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  2. THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE CIGAR.

    It is a matter of common knowledge that cigar is a Spanish word, but that it means garden is not equally common knowledge. When tobacco was first ...

    Article : 175 words
  3. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    Once there lived a little girl who was very clever at losing things. When she took off her gloves she had lost them next time she wanted them. She could ...

    Article : 900 words
  4. TOMMY'S FINISH.

    "Say, Pop." "Yes." "Bald heads is funny things, ain't they, Pop ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING.

    Nearly thirty per cent. of all flowers are white. The Salvation Army is at work in 47 different countries,and has 55 ...

    Article : 812 words
  6. RANDOM HEADINGS.

    Truffles belong pre-eminently to the central and southern parts of Europe although they occur occasionally in the East and in some parts of ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. WISE AND OTHERWI[?]

    A brown face and a peeled nose mean an empty pocket. The man who's had his holidays says holidays are a nuisance. ...

    Article : 924 words
  8. THE REASONS SPIDERS FIGHT.

    When two or more spiders fight there is usually a good reason for the furious attack and vigorous defence that always follows. ...

    Article : 293 words
  9. CUSTOMS OF CUBAN WOMEN.

    Gradually Cuban women are breaking away from customs which have surrounded them for centuries; gradually they are becoming more independent. ...

    Article : 389 words
  10. READING ALOUD.

    There are plenty of people who read aloud on every possible and impossible occasion, but only a very few who excel in this most difficult art. It is an art ...

    Article : 208 words
  11. 'TWAS EVER THUS.

    For the enjoyment of an after-dinner chat the assorted company that one meets in a commercial hotel were settling down in the smoke-room. A ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. AN ACROBATIC CORK.

    Of itself, a cork is a helpless enough object, but provide it with a pair of legs in the shape of two pins stuck into one end, and with arms ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 170 words
  13. THE SPHINX OF THE PACIFIC.

    [?]enigmas of the world's [?] are perhaps none [?] and at the same [?]ing, than those of ...

    Article : 241 words
  14. BAD FOR THE TEETH.

    Quicksilver miners follow the most unhealthy trade in the world. The fumes of the mercury produce constant salivation, and the system ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. KINGS WHO LIVE ON PENSIONS.

    In subjugating the savage tribes in their African and Asiatic posesessions, a task which has kept the French people busy for many years, they have ...

    Article : 389 words
  16. CAUSE AND EFFECT.

    The defence had closed, the prosecuting counsel had finished his argument, and the judge, a rather pompous and long-winded magistrate, was hard at ...

    Article : 177 words
  17. THE HAIR.

    The quality and color of the hair was a subject of speculative theory for the ancients. Lank hair was considered indicative of pusillanimity and ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. WATER FOR COOKING.

    All cooks do not understand the different effects produced by hard and soft water in cooking meat and vegetables. Peas and beans cooked in hard ...

    Article : 221 words
  19. BREATHING.

    We will give our readers a little practical advice on breathing. First, do not breathe through the mouth unless it is impossible to breathe through the ...

    Article : 120 words
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