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  2. THE MILL O' FORTUNE.

    By some strange, freak Nature had given the face of the Cæsars of Rome to a farmer's son amongst the hills of Scotland. He was sitting on the short ...

    Article : 3,178 words
  3. PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP.

    "Platonic friendship," observed Phoebe, dreamily, "should be encouraged by every parent." "It never will be," I asserted. ...

    Article : 867 words
  4. UNSOCIAL CUSTOMS.

    The subject of the Herbert Spencer lecture delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford last week, was "Probability, the Foundation of Eugenics." ...

    Article : 684 words
  5. THE FRIENDLY WHALE.

    A forecastle story-teller once gave the men of his watch the following adventure, and although no one doubted his veracity, I afterward looked up the ...

    Article : 1,264 words
  6. SIR WALTER SCOTT.

    One of the latest things Ian Maclaren wrote was an introduction to a volume just published called "The Wisdom of Sir Walter." In this he ...

    Article : 805 words
  7. A JAPANESE AT THE OPERA.

    Mr Tokichi Setoguchi, chief band master of the second squadron of the Imperial Japanse Navy who astonished his audience recently by playing ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. SAMUEL WARREN.

    On 23rd May, 1807, that is exactly one hundred years ago to-day, Samuel Warren, who was to make a somewhat notable figure in the ...

    Article : 299 words
  9. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    A man boasting the name "Whistling Wilson" professes (say's the "Evening News") to be able to play the National Anthem and other simple tunes on a tin ...

    Article : 501 words
  10. GERMANY'S PENSION SCHEME.

    In the case of a man aged 19 years incapacitated for eleven years for work through ill-health he would under this scheme—under, say, class ...

    Article : 330 words
  11. SHOP GIRL'S LOT

    Father Bernard Vaughan spoke out in his usual fearless manner at the annual meeting of the National Vigilance Association, which was held ...

    Article : 699 words
  12. SUPPRESSED "MIKADO."

    The withdrawal of the Lord Chamberlain's license for the performance of the "Mikado" was the subject of boundless ridicule and indignation both in this ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. HAT-LIFTING.

    In Vienna it is proposed to abolish hat-lifting as a salutation and to substitute for this ceremony the military salute. Count Harrach (writes our ...

    Article : 177 words
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