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  2. £10,000 TOY RAILWAY.

    The most wonderful and expensive toy railway in the world wns opened and a trial trip made, September 12, 1889, by Mr. Percy N. Leigh, ...

    Article : 357 words
  3. WHAT STOLEN KISSES COST.

    While the majority of us may echo the sentiments of the old-time poet, there are not wanting those—apart from grumpy bachelors. ...

    Article : 682 words
  4. ROMANCES OF THE CARD-TABLE.

    If the full story of the card-table could be written it would truly be the most startling revelation of human cupidity ever published; and ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  5. AN AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING FEAT

    By the completion of the dam across the Cataract River, 50 miles from Sydney, a notable engineering work has been added to the other ...

    Article : 197 words
  6. HELPING THE DOCTOR.

    The physician looked troubled. "Do you know anything about the Turners?" he asked, at last. "What do you want to know?" ...

    Article : 242 words
  7. FATHERS AND SONS AS MILLIONMAKERS.

    Many curious things "run in the blood," from twins to theology, but the cases are rare in which a father transmits his genius for ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  8. LITTLE JOHNNY RECITES.

    I hate the pants that mother makes, And leaves me room to grow; That's why they drag around my legs, ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. A PRINTING REVOLUTION.

    "A machine which may revolutionise booh and newspaper printing has just been invented in Vienna," says the "Daily Chronicle." "It is ...

    Article : 271 words
  10. THE MATRIMONIAL SWINDLER.

    It would be a dreadful shock to any girl if she were to find out that the burning epistles of love she keeps securely locked in a drawer ...

    Article : 772 words
  11. AMONG THE MOUND BUILDERS.

    In the fertile river valleys of Ohio have been found many relies of prehistoric man, and especially of that strange people known amongst ...

    Article : 363 words
  12. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    A New Street Terror.—Parisian cyclists have invented a new signal. The device consists of a small tambourine attached to the front fork ...

    Article : 732 words
  13. JAPS BEAT CHINESE BY SEA.

    On Monday, September 17, 19894. the Japanese, of whom till very recent years little was known by Europeans, defeated the Chines, the ...

    Article : 302 words
  14. A CITY MAN IN THE COUNTRY.

    The city man, with a comfortable income, has an advantage on a farm, for he can better stand the cost of the mistakes that are made. The ...

    Article : 507 words
  15. VERY LITTLE WORK FOR THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP.

    A benevolent, old bookseller had added to his stock some remarkably, fine views of various Continental towns, together with many of the ...

    Article : 338 words
  16. WHAT IS CONSCIENCE MONEY?

    I am assured by a cynical correspondent that it is easy to exaggerate the amount of tenderness of conscience displayed by persons who ...

    Article : 253 words
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