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  2. Geordie Sleeps the Caller.

    A SIMPLE, and common occurrence in the minor's career is this "sleeping the caller." It is highly gratifying to sleep in under ordinary aireumstarces, and equally ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  3. POULTRY NOTES.

    BANKLANE L. SEWELL thus writes in the Feathered World of Mr. Adam Thempson's Indian game hen:—Few American birds ever gain a very long list of prizes to their credit ...

    Article : 717 words
  4. THE FIRST ENGLISH REGATTA.

    THE first regatta ever held in England took place on the Thames in the year 1771 after much preparation and several post ponements on, account of unfavourable weather. Early ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. FOX-HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.

    IN England we hunt foxes with dogs; the Kirghiz of Asiatic Russia hunt them with the golden eagle. The bird is taken young from the nest, and trained much as the hawk ...

    Article : 158 words
  6. NURSES OLD AND NEW.

    "I RECENTLY visited a patient who had a trained nurse," says a physician. "On my arrival inspected the chart, which had been carefully filled in by the nurse, giving ma all ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. A CHEAP ARMY.

    SWITZERLAND manages to keep up an effective army of nearly 140,000 men at a very slight cost of money and time. The Swiss schoolboys are trained in gymnastics, in the ...

    Article : 201 words
  8. TENNYSON'S LOVE OF COUNTRY.

    IT is deep, eloquent, unfaltering patriotism which makes Tennyson in many ways the most typical of English poets. He rejoices in everything English with an ardour which ...

    Article : 168 words
  9. NOTED GAMBLER'S STRANGE DEATH.

    AN "HANKINS, a gathslef of the type Bret Harte loved to portray, who was mest prominent in the days of the Montans gold Pever, when he conduted half-a does ...

    Article : 246 words
  10. A LUCKY ESCAPE.

    A PARSISAN gentleman son[?]very Wealthy banker, was about to marry a young lady of high rank and everything was prepared The bridegreom Bad seen as a gift diamonds ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. MUSIC IN PRISONS.

    THREE is in the United States a prison, or house of detection, where the humanising and ameliorating effect of music is so far recogonised that the inmates are periodically ...

    Article : 203 words
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  13. AN INSECT-EATING PLANT.

    IN the mountains of California, where the Darlingtonis grows, the people call it "Calf's Head," from the shape of the pitchers. These are sometimes three feet tall, and ore ...

    Article : 251 words
  14. THE ANTIQUITY OF GAMES.

    CHESS is a very ancient game; but though it was played by the Chinese as far back as 2000 years ago, it is not so old as backgammon, which was invented by Palamedes, ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. TOMATOES.

    THE number of dist[?] to master now available makes selection a difficult matter, says the .rural Australian, and in offering any advice on varieties perhaps it is better to ...

    Article : 398 words
  16. BURMESE GIRLS.

    IN every household in Burmah (says the Catholic Fireside) " ne daughter has her appointed work. In all tot the richer merchants' bases the daughter" duty is to ...

    Article : 298 words
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