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  2. FARM AND GARDEN.

    A bulletin recently issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture emphasis the value of manure and its economical employment upon the ...

    Article : 543 words
  3. A LIVINGSTONE MEMORIAL.

    Perhaps one of the most curious memorials of Livingstone is that known as “Name Tree,” near the Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi. On the trunk ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. THE LADY OF LOCH ERELAY

    “My dear Kendall,—Don’t accept any invitation for Christmas week; if you have made any engagement, break it This I enjoin upon you, in the ...

    Article : 3,625 words
  5. MAN’S POWER OF MUSIC.

    Everybody who has been to the dentist knows only too well that the teeth have nerves connected with them. These nerves lead to certain ...

    Article : 139 words
  6. A Contested Point.

    A pin and a needle an argument raised As to which of the two deserved most to be praised. The needle, not over politely, averred, ...

    Article : 169 words
  7. THE BOILING OF MILK.

    The question of the habitual use of uncooked milk which prevails is one which demands serious attention. Again and again have epidemics of typhoid ...

    Article : 337 words
  8. SECRETS JEALOUSLY KEPT.

    Some employers are so jealous of their trade secrets that, sooner than run the risk of that secret being discovered by rivals, they prefer to do ...

    Article : 208 words
  9. AN EMPRESS AND A MOTHER.

    A very pretty story is current respecting the well-known fact that the Empress of Russia nurses her own baby in the most homely fashion. It appears that a short ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. FACIAL STUDY.

    A photographer was asked if there is any special reason why most photographers show too left side of the face and not the right. “There is a ...

    Article : 161 words
  11. SAVED 1,000 LIVES.

    Not long ago a bridge on a certain section of an American railway caught fire and tumbled into the raging mountain river. It was midnight, and the ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

    Mr. Archibald Forbes, in his “Memories of War and Peace,” says that the Prince Imperial the son of Napoleon III., “took back” to his Spanish ...

    Article : 263 words
  13. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COW.

    It should be remembered that this useful dairy animal is a very busy member of society, a useful one, and should, therefore be a highly ...

    Article : 424 words
  14. MIXED THE MEDICINE.

    Although in perfect health, James Mund, of a certain house—which it is not necessary to mention—in Battersea, is always taking medicine. The ...

    Article : 323 words
  15. APIARY.

    Young bees do not swarm first year as a rule. Sleeplessness yields to internal honey treatment. ...

    Article : 393 words
  16. HOW IT WORKED.

    A settler on the upper Mattewa River Canada, caught a wolf last winter. He had read that ships were sometimes cleared of rats by fastening a bel[?] round ...

    Article : 303 words
  17. THE RESOLUTE WIDOW.

    “When does the next train that stops at Leeds leave here ?” asked the lady at the booking-office window. “You’ll have to wait five hours ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. Retaliated.

    One of the professors at a certain university has often been spared much embarrassment by his quickness at repartee. ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. STRONG MEN.

    The Roman soldiers, who built such wonderful roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage that would crush the average farm hand, lived ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. OFTEN THUS.

    Oft have I heard him bitterly Denounce his nation’s foes ; He sings, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,’ And mourns o’er all her woes ; ...

    Article : 240 words
  21. THE STEPMOTHER.

    The marriage rites were over; And tho’ I turned aside [?] seeing [?]The [?] I could [?] ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. WHY HE ASKED

    An Englishman was travelling not long ago in the compartment of a London train. At one of the stations a German entered the carriage and took ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. A SAFE NAME.

    There may be nothing in a name, but if you wish to possess what might be termed a really safe cognomen, call yourself Hugh Williams. Here are ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. I Wou[?]dna Give a Copper Plack.

    I wouldna gie a copper plack For any man that turns his back On duty clear; I wouldna take his word or note, ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. Something Very Funny.

    Tw[?] men were discussing the suffragettes. “Suffragettes,” said one of them, “have simply no sense of humor.” ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. No Crushing for Her.

    Lady Orator: Women of England, what is man? Nothing, but a worm, which we must crush as we would crush— ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. A QUEER TUNE.

    A few years ago a Chinaman [?] buried in Elswick Cemetery Newcastle and his friends put up a headstone, with name etc., on it in Chinese ...

    Article : 2 words
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