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  2. Short Story.

    The village of Brooms lies at the extreme head of the Firth. Hither the river comes down to join the sea-arm—comes down from amid the great blue ...

    Article : 2,686 words
  3. Spray.

    England's share Central Africa is roughly estimated at 2,000,000 miles. The trade of this enormous area may be approximately valued as follows:—West ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. Household Hints.

    Salt dissolved in alcohol will take out grease spots. Common dry salt is the best thing to clean marble. ...

    Article : 319 words
  5. Genius to Order.

    Genius will soon be a drug in the market. Genius will soon be as plentiful as the all but proverbial blackberries. A wonder-worker has arisen. Professor ...

    Article : 397 words
  6. Pith and Point.

    In 1781 serfdom was abolished in the German—Empire by Joseph H., then Emperor. In 1867 the Spanish Government ...

    Article : 873 words
  7. Peace Society.

    The Peace Society calls attention to the following figures:—Cost of the armies and navies of Europe—1860, £116,0000,00; 1896. £230,000,000; national ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. Superstitions.

    In some parts of the South-west of England a curious superstition prevails. A hair is taken from a malden's head and passed through a wedding ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. The New Cut.

    "How is it, Saunders," inquired the minister of his beadle, "that these two young neighbours of mine have their churches quite full, while, though I ...

    Article : 99 words
  10. Wanted a Situation.

    I have a son, a lanky youth, who's just turned seventeen; The time' has come to put him out to honest work. I ween. ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. Clarified Fat.

    This is a most useful article in the kitchen. It is excellent for pastry and plain cakes, and is much cheaper than bought dripping or lard; the former ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. Theatrical Delusions.

    A somewhat callow youth of about 19, who showed signs of becoming a dude, boarded a third avenue elevated train. He took a seat next to a ...

    Article : 365 words
  13. The Duke Will Be Down.

    Not long ago an officer, of the London School Board was crossing Covent Garden Market at a late hour, when he found a little fellow making his bed for ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. Yankee Doodle !

    Now that the American Senate has taken upon itself to interfere in the Maybrick case, we would suggest representations from the same sources as to ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. How to Clean Windows.

    To clean a window seems a simple operation. It is, too, but one must known how to do the work. A cloudy day is the best time to do the cleaning, or a ...

    Article : 333 words
  16. Slow:

    The world turns slowly round, above, below, The moon comes slowly in her course again, ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. Napoleonic Epigrams.

    Some epigrammatic sayings of Louis Napoleon are repeated in a recent English book. On being asked at the Army, and Navy Club, "Shall you not find it ...

    Article : 157 words
  18. The Chartered Company.

    The Duke of Abercorn (says a London gossip), since he accepted the chairmanship of "La Chartered," as the French call it and became liable to receive ...

    Article : 224 words
  19. A Distinguished Minister.

    The Minister for Foreign Affairs in the new Italian Cabinet is like a character that should step forth to real life from the pages of Marion Crawford's Italian ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. Questions from the Mugwump's Institute.

    Required the capacities in feet between a biped, a quadruped, and a centipede, and say whether the foot of a lanreate, being just as bread as it is long ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. Bismarck Photographed.

    The latest photographs of Prince Bismarck represent the "man of blood and Iron" enveloped in a kind of waterproof ulster, with a soft felt hat ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. A Professional Sympathiser.

    An enterprising girl in New York has started a new profession which is, to say the least of it, nut of the common. She has observed the existence of ...

    Article : 165 words
  23. "Flood—See Noah."

    A good story is told with reference to the publication of a certain Biblical dictionary. The compiler is said to have given the article on the ark to what he ...

    Article : 183 words
  24. Telegraphic Blunders.

    The telegraph clerk, generally zealous and painstaking, puts his hand to remarkable phrases in moments of mental abstraction or caligraphic weariness. In ...

    Article : 240 words
  25. The Draper's Assistant.

    I never run counter to fate, Though I know how to run up a hill; My work and my pleasure By rule and by measure ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. He Courted the Mare.

    A certain Mr. Spriggs was courting a young lady of some attractions, who was the happy possessor into the bargain of a decent fortune. After a ...

    Article : 180 words
  27. A Long Chase.

    A man who had just finished a comfortable meal at a restaurant the other evening suddenly rose from his chair, caught up his hat and an umbrella ...

    Article : 146 words
  28. Perpetual Summer.

    A gentleman. whose office is in Worcester, and whose homeplace is a suburban town, is planning a building which will contain perpetual summer. It will ...

    Article : 154 words
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