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  2. WHY LIGHTNING STRIKES RUDDLED SHEEP.

    The human breath has been found to be a fair conductor of electricity, a spark from a Wimshurst machine being longer in breathed than in pure ...

    Article : 270 words
  3. A ROMANCE OF MONT-SAINTMICHEL.

    A writer in "Illustration" tells us that he was sitting in an inn on the Mont-Saint-Michel the other day, taking his holiday. Surrounded by ...

    Article : 444 words
  4. (All Rights Reserved.) DORINCOURT'S TEMPTATION — OR, —HONOUR AGAINST INTEREST.

    "He's not there; and the worst of it is Miss Michonnet's not there either. I went down at once, of course. Got no answer at the door, ...

    Article : 443 words
  5. INCOME £200,000 A YEAR.

    The Government's choice of the Maharajah of Bikanir as India's representative at the special sittings of the War Cabinet will give great ...

    Article : 156 words
  6. RUNS.

    Ingredients: Two ounces each of butter and self-raising flour, three ounces each of castor sugar and ground race, the grated peel of one ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. VEGETABLE PIE.

    Cut up three onions and put in a pan with a little margarine. Allow to fry till brown and add a little flour and a pint of gravy stock, and bring ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. MYSTERIOUS JEW COLONY [?] CHINA.

    Information of a Jew c[?]y in the interior of China, far away from the beaten tracks of traveller. has come to England from Mr. [?]bridge, a ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    "Do you know why the bridegroom's attendant at the wedding is called the 'best man?' " "I did not know before I was ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. ICE TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY.

    Now the ice of the Alps is to furnish light and power to an Italian city and for the second time science has conquered easily the great barrier that ...

    Article : 164 words
  11. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM.

    A farm boy went to the city to seek his fortune. For six months not a word was heard from him. Then one afternoon his father received the ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. CHAPTER XXXVII.

    Le[?] [?], very well that when it came to actual conflict he could count upon [?]yson's strong dash of common sense, which every now and ...

    Article : 1,567 words
  13. CALL ME EARLY.

    Dennis and Mike were discussing the height of luxury, as they worked in the depths of a drain. [?]phwat [?] ye do. [?], me ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. GUESSING CITIES.

    Questions are asked winch must be answered by a word ending with the sound of "city." For example, 'What is the city of learning?" ...

    Article : 585 words
  15. JUST IDEAL!

    It is the privilege of the British soldier to "grouse," and he is ably assisted by his fellow-fighters in the Marines. ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. HOW TO GROW POTATOES

    A few farmers had co[?] in the village inn. and were sarrowfully discussing a recent [?]stained drought. The local wag was there ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. AN OPTIMIST.

    Farmer Smith had rocked thirteen little Smiths in the same cradle, and was rocking the fourteenth, a new arrival, when one of the rockers ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. CHAPTER XXXVIII.

    Fateful things take place in a great city, stirring its very heart, sending their thrill of horror through its nerves of life and motion to the ...

    Article : 1,568 words
  19. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    The lifeboats around the British coast during the last year rescued [?] people. More steel is used in the ...

    Article : 240 words
  20. PROOF.

    "Mr. Spark is awfully gone on me I am certain," announced Mary the bandmaid of No. 4 to flane of No. 6. "How do you know?" ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. ANIMALS' SCRATCHING POSTS.

    In German East Africa the giraffes destroy telegraphs by rubbing their long necks against the wires. This sort of thing is not new. When the ...

    Article : 197 words
  22. AWKWARDLY PUT.

    A prea[?]ller was telling his congregation of the sad shortage of eggs for the wounded men in our hospitals. He was hoping that they might, be ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. WILD., WEATHER.

    A traveller at a Highland inn got out of his bed one night to see what sort of weather it was, but instead of looking out into the open air thrust ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. CHAPTER XXXIX.

    "Step back and get a view of the upper windows!" shouts the doctor. "Nothing could live in that furnace, but there's a chance yet ...

    Article : 2,192 words
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