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  2. THE TROUBLES OF THE OSTRICH.

    The Persians, Arabs, and Greeks term the ostrich a shuttermoog, or camel-bird, a name suggested by many peculiarities that resemble ...

    Article : 870 words
  3. CLERICAL HUMOUR.

    There is combined humour and pathos in the story of the clergyman who went to see a navvy just after he had buried his wife. ...

    Article : 812 words
  4. HOW MAD KING OTTO KILLED HIS KEEPER.

    The madness of Otto, King of Bavaria, has now advanced to a point where he is worse than a man-eating tiger. ...

    Article : 1,801 words
  5. THE ROMANCE OF ENOCH ARDEN.

    This is a story which the magic of a poet's brain has made so real to us that it has passed into a type. If ever we hear of a man, long absent ...

    Article : 2,069 words
  6. INTERESTING HISTORICAL EVENTS.

    When the news reached England that Phillip of Spain intended to invade England, a war council was held at which Sir Walter Raleigh ...

    Article : 730 words
  7. LIQUID AIR TO SET EXPLOSIVE GOING.

    Liquid air blasting cartridges as described by M. Jacquier, are made by packing powdered charcoal in a case of storm paper, and covering ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. HE DIDN'T RACE.

    Something like consternation swept the village when it became known, that a crack cyclist from a neighbouring town proposed to compete ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. FOG MADE TO ORDER.

    In some of the fruit growing districts' abroad, where the frost does much damage among the orchards, there exists a curious mode of ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. OH, MEMORY!

    There is no doubt that the tying of a piece of string round the finger is a really good aid to a poor memory; but there tea well-authenticated case ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. PRESERVING EGGS.

    The following is a very simple, recipe :—Take half a bucket of fresh lime, fill up with boiling water, and lot it stand one night well covered ...

    Article : 155 words
  12. AN UMBRELLA MENDER.

    Two cyclists set out the other day for a "spin." One got a long way ahead of the other, and, turning an ugly corner in the lane, collapsed ...

    Article : 112 words
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