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  2. A MAN WHO PERFORMS WITH HIS NOSE.

    A man who picks up pins and needles between his nose and chin is one of the odd characters recently interviewed. When, in "The Last Leaf," the late ...

    Article : 342 words
  3. THE VALUE OF HER TIME.

    She didn't like housework; she preferred to have a place in the world of business, she said. "I want to earn something," she ...

    Article : 452 words
  4. THE MISSING GARMENT.

    A worthy baronet, who was well known in the county of Hampshire, was some years ago nearly driven to distraction by the curious fact that every night he went to bed ...

    Article : 473 words
  5. THREE CURIOUS PLANTS.

    Three of the most curious vegetative plants in the world are the " cannibal tree " of Australia, the "death" or "grapple plant" of South Africa, and the "vegetable ...

    Article : 533 words
  6. A GOLD-FISH' WITH A MEMORY

    Mr. James Every, of G[?]nsey contributes the following :-- " In the spring of 189 my little boy had on illness which confined him to his bed. ...

    Article : 541 words
  7. I GET EVEN WITH THE BOYS.

    Whon pretty Fuss come to visit us a couple of weeks ago she was just beginning to learn to ride a wheel. She looked stunning in ber dark green riding habit, and I had great ...

    Article : 505 words
  8. HITS AND BITS.

    The dark horse has the farther advantage of not being identified in the event of hie defeat. When a girt gets to be 35 she is fond of ...

    Article : 1,047 words
  9. THE GREAT WELLINGTON STATUE.

    This colossal statue represents the Duke of Wellington as he appeared on the Field of Waterloo, upon his favourite horse Copenhagen, in a standing position. The group ...

    Article : 402 words
  10. A QUAINT WILL.

    The will of John Hedges, expressed in the following quaint style, was proved on the 5th of July, 1737:-- This fifth day of May, ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. MARBLE-PLAYING IN ROME.

    The world changes, ancient nations give place to younger races, but the boys and girls of every ago have the some love of play, and resort very much the same games for ...

    Article : 307 words
  12. ORIGINAL MUSIC.

    Louis the XI. was a very arbitrary monarch, and as whimsical as tyrannical. The Abbot de Baignes, a man of great, wit, having invented many things relating to ...

    Article : 205 words
  13. THE V LUE OF FRUIT EATING.

    Apples are one of the most nutritious and (for most people) digestible of fruits proper, but as there are 1,200 varieties, it is essential to select large fully ripened fruit ...

    Article : 358 words
  14. THE DEATH INSTINCT IN ANIMALS.

    A writer in the " North American Review," under the heading, "The Death Instinct in Animals," gives a case of what seems to have been " transference of ...

    Article : 210 words
  15. CAS TELESCOPE LENSES.

    The limit of big telescopes has apparently been reached by mechanical means known at present, and the telescopes of the future will have to be built on entirely different lines ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. QUEEN VICTORIA'S CROWN.

    Some people will not be able to understand why Queen Victoria did not wear tho State crown, which is one of the most superb in the world, during the Jubilee festivities. ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. LITTLE HEATHER BLOSSOM.

    Little heather blossom, blooming in the light. Opening all your sweetness to my gladdened sight ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. A JAPANESE DELICACY.

    The most dainty dish to the Japanese epicure is none other than a living fish, and the way this delicacy is served is as follows: Resting on a large dish is a mat formed of ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. THE SOLDIER'S BED.

    The soldier's bed varies notably in the different European armies; the principal varieties being given below, and in them may perhaps be seen the reflection of national ...

    Article : 208 words
  20. WHERE MONEY IS SCARCE.

    Those of us who sometimes think money a scarce enough article really know very little about it compared with what some of our American cousins in the far West could tell ...

    Article : 286 words
  21. COLOURED FLAMES.

    Many a child has wondered, sitting in front of the fire in the winter evenings, why the flames which shot up were of such varied hues. The flames are very often tinged with ...

    Article : 393 words
  22. THE BOY WHO KNEW.

    The Government Inspector was putting the children through a few simple tests. "On which side of the world is the North Pole [?]" ho inquired. ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. TERRIBLE WEAPONS OF WAR.

    A French officer has invented a rifle which will hurl vitriol in the face of the enemy. A soldier might run ignominiously from such a charge when be would stand up before a ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. A HEALTH BAROMETER.

    The face is a good index to the state o one's physical being; and from it symptoms of disease can be detected almost before tho patient is aware that anything serious is the ...

    Article : 289 words
  25. THE WILLOW WAISTCOAT.

    Undoubtedly the newest thing in waistcoats is the " willow pattern," which boars on a white ground the familiar temple, bridge, island, and birds, stamped in blue, ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. NOT A CENTIPEDE.

    A crusty old farmer in Southern Illinois one day became an unwilling best for three circuit-riding preachers who dropped in simultaneously for dinner. The larder was ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. INFLUENZA A CENTURY AGO.

    In delivering the annual oration of the Medical Society of London, Mr. Edmund Owen,senior surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, sold tho Society bad been greatly interested ...

    Article : 136 words
  28. THE WORLD'S APPLE KING.

    Judge Wellhouse is called the apple king of the world. His orchards in Kansas consist of 1,630 acres containing 100,000 apple trees, and are located in the counties of ...

    Article : 147 words
  29. CURIOUS BREAD MIXTURES.

    Even in the most ancient times different foreign matters were mixed with broad. In Thracia, broad was mixed with powdered dry roots; in Syria, with dried mulberries; in ...

    Article : 141 words
  30. THEIR WAY.

    HE fair sax cannot work However they may scoff. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  31. HOW TYSON CREW RICH.

    Mr. Tyson, the Australian multi-millionaire, mode his first big haul shortly after the great rush to the Bendigo goldfield. Thousands of gold-seekers were encamped on the ...

    Article : 98 words
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