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  2. AULD ROBIN GRAY.

    Lady Anne Lindsay wrote "Auld Robin Gray" when she was twenty-one. It was published anonymously in 1776, and various persons claimed the ...

    Article : 926 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Mock Turtle.--Kissing before company, and quarrelling afterwards. When may a ship be said to be in love?--When she wants a mate. ...

    Article : 975 words
  4. THE LADIES COLUMN.

    She's only an "old-fashioned girl, "she says," (Is it not enough fo disgrace?) An "old-fashioned girl" with womanly ...

    Article : 199 words
  5. THE HORTICULTURIST.

    As the pruning season is rapidly advancing a few remarks on this most important subject will not be out of this place. The object to be obtained by pruning ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    The recent discussion in the French Academy of Medicine on the spread of consumption by infection acquired in public buildings has been followed by ...

    Article : 250 words
  7. NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES.

    The Bristol Town Council have decided to spend a sum of L100,000 upon improving the docks there. Raphael showed his artistic abilities at ...

    Article : 1,109 words
  8. Ladies' Gossip.

    Chicago alone has fifteen women dentists who make their, living by that profession. Last summer sixteen lady students ...

    Article : 585 words
  9. THE VINEYARD.

    In the earlier districts vines may be pruned as soon as the leaves have fallen. If the primings are not required for cuttings they should immediately be ...

    Article : 177 words
  10. Weather and Crime

    The influence of the weather on work, on trade, and on health, has been vaguely recognised. In its effect upon mental condition it undoubtedly has more or ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. A Professor at Fault

    Professor Hebra, of Vienna, asserts that the sun does not produce freckles. They never appear, he says, in children under the age of six or eight years, ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Azaleas intended for early flowering can now be taken in band. Before bringing them in from the bush house, give them a, good spraying of tobacco ...

    Article : 241 words
  13. Fish in Extreme Cold.

    According to late experiments made by Monsieur P. Regnard, fish in cold climates are not destroyed in a wholesale manner, as is common believed, ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. Photography and Bullet Injuries

    Professor Dr. Y. Mosetig having shown that with the "new photography," by means of Rontgen's X rays, injuries which are very difficult ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. USEFUL HINTS.

    Ground mustard mixed with a little water, and rubbed over the hands, remove strong odors from them. Linseed meal answers the same purpose. ...

    Article : 383 words
  16. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Advantage should be taken of the bright fine weather to get all beds and borders thoroughly cleaned of weeds. Any annuals that have passed the ...

    Article : 310 words
  17. Humane Cattle Killer.

    Greener's Humane Cattle Killer is a French invention that has been extensively adopted throughout Europe, causing instant death. It is a cartridge ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. New Guinea and Its Customs

    Hearing that there had arrived in Melbourne a nursing sister attached to the New Guinea Mission of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, a press ...

    Article : 1,045 words
  19. Skin-grafting.

    The difficulty which is sometimes experienced in obtaining skin grafts to unite is apt to interfere to a considerable extent with the ultimate success of ...

    Article : 311 words
  20. DON'T STOP TO THINK.

    There was a gentle antelope On Afric's torrid plain, Who saw two Hons sneaking up. And didn't long remain. ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. Germany and England.

    In view of recent events, it may be interesting to quote a part of the speech deliverd by the German Emperor at Guildhall on 10th July, 1891, on the ...

    Article : 209 words
  22. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    The cultivation of seakale in this colony has hitherto been sadly neglected. There is no doubt that when properly grown it would be prove very profitable ...

    Article : 398 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 151 words
  24. WE ARE ALL OUTSIDE.

    The teacher in geography was putting the class through a few simple tests. "On which side of the earth is the north pole?" be inquired. ...

    Article : 131 words
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