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  2. [Copyright.] THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    This apparently conclusive statement by Captain Barrass did not seem to convince Fitzgerald in the least that be was pursuing a wrong course. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,245 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    A camel can carry a load of 1,5001b. Canterbury Cathedral it 514ft. long. Fungi in mines yield light. A Greek phalanx consisted of 8,000 ...

    Article : 916 words
  4. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    The following bill and letter were received by a young man from the father of the girl whom he has been courting. The communication explains itself:— ...

    Article : 286 words
  5. THE CULTIVATION OF INSECT POWDER-YIELDING PLANTS.

    Now that the destruction of flees and other domestic vermin lies become a matter of gravest Concern, it is to be hoped that more attention will be ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. MY BABY.

    The little short life is over, The little dear feet are still, That all the day, in their own sweet way, ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. Lord Methuen.

    The war in South Africa has been so fruitful in disagreeable surprises that even the long-Buffering British public has become somewhat restive. Every ...

    Article : 393 words
  8. Some Germanised English Proverbs.

    All's vell dot ends vell, bat some dings iss bedder as vel1. When a voomans schmiles look oudt; but when she cries look more oudt. ...

    Article : 199 words
  9. A Little Misunderstanding.

    Recently a boatman of the Mumbles (Swapsea) had the misfortune to lose his wife, and a philanthropic lady visitor expressed a wish to visit and condole the ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. Died Suddenly.

    The following dialogue occurred be—tween a magistrate and an Irishwoman, a shoplifter:—What's become of your husband, my ...

    Article : 179 words
  11. The Duke of Connaught and the Veteran.

    While the Duke of Connaught was passing through the Ordnance Works at Elswick recently (says the "St James's Gazette"), a little incident occurred ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. Inhabitants of the Stars.

    Towards the close of a most interesting lecture, recently delivered by Sir Robert Ball, F.B.S., and Professor of Astronomy, etc., at Cambridge, and entitled "A ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. Where He Put It.

    Wife (angrily): 'Yes, I gave you a sample button to get me half a dozen just like it. It was the only one I had, and you go and lose it. I don't know ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. Consumption from Caged Canaries.

    "In my opinion the canary or any other bird kept in the kitchen is a positive peril to the household, as by fluttering and whisking the dust from ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. Air and 'Air.

    An extremely bald-headed old gentleman was giving a scientific lecture on "Air" to a number of street arabs at a ragged school. ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. Digestion of Foods.

    Medical science has reached such a state of perfection that we can be told with very considerable accuracy the length of time required in an ordinary ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. Chinese Women's Feet.

    The movement in China against the crippling of women's feet has begun in earnest, for already many thousands of women have unbound their own ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. Signs of Prosperity.

    Where spades grow bright and idle swords grow dull; Where gaols are empty and where barns are full; ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. No Proof of Insanity.

    Mrs. Curious: 'They say Mrs. Dye'e mind wandered while conducting her husband's funeral. Mrs. Dodd: 'What made them think ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. Full of Misnomers.

    Mrs. Brown: Our language is fall of misnomers. For instance, I met a man once who was a perfect bear, and they called him a 'civil engineer.' ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. Luck v. Labour.

    Lack whines.—Labour whistles. Lack relies on chances.—Labour on character. Luck slips downward to indigence.— ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. Why She Dreaded It.

    At last she was going to be married, But she dreaded her marrying day; For sbe wasn't so young, and they told her ...

    Article : 34 words
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