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  2. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Why is mistletoe out of favour this year? A society for the preservation of sentiment is sorely needed.—"Lady's Pictorial." ...

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  3. I[?]AN THE MOUJIK.

    Your introduction to Ivan begins with Russia itself. It is he who helps, you with your luggage at the station, who drives you in his drosky to your ...

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  4. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    It is said that walking backwards for five or ten minutes is a cure for nervous headache. ...

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  5. THE GARDEN.

    Where tomatoes have been kept well supplied with water the recent tropical weather has been all in their favour, large clusters of fruit swelling off and ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. CURIOUS COLLECTION ROBBED.

    In a certain Berlin restaurant there is a celebrated table on which are nailed valuable specimens of coins collected by the landlord, who in former ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. MILK POWDER.

    A German inventor is credited with making powders out of milk, which, when put in water and dissolved, Make as good milk as the original. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  8. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S ORCHIDS.

    According to a report from Durban about 300 orchids, were stored in a Freezing-room aboard the Good Hope before she left England for Mr. ...

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  9. FAULTY NEW CUSTOM.

    The custom of sending "Art Calendars" instead of cards as a New Year's greeting is spreading. It is scarcely a change for the better. As often as not ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. ROMANTIC CLAIM.

    The claim put forward by Signora Rossi to share in the Dutuit estate lends quite a romantic interest to what at first seems far removed from anything ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. LET THE SUNLIGHT ENTER.

    The room should be sunny in all illnesses except a very few affections of the eye, for sunshine is the best germ destroyer we have, and will make a room ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. HOSPITAL PATIENTS REVOLT.

    On the ground that Socialist literature is unfit pabulum for hospital patients, the board of management of the German Red Cross hospitals, at which ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. THE SURGEONS' PASSION.

    Various canny underwriters grew fat on the proceeds of the small-pox insurance. And now we are all solemnly insuring against appendicitis, not so ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Loafers and postage stamps are usually stuck on corners. The person who lives on hope is seldom troubled with obesity. ...

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  15. PLUCKY AMERICAN SAILORS.

    During the naval manoeuvres which the American warships at Manila have been carrying out an exciting incident took place. Ensign Babcock disguised ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. "A BROOM AT THE MAST."

    An interesting incident occurred recently at Hong Kong. The British flagship Glory and the United States flagship Kentucky were in the harbour ...

    Article : 164 words
  17. ARSENIC EVERYWHERE.

    According to .M. Garrigou, arsenic occurs not only in animals and plants, as M. Gautier has shown, but in all three kingdoms of nature. All rocks ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. EASY PRISON LIFE.

    "Le Francals" gives details of the strange case of Jean Cheure, who has recently spent three years in prison. A month after his release Cheure ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

    The Premier of Ontario has issued a manifesto in which he indicates the probable introduction of prohibition legislation during the coming session. ...

    Article : 411 words
  20. CHILDREN'S BODILY DEFECTS.

    Dr. Andrew Wilson says that one of the most important facts which the study of children's defects by physicians has elicited is that such defects, ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. DUELLISTS AND THE LAW.

    German anti-duel agitators are awaiting with lively interest the outcome of a trial soon to be held at Munich, at which two prominent officials—a high ...

    Article : 145 words
  22. CANADA'S WEALTH.

    The clearings of the Canadian Bank during last year showed an increase of £100,000,000 over the clearings for the preceding year. This is the greatest ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. FRUIT GARDEN.

    If not already done, no time should be lost in putting the fruit rooms into thorough order for the stuff to be stored in them. Unless the surroundings are ...

    Article : 498 words
  24. VENUS OF MILO DEPOSED.

    Beside any of the beautiful women of our day—these glorious creatures who ride and dance and go out on the links in red, whose perfect bodies are ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. VICTIMS OF ADVERTISEMENT.

    A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives, New York, on January 5 prohibiting the use of the name or portrait of any person for ...

    Article : 140 words
  26. "FRESH EGGS."

    The weary housekeeper paused beside the basket of eggs that bore the card labelled, "Fresh this morning—38 cents." ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. UNHEALTHY CLOTHES.

    One of the misfortunes of civillsed man, says "Health," is that his raiment is prescribed by a changing and irresponsible fashion, that is dictated to a ...

    Article : 241 words
  28. "AN ASTRAL MARRIAGE."

    Mme. Calve, the famous prima donna, is, according to the "Petit Bleu," to be married to M. Jules Bois, the wellknown author. Both are ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. THE ABSOLUTE.

    "Protect us," once prayed a good man, "from the questions of our children." A certain professor is as noted for his physical rotundity as for his ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. DOG'S CHRISTMAS TREE.

    Writing to the "New York Herald," a resident of Philadelphia states that Mrs. A. L. Brinckle, of No. 2423 North Thirty-third-street, in that city, has a ...

    Article : 102 words
  31. THE HUMBERTS AND DREYFUS.

    Colonel Du party de Clam, in an interview with a representative of the "Temps," declares that the Humbert family constantly interfered in the ...

    Article : 131 words
  32. THE POPE ON TOTAL ABSTINENCE

    To our venerable brother, John Ireland, Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, Leo XIII., Pope. Venerable Brother, Health and Apostolic Benediction,— ...

    Article : 516 words
  33. "MARCONIGRAMS" IN WAR.

    It has been decided to erect a Marconi wireless telegraphy installation in Somaliland for use during the advance against the Mullah to keep the British ...

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  34. THE HUMOURS OF IRISH MATCH-MAKING.

    Judge Adams, the County Court judge of Limerick, in presiding at a lecture on Irish humour at the Irish Social Club, the other day, spoke of the humours of ...

    Article : 230 words
  35. THE DECAY OF DIGESTION.

    According to Sir James Crichton, Browne we are a degenerate generation, not morally so much as physically. In his presidential address to the ...

    Article : 349 words
  36. WARNING TO BUSYBODIES.

    People are discussing the sensational case of a Hamburg woman who is lying at the point of death after attempted suicide as the result of the ...

    Article : 167 words
  37. SAD RELIGIOUS TRAGEDY.

    At Temesvar, in Hungary, a short time ago a young Jewish soldier fell in love with a Christian girl who reciprocated his affection. But owing to the ...

    Article : 114 words
  38. COLOSSAL INVESTMENT.

    A report was circulated in Wall-street on December 24 that Messrs. Rothschild's English house had invested two million pounds in the New York Underground ...

    Article : 67 words
  39. ROGUE'S CLEVER TRICK.

    The Paris police are looking for an adventurer named Joseph Wiet, who has swindled various tradesmen to the extent of £2000. A commissaire of ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. PRINCE HENRY'S FUTURE.

    According to reports current in German Admiralty circles, Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia will soon leave the navy and become Regent of Brunswick, ...

    Article : 174 words
  41. Advertising

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  42. CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS.

    This ideal laxative gently assists the natural functions when there is any tendency to sluggishness of Liver, Bowels, or Kidneys. It relieves promptly and ...

    Article : 82 words
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