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  2. THE RICH MAN AND HIS MONEY.

    There is nowhere any parallel to the nonsense commonly talked on this subject of money, wealth and large accumulation. The current assumption is that the man ...

    Article : 1,057 words
  3. LATEST BURIAL REFORM.

    A novel method of disposing of the dead has been invented by a Lieutenant James M. O’Kelley, of New York, who has already won fame as an inventor of penny-in-slot ...

    Article : 375 words
  4. THE QUEEN OF SWAZILAND.

    N[?]bo "Tsebeni, Queen of Swaziland, with all her faults, is by no means the igneramus she is sometimes represented to be. On the contrary, she is very ...

    Article : 284 words
  5. FEAR AND DEATH.

    The spirit of the plague entered the gate. One, watching, asked, "How many wilt thou slay?" “A thousand," spake the spirit, "is my quest." ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. BABY'S WAY.

    Everything's in the baby's way Whenever the wants to run and plays It’s either a chair, a table or door Or clutter all over the playroom floor. ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. THE SOLDIER

    One dreamy, drowsy afternoon toward the end of June, having nothing particular to do, I sauntered in the direction of the Chelsea College ...

    Article : 1,652 words
  8. ONE OF THE CITY'S OWN

    "Mr. Redbolt is to go to the governor at once.” Mr. Redbolt strode briskly across the room. A moment later he was in the ...

    Article : 1,674 words
  9. Last Battle of the Peninsular War.

    On Easter Sunday, April 10th, 1814, was fought the last battle of the Peninsular War. After his defeats at Nieville, Nive, and other places, Marshal Soult ...

    Article : 206 words
  10. TRIALS FOR MURDER. Should Capital Punishment be Abolished?

    Probably the main ground of the interest felt in trials for murder, remarks the “Saturday Review,” is the intense personal concern every man feels in his own safety. ...

    Article : 291 words
  11. Sir Robert Ball and the Secretary.

    Sir Robert Ball, the famous astronomer and science lecturer, tells a good story of an incident that ocourrod when he was giving a popular science lecture in a ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. The Lance in Warfare.

    When the war in the Transvaal broke out, Dr. Schaffer, a distinguished German army surgeon, obtained permission to accompany the British troops, his object being ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. A CONSIDERATE MOTHER. Realized She Was In No Position to Give Advice Herself.

    I had taken a very tocthsome out not highly finished dinner at the mountain farmhouse, and when I started on my way at 1 o’clock in the afternoon the ...

    Article : 413 words
  14. Forbidden Words.

    In certain parts of Cornwall the fisherman have a strange antipathy to the rabbit. The mere mention of its name creates in them an unreasoning ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. Doctor’s Terrible Mistake.

    A Swansea coroner's jury recently returned a verdict of misadventure in the case of a young man named Holbein Rosser, who went to Dr. Daniel E. Evans for ...

    Article : 440 words
  16. Gambling.

    Mrs, Green—They do say that Air. Slyder gambles. Isn’t It awful? Mrs. Gray—I should say It was. Why, it’s almost as bad as stealing. If he ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. Not Always the Case.

    ‘You told me this well was eighty feet deep,’ said the man who had hought the farm. ‘I measured it this morning, and found it to be only thirty-seven. I have ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. O’GRADY’S METHOD.

    Doctor (after examining patient): “Just one question, O'Grady. Do you regulate your grog?” OGrady: “Is it regulate me grog? ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. Walt Whitman’s Pride.

    Whitman’s grandmother was a Quaker, and the bard had been all his life used, Quaket fashion, to sitting in the house with his sombrero on if it ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. III-Health of women.

    It is a startling commentary upon the modern high pressure methods of living, that out of three hundred young women seeking admission to a certain college, only ...

    Article : 241 words
  21. Substitute for Coal.

    Petroleum residue is now used as fuel for the locomotives on thirteen per cent, of the Russian railroads. It is required that the oil be of a greenish colour, ...

    Article : 101 words
  22. MURDERER'S DEllCACY.

    In 1648, Henry, Duke of Guise, wished to get rid of an enemy named Annese. He offered a soldier a rich reward if he would lie in wait and stab Annese in ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. A Scotch Scheme.

    The following appears in a Glasgow paper. It would be interesting to know whether It has led to business. If so, the supply of grand pianos in Scotland ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. Vicarious Atonement.

    “Yes,” she sighed, "for many years I’ve suffered from dyspepsia." "And you don’t take anything for it?" her friend asked. “You look healthy ...

    Article : 41 words
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