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  2. 'Adorable Gwandolen Be Mine.'

    After an interval of about half an hour— during which Martha had ministered to Ned some slight refreshment, including a cup of weak tea over his legs—Gwendolen entered ...

    Article : 601 words
  3. Popular Science.

    The slow flapping of a butterfly's wing produces no sound, but when the movements are rapid a noise is produced which increases in shrillness with the number of vibrations. ...

    Article : 204 words
  4. Sketcher.

    For some time past a gang of men has been attempting, under conditions of much peril, to repair one of the big Birmingham Corporation gasholders. The work (it ...

    Article : 1,465 words
  5. An Interview with Mark Twain.

    'Where is Farmington-avenue? inquired on arriving in Hartford. 'Do you know Mark Twain's was the interrogative response, from which it seems that Mark is a ...

    Article : 920 words
  6. Phonograph.

    I do rot think that the subjoined curious passage, relating to a machine intended, to a limited extent, to perform the same duty as that which a modern phonograph does ...

    Article : 218 words
  7. Sanitary Street Clearing.

    This is just the reason when the public will welcome any improved appliance for clearing the streets. The slimy mud which bespatters pedestrains and sends our horses ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. Three Cheers and a Tiger.

    The Boston livening Gazelle gives the following explanation of how the tiger 'came associated with cheers: In the year 1822, the Boston Light ...

    Article : 239 words
  9. Memories.

    Once more beneath my yearning eyes The deep secluded vale appears; Once more I see the mountain rise That, in the dimly distant years ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. Our Lady of Sulks.

    She is fierce in the feminine fashion; She is fairer of form than of speech; When moved to give tune to her passion, Much seheth each car within reach. ...

    Article : 297 words
  11. To Smokers.

    Smokers, beware! for once again science has found a weak place in your armour. This time it is M. Bourrier, the French scientist, who has been on the war-path ...

    Article : 265 words
  12. Three Parallell Stories.

    Julius Ciesar, when landing on the coasts of Africa, stumbled as he leaped from his boat, and fell. To disabuse the minds of his soldiers of the superstitious impression the ...

    Article : 387 words
  13. Varieties.

    Everything connected with one's business is of importance. Very few dry goods men know the origin of the names of many of the goods they handle. They may seem ...

    Article : 306 words
  14. Odds and Ends.

    Only the rich can afford to be stingy. A bad fall—When the mercury drops to zero. Churches may be very poor, and yet not be ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. The Novelist of the Sea.

    AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. CLARK RUSSEL. Deal! Briny, quaint, old-fashioned, historical Deal! Deal, with its grumbling, cantankerous, loafing, quit-chewing ...

    Article : 1,238 words
  16. Art and Literature.

    Canada is about to follow the example set her by the United States and put a taxon art and literature at her ports of entry. Burn-Jones' 'greatest work' is nearly ...

    Article : 392 words
  17. Balancing Accounts.

    The old year is pegged out at a rapid rate. Every 1st of January that we arrive at is in imaginary milestone on the turn-pike ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. Odd Ways of Putting Things.

    In curious modes of expression, comical blunders, and what may generally be called odd, and sometimes witty ways of putting things, Mrs. Malaprop has had many rivals. ...

    Article : 792 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 225 words
  20. Our Old Curiosity Shop

    We have on exhibition at this office several curiosities, relics of a past age which are well worth looking at. The articles are the pro-perty of Davis Baldwin of Tyringham. A ...

    Article : 255 words
  21. Adventures With African Lions.

    In the recently-published book of "Travels in Central Africa, by Fredrick S. Arnot, are some remarkable lion adventures. There are low who have not heard of the terrible ...

    Article : 929 words
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