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  2. Poetry.

    From the valley of morn, where teardrops hang, The glittering bow of promise sprung. So near it was plain to the dullest sight, So distant no hand could reach it quite; ...

    Article : 211 words
  3. AN ALL-ROUND INTELLECTUAL MAN.

    He was up in mathematics, had a taste for hydrostatics, and could talk about astronomy from Aristarchus down; He could tell what kind of beans were ...

    Article : 285 words
  4. HOW TO DRIVE.

    It is the height of a boy's ambition to own a horse. A bicycle is a hospital steed, that stands without tying, and will not "eat its head off" when not in use; but, after all, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 588 words
  5. THE SPECTRE CAPTAIN.

    "I'll never go out near the old Taber again," said a wall-known boatman of East Oakland one Sunday as he looked towards the black hulk of the steamship William Taber. ...

    Article : 750 words
  6. Novelist. The Rajah's Vengeance.

    'Sea!' she cried, as she came close to me and extended her right hand, 'I found some leaves and blossoms of the ebony plant in the satchel which you brought here with you from the palace, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 4,857 words
  7. THE NATURE OF PROVERBS.

    We probably none of us know how much we use proverbs in our daily speech; but it is certain that if they were withdrawn from the language we should find ourselves pulled ...

    Article : 385 words
  8. THE KING OF DRESSMAKERS.

    The greatest of dressmakers is an Englishman by birth, but his fame was made in Paris during the second Empire. He was born at Bourne, Lincolnshire, and his ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. THE LOVERS COAT.

    A tale of disaster to a young businessman's pride, marital prospects, and spring overcoat was told the other night by a friend of the victim. This young man is the ...

    Article : 453 words
  10. Chaff.

    The report is denied that the editor of a certain weekly paper is going to Japan to mark tea-chests, although it is known that his execrable chirography has long excited ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. APHORISMS.

    Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.—Cromwell. Prospective happiness! it is, perhaps, the only real happiness in the world.—A. de ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. The Cynic's Dictionary.

    Boy—Satan's special agent. Glory—A word of five letters. Genius—The active expression of good taste. ...

    Article : 48 words
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