family were suffering from the want of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. A Queer Thing About Crocodiles.

    Sea crocodiles, a rare species, have been known to reach a length of 30ft. They are not so man-hungry, however, as the insatiable crocodile of India, ...

    Article : 363 words
  16. The Turned the Other One.

    He kissed the meiden on the check. And she, without compunction, At once proceeded to obey The Biblical injunction. ...

    Article : 24 words
  17. A Small Sentry.

    One day, while a sentry was posted over a magazine, he observed an officer smoking a cigar near his post. As it was his duty to stop him, the sentry requested him to ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. Nickel in Slot Servants Now.

    The existence of the Ancient and Honourable Order of Slaveys and Gentlemen's Gentlemen (says an American paper) is threatened. The safety and value of British ...

    Article : 370 words
  19. Royalty in Captivity.

    The dethroned King of Benin has just been interviewed at Old Calabar, on the African coast, by Captain Jones and Purser Keudrick. of the mail steamer ...

    Article : 381 words
  20. Awkward for Papa.

    The missionary called one evening, and Tommy was allowed to be present as a special favour, on condition that he behaved well. ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. Red Tape at the War Office.

    Mr. Arnold Forster gives some amusing instances in the "National Review" of red tape at the War Office. A militiaman cannot 'be buried at a cost exceeding £2 ...

    Article : 312 words
  22. Up to the Occasion.

    Mr. S--, a theatrical manager, though in other respects a thorough business man, could neither read nor write, but kept a private secretary, who had strict injunctions ...

    Article : 204 words
  23. Wedding Comments.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 249 words
  24. The Woinbat in the Air.

    M. Louis de Rougemont related in his wondrous adventures bow he "knew that wombats haunted the islands in countless thousands because I bad seen them rising in ...

    Article : 238 words
  25. Now the German Empire is Built Up.

    The German Empire has been built up in the Prussian Intelligence Department. When the confederated armies swarmed over the frontier in 1870, Von Moltke had full ...

    Article : 399 words
  26. No Need to be Introduced.

    Scene : Dinner party at house of millionaire. Prosperous Barrister, recounting his career : " When I took my first brief I was ...

    Article : 167 words
  27. True Story of a Village Constable.

    Not long since, in a small town in the West of England, the usual Petty Sessions were in progress, and the court, owing to some unusually interesting case having ...

    Article : 181 words
  28. A Sad Affliction.

    "Yes, it's a sad affliction," said the labourer who was standing up in a crowded carriage of the metropolitan train, as it was rattling along between Portland-road and ...

    Article : 349 words
  29. Tommy Atkins in India.

    While cut in India (writes a solidier). I was stationed with my battery at a place called Mhow. One of our gunners. who had [?]ys bad the reputation of being a ...

    Article : 241 words
  30. An Immune.

    The summer girl, so it is said. Can bill aud coo and spoon With scores of men aud never wed, Because she's an immune. ...

    Article : 26 words
  31. A Nice Way to Stop Swearing.

    A lady, riding on the Underground Railway. was disturbed in her reading by the conversation of two gentlemen occupying the seat just before her. One of them ...

    Article : 163 words
  32. Caught in the Act.

    One afternoon, when a perfect gale of wind was raging, a Cardiff gentleman, in feeble health, was struggling to reach his borne, aided by his wife. ...

    Article : 162 words
  33. Made Him Smile.

    A gentleman travelling from London to his estate in Scotland got out of the train at Peterborough for refreshment. He had ordered a small bottle of ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. Love's Instructions.

    Said Laura in a plaintive tune : " Since you to war must dee Please kill the Spaniards very soon, And come straight home to me !" ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. Advertising

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    Advertising : 11 words
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