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  2. Agriculture.

    The selection of manures for the various crops is a matter of extreme importance to the farmer (writes W.B. in the N.Z. "Farmer"). To know ...

    Article : 2,469 words
  3. IF WE KNEW.

    Could we but draw brick the curtains That surround each other's lives, See the naked heart and spirit, Know what spur the action gives, ...

    Article : 183 words
  4. Grave and Gay.

    "Papa, what becomes of the good little calves when they die?" "If they are very, very good, my son, they become chicken croquettes." ...

    Article : 28 words
  5. HIS MEXICAN WIFE

    Sir John Boddington merely bowed in answer to Hesketh's question. At the same time he shut the study windows. The sound of a rake at ...

    Article : 2,229 words
  6. The Bishop's Way Out.

    A bishop was lately addressing a large assembly of Sunday-school children, and wound up by asking, in a very paternal and condescending way: ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. Getting Ripe.

    The scene is laid on the top of an omnibus. The girl seated next to the rough working-man had a bunch of wheat in her hat which, protruding ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Never dip knife-handles in hot water. It loosens them. If a knife-board is used, it should be warmed at the fire before ...

    Article : 336 words
  9. The Sleep Walker.

    Angus M'Tavish was the only grocer in the secluded little Scottish village, and he was earnestly going about his business recently, when a little old ...

    Article : 133 words
  10. NO MORE WAR.

    "The world is full right up of war," Said Smith. "It's certain sure When this tremendous fight is o'er There never will be any more." ...

    Article : 466 words
  11. What He Didn't Know.

    A well-known Richmond resident was walking along Swan-street the other Saturday light, when, a halfdrunken man came up to him. ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. A DEADLY INDUSTRY.

    One of the most deadly callings, and one of which very little is known, is that of the workers in champagne cellars. The work, which is light, ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. How He Wanted It.

    "How will you have your hair cut, sir?" said the talkative barber to the victim in the chair. "Minus conversational prolixity," ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. Sam Weller Up-to-Date.

    Chairman (to the would-be-exempted): "What is your line?" The Would-be: "I ain't particular, as the oyster said when they asked him ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. That Was the Reason.

    "Why are you asking me for help? Haven't you any close relatives?" "Yes. That's the reason why I'm appealing to you." ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. Questioned.

    Beggar: "Sir, I am starving." Croesus: "Here, take this penny and tell me how you became so miserably poor." ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. A Warning.

    It being leap your, she decided to propose. "Will you have me for your wife?" said she, sweetly. ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. From the Lips of Babes.

    Country Doctor (superintendent of Sunday School): "Now, children, who can tell me what we must do in order to get to heaven?" ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. Five Guineas a Column.

    "I am very anxious," said a tall, athletic-looking man to the editor, "to write a column every week on the war in your widely-read Journal." ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. It Was a Chicken.

    Mr. Peppery propped his newspaper up in front of him, dropped two lumps of sugar in his tea, took a bite of bread-and-butter, and then ...

    Article : 163 words
  21. Capable Of It.

    "Tickets!" said the inspector, as he stood in front of a passenger the other day on a train leaving town. The passenger began fumbling ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. CHAPTER X.

    The port wine was having a beneficial effect on Mr. Samuel Hesketh. Sir John merely sipped from his own glass which had been but half filled. ...

    Article : 1,857 words
  23. Kaiser's Bill's Opinion of Himself.

    One of the funniest stories of the Kaiser appears in a Glasgow contemporary. It gives a conversation which is said to have taken place a ...

    Article : 213 words
  24. A Penalty of Courtesy.

    "Will you have my seat?" he inquired courteously. 'On the ground that I am aged and decrepit?' 'the woman asked. ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. Martini Eloquence.

    "Now, then, No. 7," the corporal shouted, "we'll make another start—that is, if you've quite finished feelin' if your back hair happens to be on ...

    Article : 173 words
  26. The Reason Why.

    President Wilson is noted for his domesticity, and he is a great believer in a nation's greatness depending on how its homes are managed. ...

    Article : 105 words
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