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  2. LORD ERNEST AND THE LOST RING.

    "It isn't a question of intrinsic value," said Sir George Verrers, "the ring itself isn't worth much, but I value it particularly because of its ...

    Article : 2,165 words
  3. THE PAGODAS OF CHINA.

    The Chinese copied the idea of their pagodas from the Indian Buddhists, who erected them above relics of Buddha. ...

    Article : 374 words
  4. A PAL OF "KITCH."

    "I was a- lyin be' ind the brestworks one day," recounted the veteran liar, "a-firin" at the enemy, and a-'ittin' of 'em every time, when I ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. THE RUBBER BOOM.

    It is curious to note that the first recorded mention of rubber occurs in connection with the game of ball. The historian of the second voyage ...

    Article : 655 words
  6. GINGER IN THE MORNING.

    Always eat ginger in the morning. That is the newly-discovered cure for the got-out-of-bed-on-the-wrong-side feeling that afflicts so many ...

    Article : 381 words
  7. RED AND WHITE MEAT.

    The flesh of cattle, sheep, horses, wild hogs, deer, hares, pigeons, ducks geese, and salmon is red or dark coloured, while the flesh of calves, ...

    Article : 510 words
  8. KATTI LANNER'S WILL.

    Mlle. Cora di Mere has become Miss Cora Lanner in order to comply with the conditions of the will left by Mme, Katti Lanner, the directress of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  9. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    In 1838 envelopes were absolutely unknown. The eucalyptus tree of Australia grows at the rate of ten feet a year. ...

    Article : 563 words
  10. ILLUSION OR SPIRITUALISM ?

    Mr. and Mrs. Tomson, who recently gained prominence through a "spiritualistic seance," which was declared to have baffled well-known ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 143 words
  11. ARE THE JAPANESE DISHONEST?

    Complaint is made of the business dishonesty of the Japanese. This is explained to be due to the fact that the best class in Japan, the ...

    Article : 184 words
  12. A FAMOUS HOAX.

    The joke, when a hoax is towards, is not always on the side of the impersonators, as a mock Zulu chief discovered in the eighties. A young ...

    Article : 460 words
  13. CONCERNING CALCIUM.

    Calcium is by no means a new metal. It is abundant in nature, being the metalic base of all so-called lime compounds, and therefore ...

    Article : 346 words
  14. WINGLES CHICKENS.

    Chicken wings will disappear from bills of fare when the new wingless chickens, raised by Mr. W. A. Bertman, of Illinois, become common. ...

    Article : 284 words
  15. WHAT IS SWEETBREAD?

    A momentous question is opened up by a correspondent of the "Pharmaceutical Journal," who asks what butchers in various parts of the ...

    Article : 235 words
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