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  2. THE FARM.

    As one who knows dairyfarming through a lifetime of close contact, and who has had the privileges for the last two and a half years of ...

    Article : 574 words
  3. GASUALS IN THE CAUCASUS.

    In July, the month when ibexshooting begins, a party of three, consisting of the authoress, Agnes Herbert, and her two cousins, Cecily ...

    Article : 926 words
  4. THE TALE OF A COLLAR.

    Man, to-day, has accepted the tyranny of the collar—he rebels against its angular edge, and liability to fray, yet without it he is sadly at a ...

    Article : 474 words
  5. SOME STRANGE CRAFT.

    Knocking about the sea in various parts of the world one frequently comes across some strange productions in the way of ships, but the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 603 words
  6. THE CANADIAN.

    You can't discourage a Canadian. He is used to facing rebuffs and difficulties. He has not everything at band as we have at home. He has ...

    Article : 576 words
  7. FLUSTERED.

    The other day a pretty young matron, swathed in a veil, entered the car, already nearly full of passengers, where she expected to join her ...

    Article : 437 words
  8. THE WEDDING CAKE.

    The legends attached to the wedding cake are fully as old as those of the ring for we find the bride of ancient Rome having a cake broken ...

    Article : 338 words
  9. HER LESSON IN POLITENESS.

    The other day an elderly woman went up to the driver of a train at a suburban station and asked him to detain the train for five minutes. ...

    Article : 416 words
  10. THE ROMANCE OF ALUMINIUM.

    The story of aluminium is one of the romances of industry. Since the days of Pliny it has been known to exist as a part of the earth’s crust ...

    Article : 479 words
  11. THE GYRO-COMPASS.

    The vagaries of the magnetic compass, particularly on vessels of war, where magnetic conditions are frequently changed by the movement of ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. "NOT YET."

    Two men were travelling in one of the hill counties of Kentucky not long ago. They had been driving for two hours without encountering a ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. THE RISE OF JAPAN.

    According to a list compiled in Tokio, there are only 1,018 Japanese who possess £50,000 or more in the whole world. The population of ...

    Article : 349 words
  14. FIFTEEN TO ONE.

    Scene: Ward of a metropolitan hospital. In one bed is lying a member of the sporting fraternity; a surgeon enters, attended by fifteen eager ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. "WAGGIN’ YET."

    Some years ago a lady engaged a domestic servant from the Highlands. In the evening the lady wanted the supper brought in. so she rang the ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. POLITE INDEED.

    "Although ho overcharged me, the cab-driver who took me over Paris was most polite," said our friend, who had made holiday abroad. ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. EVIDENCE.

    "Has Jackey come home from school?" asked the lady as she returned from a shopping expedition. "I think so, ma’am," said the ...

    Article : 37 words
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