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  2. Comic Cuttings

    "Was [?]ry mu[?] cast down after held spo[?] to papa[?] "Yes. Three flights of [?]airs." Miss Custington: "Oh, I call Hall ...

    Article : 853 words
  3. Some Peculiar Prisons.

    According to Mr. William Tallack, secretary of the Howard Association, and one of the greatest living authorities on penal systems. English prisons are ...

    Article : 1,187 words
  4. Spray. A Firndish Fellue.

    Josh Mitchell, a bachelor, who lives happy with his pets about him in a pleasant home in Cincinaiti, has a Maltese Thomas with an enlarged ...

    Article : 137 words
  5. The Home. Coats of Character.

    Your children will put on your ways and your habits in spliting of you. Your character streams [?] them—through their eyes and th[?] their ears every ...

    Article : 532 words
  6. RaimentBecoming Colours.

    The rule that “in the daytime you must match the colour of your hair, and in the evening the colour of your eyes," is a very safe one to follow; only, of ...

    Article : 277 words
  7. The Sketcher.

    "Mount! Fall in! Right dress! Roll call! By fours right wheel! March!" and away we go over the rough road, with sabres jingling and horses ...

    Article : 1,305 words
  8. Short Story.

    It was at a little seaside place in West Cornwall that I met with Miss Cynthia Treleven. I never saw her before and have never seen her since; yet in the ...

    Article : 2,160 words
  9. A m[?]lc's Secret.

    All undertaker at Reil Key, U.S.A., claims he has secured a secret from an old hermit which promises to revolutionise the art of promises to ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. A Daring Innovation.

    The east end of Glasgow has been fashion in female attire. Hitherto it has greatly agitated about a question of been invariably regarded as the correct ...

    Article : 3 words
  11. Fashion Notes.

    In spite of the influence of the New Woman, gowns will be worn this spring as usual. Bonnets should be worn on the head, unless they are sun bonnets. ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. Patent Right C[?]anks.

    Patent attorneys, scientists, and others who are supposed to be authorities on technical and mechanical subjects complain that they are the especial prey ...

    Article : 581 words
  13. Wedding Presents.

    The original idea of giving wedding presents was of course not merely to pay a pretty compliment to the young people, but it had the practical object of ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. Concerning Thirteen.

    The superstition about thirteen at table has been explained by M. Quetelet as follows:—“If the probability be inquired that out of thirteen persons of ...

    Article : 108 words
  15. A Plate Trick.

    At a meal, if you wish to mystify your friends on the opposite side of the table, offer to sharpen their knives on a new kind of grindstone. Place your plate ...

    Article : 159 words
  16. A Strange Collection of C[?]

    One of the most curious collections in the world is one upon which the Queen of Italy has been engaged for years. It consists of old boots, shoes, and ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. Code of Honour for Women.

    A discussion has lately arisen respecting a code of honour for women. The advanced woman needs one (remarks Lady Violet Greville). If she is to ...

    Article : 264 words
  18. “The New Raby."

    When is a baby neither a boy nor a girl? The riddle is answered in a story told by Sir John Adye in “Recollections of a Military Life,” of Lord ...

    Article : 131 words
  19. He Was a Polymathist.

    A patrolman on Brady-street was pacing his founds the other night when a negro man of middle age who was labouring under considerable excitement, ...

    Article : 302 words
  20. Pot of Gold.

    Two farmers, living near Powderly, Texas, nameil Babe Stevens and Jack Burris respectively, unearthed a pot of gold containing upward of $3000 on their ...

    Article : 118 words
  21. A Good Deal of Inference.

    The other day a citizen called at the stamp window of the post office, and laid a penny on the shelf. The clerk looked at him for ten seconds, and then ...

    Article : 221 words
  22. Forbidden Fruit.

    It is a very fortunate circumstance (says the "Gentlewoman") that there is such a thing as forbidden fruit, although nowadays too many of us are inclined to ...

    Article : 291 words
  23. “Africa Makes de Biggest Show."

    A young matron of New York, having a strong liking for the sunny South, imported from " ole Virginy" a coloured cook named Pennina, who understood ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. Our Ancestors.

    It goes without saying that a man has two parents, four grandparents, eight great grandparents, and so on, so that it we go way back, doubling at each step. ...

    Article : 235 words
  25. Electricity and Steam.

    There are few sights more fitted to convey an idea of power than a stenm locomotive just starting or arriving; the whistling and roaring of the steam, the ...

    Article : 180 words
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    Astronomers calculate that the surface of the earth contains 31,625,625 square railes, of which 23,814,121 are water and 7,811,504 are land, the waters thus ...

    Article : 33 words
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    The first patent issued in the United States was by the General Court of Boston, 6th March, 1646. The invention was a water-wheel. ...

    Article : 25 words
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    The estate of Edwin Booth, by careful management on the part of the executors, has been considerably increased, and now stands inventoried at £134,500. ...

    Article : 25 words
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