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  2. CHAPTER XIX.—A LETTER FROM THE DEAD.

    Mr Wykeham was seated at the breakfast table next morning when his old servant, Rogers, who had been with him for the last thirty years, ...

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  3. Odds and Ends.

    THE wife of a sporting gentleman has written to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to know if something can be done to prevent horses ...

    Article : 67 words
  4. IN A DIFFERENT LINE.

    TWO travellers met in the reading-room of the hotel one evening last week, and over their cigars fell into conversation. One carried a small line of novelties, which ...

    Article : 76 words
  5. THE PASSING PROCESSION.

    Two of the world's interesting mammals have lately become extinot without attracting attention. An English naturalist points out that the great straight-horned ...

    Article : 73 words
  6. A THIN TRAGEDY.

    There was a young lady named Lynn, Who was so exceedingly thin That when she essayed To drink lemonade, ...

    Article : 30 words
  7. VICE YERSA.

    ' Don't you think you are working too hard?' said Chivers. 'Well, there's a lot of unfinished work before me, and I've got to cover the ground ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. TEA WITH THE JAPANESE.

    No servant is ever permitted to serve tea in a Japanese house. It is the privilege of the daughter to make the beverage, while the guest who has last arrived serves it. ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. HUSBAND AND WIFE.

    Mrs. Homebuddy: 'Home is the dearest spot on earth. after all.' Mr. H.: 'Yes, when you count in the rent and the servants'wages,' ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. A NATURAL POISON.

    The natives in Java have a natural poison to aid them in avenging themselves against their enemies. It is a strong fluid found in the bark of the upas tree. The ...

    Article : 104 words
  11. A FREAK OF NATURE.

    Nervous old Lady: 'Oh [?] John let us run, for when a cow stares at you like that, it's a bull [?]' ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  12. STONE WEATHER PROPHET.

    There are weather prophets and weather prophets, but there is a stone which, it is asserted, unfailingly foretells changes in the weather. This stone was found in ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. Miscellaneous.

    A CERTAIN species of bean in China and Japan grows a yard long. The tongue of a single Whale has been known to produoe a ton of oil. ...

    Article : 437 words
  14. [?]AKE OF SNOW

    The contrasting freaks of nature are the Island of Fire and the Lake of Snow. The Island of Fire is called the Home of Hot Devils. It is situated in the midst of a ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. AN ABLUTIONIST.

    Thus Baya the natural history professor of an American paper:- Snakes change their skins just as a man changes his shirt, about three times a year ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. LIKEWISE THE OCCUPANTS.

    City Visitor: ' What makes little Tommy cry so, Mr. Leeka?' Farmer Leeks: 'Well, the f[?]t is, he went out this morning to find a hornet's ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. HENS WITH LONG TAILS.

    An interior province of China has produced two of the most remarkable curi[?]sities in the shape of long tailed fowls in the world, The cook has feathers 5ft. ...

    Article : 169 words
  18. STORE REFARTEE.

    In a small country store the following conversation took place:- Do yon keep eggs?' asked a young man, 'No: we Bell them,' replied the ...

    Article : 94 words
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