The Scrap Book, July, 1906

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Author

Various

Title

The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

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AP: General Works: Periodicals

Subject

Periodicals

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32122

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32122

Release Date

April 24, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SCRAP BOOK.
2. 2.JULY, 1906.
3. 3.PATRIOTISM.
4. 4.The Latest Viewpoints of Men Worth While — INSIDE FACTS ABOUT THE "GOOD OLD TIMES." — Old-Time Profit Makers. — More Opportunity To-Day. — GIVING THE MIND ITS THREE SQUARE MEALS. — KIPLING'S ANALYSIS OF TRUE LITERATURE. — Too Close to the Tellers. — Remote Chances of a Tale's Survival. — "MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS." — The Histrionic Napoleon. — ARE WE WORSHIPERS OF THE BIG DICTIONARY? — Language Has to Change. — The Tale of a Dog. — WHAT HAS BECOME OF OLD-TIME GENTLEMEN? — WHAT WE ARE DOING TO THE RED MAN. — MEN NOW LIVING FOR THE SAKE OF AN IDEA. — FROM THOSE WHO LIVE IN DARKNESS. — THE WEALTH OF ONE IS THE ASSET OF ALL. — WHAT A CHINESE SAYS ABOUT CHINA'S FUTURE. — China Learning Her Resources.
5. 5.AN EXILE.
6. 6."KELLY AND BURKE AND SHEA." — THE FIGHTING RACE.
7. 7.MARVELS OF PRECOCITY.
8. 8.Patrick Henry's Call to Arms.
9. 9.FROM THE LIPS OF ANANIAS. — CHANGED BY ARGUMENT. — PERSUASION BETTER THAN FORCE. — EDUCATED RATS. — SAGACIOUS DOGS. — RESIGNED TO THEIR FATE. — SCIENCE WAS FROST-BITTEN. — ROASTING FLYING GEESE.
10. 10.Doomed to Live.
11. 11.The World's Richest Legacy.
12. 12.THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDHOOD.
13. 13.Blind People Who Won Fame. — Mastered Chemistry and Mathematics. — An Extraordinary Questioner. — Beggar Becomes a Student. — Some Distinguished Churchmen. — Sightless Poets.
14. 14.THE OWNERS OF THE SOIL.
15. 15.How They Got On In The World. — "THE MORGAN OF JAPAN." — Assumed European Dress. — Helped Build First Railroad. — CRANE, MAN OF BUSINESS. — Crane First Enters Politics. — A LABOR LEADER'S RISE. — Mother Died Too Soon. — Noted for Physical Courage. — Becomes Labor Leader. — Burns Enters the Cabinet. — BELL AND THE TELEPHONE. — Thought Telephone a Toy.
16. 16.GRAVE, GAY, AND EPIGRAMMATIC. — THE VILLAGE SMITHY. — NOT A LENDER. — FISHIN'? — ABOUT BELLS AND MONEY. — WHEN PAW WAS A BOY. — TOO MANY LEGS. — THE GLORY OF FAILURE. — HER GUESS. — SCOTT ON WOMAN. — OVERDID IT A BIT. — WORDSWORTH ON WOMAN. — DIVIDED. — WHAT HE GOT OUT OF IT.
17. 17.The Vision of Charles XI.
18. 18.OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. — THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
19. 19.FROM THE COUNTRY PRESS. — 'LIGE GOUDY'S CORN. — WITH COMPLIMENTS TO FAY. — HABITS OF THE CODFISH. — THE PLACIDITY OF BOSWELL. — IBSEN IN NEVADA. — PROFESSIONAL OBITUARY. — THE WIDOW'S GRATITUDE. — ALL OFF. — AN AGGRIEVED SUBSCRIBER.
20. 20.THE PROFESSION OF THE FOOL.
21. 21.The Red Man Eloquent.
22. 22.OTHER WAYS OF SAYING "HOWDY DO?"
23. 23.Little Glimpses of the 19th Century. — FIFTH DECADE. — 1841 — 1842 — 1843 — 1844 — 1845 — 1846 — 1847 — 1848 — 1849 — 1850
24. 24.CARMEN BELLICOSUM.
25. 25.WHEN THE PATRIOTS WAVERED.
26. 26.The Story of Baseball. — "Rounders" Described. — Threw Balls at Player. — The Pioneer Baseball Club. — Positions of the Players. — The Diamond Supplants the Square. — A Noteworthy Series. — "Fly Game" Voted Down. — Baseball Invades the West. — Enthusiasm in Massachusetts. — The Famous Silver Ball Series. — Harvard's Great Baseball Nine. — The Beginning of Professionalism. — Birth of the National Association. — The Eventful Season of 1874. — Formation of the National League. — The War of League and Brotherhood. — The Two Leagues of To-day.
27. 27.ALL KINDS OF THINGS. — STUDYING FLIGHT LAWS IN THE LABORATORY. — DR. ZAHM'S EXPERIMENTAL TUNNEL — LAW SUCCUMBS TO WOMAN'S TONGUE. — ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THE SEX. — CHESS KING RULES IN QUAINT GERMAN TOWN. — CHILDREN TAKE BOARDS TO SCHOOL — STOUT STRATEGISTS OF THE REVOLUTION. — TAFTS AND SHAFTERS WERE MANY. — HOW THE LUCY WALKER WAS BLOWN TO PIECES. — CREW FED THE FLAMES WITH FAT. — YOUTHFUL ROMANCE OF THE QUAKER POET. — WHY WHITTIER NEVER MARRIED. — WHERE SANTA CLAUS HAS HIS WORKSHOP. — AN OLD VILLAGE OF TOYMAKERS. — DID YOU EVER TRY TO COUNT A BILLION? — EVEN METHUSELAH HAD NOT TIME. — THE AVERAGE AGES OF VARIOUS BIRDS. — FOUR LIVE ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
28. 28.INDEPENDENCE DAY RHYMES. — ENGLAND AND AMERICA. — THE FLAG GOES BY. — INDEPENDENCE BELL. — THE REPUBLIC. — A PREJUDICE.
29. 29.NIGHT AND DEATH.
30. 30.The Beginnings of Stage Careers. — MISS ADAMS'S INFANT ROLE. — Was Stronger Than the Play. — HACKETT'S EARLY DREAM. — THE ROAD TO "HAPPYLAND." — ORATORY STARTED CHAPIN. — WELFORD MIXED WRITS.
31. 31.LORD BYRON'S RIDDLE. — THE RIDDLE. — SOLUTION.
32. 32.How "Yankee Doodle Came to Town."
33. 33.THE AMERICAN FLAG.
34. 34.A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS.

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