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  2. ORIGINAL POETRY.

    Some days ago my star loomed fall and bright, A brilliant future rose before my light. Intoxicated with the glorious ray ...

    Article : 216 words
  3. FACTS AND FIGURES.

    The young Countess of Cromartie is declared to have refused more offers of marriage than any lady In the kingdom. She has an income from land of £10,000 a year. ...

    Article : 320 words
  4. HOW HE PLATED MAGIC.

    Pins, [?], collar-studs, and the like are not, prima facie, digestible articles of food. However, there are some persons so queerly constructed that a meal of this description ...

    Article : 164 words
  5. BALLARATIANS ABROAD.

    The entrance to the famed Bay of Naples was reached at 5 p-m. on 5th April, 1898, Entering from the south, tho traveller passes on the right a magnificent headland, ...

    Article : 1,339 words
  6. CHILDREN OF THE SEA.

    From a contemporary we gather that Captain Karran, commander and owner of the fall rigged clipper The Manx King, at present at Portland, Oregon, U.S., hag had the ...

    Article : 349 words
  7. MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE.

    Io this matter Glasgow is far in advance of all other cities. Its corporation long ago acquired the gas and water undertakings; in 1891 they took ever the tramways. They ...

    Article : 312 words
  8. THE TENOR'S LITTLE JOKE.

    A popular tenor, whose dislike to encores is well known, had been singing ‘Come into the garden, Maud, when there arose a vehement, outcry for an eocore. Ladies and ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. SAXONY LAWS FOR SERVANT GIRLS.

    Saxony has” some, very curious laws concerning servant girls. For instance, the mistress is required to allow the servant one pound of butter and one pound of coff[?]e per ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. A CLEVER WOMAN.

    Mrs Marilla M. Hiker, the woman who asked to be appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States of Colombia (the first application for ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. SELECTED POETRY.

    Lord of all power and might, Behold from Heaven’s height Oar noble Queen. Stablish her Empire-zone; ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. EXTRAORDINARY BALLOON ACCIDENT.

    A detachment of officers and men engaged in balloon practice on Tempelhof Common, near the Berlin bonudary, met with a remarkable disaster. They had completed the ...

    Article : 177 words
  13. THE KING OF SPAIN.

    The delicate 12 year-old King of Spain is burdened with the following name ‘for short’:—Leon Ferdinaud Marie Jacques Isador[?] Pascal Antoine. His formal title ...

    Article : 133 words
  14. NO BUILDING BIG ENOUGH.

    Probably the two women whose names we are about to mention (by their good will and consent) never heard or even saw each other. A broad bit of sea water rolls between the ...

    Article : 761 words
  15. AN OLD SIGNBOARD.

    The following is said to be an exact copy of an old signboard still extant at Falmouth: -'Roger Giles, surgin, parish dark and skulemsister, groser and hundertaker, ...

    Article : 323 words
  16. A WHITE CITY

    There could not possibly boa whiter city than Cadiz, unless it were built of snow. As you near the coast you see in front of yon a white mass which appears to be ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. WhOSO FINDETH A WIFE.

    Ella's cold, formal adieu stunned me, I stood open-mouthed, petrified. We had parted on the best of terms, she kissing me affectionately, and with wifely solicitude ...

    Article : 2,578 words
  18. WHAT A BABY CAN DO.

    It can wear oat a pair of kid shoes in 24 hours. It can keep its father busy advertising in the newspapers for a nurse. It can occopy both sides of the largest ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. INTERESTING STATISTICS.

    An idea of the fearful slaughter of birds that is steadily going on to meet the demands of fashion in feminine adornment may be had from the fact that some months ago nearly ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. WATER AS A DISINFECTANT.

    Few people know that pore fresh water is a valuable disinfectant, inasmuch as it is a powerful absorbent. Every sick room should have a large vessel of clear water placed ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. LITERARY NOTES.

    In Ameriaa, where Emile Zola has never had a large following, the sales of ‘Paris have been enormous. This is attributed to the advertising given to the author by his ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. AN ANCIENT AND PICTURESQUE SPOT.

    Of the innumerable visitors to Paris there are but few, comparatively, who miss seeing the hamlet of Marie Antoinette, in the grounds of Petit Trianon. The magnificent ...

    Article : 239 words
  23. A CENTENARIAN.

    There is at present in Anzin, France, a centenarian, who enjoys such excellent health that he does not despair of reaohing the age of 127 years. M. Jean Baptiste ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. DANCED WITH NAPOLEON I.

    A notable centenarian in the person of Mme. le Thomelier has just passed away in France. She was an interesting link with the past, and remembered distinctly as a ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. MR JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY.

    Men who become suddenly rich should be judged leniently. They have many temptations from which the rest of us are, happily, delivered. Mr John Johnson, a man of this ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. A POSTAL CURIOSITY.

    A letter that has been travelling for more than 50 years is a unique specimen of epistolary art. Such a letter is still on its journey. The members of the class which ...

    Article : 158 words
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