The Scrap Book, May, 1906

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Author

Various

Title

The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906

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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

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Periodicals

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Text

eBook-No.

32120

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32120

Release Date

April 24, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SCRAP BOOK.
2. 2.MAY, 1906.
3. 3.MARK TWAIN'S IDEAL GENTLEMAN.
4. 4.The Latest Viewpoints of Men Worth While — A PLEA FOR THE HIGHER ECONOMY. — The Surgeon's Knife Needed. — KINDLY WORDS FROM PASTOR WAGNER. — JOSEPH'S CORNER IS NOW DEFENDED. — SOCIALISM'S LATEST MILLIONAIRE CONVERT. — THE RICH MAN IS NOW THE UNDER DOG. — GREAT SERVICES AND GREAT FORTUNES. — FOR THE REFORM OF ENGLISH SPELLING. — How Dr. Johnson Takes It. — THE PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE OFFENDER. — DOES COEDUCATION FEMINIZE COLLEGE? — PREDOMINANCE OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS. — SHAW RAGES AGAINST THE AMATEUR STAGE. — KAISER MAKES NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS.
5. 5.PARADOX PROVERBS.
6. 6.WHEN THE LAST CURTAIN FELL.
7. 7.Creating Wealth From Waste. — Tin Pans for Complexions. — Only the Pig's Squeal Gets Away. — Drugs from Dead Cattle. — Glycerin a By-Product. — Wealth in Refuse Heaps. — Fortunes Lurk in Old Wool. — Where Old Magazines Go. — Valuable Gas Ran to Waste.
8. 8.OLD MAY-DAY CUSTOMS.
9. 9.SOME DEEP-SEA HUMOR.
10. 10.How They Got On In The World. — A TITLED INVENTOR. — Perfects His Wool-Comber. — Head Not Turned by Fortune. — HARD-FIGHTING EDITOR. — Competitors Tried to Crush Him. — His Announcement of His Marriage. — A BARBER LINGUIST. — Learned from Customers. — Faculty Not Easily Acquired. — GAMBLING IS A VICE, BUT— — Young Keene's Period of Poverty. — Turning Failure into Success.
11. 11.The Tapestried Chamber.
12. 12.THE DIARY OF AN OLD MAID.
13. 13.GRAVE, GAY, AND EPIGRAMMATIC. — COMPENSATION. — EASTER GOSSIP. — FAR FROM MARKET. — MOZART'S MILITARY MARCH. — THE BOSS. — CHANGES. — THE SULTAN'S THREAT. — A FRAGMENT. — REED'S WAY OUT OF IT. — CAUSE FOR ALARM. — A CORRECTION. — WHEN THE BIG STICK WOULDN'T DO. — DESERVED TO LIVE. — SENATORIAL COURTESY.
14. 14.The Nation's Conscience Fund. — Faith in Fellowmen Awakened. — To His Majesty, the President. — Prosperity Stirs the Conscience. — The Shadow of the Great Hereafter. — Five Cents From Kansas.
15. 15.HOCH, DER GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.
16. 16.ALL KINDS OF THINGS. — HUMOROUS SIDE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE. — ILLITERACY OF RURAL OFFICIALS. — A MAN'S CHARACTER IS AS HIS NOSE IS. — SIZE AND SHAPE ARE SIGNIFICANT. — SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF AMERICAN LYNCH LAW. — ROUGH JUSTICE IN OLD VIRGINIA. — THE SORT OF NEWS OUR ANCESTORS READ. — GLEANINGS FROM OLD JOURNALS. — FIRST SELF-MADE MAN IN THIS COUNTRY. — WAS INVENTOR OF THE SEXTANT. — EUROPEAN MONARCHS WHO SMOKE TOBACCO. — KING EDWARD'S BRIER-ROOT PIPE. — MAN'S LIFE AS AFFECTED BY HIS VOCATION. — SOME LONG-LIVED PROFESSIONS. — RARE WORKMANSHIP IN OLD TIMEPIECES. — ILL-FATED MARY'S SKULL-WATCH. — THE MONEY KINGS OF ANCIENT ROME. — THEIR RECORDS OF EXTRAVAGANCE. — MACHINES TAKE JOBS OF INSURANCE AGENTS. — THEY ISSUE POLICIES IN ENGLAND. — THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARITHMETICAL SIGNS. — HOW THEY FIRST CAME TO BE USED.
17. 17.HOUSEHOLD GODS IN TRANSIT. — FURTHERUPTOWN! — A MOVING BALLAD.
18. 18.BROTHERS TO SISTERS. — RÉNAN'S DEDICATION. — WHITTIER'S TRIBUTE. — FIELD'S APPRECIATION.
19. 19.The Personal Character of the Czar. — Mystery Enshrouds Czar and Sultan. — A Former Instructor's Impression. — "Nothing Disconcerts Him." — As Seen by Two American Business Men. — Andrew D. White's Somber Picture. — Scathing Censure From Tolstoy. — Unsteady and Self-Complacent. — The Majesty That Hedges a King. — William T. Stead's Opportunities.
20. 20.ANECDOTES OF AUTHORS.
21. 21.WHEN THE MUSE CUTS BAIT. — THE COLD-WATER MAN. — THE ANGLER'S CHANT. — FISH LINES. — THREE FISHERS.
22. 22.BULLS IN PARLIAMENT.
23. 23.The Part of Chance in Progress. — The Origin of Tinted Paper. — Asphalt as a Street Pavement.
24. 24.HATE FOR NAPOLEON TURNED TO LOVE.
25. 25.The Story of the Snow Elinora. — Story Told by an Officer. — Tried to Sink Ship with Knife. — The Chief Accepted Ransom. — Sacrificed Seaman to Gods. — The Captain Was Merciless. — The Harvest of Death.
26. 26.1868—DECORATION DAY—1906. — LINCOLN'S SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG.
27. 27.Blue Laws in Old New England.
28. 28.THE PHILOSOPHY OF TROUBLE-SEEKING.
29. 29.THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
30. 30.Little Glimpses of the 19th Century. — THIRD DECADE. — 1821 — 1822 — 1823 — 1824 — 1825 — 1826 — 1827 — 1828 — 1829 — 1830
31. 31.FROM THE COUNTRY PRESS. — A CANADIAN VIEW OF PUNCH. — CONCERNING MRS. TAYLOR. — A SUGGESTIVE FAREWELL. — A QUIET NIGHT IN PLUSH. — FASHION NOTES IN ARIZONA. — MULE PAWNED FOR LICENSE. — THE REASON. — IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.
32. 32.GATHER YE ROSEBUDS.
33. 33.The Beginnings of Stage Careers. — LACKAYE NEARLY A PRIEST. — Trip to Rome Abandoned. — Compliment for Brady. — ROYLE TOOK MANY BUFFETS. — Short on Words. — A Fortunate Rejection. — HOPPER WAS AN "ANGEL." — MISS ALLEN BEGAN AT TOP. — With "Joe" Jefferson. — Monotony the Bane of the Footlights. — WILSON CAME WITH CLOGS. — Instructor in Fencing. — Snatched Victory from Defeat.
34. 34.TWO IMMORTAL HYMNS. — LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT. — ABIDE WITH ME.
35. 35.FROM THE LIPS OF ANANIAS. — SPEAKING OF FLOODS. — STRONG WATER. — A SILVER-PLATED CAT. — A SUPERSENSITIVE HEN. — PEWTER'S INDUSTRIAL BUGS. — A HAIR-RAISING TALE.
36. 36.The Stolen Letter.
37. 37.Books.
38. 38.A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS. — THIRD INSTALMENT.

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