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  2. PERSONALITIES.

    Queen Amehe of Portugal, who [?]ou [?]nd a dispensary for children, is not content wil[?] merely giving contributions. She often visits it, and, putting on the ...

    Article : 47 words
  3. POETRY.

    I, and the Bird, And the Wind together, Sang a supplication In the winter weather. ...

    Article : 74 words
  4. SCIENCE.

    One of the greatest difficulties attached to photographing a window display is the reflection in he plate-glass front of the buildings on the opposite side of the street, ...

    Article : 177 words
  5. ‘RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK.’

    A memorial-stone, the cost of which has been defrayed by subscription, will shortly be placed at Sandal, near Wakefield, to mark the exact spot where it is said that Richard, ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. MONTE CARLO.

    The latest report from the gambling hell that defaces the beauty of Monte Carlo furnishes some very interesting figures. The past year’s -receipts were 5,000,000f., thus ...

    Article : 112 words
  7. THE SHIP OF LOVE.

    Gales that blow the ships away Over leagues of lonesome sea, Search the dreary deep to-day — Waft love’s wandering ship to me! ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. QUITE A WILL O’ THE WISP.

    Prince Mestchorksky, managing editor of the ‘Grashdanin.’ of St. Petersburg, who lately visited Paris with the object of enlisting the support of French politioians and ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. THE SEINE BRIDGE.

    One of the strangest bridges in the world will be built over the river Sein[?] near Rouen-Passengers will cross at the level of the banks—which are not high—and yet the ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. HOME MADE VINEGAR.

    Serviceable vinegar made for domestic purposes by adding to a syrup consisting of 1¼1b of sugar for every gallon or water, a quarter of a pint of good yeast. The ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. Original Novel.

    There was, besides this, a private note for Florrie, in which the bashful lover-said he slept every night with a lock of maiden-hair under his pillow, and some indefinite ...

    Article : 2,836 words
  12. VARIETIES.

    In the time when bluff King Hal was playing his [?]trimonual pranks there were only nten surgeons in the British dominions. If a well could be dug to a depth of ...

    Article : 785 words
  13. DUCHESS OF TECK.

    In connection with the death of the Duchess of Teck it is worth mentioning that an exceedingly important contribution to her history and that of her daughter, the Duchess ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. HILLS THAT RISE AND SINK.

    I don’t mean volcanoes, or hills that earthquakes raise or lower. No, most of the hills in theworld[?]re constantly varying in height. Very little, it is true, but still enough to be ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. A PRIVATE STILL.

    Some time ago there was a smuggler in Glentartan named Mactavish, who rented a small farm, and this genius had ‘brewed his drink’ for years without detection. ...

    Article : 470 words
  16. MADAME MELBA.

    Of all the great singers who charm the world, Madame Melba is certainly one of the most popular, and deservedly so. She is as delightful and womanly as she is musical, ...

    Article : 342 words
  17. FIREPROOF TREES.

    There are lots of different kinds of trees, such as [?]bo[?]y, ironwood, and suck like tremendously solid timber, which fire lakes a long time to got hold of. ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. TO MOUNT MAP.

    Make a thin size glue or isinglass. Take a good sized flat varnish brush, wet the brush with the size just sufficiently to moisten the surface of the map to the extent ...

    Article : 205 words
  19. CAPTAIN WEBB.

    A deed of heroism performed by Captain Webb, the Channel swimmer, is recorded. It was in the year 1873, when Webb was in service, aboard the steamship Russia. On ...

    Article : 240 words
  20. THE COMING ‘JAP.’

    According to a communication of M. Albert G[?]nttard to the French Ethnographic Society, the efforts Which the Japanese have been making since the revolution of ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. NATURALIST.

    Some years ago, as an east-coast collier was going up the Trames, a bargeman gave a warning shout, and on looking over the side the [?]ilors [?]w a rat with uts bead out of ...

    Article : 743 words
  22. WORK IN GERMANY.

    In Germany there are some unique institutions styled ‘Work Colonies,’ where men able and willing to work may go, and pay their way till some profitable labour is ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. TRAVELLER.

    As matters stand, Rhodesia is immensely superior to the Transvaal for emigrants. Now that the Kimberley. Bulawayo railway is completed, the buge province which Mr. ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. WHERE DO BRAINS MEAN MONEY?

    At Oxford. All dons are clever men, and they are well paid, The Vice-Chancellor holda his office for five years, and receives £600 per annum. Of course, he draws his ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. A PATRIARCH.

    In spite of the introduction of railways, telegraphs; the electric light, and the higher education, Hindustan remain a land of marvels and miracles. Thus, the native ...

    Article : 141 words
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