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  2. A SNAKE IN A FIX.

    A Texas correspondent of a New York paper gives the following snake story :—One night my wife and myself were awakened by a noise from ...

    Article : 224 words
  3. A DARING BICYCLE FEAT.

    Ali previous cycling performances sink into insignificance compared with the dare-devil feat of a Brooklin electrician who has actually ...

    Article : 486 words
  4. STILL HUNTING IN IRELAND.

    Of the many onerous duties discharged by the Royal Irish Constabulary there are none so barassing and yet so cheerfully entered upon ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  5. OBTAINING POWER FROM THE WAVES.

    There have been numberless attempts to utilise the energy of the ocean waves, and while many of them have been successful, they have ...

    Article : 313 words
  6. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

    When we consider that the average Englishman drinks 32 gallons of beer every year, we may understand that recent revelations—following upon the ...

    Article : 1,163 words
  7. BRAVEST WOMAN IN THE WEST.

    “To the bravest woman in the west ; to the woman who saved her husband and baby from death, and saved society from the infliction of ...

    Article : 398 words
  8. THE SANDPAPER TREE.

    The sandpaper tree grows in the forests of Uganda, and has leaves which for its roughness resemble a cat’s tongue. This rasping ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. KEEP FOWLS IN YOUR ORCHARD.

    “The Profitable Farm and Garden” describes a method of turning the fowls to profitable account in the orchard. Says the writer of ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. MILK HO !

    A strange fluid is milk. Pure fresh milk from a healthy cow is almost an ideal food for young and old ; but impure or contaminated milk is ...

    Article : 222 words
  11. WONDERS OF THE EYE.

    The eye is the “barometer of health,” but it is so delicate In its structure so minute in its parts that the task of reading it has been a ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    In the world there are 538 Protestant missionary societies, with some 15,500 members. The Russian Jew must serve in ...

    Article : 372 words
  13. TWO RAGAMUFFINS AND A SHOPKEEPER.

    A ragged street urchin entered a baker’s shop and requested the proprietor to supply him with, a “ apenny buster,” likewise a halfpenny ...

    Article : 223 words
  14. THE SPANISH ESCURIAL.

    The Spanish Escurial may almost be regarded as one of the wonders of the world It was built by Phillip II., and the edifice rose from his ...

    Article : 423 words
  15. QUESTION AND ANSWER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
  16. HOW CAMPHOR IS PREPARED.

    Camphor is obtained by steaming camphorwood chips in roughly built furnaces set up in the hill districts. A vapour arises from the ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. FROM THE NURSERY.

    Lady (who is entertaining her little son’s playmate to dinner, aged five); “Willie can you cut your meat?” ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. NO PLAGE FOR TUNNELS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 words
  19. MEDICINAL EGGS.

    Eggs are good things. For instance we are assured that a mustard plaster made with the white of an egg will not leave a blister. A ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. PATENT BURGLAR ALARM.

    Agent : “This is the best protection in the world. The burglar no sooner enters the house than it gives you the alarm. ...

    Article : 45 words
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