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  2. Notabilities. WHEN VICTORIA TRAVELS.

    When the Queen travels the locomotive unpariti[?]tandent selects the engine. He places on it his most experienced diver. A pilot engine, willi a film, cautions man, well ...

    Article : 118 words
  3. POLAR-BEAR SHOOTING IN GREENLAND.

    Just as I was sunning myself on deck, in shirt-sleeves and sippers, and thinking of the summer at home in old Norway, I caught sight of a bear not far from us. I was down ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. Agriculturalist.

    Keep your hens and chickens warmly housed at night, and do not allow them to go out until the dew in off the grass. Never let a pot-plant of any kind grow one ...

    Article : 721 words
  5. CARBONATED MILK.

    An English dairy paper tells of a new use for skim milk. After the milk has been creamed by the centrifugal the skim milk is sterilized by heating to destroy all bacteria ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. II.[?]

    Jacques was always there, astride of his old chair, trying to trace through the thin partition the goings and coming of his pretty neighbor. As the blind by touch alone gain ...

    Article : 950 words
  7. MADAME DU PRIE.

    The Marquis d'Argenson tells the story, in his Memoirs, of Maduj[?]u du Prie. For two years she governed France in governing the Due de Bourbon, Louis the Fifteenth's first ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. Tourist. HOW TO LIVE IN PARIS.

    In Paris one has the choice of at least four modes of living. One may keep house, live in the public hotel, in furnished apartments, taking one’s meals there or elsewhere, as is ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. THINNING FRUIT.

    It is now universally understood that the proper thinning out of fruit will help to give a greater quantity and much better quality, and that it is not only good practice for ...

    Article : 222 words
  10. THE BOY’S FIRST BEAR.

    Young Holter Kennet, the son of Col. Perey Kennet, the well known hunter of Helena, Mont., killed his first bear a few weeks ago under exciting circumstances. ...

    Article : 600 words
  11. Animal Life VIPERIANA.

    There is a widely prevalent but erroneous idea that the venom acquires additional virnlence in exceptionally hot weather—a mistake based probably on the circumstance that the ...

    Article : 618 words
  12. RUSSETTI AS PAINTER AND POET.

    In hardly an instance where Rossetti found expression in two arts for the same emotional idea has he equalled with the brush what he achieved with the pen. If ...

    Article : 207 words
  13. A MOUNTAIN VIEW NEAR FLORENCE.

    Looking along, westward, down the curving stream, above the fruit trees planted thick as woods, there arise two miles off the domes and spires of the city of Florence, ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. Short Story, THE BROKEN CHAIR.

    Jacques climbed rapidly the five flights of stairs which led to his room. The ascent made, he stopped a moment on the last landing. From this landing opened two ...

    Article : 898 words
  15. A MARINE WONDER.

    One of the marine wonders of the world is the great barrier reef of Australia. This stupendous rampart of coral, stretching in an almost unbroken line for 1,250 miles along ...

    Article : 270 words
  16. ' SO DOWN I PLUMPED.’

    It is well-known that the successful result of the Peninsular War was mainly due to the thoroughness with which the Duke of Wellington performed every duty that fell to ...

    Article : 269 words
  17. MANURING THE GARDEN.

    Stable manure for general garden purpose should be dug in one spit deep. If the ground has to be trenched it should always be put between the first and second spit. When ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. THE STORY OF AN ELEPHANT.

    That monstrous pachyderm, the elephant, is a difficult animal to understand. It is no trouble to him to work, yet he prefers, to be idle. If he wants to knock a house down, or ...

    Article : 295 words
  19. THE MOST LASTING FRUIT.

    Many who love oranges and eat them freely have but little idea of the great durability of the fruit when ripe. This week we pick oranges which were ripe and in fit condition ...

    Article : 214 words
  20. HOW DO THE ARABS CARRY NEWS.

    The Dark Continent possesses means of incredibly rapid communication and secret intercourse which have hitherto remained enshrouded, at any rate as far as Europeans ...

    Article : 315 words
  21. III.[?]

    When Jacques came to himself the nex[?]t day, he was stretched upon his bed, with a compress upon his head. A woman was sitting near him, in a firm and solid chair, ...

    Article : 191 words
  22. A ROYAL WEDDING COMES HIGH.

    That a royal wedding is an expensive luxury for more than the chief personages concerned is shown by recent statistics. The various illustrious guests who attended the ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. GREEN-FLY ON PLANTS.

    Syringe forcibly with water; or use a decoction of tob[?]anoo-water and wash it off later on. Greenhouse plants in pots may be dipped in a decoction of soda and aloe[?]s—two ...

    Article : 48 words
  24. PETER THE GREAT.

    Years ago when a low standard of morals prevailed, the epithet Great was bestowed upon any monarch who won battles and enlarged the territory and resources of his ...

    Article : 423 words
  25. AGRICULTURAL CHANGES IN ENGLAND.

    British agricultural statistics show some interesting facts which will have some influence on exporters in different lines. In 1893, 150,000 acres of land were ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. THE DIAGNOSIS.

    Dude—'Do you think I have the brain fever doctor!' Doctor—' Oh, no, but you have the fever.' ...

    Article : 19 words
  27. IV[?].

    Charlotte and Jacques are married to-day and are as happy as they can be. Charlotte works no longer. The sale of her husband’s pictures amply supplies their ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. HYDROPHOBIA AMONG CHICKENS.

    According to undisputed report a couple of h[?]ens a Hillsdale[?], were recently bitten by a mad dog. No doubt they got to[?] in the neck so that it is strange that their heads ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. THE REAL AND THE IDEAL.

    The practical wife of the long haired poet was watching him wrestle with a fine frenzy. ' How much do you get for what you are ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. DELHI.

    The crowded streets of Indian cities present manifold attractions, but the study of native life and manners in Delhi is frequently interrupted by the grey herds ...

    Article : 583 words
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