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  2. THE AGRICULTURIST

    'Like the dairying industry in latter years the manufacture of bacon and hams has undergone great changes. The old expensive system of dry salting has been almost ...

    Article : 1,961 words
  3. "ALL MEN ARE LIARS." CHAPTER I.

    "The Cynic puts all human actions into only two classes—openly had and secretly bad. All virtue, and generosity, and disinterestedness, are merely the appearance of good, bat selfish at the bottom. ...

    Article : 3,001 words
  4. THE HOUSEHOLD,

    LITTLE CURRANT CAKES.—Work three ounces of batter into seven ounces of fiour add four ounces of currants, one egg. and a little milk; stir it well; add a little more ...

    Article : 636 words
  5. POETRY

    Yes, sir, I know; and your words are kind, an' I tell you, sir, I've tried To think we can find the things we've lost when we get to the other side. ...

    Article : 458 words
  6. CHAPTER II.

    "There's something in a noble boy A brave, free-hearted, careless one, With his unohecked, unbidden joy, His dread of books, and love of fan; ...

    Article : 2,642 words
  7. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    An ordinary piano contains a mile of wire string. Tea is gathered from the plant four times a year. ...

    Article : 649 words
  8. STRAY THOUGHTS

    Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Nervo[?]s Employer—"I don't pay you for whistling," Office Boy—"That's all right, guv'nor; I can's whistle well enough to charge extry for it yet. ...

    Article : 457 words
  10. A TRAVELLING MOUNTAIN.

    A travelling mountain is found at the cascades of the C[?]dumbia. It is a triple-peaked mass of dark brown basalt, six or eight miles in length, where it fronts the river, rising to ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. AN INDEPENDENT WATCHMAN.

    An old watchman who used to keep guard in the department of justice, from long association with the legal lights in the building believed he had imbibed a fair share of ...

    Article : 190 words
  12. A COLLECTOR OF COINS.

    Beranger, while walking along one of the boulevards one afternoon, encountered a very miserable beggar, to whom he gave two eons, and passed on. ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. HOW HIGH WILL A KITE FLY?

    It is one of the most difficult undertakings imaginable to even approximately estimate the height of a kite above the earth. This is on account of the fact that objects floating ...

    Article : 371 words
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    Advertising : 120 words
  15. RUSSIAN HORN MUSIC.

    From the country of the Cur we hear of an absorbing and pleasing musical entertainment. The only instruments are horns, and each produces but one tone. The horns ...

    Article : 164 words
  16. CARMEN SYLVA AND THE CHILD.

    The following pretty story is related of Carmen Sylva, the Queen of Roumania. She visited a school the other day, where she noticed a little girl who was in disgrace. ...

    Article : 145 words
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