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  2. AN OPPOSITION MEETING.

    An old woman who had some hens used to take her eggs to a grocer in the neighbouring village. One day she came as usual, and counted out ...

    Article : 195 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Rev. Longneeker: "Dear, I do wish I could think of some way to make the congregation keep their eyes on me during the sermon." Little ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  4. RANDOM READINGS.

    About one hundred and twenty-eight years ago a vessel named the Jenny was built with timbers of old British oak, and she is now regarded ...

    Article : 86 words
  5. FACTS ABOUT CHEESE.

    To keep cheese until it is all used is a problem to a great number of housewives. In order to forestall mould, or dryness, wrap it in a ...

    Article : 406 words
  6. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

    Germany takes a census every five years. German helmets are nearly as light as straw hats. ...

    Article : 641 words
  7. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    Commercial rubber which is kept in perfectly dry air is not capable of furnishing nutriment to any form of microbe but in the presence of ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. THE POULTRY RUN.

    It is a common thing to see food thrown on the ground; but it is a great mistake to adopt this method of supplying mash. Grain may be ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. FOR YOUNG FOLKS

    Every child has looked at the moon and tried to see a face in it, for they have all heard of the man in the moon, and that he was sent there as a ...

    Article : 447 words
  10. SAVED BY A SONG.

    The following thrilling story of Santley, the famous singer, whose life was on one occasion saved by a song, is worth telling. ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. ABRIDGED!

    John Willie was a bright little lad, but he never could learn grammar. This was a cause of much distress to his Uncle Frank, who was keen on ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. ON BROODY HENS.

    Why are the shells of eggs laid by heavy breed hens thicker and stronger than those on the eggs laid by light breed hens? I should say ...

    Article : 391 words
  13. TO MEASURE ENERGY.

    The average energy a man can develop, as determined in experiments, is one-fifth horse-power, and that of a woman is only half as much. The ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. A DIFFICULT LIFT.

    Next time you are seated at dinner attempt the following simple little trick. Place a dry tumbler upside down upon the table, and grasp it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  15. WHY—OH, WHY?

    Ah, me! In these days of artificiality, how some ladies try to improve on Nature! Mrs. Jones was going out to dinner. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 98 words
  16. AN OILCAN WITH BELLOWS.

    The latest development in the line of oilcans for motorists and others is an oilcan with bellows. Ordinarily the bottom of the oilcan of commerce ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. MATHEMATICAL SURPRISES.

    By a little juggling with figures it is possible to tell the number of anyone's near relations. Ask the person to double the number of his brothers, ...

    Article : 397 words
  18. THE EARLY DAYS OF VELASQUEZ.

    Romantic, if perhaps in the main invention, is the story which attaches to the early years of Diego do Silva Velasquez, who was born at Seville ...

    Article : 413 words
  19. SURPRISE FOR SAMUEL.

    "Clara!" he exclaimed, laying his hand upon his cardiac region, "I have long looked forward to this opportunity to tell you that I love you with all ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. A SIMPLE TEST FOR LIME.

    Take a few shovelsful of soil from different parts of a field or orchard, dry, pulverise, and mix them thoroughly. Take a few ounces of this ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. BRITISH VOLCANOES.

    Within the British Isles are numerous extinct volcanoes. The island of Skye is the wreck of a once gigantic volcano. Ben Nevis, the Sidlaws, ...

    Article : 141 words
  22. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    In these times you don't want to keep any but the best layers. The best, and surest, way of finding them is to stick each bird in a pen by ...

    Article : 362 words
  23. NO INSULT MEANT.

    Shortly after a certain marquess received an important Government position he was over-whelmed with begging letters, the result of the ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. SELF-EXTINGUISHING CANDLES. ANOTHER EDISON INVENTION.

    It has been found that candles can be fitted with attachments to extinguish the light at a set time. To determine the length of time, it is Thomas A. Edison has invented a machine that has been named the 'telescribe." It combines the dictograph with a telephone-recording ...

    Article : 384 words
  25. IRRESISTIBLE.

    His face pale and heavy, the young man faced the girl of his heart, who, alas! could never now be his. "Miss Chase—Laura," he began ...

    Article : 158 words
  26. LOST PROPERTY.

    A taxi-driver was standing off a cabrank when a special constable went up to him and said: "Look here, my man, you must get into position on the ...

    Article : 149 words
  27. ROCKEFELLER OF CHINA.

    One of the most interesting recent visitors to America was Chang Cheng Shun, known as the "Rockefeller of China," who, beginning life as a poor ...

    Article : 273 words
  28. TELLING CHARACTERS FROM PENCILS.

    It is very often the little things that children do which give the best indication of what their future characters will be. School-teachers, for ...

    Article : 245 words
  29. LIGHT AND SHADE.

    A smell of buns and cakes and newly-baked loaves pervaded the shop as Mrs. Maggins entered, a business-like old lady in cape and bonnet. ...

    Article : 110 words
  30. CONUNDRUMS.

    Why are bankrupts more to be pitied than Idiots?—Because bank-rupts are broken, while idiots are only cracked. ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. SWEETS. RIGHT ENOUGH.

    At last, after tramping for four solid hours, the weary traveller came to a wayside inn. "Dinner?" exclaimed the slip-shod ...

    Article : 124 words
  32. SORT OF SELFISH.

    A chambermaid who had held a situation for several years recently gave notice because she was going to be married, and as there way some ...

    Article : 110 words
  33. ENVIED.

    "It strikes me, Pat, that either you or I was drunk lust night." "It strikes me that way, too, sor." "Well, you rascal, which one of us ...

    Article : 48 words
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