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  2. THE JESTER.

    Artist: "How are you farmer; and what brings you to town?" Farmer: "I heard that a prize had been awarded for the portrait you painted of me, and I've ...

    Article : 602 words
  3. SPRAY.

    A clergyman one day met a female member of his congregation carrying a baby. After a few preliminary remarks, the reverend gentleman ventured to ask: ...

    Article : 1,287 words
  4. VARIOUS VERSES.

    Two ships sail over the harbour bar, With the flush of the morning breeze, And both are bound for a haven, far O'er the shimmering, summer seas. ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. FIRESIDE FANCIES.

    In explanation of the reverence in which the chrysanthemum is held in Japan a Japanese gentleman related a native legend, according to which the flower was ...

    Article : 233 words
  6. SAM LEGGAT'S PARDS.

    The gasjets flickered and threatened to go out, in face of the keen November blast that rattled and shook the gaudy pictures which were hanging outside "The Most ...

    Article : 3,796 words
  7. EACH HAS A MEANING

    According to the language of gems, the one which holds January as its special month is the garnet, which means constancy. ...

    Article : 192 words
  8. SOME CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

    Remarkable sentiments are sometimes found in epitaphs on tombstones. Here are a few, not as familiar, perhaps, as others:— ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. GLASS BRICKS.

    The manufacture of glass bricks, controlled by the patents held by a French company, appears likely to undergo an important development, due to some ...

    Article : 199 words
  10. PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT.

    The Prince of Wales has a passion for white roses. Mr. Jarrott, the famous motorist, declares that when a driver once exceeds ...

    Article : 672 words
  11. FAMOUS RIDES.

    The famous passage in "Rookwood" descriptive of Dick Timpin's ride to York bears witness, a century after its author's birth, to Ainsworth's' powers of vivacious ...

    Article : 790 words
  12. SPIDER CULTURE.

    Ten years ago a French missionary started the systematic rearing of two kinds of spiders for their web, and the Board of Trade Journal states that the spider web ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. A CURIOUS FIRE-ALARM.

    An improved and very sensitive fire-alarm has been brought out by a Danish inventor. It only acts when a sudden wave of heat is generated. A tube four ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. A CALUMNIATED CRICKET.

    "Takiranambols" is the Indian name for a curious insect of the Amazon and means venomous serpent. Instead of being a serpent it is really a species of cricket ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. FINGERS AND BRAIN.

    A new test of the mental and physical condition of children has been discovered by a specialist in the physical development of children. It consists of finger ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. LEFT AND TAKEN.

    As illustrating the fact that some men are quick to notice any display of selfishness in their sweethearts, a lady tells the following anecdote:— ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. FLOATING TARGETS OF THE SEA.

    Even the French and British warships that patrol the Newfoundland coast during the fishery season do not escape this danger, crowded with men and carefully ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. DYING MOMENTS OF REPTILES.

    A Viennese observer has spent several years in studying the dying moments of various reptiles, and has published some interesting data on the subject. He notes ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. THUS THEY ARE TRAINED.

    Chinese and Indian fishermen have an ingenious method of training the otter. They catch the animal young, and put a collar round its throat. The little ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. DESERT WATER.

    One of the most interesting and valuable results of practical geology in our time is the discovery of rich supplies of subterranean water under many of the dry ...

    Article : 79 words
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