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  2. TRUE ARISTOCRACY.

    'Where are the' Knights of Runnymede ,Or Stephen, Langton, keen and bold? The men of whose exploits we read, The kings and noblemen of old? ...

    Article : 268 words
  3. DOG FARMS.

    The Chinese Empire is pre-eminently the. country of fantastic trades. The reason of this may be that out-of-the-way avocations fall in with the strange tastes ...

    Article : 445 words
  4. TASTING AND TESTING TEA.

    When it is considered that the thousands of pounds worth of tea are sometimes bought in one day on the faith of the taster's judgment alone it may well ...

    Article : 711 words
  5. A WALK THROUGH A SALTWORKS.

    The first thing that strikes the eye in' the salt country are huge frameworks, towering up into the sky, looking like the skeletons of cathedral spires. Those are ...

    Article : 504 words
  6. GUY'S HOSPITAL AND ITS ROMANCE.

    Few people think or would imagine that the splendid building known to this generation as Guy's Hospital owes its origin—its charitable origin—to the ...

    Article : 732 words
  7. THE BARBER'S GHOST.

    Night was coming on apace; a piercing east wind wildly scattered before it the thick flakes of snow, which were descending so as completely to obliterate all traces ...

    Article : 1,945 words
  8. AGRICULTURAL.

    The first requisite to profitable rice culture is a comparatively level piece of land properly ploughed and pulverized. This field must be located so. as to be ...

    Article : 686 words
  9. IS THE RACE DECAYING?

    Until the discoveries of the bones of the cave-dwellers and the drift men it was quite frequently assumed that the men of ancient times were taller and ...

    Article : 470 words
  10. STUMBLING UPON GOLD MINES.

    Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorodo in i858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the impression that ...

    Article : 511 words
  11. CURIOUS MARRIAGES.

    Of the many interesting matters that come under the notice of the Registrar- General there is nothing more surprising than the frequency with which youth and ...

    Article : 350 words
  12. THEY ENJOYED A GOOD FEED.

    "It is etiquette for the guests in some Oriental. countries," says a well- known:— writer, lately ,a member of the diplomatic service, " to hiccough loudly ...

    Article : 203 words
  13. SET A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF.

    The old saying is that 'there is honour even, among thives,' seems to lead many persons to be believe that "a higher sense of honour prevails among the light ...

    Article : 258 words
  14. IT WAS NOT LEAP YEAR EITHER.

    "What a genius you are. exclaimed a young lady visiting an inventor's work room. "I believe your could make almost everything." ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. THE MUSIC WAS IN ENGLISH.

    A short time ago ant old lady wais given a ticket for the Royal Italian Opera She went and on the following day she met a friend who asked her how she enjoyed ...

    Article : 101 words
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    The Amerikin eagel ain't a spring chicken. Thar's a good .deal of differents between a hand-made politician and a ...

    Article : 50 words
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