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  2. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    The belle of the ballroom captivates The youths who cluster round. Fragile, and fair, and pale is she, Too dainty to touch the ground. ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. AGRICULTURAL COLUMN

    At the Ontario station, Canada, in three years trial the white-fleshed turnips show larger average yields than the yellow-fleshed, as 21-8 tons to 15-4 tons. In mangels, at the ...

    Article : 471 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Very Fat Gentleman: "Sonny, can you tell me the quickest way I can get to the station?" Very Naughty Boy (after looking him over carefully): "I sh'd say you'd ...

    Article : 908 words
  5. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    The first I remember of life is this world Was a squeak from the nest in which mother lay curled, A nest she had made, that was beautifully ...

    Article : 320 words
  6. SOME OLD STORIES RETOLD

    Speaking generally, and in regard to the civilised parts of the world, there are four ways of judicially killing persons. In England and indeed most countries, ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  7. CONCERNING CRICKET.

    Concerning cricket, "The New English Dictionary" (Clarendon Press) does no (says the "Daily New"s) add much to what the studious have compiled in Box's ...

    Article : 519 words
  8. A PRINCE OF WICKETKEEPERS.

    "St. James's Budget" publishes an interesting interview with the captain of the Australian Eleven now in England, whom it appropriately styles "a Prince of ...

    Article : 1,435 words
  9. Dresses in the Play.

    In The Rocket, our old friend, Miss Emma Gwynne, has a part that gives her a chance to display her ability to better advantage than as the mysterious Armanda. ...

    Article : 214 words
  10. Agricultural Journals.

    At the World's Fair Congress Mrs A. E. Whittaker, connected with the New England "Farmer," read a paper entitled "Threefourths of a Century in Farm Journalism." ...

    Article : 518 words
  11. A Remarkable Child.

    The marvellous child mentioned in the Chinese classics who at four years old was able to recite the 300 verses of the Tang poetry, as well as the Ancient Book ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. Women as Chairmen.

    "You cannot," said a member of the Geographical Society at a recent meeting" make a chairman a chairwoman." "Impossible,"perhaps, "only it's been ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. HOW CRICKET BATS ARE MADE.

    "Now, will you kindly show me the different stages in the manufacture of a bat?" said a "Chums" interviewer to a cricket bat manufacturer." Well, we begin with a ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. Snake and Mongoos.

    The mongoos is a deadly enemy to snakes, and although a little creature, not in the least formidable in appearance, it has no hesitation in attacking the largest serpents. The author ...

    Article : 375 words
  15. Home and Fireside.

    HOME MADE-BREAD.—Acid Yeast—Take I medium-sized potato and peel cut into pieces and cover with water and boil; when boiled, let stand to cool, then add 1 table ...

    Article : 841 words
  16. The Influence of Imagination in Breeding.

    Professor Wallace's newly-issued book on Farm Live Stock has the following passage on the subject of the influence of imagination on breeding especially with regard to color:— ...

    Article : 637 words
  17. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    After an investigation of a large number of deaths from electric shock, Messrs Birand and Lacassagne, of Lyons, have concluded that electricity causes death either by ...

    Article : 172 words
  18. Hoaxing Mine Uncle.

    The story is told in "Truth" that some officers of the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers, at present in camp at Lydd Common, with many other persons, have been pestered ...

    Article : 367 words
  19. Capture of a Slave Dhow.

    A letter from the Bishop of Zanzibar (Dr. Smythies), sent to the Universities Mission for Central Africa, describes the capture of a slave dhow by Her Majesty's ship Philomel, ...

    Article : 253 words
  20. Chest Girth.

    A Mr Hambleton, L.R.C.P., President of a "Society for Physical Development!" has written to the Secretary of State for War to ask leave to conduct certain trials of his plan ...

    Article : 239 words
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