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  2. IN THE ARMCHAIR.

    The Hottentot, like the Red Indian, is a gentleman of mysterious origin, whom successive generations of anthropologists have studied with varying ...

    Article : 435 words
  3. JOKELETS.

    Mrs. Bilkins (sweetly): "Do have another piece of cake, Cousin John." Cousin John: "Why, really, I've already had two: but it's so good I believe I will have ...

    Article : 797 words
  4. THE SKETCHER.

    In most of the big London theatres the annual pantomime is the event of the year. The manager looks to his panto, to recoup him for any losses he may have sustained ...

    Article : 727 words
  5. SPRAY.

    "Look here, 51," said the chaplain to the hardened wearer of the broad arrow, "this 13 two bad. You promised me faithfully that you would behave yourself for ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  6. THE TALE FOR TO-DAY

    Clash! Big Ben had just boomed midnight, and, like a veritable pandemonium let loose, the church bells gave tongue to their message ...

    Article : 2,063 words
  7. FACTS & FANCIES.

    People are being married every day, yet brides and bridegrooms never seem to know what to do at the altar (says "Woman's life"). They are as helpless as a couple ...

    Article : 452 words
  8. ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

    Animal magnetism, says a female lecturer, may be acquired by any one. "Did you ever notice," she remarked, "how some people seem to brighten us up ...

    Article : 186 words
  9. THINGS A WOMAN CAN DO BEST.

    Yes, undoubtedly, there are things that a woman can do better than a man. They may be small matters, but they exist, and a woman can readily beat a man doing ...

    Article : 696 words
  10. MOTORPATHIA CEREBRALIS.

    Every innovation that appears in our midst brings its own drawbacks with it. The yachtsman suffers from mal-de-mer. the mountaineer from mal-de-montagne. ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. DRESS AS A CONSOLATION.

    It has been said that women dress to please men, to outshine women, to gratify their vanity, and for various other reasons. Some take it for granted, that ...

    Article : 507 words
  12. THE HONEST TRAMP.

    The wretched tramp was sneaking along in his rags and his misery. Suddenly his dull eyes flashed. Was it the final gltam which the candle-light gives ere it expires ...

    Article : 344 words
  13. POINTS ABOUT HYPNOTISM.

    M. A. Jounet, a French, scientist, in an article in. "Le Soir," says in part: "My advice is, that no human being should ever suffer himself to be hypnotised except ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. LORD KELVIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

    Lord Kelvin, the new Chancellor of Glasgow University, has been described as another Democritus. Of that ancient Greek father of the atomic theory we know ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. THE DECADENCE OF SPORT.

    The real evil of modem athletics is to be found in the rapid degeneration of sport into mere spectacular display (says "To-Day"). Since cricket clubs and football ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. BED-HEAD BOOKS.

    At the head of every bed should hang a little bookshelf with a few of the beat books. I know not what would be the choice of ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. ELECTRICITY TO THE RESCUE.

    The continual draft on the world's fuel fuel supply, which even now menaces the permanence of industries, cannot be checked, according to the "Engineering Magazine," ...

    Article : 280 words
  18. THE KING AND MUSIC.

    A good many stories are being told of King Edward's affection for music, apropos of his presence the other day at the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society's ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT.

    Mr. Roosevelt is, like the Kaiser, one of the few striking personalities of the world. He has practically got the Republican nomination in his pocket, and as pretty ...

    Article : 207 words
  20. CRUSHING.

    A good story is being told about a well-known nobleman. He was entertaining at dinner a "distinguished party. The dinner went on ...

    Article : 180 words
  21. BEFORE RISING.

    There is no good in telling a busy man that if he wants to keep "fit" he should daily go through an elaborate set of exercises that once each hour he ought to ...

    Article : 192 words
  22. "PHOSSY JAW."

    The awful disease common among matchmakers, "phossy jaw," can now be prevented:; Professor Schenk of Masburg, has lately shown that if ordinary ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. BUDGET SECRETS.

    There is no political secret kept with more tenacity than the construction of a forthcoming Budget. It is a point of honour with all concerned that not the faintest ...

    Article : 111 words
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