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  2. GLEANINGS OF HUMOR.

    Young Lady: How much? Telegraph Clerk: Sixpence, miss. Young Lady: What, for that one word, "Yes"? ...

    Article : 61 words
  3. Feminine Fashions and Fancies.

    In these days, when fresh air and sunshine are frequently the sole forces brought to bear on diseases once attacked by drugs alone, it ia small wonder that ...

    Article : 1,131 words
  4. RAILROAD CAR-SWITCHING.

    The following system of switching railway cars has been tried with success in Chicago:—A hill, or graded inclined track, 12ft. high and l,000ft. long, is all ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 669 words
  5. THE LATE HERBERT SPENCER.

    No thinker our time exerted a deeper, though often unrecognised influence on thought in general than the late Herbert Spencer, whose death was announced by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 928 words
  6. BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERIES

    A very clover capture of the most export gang of counterfeiters in the world was made on December 5 by the American secret service officials, just in time to ...

    Article : 1,102 words
  7. THE JUDGE'S SYMPATHY.

    A well-known County Court judge tells a story about the cross-examination of a bad-tempered woman in his court. She Was an Amazonian person. Her husband ...

    Article : 87 words
  8. A BAD SIGN.

    Mr. Citydweller (to suburban real estate agent): I find only one fault with your district, Mr. Boomerup, but that makes me decline to buy a residence here. ...

    Article : 60 words
  9. HAD BEEN STUDYING UP.

    "Father," said one of that type of young men that is likened to the lily, "you have frequently advised me to emulate the busy bee." ...

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  10. EMIGRATION BOOM.

    A party of 900 farmers will leave Yorkshire next April to settle in Manitoba. Their wives and families will join them later. This is but one of half a dozen big ...

    Article : 388 words
  11. THE HYPOSCOPE.

    In the South African War all soldiers in action found the need of some device to enable them to aim their rifles without exposing themselves. While a man could ...

    Article : 137 words
  12. MARCONIGRAMS AT SEA.

    A striking example of the practical utility of wireless telegraphy is provided by the Red Star liner Kroonland, which with 900 passenger on board put into ...

    Article : 303 words
  13. NO MORE TO BE SAID.

    During a football match between two village clubs there was a doubt as to the validity of a goal, and the referee—an amateur, of course—gave "off-side" as ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. EXTRA EXPENSE.

    Mrs. Humbug (whose husband manufactures patent medicine): Scientists have just discovered a new disease. ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. MURDERED QUEEN'S WARDROBE.

    Among the personal belonglugs of the late King and Queen of Servia, which will be offered for sale, are no fewer, than 42 blouses of different material, 186 pairs of ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. ENCYCLOPÆDIA PROFITS.

    The "Publishers' Circular" estimates that the book-buying public has invested over one million pounds sterling in the purchase of the "Encyclodaedia Britannica," ...

    Article : 51 words
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