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  2. Dress and Fashion.

    Our London correspondent writes:—'I have heard from a reliable source that there is to be a change in fashions. Dress skirts will be narrower and straighter than formerly, ...

    Article : 1,196 words
  3. THE PRICE OF A SLAVE.

    Bud and I sat on the high banks of the ravine watching the gophers on the other side. We was mad that morning, for Alvira had told on us again—she was always doing it! We lived ...

    Article : 2,573 words
  4. PIGEONS IN MID-OCEAN

    After the accident to the Gascogne last winter the question was asked on all sides how to get the news in the future of a vessel disabled at sea. By an extraordinary chance the ...

    Article : 662 words
  5. A DREAM'S FULFILMENT.

    "So you say you don't belive in dreams?" said Jack Williams to me one evening as we sat discussing the subject in my room. Jack was—and is, for I may as well tell you ...

    Article : 2,830 words
  6. THE LADY DETECTIVE.

    She was certainly a wonderfully handsome woman; there could be no doubt about that. There was no doubt about it in Cyril Trevor's mind. Had he not watched her every evening ...

    Article : 1,702 words
  7. THE CUSTER MASSACRE.

    It was in January 1876 that Gons. Custer, Terry, and Crook begun a campaign against the Sioux in Montana. At Rosebud on the Yellowstone, Terry ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  8. WHAT REAL OPERA COSTS.

    In an interview in "The Strand Musica Magazine," Sir Augustus Harris thus discusses real Opera: —"My first remembrance of opera dates back ...

    Article : 687 words
  9. FISHING WITH CORMORANTS.

    Like falconry, the art of cormorant fishing, as practised by tbe Japanese, is, according to Canon Tristram, of great antiquity, and, like it, has been derived from China. Old Willoughby, ...

    Article : 575 words
  10. Saved By a Narrow Margin,

    'Been to lodge, have you, Absalom?’ said Mrs. Rambo, in a metallic tone of voice. 'Yes, m' dear,’ replied Absalom. 'What time does the lodge usually let out?' ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Attempts on the Queen’s Life.

    Since the Queen came to the throne she has been the subject of six attacks, but only three of them can he described as attempts of her life. The first attack on the Queen occurred ...

    Article : 236 words
  12. Electricity and Surgery.

    Dr. A. B. Carpenter announces, in the Cleveland Medical Gazette, a plan for applying electricity to the treatment of fibroid tumors of the uterus without troubling ...

    Article : 213 words
  13. LIFE IN A MONASTERY.

    In the modern monastery the monk’s day begins at the early hour of 4.30 a.m. At 4.55 precisely—for punctuality is a great matter — the big bell begins tolling for ...

    Article : 216 words
  14. THE AFTER EFFECT.

    Ada: Does drinking champagne make you nervous? Hardup: It makes me nervous to drink champagne if I think I’ll have to pay for it. ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. A Burglar Alarm.

    There were burglars in the house beyond a doubt, and when Mrs. Snipkins roused her husband, it was no false alarm. He listened a moment, and then arose and quietly slipped ...

    Article : 137 words
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