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  2. ROMANCE OF THE WORKSHOP.

    Not the least interesting chapter in the story of Mr. George Westing house, the millionaire inventor who died recently, was the manner in ...

    Article : 425 words
  3. WITH BORROWED PLUMES.

    The mother of the new Duke [?] Argyll was the subject of some [?] [?]ertaining stories. Once she was [?] absent-mindedly to the Court of [?] ...

    Article : 182 words
  4. ARMY DESERTERS.

    Desertions from our Army and Navy—as compared to a few years ago—have greatly decreased in numbers, and the causes are not far ...

    Article : 719 words
  5. THE TURMOIL

    Of course, I took Lake with me. In two days we had made all our arrangements, and another twenty-four hours saw us safely installed, at the ...

    Article : 5,507 words
  6. AN INCH OF RAIN.

    An inch of rain strikes one as very little. But it is really a big rain[?] When an inch of rain has fallen [?]neans, literally, that the amount of [?] ...

    Article : 144 words
  7. KITCHEN WRINKLES.

    Vinegar heated to the boiling point will soften paint brushed that have become dry and hard A tiny pinch of carbonate of so[?] ...

    Article : 596 words
  8. SURGERY TAMES SAVAGE.

    A giant Hungarian emigrant, who has been three years in a New York prison, after being condemned for murdering a man in a fight, is likely ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. PRACTISE WHAT YOU PREACH.

    There are maxims by the dozen for the guidance of mankind, But their virtue lies in "practice," not in "preach"; ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. DOUBLE TELEPHONES.

    A new device that doubles the capacity of the telephone and telegraph cables has just been invented by the Post Office engineers. It is ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. A PLUCKY CONSTABLE.

    The following story is worth repeating, although it happened a good many years ago. On January 24th, 1885, at the time ...

    Article : 425 words
  12. A LADY SEA CAPTAIN.

    The hand that rocks the cradle rings the telegraph bell on the bridge of a transatlantic liner. In other words, women are becoming fully ...

    Article : 183 words
  13. RESULT OF WEIRD WILL.

    A little over two years ago an eccentric Russian, Countess Austrigildski, died and left a bequest of £260 a year for life to any person ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. Reading the Bible Through.

    Dr. Campbell Morgan, lecturing recently at Sheffield, arrested his audience by the statement that "the whole Bible may be read through at ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. Irish Wisdom.

    An Irishman is fond of expressing his views on things in general—if he [?] fails to get a listener he will talk to himself. A man who was much an [?] ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. INVISIBLE AEROPLANES.

    A German engineer named Knobel, living at Munster, has invented a more or less invisible aeroplane, which is considered in military ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. Found.

    During one of the battles in Mexico an officer was wounded severely in the thigh, and for four or five days several surgeons were ...

    Article : 80 words
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