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  2. THE TROPICS.

    The white races can never acclimatise themselves permanently in the tropics, and the indigenous coloured races will always remain in ...

    Article : 349 words
  3. GENERAL LEE’S SURRENDER.

    Mr. A. R. H. Hanson, in an article on “General Lee as I Knew Him,” contributed to “Harper’s Magazine,” gives an interesting account of the ...

    Article : 1,050 words
  4. REMARKABLE SPINE-PRODUCING PLANT.

    This remarkable specimen is to be seen in the Succulent House at Kew. On the plant the spines are not formed separately from the leaves but are ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  5. PHYSIOLOGY OF FATIGUE.

    Fatigue, following long-continued exercise, is really a mild form of illness, which arises from over-exerting some one part of the body. Every ...

    Article : 213 words
  6. EARTH KEEPS GOOD TIME.

    Our old Mother Earth is, Professor Michcll tells us in an interesting paper, the most perfect running mechanism that we know of. Compared ...

    Article : 766 words
  7. HOW THE POLAR BEAR WAS CAPTURED.

    So many of Mr. Paul J. Rainy’s friends have asked him how the large polar bears were captured which he brought back from his ...

    Article : 1,606 words
  8. OPENS ANY TIN.

    Some people find it extremely difficult to manipulate an ordinary tinopener, so the little invention illustrated is sure to be welcomed. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  9. SAVED.

    Poor Bill Atkins had been out of work for weeks, and was now reduced to the verge of starvation. In this state he arrived at a small ...

    Article : 362 words
  10. THE MEGILLAH.

    Purim has developed into a festival of many aspects in modern Jewish life. It is the time when the rich remember the poor, when friends ...

    Article : 562 words
  11. THE WRONG END.

    An Irishman tried to shoot a sparrow with a very old musket. He fired. The bird, with a chirp or two flew away unconcerned, and Pat was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  12. TRYING TO LOOK BIG.

    I was sitting in a smoking-room, listening with profound astonishment, to the very tall stories a certain American was telling about the land ...

    Article : 183 words
  13. ALL-ROUND SUSPICION.

    A plumber was sent to the house of a wealthy stockbroker to make repairs. He was taken by the butler into the dining-room, and was ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. GERMAN SAYINGS.

    When the German Reichstag recently discussed the introduction of American securities in that country there was general surprise at the ...

    Article : 352 words
  15. EASILY REMEDIED.

    A certain man, who pays more heed to the cheapness than to the quality oi his purchases, recently entered a dairy, and inquired the price of milk. ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. THE CLIMATE OF INDIA.

    Colonel Moriarty was defending the climate of India. "All nonsense," he says; “there’s no better climate in the world. But there are a lot ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. NOVEL “COLD” TREATMENT.

    Dr. S. B. Walsh suffered for many years from an intractable nasal catarrh. He had tried pretty well everything in the way of the cold ...

    Article : 275 words
  18. PERMISSION WAS GRANTED.

    An old gentleman, evidently a stranger to London, was walking along the street. Meeting a serious-faced young man, ...

    Article : 166 words
  19. WOULD IT TICK FOR EVER?

    Patrick Murphy and Michael Moran went to buy a clock. “Yes, sir,” said the man behind the counter, "we have a very large ...

    Article : 156 words
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