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  2. FLAX GROWING.

    The Soils of Victoria and the sister State, Tasmania, are admirably adapted for growing flax for both fibre and seed production. The crop is one of the ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  3. RUPERTA.

    “You have taken an unfair advantage, Princess, of my willingness to serve you,” he said, with a dark smile. “I am again, as I might have ...

    Article : 4,927 words
  4. THE ORCHARD.

    The old saw which said the best time to prune is when the knife is sharp was a bit of epigrammatic wisdom which the fruitgrower would do well to ...

    Article : 198 words
  5. WOMAN’S WORLD.

    A Russian paid the following glowing tribute to the women of his native land:— The women of Russia combines the ...

    Article : 186 words
  6. KINDNESS PAYS.

    Dairymen who make a close study of their business found out long ago that cows which are kindly treated give more milk than those which are ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. GRADING FRUIT.

    A most important matter for the orchardist, and one which greatly influences the returns on his produce, is the manner in which his fruit is sent ...

    Article : 368 words
  8. MEN LIKE BUSINESS GIRLS.

    The business girl understands that when a man marries he wants a companion, not a doll. Consequently her husband is a happy man. He gets good ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. TACT AND PATIENCE.

    A wife needs tact and patience. Tact to enable her to know when to remain silent and when not; patience to put up with her husband when his temper ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. ALL FAILED.

    There were once three men who thought a good deal about what to do on the first of the year. The first man announced that he ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. HIS MOTHER’S COOKING.

    He sat at the dinner table there, With a discontented frown, The potatoes and steak were underdone. And the bread was baked too brown; ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. HOME, SWEET HOME.

    A prize was recently offered for the best definition of “home.” Fire thousand answers were sent in. Here are some of the best: — ...

    Article : 281 words
  13. BURNING FOR 50 YEARS.

    Some of the greatest fires have lasted for several days, in spite of the utmost exertions of scores of firemen, with unlimited supplies of water. ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. RULES FOR A WIFE.

    Don’t ask Questions. He will tell you voluntarily what he wants to. The rest you couldn’t drag from him. Don’t explain. Explanations are [?] ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. AS A HEALTH GIVER.

    The winter season is regarded by many as an unfortunate visitation, and is considered both uncomfortable to the body and harmful to the health. ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. LOVERS ACROSS THE SEA.

    A girl should never promise lightly to a lover who is going abroad that the will be faithful into death, and he willing to wait for him years and years if ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. PHILOSOPHIC PROVERBS.

    A word to the wise is resented. Many are called, but few get up. Where there’s a will there’s a law suit. ...

    Article : 305 words
  18. THE NAGGING, FUSSY WOMAN.

    Beware, always, of the [?] or nagging woman. You will know her [?] a [?] by her look of [?] corners of the month drawn down ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. TOO POWERFUL

    “Inventors, with all their originality and brilliance, are often naive, childlike, and unpractical,” said General Wallace F. Randolph, as reported in ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. WORSE THAN CONTEMPTUOUS.

    They had been sweethearts, and he had offended her by some little act—it is unnecessary to inquire how. The fact is she was very ‘trophy’ [?] she ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. A LONG SPEECH.

    A good story of Henry Clay is revived by the Philadelphia “Press”: — It seems that General [?] in Congress, while delivering one of the long, ...

    Article : 88 words
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    Next to grape wine, it is said that Japanese rice wine is the oldest alcoholic beverage known to man, its use dating back over 2000 years. ...

    Article : 26 words
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