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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 : 207 words
  3. TOPICAL ARTICLE.

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

    Article : 1,147 words
  4. STILL-HUNTING IN IRELAND.

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

    Article : 1,563 words
  5. OBTAINING POWER FROM THE WAVES.

    There have been numberless at- tempts to utilise the energy of the ocean waves, and- while- many of: them have been successful, they have ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. A DARING BICYCLE FEAT.

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

    Article : 457 words
  7. BRAVEST WOMAN IN THE WEST.

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

    Article : 392 words
  8. THE SANDPAPER TREE.

    The sandpaper tree grows in the forests of Uganda, and' has leaves which for its. roughness resemble [?] tongue. This rasping ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. KEEP FOWLS IN YOUR ORCHARD.

    "The Profitable Farm and Gar. den" describes. a method of turning the fowls to profitable account in the' orchard. Says the-writer of ...

    Article : 225 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 : 228 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 : 329 words
  12. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    In the world there are 588 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 " 'a- penny buster," likewise a halfpenny ...

    Article : 216 words
  14. THE SPANISH ESCURIAL.

    The Spanish Escurial may almost be regarded as one of the wonders of the world. It was built by Phil- lip It., and the edifice rose front his ...

    Article : 422 words
  15. QUESTION AND ANSWER.

    Why did Charles Lever ?--Because be did not Lover. What made Thomas Hardy ? Skating on Manville Fern ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. HOW CAMPHOR IS PREPARED.

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

    Article : 136 words
  17. FROM THE NURSERY.

    Lady ( who is entertaining her little eon's playmate-to dinner, aged live ) : " Willie can you cut your meat? " ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. NO PLACE FOR TUNNELS.

    A scotchman who had worked nearly all his life in the building of railways in the Highlands of Scotland, settled in his later years in ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. MEDICINAL EGGS.

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

    Article : 114 words
  20. PATENT BURGLAR ALARM.

    Agent : "This is the best, [?] ill the world. The burglar I in [?] the house than It gives, you the [?] ...

    Article : 52 words
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