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  2. SHORT STORY.

    We are always very much hurt if casual visitors to Benfield do not at once grasp all the salient points of that interesting town. Oh, usual, method with distinguished ...

    Article : 2,785 words
  3. Housekeeper.

    To Clean Good Lace: Really good lace, and that which is embroidered in silk, colors, tinsel, gold, and silver, etc., cannot be washed. Spread ...

    Article : 369 words
  4. Short Story

    It was evening in the manse. Eneas Cameron, elder and session-clerk, had just left. The minister sat like one dazed, his head pillowed in his hands, the unfinished ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  5. Miscellaneous.

    The cost of the official history of the South African war is £33,991 up to date. The fastest flowing river in the world ...

    Article : 354 words
  6. QUEST OF £1,00,000.

    An English company has been formed to attempt the recovery of the £1,100,000 said to be on the British frigate Lutine, which over a century ...

    Article : 256 words
  7. Odds and Ends.

    Huntsman: "Did Jones clear that fence all right?" Whip: "Yes, Jones got over; but his horse didn't." Mistress: "And do you need to be ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. Scientific Notes.

    Some 270,000,000 tons of coal were raised from the pits of Great Britain during 1910—sufficient in bulk to build a wall around the United ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. THE HAREM SKIRT.

    A verse from "By George," the "revue" by George Grossmith, relative to the Harem Skirt:— Harem-scarem. ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. EFFECTIVELY "COLLARED."

    When a cattle thief is caught in [?]am, a king wooden framework is fixed round his neck, which effectively prevents any attempt to run ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.

    Driving Mr. Gordon Watney's Mercedes at Brooklands, M. Laurent beat the flying- half-mile record in the 60-h.p. class by covering the distance ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. THE NEW HAT AND FASHIONABLE HAIR.

    The new hat comes down over the hair much after the fashion of the winter. It is made in light-weight straw, and although it is small and ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. SUBMARINE VOLCANOES.

    Occasionally there appears a great wave sweeping across the calm surface of the ocean in the fairest weaner, and when no wind is blowing. ...

    Article : 221 words
  14. A SIX HORSE-POWER HORSE.

    A correspondent of a French newspaper, desiring to ascertain the actual strength of a powerful horse, visited several of the stables that used ...

    Article : 122 words
  15. OLD-FASHIONED WAYS.

    We must move with the times, or else be passed by in the race of modern life. But even if we run in the ruck. we must acknowledge that ...

    Article : 285 words
  16. MEESCHAUM.

    Meerschaum is mined like coal. Meerschaum is a soft, soaplike stone, and in Asia Minor its mining is an important business. Pits are first ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. OVERHEARD IN A MOTOR 'BUS.

    First Passenger (continuing:): "Yes; and I can assure you. When I first heard of it. it quite took my breath away." ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. INQUISITIVE.

    The little girl from the city been questioning the old farmer touching about this place. "And now," said she, in conclusion, ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. A NEW MOTIVE POWER.

    A young Scottish engineer claims to have discovered what he styles commercialised nitrogen power. It has for its object the harnessing of waste ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. THE CARE OF WATCHES.

    Jewellers say that a watch should be oiled at least once in two years, and wound at the same time daily, for by doing so you establish in the ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. VERY FORTUNATE.

    "Yes-es," Mr. Billing's said, reluctantly, in reply to his friend's remark that Mrs. Joyce was "an awfully sweet little woman." "So cheerful! Always ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. A BICYCLE WITHOUT A CRANK.

    An Austrian inventor has perfected a crankless bicycle by means of which he claims there is a saving of 50 per cent, in foot power. The rider ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. RECIPES.

    Savoury Roes.—Ingredients: Six very thin slices of bacon, six roes fried in butter, 1oz bread crumbs, teaspoonful chopped parsley, ...

    Article : 421 words
  24. INDIAN CATTLE

    One of the first thing's to impress the stranger on landing in India, is the prevailing presence of the cattle, for wherever one goes the patient ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT.

    A German sportsman once said to a well-known Scottish baronet: "Talking about dogs with keen scent, I have one in Germany that will compare ...

    Article : 98 words
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