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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

... arm-chair which his belonged to the judge of the cotrt ever since its establishment. If that old arm-chair could only speak, what would it say ? Prebably Decree nisi.t THE OLD ARM-CHAIR-BY SIR JAMES IANNEN. O I love it, I love it! and who shall ...

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

... Review, i890, obviously from the 'pon 'of; a: iorY welinf'orined Gladstboian admirer of the inbrowbied King. 'The writer speaks oi.- a. Ieertain ascetic strain ia his Gbfraeter, adding that only those whe hsve worked with hira Caw appreciate his ...

OUR LADIES' COLUMN

... with them to I give relief. 1 IOW TO SHAK9 HANDS. P It is well to teach children at an early age how to shake hands and to speak distinctly the names of the older persons they may have to a greet. Some children when addressed by their parents' friends ...

THE EDGE OF THE SHADOW BY CLEMENTINE MONTAGU

... sunny hair, and he bolted ten years older than when he bade us! good-bye. I was mad, Madge, he said, when at last wo could speak calmly of what had happened. ' Mrs. Morton warned me; she was clearer sighted than I was, and she could see. We will turn ...

THE LADIES' COLUMN

... civilisation (according to the President of the Poly- ?? Society) has notbeen favonrable to the human physiquo. Civilised man, speaking generally, is a nariow-chested creature. Ao- cording to Bient's nedium standard, nobody's chest girth should bo les itanz ...

ONLY A WOMAN

... Oriant-sun. Ice 7o tst 'tia a beautiful story-to her 'twas a terrible rid truth; Sly Aid we hush all our tones to a whisper, and speak of itt . hoe beauty and youth, ir. And, with tears wolling up to our eyelids, we tell of her -de wonderfrl part, rg While womanhood ...

CUTTINGS FROM THE COMICS

... Run.) AN IN-VEST-BrENT.-Confinement in a straight waistcoat. HAD Him O THO 3 SPor.-Dorking: What's the reason you didn't speak to Boreham when he passed us?-Brown: He insulted me the other day- called me a freckled idiot.-Dorking: Called you a freckled ...

STORY OF SHIPWRECK

... remanded without bail. M . WNLTER LONG ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Mr. Walter Long, Under-secretary to the Local Governm(ent BoaTd, speaking at a Primrose League fete at Semley, ?? Wednesday, said it was difficult to know what were tho charges brought by the ieembeys ...

BITS FROM BOOKS

... Grunly swears they've worn out two since they rame. But are there nao nice people? I said in despair. 1 do not, of course, speak of yourself. (I could not resist this little touch, but it did not affect him.) A few are decent enough. There's Hlawkes ...

OKEHAMPTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... Mr Joseph Parsons, Okehanmpton, third, Mr John Newcoinbe, Okohatneton., lIst. MIORLcy AT CAslInDGEs.-Mr. John Morley, i speaking nt Caenbridge en Monday, said be believod tna! Lord Salisbury's attitude towards the Triple Alliance waa an element in provoking ...