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  2. IF STARS COULD SEE US.

    The moon--that suburb of the earth--we all know and take a bright interest in, so faithful is she in her attendance upon us, so placid in her ...

    Article : 1,127 words
  3. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "A girl was gathering flowers on the brink of a precipice several hundred feet wide." "Yes." ...

    Article : 157 words
  4. LIFE IN A CONDOR'S NEST.

    A very picturesque bird is on the verge of extinction in California. We refer to the condor. This vulture seems to be harmless and useful. ...

    Article : 1,315 words
  5. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Fatigue is attributed now by the learned to poisoning from muscular waste. Fatigue does not come on steadily, however, from the early ...

    Article : 880 words
  6. THE FIRE AT LORD BRASSEY'S SUSSEX SEAT.

    Lord Brassey's beautiful Sussex seat, Normanhurst, a noble mansion near Battle, was the scene recently of fire, involving damage to the ...

    Article : 692 words
  7. A MAN OF RESOURCE.

    At the time of the Russo-Turkish War, the most prominent diplomatist in London was Count Peter Schuvaloff, the Russian Ambassador. ...

    Article : 388 words
  8. IN THE CARD ROOM.

    Some years ago a certain gallant soldier, who was also a fine bridge-player, was in the habit of playing regularly at a London club where the ...

    Article : 491 words
  9. MODESTY FORBADE HIM.

    The door of the reporting-room of the "Mudtown Daily Crier" opened and admitted a diminutive being, clad in tattered knickers and flannel ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. SWEETHEARTS.

    "Henry, you know, if we go to the theatre, mamma has to go too as a chaperon." "That's all right, my dear I ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. THE FUNNY MAN.

    There was no mistaking him. Not a bit of it. From the moment he rushed up the platform, and winked a leering wink at the Quakeress in ...

    Article : 412 words
  12. AMBIGUOUS.

    Anger and disgust written in every line of his face, the Irate advertiser burst into the editorial offices of the "Slopville Report." ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. HOW MUCH DO YOU EAT?

    It has frequently been observed that women gain in weight and "get stout," this condition--the gain in weight--has been looked upon as ...

    Article : 447 words
  14. WISDOM IN WAITING.

    It was a scrubby little room, in a scrubby little hotel, in a scrubby little part of a scrubby little city's scruburbs, and the traveller didn't ...

    Article : 545 words
  15. WORLD'S RICHEST SQUARE MILE.

    Two hundred and fifty million pounds ! That is the estimated capitalised value of properly in the City of London proper to-day, and ...

    Article : 362 words
  16. HAVE YOU CAT SENSE?

    Can a cat see in the dark ? In the dusk it can see better than human beings, but in total darkness neither the cat nor any other animal ...

    Article : 261 words
  17. LEFT IT TO STAND.

    "Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed upon your verdict?" asked the judge presiding over a Texan court. ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. LITTLE ELSIE.

    "Mamma." said little Elsie, "do men ever go to heaven?" "Why, of course, my dear. What makes you ask?" ...

    Article : 61 words
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