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  2. Short Story

    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 words
  3. Odds and Ends.

    The 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 words
  4. CATCHING WHALES AT THE SEASIDE.

    It 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 words
  5. ELEPHANTS AND TOOTHACHE.

    It 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 words
  6. ANIMALS THAT NEVER DRINK.

    It 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 words
  7. PRUNING THE PEACH.

    The 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 words
  8. A FIRE-DAMP DETECTOR.

    For 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 words
  9. OCEAN CURIOSITIES.

    A 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 words
  10. FARM AND HELD

    A 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 words
  11. PIG FARMING.

    The 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 words
  12. ADAM’S DISTINCTION.

    Pat, 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 words
  13. For BOYS and GIRLS.

    Linda 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 words
  14. QUEER TITLES OF KINGS.

    When 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 words
  15. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The 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 words
  16. SOLD.

    A 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 words
  17. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Amphibious 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 words
  18. TESTED BY A LONG DROP.

    At 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 words
  19. HE COULD CURE IT.

    A 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 words
  20. THE FIELD CARROT.

    An 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 words
  21. PNEUMATIC LIFE-PRESERVER.

    A 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 words
  22. CABLEWAY TO SPAN-NIACARA.

    An 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 words
  23. WATCHMAKING EXTRAORDINARY.

    The rapidity with which watches are nowadays manufactured has been made possible by the ingenious machinery designed within recent years for the ...

    Article : 209 words
  24. ELECTRICITY EVERWYHERE.

    A “house electrical” will occupy conspicuous place in the Manufacturers'; Buildings at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. It will be the first ...

    Article : 222 words
  25. WARMTH IN THE SOIL.

    The 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 words
  26. HURRIEDLY LIFT.

    A 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
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