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  2. A WASTED LIFE.

    THERE was a great to-do in the little village of Gratton-cum-Slocum, and the reason was easily discovered. Lady Flora Leaflet, daughter of the ...

    Article : 1,652 words
  3. "SELF-PRESERVATION."

    SIR JAMES SAWYER, senior physician to the Queen's Hospital, delivered an address at Birmingham on "Self-preservation." Sir James based his address upon ...

    Article : 848 words
  4. A SPORTING PARSON.

    DEAN HOLE, one of the last of the old school of parsons, has just published a volume of "Memories," in which there are some good cricket stories that may prove ...

    Article : 939 words
  5. THE COST OF A SOLDIER UNIFORM.

    WHO is there that does not admire the appearance of a smart and well dressed soldier? But very few, outside military circles, ...

    Article : 1,453 words
  6. ROYALTIES WHO HAVE RACED.

    WHATEVER may be the objection as horse-racing on moral grounds—and must be confessed that, in these latter days, at least they are all too many and ...

    Article : 847 words
  7. COSTUMES IN FICTION.

    WITH a few firm, light touches the masters of fiction know how to pub before as a picture, fixing it for all time as indelibly with their pens as Sir Joshua did ...

    Article : 704 words
  8. WHAT CAUSES UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.

    ONE hears a great deal about unhappy marriages in these days, and it was worth while to try and find out some of the causes that produce them. ...

    Article : 874 words
  9. AN ELECTRICAL LOCK.

    AN ingenious luck has been invented by which doors, etc., may be locked and unlocked from a distance electrically. It is specially applicable for doors in private and ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. OLD ENGLISH MILITARY PUNISHMENTS.

    ONE old English military punishments were not destitute of ingeniously-devised discomfort. For instance, there was the wooden horse ...

    Article : 439 words
  11. A MODERN ROMANCE

    THE sun had sunk to rest on his couch of western hills curtained with draperies of purple clouds. One by one the gentle stars twinkled into life and the silver rim of the ...

    Article : 426 words
  12. IN FULL SYMPATHY.

    Iceman (gruffly): "Wot are yer sitting on that ice for! Get off!" Boy (with emotion) : "Wuz ye ever a boy ?" Iceman : "Of course I wuz!" Boy: "An' did you ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. MAN AS HOUSEWIFE.

    A WRITER in one of the ladies' journals treats her readers to a little bit of persfilage at the expense of man. She pretends that man is yearning to be instructed in domestic ...

    Article : 310 words
  14. ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.

    HEAD OF THE HOUSE: "What is that terrible noise upstairs!" Daughter: "Jeannette in running the new sewing machine." ...

    Article : 34 words
  15. OPPORTUNITY WANTING.

    MRS. CAWKER: "Haven't you got a head ache to-night. Ben!" Mr. Cawker: "No, my dear." Mrs. Cawker: "Oh, I am so sorry that ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. HE COULD EASILY SPARE IT.

    Uncle John (packing up his luggage): "Hullo, I've lost one of the straps of my Gladstone bag. Johnny : "Oh, I know where there's one. ...

    Article : 107 words
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