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  2. LEFT AND RIGHT LIMBS.

    The physiologists and scientists in general have been making some curious experiments with a view to determine the relative length and ...

    Article : 158 words
  3. A NEW FRUIT.

    A new fruit is beginning to adorn Parisian dinner tables, a fruit with a perfume rivalling that of the banana, and with juicy pulp that ...

    Article : 92 words
  4. Random Readings.

    Describing a visit paid to the Customs laboratory, a correspondent quotes the manager as saying that one enterprising innovator, in an ...

    Article : 386 words
  5. Wise and Otherwise.

    He can trace his ancestry to the flood. Oh, everybody was in the swim then. He: Concerning love, everything possible has been said and thought. ...

    Article : 973 words
  6. A CLOAK OF LOVE.

    "Yes—yes, my dear Hiss Tyndall. If you only knew how tremendously glad I am. Now. of course, you will work after your own heart. Not a bit ...

    Article : 3,106 words
  7. MILLIONAIRE'S HOBBIES.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie's pet scheme of library-giving may be said to constitute the principal hobby of "the steel king," who has declared many ...

    Article : 309 words
  8. RUNNING NO RISKS.

    Pennink: "The first editor I saw asked me what on earth my sketches were, and I told him 'I thought they might do for his paper'. 'Yes' ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  9. Conundrums.

    What burns to keep a secret.—Sealing-wax. What is the hardest key to turn?—A donkey. ...

    Article : 401 words
  10. THE SUNFLOWER AND ITS USES.

    This gorgeous and prolific-plant is utilised in many ways in Russia. The seeds are eaten in large quanta ties, raw or roasted, and the oil ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. KING LEOPOLD'S CYNICAL HUMOUR.

    A striking feature in King Leopold's character was a weird cynical humour, which often saved him from the annoyances which occured ...

    Article : 431 words
  12. THE PENGUINS.

    Of all the foreign birds to be seen in zoological collections, it is the penguins that gain the most popularity with the least attempt to do ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. HIS OWN FACTORY.

    A poor family once received a shilling charity ticket for grocery, and a boy of ten went to change it. Shopman: "What can I get for ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. MUSICIANS' PROFIT BY PHONOGRAPH.

    If Caruso, the great tenor, happens to lose his voice or become incapacitated ha will feel consoled by the knowledge that his royalties ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. HIS OBJECT.

    "Slobleigh informs me that he is going to marry the lady with whom he has been boarding." "Why? Is he tired of paying ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. HELP!

    An Irishman on board a steamboat, for the first time seeing life-preservers, asked what they were, and being told, remarked: 'Thin why don't ...

    Article : 49 words
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