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  2. A MILLIONAIRE'S DAIRY FARM.

    Modern dairy farming, if properly carried out on the exacting lines laid down by bacteriologists, pathologists, and scientific authorities, has, ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  3. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    I have frequently heard Englishwomen condemn the use of cosmetics on the ground that they "ruin” the complexion. But apparently this ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. THIRTY MILES OF SODA.

    Forty million tons of the best washing material, supplied and manufactured by Nature, are waiting to be carried from Central Africa to ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. A LADY ON THE CONGO.

    Mrs. Roby, whose “Adventures on the Congo" has heen newly published by Mr. Edwin Arnold, seized with the spirit of adventure that ...

    Article : 396 words
  6. AN EGG-SHAPED LIFE BOAT.

    “The Curiosities of Boat-building,” which form an instructive factor in the progress of seafaring history, is the subject of an article in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 194 words
  7. MARRIAGE—ITS VARIETIES.

    "Marriage, which makes two one, is a lifelong struggle to discover which is that one.” It sounds, perhaps, like one of the things that we ...

    Article : 533 words
  8. RUSSIAN LETTER-OPENERS.

    In Russia one letter in every ten passing through the post is opened by the authorities as a matter of course. Indeed, the postal ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. LORD KITCHENER AS A BRITISH PRISONER.

    Kitchener’s ability in disguising himself has given rise to many stories, true and otherwise, of this famous soldier. The following ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. STINGS, FANGS, AND TEETH.

    Among the unscientific there is no subject on which more absurd “popular errors” prevail than the method by which venomous serpents ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 470 words
  11. MANUFACTURED MILK.

    Cows are not numerous in Japan, but the Japanese are fond of milk, and to meet this demand in the face of a natural shortage they long ago ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. HINTS FOR BREEDERS.

    After it is six weeks old a turkey is stronger, and stands a better chance to mature than does a chick. But these first six weeks are the ...

    Article : 501 words
  13. THE BOLD, BAD MAN.

    I have been reading with some amusement the correspondence which has arisen from a recent assertion in a daily contemporary that ...

    Article : 384 words
  14. FRENCH OLD MAIDS.

    Nobody quite knows why St. Catherine, who died at eighteen, should be the patron saint of old maids here in France, but patroness of ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. BRITON’S ONE MONOPOLY.

    The city industry which the British are believed to have exclusively in their own hands is the production of china clay, used for the ...

    Article : 416 words
  16. ARTISTIC ROAD-SWEEPING.

    In a certain town in the North of Scotland there was an old roadsweeper, rejoicing in the nickname of "Barmpan,” who was reckoned ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. JAP’S WASHING DAY.

    Washing is still done in some parts of Japan by getting into a boat and letting the garments drag after the boat by a long string. ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. THE FIGHTING TURK.

    The Turk is a great fighting man, perhaps the best in the world—that is, on land, for as a sailor he has never shone. ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. ART OK MATCH-BOXES.

    In France matches arc a State monopoly. The surest way for a stranger to get into trouble at the frontier is to be found with an ...

    Article : 139 words
  20. “BETTER STORE OP LOVE THAN BRAIN.”

    For two solid hours they had been saying the usual lovers good-night, while outside the rain rained with its usual persistency. ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. THE UN-P.S.A.

    He was tall, and lank, and lean, and his attenuated form leaned over the pulpit as he surveyed the sparse congregation. He was discoursing ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. TRYING HIS HAND.

    "I daubt you are growing remiss, John,” said the Scotch parish minister. "I have not seen you in the tirk these three Sabbaths.” ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. TAKE FOR TWO.

    Guest (to waiter): "I suppose you have a good many ruffians in here?” “Yes,” replied the waiter. “Well, what do you generally do ...

    Article : 53 words
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