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  2. A DEADLY DENOUEMENT.

    Of course I was a fool to believe her. My experience of women ought to have taught me, that when they are most earnest they are most false. ...

    Article : 1,626 words
  3. DANGERS OF HYPNOTISM.

    "Now, Maud," said Edgar, with a complacent smile, "I am ready to try that little experiment. I am sure I can bring you under hypnotic influence if ...

    Article : 334 words
  4. THE BOER FARMER.

    What kind of a life do Boers lead'? Here is a graphic picture of a Boer farm as it appeared to one who lived eleven months on it: Potgieter's farm was situated in a hock ...

    Article : 678 words
  5. SOME GOOD NAVAL YARNS.

    In personal appearance Admiral Dun can was every inch a leader of men. A contemporary said of him:— He was, without exception, the finest ...

    Article : 879 words
  6. A NEW INDIAN INDUSTRY.

    The intelligence that the utilisation of certain natural water powers in India is under consideration, rays "Fielden's Magazine" in the [?] at issue. gives rise to some ...

    Article : 355 words
  7. COURTSHIP CRACKERS.

    We stopped before the jeweller's, And there, in beauty bright, A lovely bracelet was displayed, She said 'twas' out of sight." ...

    Article : 1,283 words
  8. A YORKSHIRE SWEETHEARTS' BRIDGE.

    The lovers of Yorkshire have a bridge for their especial benefit. It crosses the River Esk at Glaisdale, and was erected by Tom Ferres, a famous Mayor of Hull, so that ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. WHO PLAYS THE BANJO.

    Not only the Prince of Wales, but all his children play the banjo The Prince himself learnt it ten years ago from one of the Brothers Bohee, who related that ...

    Article : 310 words
  10. THE TALE OF FOUR TUMBLERS.

    Two men who are not remotely connected with a local journal started out from the office the other day, and after an hour or two of work came together. ...

    Article : 315 words
  11. IN A SUN BOX.

    In two Australian towns up in the mountains there are now institutions for the treatment of consumption by the "sun-box method," which calls for little beside fresh ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. WELCOME OR UNWELCOME?

    The following episode, representative enough of real life, no doubt, has been evolved by a cynical wit to show the feeling of a man towards another who owes him ...

    Article : 205 words
  13. UP AN APPLE TREE TILL DAWN.

    Some stories recently published in reference to Beckford's Tower at Fonthill recalls this one, told by Mr. Frith in his "Reminiscences." A distant cousin of ...

    Article : 260 words
  14. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.

    Looking over his [?] one morning. Mark Lemon, then the editor of "Punch," opened an envelope enclosing a poem which the writer said had been ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. HOW BOB RECKONED UP.

    Years ago, when Mr. Frank Parmeloe was running his 'bus line in Chicago, says a Western paper, he had a driver named Bob, and he had suspicions that he was not ...

    Article : 234 words
  16. AN ANECDOTE OF ALBON P. MAN.

    Albon P. Man, the inventor of incandescent lighting by the use of a carbon filament in a vacuum, is still active, strong, and industrious, though well beyond the ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. THE LONGEVITY OF THE JEWS.

    The longevity of the Jews is ascribed by Professor Ripley to their thorough system of meat inspection prescribed by the Mosaic law. As much as one-third ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. THE REASON.

    Parke : I am sorry to hear, old man, of your domestic troubles. I ought not to make you feel badly, but we really have the best servant I ever saw. ...

    Article : 258 words
  19. AN UNSELFISH HERO.

    It is related of the gallant Sir Ralph Abercromby that when he was mortally wounded at the battle of Aboukir he was placed on a Litter and taken on board a ship then lying ...

    Article : 174 words
  20. TOOK A SHORT CUT.

    "Miss Daisy, you are writing to that little brother of yours who is at school in Germany, aren't you?" "Yes. He's a dear little fellow. I ...

    Article : 233 words
  21. MATCHMAKING" IN JAPAN.

    There exists in Japan among some of the classes a certain custom of hiring a mid-woman—nakoda, or professional matchmaker—in order to make an ...

    Article : 235 words
  22. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLING EVENTS.

    On what tritling events sometimes does the whole current of one's life depend ! Some short time ago a young lady well-known in society got married all through posting a ...

    Article : 229 words
  23. THE BUILDING OF A GREAT RAILWAY.

    the series of articles in "Feilden's Magazine" describing the Great Central Railway Extension to London reaches the fourth instalment in the November issue. ...

    Article : 103 words
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