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  2. SHORT STORY

    SHE is my godchild. We are—I mean, we were—a household of three. I edit a weekly paper; my aunt, who is eighty, and infirm in every department save that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,741 words
  3. Farm and Garden.

    IN hiving swarms of bees it sometimes happens that the bees are persistent in taking wing, when they are placed in front of their new hive, ...

    Article : 412 words
  4. Sketcher.

    THE American papers are recording the extraordinary audiences that are turning out to hear the boy preacher, 'Jack Cooke,' at pre- ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  5. Ways of Living.

    IT is a lamentable fact that hundreds of persons who ought to know better amuse themselves by lending their countenance to the practi- ...

    Article : 948 words
  6. APPROVED METHODS IN PLANTING COWPEAS.

    Three varieties of Cowpeas are mostly grown—Red, Black, and Whip-peor-will—they having been produced on different soils and for different purposes. The ...

    Article : 469 words
  7. Humour.

    'How did the adage, 'Actions speak louder than words,' originate?' 'Oh, in some deaf and dumb institu­tion, I suppose.' ...

    Article : 503 words
  8. Naturalist.

    MANY are the instances on record in which outbreaks of typhoid fever have been traced to flies. This is not to be wondered at ...

    Article : 322 words
  9. Housekeeper.

    BLACK Currant Tea.—1 tablespoon of black currant jam, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 2 breakfast cups cold water. Put all the ingre- ...

    Article : 405 words
  10. MARBLE MOULDED LIKE WAX.

    Some very remarkable experiments in geology and mineralogy are going on at the present moment at the McGill Uni­versity, Montreal. These experiments ...

    Article : 290 words
  11. A JAPANESE MATRIMONIAL AD­VERTISEMENT.

    Young women in Japan have adopted European ideas and now frequently ad­vertise for husbands, and, as a rule, their advertisements are well worth reading. ...

    Article : 207 words
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    The French claim that gas-making was invented by Lebon, in 1802, who made gas by the dry distillation of wood Many a worm and caterpillar has no ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. SOME GOOD HITS IN ORATORY.

    A Bishop once rose to address the House of Lords, and began by saying he intended to divide his speech into twelve heads. Lord Durham thereupon jumped ...

    Article : 664 words
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