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  2. SCIENCE.

    Ten years ago a young man came into the office, says the Scientific American, and placed before the editors a small, very simple machine about which very few preliminary ...

    Article : 1,187 words
  3. FUNNIOSITIES.

    A jug and a jar rested side by side On a shelf in the cupboard--they both were cracked, And the jar had a nick it could not hide, ...

    Article : 624 words
  4. "STORYETTES."

    Amongst other peculiarities of seamen it is well known that they have an inveterate tendency to describe everything in the language of the sea. This peculiarity was strikingly ...

    Article : 1,499 words
  5. AGRICULTURAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 335 words
  6. PEOPLE WE READ ABOUT.

    M. Labiche, who died in Paris not long ago, was a member of the French Academy--one of the forty literary "immortals" of France--and famous for his witty and ...

    Article : 531 words
  7. THE HOME.

    There is many a rest in the road of life If we only would stop to take it, And many a tone from the better land If the querulous heart would wake it. ...

    Article : 251 words
  8. TRAVELLER.

    On oak-crowned Baikan percheth, lone and gray, An eagle, that as old age draweth near, Flaps no more cloudward with triumphant ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. The Women of Corea.

    The Coreans are the shyest nation on the face of the earth. Until quite lately they have abstained as much as possible from all intercourse with strangers, holding studiously ...

    Article : 540 words
  10. How to Plant Trees.

    It is always better to plant small trees than large ones. They are more easily and cheaply removed, recover sooner and more rapidly. A transplanted tree two or three feet high ...

    Article : 497 words
  11. For Unexpected Guests.

    For a delicate dessert for unexpected guests' to be served immediately, orange fritters are advised. Peel and quarter as many oranges as are needed by tearing them asunder, ...

    Article : 892 words
  12. Eccentricities of Great Men.

    Suetonius said that, during the winter, Augustus would wear four tunics beneath a thick toga; to these were added a shirt and a woollen under-garment; his limbs, also, ...

    Article : 821 words
  13. The Process of Cheese-Making.

    The following is a description of the process of cheese-making, as taught by Mr. Drummond, dairying instructor to the Ayshire and other agricultural societies: The previous night's ...

    Article : 616 words
  14. What a Jungle Is.

    By the way, we have now been the whole length of India, from Calcutta to Peshawar, and back to Bombay on the other side of the land, and except at the foot of the ...

    Article : 191 words
  15. WHISSLING.

    I have spent a grate deal o[?] sarching, and sum money, tew find out who waz the first whissler, but up to now i am just az match uncivilized on the subjekt az [?] w[?]z. ...

    Article : 561 words
  16. ESSAYIST.

    A careful observer can tell a man by his dress as easily as a footman is known by his livery. As a rule, physicians carry themselves with marked dignity. They dress in fine ...

    Article : 464 words
  17. Heroic Treatment.

    "Doctor," he said, "can you suggest a remedy that will cure the inflammation at the end of my nose?" "There are only two remedies, sir, that ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. How to Go About It.

    DUMLEY (who thinks he wants a dog): "Brown, if you thought of buying a dog, what steps would you take first?" BROWN (contemplatively): "Well, Dumley, ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. At the Sea-Side.

    De Smith (appraching seat with his young wife); "May, may--may we sit here, sir? Confirmed Bachelor: "If you're perfectly are that you love each other just as much as ...

    Article : 104 words
  20. Wonderful Inventions.

    "It ish won'ful," said a gentleman, who was feigning sobriety, to his wife, "the (hic) the number of great dishcov'ries made in pasht[?] fifty years. Theresh tel'graph, tel'phone, ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. Just So.

    Ah, the charming girls I if they Get a vote in the election, Every single one will say That they want protection. ...

    Article : 32 words
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