It was while I was vicar of a Midland parish that the most trying and painful episode of my life occurred. One morning a shabby young fellow, ...
Article : 1,655 wordsThe New Maid: “In my last place I always took things fairly easy.” Cook: “Well, it's different here, They keep everything locked up.” ...
Article : 286 wordsIt may come as a surprise to the reader to learn that whales and porpoises often visit these shores, and that several whale-hunts have ...
Article : 726 wordsIt is not easy to tell when an elephant has got the toothache, but it is best to keep out of his way when you do know it. A London surgeon, who ...
Article : 197 wordsIt would seem that water is so indispensable to life that no animals could exist without drinking. Nevertheless, Dr. Blanford asserts that the antelopes ...
Article : 150 wordsThe summer treatment of the peach mainly consists of (a) the pinching out of sappy terminal points to temporarily check their vigour; (b) the complete ...
Article : 198 wordsFor many years scientists and inventors have been striving to perfect some means of obtaining a reliable warning as to the existence of fire-damp in the ...
Article : 254 wordsA very small area of the ocean, about 7 per cent., is less than 600ft. in depth, and more than 60 per cent, is more than two and a half miles in ...
Article : 208 wordsA successful dairy farmer, who has had a wide experience in the use of the various feeds, has compiled a list in connection with which he adds the ...
Article : 399 wordsThe pig has been styled the gentleman who pays the rent, and he will do than that if properly looked after. He is a wonderful factory for converting ...
Article : 250 wordsPat, who had been summoned for beating his wife, did all he know to put the blame on the mother-in-law and, in consequence, was chided by the ...
Article : 122 wordsLinda Venner had had a bad attack of scarlet fever, and as soon as she was well enough to travel she was packed off to "convalesce," as she ...
Article : 1,004 wordsWhen Theodore Roosevelt and the King of Spain recently met, a striking contrast was afforded those who happened to think of the titles which the ...
Article : 624 wordsThe only two great European capital that have never been occupied by a foreign foe are London and St. Petersburg A candle 16ft. high and weighing ...
Article : 106 wordsA country auctioneer was greatly exasperated by the ludicrous bids of a man whose sole object seemed to be to make sport for the buyers at the ...
Article : 145 wordsAmphibious cars are not new, of course, but lately one has been brought out in England which appears to be quite successful. It is a sort of ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the newest and tallest skyscraper in New York a lift, or elevator has dropped suddenly 600ft. without anywhere one being injured. As a matter of fact, ...
Article : 120 wordsA certain doctor was noted for his bad temper, which caused the more venturesome of his patients to play practical jokes upon him. On one ...
Article : 375 wordsAn experienced farmer says:—The carrot is sadly neglected as a field crop in many parts of these States, and, having grown it largely for many years, ...
Article : 293 wordsA life-preserver in “vest-pocket” edition has recently appeared on the market. It weighs but 15oz., and is carried in a case measuring less than ...
Article : 212 wordsAn aerial passenger cableway is soon to be built across the whirlpool at Niagara Falls to enable visitors to get a close view of that ...
Article : 121 wordsThe rapidity with which watches are nowadays manufactured has been made possible by the ingenious machinery designed within recent years for the ...
Article : 209 wordsA “house electrical” will occupy conspicuous place in the Manufacturers'; Buildings at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. It will be the first ...
Article : 222 wordsThe power of the soil to absorb warmth is dependent in a great measure on the amount of moisture in the soil and its colour. The darker in colour a ...
Article : 202 wordsA would-be exquisite, in a tramcar, seeing a young lady whom he thought to be impressed with his personal charms, crossed over and ...
Article : 74 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 13 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Swan Express (Midland Junction, WA : 1900 - 1954), Fri 2 Apr 1915, Page 3
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: