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  2. Animal Lite.

    EVIDENCE that animals can count has been collected by Signor Manoini. Horses in the collieries at Hainault have a regular number of daily trips, and ...

    Article : 66 words
  3. Personalities.

    ADMIRAL TOGO, who had such a magnificent reception on his brief return to Tokio, and thanked by the Mikado and the Houses of Parliament for his ...

    Article : 336 words
  4. THE PARISIENNE AND HER TOILETTE.

    It is now frankly acknowledged that the well-dressed woman, on the whole, spends more, proportionately, on the details or embellishments of dress than on the actual ...

    Article : 273 words
  5. SEA SICKNESS IN ANIMALS.

    The polar bear is the only wild animal that likes a trip on the water, aoccraing to a French scientist who has studied its behaviour at sea. All other animals ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. Items of Interest.

    ANTHONY TROLLOPE, just before he laid down his pen, never to take it up again, wroto these words: Amusement is good, truth is better, and love best of all, ...

    Article : 505 words
  7. A NEW ANIMAL.

    Among the many curiositios of science shown at the last conversaziono of the Royal Society was one which aroused more than ordinary interest—namely, part of the ...

    Article : 217 words
  8. Odds and Ends.

    TEACHER: ' Willie, who was it that prompted you then? I heard some-one whisper that date to you.' Willie: 'Please, ma'am, I expect it was ...

    Article : 41 words
  9. STRANGE.

    Mother: ' What's the trouble?' Mrs. N[?]uwed: ' I—I always heard Charles was fond of the turf, but I simply can't make him touch a lawn mower.' ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. GENERAL STOESSEL.

    Four years ago General Stoessel was colonel of a Siberian rifle regiment. His chance came with the Boxer rising in 1900, when he was the first commander to enter ...

    Article : 346 words
  11. NO TAKING.

    ' What'll you take for your dog?' ' Madame, I don't need to take nothin' fer him. Dat dawg is fully caberble o' takin' fer himself anything he may feel do ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. A SERVICEABLE DRESS.

    A black 'utility' skirt, that amiably disposes itself to the service of afternoon and evening wear and to the accompaniment of various blouses at various times, is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 246 words
  13. HOW HE KNEW.

    Landlord: ' I've called to collect the rent.' Little Boy: ' Please, sir, mother's out, and forgot to leave it.' ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. THE ODOURS OF ANIMALS.

    A Japanese physician, Dr. Burtaro Adaoki, has recently published some remarkable observations on the odour of Europeans, an odour which, the doctor ...

    Article : 366 words
  15. MARRIED FOR SYMPATHY.

    'Fact is,' said the one man, ' I married because I was lonely, as much as for any other reason. To put it tersely, I married for sympathy.' ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. NOT TO HIM.

    Kifter: ' Thai's a nice umbrella you've got.' Lifter: ' Yes, it was a present.' Kifter: 'Indeed? Who gave it to you?' ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. CHANGED HIS MIND.

    Swaddlecomb: 'Last time I saw you, if I remember rightly, you told me you were about to be married.' Yipsl[?]y: ' I did intend to be, but at the ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. HIS MOVE.

    A policeman at a football match was spoiling the view of the spectators behind him, and one of the onlookers complained." 'I say, policeman,' he said, 'can you ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. GENERAL NOGI.

    General Baron Nogi, to whom General Stoessel made his proposal to surrender Port Arthur, has practically seen war since his boyhood days. He was born at Chofu, ...

    Article : 411 words
  20. Ladies' Column.

    THE fancy dress ball, which invariably comes in about this time of year, is a topic of interest just now, and much pleasant discussion is going on about ...

    Article : 394 words
  21. FOUND THE ENDS.

    An Irishman who was out of work went on board a vessel that was in the harbour and asked the captain if he could find him work on the ship. ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. DECORATED DOGS.

    In France there exists an order of merit, founded by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which the members are dogs who have distinguished ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. A SIMPLE EVENING BLOUSE.

    Evening blousos that are without either frills or fichus are in the minority. The fichu is receiving due rooognition again, and is, indeed, one of the prottiest and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 237 words
  24. THE WIDOW'S MITE.

    Quite recently the vicar of a parish, a little man with a big head, married the widow of one of his parishioners, a lady of exceedingly [?]ine proportions. ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. ANIMALS CHANGE COLOUR.

    Observation and experiment go to show how large an influence food has in determining the colour of animals. Everybody knows how easily the colour of the yellow ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. QUITE TRUE.

    Mr Paurer: I didn't know you painted. Mr Moniham: I don't, Mr Paurer: But your portrait says, Thomas Newrich—by himself, ...

    Article : 38 words
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