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  2. SUCCESSFUL MELON GROWING.

    Watermelons are excessive feeders, and many fail in attempting to grow them because they do not furnish, sufficient plant food to supply the ...

    Article : 256 words
  3. “I WONDER.”

    “Of what are you thinking, darling, There by the window wide, Gazing towards the heavens, Even at eventide?” ...

    Article : 134 words
  4. GENERAL NEWS.

    Bicycle wedding-trips are the rage in France. Beading at meals is detrimental to your digestion. ...

    Article : 839 words
  5. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    A young man who was sending a present to his lady love wished to send with it four lines of original poetry, so he sat down to grind it out. He wrote: ...

    Article : 152 words
  6. THE WIZARD OF WHITE CLIFFS.

    Sutcliffe, continuing his story, said: Well, I needn’t tell you the ghastly details. Forbes seemed to be much ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,263 words
  7. HOW SULPHUR IS OBTAINED.

    The island of Sicily supplies nearly the whole of Europe with sulphur, and the cruelty with which the mineral is extracted from the mines ...

    Article : 431 words
  8. THE BOERS NEEDED IT.

    The conductor of the orchestra in a Northern theatre is a Dutchman, and his sympathies are all with the Boers. Consequently, he dislikes playing “God ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. THE TUGELA RIVER.

    Throughout the world the Tugela River is being spoken of by everybody. The Tugela (pronounced by the Kaffirs “Chew-gela”) is not navigable and ...

    Article : 258 words
  10. A SURE TEST.

    It is said that the spiritualists, finding they were not progressing at this side of the world, turned their attention, just prior to the war, to the Transvaal as a ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. EXPECTED HE WOULD.

    During the Peninsula War, at a little town of Tavistock, in Devonshire, a Militiaman was heard to say that if the French landed he should certainly bolt, ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY’S WILL.

    The will of John Sholto, eighth Marquis of Queensberry, who died in January, 1900, has just been proved. Attached to the will was a holograph ...

    Article : 187 words
  13. THE LAST STRAW.

    A man once went into a coffee tavern, and when he got in he saw a placard in the shop which said: ’As many pancakes as you can eat for ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. HOT WATER FOR NOSE BLEED.

    Dr. Gregory was recently called to treat an obstinate case of “nose bleed ” which had defied the skill of several medical men, and tried that ...

    Article : 148 words
  15. VERY CUTTING.

    During the hearing of a breach of promise case, counsel was crosS-examining plaintiff, when the question of the latter’s beauty was introduced. ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. TO MAKE SHORT CHILDREN GROW.

    “A.T.T.W.,” in a very interesting letter to the “Lancet,” points out that fresh air is the thing in the physical training of the young. Savages living ...

    Article : 184 words
  17. WHAT HE HAD DONE WITH IT.

    ‘What did you do with that note I gave you for Mr. Smith?’ ‘I put it on his chair, sir.’ ‘But he will never notice it there.’ ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. THE JUDGE WAS INSULTED.

    An Irish Barrister was once engaged in a difficult case. Seeing the judge shake his head, and fearful lest such san ominous protest ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. HE WHO KNOWS.

    All men are four, saith an Arab proverb. He who knows not, and knows not he knows not—he is a fool: shun him. He who knows not, ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. SUCH A SHAME.

    Jones was busily engaged reading the daily paper the other morning when a lady came into the bar. They began talking about the war, ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. A NEW CONUNDRUM.

    The old riddle, Why did the Fly fly?—Because the Spider spied her—has inspired a correspondent of “The Globe” to send a few ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. AN ISLE OF WHISTLERS.

    The natives of Gomera, one of the Ganary Isles, converse with one another by whistling on their fingers. It is possible to understand a message a mile ...

    Article : 91 words
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