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  2. KEELHAULED.

    A good deal of the terribly severe punishments that used to be inflicted on offending seamen of the Royal Navy, though long since obsolete ...

    Article : 651 words
  3. THE TWINS

    It had been an old whim of Nature to make the Twins so utterly unlike. No stranger ever took Violet Anastasia Dangerfield, so ...

    Article : 500 words
  4. MY HEAVIEST STAG.

    Here was our stag; by one o'clock we made the first attempt on him. The stalk looted as if it would be a simple one ; but when I was ...

    Article : 630 words
  5. THE LARGEST EGG IN THE WORLD

    An egg of the gigantic extinct bird aepyornis of South Madagascar is on exhibition at the Museum of Natural History, New York. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 309 words
  6. THE FARM.

    212 to 3cwt. of manure per acre of I special mixtures, put up by manure merchants. Or 1 to 112 bone, same quantity of super, and 14lb. sulphate ...

    Article : 1,088 words
  7. A "MAKE-BELIEVE" FISH.

    There is a general feeling that if a whale is not a fish it ought to be. It's all very, well for the seal and the walrus to gratify a passion for ...

    Article : 569 words
  8. THE HUMOUR OF TAXES.

    Amid a plethora of information relative to taxation that meets our gaze everywhere it seems futile t expect any amusing information ...

    Article : 260 words
  9. MULCHING.

    Mulching plays an important part in the garden, as by its means many newly-planted or shallow rooting subjects are preserved through the hot ...

    Article : 317 words
  10. THE PASSWORD.

    A colonel who happened to be in a great hurry to catch a boat at Dublin, accosted a jarvey and offered him ten shillings if he could drive ...

    Article : 244 words
  11. THE MODERN VERSION.

    "Where are you going, my pretty maid ?" "I'm going a-milking sir, she said. "Dear maiden, I'd like to disclose ...

    Article : 235 words
  12. HOME-MADE APPLE-DRIER.

    The illustration shows an apple- drier adapted to use on an ordinary stove or range, which for convenience and facility is superior to any ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 325 words
  13. THE "FIRST FOOT."

    The householder who is a trifle superstitious is rather particular as to the first person who crosses the threshold on New Year's morning. ...

    Article : 245 words
  14. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    A traveller arriving late at an inn in a small town was told that there were no rooms. "But I must have a place to sleep in," he told ...

    Article : 551 words
  15. DISCOMFORT.

    '"Be good enough to tell me what is your idea of pleasure." "A ride across Salisbury Plain on a motor-bicycle" ...

    Article : 525 words
  16. FORKS.

    Great social movements often originate in small things. The adoption of any new domestic habit may be of little or no consequence at ...

    Article : 547 words
  17. THE JUDGE AND THE SMOKER.

    There are many stories associated with the late Judge Grantham. He once rebuked a man of sullen temper for blowing clouds in a ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. THE METROPOLIS OF SOUTH AMERICA.

    Buenos Aires, the metropolis of South America, is a wonderful city with a wonderful country behind it. To begin with, it is larger than any ...

    Article : 285 words
  19. CULTIVATE SIDE-VISION.

    One of the most useful gifts one can have is a good side-vision. By "side-vision" is meant, literally, the ability to see in several directions at ...

    Article : 260 words
  20. CLIPPINGS.

    Count your blessings. You will probably begin to think them nil, but if you are honest you will decide to make your life a happy ...

    Article : 214 words
  21. KNEW NATURAL HISTORY.

    "I don't suppose," said the fond Parent ruefully, "that I'll ever dare to call my son names again !" "Why ?" questioned his friend. ...

    Article : 165 words
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