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  2. FLAX-MILLING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The beginning of the story of the New Zealand hemp industry lies away back in forgotten years, how far back may be guessed from the facts that when the ...

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  3. AROUND THE WORLD.

    A British employer will buy, new clothes and use the old machines, while an American will wear patches, if necessary, to get the newest labour-saving ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    The biggest carving-knife ever manufactured may be seen at the World's Fair at St. Louis. This monster blade is 30ft. in length, and has an edge as sharp as a ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. HIS ONLY CHANCE.

    "Is there a man in all this audience," demanded the female lecturer on woman's rights, "that has ever done anything to lighten the burden on his wife's ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

    The destruction of our ships can have no appreciable effect on the work of the fortress of Port Arthur. It is, on the other hand, of great advantage, for the ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. THE GARDEN.

    Where it is intended to lift any portion of the stock of narcissus and daffodils it must be done at once. The occasional heavy downpours of rain ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. THEY NEVER DRINK WATER.

    There are, says "The Hour-Glass," hundreds of horses and thousands of cattle in the Hawaiian Islands which never take a drink of water throughout the ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. TUITION AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

    Miss Belfrage Gilbertson, a Glasgow lady, is at present being instructed at Windsor Castle in the art of arranging and safe-keeping regal letters and State ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. OUR INSULAR HAUGHTINESS.

    It is to shyness, not to pride, that the stiffness of our manners is due; and Whenever we break into loud lament for our insular haughtiness, and penitentially ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. LIVER LETTERS.

    "For the past ten years I suffered from disease of the liver, experiencing a sense of weight as well as great pain in the region of the liver, especially in the night ...

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  12. ALLIGATOR FARMING IN FRANCE.

    Several French dealers have recently visited the United States to purchase stock for an alligator farm which they propose starting in the South of France. ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. INFERENCES ABOUT ENGLAND.

    The financial power which Russia has gained over Persia and the rapidity with which her railroads have been pushed into this region have for some time been ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. THE VALUE OF MINERAL WATERS.

    At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences at Paris Mons. F. Garrigour read a paper on the way in which beneficial results are brought about in certain ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. FRUIT GARDEN.

    If not already done, no time should be lost in putting the fruit rooms into thorough order for the stuff to be stored in them. Unless the surroundings are ...

    Article : 502 words
  16. LATEST "BEAUTY" INVENTION.

    It is not pleasant to imagine oneself being found asleep with one's mouth open and engaging involuntarily in making the music commonly called "snoring." To ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. LIFELONG "WORKSHY."

    Brought before the Windsor magistrates recently, on a charge of attacking a youth who had refused to give him pecuniary assistance, George Smith entered ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.

    Interesting archaeological discoveries have been made by MM. De Kerviler and Le Pontois during the excavation of an ancient tumulus on the estate attached ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. HER NEAT PROPOSAL.

    A young bachelor, who was a stranger to woman's wiles, innocently asked a damsel of his acquaintance to render him some slight service; and, it being leap ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. A NEW ANAESTHETIC.

    A new local anaesthetic of the cocaine order has been discovered (says the "Scientific American"). It is called "eucaine," and the advantage of the drug ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. THE NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

    A little child was crying miserably one afternoon in Moscow. He walked slowly down one of the principal streets, and his howls soon brought a big crowd ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. BEST NOTEPAPER MADE FROM FILTHY RAGS.

    It is not a pleasant thought that the brilliant white notepaper which your hand rests upon may have in it the fibres from the filthy garment of some Egyptian ...

    Article : 183 words
  23. JUDGES' PREGNANT SAYINGS.

    There is nothing certain about a law-suit except the expense of it. It is needless to make the speech long because the case it weak. A policeman is only a ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. OAKS AND GLENORE DISTRICTS.

    All through these districts the oa[?]corps are poor, and the wheat, with few exceptions, is not much better. Threshing operations are in full swing, but the ...

    Article : 308 words
  25. WHY JAPS. ARE STRONG ON RICE.

    Rice is commonly supposed to be deficient in muscle-making qualities, and yet the Japanese, whose chief and almost only food is rice, are noted for their ...

    Article : 144 words
  26. BALLOON PHOTOGRAPHS.

    An interesting lecture was recently delivered in London by J. M. Bacon, the aeronaut, upon the subject of photographing from a balloon. There is great ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. AMUSING SCENE IN CHURCH.

    In the churches for coloured people in some parts of the South in the United States, when a collection is to he taken, the box, instead of being passed from ...

    Article : 199 words
  28. WANTED TO KNOW.

    Tommy (to father)—"Is a streamlet a small stream?" Father—"Yes, my son." "Is an owlet a small owl?" ...

    Article : 46 words
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