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  2. FLASHES.

    The shilling you pay back looks twice as large as the one you borrowed. You need not pack up any worries. You can get them anywhere as you go ...

    Article : 661 words
  3. BREVITIES.

    There are at least 10,000,000 nerve fibres in the human body. The engines of a first-class man-of-war cost about £140,000. ...

    Article : 1,246 words
  4. POETRY & RHYMES.

    There was born to the world last night A woman-child for the world's delight. Her mouth was small as a rosebud is, Before the bee and the blossom kiss: ...

    Article : 230 words
  5. THE COLOSSUS OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    Seen from afar—in foreign countries —Mr. Cecil Rhodes appears as the most important figure in the British Empire. He is much more widely known by ...

    Article : 737 words
  6. ON NEWSPAPERS.

    A journalist's greatest meed of praise is silence. If no remark is made about his work of the day he can feel satisfied that it has been done passing well. If ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  7. SCIENCE & INVENTIONS.

    Many mixtures have been tried by builders and architects with a view of producing m[?]tars which will really possess tire-resisting properties, and ...

    Article : 1,959 words
  8. NINETY MILES AN HOUR.

    A cable message published a few days ago stated that a committee of Liverpool and Manchester merchants propose to build a mono-rail railway on the ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  9. POSTPONED.

    Anyone familiar with farm life knows that when the old dog becomes blind, toothless, and helpless, it is the sad but humane duty of the farmer to put an end ...

    Article : 480 words
  10. AN ELEPHANT'S REVENGE.

    The elephants were ranged in double line in front of the tents, and Ashton, the head keeper, was standing with his back turned, about 10 yards ahead of ...

    Article : 729 words
  11. CLOSE SHAVES.

    Foreigners are said to find the English language somewhat difficult. This is hardly surprising, for a considerable proportion of native-born Britons find ...

    Article : 768 words
  12. KEEPING IT HOLY.

    A certain minister and elder in Scotland managed well "between the preachin's." "Had it not been the Sabbath day, Mr. Blank," remarked the ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS.

    In the softly falling twlight Of a weary, weary day, With a quiet step I entered Where the children were at play. ...

    Article : 243 words
  14. MR. DAN GODFREY "HELD."

    Mr. Dan Godfrey, who was for so many years bandmaster to the Grenadier Guards, was recently arrested for daring to permit his band to play ...

    Article : 559 words
  15. THE AMERICAN JOKE.

    Under the somewhat solemn title, "Intercivic Humour," Mr. Judor Jenks has gathered together in the May Century many je[?]ts, old and new, that ...

    Article : 469 words
  16. THE SPOILER.

    (After the manner of Rudyard Kipling.) A woman there was, and she wrote for the press (As you or I might do). ...

    Article : 275 words
  17. PRESERVED BODIES.

    Mr. Charles E. Tripler, who has produced such surprising results with liquid air in New York, now says that that marvellous substance can replace ...

    Article : 355 words
  18. TWO CLASSES.

    No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean. ...

    Article : 97 words
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