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  2. SHORT STORY

    'I WAS already married when the following events happened,' said Holdsworth, who narrated this tale at our campfire; 'and we were living on a little estate ...

    Article : 2,733 words
  3. A TIDE-MOTOR.

    A solution of the old problem of how to get mechanical power from the rise and fall of the tides is attempted by Mr T. B. Stoney, M, Inst. C E, who has patented a ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. CLOSE.

    Horsedealer: 'Did that mare I sold you do for you, sir?' Nervous Horseman: 'Nearly I' ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  5. A RETAINER DEFINED.

    'What is a retainer, pop?' 'A retainer, my son, is the money people pay us lawyers before we do any work.' 'Oh, I see. It's like those pay gas ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. NOT TO BLAME.

    Elderly Miss: 'This toilet soap I bought from you has made my face all spotty, and your master told me that is would not harm the most beautiful complexion in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  7. PHYSIOTYPE.

    Physiotype, or Nature-printing, as the name implies, is a new, simple, and inexpensive method of making self-pictures from natural and artificial flat objects; or ...

    Article : 463 words
  8. MUST HAVE BEEN.

    Ostend: 'Is it true that woman was made out of a rib bone?' Pa: 'That's what they say, my son, but I believe it was a jawbone.' ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. Science and Invention.

    FOR the working of their fastest non-stopping West of England expresses the London and South-Western Railway Company are now constructing at their ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. Odds and Ends

    A PENNY saved is probably a penny that has somehow worked down into the lining of your coat. ...

    Article : 24 words
  11. GOOD FOR SOMETHING.

    Freddy: 'Oh, Mr Bristles, I wish I had a moustache like yours.' Mr B.: 'Ah! Then you think it's becoming, Freddy?' ...

    Article : 48 words
  12. CAUSE AND EFFECT.

    Mick: 'Was there anything wrong with your wife before she died?' Pat: 'Yes, she had a bad memory.' Mick: 'Then I know how she's died.' ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. WELL FITTED.

    Beryl; 'Who is that amateur who just recited 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' with such thrilling effect?' Sibyl: 'He's a collector for the gas ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. LUMINESCENT ZINC BLENDE.

    Zinc blende which possesses the curious properly of luminescence has been discovered in California, Nevada, and other States of North America. The ore has a ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. ADVISED.

    'I want to get copies of your paper for a week book,' said an old gentleman to a new clerk in the publishing office of a newspaper. 'Don't you think you'd better use a ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.

    We must once more call attention to the gross carelessness of a contemporary. We hear that the following head-lines have caused considerable irritation in the force: ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. A LOVE LETTER.

    A popular concert-singer, who had been advertised to participate in an entertainment in a village, excused her absence on the ground of having a severe cold ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. AUTOMATIC MACHINES.

    Tbe coin in-the-slot machine has now become so popular, and has such a variety or applications, that it is difficult to see where it will stop. There is now a big ...

    Article : 199 words
  19. DEAR.

    He: You are very dear to me, love.' She: 'Then what did you do before you married me?' He: 'Saved money.' ...

    Article : 25 words
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