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  2. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    A clergyman had a dog, a rough Dandy Dinmont culled Garry, which was very devoted to him. He had taught Garry to ring the bell when he ...

    Article : 162 words
  3. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING.

    Life insurance in England dates back to 1583. The ram of a modern battleship weighs forty tons. ...

    Article : 909 words
  4. THE POULTRY RUN.

    Don't try to cure sick chickens, and don't petter about with weaklings. It is against the plan of nature that every bird hatched should be ...

    Article : 304 words
  5. LEFT-HAND MUSIC.

    Piano music written for one hand may strike the uninitiated as freakish, but there is enough of it to demand some explanation. These ...

    Article : 270 words
  6. RUSSIAN ILLITERACY.

    One is told that in London every shop had formerly its sign. I believe this was due to the fact that the great mass of people could not read. ...

    Article : 277 words
  7. WISE AND OTHERWISE

    She: "Don't you think; it is easier to coax a woman than to drive her?" He "Can't say; but I think it's a great deal safer." ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  8. RANDOM READINGS.

    On September 28, 1681, Louis XIV., King of France, seized Strasburg, a city on the west side or the River Rhine, about seventy-five miles north ...

    Article : 300 words
  9. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    The drying of glue is the most difficult and delicate operation in its manufacture. The dried glue retains a variable percentage of water and it ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. AN EGG EXPERIMENT.

    If you place a hard-boiled egg on its side on a smooth table and give it a spin it rises on one side and rotates on its tip. A raw or soft-boiled egg ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. ANOTHER DOG STORY.

    This same clergyman had another dog, a close-curied black retriever, which slept in a dressing-room adjoining his bedroom; his master ...

    Article : 134 words
  12. SEEING BULLETS FLY.

    A writer in "Popular Mechanics" describes seeing a bullet travelling at the speed of 2,700ft. per second. "The sun was low over the eastern hills. Its ...

    Article : 264 words
  13. SOFTSHELL EGGS.

    This trouble is frequently associated with the keeping of fowls in small suburban back yards. Where a free run can be provided, the shells ...

    Article : 343 words
  14. CLEVER MEN'S MARRIAGES.

    The wife of one of our most celebrated literary men said, the other evening, that a talented man should always choose a wife with nothing ...

    Article : 237 words
  15. TOO MUCH CUTTING.

    He had bought himself a fashionable pair of trousers. On trying them on, they proved to be considerably too long; so he took the trousers to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 166 words
  16. A PECULIAR FRIENDSHIP.

    A pretty little girl was presented with a tortoise, which she promptly introduced to her pet cats and dogs. They, as promptly, voted the intruder ...

    Article : 274 words
  17. SHARK AND OCTOPUS AS DELICACIES.

    Japan is to-day the leading uniting nation. Not, it is true, in the actual value of its fish products, for in that two or three other nations excel it ...

    Article : 500 words
  18. "NONE THE BETTER FOR IT."

    "Bridget," said the mistress, to her latest "treasure," "you really must not be so slow in answering the door-bell. When Mrs. Corler came this afternoon ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. CARE OF BILLIARD BALLS.

    New ivory balls require almost as much attention as a new baby They should be kept in the billiard-room for at least a month before they are ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. SQUARE HANDKERCHIEFS.

    Why is the modern pocket handkerchief square, or at least rectangular, whereas our ancestors of the eighteenth century permitted ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE

    Don't over-reed the moulting birds. They are not making eggs, and therefore don't need the same amount of food. You know how they do it. First ...

    Article : 356 words
  22. GOING TO MARKET.

    Hans and Gretchen lived in a queer Dutch house near a big windmill in Holland. Every day their mamma would hitch the big dog, Fritz, to a ...

    Article : 313 words
  23. THE AWAKENING.

    There is a certain inspector of schools who prides himself on his original method of examining; but occasionally his originality receives a ...

    Article : 174 words
  24. NO VISITS FOR THEM.

    The kirk in a certain Scottish village was in urgent need of repair, and Sandy McNab, a very popular member, had been invited to collect ...

    Article : 141 words
  25. DREAM FORTUNE.

    Do you know that at least two men have made fortunes out of something which they saw in a dream. One of these men was Elias Howe, the ...

    Article : 277 words
  26. THE ROSE IN ANCIENT DAYS.

    Old Greek writers extol the rose above all other, flowers. The Romans appreciated this flower equally as much as the Greeks, and, according to ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. SOLD!

    It was his first job, and the young auctioneer was using all his eloquence to make a success of it. But the first lot, a horse, rose in price very slowly ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. HIS LITTLE MISTAKE.

    The old gentleman, who was always declaring that boys were not what they used to be, stopped in front of a smart child. ...

    Article : 117 words
  29. PAT'S WAY.

    A gentleman in Dublin, speaking of the Irish, said that nothing ever satisfied them, and that he was willing to prove his words on a wager that if he ...

    Article : 143 words
  30. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

    Little Jackie had just finished his tea. "Oh, mother," he sighed ecstatically, "I do love cake! It's awfully nice!" ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. HE KNEW HIS SON.

    What the young fellow lacked in brains the lather made up in money, and the latter was very rich. One day a well-wishing friend ...

    Article : 93 words
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