... time, three weeks from that day, the abbot must appear before the king, and, without hesitation, tell him these three things : Firstly—To a penny what the king was worth. Secondly—What time it would take him to ride around the world. Thirdly—Wh»t he thought ...

... just out of her time. The ' farmer had done his beet, without seeding her sway from brine, to give a sound elementary education, and with it she had imbibed ideas—though not from him — which set her mind working far beyond the region of farm implements and ...

... of Steinitz for the chess championship of the world, is a native of Prussia, and is only 26 years old. He began playing chess when he was but 12 years of age. ilia career as a phenomenal player dates from the year 1889. _ _ ACCORDING to a French authority ...

... which is the property of Mr. May, had been used a children’s scrap-book. Walter Cookson, stockbroker, Leeds, has been committed for trial on a charge of having obtained a large sum of money from a widow named Fanny Boyne, for whom it is stated he acted in ...

... sketch of Miss Braddon at Home, from the pen of Mary Angela Dickens. Birmingham and its Jewellery, Paris Cabe and Cabbies, and A New Enter- tainer are worthy of a place in The Windsor. The Editor's Scrap-book is as usual very intereetine. The ...

... monthly parcel from Messrs. George Newnes, Ltd., is, as usual, most welcome. It could scarcely be otherwise, containing, as it does, the latest issues of those firmly-established favourites, The Strand, The Captain, The Wide- World Magazine,' The ...

... f u ewhk t a second brought to light apiece of iron pipe. formho ould from on any proved that this o ss ifi ed lady came into being been shaped from cults, evidently taken from a eeimen told the writer that it was the moat perfect teen. There was ...

... the Old World. L. ili,hotomum. hailing from tropical Asia, is exceedingly string and robust. and in a very short lame eons••rts an object into a thing of beauty. One which succeeds in an ordinary greenhenn• is L. palmatum L. retictilattirn, from the Polynesian ...

... sideboard arc laid in orderl).preeisioo. A A scrapbook of one's gowns is of the latest wrinkle , :• BraAl.-Boon. which young women are lending themselves. A snail specimen strip of every dress the maker of the scrapbook wore, with simples of the trimmings, buttons ...

... snother strip of the fine old property he had inherited from his father wee slipping through his fingers. Yet there was no sign of rare upon hie handsome, boyish face. no eminent: of complaint issued from his lips. The arse was the famous Birch Tres Tavern ...

... presume it is • wise provision of nature to let tie world know what sort of a husband she bas. Doctor: How is this? You sent me a sets stating that you were suffering with mumps, sad I find you suffering from rheumatism. Pitied: .That's all right, doctor ...

... are absorbed in their nameless readings, and their unknown writings. But what of their case when their world falls for six months? Will they creep from human ken? fir, after the days of terror. will they be found assembled on the step , • lacerated but ...