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  2. “SIR THOMAS.”

    The career of Sir Thomas Lipton, who has announced his intention of again competing for the America Cup in 1908, is one of the most ...

    Article : 658 words
  3. JAPANESE A NATION OF SAILORS.

    The Japanese are at home upon the sea. They are a nation of sailors. They had their men-of-war in feuda[?] days, and sent out armies to Korea ...

    Article : 652 words
  4. ADVICE TO GIRLS WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED.

    One of the learned professors of a Chicago university has just laid down the following rules of proper conduct for a young lady :— ...

    Article : 1,633 words
  5. LAU[?]H AND [?]ROW YOUNG.

    If we laughed more we should all be happier and healthier. True, we are busy and very practical people, and most of us probably find more ...

    Article : 389 words
  6. ILLUMINATED SHARKS OF [?] OCEAN DEPTHS.

    With a temperature always close to freezing point, a motionless fluid (at all events, there is no perceptible disturbance of the water), and ...

    Article : 213 words
  7. THE UNEXPECTED AT SEA.

    An occurrence recently reported draws attention to unexpected, as distinct from “legitimate,” dangers of the sea. The Harrison Line ...

    Article : 641 words
  8. HARD TIMES.

    While passing a well-known brewery about 5 a.m. one morning, a passer-by saw, leaning from one of the windows, an old man whom he ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. SOME STRANGE DEATHS.

    Frederick I. of Prussia was sleeping one day in his armchair, when his wife Louisa of Mecklenburg, hopelessly mad, having escaped from her ...

    Article : 692 words
  10. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU BUY RELICS.

    The pens with which the Treaty of Amiens was signed in 1801 were sold for £[?]00. A tooth alleged to have been drawn ...

    Article : 245 words
  11. A CLEVER CAPTURE.

    This story was [?] by Count Peter Schouv[?] at one time chief of the Russian Imperial police. An astute swindler, made up as Peter ...

    Article : 254 words
  12. [?]SULT TO INJURY.

    A Chemist was awakened about one o’clock in the morning by a boy clamouring at his shop-door. Opening his bedroom window, he saw a ...

    Article : 175 words
  13. MAKE YOUR OWN NIGHT LIGHTS.

    Take an empty vaseline tin, remove tho lid, and pack well with cottonwood. Then make a small hole in the centre of the lid. The light ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. LAND SURVEY IN AFRICA.

    One of the most useful instruments is use by surveyors is the odometer for measuring distances by the combination of a single wheel and a ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Canada produces six barels of apples a year for each family. For travellers, steamers are 50 per cent. safer than sailing vessels. ...

    Article : 345 words
  16. BUSINESS COMMENCED.

    He was a man of peace, and, of course, he had, on more than one occasion[?] paid the penalty of the peace-maker. He recently came upon two ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. STRANGE RECOVERY OF A WILL.

    In the subterranean vaults of Somerset House millions of original documents, their dates running back for centuries, are carefully stored away ; ...

    Article : 311 words
  18. HOW TO MAKE BEEF TEA.

    Remove all fat and skin and minc[?] the beef finely, place in a stone jar that has a cover[?] and to each pound of beef add a pint of cold water and ...

    Article : 262 words
  19. THE CASHIER.

    The man at the Desk with the patient look Has followed the rule of the copybook— ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. FOWL’S EGGS IN WINTER.

    The following hint will be of great utility to all those who keep poultry and wish to get a good supply of eggs through the winter months. ...

    Article : 141 words
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