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  2. WELLINGTON AND BLUCHER.

    The pleasant story, just brought to light, of Humboldt's successful intervention to save the Jardin des Plantes from the wrath of Riucher ...

    Article : 377 words
  3. HUMOURS OF THEATRICAL "VISITORS' BOOKS."

    The chief characteristic of theatrical lodgings are dingy furniture, a talkative landlady, and a grimy "Visitors" Book," wherein the ...

    Article : 383 words
  4. ABOUT NOTABLE PEOPLE.

    The gifted author of "The Heavenly Twins," Madame Sarah Grand, is inclined to be somewhat absent-minded. A visitor, it is said, once ...

    Article : 1,288 words
  5. HIS GREAT DIFFICULTY.

    The solemn-looking man with the white cravat had been shown upstairs by the dime-hungry bell-hop in a certain hotel. ...

    Article : 235 words
  6. LAUDAMY, CALAMY, AND PROVIDENCE.

    On one occasion when Sir Walter Scott was journeying in the north of England, he stopped at a little town where one of his attendants was ...

    Article : 203 words
  7. TO TEST THE PURITY OF WATER.

    The purity of water for drinking purposes is one of the greatest health requirements of every habitable building, and it must not be ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. FACTS ABOUT GOLDS.

    The common theory that all colds are the result of exposure of some sort is a great mistake. Exposure is not the direct cause of the disease. ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. LATE HOME FROM THE CLUB.

    A South of Ireland town once possessed a Bishop who always insisted upon his family being at home by nine o'clock at night. One evening, ...

    Article : 187 words
  10. HOW DID HE MANAGE IT?

    It was in famine time. The people were dying like leaves in autumn. Naturally the undertaker was doing well. So much work had he on ...

    Article : 313 words
  11. WHERE YOUR PAINTS COME FROM.

    The animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms are all drawn upon for the materials from which to manufacture the colours one finds in a paint box. ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. SIMPLE CURE FOR INDIGESTION.

    We are all more or less subject to occasional attacks of indigestion, and much money is spent in doctors' bills, pills, powders, patent ...

    Article : 232 words
  13. WATER IN THE EARTH.

    In a discourse recently delivered at the Royal Institution in regard to ore deposits and their distribution and depth, Prof. John W. Gregory ...

    Article : 301 words
  14. A NEW WAY TO SCARE CROWS.

    The following clever way of keeping crows away from a cornfield is used by the Dutch farmer, and is practised to a certain extent in the eastern ...

    Article : 605 words
  15. POETRY AND PROSE.

    She: "What a lovely deep purple blue the sea is." He: "Yes, it reminds me of a splendid black eye I got last football ...

    Article : 342 words
  16. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

    It is curious to note that the British Museum, for a new branch of which King Edward recently laid a foundation-stone, literally gambled ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Gloves with separate fingers were unknown before the twelfth century. Within the last fifty years more than 200,000 miles of cables have ...

    Article : 411 words
  18. A SCOTTISH SKETCH.

    "It's a gran day fur oor holiday, Mrs. McFadyin." "Ay, Mrs. Johnston. Disna the watter luk fine?" ...

    Article : 433 words
  19. ETYMOLOGY OF WOMEN.

    "Bah!" she said, and flung her cigarette into the grate. Swishing their silk skirts the others turned from the club window with ...

    Article : 289 words
  20. SWEETMEATS FOR CHILDREN.

    This delicious and wholesome sweet is made with one pound of powdered loaf sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, one teacupful of ...

    Article : 296 words
  21. POISONOUS ALCOHOL.

    It is new agreed among scientists and physicians that the value of alcohol as a drug is practically nil even when taken in small doses, ...

    Article : 233 words
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