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  2. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Aluminium is one of the lightest of metals. Patchouli is a preservative against moths. ...

    Article : 1,184 words
  3. POULTRY NOTES.

    We often hear the question—"What is the best layer?" or "which breed to you reckon the best for egg-production?" These seem simple questions to answer, ...

    Article : 769 words
  4. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A po[?] arrayed in full Highland costume cansell a terrible commotion in a railway carriage in the Perrache station, near Lyons, recently. ...

    Article : 147 words
  5. ENGLAND AND FRANCE AT WAR.

    Not many leagues from here, Strange as it may appear, Under tribute severe Lay a great city. ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. Days of Danger.

    It was three months since Ward knew that Weston was still at the junction of the two rivers, but even if be had left, the fugitives might be ...

    Article : 2,672 words
  7. No Work Done.

    The trade of a blacksmith requires a man of clear utterance and ready speech. Here is an account of a scene I witnessed some time ago in a blacksmith's shop. ...

    Article : 90 words
  8. Who are the Greatest Heroes of & War?

    'I saw in Plevna,' says Mr. David Christie Murray, 'one of the most extraordinary bits of human valour I ever beheld, an act that, to my mind, deserves ...

    Article : 404 words
  9. Lie Low and Say Nothing.

    A certain army officer it very much disliked by his men. One evening, as he was returning home, he slipped into some deep water. ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. The Light-Fingered Gent.

    In cracking cribs I war a great success— You bet I 'ad no equal. I 'ad no sneakin' pals ter 'elp; But harkee to the sequel. ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. Went One Better.

    Conversation heard between two Irishmen: 'I heard of a house in Belmast where the bed in the solitary apartment just ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. Does the Moon Affect Insomnia?

    'The most singular case of insomnia of which I ever heard,' says a well-known physician,' is that of a friend of mine in a neighbouring town, a lady of middle ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. Rough on Daddy.

    'Now, take the cat, for instance,' said the teacher, during a natural-history lesson in a village school. 'Do ant of you children know of any other animal ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. What is a Good Layer?

    A good layer is a hen that lays 160 to 180 eggs in a year; that would be about three times her own weight. Individual hens have been known to lay ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. No Accounting for Some Things.

    'They say old Hueks has died of consumption,' said Mm. Flynn to a neighbour. 'Oh? I never knew they had ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. Spanish Wooden Bullets.

    It if well known that Spanish soldiers in Cuba were poor marksmen, but great surprise has been expressed at the remarkable lack of execution which ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. Poor Fellow.

    It took our office laureate fire hours to solve this pathetic and touching verse. It is to be feared his brain in suffering from the prolonged drought. ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Late Tomatoes.

    Mr. V. D. Paterson, of Summer Hill, writes: "A friend of mine and I have eaoh tried an experiment with tomato-plants, which, I think, will interest your readers. ...

    Article : 224 words
  19. Ready Reply.

    A steamer last week was stopped owing to a dense sea-fog in the month of the river. An old lady inquired of the captain ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. Paid In Advance.

    He was a bad hoy, and his mother knew it; for as soon as he came downstairs in the morning she gare him a good box on the ear. ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. AN EAR FOR TIME.

    She: 'Do you play, Mr. Staylate?" He: 'No; but I am thinking of taking lessons. I have a good ear for time, don't you know.' ...

    Article : 49 words
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