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  2. Scientific rates

    Whale extract is recommended as as economical substitute for beef extract. A whale weighing 200 tones yields 5000 pounds of extract. Every pound of extract means ...

    Article : 372 words
  3. Some Good Old Jokes.

    Mathews went once to perform at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, where, owing to the depressed state of trade, the drama received no support. He was afterwards asked how ...

    Article : 814 words
  4. Agricultural, & r.

    Some Austrian vineyardists hare discovered that the phylloxera prefers Indian corn to grape vines. In their vineyards, where the pest had began its ravages, they ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. A Fair Patient.

    It was a bitterly cold night in June, and the rain was dashing down in torrents. For two days this had been going on, and, from the aspect of the weather, it looked like as if it was ...

    Article : 2,489 words
  6. "The Parson's Leap."

    In the year 1850, at a point where two large o'ersbalowing spurs of the Great Dividing Range meet, there once stood the camp of Toe Miners Rest with its little cluster of ...

    Article : 2,885 words
  7. NEW TREATMENT OF CUTTINGS.

    The common custom has been to either plant grape cuttings directly in the vineyard or to plant them in nursery and then transplant them into the vineyard the ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. Wit and Humor

    Never abuse a male behind his back. It is a wise child the resembles its richest relation. He gives twice who gives quickly. ...

    Article : 840 words
  9. Told by a Shop Girl.

    "Some one told me that a smile would go a long way toward helping me to become a successful saleswoman," said a girl to whom shop life was yet new, "and I have smiled ...

    Article : 290 words
  10. Mick's Drinks.

    An Irishman went into an hotel the other day and called for a pint of beer, for which the human charged him sixpence. While he was sampling the lunch, a Chinaman ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. Another Version.

    Everybody has read of the brave woman who, when alone in her house one evening, caught a glimpse of the brawny hand of a desperado who was concealed under a table, ...

    Article : 625 words
  12. Kind to the Poor Fish.

    There were four ladies once went fishing ap the river. They selected a rainy day, and they had all their waterproof cloaks and head and feet covering. They ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. Filthy Lucre.

    "Money, my dear young friend," said an elderly adviser, "doesn't alone bring happiness in this world." "I know it dosen't, sir," responded the ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. A Delicate Perfume.

    The blue shark, the ground shark, the mackerel shark, the living tail shark, so-called because its tail resembles the tail of the snake in living long after the body has ...

    Article : 359 words
  15. In Search of Himself.

    The following amusing incident reminds one of the performance of certain foolish. minded cats and dogs, who engage in the absurd practice of running after their own ...

    Article : 171 words
  16. A HardHearted Husband.

    "Robert," remarked the wife of a penurious man, "I have tried to be a good and faithful wife, and have bat one favor to ask you before I die." ...

    Article : 165 words
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