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  2. BREAKERS AHEAD.

    That cry has brought terror to many a stout heart. A shipwreck is a frightful experienceto hear the wind whistle, the timber creak and crash, the cordage strain, the sailors swear ...

    Article : 661 words
  3. LITTLE THINGS.

    It's always the small matters that cause the trouble. Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the kerosene lamp and burned down Chicago; a little stream of water half an inch wide ...

    Article : 507 words
  4. THE GREATEST PERIL.

    Most accidents are due to carelessness; it people would always glance up and down a street before attempting to cross they would never be run over. If mankind did not ...

    Article : 490 words
  5. MR. GLADSTONE AS A DARING DINER OUT.

    The London Court Journal says:—Mr. Gladstone dines out with a regularity and daring that could not be excelled by a man of half his years. One who meets him often ...

    Article : 460 words
  6. WOMAN.

    Eight hours' work, eight hours1 sleep, eight hours' play, that is the cry of the mechanic of to-day. We, however, have do sympthy with such cries'; we do not believe in men who want ...

    Article : 667 words
  7. WATCH YOUR NOSE!

    Already the claim is made that one's disposition is outlined by his nose. According to the Buffalo Commercial large nostrils show courage. People of fearless dispositions breathe fully ...

    Article : 450 words
  8. THE SUCCESS OF LABOR.

    At the present time great changes are coming about in the social status of mankind. A man is not now-a-days considered a god because his father was a clever usurer or ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. VIGILANCE REQUIRED.

    It is necessary in these days to be always on your guard against) shoddy. No genuine article comae upon the market now but what [?] of unscrupulous traders immediately ...

    Article : 548 words
  10. LOOK AHEAD!

    An old and well-known engineer who has never had an accident or met with any disaster was asked how it was that he was so fortunate in always avoiding catastrophe. He replied— ...

    Article : 501 words
  11. SAVED FROM MISERY.

    Mrs. Fanny Dent, wife of a gentleman employed in the Lambton collieries, kindly allows us to publish the following facts of her interesting case and wonderful recovery, which ...

    Article : 697 words
  12. ORTHODOX OR HETERODOX.

    A famous bishop on being asked what was the difference between orthodoxy and heterodoxy replied—"Orthodoxy, my lord, is my dozy, heterodoxy is another man's doxy." So ...

    Article : 408 words
  13. THE TRUE PROTECTION.

    Nowadays the fiscal policy is always a prominent plank in the platform of every politician, yet is it a wise policy on the part of the consumers to place a tax an the ...

    Article : 425 words
  14. LADIES' FEET.

    They are an illustration of the tendency of the times towards narrow waists and weak odies Anybody who visits the art museums is ...

    Article : 489 words
  15. BEGIN IN TIME.

    "Tis never too late to mend" is an old saying, very applicable in cases of reformation or leaving off bad habits, bat in cases of sickness or disease no delay must occur, or it will ...

    Article : 496 words
  16. A WEAK FOUNDATION.

    The " house is falling," fly for your lives; will be a complete wreck. Nought remains but a pitiable ruin. Who is to blame? Where is the builder? Lets us think: Here ...

    Article : 578 words
  17. THE GOOD TIME COMING.

    While the unmarried women of the year 2000, whether young or old, will enjoy the dignity and independence of the bachelor of to-day (says Mr. Edward Bellamy in tile ...

    Article : 419 words
  18. THE MECHANISM OF MAN.

    A man has with him a working pump called his heart, a working bellows called his lungs, a working vat called his stomach, a working condenser felted his brain, and a working ...

    Article : 435 words
  19. GREAT TRUTHS.

    Great truths are very simple truths when finally they are comprehended; but it takes a long while to prepare any mind to comprehend a great truth. For years one may ...

    Article : 462 words
  20. DOES TERROR KILL?

    Anguish of mind has driven many to suicide, anguish of body never. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health ...

    Article : 674 words
  21. A GREAT TRIUMPH.

    The following case baa come under our observation:— Miss ——-—— (daughter of a prominent physician who won't allow us to publish ...

    Article : 566 words
  22. A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.

    "No man is a prophet in his own country " is an old saw that has lately been proved to have a broken bask. We acknowledge we do not see many instances of men and things ...

    Article : 497 words
  23. SOME BIG THINGS.

    Some very interesting particulars regarding the biggest things on earth have lately been collected, for instance—the largest suspension bridge is one between New York City and ...

    Article : 445 words
  24. THE SACRIFICE OF LIFE.

    Thousands of lives are sacrificed annually because mankind are not educated in the first rudiments of hygiene and life preservation. Simple ailments are neglected. The debility ...

    Article : 431 words
  25. THE "DEATH WATCH."

    Who has not heard the "death watch;" Many a person who has happened to be awake in the stillness of the night has listened to the tick, tick for half a dozen times or more in ...

    Article : 368 words
  26. WHAT PEOPLE SAY.

    " Truth is stranger than fiction," so people say, but such truth as we received from T. Channon, Esq., Photographer, Nowra, N.S. W., is only a sample of what conies to hand by ...

    Article : 351 words
  27. A SCOTCHMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

    An old Scotchman is said to have risen in prayer-meeting one night and apropos of nothing delivered himself of the following remarks:—"There are three things I never ...

    Article : 368 words
  28. SINGULAR BUT TRUE.

    It is singular, seeing how much depends on good health, that a little more pains is not taken to impress on the people a few simple rules for its preservation. Thus, bad drainage ...

    Article : 280 words
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