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  2. King Edward's Offices.

    King Edward VII. is Colonel or Colonel-in-Chief of no fewer than ten regiments or corps of Regulars, four of Militia, two of Yeomanry, and six of ...

    Article : 138 words
  3. STEALING TRADE SECRETS.

    The secret of making china was stolen by a Frenchman. The Chinese told wonderful stories to keep the process from the knowledge of foreign devils; ...

    Article : 399 words
  4. ERRORS IN LAW.

    "Findings not k[?]ping." It's [?] (says a writer in the "Girl's Own Paper") if you know where to find the owner, or do not take any steps towards discovering the ...

    Article : 522 words
  5. MODELS IN WAX.

    The maker of the wax figure for show windows has a great advantage over his contemporary of the waxworks show. He can work from the living model, while the ...

    Article : 579 words
  6. MRS. JACK JOHNSON'S WEEKLY COLUMN.

    It is a commonly accepted idea that in no field of work are a woman's limitations so quickly reached as in that of art. The fact is that women have acted ...

    Article : 1,790 words
  7. THE KEY TO RUSSIA.

    Vladivostok is situated on one of the arms of Peter the Great Bay, in the south-eastern part of Siberia. The harbour, which extends for two miles, is ...

    Article : 588 words
  8. CURIOUS MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS.

    The strangest mountains in Europe are surely the Dolomites in Southern Tyrol--the eastern extension of the Alpine Chain. Here nature is to be ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. The Largest Egg in the World.

    The largest egg in the world are those of the giant moa of New Zealand. They are a foot long, and the contents of one would fill a large punch bowl. The ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. A Judge Upon the Housing of the Working Classes.

    Mr. Justice Grantham has judicially considered the problem of the housing of the London poor. His remedy is of the rough-and-ready order. He believes ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. Aluminium Books.

    There is a reported discovery of a process by which aluminium can be rolled to the thickness of 1-250in., which is the thickness of fairly thin paper, and ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. HUMOURS OF THE JACKSONVILLE FIRE.

    Human nature is human nature, and even when surrounded by difficulties and distress human nature is often funny. Recent occurrences have been too serious, (says a local ...

    Article : 592 words
  13. Terrible Falls and Miraculous Escapes.

    An extraordinary incident occurred recently at Bologna. A bell-ringer was at his duty in the campanile of one of the churches when he was struck on the ...

    Article : 251 words
  14. IT WAS A BILL FOR GAS, AND STAGGERED THE MAN.

    Once upon a time an eminent citizen entered the office of a gas company and threw down the month's bill he had received that day and shouted:-- ...

    Article : 609 words
  15. A Lesson for Mrs. Jones.

    'Have you ever paused to reflect, Mr. Jones,' said the new minister, 'that in the course of time we must all join the silent majority?' ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. A Visit of Condolence.

    Sympathetic Plain Friend (to inconsolable young widow) : 'The last time I met your dear husband he stopped and spoke to me with such a ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. A SPEAKING CLOCK.

    An ingenious Austrian inventor has patented a speaking clock which he claims will be of the greatest value to persons of forgetful and irregular ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. THE HUMOUR OF PHILLIPS BROOKS

    It does not lessen the dignity of Phillips Brooks's memory to learn from his biographer, Alexander V. G. Allen, of Cambridge, that he had an abounding ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. An Artificial Man.

    A German surgeon has in his service an old military man who has neither arms nor legs, and half his nose was carried away by a shell in the war of ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. IN THE LION'S CAGE.

    Michaelmas Fair at High Wycombe was, a couple of years since, the scene of a daring act on the part of a resident in that Buckinghamshire town, who ...

    Article : 288 words
  21. Smartness in Fire Alarms.

    Whenever a handle in a New York street fire alarm is pulled its box automatically telegraphs, by Morse dots and dashes, the number of that box to ...

    Article : 207 words
  22. Disease Germ Carriers.

    The great secret of success in keeping these insect pests out of the house, is in beginning the battle early in the season. Go over the house in the morning, and ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. ONE MORE FISH STORY.

    In a recent interview a gentleman told this story to the Liar Laureate of Ka[?] "I don't like to compete in fish stories, because I am not a fisherman, ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. Blindness in Fishes.

    Hardly any fact has excited more interest among evolutionists than the blindness of cave animals. It is known that the blind condition is due to a ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. HIS BUSINESS.

    The other day a mysterious-looking stranger appeared in Omerschan[?], a small town in Holland, and remained five days without the inhabitants finding out his name, where he ...

    Article : 254 words
  26. THE CRUEL UNCLE.

    In how many forms it would bd impossible to say, the cruel uncle of fiction has an swe[?]ed the application of his fond [?]phew for a little ready money. But there is no ...

    Article : 222 words
  27. A GLIMPSE OF LORD ROBERTS.

    Mr. Winston Churchill describes a group in the square at Bloemfontein:-- The conversation stops abruptly. Everyone looks round. Strolling across the ...

    Article : 234 words
  28. SOME MEMORIES OF RUSKIN.

    In the "Young Woman" for November, Miss Blanche Atkinson gives some reminiscences of a visit from Ruskin, and tells us how he "talked for an hour ...

    Article : 209 words
  29. Some Interesting Figures.

    The machinery in the mills and factories of Great Britain alone is equal to doing the work of 700,000,000 men-- more than all the adult population of ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. Health-giving Mud.

    Healing mud is found in many localities; the best known of all being in the famous German and Austrian spas. Speaking generally, a mud or ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. The Mighty Ocean.

    The entire surface of the world's oceans, though the water may seem ever so clear, is filled with life. To the depth of three thousand feet there are both ...

    Article : 281 words
  32. AS TO STRIKES.

    "What's the matter with that man?" asked the clock. "He doesn't seem to have anything to do but wind me up." "No" replied the calendar, "he is'nt ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. ONLY IN FUN.

    They were seated in the drawing-room. She was a lovely maiden, he a brave man, a hero in the eyes of the girl beside him. ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. A STRONG MAN'S FEAT.

    At Ilford recently a record was established by a local athlete of fame, named "Bodger" Nightingale, who undertook to walk from the White ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. A Truthful Dream.

    'It's a fine morning, Biddy,' said the squire. 'It is a foine morning, yer hanner and ladyship. And shure I had a foine drame ...

    Article : 141 words
  36. BETWEEN THE TWO.

    Hoax: De Jones claims to be very [?]well, but he's rather ordinary, isn't he? Joax: Yes; he's like the meat in the sandwich. He's just between the upper ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. IGNORANCE IN THE ORANGE FREE STATE.

    That ignorance is the parent of much mischief is once more proved in South Africa. According to the last official census of the Orange Free State, its ...

    Article : 112 words
  38. METEOROLOGICAL.

    Sallie De Witte: That's Mrs. Allie Moneigh. She has been married and divorced five times. Noel Little: How remarkable for one ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. PLENTY OF THANKS.

    Minnie (to E[?]): Doesn't he find that writing for the papers is rather a thankless task? E[?]e: Oh, no, not at all. Almost ...

    Article : 60 words
  40. IMPRESSIONISM.

    D'Auber: This is my portrait of Miss Nurox, jnst finished. What do you think of it. Friend: Ah! Regular summer girl ...

    Article : 47 words
  41. CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.

    Brobson: I hear that yon have broken off with Miss Brooks. Weren't your relations pleasant? Craik: Oh, yes, to be sure; it was ...

    Article : 35 words
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