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  2. IN LIGHTER VEIN

    A young wife said to her husband one night: "My dear, there is a gentleman in the parlor. He wants to speak to you." "Who is it? Do you know?" the husband asked. ...

    Article : 1,097 words
  3. A WEATHER PROPHET

    The death is announced of Sir John Eliot, K.C.I.E., F.R.S. who, as the second holder of the appointments of Director-General of Indian Observatories and Meteorological ...

    Article : 874 words
  4. BUSY MAN'S BUDGET

    "The busy hum of men."--MILTON. "Wealth is the possession of the valuable by are valiant"--Ruskin. He that needs five thousand pounds to live. ...

    Article : 2,567 words
  5. THE COTTON KING

    Few persons realise the enormous increase in Lancashire's cotton-spinning Industry during the past year or two. Within that period nearly twelve millions sterling have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,585 words
  6. SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS

    The following recollections of the late Sir George Williams, of London, by a friend are published for the first time. The man in the street of course remembers ...

    Article : 787 words
  7. SEA POSTMEN

    Some of the older sea postmen can tell many exciting stories of adventure at sea (writes Harold J. Shepstone). Men lost overboard in storms, collisions, breakdowns, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 326 words
  8. AN ANCIENT INDUSTRY

    The village of Brandon, in Suffolk, is the seat of the most ancient industry in the kingdom-- namely, the mining of flint, and the manufacture of the stone into ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 471 words
  9. HAVANA TOBACCO TRADE

    Some idea of the immense volume of the tobacco trade of Havana may be gathered from the fact that it supports directly more than two hundred thousand people, not including ...

    Article : 293 words
  10. LIFE=SAVING TEST

    The members of the Advisory Committee of the Board of Trade, who were appointed to inquire into the question of the use of portable rocket apparatus on British ships ...

    Article : 283 words
  11. TIGERS OF THE SEA

    In an interesting article on "The Ways of the Shark in Many Seas," W. G. Fitzgerald remarks:--Everyone knows how greedy are these tigers of the sea. Masses ...

    Article : 389 words
  12. TWO SOLICITORS ARRESTED

    Two prominent Glasgow solicitors, Mr. Henry Lamond and Mr. John Stuart Lang, of the firm of Messrs. H. Lamond, Lang and Co., were arrested on March 21 on a charge ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. DON'T WAIT TO BE TOLD

    If you would advance rapidly in your position, or got on faster in the world, don't acquire a habit of waiting to be told, what to do. Anticipate the wants of your ...

    Article : 268 words
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    Advertising : 197 words
  15. LIFE JUDGED BY FAILURES

    Life is often best judged by its failures. What we attempt is frequently much more important than what we do. The result of the famous Charge of the Light Brigade was ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. SELF CONTROL.

    Who is free? The man who masters his own self.--Epleteus. Who is powerful? He who can control his passions.--Jewish saying. ...

    Article : 73 words
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