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  2. CHASED BY A SEA-SERPENT.

    There is no doubt about it this time. The sea-serpent has really and truly been seen—and struck. It was seen by and struck by ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. CHINESE STRUCTURES.

    The Chinese structures that impress the engineering odserver most strongly are the bridges, the pagodas, the city walls, and certain details of building ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. HUMOUROUS COLUMN.

    Said the Englishman: 'Yes, we go very, very fast on our railways. Why, only the other day I sent a telegram ten minutes before the train started to ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. ABOUT "BIG BEN."

    "Big Ben," the famous clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament, eclipses all other clocks in the world in the point of size, and every Londoner glories in the mellow ...

    Article : 1,797 words
  6. SOME GREAT MEN'S DEFECTS.

    Homer tradition tells us, was blind, though it is unlikely that he was born so, since his fine appreciation of colour as shown in such expressions as "rosy-fingered dawn," "the ...

    Article : 1,506 words
  7. MR. PINERO'S NEW WORK.

    In the March number of the "Pall Mall Magazine" will be found the record of a highly interesting conversation which has just taken place between Mr. Pinero and ...

    Article : 257 words
  8. Very Hot Feet.

    Some time ago two brothers accepted I an invitation to spend their holidays at a friend's house in the country. Whilst there, not knowing anything ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. TOLSTOY AT HOME.

    Since the appearance of Tolstoy's new book, "Resurrection" public interest as regards his personality has been renewed. True, there has been for some years a ...

    Article : 931 words
  10. LORD ROBERTS' SECRET.

    Julian Ralph, the well-known war correspondent, set himself the task of defining Lord Roberts' secret of success; and he decides that it is this— ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. Met His Match.

    Apropos of counsel brow-beating witnesses in murder trials, a case is recalled where the lawyer looked at the doctor who was testifying, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. AFTER THE CHARGE.

    In his "Military Dialogues on Active Service," published by Sands and Company, Lieutenant-Colonel N. Newnham Davis gives some vivid sketches of bow officers and men ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. SOUTH AFRICAN STORMS.

    The thunderstorms of South Africa arc very violent in character, and no wet season passes without its record of lightning accidents. The natives ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. A New Disease.

    A Sydney servant girl was sent on the day of Cronje's surrender to a fishmonger's for sonic snapper. The city rang with the news, but Mary ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. A BOOKKEEPING TYPE-WRITER.

    The latest improvement in the typewriter is a machine which can be used to do bookkeeping. This is a most important improvement, as ...

    Article : 260 words
  16. Preparing for Emergencies.

    Last year, while staying with a friend near Dublin, a visitor saw two brawny Irishmen rolling up their shirt sleeves and preparing for a fistic ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.

    A remarkable discovery has been reported by the party making the permanent survey of the railway extension from Atherton to Mount Garnet in ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. OUTWITTED.

    A good story is told of Bosco, the famous conjurer, who was giving an exhibition of his skill at a cafe in the provinces. Among other tricks he took two five-pound notes out ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. Dear Bit of Meat.

    A Yorkshire butcher got married, and took his bride for a week to Filey where they spent the honeymoon. On their return, he placed her on ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. MAKING JOHN UNDERSTAND.

    Not so long ago, in a police-court in Melbourne, a Chinaman was summoned for being in possession of a tenement unfit for human habitation. The case was clearly ...

    Article : 140 words
  21. MARRY AND LIVE LONG.

    That is what the eminent Dr. Schwatz, of Berlin University says. "Marry and live long," he phrases it. The statistics he adduces show that if ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. Deserved Kicking.

    Jones (rushing into station): 'Is this my train?' Porter (a wit): 'No; it belongs to the railway company.' ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. GROWTH OF GERMANY.

    The growth of Germany since the war with France is the most remarkable phenomenon of modern Europe. Since the treaty of peace was signed in ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. MOLTKE'S LOQUACITY.

    Moltke's reticence was so proverbial that, as the King's birthday approached, there used to be beta among the officers and the General Staff as to how many words Moltke ...

    Article : 246 words
  25. What He Meant.

    A man was getting off a very poor hag that he was riding in George-street the other day, and an urchin said to him: ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. A WILLMADE 2,500 YEARS B.C.

    In the olden days when Egypt was a Queen among nations, her wise men left little for lawyers to do with their affairs, after their death. We read ...

    Article : 181 words
  27. Not a Surprise.

    Amiable Hostess: 'Well, now you are here, I hope you will stay to lunch with me?' Gushing Visitor: 'Oh, thank you ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. SAD MISTAKE.

    Rural Editor: Yes, sir; burglaries are becoming altogether too frequent around here, and something has got to be done. ...

    Article : 120 words
  29. MAX O'RELL WHEN IN AUSTRALIA.

    A good story is told of Max O'Rell in connection with a lecturing tour in Australia. The lecturer on one occasion found himself addressing a somewhat ...

    Article : 95 words
  30. STRICTLY MODERN.

    "She has received a strictly up-to- date education you say?" "Well, rather. She hasn't a bit of practical knowledge about household affairs ...

    Article : 60 words
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