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  2. A DEALER IN GENIUS.

    Major Pond, in his entertaining book, "Eccentricities of Genius," recently published by Messrs. Chatto and Windus tells how he became "the greatest manager on ...

    Article : 1,517 words
  3. MRS. JACK JOHNSON'S WEEKLY COLUMN.

    I fancy few women have had greater chances than myself of studying those of my own sex who seek after remunerative employment. The knowledge that one ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  4. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

    "Australia for the Australians" may be a good wholesome war cry. We know at anyrate the danger of permitting a large influx of people, ...

    Article : 1,126 words
  5. CHINESE JUGGLING.

    A writer in the "New York Times" gives some interesting details as to feats of Chinese juggling. In the course of his remarks he says: -- ...

    Article : 739 words
  6. HEARD IN A MENAGERIE.

    The elephant reached round with his trunk and rattled the bars of the tiger's cage. "What do you want?" growled the ...

    Article : 148 words
  7. SOME MARVELLOUS ACCIDENTS.

    One of the most marvellous accidents that ever took place on a football field was that which occured at Gainsborough. A man who was ...

    Article : 537 words
  8. GOOD FOR RECITATION.

    I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is truthful James; I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games. And I'll tell in simple language what ...

    Article : 429 words
  9. HE WASN'T THERE.

    "Oh, what a nice dream I had last night!" said little Alice to her younger brother Augustus, one morning. "Only think I was at a ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. THE CHASE.

    "Goneff! Tief! Goneff! Murder! " The crowd was plunging through Forsyth-stree, but the shouts could be heard over on the Bowery. Little, old women, ...

    Article : 550 words
  11. THE LENGTH OF A DREAM.

    How long does a dream last? To the dreamer they sometimes seem to endure for hours, and the general impression is that they last for ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. "QUAINT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN "

    The following are a few extracts from a volume recently published by Mr. David Macrae, entitled "Quaint Sayings of Children": -- The schoolmistress was reading ...

    Article : 558 words
  13. THE MIGHTIEST RESERVOIR OF POWER.

    So powerful are the sun's rays, when at their height, that on every square yard of the earth's surface there falls the equivalent of three ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  14. A HIGHLAND CHRISTENING.

    In wide and sparsely populated Highland districts, it not unfrequently happens that a parent has to walk a distance of five or six miles with an ...

    Article : 271 words
  15. A STORY OF WILSON BARRETT.

    Here is a good story of Wilson Barrett. Shortly after he had joined the theatrical profession he became a member of a company performing at ...

    Article : 316 words
  16. HE NEVER FAILED.

    A prosperous country merchant who had installed a telephone near the front door of his shop, one morning stepped up to the transmitter to answer a call. ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHY.

    Sir W. H. Preece gives some interesting facts concerning the progress of telegraphy in the 19th century. It was on July 25, 1837, that the first ...

    Article : 224 words
  18. CURIOUS POSTAGE STAMPS.

    Several countries have at different times included an emblematic cross in the design of their postage stamps, and indeed, all stamps issued by the Swiss postal authorities ...

    Article : 326 words
  19. AS OTHERS SEE US.

    In the neighbourhood of Sydney such fruits as the peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, fig, grape, cherry, and orange are as plentiful as blackberries ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. HOPED FOR THE BEST

    John Fox, [?]., in his study of the Southern mountaineer in the Scribner's, relates that a travelling evangelist, Mr. Barnes, once stopped at a mountain ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. FATAL OPPOSITION.

    Social Reformer: I have heard that the opening of your bathing establishment with free baths for one day was a failure. Is it so? ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. VERY HANDY.

    In a small village, some time ago, an old man, taking tea with some friends, saw for the first time a pair of sugar-tongs. Not knowing for ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. THINKING OF BUSINESS.

    Newlywed (to dog-fancier friend): "Say old man, my wife presented me with triplets last week. Come round and have a look at them." ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. SHADOW OF A GREAT NAME.

    Once a sweet little babe Of the masculine sex Was named Francis Xavier, And the poor little dear ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 47 words
  26. WELL GUARDED.

    "Can your wife keep a secret?" " Yes. if she has a dozen or so of her [?]nds to hale [?] ...

    Article : 23 words
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