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  2. THE WORLD'S BANKER

    In an article concerning the bank rate which appears in the "Cornhill Magazine" it is said that one reason why a demand for gold elsewhere is likely to fall on London ...

    Article : 380 words
  3. FOR BUSINESS MEN

    He blew into the office the other day with a broad smile on his face, a cheerful word on his lip, his big hand opened wide for an expansive handshake, which lifted life from ...

    Article : 454 words
  4. WORK

    "In idleness alone is there perpetual despair," declared Carlyle, who knew well what depression and melancholy were, but met ...

    Article : 112 words
  5. POINTERS

    Misers are said to he very miserable; and many people believe it. But still, they inwardly covet the chance to be misers ...

    Article : 330 words
  6. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING

    Such a revival of mercantile shipbuilding as is said to be in progress now was, of course, to be expected, because the immense capital which is fixed in shipbuilding and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 843 words
  7. BUSY MAN'S BUDGET

    Quicksilver mining has a worse effect upon the teeth than any other occupation. No goads that bear trade-marks In any way resembling a crescent can be landed in ...

    Article : 3,676 words
  8. GIFT'S EVIL EFFECTS

    Bitter complaints have been made for s[?] time past of the evil effect upon the Scot[?] universities of Carnegie's gift of £2,000[?] Sir William Sinclair, speaking in Aberdeen. ...

    Article : 350 words
  9. THE SEA

    The sea, this truth must be confessed, has no generosity. No display of manly qualities --courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness --has ever been known --to touch its ...

    Article : 268 words
  10. HOW TO BUY A BUSINESS

    Ask the seller why he is selling, and sec that you get a straight answer. Scrutinise his answer closely, and view it in the light of such local information as you can obtain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 284 words
  11. AIM HIGH

    Hitch your waggon to a star, Or just as near to it as you can; Be gentle, if the world will let you, For the morrow always plan. ...

    Article : 189 words
  12. THE COLOUR OF WATER

    It was long ago discovered that the natural colour of pure water is blue, and no white, as most of us usually supposed. Opinions have not agreed on the cause of the ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. TAKING OFFENCE

    We make ourselves more injuries than are offered us; they many times pass for wrongs in our own thoughts, that were never meant so by the heart of him that spoke them. The ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. FROM THE HOHENLOHE MEMORIES

    The "National Zeltung" publishes what describes as a passage from the unpublishe[?] portions of the late Prince Hohenlohe's [?]moirs. The journal says:-- ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. GREAT MEN'S DRINKS

    The entertaining author of "Collections and Recollections" has been writing on the favourite beverages of great men. Thackeray's choice was claret. He said that "our ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 236 words
  16. THE QUAKER'S RULES

    The following three rules are said to have been given by an old Quaker to Senator Scott, of West Virginia, when he was a young man. In following them the Senator claims to have ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. FOURPENCE A DAY FOR EVERYBODY

    A paper, by Mr. W. J. Harris and the Rev. K. A. Lake, on "The Estimates of the Realisable Wealth of the United Kingdom, based mostly on the Estate Duty Returns," was ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. THE CURATE'S TEAM

    Mr. G. W. E. Russell, in his "Social Silhouettes" just published, tells the following anecdote of a hard-working curate in a manufacturing town:--"Two or three years ...

    Article : 317 words
  19. BE STRICTLY HONEST

    "Pull, Adam, pull" said the master of a linen factory to a little lad at work there, as he held one end of a piece of cloth that was short of the proper length. But the boy ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. A CHIVALROUS COMPOSER

    The vicar of Giggleswick, Yorks, preaching on "Compassion the Glory of the Strong" on December 16, said that Sir Edward Elgar once happened to hear a poor Blackburn lad ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. LONDON'S "TUBE" SYSTEMS

    The underground railway system of London is a growing wonder. With the completion of the new Piccadilly tube, there are now no fewer than six of those entirely modern ...

    Article : 266 words
  22. SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS

    "There is no secret of su[?]ss but work," said Turner. "Would you live long, work hard," said Rowland Hill--and he proved it. ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. ORANGE PEEL AND BANANA SKINS

    The first case under the new bylaw of the London County Council dealing with the orange-peel and banana-skin danger came before Alderman Sir David Evans in the ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. A LITTLE SERMON

    If you have done a wrong thing, do not try to hide it. Come and confess it bravely. It makes wrong worse to try to cover it up. If you have disobeyed, you deserve to be ...

    Article : 78 words
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