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  2. SHORT STORY.

    'I guess I'll christen him Peppercorn,' said Fogg; 'it's as good a name as any other, and it seems appropriate.' 'It's appropriate, certainly,' said ...

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  3. TRAVELLER. IN A FOREST OF UNTOLD TREASURE.

    When the terrible Apache Indians were waging war against the white men, they were often driven by frontiersmen deep into the heart of Arizona. On one of ...

    Article : 334 words
  4. All Round ROBBED TO ROB.

    The following story is given as it is told. It is American and comment need not be made as to its truth. ...

    Article : 184 words
  5. WAYS OF LIVING.

    'The fraudulent advertisement is a hardy perennial, as difficult to kill as a healthy ghost or a false tradition,' remarked a magistrate's clerk to the writer ...

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  6. LADIES' COLUMN. MATTERS FEMININE.

    Hats are now worn tilted over the eyes. In training ladies to become children's nurses, the art of story telling is cultivated. ...

    Article : 231 words
  7. PRACTICE AGAINST THEORY.

    Once, when lecturing to his class, a certain learned professor thus delivered himself: 'I would have you observe, ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. WHI TENS THE HANDS AND ARMS.

    Ladies who play tennis out in the open air, may like to know of a good lotion for whitening the hands and arms when tanned by exposure to the sun. Mix ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. INS AND OUTS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Perhaps it is because there is a rule forbidding strangers to pass within its sacred gates that so little is known by the general public of that world-famed ...

    Article : 904 words
  10. TOO OFTEN AT DRAWING-ROOMS.

    So very crowded of late have the Court Drawing-rooms become, that a new rule has been made setting forth that those whe have a right te attend such ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. HUMOUR. 'P. N. B.'

    'What will you charge to paint the words, 'Post No Bills' on my fence?' asked a woman of a signpainter. 'Twopence a letter, madam,' the painter ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. PROMINENT WOMEN EXPLORERS.

    When Miss M. Betham-Edwards turned her attention to archaeological research in Egypt she enjoyed the reputation of being the only woman who had shown a taste ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. BULLET WOUNDS IN THE HEAD.

    Some remarkable recoveries from bullet wounds of the head have been reported by the medical officers attached to the troops at the seat of ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. CHEATED THEM.

    Patient: 'I want to take gas.' Dentist: 'It is not usual to administer gas for such a small tooth, my boy. It won't hurt you for an instant.' ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. THEY ARE SHOWER PROOF.

    Blouses and skirts intended for cycling and out-door wear are now being made of prints that have been rendered showerproof. These are not really waterproof, ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. CARROT JUICE FOR THE COMPLEXION.

    A French doctor has made a discovery that the juice from carrots has wonderful properties, hitherto ignored and neglected. Particularly is it beneficial in purifying ...

    Article : 62 words
  17. FOR GOOD REASON.

    The following is all example of the reluctance of the canny Scot to part with unasked-for information. An Englishman chancing to be in ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. HARDLY SEEMS POSSIBLE.

    So much advice is given nowadays on how to preserve the complexion that it is interesting to peep back a couple of centuries and see how they managed when ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. BEMOANED THEIR LOSS.

    If the truth of the following anecdotes were not vouched for, it would be difficult to believe that the incidents really occurred. ...

    Article : 214 words
  20. AFTER THE FIFTH.

    It was the evening after the Fifth, as the glorious sun was sinking to rest, and the small boy, packed in lint and a splint or two, was lying with his face to the wall, ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. VARIETIES.

    Most people hear better with the right than with the left ear. Among the Ph[?]nicians, in ancient days, the wearing of earrings was a badge of ...

    Article : 631 words
  22. ONE ENOUGH.

    One day an examiner was listening to a class of Irish boys in the East-End of London as they repeated Macaulay's 'Horatius.' ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. SILENCED.

    'This is the worst-managed hotel I have ever been in! Tell the proprietor I want him.' 'Is it you who are running this ...

    Article : 55 words
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