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  2. THE ODD JOURNEY.

    An Oxford professor was giving his pupils a lecture on "Scotland and the Scots." These hardy men," he said ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. THE WORLD’S GREATEST TEA PLANTATION.

    Although China is the biggest producer of tea in the world, that country does not contain the biggest tea plantation in the world. That is to ...

    Article : 464 words
  4. DIDN'T MIND WAITING.

    A criminal whoso day of execution had arrived, was asked by his gaoler if lie had any last favour to ask. "I have, sir" said the condemned ...

    Article : 409 words
  5. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE GUILLOTINE.

    Some years ago an inquisitive medical student while examining the guillotine in the "chamber of horrors" at Madame Tussand's ...

    Article : 287 words
  6. WONDERFUL TRAINED FLEAS,

    The latest addition to the many attractions of Berlin is a flat circus, which by many is considered more wonderful than the "real large" ...

    Article : 372 words
  7. ON DIAMONDS.

    Not long ago one of the most historic diamonds was in the lawcourts—the blue Indian Tavernier, better known us the "Hope ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  8. SHARKS ARE ALL COWARDS.

    Although sharks are esteemed the greatest terrors of the ocean, they are in reality the greatest cowards of the finny tribe. The fiercest shark will ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. A MODERN DAIRY FARM.

    In this matter-of-fact age, when the light of science is apt to dispel all the romance and charm of our most cherished ideas, it is distinctly refreshing ...

    Article : 416 words
  10. FOOTBALL IN JAPAN.

    Amongst the many things that Japan borrowed from China was football, said to have been introduced as early as the middle of the seventh ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. SMALLEST PAINTING IN THE WORLD.

    A Flemish is said to have produced the smallest painting in the world. It is the picture of a miller mounting the stairs of his mill, and carrying a ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    In order to have good home-made scones, tea-cakes etc., it is quite essential that the "home-baker" should have a knowledge of the ...

    Article : 748 words
  13. STRICTLY BUSINESS HERE.

    A man who had four marriageable daughters has posted the following rules in his parlour in big type so that they will te read: ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. THOUGHT HIS MASTER WAS GOING.

    A Scotch gentleman had an ancient valet named Gabriel, whose petulance and license of speech went so far as to be intolerable. During dinner ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. ALL HE COULD GET.

    A Darlington man went up into the hills for a day’s rabbit-shooting, but failed to score a single bit. He had to dine with several friends ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. A MECHANICAL EXPERIMENT.

    If you want to drive a needle through a shilling, you can do it in this way; push a needle through a cork until the point just appears on ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. JIST ROW ON.

    A couple of tourists staying at Loch Ness had a fancy one fine Sunday to go for a row on the loch. They accordingly sallied forth in ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. DEAD AND ALIVE.

    Here is an episode or the biograph which rivals the most pathetic and curious tales of fiction. Some biograph scenes made at the occupation ...

    Article : 200 words
  19. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

    The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that before the Spanish-American war Britain avowee! her purpose to use ...

    Article : 243 words
  20. THE RENOVATION OF OLD CLOTHES.

    The renovation of men's clothes is usually entrusted to a professional cleaner. As a matter of fact the work can he done quite as ...

    Article : 415 words
  21. WEIGHING A MICRCBE.

    The weight of a single bacterium has been calculated by Th. Nageli at one ten-thousand-millionth of a milligram. The length of a generation is ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. FOR HIGH TEA OR SUPPER.

    Mince one and a half pounds of lean beefsteak and place it in a saucepan Just cover with water and simmer gently till tender. While cooking, ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. A ROYAL GIFT.

    "Right away!" shouted the station master, just as a man rushed up to him from the ticket office. "Too late, sir! Stand hack!" he ...

    Article : 290 words
  24. RECITATION FOR A LITTLE GIRL.

    Two little kittens, One stormy night, Began to quarrel And then to light. One had a mouse, And the other had none, And that’s the way the ...

    Article : 159 words
  25. HIS PECULIARITY.

    "You must find that impediment in your speech rather inconvenient at times, Mr Barnes." "Oh every-body has his little ...

    Article : 183 words
  26. SALTED OUTLET OF BEEF.

    This little dish is one which will be much appreciated by an invalid, provided he is not debarred from eating beef. Get a nice slice from the ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. A MAN FROM CHICACO.

    Englishman: "You have some high buildings in Chicago, havn’t you?" Chicagoer (in London): "I should say we have. Why, the tops of them ...

    Article : 82 words
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