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  2. Useful Information.

    A new system of photography at a distance is said to have been invented by an officer of the Italian artillery. By his method photographs can be taken at a ...

    Article : 434 words
  3. The Gulf Stream.

    Speaking of this oceanic current, the "Spectator" observes that owing its existence primarily to the revolution of the earth upon its axis, its out flow through ...

    Article : 243 words
  4. Grains of Gold

    Only he who lives a life of his own can help the lives of other men. Character consists in a man steadily pursuing the things of which he feels ...

    Article : 460 words
  5. A FEARFUL SUSPICION

    On the banks of the Hunter River, at a place called Bulwarra, stood the cottage of a well-to-do farmer named Johnsatone -- William Johnstone. He was a man of ...

    Article : 4,230 words
  6. Grave and Gay.

    An Irishman, with a heavy bundle on his shoulder, was riding on a street-car platform. He refused to put it down, saying, "The horses have enough to do ...

    Article : 684 words
  7. Why England Fights.

    Fees scoff and sneer at England's pride, And long to see it perish ; They pant to see us forced to yield Those rights and lands we cherish! ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. Complexion, Features and Stature.

    Some students of mankind say that the human race sprang from one couple and that race differences are due to man's adaptation to the climate in which they ...

    Article : 212 words
  9. Where Art Succeeded.

    The following is told of Hans Makart, the painter:-- "After his reputation was made, one of his paintings was on exhibition in ...

    Article : 204 words
  10. Origin of the Turkish Crescent

    The crescent as an emblem has no special connection either with the Turks or their religion. It was the ancient symbol of the city of Byzantium, whence ...

    Article : 271 words
  11. By a Clever Ruse.

    A noted pickpocket used to tell a funny story about the difficulty he had in picking the pocket of a fashionably -dressed woman who was looking in at the window ...

    Article : 251 words
  12. Health Notes.

    Dr. Wilks asked a large and representative meeting of medical men some years ago the following rather startling questions :--"How many medicines are given ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. Electricity in Trees and Fishes.

    It is strange that the powers of electricity, which, owing to discoveries py Marconi, Tesla, Edison, and others, is so much to the front just now, should be ...

    Article : 296 words
  14. HEALTH AND LONG LIFE.

    Thousands of people annually rain their constitutions by swallowing too much medicine. It may seem a very strange thing for a medical man to say, but it is ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. WAITING FOR THE LAST MINUTE.

    The desire to create a stir in public governs the acts of many unimportant persons. Nothing affords them more happiness than popular excitement or ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. So We Pass Our Lives.

    "One of those persons with a turn for reducing everything to statistics," writes a contributor, "staggered me the other day with the assertion that a man of thirty ...

    Article : 201 words
  17. An Actress's Requisites.

    Nine out of ten women one meets are of the opinion that they could make a fortune "If they only had the chance" on the stage. The experience of those ...

    Article : 339 words
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  19. CARE OF THE TEETH.

    A scrupulous and unremitting cleanilness of the teeth and mouth is one of the chief characteristics of refinement, when I served as "dresser" in the hospitals [?] ...

    Article : 187 words
  20. SMILING ACQUAINTANCE.

    Young people often find the following method of making acquaintance quite satisfactory in these unceremonious times :-- ...

    Article : 99 words
  21. Long-Lived Animals.

    Fabulous ages have been ascribed to the elephant and whale, bat it is now thought that they may be capable of attaining the age of 400 years. It is ...

    Article : 234 words
  22. Coolest When In Danger.

    A military officer was speaking of the ease with which men sleep on the eve of battle."The truth is," said he, "that we get accustomed to it. Of course, at ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. Gave Him His Start.

    Illustrating what a trifling incident can influence a man's whole career, it is told of Judge William Lindsay, who is now United States senator for Kentucky, that ...

    Article : 315 words
  24. Self-[?]eliance.

    He who is self-reliant will not be troubled because his means are limited than those of others. He will remember that his expenditure is his own ...

    Article : 209 words
  25. Repetition.

    Over and over again, No matter which way I turn, I always find in the Book of Life Some lesson I have to learn. ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. Egoism.

    There is a form of egoism which sometimes shows itself hr extreme reticence. Some people are too proud to talk of themselves, though they are wrapped up ...

    Article : 148 words
  27. Value of Exercise.

    Next to bodily cleanliness, exercise may be reckoned as the greatest aid to beauty. In fact, exercise is almost necessary to cleanliness, for it is a great ...

    Article : 115 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 15 words
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