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  2. FACTS & FANCIES.

    Mr. Arthur Bourchier contributes a story to the "gagging" controversy. He appeared on the first night of the late Mr. Augustin Daly's revival of "The Belle's ...

    Article : 207 words
  3. THE SKETCHER.

    Stephen Millbank's last morning was exactly what every other week-day morning had been for the twenty-five years of his married life, except for half-a-dozen ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  4. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY.

    "Hallo--[?]o!" "Help! help!" Again, above the soft silting of the snow came the two cries; the one, clear ...

    Article : 2,379 words
  5. JOKELETS.

    Willie: "I say, pa, why is a girl called a 'miss'?" Pa: "She is probably so called, my son, because she is unable to hit anything she throws at." ...

    Article : 636 words
  6. Household Hints.

    Verdigris on metal can be removed by rubbing with liquid ammonia, which must be washed off after. To boil cracked eggs, put a teaspoonful ...

    Article : 637 words
  7. VARIOUS VERSES.

    Cool ground, cool ground, tell me where your stairway is: Through what passage does it lead, death-damp with dew? ...

    Article : 240 words
  8. CANCER "CURE" FAILURES.

    The failure of another cancer "cure" is reported. The "British Medical Journal" states that Dr. Otto Schmidt's "discovery," which was hailed with great acclamation ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. TIME AND NUMBER.

    They stood at the gate in the pale moonlight, Observers there were none; He pressed her hand, and said "Goodnight," And ...

    Article : 128 words
  10. A NIGHT WITH A BULL-DOG.

    Dog stories being always welcome, we cull the following from a contemporary. A parson and his wife wanted to go away for the week-end. Not wishing to leave the ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. WHAT HE COULD DO.

    The bard of the "Montreal Herald" thus relieves himself: He never mastered algebra, He couldn't use an axe or saw; ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. OUR LANGUAGE.

    A Frenchman came to England with the object of making himself master of the tongue, and the following sentence was given him: ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. Sharks in the South Pacific.

    The presence of a large quantity of easily obtainable food is always sufficient to secure the undivided attention of the shark tribe. Mr. Frank T. Bullen, writing in the ...

    Article : 429 words
  14. GIVING AND KEEPING.

    To a Frenchman studying English, as to an Englishman, studying French, nothing is so hard to acquire perfectly as the idiom--the very part of the language which ...

    Article : 211 words
  15. ELECTRICAL DUST-CATCHER.

    Dust is one of the most insidious and persistent enemies of the photographer. The "Journal Suisse des Photographes" advocates electricity as a means of enticing ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. WHAT IF I SHOULD STEAL A KISS?

    What if I should steal a kiss From bewitching little Rose: Will she take it much amiss? Now, the question comes to this ...

    Article : 143 words
  17. THE HEART'S VALVES.

    Some idea of the work that these valves must perform may be gathered from the amount of circulating blood which they must help in maintaining in circulation. ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. WARM FOOTBATHS.

    The warm footbath is a remedy so easily to be bad in any household, so quickly prepared, and so simple to administer, that it is a pity it should not be more ...

    Article : 444 words
  19. AN ODD FAMILY.

    There lived at Ipswich in the reign of William III, a family known as the "odd family," a most appropriate name, as the following facts clearly prove. ...

    Article : 261 words
  20. HOW THE TURKS ARE TAXED.

    Mr. Waugh, Consul at Constantinople, in his report to the Foreign Office, says it is sometimes stated that the Turkish peasant is lightly taxed, but the German ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. COULD DO WITHOUT HIS HELP.

    Two men entered a train at a suburban station, and the other passengers noticed that they were handcuffed together. It was easy enough to identify the ...

    Article : 426 words
  22. Star Chamber Tyranny.

    The origin of the Star Chamber is very uncertain. What is not uncertain is that any early powers it may have had were enormously increased under Cardinal Wolsey ...

    Article : 426 words
  23. CHINESE VISITING CARDS.

    In China visiting cards are in common use among the "civilised." But whereas in this country the cards are practically of one size and of small dimensions, in China ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. THE METRIC SYSTEM.

    Against the metric system there is much to be said, but according to the "British Journal of Photography," the question really is three-fold: to discover the best ...

    Article : 234 words
  25. CANNY SCOT.

    A particularly sharp-looking tramp eyed the Scottish fancy name on the pillar post of a suburban villa, and, glancing at the house, saw a big, fair-bearded man wearing ...

    Article : 224 words
  26. THE REAL EL DORADO.

    A company has been formed in South America to exploit the real El Dorado. This is a lake situated in the territory of Colombia, near Bogota, and the story is ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. OUR MODERN SOLOMON.

    Like the metropolitan police magistrates, County Court Judges are regarded in the poorer districts as encyclopaedias of general information, and many curious ...

    Article : 198 words
  28. AMERICAN V. ENGLISH WOMEN.

    Sarah Grand, in "London Opinion," says that American women are for the most part more thorough, more intelligent, better informed, larger minded, and more ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. INCREASING SIZE OF STEAMSHIPS

    The average length of ships has increased some 50 to 60 per cent during the last quarter of a century. The 455ft. of the Britannic, of 1874, seem almost insignificant ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. THE LIGHT CURE.

    The advent of the "tight cure," it is said, has enabled surgeons to remove traces of recent wounds, whether, inflicted in war or by the surgeon's knife. Lately ...

    Article : 60 words
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