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  2. TO THE ENERGETIC.

    The Sphinx asked what is the secret of success? Push, said the button. Take pains, said the window. ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. DAIRYING.

    The following pertinent advice from an old country source is appended, for the practical note it sounds:--"There are two opinions about ...

    Article : 577 words
  4. SOME OTHER DAY.

    There are wonderful things we are going to do Some other day; And harbors we hope to drift into, ...

    Article : 99 words
  5. FOR PEARLS.

    For some time alter this, little passed between Harry and Jane. The bullet embedded in Jane's shoulder caused her such intense pain, that ...

    Article : 4,580 words
  6. AGRICULTURE.

    During the springtime the farmer is kept busy looking after the welfare of new arrivals among his live stock. When all goes well with the dams, ...

    Article : 476 words
  7. MAN'S RELATION TO SHEEP.

    Of all domesticated animals the sheep has, from time immemorial, been most closely related with mankind. An erudite author 60 years ago, ...

    Article : 231 words
  8. BY NATURE'S SERVANTS.

    Travellers who have journeyed in all parts of the world say that the most striking thing about an African forest is its cleanliness, as if the whole ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. THE LONG-WINDED LAWYER.

    A writer who was fond of anathematising the long-winded methods of lawyers once perpetrated the following:--"If a man were to give another ...

    Article : 178 words
  10. THE STUDY OF HOME LIFE.

    Home keeping means a study of things strange and complex, an inquiry into the greatest questions of life. Here under one roof clusters a ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. THE HARNESS.

    A South Australian farmer gives the following expression of opinion on the subject:--For this climate he advised the use of brown leather, ...

    Article : 735 words
  12. GUILDS IN CHINA.

    A [?]super[?]cal without a clear understanding of the power and influence of the guilds. Their power has subdued the highest officials of a province, and emperors listen ...

    Article : 210 words
  13. AT A SUPPER PARTY.

    Some years ago a well-known Birmingham minister and an old acquaintance of his played off a joke upon one of their friends. The friend, a ...

    Article : 369 words
  14. AN ENGINEERING WORKS' INCIDENT.

    I saw a very amusing thing happen the other morning in an engineering works in the North of England (writes a visitor). A crowd of the men and ...

    Article : 394 words
  15. HUSBAND AND WIFE.

    At eight o'clock the other morning a wife followed her husband down to the gate as he was starting for the city, and kindly said to him: ...

    Article : 204 words
  16. THE POWER OF GOOD-NATURE.

    Sometimes, on account of ill-health, sorrow, troubles, bad fortune, it requires a great effort for the man of sound, good, or what may be called ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. What the Eyes Indicate.

    Steady eyes are always a sign of sincerity and honor, except when the head is slightly tilted back and the eyes look out through half closed lids. ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. ADVISED.

    An amusing little scene was witnessed at a popular seaside resort the other afternoon. A portly old gentleman found ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. THE MAN WHO CAN HOLD HIS TONGUE.

    The man who speaks a dozen tongues, when all is said and done, Don't hold a match to him who knows how to keep still in one; ...

    Article : 312 words
  20. OLD SAWS RESET.

    A rolling stone gathers experience. A pair in the hand beats two in the deck. All things come to him who goes ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. Wisdom in Small Doses.

    Learn to be self-reliant and not take too much advice, hut rather depend on yourself. To keep alive in your breast that ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. TOOK THE HINT.

    An aged veteran, who had fought in the Crimea, and who resided in a village in Scotland, was one day visited by the master of an adjacent ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. ONE AT A TIME.

    Everybody knows the unpleasantly person who, when he is at any entertainment, always knows what is coming next, and informs his ...

    Article : 153 words
  24. TO FIND OUT IF LAND IS SOUR.

    Get same, strips of blue litmus paper at the chemists. If dry, wet the soil in places and put bite of the paper in, covering it up with the ...

    Article : 126 words
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