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  2. A CHINESE FEAST.

    The following is the menu of a dinner given in the court of Dr. Cross's hospital, Eng-Chhun, in honour of the visit of Mr. Connell, Convenor of the Foreign Missions ...

    Article : 351 words
  3. A FAMOUS ACADEMICIAN.

    So prevalent has become the craze for writing biographies that it is refreshing to had such a work as "The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais," for both his ...

    Article : 2,381 words
  4. HOW RIFLE BORES ARE TESTED.

    A very instructive article appears in the March number of the "Windsor Magazine," dealing with the making and testing of the weapons that " Tommy" is now being called ...

    Article : 543 words
  5. A MILLIONAIRE.

    In a recent article on "Americans Abroad," Peter F. Dunne thus comments on America's self-expatriated multi-millionarie: [?] William Waldorf Astor is a gentleman ...

    Article : 673 words
  6. LATELY ADVERTISED.

    The wants of those ho advertise in the "East Anglian Daily Times" seem to be very modest, if the following is a typical instance:— ...

    Article : 428 words
  7. MICROBES.

    Recent explorers in both the Arctic and Antarctic relgious have brought bock interesting information concerning bacterial life in the frigid zones. It has long been ...

    Article : 494 words
  8. THE GREATEST UNSOLVED PROBLEM OF ASTRONOMY.

    "One of the most beautiful stars in the heavens, and one that can be seen most of the year, is a Lyrm, or Alpha of the Lyre, known also has Vega. In a spring evening it may be ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. A DUEL IN HONDURAS.

    We were invited to witness a duel between two natives, one selected from each army, says a magazine writer. Hostilities were entirely suspended for tile time being, and ...

    Article : 294 words
  10. BARTERING FOR A WIFE.

    Avery readable account of a summer visit to Nova Zembla is contributed to the "Windsor Magazine" by J. Russell-Jeaffreson. The primitive methods of the natives may ...

    Article : 352 words
  11. CURIOSITIES OF LOST PROPERTY.

    The "Church Family Newspaper" publishes interviews with police and railway officials on the subject of "Lost Property." One official was asked:— ...

    Article : 363 words
  12. A QUICK-WITTED NURSE.

    A hospital nurse retired from the ward one afternoon in order to prepare the bread and butter ordinarily served with tea to the patients at five o'clock. ...

    Article : 314 words
  13. PECULIAR MARRIAGE RITES.

    Northern India and the island of Banqucy can certainly claim to have the most peculiar marriage writes of any country. In the former, a cow and a calf are fovariably required at ...

    Article : 160 words
  14. LAST YEAR'S PHYSICAL RESEARCH.

    We cannot expect to have a Rontgen ray discovery every year, hut "Feilden's Magazine" points out that although no epoch making discoveries have been made during ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

    The following story, for which the "Detroit Journal" vouches, illustrates a woman's quick tact in an emergency. It is. about a college president, who is a great ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. AND SHOWN OUT AGAIN.

    "I'll see you out," replied Mr. Bowser, as he proceeded him to the door." And no tip?" "Not a penny." ...

    Article : 298 words
  17. MIKE'S LITTLE JOKE.

    Mike Burke was a true-bred Irishman, though wearing the tartan of a Highland regiment. One morning his company were dressing for a "marching—order parade." I ...

    Article : 330 words
  18. JUSTICE AND MARRIAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    A Filipino magazine contributor, Ramon Reyes Lala by name. recounts some strange peculiarities of a tribe half-Malay and half-Negrito. He says:— ...

    Article : 477 words
  19. THE STUDENT'S LAST RESORT.

    A witty Irish student appeared before an examining board to undergo an examination in medical jurisprudence. Tin subject of examination was poisons, and the examiner ...

    Article : 287 words
  20. VOLUNTEERS, ATTENTION.

    An officer, connected with a Scottish Volunteer corps, to celebrate the double event of receiving the long-service medal and of having volunteered and been accepted for ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. WHAT THE NICARCUA CANAL MEANS TO BRITISH TRADE.

    "The importance of the Nicaragua Canal," observes "Feilden's Magazine," "to American commercial interests may be appreciated by the fact that European ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. A CAUTIOUS MAN.

    On one occasion a ema' laird was waited on by a neighbour to request his name as an accommodation to a "bit bill," which led to the following characteristic colloquy:— ...

    Article : 140 words
  23. THE MOST WONDERFUL TRAIN IN THE WORLD.

    The "Princess Christian" is the, perhaps, most wonderful train in the world. It is unique for several reasons—in the first place, of course, because It approaches nearer to ...

    Article : 273 words
  24. IN SEARCH OF A COMPLEXION.

    Delaraix the painter, was walking [?]one day with a friend of his, when he fell into a brown[?]. " What's up with you now ?" said the ...

    Article : 201 words
  25. BRINCING DOWN THE HOUSE.

    Mr. Arthur Roberts once turned an neat. dent on the stage to good account. He was supposed to be drunk, and in reeling about he collided with an inn, knocking it over and ...

    Article : 222 words
  26. WHERE IT IS REALLY COLD.

    A recent Siberian traveller relates:—"At Sodousk in the intensely cold nights the silence is sometimes broken by it loud report as of cannon. This is the bursting of one ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. "A FEAST OF THE ANCIENTS."

    A story is told of Dr. Ferguson, the historian, and Dr. Black, the discoverer of latent enloric (which led to the invention of the steam engine by Watt), who once met to ...

    Article : 134 words
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