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  2. SHORT STORY.

    Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! "Whoever can it be, Vera, at such an early hour? Not a visitor, surely?" And both girls hurried towards the window, ...

    Article : 1,611 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,386 words
  4. INTERESTING ITEMS

    It is said that a clergyman received a note telling had to perform a marriage ceremony:—"This is to give you notis that [?] and Miss Jemima Arabella Brearly i[?] ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. WILD MEN'S BRAINS.

    The danger of laying down general assertions about the interiority of savages in the matter of brains was emphasised in a lecture at the Royal Institution. ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. AN AN[?]S SEWING CIRCLE.

    A party of German naturalists, recently returned from [?]eylon, have reported the existence of a species of an[?] that has been observed in the act of sewing two leaves ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. EIGHT HUNDRED FEET HIGH.

    The 800ft. high holding which is to be erected in New York for the an-American Union will surely be the limit in [?] ers (says the "Westminister Gazette"). ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. ALLIGATOR BOATS.

    The unsophisticated visitor to the [?]mber districts of Canada may occasionally see what is to hi[?] a very remarkable sight, a primitive-looking stream[?]at high and dry ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. A BOY CONDUCTOR.

    On the afternoon of 1st February, at the Tsarskoe Selo Pa[?]ce, St. Petersburg, the Czar, the Cesare[?]tch, and members of the Imperial family were present at a ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. ANTIQUITY OF SMOKING.

    Iron smoking pipes have been found in Roman rhins on the border of the Lake of Geneva, and also near the Lake of Zurich. Many other pipes of various materials, ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. NEW WAY WITH WORTHLESS HUSBANDS.

    Husbands have to be very careful now in the American State of Wisconsin. Lots of them are working just now on farms for wages collected by officials and ...

    Article : 314 words
  12. THE CIGARETTE HABIT.

    In America a crusade has been started to curb the ciragette [?] among boys and men by the application of nitrate of silver on the palates of the victims. This ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. LLOYD'S WORST YEAR.

    Last year was, in many respects, the worst ever experienced by Lloyd's and the M[?]rme Insurance Companies, for, although until another twelve months have passed, ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS ATE.

    A German paper publishes an interesting article on the lost dishes of the middle ages. It seems that the art of cooking has declined, and that is in part due to the ...

    Article : 275 words
  15. STARVA[?]GN DANGER IN PARIS.

    The Paris Municipal Council, the military authorities, and the Government have been occupied with a very serious question. It is that of the revictualling of Paris in the ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 words
  17. GALE STOPS A TRAIN.

    Storms of great violence passed over the Firth of Forth in January, and passengers travelling across the Forth Bridge had [?] curious experience. An express train after ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. CORNDALE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
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