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  2. THE FREEMASON.

    Recently a question has been put to us by a Worshipful Master, “Can I initiate a man with a cork lee Our answer was, "Unquestionably, ,No!’ ,Air the ancient laws ...

    Article : 355 words
  3. TEE FRENCH ARMY.

    A French military writer. cammanting on the effectiveness of the standing many, which for this year consists of 518 642 men and 113,334 horses, makes such reflections as ...

    Article : 261 words
  4. SANITARY ACTION OF PER. FUME.

    Mr Rimmel, in an interesting lecture, in forms us that parfumes, besides acting as tonics and promoting, whan used na lotions, the Circulation of the blood, wore also ...

    Article : 595 words
  5. WEEKLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

    Reports continue favourable from all parts of the colouy. The sowing of the wheat crop is proceeding rapidly and without obstruction, grass is improving, and stock are in meet places ...

    Article : 870 words
  6. MUITUM IN PARVO.

    The provincial library at H I fax, Nova Scotia, claims to have the only v[?]lu[?]ns of the life of the late Prince Consort, presented by Queen Victoria to an A[?]orcan colony. On ...

    Article : 1,230 words
  7. SELECTED POETRY.

    I look in your face, Bella Guerin, And a dream comes over my brain Of fair young Mary Fairfax As she wanders beside the main,— ...

    Article : 387 words
  8. DREAMING.

    A correspondent writes to Nature:- "Instances have lately been described of remarkable formation or pervision of dreams at the instant of waking. Allow to offer yon the following. ...

    Article : 318 words
  9. A CONTRACTING REMORSE.

    The Billings Herald says:-“ A resident of a mountain town was out hunting recetly. and as a storm came up, he crept into a hollow log for shelter. After the storm abated, he ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. A SKILFUL SURGICAL OPERATION.

    The American Ambassador at Vienna, Mr Kasson, has lately forwarded to bis Gurernmeut an interesting account of a remarkable surgical operation lately performed by ...

    Article : 980 words
  11. MARGARET UCH EVAN.

    Near the end of the Lake lives a celebrated personage, wbom I was disappointed at not finding at home. This was Margaret uch Evan of Pentlyn, the last specimen of the ...

    Article : 269 words
  12. MADAME ANNA BISHOP.

    One of the most famous singers of the last generation, Madame Anna Bishop, died at her home, 1443 Fourth avenue, at half past 10 o’clock on ...

    Article : 1,159 words
  13. "MAKING LIGHT” OF MEN AND WOMEN.

    Every man has 240 bones, except the minstrel corner men, who have 244 eacb. The lungs contain one hundred and seventyfive million cells. This is what makes a man ...

    Article : 246 words
  14. GIRLS' GOSSIP.

    Dearest Amy,—I am glad to tell you that everybody is buying new frocks, and, with a natural re action from so much gloom, everybody is bent on colour. I never, never saw ...

    Article : 2,132 words
  15. THE BIGGEST MAN IN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr Thomas D. Jennings, for whom it is claimed that he is the biggest man in Australia, keeps the Harvest Home Inn on the New Town road, about a mile and a halt ...

    Article : 351 words
  16. DISHORNING CATTLE.

    A case hue recently occurred in Ireland (says the Mark Lane Express of 9th April), which is of importance as proving an abortive attempt on the pert of the Sycophantic Society, which ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE.

    This is a very common expression, and yet its true source has been almost wholly overlooked. It has figured as an epitaph upon gravestones, and has been utilised by the ...

    Article : 387 words
  18. THE VICAR OF BURTON-ON. TRENT AND HIS CURATES.

    Our readers wilt remember the correspondence in our columns a short time ago in reference to the Rev. W. J. Sprigga-Smith, of Christ Church, Burton-on-Trent, and his ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. SALT AND CHARCAL FOR PIGS.

    Those who keep pigs may find soma useful hints in the fallowing extract from a communication in the New York Tribune, written by Mr F. D..Curtis:—Farmers would be surprised ...

    Article : 259 words
  20. NATURAL APPETITES.

    In order to distinguish a poison stimulant from a harmless sod nutritive substance, Nature has thus furnished us three infallible tests: 1st.—The first taste of every poison ...

    Article : 245 words
  21. LOCUST BIRDS.

    Recently a swarm of flying ants emerged from the earth, and had not been many minutes on the wing before a flight of locust birds, numbering between one and two ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. “SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE.”

    The Cape Argus gives this explanation of a popular rhyme:—"You all kuow this rhyme; but have you ever read what it is meant for? The four-and twenty blackbirds represent the ...

    Article : 198 words
  23. WORKING AND THINKING.

    It is a no lesa fatal error to despise labour, when regulated by intellect, then to value it for its own sake. We are always in these days trying to separate the two; we want one ...

    Article : 155 words
  24. WARTS IN HORSES.

    Wats [?] [?] very mcuh in position, and also in their forma and modes of attachment. Sometim s they are situated in places which are most exposed to pressure from some parts ...

    Article : 396 words
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