The Scrap Book Vol. II. October, 1906. No. 2

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Author

Various

Title

The scrap book, Volume 2, No. 2

Original Publication

New York City: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1906.

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Richard Tonsing, hekula03, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

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AP: General Works: Periodicals

Subject

Periodicals

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72075

Release Date

November 9, 2023

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SCRAP BOOK
2. 2.HOW TO LIVE WELL.
3. 3.The Latest Viewpoints of Men Worth While — HOW FEMALE SUFFRAGE WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND. — WIDENING SCOPE OF COLLEGE FRATERNITIES. — Wide Distribution of Chapters. — Atmosphere of Chapter-House. — Correction of Waste. — THE LATEST IDEA OF A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. — Number of Roots Reduced. — Simplicity a Striking Feature. — THE CASH COST OF CONVERTING A SOUL. — Present Facts in a Commercial Way. — Education and Evangelism. — The Average Churchgoer. — EDUCATION PRESCRIBED AS ANTIDOTE FOR WAR. — GERMANY’S FIGHT FOR COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY. — “AMERICANS PERFECT CHILDREN IN BUSINESS.” — QUEEN MARGHERITA ON THE SPHERE OF WOMAN. — BIG BURDEN OF DEBT CARRIED BY BOSTONIANS. — WANTS RIFLE-SHOOTING MADE NATIONAL SPORT.
4. 4.What the Big Newspaper Writers Are Saying — RELATIONS OF A MAN’S STATURE AND GENIUS. — The Test of Figures. — Americans Taller Than Englishmen. — AMERICAN TRADITIONS AND THE ICONOCLASTS. — The “Rehabilitation” of Burr. — Game Not Worth the Candle. — TIME IS RIPE FOR SALOON’S SUBSTITUTE. — Habit, Not Appetite. — The Gothenberg Plan. — HOW LAW APPRAISES THE LIFE OF A MAN. — DOES HATE INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF ARMIES? — The Bravest Are the Tenderest. — Contrary to the Scientific Theory. — EARLY RISERS PUT ON THE DEFENSIVE. — Wilson Denounced Them. — One of Primitive Man’s Habits. — MANUAL LABOR IS MAKING NEW CONVERTS. — A SHINING MODEL FOR PHILANTHROPISTS. — Put City in Charge of Work. — Set No Value on Wealth. — Long-Headed In His Views. — WHEN THE RICH MAN MARRIES A POOR GIRL — DOES A STEPMOTHER MAKE A GOOD MOTHER? — AMERICAN STOMACHS AS STRONG AS OF OLD.
5. 5.LOVE IN A COTTAGE.
6. 6.Exhumations of Noted Persons. — Dead Pope on Trial. — Cromwell’s Body Hanged. — Wyclif’s Bones Burned. — Queen’s Skeleton Crowned. — Reburial of Napoleon. — Body of André Disinterred. — Corpse of Paul Jones Identified. — Pope’s Skull in Museum. — At Charlemagne’s Tomb. — Removed Emperor’s Shrouds. — Voltaire and Rousseau. — Edward the Confessor. — Identifying Dead Kings. — French Royal Tombs Robbed. — St. Swithin’s Troubled Rest.
7. 7.THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
8. 8.IRON IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
9. 9.The Harp of a Thousand Strings.
10. 10.The Effects of Music on Animals. — Mozart and His Pigeon. — Cats Have Musical Ears. — A Feline Paderewski. — A Dancing Cow. — Violin Charms a Snake. — Dogs Are Discriminating. — A Tuneful Terrier. — Appreciative Mice.
11. 11.The Discovery of America.
12. 12.ORIGIN OF POPULAR GAMES.
13. 13.THE WORLD’S GREAT OPERAS. [1]
14. 14.A NATION WITHOUT A LANGUAGE.
15. 15.Three, Seven, and Thirteen. — Divides Things Into Three Parts. — The Holiness of Seven. — Seven Men Who Did Wonders In Chivalry. — How the Old Alchemists Relied on Seven. — The Origin of “Unlucky Thirteen.”
16. 16.THE STORY OF THE KILKENNY CATS.
17. 17.DEAR HANDS.
18. 18.FROM THE COUNTRY PRESS. — AN ANNOUNCEMENT. — ROUGH ON THE COLT. — THEIR EQUIPMENT. — LOST AND WON AD. — A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. — A SEQUATCHIE MYSTERY. — MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. — THE WORM TURNS. — THE KIND OF DOG IT WAS.
19. 19.Van Nesten and the Burglar.
20. 20.ORIGIN OF “THE MARSEILLAISE.”
21. 21.THE LAKE OF THE DISMAL SWAMP.
22. 22.OLD-TIME LIVING EXPENSES.
23. 23.The Story of Anthracite.
24. 24.WHY MARCH 4TH IS INAUGURATION DAY.
25. 25.The Beginnings of Stage Careers. [2] — NEW NAMES BROUGHT LUCK. — Mansfield Recognized Talent. — Chose Another Ladder to Climb. — Manager Named His Future Wife. — Succeeded Miss Loftus. — WOULDN’T STAY CURED. — Spent Allowance for Theater Tickets. — Aid from Viola Allen. — Appalled by Reality. — Moth Again Seeks Flame. — DANCED ON CHURCH STEPS. — Failed to Serve Two Masters. — “Adonis” and Its Successors. — Takes Dark View of Future. — Where Are Actors to Come From?
