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  2. [?] TWAIN CRUSHED

    Thirty-one years ago Mark Twain went rough one of the most crushing experiences that mortal man can endure and live. It was in Boston, cold, correct, solemn ...

    Article : 1,780 words
  3. A CLEVER SAVOYARD

    All visitors to Paris know the little Savoyard boys who prowl about the boulevards and the terrases of the Montmartre cafes at night selling their statuettes. They are ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. RALEIGH

    Raleigh was one of the great gentleman adventurers rather than one of the great captains. He speculated in privateering, and in other kinds of English sea-doggery. ...

    Article : 403 words
  5. BERESFORD AND BURNABY

    Telling of his friendship with Colonel Fred Burnaby, in, "Cornhill," Mr. H. W. Lucy includes the story of the march to Abu Klea, as given to him by Lord Charles ...

    Article : 293 words
  6. DELIGHTS OF FLYING

    After experience with every form of locomotion, including cycle and motor racing, a voyage in a dirigible balloon of the French Army, and over 130 trips in an ordinary ...

    Article : 587 words
  7. BOOMSTERS, LIMITED

    Originality is a great thing, but it can be overdone, as witness the adventures of the hero of an amusing storyette, entitled "Boomsters, Limited," which appears in the ...

    Article : 720 words
  8. SIR W. TRELOAR

    Sir William Treloar, who is exhibiting such a keen interest in the treatment of consumption, tells a good story of the time when he was elected chairman of the ...

    Article : 209 words
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  10. A WOMAN SCALES THE ANDES

    "What Miss Peck did down in Peru gives to the imagination an unusual thrill," says "Collier's Weekly." "To thousands must have occurred those never-dulling lines of ...

    Article : 258 words
  11. THE MUSIC-HALL SONG

    The music-hall song is known by the singer alone (remarks a London contemporary). One of the most notable of musichall songs ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. TELLER OF TALES.

    One of the best raconteurs in Paris is the dramatist, M. Tristan Bernard. He has returned from his holidays with a budget of new stories, of which here are three:-- ...

    Article : 350 words
  13. A FAMOUS WEDDING HYMN

    Dorothy Frances Gurney, whose maiden name was Bloomfield, was born at Finsbury Circus, London, in October, 1853. She was the granddaughter of Dr. Bloomfield, Bishop ...

    Article : 275 words
  14. GENIUS AIDED BY SHERRY

    Lord Powerscourt, who has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant for county Wicklow, is one of the tallest members of the Upper House, standing 6ft. 4in. in height. He ...

    Article : 316 words
  15. FROM INNKEEPER'S SON TO UNCROWNED KING

    Amazing indeed are the reforms which have been borught about in Mexico by President Diaz, who has just celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday. The son of a[?] ...

    Article : 194 words
  16. DIAGNOSIS

    Husband: "May, just send up some filtered water." Wife: "Which was it last night--'Detained at office,' or 'A friend at the Club?" Husband: "Why?" Wife: "Because I didn't know whether you wanted a tumbler or a bucketful!" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. MARSHALL HALL'S "LUCKY" NUMBER

    From tea-merchant's office to K.C. seems a rather long cry, Yet Mr. Marshall Hall, who recently celebrated his 50th birthday, has found the path from Mincing Lane to the ...

    Article : 229 words
  19. KITCHENER'S LITTLE WAY

    Lord Kitchener will never overtake all the stories told of him, but, in the absence of contradiction, the world will no doubt accept the latest addition to the series. ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. WINSTON CHURCHILL

    In physique Mr. Winston Churchill does not look robust. At times his face is haggard, as if he felt the strain which is his life. He has not the fine presence of Sir ...

    Article : 340 words
  21. SPECTRES IN THE MIST

    How true it is that even in the case of things most lovely, familiarity breeds contempt! When the young city clerk paid a visit to ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. MEN AS HOSPITAL PATIENTS

    Miss Luckes, the matron of the London Hospital, tells in the London "Quiver" that, some nurses in the hospital greatly prefer women patients to men, and vice versa-- ...

    Article : 122 words
  23. AFTER HE HAD HAD LUNCH

    The pupils of a distinguished professor of zoology, a man well-known for his eccentricities, noted one day two tiny parcels lying on their Instructor's desk as they ...

    Article : 128 words
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  25. THE UPRIGHT LIFE

    The man of life upright, Whose guiltless heart is fr[?] From all dishonest deeds. Or thought of vanity; ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. A PLACE OF MEMORIES

    Fontainebleau is a place of intense interest. Forty miles of forest, with the town in the middle. The Chateau possesses the most gorgeous interior decorations, and ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. SEEING RED

    Under strong political Inducements, women, as a sex, lose their heads, their power of judgment, and their self-control. The Immediate aim blinds them to all ...

    Article : 127 words
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