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  2. "WHERE'S MOTHER?"

    Bursting in from school or play, This is what the children say ; Trooping, crowding, big and small, On the threshold, in the hall— ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. THE LAND.

    Onions, like some other farm crops, require a large amount of labour to give the best results. But if given good cultivation and the weeds are kept down, ...

    Article : 535 words
  4. ROUND THE WORLD.

    Newspapers are not allowed to go out of the Transvaal. The sense of touch is dullest on the back. ...

    Article : 900 words
  5. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    James started courting, and as it was Polly's birthday he thought he would buy her a pair of boots. So he took her to the boot-shop, and out ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    The locality where the search was now being made was not so well known to Fitzgerald as other parts of the district, though he had been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,394 words
  7. The Judge and the Boot-Black.

    A judge, who used to wear very long, waving hair and a heavy beard, one day was on his way to court, when he was accosted by a little street bootblack with an ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. Is Cronje a Scotchman ?

    The Glasgow "Herald," of May 28, 1900, contains the following interesting reference to Cronje, who is now cooling his head at St. Helena:— ...

    Article : 424 words
  9. A New Definition.

    In a certain school the other day a class were having a lesson on history. The teacher had been explaining to them about the execution of King Charles, and ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. Settled the Argument.

    Miss Elder: 'Well, I maintain that women can do anything men can.' Mr. Gazzam: 'Oh, no. The auctioneer's business is one women cannot go into.' ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. The Deadliest Acids.

    The discoverer of prussic acid was instantly killed by inhaling one whiff of his own handiwork. Pure prussic acid is never sold or handled. It kills not ...

    Article : 234 words
  12. "Kitchener's Horse."

    Mrs. Noodle (laying aside morning paper): 'That man Kitchener must live a charmed life.' Mr. Noodle: 'How so, my dear?' ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. General Louis Botha.

    Louis Botha, Commander-in-Chief of the Boers, is a comparatively young man—not more than forty two—and was little known outside of his district till the present war. ...

    Article : 192 words
  14. Rough on the Masher.

    This animal, ladies and gents,'said the showman, 'is the chimpanzee. The remarkable thing about the chimpanzee, ladies and gents, is that it comes nearest ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. What Are We Coming To ?

    Those who think that in telegraphy without wires we have reached the end of human invention are mistaken. Professor W. E. Ayrton says:—"There is no doubt the day ...

    Article : 203 words
  16. The Late Mr. Moody.

    A famous man has died in Mr. Moody, the great evangelist, and there are many stories told of him. He was rather fond, so to speak, of "taking in" his audiences, ...

    Article : 243 words
  17. Thought It Was The Factory Horn.

    As the dawn broke over the Natal hills, the bugle sounded loud and clear, and its last prolonged note roused from slumber Michael Doyle, Reservist. ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. Children of the Nineteenth Century.

    They say that children are born old nowadays. Here is an instance in point —Transatlantic, of course:— 'Papa, said the little four-year-old ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. Alcohol and Plant Life.

    An ingenious Frenchman, M. Fouis Levat, recently administered alcohol, through the soil, to a goranium plant for the purpose of observing the effect. It was sufficiently ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. Great Thoughts on Labour.

    Observe: without labour nothing prospers.—Sophoeles. From labour health, from health contentment springs.—Beattie. ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. What He Meant.

    'I would I were a bird!' wailed the fair girl at the piano. 'I would you were a box of axlegrease !' hissed the dark man under the ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. Accepted.

    Amateur Photographer (touring in the country): "Pardon me, sir, but would you object to me taking your daughter just as she is?" ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. Chinese Patience.

    The Chinese are a plodding, patient race of people, never hurrying but always "arriving" with work perfect in every detail. An example of patient industry is ...

    Article : 92 words
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