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  2. TRAGEDY AT CLERKENWELL

    Great, and in a measure, strangely pathetic interest attaches to the story of William Taylor Lee Augustus James, 45 years of age, who, ...

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  3. HOUSES OF BONDAGE

    There are problems enough in any prison, but at Parkhurst each prisoner is a problem by himself. For all its beauty of situation, the ...

    Article : 1,457 words
  4. THE HUMORIST

    The wisest men will gladly borrow, From wit and mirth, sur[?] from sorrow. The man who known nothing insists on telling it. ...

    Article : 2,265 words
  5. OUR GRANDMOTHERS

    Lady Helen Forbes, daughter of the Earl of Craven and Evelyn, and wife of Captain Ian Forbes, Gordon Highlanders, writes in the London ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    If there were smiles for sale At some fair market where The rich, the poor, the low, the high Might hurry with their change, to buy, ...

    Article : 68 words
  7. A POPULAR NOVELIST

    Figure to yourself a powerfully built man, standing five foot eight or so, very broad and deep of chest, with crisp, curling hair, dark like ...

    Article : 1,272 words
  8. CHRISTMAS FARE.

    We are indebted to "Home Chat" for the following:— We do not attempt to invent new Christmas pudding recipes every year. ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  9. MENAGERIE ON THE ATLANTIC

    Some rough attacks by wild beasts on their attendants in mid-Atlantic are reported by Mr C. Bostock, who has just reached Plymouth with his menagerie ...

    Article : 443 words
  10. A PERTINENT QUESTION.

    A little girl who was taken by her mother to see the wonders at Madame Tussaud's was greatly struck by the splendid groupe of Kings, Queens, etc. Gazing awestruck at them, she ...

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  11. A CLEVER DOG.

    First Farmer (telling of his dog's good qualities): I sent it to the station with a calf one day, and about half-way the calf lay down. Second Farmer: And did it get it to rise ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. CINEMETAGRAPH IN SURGERY

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes from Paris on 13th October:— Dr. Doyen, the eminent French ...

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  13. A CLEVER REPLY.

    A fancy-dress ball was given recently in a country town, at which a local lady noted for originality and wit was brought by chance to the side of the Chief Magistrate of the place ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. KEPT OFF THE RAIN.

    An innkeeper, referring to a horse which two novices were to drive, told them "he was perfectly quiet, but the rein must be kept off his tail." ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. A BIG PRESCRIPTION.

    One of the inhabitants of a small Scottish village took seriously ill. As there was no doctor in the village they had to go to town for one. The doctor examined the patient, and ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. HIS DUTY TO SOCIETY.

    Shy Young Thing: Papa, did—did Mr Frajill call on you this afternoon to—to ask if— Business-like Parent: Yes, he asked me if I had any objections to him as a son-in-law, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. A RANK OUTRAGE.

    Business Manager: And now what's the trouble. Irate Patron: When I eave your man my advertisement yesterday I explicitly stipulated ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. SHREWDLY GUESSED.

    The lawyer who has an instinct for the weak point of a witness generally lights a winning game. A famous lawyer put certain questions to a witness, which were answered with more ...

    Article : 226 words
  19. LEAP IN THE DARK

    As the Isle of Man Steamship Co.'s passenger steamer Douglas was ploughing her way to Liverpool in stormy darkness at three o'clock on the morning of ...

    Article : 195 words
  20. IBSEN AND THE EXAMINERS

    Someone in Scandinavia has unearthed the report of the examiners on Dr. Ibsen's papers at his examination for the degree of bachelor. It runs as follows:— ...

    Article : 158 words
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