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  2. WHAT DO YOU SAY?

    When such inanities as "tootle-loo," and "pip-pip" pass muster for salutations, it is high time that the English language devised something ...

    Article : 469 words
  3. RAILWAY RISKS.

    The chance of being killed while travelling by train is only one in twenty-one million journeys—a very small chance indeed, when compared ...

    Article : 169 words
  4. THE TERRIBLE TSETSE.

    No larger than an ordinary housefly: in colour a modest brown, with a few transverse yellow stripes athwart the abdomen: yet this ...

    Article : 919 words
  5. OTHER LANDS.

    The lives of two lions have been sacrificed at Copenhagen for the most extraordinary reason—to provide a bioscope owner with a realistic ...

    Article : 1,682 words
  6. PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH A LION.

    A Bushman in South Africa, while a long way from his house, was met by a lion. The animal, assured that he had his victim completely in his ...

    Article : 301 words
  7. A MURDERER ON THE JURY.

    Jurymen, when they find one of their follows obdurate, may care to remember a turning point by which a man’s life was saved, thanks to a ...

    Article : 237 words
  8. A MAN WITH POWERFUL LUNGS.

    While the proprietor of a lungtester was expatiating upon the benefits to be derived from the free use of his instrument, a cadaverous ...

    Article : 309 words
  9. DRY EARTH FOR POULTRY-HOUSES.

    In order to carry poultry successfully through the winter the houses must be kept dry and clean. Provision for this should be made now, ...

    Article : 382 words
  10. EFFECT OF SUNSHINE ON BRITISH COLONISTS.

    Some years ago the Hon. J. W. Fortesc[?]e contributed to the "Nineteenth Century" an interesting article on the influence of climate on ...

    Article : 544 words
  11. HOW MUCH SLEEP IS NECESSARY.

    The character and amount of sleep required vary with age, sex, temperament, and very possibly with race and climate. Infants and young ...

    Article : 191 words
  12. KIPLING IN A NEW ROLE.

    Not very long ago Mr. Kipling was on one of those long voyages he is so fond of taking. All went well till the ship reached mid-oce[?], when ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. TOBACCO AND MEN OF LETTERS.

    Hobbs, of Malmesbury, the famous philosopher, held that tobacco was of "rare and singular virtue," and proved it by living to the age of 92. ...

    Article : 529 words
  14. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The Alps are situated in six States, the largest division being in Austria. Worn-out billiard balls are usually cut up into dice. ...

    Article : 420 words
  15. VERY TRYING.

    The witness was a young German immigrant whose evidence was required in an accident case. "Now, Britzmann," said the ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. A CLEVER SPIDER.

    A gentleman who was fond of studying the habits of insects, one day found a large spider near a pond of water. He took a long ...

    Article : 288 words
  17. WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

    Doctors may err, as you know, even in the stillness of the sick room. How much more, then, are they likely to make mistakes in the ...

    Article : 290 words
  18. PETTICOAT RULE.

    The only town ruled by women is situated in Ohi[?], usually regarded as the steadiest and most old-fashoned of the American States. This is ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. LAND OF MILLIONAIRES.

    Although England is by no means the land of millionaires, there are twithin her shores no less than twenty-one lucky individuals who ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. QUITE SATISFIED.

    It was indeed a beautiful night. The gentle zephyrs played musically amid the delicate fronds of the turnip-tops, and wafted from far ...

    Article : 199 words
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