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  2. THE JESTER.

    "Was that conjurer’s exhibition successful, Will?" "I think so, I lent him a bad half-crown, and he gave me back a good one." ...

    Article : 528 words
  3. THE ARMCHAIR. Charles Dickens, Novelist.

    When Mr. Hemy was painting the "Barge-builders" an old man named Parera used to go and sit with him. and tell stories of the sea and anecdotes of ...

    Article : 550 words
  4. CONCESSION.

    The German concession scheme for the practical control of Madeira has been revised. The Britishers interested appealed to Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for ...

    Article : 48 words
  5. FIRESIDE FANCIES. HOW A PRAIRIE WAS SET ON FIRE.

    Those who have seen a common a-fire on a hot August day will know how the Hame leaps from clump to clump, defying all efforts to extinguish it. Imagine a ...

    Article : 375 words
  6. NEW SERIES OF STORIES.

    We live in a Hat. I have known bigger fluts, but I do not wish to be personal. We are not very old. and I think sometimes that we are not very wise. That is ...

    Article : 2,033 words
  7. INFERNAL MACHINE

    Mr. Cort[?], magistrate at Paterson, New Jersey, was blown to p[?] while opening an infernal machine which had been sent to him by post. Hi[?] son was ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. SUFFRAGETTES.

    The women suffragists have hekl a procession half-a-mile long in London, They marched from Ilyde Park to Trafalear square, with several hands, and many ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. RUSSIAN CRIME.

    A youth [?] ballet[?] [?] with cyanide of po[?] [?] M. Alexandrowski, the Governor of [?] and killed him. The Governor, in company with the Assistant ...

    Article : 141 words
  10. THE SOCIALISTS.

    Sir John Lu[?] Walton. A[?] General in the c[?] of a [?] as South L[?]ds. [?]d that the L[?] was most useful in [?] [?] [?] [?] ...

    Article : 13 words
  11. NEW YORK MURDER

    The trial of Henry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, for the murder of Stanford White, was continued in New York yesterday. ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. WHERE OLD AGE 18 RESPECTED.

    In no country are the problems of old age and poverty more admirably dealt with than in Denmark. No respectable old working man or ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. KING AND QUEEN.

    King Edward and Q[?]n Aknandra cra[?] from [?] to D[?]ver without in[?]nt, [?] an A[?] [?] Special precautions were taken on the Gare du ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. AMONG THE SOCIETIES.

    The ordinary monthly meeting of the a[?] lodge was held in the M.U. Hall, C[?]-[?]reet on Friday evening l[?] 8th instant. There was a fair ...

    Article : 80 words
  15. Has Bullying Gone Out of Fashion?

    Every one over 17 years of age (writes Mr. Andrew Lang) is apt to think that "bullying has gone out." It has not. The wrong sort of boy remains, cruel, ...

    Article : 403 words
  16. A POWERFUL FISH.

    The power of a sword fish has always been admitted, and instances have not been altogether uncommon of his attacking vessels and burying his formidable weapon ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. Words from Sporting Terms.

    First in antiquity and dignity combined is the game played with the ball and the palm of the hand—the "jen de la paume" —a game in which as time goes on the ...

    Article : 379 words
  18. WATERWORKS BOARD. Mr. Morry’s Scientific Work.

    At a meeting of the Waterworks Board held this morning, there were present— Messrs. A. Midson (chairman), L. A. Bernays, C.M.G., A. M. Hertzberg, and J. ...

    Article : 496 words
  19. CHINA RAILWAY.

    Thu C[?]nton to Kau-lung Railway agreement has been ratified. The work will be carried out with British capital, and British engineers will be employed on the ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. SHOOTING A SHARPSHOOTER.

    Here is an interesting account of the coolness and ingenuity with which a Japanese captain put a stop to the work of a Russian sharpshooter, who was engaged ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. GERMANY.

    The Kaiser is expelling from Germany aliens, chi[?]lly, Russian students, who assist[?]t the Socialist candidates at the Reich[?]ag eletions. ...

    Article : 25 words
  22. CABLE CRUMBS.

    The "Money Market Review" warns investors against the Union Consolidated and Lyndhu[?]t copper ventures which certain London papers are ass[?]lnously ...

    Article : 316 words
  23. Staggering.

    An expert mathematician once set himself the nice little sum of calculating the number of different ways in which fiftytwo cards of a pack can be distributed ...

    Article : 184 words
  24. A Gruesome Story.

    Once, many years ago (writes Mr. Rider Haggard in "Longman’s Magazine"), I was riding in search of small game upo[?] the veldt in the Transvanl, when a hare ...

    Article : 446 words
  25. Scientific Marriage.

    What should be the proper course of action of a young man who desires to marry scientifically, and thus receive the greatest amount of happiness from such a life? He ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. Evolution of the Battleship.

    It is not quite a hundred years since the first wooden three-deeker of 120 guns was launched and put into commission, and the men of those days looked upon her as ...

    Article : 372 words
  27. INCREASING WITH YEARS.

    A statistician who has been collecting facts for some years as to the amount of time spent by ladies in front of the mirror, has arrived at the following result:— ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. Government Fruit Expert.

    Mr. Benson (Government Fruit Expert) is leaving almost immediately for Warwick and Stanthorpe shows, and he will be absent from town for some little time. ...

    Article : 29 words
  29. Overwork Among Bees.

    Lord Avebury should be interested to learn that to the snake story and the mosquito story American humour is now add ing the bee story. The "Minneapolis ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. VEGETABLES AS BEAUTIFIERS.

    "Although I am not a vegetarian as regards diet, observed a feminine authority on toilette matters, "I am a strong believer in vegetables for the complexion. ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. The Public Service.

    Disappointment has been expressed in some quarters to-day at the fact that the Premier’s manifesto contains no reference to public service administ[?]tion matters. ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. Why Black for Mourning?

    A lady who advocates dress reform on the artistic side expressed the hope that black would ultimately cease to be worn for mourning. ...

    Article : 145 words
  33. Advertising

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  34. Tested by the Trousseau.

    "Before the Roumanian lover becomes engaged to the girl of his choice, he goes through a quaint proceeding," says a traveller. ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. PROVERBS FROM "PUNCH."

    How much better it is to get wisdom than gold—and how much easier. Happy is the man who is admired and praised by his fellows—for he is dead. ...

    Article : 50 words
  36. Advertising

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  37. Billiards.

    Fully fifty people attended the billiardroom of the Newmarket Hotel to witness the exhibtions of Mr. H. Gray, Queensland champion, and his son George, the boy ...

    Article : 169 words
  38. Where Food is Wasted.

    "I believe," said a social reformer, "that enough food is wasted every day in our great cities to provide every famished wretch in their streets with a good meal. ...

    Article : 152 words
  39. Advertising

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