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  2. BEAUTY CONTESTS.

    Competitions known as beauty contests are, in some quarter or other, always with us. London sees many annually; scores are held in England every year, prizes being ...

    Article : 1,061 words
  3. A COMPLETE STORY.

    Mr. Brand was an impatient man. He had even been heard to declare that he owed his success in life to that circumstance. It may have been so; but what is ...

    Article : 2,195 words
  4. THE MEMORY OF ANTS.

    The ant is a constant source of wonder, writes a contributor to the New York Tribune. As in the case of Goldsmith's parson, still the wonder grows that one ...

    Article : 1,789 words
  5. SOME FAMOUS PICTURES.

    It would appear that the art experts of all countries are tolerably well agreed that, excepting the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Michael Angelo, ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  6. INCONCEIVABLE HORRORS.

    The following extracts from the report of Mr. J. H. Harris to the British Consul at Boma as to the treatment of the natives of the Congo State testify to the cruelties ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,280 words
  7. GLEANINGS OF HUMOR.

    Elder Brother—"What you want is brains." Younger Brother—"Yes; you haven't got any to spare, have you?" William—"There's one thing about Miss ...

    Article : 1,251 words
  8. THE ROMANCE OF THE STAGE.

    Even if he rises very high in the calling and can demand a weekly salary of £25, the actor may only reckon his yearly earnings at £750; and even this total may often be ...

    Article : 820 words
  9. LIMITED MARRIAGE.

    The amazing "limited marriage" scheme recently propounded by Mr. George Mere-, dith, has been submitted to the judgment of some of the cleverest women in England ...

    Article : 496 words
  10. THE KING OF BURGLARS.

    "The most expert burglar of jewellers shops that the police know at the present time, either in London or the provinces." The subject of this official testimonial from ...

    Article : 880 words
  11. LIGHTNING VERSIFIERS.

    There has probably rarely been a man in England with a more wonderful gift of witty impromptu verse than the late Canon Ainger, master of the Temple. A London ...

    Article : 462 words
  12. AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.

    Uncle George—"Don't over-eat yourself, Jimmy, my boy. I never did when I was your age." Jimmy (sotto voce)—"When did you begin, then?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  13. PEARLS THE SIZE OF BRICKS.

    A man walked out of Messrs. Foster's sale rooms in Pall Mall, London, on March 7, carrying on his shoulder probably the largest precious stone in the world. He ...

    Article : 350 words
  14. A BOOM IN SATELLITES.

    A seventh satellite of Jupiter is reported to have been discovered by the astronomers at the Lick Observatory (remarks the Westminster Gazette of March 7). It is ...

    Article : 246 words
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