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  2. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    China is a great commentary an the Bible. The natives dress much like the old patriarchs, and bear a strong resemblance to them, except the beardless faces, They ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    An interesting table has been compiled by a writer in "Cycling," showing the "world's records for a mile" by twenty-five methods of progression. The most remarkable figures, ...

    Article : 217 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    He was one of those men with a please- tread-on-the-tail-of-my-coat expression, and as he plunged across Woodward Avenue, he would hove been run over by an electric ...

    Article : 293 words
  5. AGRICULTURAL COLUMN.

    The North British Agriculturist says that white shorthorns are believed to be gaining part of their old ground both in Great Britain and America. The American craze ...

    Article : 1,553 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    "Carmen Sylva" is a rapid worker. Writing hastily, almost feverishly, with a reservoir pen, she tears off sheet after sheet from a block of paper with amazing rapidity. ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

    Under the heading of "A Day in the Life of a Cabinet Minister," an interesting series of word pictures are being presented by the "Westminster Gazette." No. 4 of the ...

    Article : 1,753 words
  8. Madame de Lesseps.

    A representative of the "Figaro" had an interview with Mme. de Lesseps at the Chateau La Chesnaye after the first of Panama sentences had been passed, when ...

    Article : 246 words
  9. Memoirs of a King.

    In the will of King Ludwig the First of Bavaria there is a clause, according to which the private papers of the King, which are kept in seven large coffers, are to remain ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. Red Hair and Iron.

    Science explains the phenomenon of red hair thus:—"It is caused by a super-abundance of iron in the blood. This it is that imparts the vigor, ...

    Article : 136 words
  11. Fragments.

    A man called his cat Plutarch because it had so many lives. YOUNG Mr. Gurley: "My foot's asleep." Gazzam: "Nonsense! Not while you are ...

    Article : 824 words
  12. Extraordinary Feats of Strength.

    Mile, the famous athelete of ancient Greece (born 520 B.C.) was victor at both the Olympic and Pythian games for six times in succession. On one occasion he ran four miles with an ox on ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. Fashion of Languages.

    Professor Vambery has been lecturing on the "Fashion of Languages" before the Budapest English Club. English, he said may now be called the most fashionable ...

    Article : 218 words
  14. Measurements of a Swimming Girl.

    M. De Berselli is at work on a statue of "The Diving Girl," and as a model he has chosen Miss Clara Beckwith, the champion lady swimmer of the world. ...

    Article : 193 words
  15. A VERY GAY DECEIVER.

    An interesting case of swindling was tried recently before the Paris Correctional Court. The principal party was one Bidart, other-wise Hayere. His accomplices were Regnier, ...

    Article : 613 words
  16. Livingstone's Letters.

    A long and hitherto unpublished letter of Dr. Livingstone. addressed to his old friend the late Rev. Dr. James Hamilton, will (Says the "Daily News") appears in the ...

    Article : 479 words
  17. Home and Fireside.

    GREEN GRAPE JELLY.—When just about ready to turn, stern the grapes and let half a bushel heat slowly in a large preserving kettle; sur them onto in a while to prevent their ...

    Article : 593 words
  18. Electric Energy.

    The [?] electrical-energy on the City and South London Railway with eight trains in constant work is about 3700 unite, produced by the conbustion of ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. Insect Population.

    Professe Riley, the American entomologist, gives account of the various estimates of the number of species of inspects in the world. Linnicus knew nearly 3,600; in 1853 Dr Day ...

    Article : 117 words
  20. The Rapid Growth of Fungi.

    Fungi grow almost everywhere-in houses, on wood, in the closed cavities of roots, in animal tissues in short in and upon everything, while their rapidity of growth is not less ...

    Article : 426 words
  21. The Vampire Club.

    According to an American paper, the Vampire Club is one of the most unique organisations in the city of Now York. It was organised about two years ago, and has since ...

    Article : 301 words
  22. A PATHETIC STORY.

    Another touching fatality from the frost has occurred in Russia (reports an English paper). A peasant and his wife had gone to attend a wedding party at some ...

    Article : 293 words
  23. Twenty Things Worth Knowing.

    Keep the cover on the canister. Rub lamp chimneys with dry salt. Throw chloride of lime in rat holes. Wash oilcloth with skimmed milk. ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. The Happiness in Hell.

    "The happiness in Hell" ought, according to Professor It. George Mlivart, to have been the title of his muchsquoted essay. The definite article was omitted, and so led some ...

    Article : 208 words
  25. National Debts.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
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