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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 94 words
  3. TRAVELLER.

    It is a well-known fact in natural history that certain animals and fishes have 'friends' whose company acts as a safe-guard against danger, and it is now reported that the ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. NATURALIST.

    Two brothers, midshipmen on a vessel which had put into Port Pirie, South Australia, have had a rather startling adventure. One of them, writing home to his mother to ...

    Article : 824 words
  5. VARIETIES.

    Patriotic sticklers in Scotland are very indignant at the use of the words 'England' or 'English' when 'Britain ' or 'British' is meant. The Rev. David Macrae, of Dundee, ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. TRAINING OF GREEK ATHLETES.

    Greek boys began to be trained in bodily exercises at a very early age,-- often at ten years. The problem was not merely to develop strength and health, but to secure ...

    Article : 171 words
  7. SCIENCE.

    'Rule first is the rule of not too much.' Often one is tempted to use stimulants more or less hurtful, but all ought to he included under the term of 'irritants.' These create a ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. POETRY

    Ah! not till all the stars above Have ceased to shine Shall I be severed from that love Which made thee mine; ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. CURIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOM.

    One of the many superstitions still believed by the peasant population of Russia is that on the occasion of a marriage the happiness of the newly -wedded couple is not assured ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. BUDDHA'S BIRTHPLACE.

    The remarkable discovery of the long-lost birth-place of Buddha will no doubt make of Rumindei in the Nepalese territory one of the greatest places of pilgrimages in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. THE CAKE OF A WATCH.

    There are few people who seem to realise what a delicate instrument a watch is. This is shown by the fact that nine persons out of ten persist in winding their timepieces at ...

    Article : 198 words
  12. LABOUR DEMONSTRATION.

    A terrible scene is reported to have occurred at Reschitza in Austria. A crowd of 5,000 men and women employed at the Anina Mines and the Steel Works of the ...

    Article : 227 words
  13. ASCENDED 24,000 FEET.

    A very interesting account of the ascent of the mountain Aconcagua in the Andes has been sent by a member of the Fitzgerald Expedition. On Christmas Day the ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. FACTS ABOUT THE EYE.

    A very curious fact is the impossibility of moving your eye while examining the reflection of that organ in a mirror. It is really the most movable part of the face. Yet if ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. SAD STATE OF SAMOA.

    Reliable information from Samoa gives a had account of the condition of the community in which the late Robert Louis Stevenson took so deep an interest. The ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. NOVEL.

    But there was none of the triumph of freedom tempering the first acuteness of Virginia's awakening. She was thinking of Tom as she had first seen him years ago; he ...

    Article : 3,519 words
  17. CARE OF TEETH.

    It is most important that children should be taught to clean their teeth thoroughly. Too often a very inefficient rub with a scrubby brush and cold water once a day is ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. ERRATA.

    The Mazarin Bible, published more than four hundred years ago, was full of errors. In an edition published two hundred years later the word 'not' was omitted from the ...

    Article : 334 words
  19. HUMOUR.

    'I see that you are your own washerwoman,' said Mrs Spitely, who was leading her poodle past the place. 'Yes,' retorted Mrs. Snaply, 'but I'm not reduced ...

    Article : 624 words
  20. THE TOMB OF RACHEL.

    The pools of Solomon lie on the left of the road to Hebron, and at a distance from Jerusalem of about two hours. Distances in the East are measured by time, not by miles, ...

    Article : 344 words
  21. STAIN FOR FLOORS.

    In using this or any other stain for boards the floor must be carefully cleansed, especially from any oily or greasy substance. I have no doubt the utter failure' several ...

    Article : 262 words
  22. GREAT FRENCH FORTUNES.

    Madame Boucicault was first a laundress and the daughter-in-law of a laundress, who married a hatter at Montaigne, in Normandy. She was engaged in the laundering ...

    Article : 186 words
  23. RAISINS AND CURRANTS.

    As the grape cure has made its way into modern methods of dealing with disease-- hundreds filling the German establishments where this return to nature is practised-- ...

    Article : 324 words
  24. NEWSPAPER FILES UNDER GUARD.

    A complete file of each of the newspapers that have been published in Chicago since the fire-- in fact, more complete than is to be found in many of the newspaper office-- is ...

    Article : 283 words
  25. BOOKS OF THE YEAR.

    The 'Academy' asked a number of distinguished persons to state the two books which had most 'pleased and interested' them in the year 1896. The replies are ...

    Article : 307 words
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