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  2. ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.

    The busiest man in Adelaide during shoW week is Mr. Jack Creswell and his time of greatest energy is now approaching. He thrives on hard work, however. ...

    Article : 1,648 words
  3. A SINGULAR FLUKE.

    "Will you kindly tell me the time?" is a commonplace request, but in a case described by the "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent recently, it turned out to be ...

    Article : 165 words
  4. A DOG AND A PIPE.

    William Townsley, of Cleveland, says an Indianapolis paper, is fond of telling an especially thrilling story. "Some time ago," said Mr. Townsley, "I got on a train at ...

    Article : 529 words
  5. A HUNGARIAN ROMANCE.

    Telegraphing on June 26, the Budapest correspondent of the London "Daily Express" says:—In May of this year an Infantry captain named Julius Koch ...

    Article : 155 words
  6. THE SEVEN SECRETS.

    "Ah! You don't take the matter at all seriously!" I observed, a trifle annoyed. "Why should I?" asked my friend Ambler Jevons, with a deep pull at his ...

    Article : 1,527 words
  7. AMERICA'S ANNUAL CYCLONE.

    The cyclone which cut its way through the City of Baltimore, U.S.A., recently, working great damage to property and killing thirteen persons, has aroused ...

    Article : 309 words
  8. A STUDY OF LORD SALISBURY

    Now that Lord Salisbury has reached the "very sea-mark" of his "utmost sail," it may be worth while to gather together certain impressions of the ex-Premier as ...

    Article : 742 words
  9. ISLANDS ADRIFT AT SEA.

    Captain Warnecke, of the Norwegian steamer Donald, tells a story of remarkable experiences. No one is more observant than he, and he vouches for what is set down in ...

    Article : 454 words
  10. THE RICHEST MAN'S LESSON.

    When the richest man in the world tells of his small beginnings there is a natural curiosity to hear what he has to say. And there is a peculiar fascination in the story ...

    Article : 703 words
  11. PIGTAILED JEWS.

    It is not generally known, says the New York "Tribune," that there is a colony of Jews in China—Jews who wear pigtails, bear Chinese names, and speak the Chinese ...

    Article : 724 words
  12. A COLD BATH IN THE MORNING.

    It is an open question whether at the present time there is not just a tendeny to over-indulgence in cold bathing. A cold bath is, of course, a very excellent thing, ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. NEWGATE RELICS.

    Newgate Prison is practically being dismantled, and in the process (writes the London "Daily News") is disgorging from its dark recesses a gruesome collection of ...

    Article : 424 words
  14. ROSS CULTURE.

    In the town of Hildersheim, in Germany, is a rose bush 1,000 years old, and sprouts from its branches have realised fabulous sums. Some years ago a rich Englishman ...

    Article : 461 words
  15. WAS HE INSANE?

    A correspondent of the "New York Times" describes a curious experience which he met with on a recent visit to a lunatic asylum. Not curiosity alone, but sympathy, ...

    Article : 571 words
  16. CHAPTER III.—THE COURTENAYS.

    I determined to spend that evening at Richmond-road with open eyes. The house was a large, red-brick one, modern, gabled, and typically suburban. Mr. ...

    Article : 1,841 words
  17. A STUDY OF GENIUS.

    The "Study of British Genius" which Mr. Havelock has just brought to a close in the pages of the "Popular Science Monthly" is full of matter of the most suggestive nature. ...

    Article : 394 words
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  19. THE GRANARY OF THE EMPIRE.

    Some interesting particulars are given in the "Leisure Hour" concerning the world's greatest granary. The area of wheatgrowing land in Canada approximates, it seems, ...

    Article : 236 words
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  22. CHAPTER II.—"A VERY UGLY SECRET."

    The consulting-room in Hurley-street where Sir Bernard Eyton saw his patients and gathered in his guineas for his ill-scribbled prescriptions differed little from ...

    Article : 1,106 words
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