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  2. Pleasing for the Doctor.

    During the cholera epidemic in Spain in 1885, the ignorant and superstitious often blamed the doctor when the patient died, sometimes venting their ill-will upon him in a most uncomfortable ...

    Article : 329 words
  3. Commercial Travellers.

    Mr. T. Robson Rowlands, who has been elected a vice president of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales, was for a number of years associated with Bambridge and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 117 words
  4. Mrs. Mott.

    South Australia claims a centenarian in the person of Mrs. Mott, an old lady who is enjoying the sunset of life in the hill village of Echunga, 31 miles east of Adelaide. She may well be called ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 224 words
  5. For the Children. Jenny Lind.

    There is a pretty story about the childhood of Jenny Lind, the famous Swadieh singer. She was an orphan, and was condemned to live with an ill-tempered old woman in Stockholm, who ...

    Article : 397 words
  6. Heroism in Plain Dress.

    At one moment in the battle of Waterloo, Wellington was left alone, his aides-de-camp having all been sent with messages to different parts of the field. He was sorely in need of a ...

    Article : 198 words
  7. Gleanings. GATHERED FROM EVERYWHERE.

    An English traveller stood looking at the glories of Yosemite for the first time. He had journeyed 3000 miles to see the wonderful valley. Before him in solemn grandeur rose the Cathedral Rock, ...

    Article : 218 words
  8. An Interrupted Drive.

    It is not often that an heir to a throne receives the important news of his accession with the carelessness displayed by the Comte de Chambord on the occasion of the abdication of his grandfather. ...

    Article : 298 words
  9. Distinguished Visitors.

    Some time since Lord Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, officially informed Lord Jersey of the intended visit to Sydney of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria Este, in the course ...

    Article : 533 words
  10. Change of Work.

    Roughly speaking, the brain receives under normal conditions one-fifth of the blood supply of the whole body for its nourishment. During intense mental application this supply is largely ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. A Civilised Cruelty.

    Among foodstuffs undoubtedly the lobster, which, with its comparatively highly developed nervous system, must suffer indescribable agonies while it is being boiled alive, as, to the disgrace of ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. Geographical Letter Puzzle.

    My dear (a mountain in Canada). My brother (a town in the United States, and I, are staying with our aunt (a town in Ireland) at the seaside. We go for (an island in the Atlantic ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. The First Ox-tail Soap Eater.

    During the reign of terror in Paris in 1793, marjy of the nobility were reduced to starvation and beggary. The abattoirs in those days sent their hides freah to the tanneries without ...

    Article : 382 words
  14. Riddle.

    My first is in pen, but not in ink. My second in aster, but not in pink. My third is in play, but not in fun. My fourth is in cannon, but not in gun. ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. Double Acrostic.

    The initials and finals read downwards will give the name of a famous French general and the last battle he fought in: 1. Not old. 2. A girl's name. 3. A harbor. 4. A giant. 5. One who ...

    Article : 54 words
  16. Postage Stamps for Wall Paper.

    A very curious idea has lately been evolved for the treatment of stamps. Mr. Whitfield King, head of the large firm of foreign postage stamp dealers at Ipswich, has lately had a room entirely ...

    Article : 176 words
  17. Hidden Proverbs.

    1. How nicely that blackbird sings. 2. We are going to Falmouth next Saturday. 3. Let us have a game of draughts. 4. I saw his wife at her house. ...

    Article : 54 words
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