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  2. The Home. How She Keens Her Freshness

    Until the physiological principles which account for the phenomenon are understood, it must remain a very puzzling fact that an actress's life should be ...

    Article : 226 words
  3. Short Story.

    The sun was now aslope over the Henley hills. The slanting rays pointed to the hour of 3. The enormous lunch which had been in progress for the last ...

    Article : 2,616 words
  4. SEES LAKE OF DEATH.

    The wonders of Africa would seem to be without limit, according to the report of J. hi. S. Moure, who has just been viewing some of them, -M r. Moore's ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  5. FARMER STUBBLE.

    1— Farmer Stubble—Waal, b’gosh, e£ thar ain’t a pile o’ hay I clean forgot aboutl 2— But it happened to be Willie Bitem, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  6. WEATHER PROPHETS

    Civilized man is the only animal that dees not possess a high degree o£ sensitiveness to atmospheric conditions. Whether the human race has ever possessed ...

    Article : 608 words
  7. Pith and Point. Morocco leather is goat’s skin.

    Sunday concerts are largely on the Increase in London. Puffed and slashed coats and breeches came- in with Henry VIII. ...

    Article : 891 words
  8. Marking Linens by Electricity.

    An apparatus for marking: linens in quantities, as for hotels, ships. &c. has been invented. It consists of a silver die, in relief, carrying" the name it is ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. MADE BY QUEEN BESS. A Book Cover Embroidered by the Royal Fingers.

    Why might not expert -women—those endowed with needle skill and good taste —try their hands at the embroidering of book covers? Cyril Davenport shows in ...

    Article : 489 words
  10. Relative Strength of Metal and Timber.

    Cast-iron weighs -l-MIb. to the cubic foot, and a. one-incli square bar will sustain a. weight of 16,5001b.; bronze, weight 5251b. per cubic foot, tenacity 2,0,0001b.: ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. Oysters and Mushrooms.

    There are very few articles of diet left to us to which some faddist or other will notpoint with a finder of horror, and tell us that it is a fruitful source of disorder ...

    Article : 227 words
  12. It Clean. A MODEL VILLAGE. How the People of a Maine Town Keep

    IRRswell,Me., una an improvement society which turns out once a year to clean the town. Last Monday was observed by the society, says The. ...

    Article : 475 words
  13. A Banana Expert.

    For nearly a dozen years Cricton Campbell has lived almost entirely upon baked bananas. Not only has he saved large stuns in grocery and hotel bills, but ...

    Article : 376 words
  14. The Bell-ringer.

    This Is one of the best known of the many excellent songs left us by the bite John Oxen ford, dramatist and critic. Its author, who was born at ...

    Article : 388 words
  15. Great Men’s Appetites.

    Cicero ate very little, and of the plainest food. He had a theory that any disease could be overcome by fasting-, and often abstained from food for ...

    Article : 384 words
  16. The “House of Commons Style."

    The only man in the House or commons who scoots to have inherited Parlimeutary. style is Mr.- Balfour. Lightness' of touch would perhaps best ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. The Englishman’s Wit.

    They tel: a good many stones about the lack of humor among English people, but the only instance that ever came under my. observation was at a ...

    Article : 162 words
  18. The Strangest Dinner.

    Perhaps the most remarkable dinner on record was that Riven by an antiquary named floebel, in (he city of Brussels. At the dinner were apples that ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. Why the Horse Was Cheap.

    A good joke is teld about Henry Irving, who, being anxious to buy a new horse, attended an auction In London, where he purchased. a fine-looking chestnut ...

    Article : 177 words
  20. Vitality of the Turks.

    Big stories are being told of the vitality of tlie Turks. One man shot through the stomach in a recent battle stayed in the ranks till the lighting was over and ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. London's Increase.

    London's population increases by 70 000 each year; ...

    Article : 23 words
  22. He Called to the Dog

    "When I called, on..her," said Willy, "the "dog chased' me out'of the yard" “Did no'one See you? "Her. father did ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. Expeditionary.

    Giles—So die’s broke again. How.in. the World did'’he go through all his,"’ money? Merritt—Hs didn’t, Somebody weak ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. That Was His Business.

    First Undertaker—I had to bury a Sat man to-day Second Undertaker—That -was Quite an undertaking ' ' ...

    Article : 24 words
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