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  2. Short Story.

    "Half-a-million! who in their right senses would throw away half-a-million of money?" The speaker was Sir George ...

    Article : 3,593 words
  3. Spray.

    In some circles an man will get a reputation for talent whose ability consists wholly in a facility for the reproduction of other men's thoughts, or Ideas, ...

    Article : 70 words
  4. The Home.

    The author of "How to be Happy though Married" tells an amusing story of a young couple who recently crossed from Dover to Calais on their wedding ...

    Article : 237 words
  5. Pith and Point.

    Claude Lorraine began landscape painting at 13. Some people would say more if they didn't talk so much. ...

    Article : 859 words
  6. Food Bill at the Zoo.

    The number of animals living in the Zoological Gardens is in round numbers 2500, and the quantity of provender annually required to feed these may be ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. The Sale of a Landlord.

    Somebody was stealing the palings. Day by day the gap at the bottom of the yard grew larger. The palings were being carried off in the night. The ...

    Article : 605 words
  8. Eighteenth Century Wits.

    It is to be wondered whether people, as a whole, talked better a century ago at Mrs. Montagu's " assemblies," Lady Clermont's "conversation pieces," or ...

    Article : 164 words
  9. Happy and Useful Life.

    An old lady of 88, when-asked to explain the secret of her happy and useful life, said that, first of all, she had lived simply, never indulging in what ...

    Article : 187 words
  10. How Electricity Kills.

    Experiments have been made by A. M. Bleile upon dogs in order to determine the cause of death in electric shock. The conclusion reached is that ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. Sleep for the Sick.

    Troubled sleep and threatened Insomnia are (says " Home Chat") often the result of a badly-ventilated sick-room, and at no time is sleep so refreshing in ...

    Article : 319 words
  12. Swinburne.

    [Mr. Swinburne makes a new appearance as a poet shortly. His "Tale of Balen" is a narrative poem, running to about 140 pages, and dealing with one ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. Artistic Collections.

    There is great rejoicing among the auctioneers who dispose of artistic collections. Prices are on the average ruling very high Old silver ware, from ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. A Queer Club.

    There is a club in Philadelphia called the " Clover Club," which is noted for its banquets and for the fact that members are constantly interrupting ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. The Use of Scissors.

    Most children have a passion for cutting, and the gift of a small pair of blunt-pointed scissors means many hours of quiet bliss. But the child ...

    Article : 343 words
  16. The Doctor's Family Spirit.

    A certain Scottish physician, many years ago, was suspected of being a wizard, an opinion which was considered all but confirmed when he provided ...

    Article : 288 words
  17. Tea v. Whisky.

    It is commonly supposed (says a writer in the current number of " Blackwood's Magazine") that drunkenness is rife in Ireland and the. people ...

    Article : 117 words
  18. Some Talk About Talkers.

    When Coleridge, as his habit was, spoke on without ceasing—and many of his listeners, wished him to speak on for ever—his wonderful art was very ...

    Article : 2,804 words
  19. The Tollette of an Eastern Lady.

    Many and curious are the little secrets of the toilette In which European women of fashion indulge, but all their various little mysteries fall into insignificance In ...

    Article : 315 words
  20. His Own Painter.

    Winks: " I didn't see you in town yesterday." Minks : "No. I had a room that needed papering and painting, and I thought I'd stay at home and do it ...

    Article : 99 words
  21. Where Babies Sleep in Brooks.

    The native women on the slopes of the Himalayas select the most extraordinary sleeping places for their children. Being obliged to labour in the fields for ...

    Article : 257 words
  22. A Princely Income.

    With an income of something more than £1,000,000 sterling, it is scarcely a difficult matter to maintain a household in a condition of unparalleled splendour; ...

    Article : 173 words
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