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  2. Another Jonah.

    A story is told by Herodotus which bears a striking resemblance to that connected with the name of the Prophet Jonah. Somewhat abridged, it runs as follows. Arion the ...

    Article : 300 words
  3. Humour.

    Did I go to the show? Why, of course I did. Everybody, more or less, tries to make a fool of himself some time or the other. Of course I went there, and it was that lunstic ...

    Article : 330 words
  4. Personalities.

    'Miss Mary A. Newcomb, the cattle queen of Texas,' is dead,' says a contributor to the Boston Traveller. 'Miss Newcomb, who was very well educated, had conducted her ...

    Article : 1,119 words
  5. The Traveller.

    It is said that there is not a city or village in Hayti which has not as its characteristics feature the ruins of one or more revolutions. It is difficult to find a house in ...

    Article : 1,282 words
  6. Love Making in Paddy-Land.

    'Ah, then ! who is that there talking?' 'Sure, it's only me, ye know I was thinkin' we'd go walkin' 'Wor ye raly thinkin' so? ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. The Curfew.

    Erroneous notions have long prevailed concerning the original object of the curfew. The custom of covering up fires about sunset in Summer, and about eight at night in ...

    Article : 653 words
  8. Degenerate Days.

    Oh, the man with the fist like the hoof of a horse, That can discount the kick of a mule in its force, ...

    Article : 174 words
  9. The Science of Snoring.

    Your lungs, my dear child, are your breathing things your bellows to speak professionally. Now, when a sleeping Christian breathes, he breathes through his nose alone. ...

    Article : 218 words
  10. Farm and Garden.

    The poultry business has also entered upon a new line the raising', of broilers for spring. With the invention of artificial methods for batching and raising broods came ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. The Candidate.

    Who comes and grasps you by the hand, And welcomes you with greeting bland, And flattery you can't withstand ? The candidate. ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. Popular Science.

    In its infancy the art of printing was comparatively very rude. The type used was intended to imitate writing, and partook of the character of gothic and script. In ...

    Article : 763 words
  13. Curing Figs.

    J. W. Delamater said regarding his method of curing: 'My mode of curing the figs is to pick them after they wilt and begin to wither. I put ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. The Joints of his Armour.

    Justice Draco. 'Why do you beat your neighbour's dog? Hardened offender. Because his children called me names, threw stones at me, and ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. Bahr Joussuf.

    How many of the engineering works of the Nineteenth century will there be in existence in the year 6,000? Very few, it is feared, and still less those that will continue in the ...

    Article : 588 words
  16. Ballads of To-Day.

    'Tis noon, joyous noontide, by I[?]leworth clock, As we speed with the tide up to Teddington Lock. ...

    Article : 397 words
  17. Farming in China.

    A farmer in China may be hired by the year for from $8 to $14, with food, clothing, head shaving and tobacoo. Those who work by the day receive from 8 cents to 10 cents. ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. Labourer and Loafer

    Home returneth the good pastor from on earned vocation in Europe, joyously greeting his native land; to him the elder, far better than the pastor, comes with fervent greeting ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. Varieties.

    For the understanding heart no one has ever defined beauty better than Keats with his' Beauty is truth, truth beauty.' Every form of art which is genuine and sincere, ...

    Article : 382 words
  20. The World's Wheat.

    The London correspondent of the Northwestern Miller recently gave a statement of the Wheat crop of the world for 1889. The title compares as follows with previous ...

    Article : 750 words
  21. How Queen Natalie Gets in Her Work.

    When Queen Natalie visited her son the other day that juvenile monarch first gave her a military salute, and then addressed her in the following words, which had been ...

    Article : 274 words
  22. Where Colours Come From

    The co[?]ineal insect furnishes a great many of the very fine colours, says the American Druggist. Among them are the gorgeous carmine, the crimson, scarlet carmine, and ...

    Article : 860 words
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