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  2. Miscellaneous,

    The cost of the official history of the South African war is £33,991 up to dat. The fastest flowing river in the world ...

    Article : 355 words
  3. Short Story

    It was evening in the manse, Æ[?] Cameron, elder and session clerk, had just left. The minister sat like one dazed, his head pillowed in his bancs, the unfinished ...

    Article : 1,302 words
  4. SHORT STORY.

    We are always very much hurt if casual visitors to Benfield do not at, once grasp all the salient points of that interesting town. Our usual method with distinguished ...

    Article : 2,729 words
  5. Housekeeper.

    To Clean Good Lace: Really good late, and that which is embroidered in silk colors, tinsel, gold. and silver, etc., cannot be washed. Spread ...

    Article : 388 words
  6. QUEST OF £1,100,000.

    An English company has been formed to attempt the recovery of [?] £1,100,000 said to be on the [?] frigate Lutine, which over a century ...

    Article : 251 words
  7. Odds and Ends

    Huntsman; “Did Jones clear [?] fence all right?” Whip: “Yes, [?] got over; but his horse didn’t.” Mistress: “And do you need to [?] ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. Scientific Notes.

    Some 270.000,000 tons of coal) were raised from the pits of Great Britain during [?]—sufficient in bulk to build a wall around the United ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. THE HAREM SKIRT.

    A verse from “By George,” the “revue” by George Grossmith, relative to the Harem 'Skirt:— Harem-scarem, ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. EFFECTIVELY “COLLARED.”

    When a cattle thief is caught in Siam. a long wooden framework is fixed round his neck, which effectively prevents any attempt to run ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.

    Driving Mr. Gordon Watney’s Mercedes at Brooklands, M. Laurent beat the flying half-mile record in the 60-h.p. class by covering the distance ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. THE NEW HAT AND FASHIONABLE HAIR.

    The new hat comes down over the hair much after the fashion of the winter. It is made in light-weight straw, and although it is small and ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. SUBMARINE VOLCANOES.

    Occasionally there appears a great wave sweeping across the calm surface of the ocean in the fairest weather and when no wind is blowing. ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. A SIX HORSE-POWER HORSE.

    A correspondent of-a French newspaper, desiring to ascertain the actual strength of a powerful horse, visited several of the stables that used ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. MEESCHAUM.

    Meerschaum is mined like coal. Meerschaum is a soft, soaplike stone, and in Asia Minor its mining is an important business. Pits are first ...

    Article : 112 words
  16. OLD-FASHIONED WAYS.

    We must move with the times, or else be passed by in the race of modern life. But even if we run in the [?] we must acknowledge that ...

    Article : 302 words
  17. OVERHEARD IN A MOTOR ’BUS

    First Passenger (continuing): “[?] and I can assure you, when I [?] heard of it. it quite took my [?] away.” ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. INQUISITIVE.

    The little girl from the city [?] been questioning the old farmer [?] many things about this place. “And now,” said she in [?] ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. A NEW MOTIVE POWER.

    A young Scottish engineer claims to have discovered what he styles commercialised nitrogen power. It has for its object the harnessing of waste ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. THE CARE OF WATCHES

    Jewellers say that a watch should be oiled at least once in two years, and wound at the same time daily, for by doing so you establish in the ...

    Article : 134 words
  21. VERY FORTUNATE.

    “Yes-es,” Mr. Billings said, [?] [?] in reply to his friend’s [?] that Mrs. Joyce was “an awfully [?] little woman.” “So cheerful [?] ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. A BICYCLE WITHOUT A CRANK.

    An Austrian inventor has perfected a crankless bicycle by means of which he claims there is a saving of 50 percent, in foot power. The rider ...

    Article : 129 words
  23. RECIPES.

    ’Savoury Roes.—Ingredients: Six very thin slices of bacon. six roes fried in butter, [?] bread crumbs, teaspoonful chopped parsley ...

    Article : 420 words
  24. INDIAN CATTLE.

    One of the first things to impress the stranger on landing in India is the prevailing presence of the cattle, for wherever one goes the patient ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT.

    A German sportsman once said to well-known ’Scottish baronet: “Talking about dogs with keen scent. I have [?] in Germany that will compare [?] ...

    Article : 94 words
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