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  2. THE CARE OF THE SICK

    THERE are, says the "Spinning Wheel," few situations in life where more judgment, prudence, for thought, and untiring watchfulness are necessary than in the care of ...

    Article : 543 words
  3. A CRICKETING HUMBUG

    I remember Fred Spicer well. With all his faults he was a good fellow at heart, generous, good-natured, the truest of friends, and to those who knew him well his irresistible ...

    Article : 1,225 words
  4. [NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.] THE ULTIMATUM OF CAPTAIN FACUS.

    Durban, Port Natal, in 1879 was a gay and festive town. The hotels were crammed with warriors, the lodging-horses were stuffed with beds almost to ...

    Article : 1,974 words
  5. MEN WITH IRON MUSCLES.

    ENGLAND has always paid a sort of sneaking reverence to its strong men. We are not speaking now of the Gladstones and Salisburys who alternately hold the reins ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  6. RECOLLECTIONS OF DION BOUCICAULT.

    MR. AUBREY BOUCICAULT, son of the famous dramatist, tells some interesting anecdotes of the author of "The Shaughran," " The Colleen Bawn," &c. ...

    Article : 557 words
  7. JEWISH WIT AND HUMOUR.

    The Chief Rabbi recently lectured to a crowded audience at the London Institution on the above subject. He said that Renan, the great scholar, whose loss the world of ...

    Article : 1,113 words
  8. CAN WE DIE OF A BROKEN HEART?

    How often we hear the expressions, "His heart was broken," " He died of a broken heart." It is one of the commonest sayings, used whenever a man or woman dies ...

    Article : 427 words
  9. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE PAWNBROKER.

    A GENERATION ago the publican was regarded as a comparatively respectable member of the community, while the pawnbroker was universally despised. To have ...

    Article : 374 words
  10. SOME THRILLING EXPERIENCES.

    THE story of Miss Kato Marsden's journeys " On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Lepers in Siberia" is a sensational romance, and we might fill many pages with ...

    Article : 304 words
  11. THE FAKIR FAILED.

    ''Now gentlemen,'' began the fakir, as he arranged half a hundred bottles on a temporary table at the steel corner. ''I am here to sell the original and only ...

    Article : 447 words
  12. MEN WHO NEVER ADVERTISE.

    THE "Pelican" recently had the following :— The good Dagonet girds at me, I see, in his most recent "Mustard And Cress," in that I suggested that he should go ...

    Article : 424 words
  13. QUITE A DIFFERENT THING.

    THE Wife: " Well, what do you suppose I saw last night ? The Husband (complacently reading his magazine): " I don't know, I'm sure. What ...

    Article : 394 words
  14. THE PUNISHMENT FITTED THE CRIME.

    SOME years ago in Georgia, there lived a teacher who was very pious, and went up stairs to her room regularly at every recess for her devotions. ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. SPORT AT THE FAIR.

    It was the violet calm of evening. A Kaffir chief stood at the entrance of the last tent but one on the Midway Plaieance. ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. EXPLAINED.

    ''I can't think why Ethel is such an advocate for the crinoline.—Second Sister: "Oh, I can She's bow-legged." ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.

    HUNTER : ''Good morning, Parson Shouter, I presume you are saving souls as usual ?" Parson S.: "No, sah." ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. ONE WAY.

    TRIVVET : "Is this your advertisement in the paper for a lost dog ?'' Dicer : ''Yes.'' Trivvet : ''Why, you never had a dog to ...

    Article : 54 words
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