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  2. TRANSVAAL COURTING.

    The [?] marry very young. On attaining the age of 20 a youth begins to look out for a partner in life. Balls and similar opportunities of ...

    Article : 340 words
  3. HOW THE FIRST VC. WAS WON.

    On the 20th June, 1854, the, British Fleet was bombarding Bom[?] fortress in the Aland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia) which was being defended by the Russians. ...

    Article : 284 words
  4. A BABY BORN HEAR THE NORTH POLE

    Little Miss Peary, the daughter of the great Arctic explorer, has the distinction of having been been at a higher degree of northern latitude than any other white child, ...

    Article : 353 words
  5. PATRIOT PIGEONS.

    Experiments have been made to determine the length outline through which a pigeon will preserve the “homing” instinct—that is to say, how long a bird must be kept away ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. THE UNLUCKY NO. 13.

    Alboni was a martyr to superstition. She would never sing on the 13th of any month if she could possibly avoid it, or sit down 13 to table, or travel, or sign a contract on a ...

    Article : 390 words
  7. THE MONEY[?]ENDER’S REVENGE; DR. CUPID IN CHANCERY.

    “The skies will fall next and we shall have cheap larks,” cried Val Rockingham, as he merrily skipped out of [?]ed the moment he had perused a letter brought him by the ...

    Article : 1,843 words
  8. WON BY AN ACCIDENT.

    When we say that something happened from chance, we really, mean only that it occurred without or in spite of previous planning by the men who wished to control ...

    Article : 316 words
  9. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE IN INDIA.

    A writer in an Indian paper makes some interesting comments regarding Indian social etiquette. He says:— In India all save the lowest caste, what we call pariahs, can ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. SELLING THE SPIRITUALIST.

    An old gentleman, apparently from the country, one day entered the room of a medium, and expressed a desire for the [?] communication.” He was told to ...

    Article : 256 words
  11. FORGOT TO DIG HIM UP.

    It was night. The band was discoursing sweet music at the hotel. Within all was bright, all was gay A hundred happy couples were dancing over the well-polished ...

    Article : 262 words
  12. A MINIATURE TRAIN.

    A “Tom Thumb” train, so called because it is supposed to he the smallest in the world has just been constructed by a young Scotsman, who, without any technical ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. A LITTLE SERMON.

    In the last days of those cities which were overwhelmed by the floods of lava from the fierce fires of Vesuvius—in the days when Pompeii was passing into her living grave— ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. NATURE, AMD ART.

    From the cold bosom of the earth A little fountain sprang to birth, Bubbling to the open, bound To sparkle neath the blue profound. ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. THE THUNDER TERROR.

    Thunder has an undefinably terror for many people, even those who ore otherwise most strong minded,” says a medical man who has studied the subject. “ It is of no ...

    Article : 260 words
  16. THE PAN[?]

    One of the most cheerful flowers of this and of my mother’s garden was the happy-faced little [?] that, under various [?] folk names, has ever been loved. Like ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. “KISS THE BOOK.”

    “The following laughable incident, related by an ex constable of the Royal Irish Police took place in Connaught, some time ago. As an Irish speaking witness, a red ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. A MOVING LAKE OF ICE.

    A lake of Ice, forty miles long, of varying width and [?] depth, moving at the rate of 80 [?] a day—each is the [?] on the coast of North Western Alaskas. ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. THE DAUGHTER OF KING CANUTE.

    Bosham Church has long traditionally possessed the reputation of having been the place wherein was buried the daughter of King Canute. It was believed that she was ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. THE CREEK BELLE.

    They don’t like old maids in Greece. The old maid in the Hellen[?] land is but another name for everlasting disgrace. To guard against old maidenhood girls’ are often [?] ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. MARRIED FOR THE DONKEY.

    Visitors to the West cannot fail to notice what an important part the patient [?] plays [?] beast of burden. A very good story is told in this connection of a rather handsome ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. IT SAVES MUCH TROUBLE.

    “The administration of justice in Mexico has certain phases which might startle those who are accustomed to the lawls delays in this country.” remarked the other day one ...

    Article : 315 words
  23. IN HIS SPARE TIME.

    A gentleman having advertised for a coachman, a young man applied for the situation, and in [?] course asked what his duties would be. “Oh,” replied the other ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. REASSURING.

    Patrick O’Rafferry was [?] home from the village dance, and under the influence of the [?] silvery moon he gave expression to certain sentiments, all of them ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. LOVE OF THE GARDEN.

    Lord Bacon describes a garden as the purest of human pleasures and as providing the greatest refreshment to the spirit of man. “The breath of flowers,” [?] ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. THE QUEEN HAS NEVER SEEN PARLIAMENT.

    It is a curious circumstance that Queen Victoria has never [?] her “faithful Commons” in session. She is denied a spectacle that may be witnessed by the ...

    Article : 240 words
  27. YOUNGEST WHEELMAN.

    Harry W. Slining, is the [?] cyclist in the world. He is only 17 months old, and rides what is probably the smallest wheel ever built for practical riding. His mount ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. [?]OT SO [?]REEN.

    The other day a greenhorn from the country went into a photographer’s shop in [?] to have his portrait taken. The photographer kept the countryman sitting for a ...

    Article : 153 words
  29. A BIG OYSTER.

    A [?] is on exhibition at a Portland [?] market. The [?] weighs [?] and [?] called by [?] men a blue point. It was brought by Captain ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. A CHINESE TYPEWRITER.

    A missionary at Tung Chow has invented a Chinese typewriting machine. It is a great success. The characters number about 4000 and are on the edge of wheels about a ...

    Article : 71 words
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