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  2. SHORT STORY.

    Danton looked over his shoulder to make sare the servants had left the dining-room, than bending across the table towards his guest, sai — Who do ...

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  3. FARM AND GARDEN.

    European apiary interests are becoming alarmed at the development of this industry in Asia, and especially in Palestine, where for the la3t 20 years bee ...

    Article : 1,055 words
  4. WAYS OF LIVING.

    Numerous are the cases of perverted ingen[?]ity which meet the student of human nature at every turn; but none puzzle him [?]o completely as the tricks ...

    Article : 1,291 words
  5. SCIENCE. CHILDERN AND THERE TEETH.

    An experienced dantist says that the carelessness of parents frequently sacrifices the personal charm of cheir children to an extent wholly unnecessary. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. DOLLS AND INSANITY.

    Does fondness for dolls on the part of an elderly widow constitute an indication of a disordered mind? That is a question which is at the present moment engaging ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. A WARNING TO MILKMEN.

    A very real grievance is brought forward by the 'Lancet,' and we hope our readers, if it has in their power, will convey the information to the right ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. VARIETIES. FRENCH WOMEN AND THEIR VOTES.

    A week or two ago in Paris Frenchwomen were permitted for the first time to vote. The occasion was the election of several new magistrates, and it was ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. HOT WATER FOR NOSE BLEED.

    Dr. Gregory was recently called to treat an obstinate case of 'nose bleed' which had defied the skill of several medical men, and tried that much used ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. SOME 'HOWLERS.'

    One of the weekly reviews has collected one or two 'howlers' committed by Mayors and Provosts in the exercise of their lofty functions. It was a Yorkshire ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. IGNORANCE IN THE ORANGE FREE STATE.

    That ignorance is the parent of much mischief is once more proved in South Africa. According to the laet official consus of the Orange Free State, its total ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. QUESTIONS.

    Should we shave our heads in summertime?— There can be no manner of doubt about it that, except in the case of ladies who may possess specially luxuriant ...

    Article : 457 words
  13. CYCLISTS IN GERMANY.

    Foot-passengers who complain of the recklessness of cyclists may think themselves fortunate that they are not in Germany. Once upon a time in Berlin they ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. A NATIONAL PAWNSHOP.

    Two recognised national institutions in Mexico are the national pawnshops and the thieves' market. In the former every article pawned is for [?]ale, if unredeemed ...

    Article : 259 words
  15. BUT FOR HIS DOG.

    A poor Irishman applied for relief lately at Liverpool, and on it being expressed that he was not a proper object for parochial relief he pleaded his cause ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. QUITE ENOUGH.

    In one of the up-country villages in South Africa recently annexed by the Boers is a doctor with a sharp tongue and a keen sense of humour. He won't ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. DARK AND LIGHT EGGS.

    It is stated by an authority that there is no breed of fowls that produces uniform eggs. The Cochin[?], Brahmas, and Langahans are claimed to lay dark ...

    Article : 117 words
  18. AWKWARDLY EXPRESSED.

    She was a large woman, and not what you would call handsome, but then she was an heiress. Still the designing youth might have been more diplomatic. ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. TRAVELLER. IN SELF-DEFENCE.

    Professor Frederick Von Martens, who holds the chair of international law in the St. Petersburg University is a notable linguist and author, and at the ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. WILD, LONELY, AND DESOLATE.

    The dreariest piece of the British Empire is undoubtedly the tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean known as Rockall. 'Seen at a distance,' said a naval officer ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. TOLD BY THE SCREW.

    It is customary among certain people to accuse Mr. Joseph Chamberlain of being a snob. His enemies declare that he is ashamed of his former business, ...

    Article : 133 words
  22. POISONING.

    Toxicologists have laughed at the tales told of the power of the Borgias and other notorious poisoners of history to secure victims by means of scented flowers, or ...

    Article : 202 words
  23. THE MOST LIBERALLY PAID.

    The largest sum for the briefest service recently received by the most liberally paid of all profossionals, the prima donna, was given Mme. Nordica on the occasion ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. TENNYSON'S LAST SONG.

    What a solemn thing a fact is sometimes, even although funny enough to be laughed at! Two of our most superb Johnnies were washing their necks at the ...

    Article : 128 words
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