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  2. HOW PICTURES ARE TELEGRAPHED.

    No one nowadays gives a thought as to how a telegram is sent; the familiar form is handed in at the post office, and the person to whom ...

    Article : 1,602 words
  3. A COLLECTION OF HOWLERS.

    A collection of delightful schoolboy "howlers” appears in the "University Correspondent.” They have been gathered from all parts of the three ...

    Article : 413 words
  4. BIG TREES,

    Not only does Australia dispute the claim of California to the possession of the highest trees in the world, but Mr. W. K. Harris writes ...

    Article : 784 words
  5. WORLD WIDE NOTES.

    Perhaps it may interest readers to know how the natives on the Rand enjoy themselves in their spare time, and how curiously they conduct ...

    Article : 222 words
  6. THE EARLIEST ANIMALS AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE.

    When our world was a mass of flaming gas, one of the things that happened as the gas cooled was the formation of water. It was in this ...

    Article : 1,022 words
  7. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    In a babies' Sunday school class the little ones were repeating the text, “Arise, and take the young child and bis mother, and flee into ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  8. [?] [?]

    Mrs. Masden: "Mother writes to say she is coming to spend a month with us.” Mr. M: "!!!!?????-?" ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. MILK YOU CANNOT SPILL.

    The people of Siberia often buy their milk frozen, ana for convenience it is allowed to freeze about a stick, which forms a handle to carry ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. THE ESSENCE OE POLITENESS.

    There never was a politer man than Smith. One day he was hurrying frantically along the road when another man, also in a violent haste, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 119 words
  11. BIRDS, BEWARE!

    There is a very remarkable plant which grows in the colony of Natal. Its popular name is the corpse plant. It grows to a very ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. STUDY OF AIR CURRENTS.

    Until men began to navigate the air and study its currents and movements fittle attention was paid to the conditions of the upper ...

    Article : 311 words
  13. PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.

    The stout lady waddled down the high road, turned down a side carttrack and stopped at a gate. "Can I go through this gate to ...

    Article : 60 words
  14. A USEFUL DOUBLE.

    Only recently, Mr. Birchington discovered that his office-boy was one of twins, and it came about in this way. One Monday he absented ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. ATTENDING THE DEAD.

    In Canton, about eighty miles from Hong Kong, there is a place known as the City of the Dead. There are one hundred and ...

    Article : 165 words
  16. QUITE ENOUGH FICTION.

    The fond husband was seeing his wife oil with the children. As she got into the train, he said: "But, my dear, won’t you take ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  17. TURN OFF THE TAP!

    Her experience of the vast ocean was bounded by her nightly bathtub. Her knowledge of ships and liners was limited to the wooden ...

    Article : 265 words
  18. PERSIA’S PRICELESS PIPE.

    The Shah of Persia possesses, perhaps, the most valuable pipe in the world. It belonged to his uncle, who received it from his grandfather. It ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. RELENTLESS FATE.

    Investor: "With one exception everything I have put money into has 'gone up in the air.'" Friend: "That so? Beastly rough. ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. “HA, HA!” HERBS.

    There is a curious plant that grows in Arabia, and is known by the name of "‘laughing plant.” This name comes from the fact ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. UNAPPRECIATED, BUT WELL PAID.

    An Italian organ-grinder was hauled before the magistrate for refusing to move when requested, and the following dialogue occurred: ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. PAINFULLY SO.

    Jameson had lately taken to lecturing on the teetotal platform. “So you want to marry my daughter, sir!” he said. "What are your ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. MRS. MALAPROP.

    A lady, who had no knowledge of nautical phrase, asked a friend: “Do you know, I often wonder why a ship, has to weigh its anchor every ...

    Article : 64 words
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