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  2. INTERESTING HISTORICAL EVENTS.

    On August 20, 1860, the unfortunate Australian Exploring Expedition, under Burke and Wills, started from Melbourne in great state, with a ...

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  3. CANAL CRUISING.

    In England, owing to the stifling tactics of the railway companies a generation ago, canals for the most part have been allowed to fall into ...

    Article : 341 words
  4. PROVIDE A FARM OFFICE.

    What manufacturer would attempt to run his business without an office ? We, as farmers, being business men, should have an office in which to ...

    Article : 458 words
  5. A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.

    One of the most awful earthquakes ever recorded happened on Aug. 14, 1692, in Jamaica. In two minutes it destroyed the whole town of Port ...

    Article : 321 words
  6. DEEP SEA TREASURE HUNTING.

    The search after hidden wealth is a most engrossing subject for the man in the street. Partly because wealth Is always fascinating to hear ...

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  7. JOAN OF ARC.

    Up to the age of seventeen Joan of Arc was a simple peasant girl, tending her sheep in the hills about Domremy, loving the fairy tales and ...

    Article : 675 words
  8. DEATH OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.

    On August 17, 1786, died at Potsdam, in his eighty-fifth year, Frederick II. of Prussia (surnamed “the Great”), the founder of the present ...

    Article : 343 words
  9. DEATH OF A GREAT BASUTO CHIEF.

    The death was reported on Saturday, August 19, 1905, from Aliwal North, of Lerothodi, Basuto chief, the last of the great rulers. ...

    Article : 371 words
  10. JOCULAR MUSICIANS.

    The late Mr. Sutherland Edwards, who knew Vivier, relates in his “Personal Recollections,” how at St. Petersburg the celebrated horn-player ...

    Article : 524 words
  11. “SCOTCH.”

    It is a touching story of canine fidelity which Mr. Enos A. Mills tells of his dog “Scotch” in “Wild Life on the Rockies.” Master and dog had ...

    Article : 650 words
  12. THE SANGUINARY BATTLE OF METZ.

    On Thursday, August 18, 1870, the battle of terrible celebrity was fought in the Franco-German War that is named sometimes from the fortified ...

    Article : 233 words
  13. FROM THE FARM-HANDS’ STANDPOINT.

    The best class of both farmers and farm labourers are ready to strike hands in a effort to bring about Improved conditions on the farm. This ...

    Article : 358 words
  14. JACK ASHORE.

    One of our bluejackets was walking down the Old Kent Road, London, when he observed an old lady standing on the edge of the pavement ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. RALEIGH’S LAST VOYAGE.

    On August 19, 1617, Sir Walter Raleigh set out upon his ninth and last voyage. The story of how this gallant knight first attracted Elizabeth’s ...

    Article : 396 words
  16. THE BICYCLE AND THE PEN.

    Mr. Thomas Seccombe has a capital essay on “Wheel Magic” in the “Blackwood” in the form of a generous appreciation of his friend Mr. J. ...

    Article : 232 words
  17. PIGEON WHISTLES.

    The smallest musical instruments the world are the pigeon whistles of Pekin. They are made of thinnest bamboo and tiny gourds, scraped to ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. TOO TASTELESS.

    “Half an ounce of castor-oil in something to take away the taste, please !” Thus spoke Arabella of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. FOR THE SAKE OF THE LITTLE ONES.

    The light in the conservatory was soft. And so was Archibald—on Ermyntrude. “One,” he murmured—“just one ! ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. A QUICK WORKER.

    Scotch house-painter, in a railway carriage, discovers that the only other occupant is an artist. “Fine day. I see you’re a brither penter.” ...

    Article : 143 words
  21. WHEN THE BRIDE BRIDLED.

    The rev. gent, was filling in the marriage-certificate. “Let me see,” he murmured to the bride, as he came to the date, “this ...

    Article : 72 words
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