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  2. AN AFTERNOON'S AMUSEMENT.

    Master Jimmieboy had come to town for the winter and was living in a great big hotel which, while there were no balusters on which he could slide, he liked very much, because there were ...

    Article : 2,057 words
  3. A BULLET ON THE BRAIN

    Leighton and I were brought up together. We battled our way through school side by side, and then fought in the same regiment in the civil war. No finer soldier than Leighton ever ...

    Article : 1,414 words
  4. MY QUEER LEGACY.

    I am a very sharp-sighted man. I am also diffident. My diffidence has stood in my way throughout my life, it is so horribly apparent; and it is probably through my unfortunate ...

    Article : 2,927 words
  5. CRESTS AND COATS OF ARMS.

    Many people think that they can have a crest if they cannot have a coat of arms, but this is a mistake. Mr. Fox-Davies, in his book, "Armorial Families," says the familiar ...

    Article : 536 words
  6. WHY THE BILLIONAIRESS WAS SAD.

    The beautiful billionairess was sad. Of course this sounds like a paradox; for no one can exactly understand how a billionairess can be otherwise than supremely, divinely, ...

    Article : 643 words
  7. SURPRISING A CONJURER.

    One night, when B--,a celebrated conjurer and legerdemain performer, was to exhibit some of his marvellous tricks in Glasgow, a gentleman named S--, of the ...

    Article : 439 words
  8. THE THEATRE STOOL.

    The theatre stool has come to town. You will wonder what that means. Well, it is a small, portable footrest for women whose feet don't touch the floor when they are sitting in ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. LATEST ABOUT ELECTRICITY.

    An interesting article appears in this month's "Century Magazine," on "Tesla's Oscillator and other Inventions," being an authoritative account of his recent electrical work. The ...

    Article : 516 words
  10. THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.

    The sleep of plants is so conspicuous a phenomenon that it excited discussion and speculation as early as the time of Pliny, and many explanations were given, which science ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. THE NEW HUSBAND.

    "Er--Mildred, he said a trifle nervously, as his better half laid down the morning's paper and, lighting a cigarette, prepared for her departure to the city, "Mildred, dear, do you ...

    Article : 392 words
  12. FALCONS AS MESSENGERS.

    Now that a Russian officer has successfully experimented in the training of falcons to carry despatches, general attention has been called to the possibilities of the use of the bird in time of ...

    Article : 171 words
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