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  2. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Nearly every member of the Russian Imperial Family rides a bicycle. The skeleton of a man weighs on an average, 24lb., and that of a ...

    Article : 524 words
  3. ABOUT MARK TWAIN.

    "A Day with Mark Twain" is the title of an interesting article by W. B. Northrop in the current issue of "Cassel's Magazine." -- Mark Twain ...

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  4. WHERE'S MOTHER?

    Bursting in from school or play. That is what the children say, Trooping, crowding great and small. On the threshold, in the hall -- ...

    Article : 159 words
  5. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    England consumes £8,000,000 worth of fish every year. The human voice can in some cases utter 296 words in a minute. ...

    Article : 357 words
  6. SIBERIA.

    The [?] of Siberia are known to all men; the pleasures of the [?] land are comparatively few. The possibility of a holiday in the land ...

    Article : 836 words
  7. DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF.

    We often hear the phase quoted, "History repeats itself." with that complacent dogmatism with which the unthinking accept a well worn ...

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  8. A SAFE-OPENER'S STORY.

    Although many strange experiences come to the professional sale-opener, no calls are more exciting than those which summon him to ...

    Article : 770 words
  9. Maryland's Perversity.

    They were both young. He was a Yale graduate, and so, in her opinion was a typical Yankee. He was rather nice as men go. She was a ...

    Article : 1,126 words
  10. IN THE ARCTIC SEA.

    It was about 2.30 on the morning of the 31st that we were awakened by the captain, who came into the cabin, saying. "Mr. Jack there is a ...

    Article : 464 words
  11. WHY FISH FOLLOW SHIPS.

    There are many fish that have a curious propensity, one that observers have endeavoured to explain on a variety of hypotheses, and that is ...

    Article : 368 words
  12. AT THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.

    "Now then, T. M. I.," said Thorneycroft, "fix bayonets and follow me!" and he dashed out over the wall, followed by the few that were ...

    Article : 508 words
  13. MAKING IT UP.

    Recently a darkey in the United States was charged with stealing fowls and the judge, not wishing to send him to prison, leniently gave ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. ABOUT LORD KITCHENER.

    The patient constructive skill which Lord Kitchener has exhibited, both as Chief of Lord Robert's staff and in the supreme command, and ...

    Article : 371 words
  15. THE PREHISTORIC HORSE.

    No other branch of science is so popular as that which reconstructs the extinct monsters who once peopled our earth. While the ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. THE GERMAN BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The German sugar industry affords a splendid illustration of the progress of industry through science. In 1840, 154,000 tons of beetroot ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. THUNDER-SOURED MILK.

    It sometimes happens, not always, that milk will turn sour during a thunderstorm. It is not always the light that causes it, for the heat ...

    Article : 267 words
  18. THE CLERK'S MISTAKE.

    "We can let you have the bridal chamber," ventured the genial hotel clerk, as he rubbed his hands and looked confidently across the ...

    Article : 267 words
  19. A BANK CLERK'S MISTAKE.

    The other day a bank clerk made a singular and what might have proved a serious mistake in the ordinary course of his business. ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY.

    An eminent judge used to say that in his opinion, the best thing ever said by a witness to a counsel was the reply given to Missing, the ...

    Article : 126 words
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