26. 26.THE ROMANCE OF HALLOWE’EN. — Origin of the Feast. — Prying into the Future. — Kindling the Hallow Fire.
27. 27.A Collector’s Bequest.
28. 28.A LETTER FROM CHRIST. — ABGAR TO JESUS CHRIST. — JESUS CHRIST TO ABGAR.
29. 29.Valuable Secrets Lost to Men. — Art of Egyptian Embalmers. — French Paste Diamonds. — Wonderful Ancient Dyes. — Formula for Durable Ink.
30. 30.THE WORLD’S HARVEST SEASONS.
31. 31.AS SEEN BY THE DREAMER. — THE CRY OF THE DREAMER. — GIVE ME MY DREAMS. — THE PORT O’ DREAMS. — THE DREAMER. — WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES SIX. — HEART OF THE FIRE.
32. 32.Major Namby.
33. 33.THE WORLD’S MOST REMARKABLE STREETS.
34. 34.Little Glimpses of the 19th Century. [3] — EIGHTH DECADE.
35. 35.FROM THE LIPS OF ANANIAS. — A FISHERMAN’S REVENGE. — FELINE INGENUITY. — AN UNLIMITED EXPRESS. — A STORY IN STONE. — A PEACH PUP. — THE EMERGENCY AND THE MAN. — WHERE TWO CLIMATES MEET. — STRETCHING IT.
36. 36.? ? ? WHY ? ? ?
37. 37.DEATH THE LEVELER.
38. 38.ALL KINDS OF THINGS. — TRADITIONAL TOMB OF MOTHER OF HUMAN RACE. — HOW WE MARK OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARIES. — WHAT IT COSTS FOR ROYALTY TO BE ILL. — BEFORE THE FORK WAS THOUGHT OF. — WHY AN OLD STORY IS CALLED A “CHESTNUT.” — HOW NATURE JOKES WITH HER CHILDREN. — SHORTHAND IS MORE THAN 2,000 YEARS OLD. — DISTANCE WALKED DURING A LIFETIME. — MISNOMERS WHICH ARE COMMONLY USED.
39. 39.Cooks’ Caps and Coronets. — Chambermaid Became Lady Mayoress. — Lady Hawkins Was a Cook. — Earl Served as Porter.
40. 40.IN STREET AND GRAND-STAND. — THE OLD HAND-ORGAN. — THE STREET MINSTREL. — A CONFESSION. — THE ORGAN-GRINDER. — PICKLES. — “FR-R-RAISH PEANUTS.”
41. 41.Relative Power of the World’s Navies.
42. 42.NIX’S MATE LIGHT IN BOSTON HARBOR.
43. 43.Achievements of Famous Invalids. — Carlyle, Heine, and Keats. — Mrs. Browning and the Brontës. — Parkman and Prescott. — Famous Musicians and Poets. — Methuselahs Laughed at Doctors. — Remarkable Centenarians. — Sick for One Hundred Years. — Had Many Diseases.
44. 44.A REQUIEM.
45. 45.WHAT THEY LAUGH AT ABROAD. — NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. — A WELL REGULATED LIFE. — ON THEIR HONEYMOON. — LOVE OF COUNTRY. — THE CASE AND THE EXCEPTION. — AT THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. — AT THE DUMA. — IMPUDENCE. — KEPT HIS PROMISE. — GREAT PRESS OF BUSINESS. — FISHING.
46. 46.The Bell of Kuang Sai.
47. 47.HOHENLINDEN.
48. 48.NEW FRIENDS ON OLD PLATES. — THE NEW FOOD. — THE HEALTH-FOOD MAN. — ’TWAS EXCELSIOR.
49. 49.REMEDIES WORSE THAN DISEASE.
50. 50.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A KISS.
51. 51.How They Got On In The World. [5] — EIGHTH SERIES. — LONG REACH FOR A GAVEL. — A DEVELOPER OF CITIES. — PEGGED ON TO FORTUNE.
52. 52.THE BLACKBIRD’S SONG.
53. 53.LOVE IN FOUR CENTURIES. — SWEET-AND-TWENTY. — GO, LOVELY ROSE. — I PRITHEE SEND ME BACK MY HEART. — TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. — TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON. — NOT OURS THE VOWS. — THE GRAVE OF LOVE. — MUSIC, WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE. — WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QUIET SKIES. — TO HELEN.
54. 54.QUEER WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
55. 55.The Blind Sailor-Explorer.
56. 56.THE LIGHT OF THE HARVEST MOON.
57. 57.THE SOWER.
58. 58.ELEVENTH HOUR PERFORMANCES.
59. 59.Sidelights from Stageland. [6] — LASSOOED THE COMPLIMENT. — THE MODEST CHORUS MAN. — RECALCITRANT BENEFACTOR. — BETTER THEATER PROGRAMS — CRITICS BAD WEATHERCOCKS. — PLAYHOUSE NOMENCLATURE. — WHAT MAKES A PLAY?
60. 60.WHO WOULD NOT BE A BOY? — THE BOY. — SONG OF THE MODERN ATONEMENT — ADAM: THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS A BOY. — THE BOY WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR.
61. 61.FADS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
62. 62.The House and the Brain.
63. 63.THE SEPTEMBER GALE.
64. 64.FACTS FOR THE WEATHERWISE. — WEATHER SIGNS. — THE SIROCCO OF ITALY. — WEATHER PROVERBS. — THUNDER IN ENGLAND. — HOW TO USE A BAROMETER. — COWS TELL RAIN. — FIRE AS A BAROMETER. — GOOSE-BONES AND PROPHECIES. — ORIGIN OF COLD WAVES OF AIR.
65. 65.A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS. [7] — LIBRA: THE SCALES. — THE ZODIACAL SIGNS.
66. 66.WHAT FOREIGN JOHN SMITHS ARE CALLED.
67. 67.MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES.

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