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  2. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    "And lives are like flowers, In dying they bide not alone but, sow themselves and bloom again with each returning spring, and ever more and more."—"Sky Pilot." ...

    Article : 168 words
  3. HORTICULTURAL.

    The preparation of the ground intended for citrus trees should be taken in hand without delay. The trees do well in almost any soil that has perfect drainage. ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  4. PHYSICAL EFFICIENGY

    Lord Rosebery has demanded efficiency in the public service, and now Sir James Crichton-Browne, F.R.S., in his presidential address to the medical section of the ...

    Article : 1,303 words
  5. THE REALM OF SCIENCE.

    Most persons who have command of a telescope agree that of all the objects in the sky the planet Saturn is the most engaging. Its system of ...

    Article : 1,578 words
  6. KITCHENERIA

    Lord Kitchener is once more the here of the moment. He has been over two and a half years in South Africa. Lord Roberts left London for the Cape on 23rd ...

    Article : 1,281 words
  7. THE HUMORIST.

    Wife (anxiously) Is my husband very ill, doctor? Dr. Stickum: Oh, no! Only about L5 worth. Some people take a great deal of pain to ...

    Article : 876 words
  8. USEFUL HINTS.

    Parsley can be kept fresh for some time by being wrapped in a piece of damp cheese-cloth. Finger marks on furniture may be ...

    Article : 692 words
  9. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    It is a mistake (says an English paper) to suppose that the utility of masage is limited to the removal of wrinkles. It helps to keep both face and figure shapely. ...

    Article : 350 words
  10. ABSINTHE.

    There has, and with good reason (writes the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") been a loud outcry of late against absinthe and the ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. BARBERS' SHOPS.

    The Board of Health, at a meeting recently adopted the suggested sanitary regulation of barbers' shops, as submitted by Dr. Baum, chairman of the ...

    Article : 478 words
  12. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF NORFOLK'S HEIR.

    Philip Joseph Mary Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the only son of the Duke of Norfolk, was buried by his mother's side in Fitzalan Chapel, ...

    Article : 415 words
  13. TOLD THE TRUTH.

    "I say," said a young fellow to some of his companions, "let us see who can tell the biggest lie." 'All right," said one. "I'm the biggest fool ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. WHAT DID HE MEAN.

    While Mr and Mrs Brown were entertaining a tea party the other afternoon the hostess made the remark:—"John and I have been married 15 years, and ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. A WORD IN SEASON.

    It was it wise remark that President Jefferson made when he said, "Bargains are dangerous; never buy what you do not want because it is cheap." I think ...

    Article : 400 words
  16. COULDN'T BE THE SAME MAN.

    A lawyer, named Strange, who felt he was dying, said to his wife, "I want you to put on my tombstone: "Here lies a lawyer and an honest man.'" ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. DONALD'S IDEA OF A CHEQUE-BOOK.

    My uncle (writes Myra Maine, of Dumfries, Scotland) was a farmer of considerable means in the island of Lewis. On one occasion he was paying a crofter by cheque for ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. PEARLS.

    A paper on The Mechanism of the Formation of Gem Pearls was recently submitted to the Academie des Sciences by M. Raphael Dubois. The particular ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. WHERE SHORTHAND IS WEAK.

    It was an hour or more after midnight. There was a furious ringing at the door-bell. A few minutes elapsed, and then a head was thrust out of a second story window. ...

    Article : 263 words
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    Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff writes in the new volume of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" on the late Lord Derby, and recalls one or two anecdotes which will ...

    Article : 175 words
  21. SOME DAINTY BREAKFASTS.

    In many establishments, where the bead of the family is also a business man, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and, indeed, this is as ...

    Article : 357 words
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    Many women appear to devote their whole lives to gambling. But they pay —they pay! The bridge woman, by her faded face. her early wrinkled features, ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. The Golden Rule.

    He: "It is a woman's duty to be beautiful if she can." She: "And it is a man's duty to make her think she is. whether or no!" ...

    Article : 54 words
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