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  2. FARM AND FIELD.

    Writing on the value of farmyard manure, Mr Shortt, chemist to the Experimental Farms, Canada, makes the following remarks in a recent ...

    Article : 296 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Irish Nurse (to patient): Now thin, mum, wake up an' take yer sleepin' dhraught! First Milkman: I had an awful dream last night. Second Milkman: What was it? First ...

    Article : 1,039 words
  4. A THEORY.

    "If you would only compel yourself to listen to my playing," said the Wagnerian musician, "you would be benefited morally and intellectually." ...

    Article : 49 words
  5. ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

    The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:- The precipitancy of a workman in ...

    Article : 402 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    It is our good fortune to be called upon, every six weeks or so, to entertain a party of a dozen young children. As the children are nearly ...

    Article : 990 words
  7. GREAT DEMANDS.

    "It doesn't seem right," said the memrer of Parliament thoughtfully. "What is the trouble?" asked the sympathising friend. ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. HUMOROUS TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES.

    The Calcutta "Englishman" draws attention to the extraordinary code words used for telegraphic addresses in the Indian Army List. The official compilers of the list seem ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. PLAYING A JOKE ON A BISHOP.

    The late Dr. Ellicott, for many years Bishop of Gloucester, was once playing billfards at a famous country house, not very far from Gloucester, with a peer who is now dead, ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. WOMAN'S BRAIN.

    "Woman is not inferior to man. She is only dissimiliar. A sensible woman has no desire to be like a man, for the more she resembles him in her physical ...

    Article : 537 words
  11. FORTUNE GIVEN AWAY.

    The mystery of a succession of anonymous gifts to charitable organisations in York has been cleared up in a remarkable manner. ...

    Article : 303 words
  12. Pickling Seed Grain.

    There are many farmers who never pickle their seed prior to sowing, oven although smut may be traceable in the grain. To those who know of ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. AN ARCTIC VOYAGE.

    Captain Mikkelsen, the young Danish explorer, sailed from England last month, on an Arctic journey which will last two years. ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. CREMATED IN A PIT.

    The New York correspondent of the London "Express" wrote on 9th January:- Twenty-three people were killed in ...

    Article : 297 words
  15. BARN-DOOR LATCH.

    A latch for barn doors is shown in the accompanying illustration. The details of construction are given plainly in the picture. The piece (a) works vertically ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 155 words
  16. DOG FASHIONS.

    There has long been an "entente cordiale" in fashions. Parisian men can scarcely be distinguished from London clubmen, and the smart Englishwoman ...

    Article : 226 words
  17. "THE BEAUTIFUL MISS CROKER."

    We regret to learn that the Dowager Lady Barrow, who on Friday last entered her ninety-seventh year, died at her residence, Ulverston Cottage, East ...

    Article : 283 words
  18. ELECTION ITEMS.

    In Mid-Lanark Captain Campbell (U.) has just distinguished himself by hiring a special train from Glasgow to Wishaw to address a dinner-hour ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. CHRONICLES OF CHARTOONING.

    The "Windsor Magazine" for January writes:—In telling the story of how M. Loubet had risen from a simple, if worthy, citizen to the high post he occupied, ...

    Article : 264 words
  20. RIOT IN MADEIRA.

    The Funchal correspondent of the Loudon "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:- Previous reports of plague and riots ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. METHODS OF MILKING AFFECT THE QUALITY OF MILK.

    That not only the yield, but also the quality of the milk, may be infulenced by the milker, is a fact that is not so widley known and appreciated as it ...

    Article : 427 words
  22. A COSTLY FOWL.

    Under the general heading of "Poultry. Eggs, Etc.," the "East Anglican Daily Times" prints the following advertisement:- BANTAM, very strong frame all plated ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. GRAPE LEAVES FOR DRESSING WOUNDS.

    In Switzerland, according to "Science Sittings," grape leaves are applied to medicinal or surgical uses. For cuts and fresh wounds they are esteemed a ...

    Article : 188 words
  24. PROTESTANTS IN AUSTRIA.

    From some interesting particulars in the "Sunday at Home" we learn that the total Protestant population of Austria proper (excluding Hungary) is less than ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. A VERY PROPER MODESTY.

    The following notice hangs in the fitting rooms of a prominent ladies' tailor:—"As the principal fitter desires Jo try on his own garments personally customere are requested not ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. ELECTIONEERING GOLD.

    In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different. ...

    Article : 114 words
  27. HOMELY FARE.

    Cold Tongue in Jelly.—Required: A pickled ox tongue, one dozen pepper-corns, a blade of ma[?]e, splces. Put a medium-sized tongue, which has been in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 721 words
  28. NEW SOURCE OF FOOD SUPPLY.

    Why should not Londeners consume their own fog? It seems to be done is the more enterprising of the Provinces. The "Doncaster Gazette," for instance, advertises:— ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. A FORTISSIMO FINALE.

    According to the "Musical Times." Mr Wllhelm Backhaus's English tour is to end somewhat noisily. "At its conclusion," we are told, "he will be heard in Germany, Austria ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. A CRITICAL SUMMARY.

    This world's a stage. That's understood Like other shows we've bad. Some parts of it are pretty good And some are pretty [?] ...

    Article : 31 words
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