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  2. FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    Some time ago there was published an order of Lord Kitchener's for bidding 'columns on the march to carry. pianos and harmoniums. ...

    Article : 273 words
  3. BALL LIGHTNING AT SEA.

    Robert Seyboth of the United States Weather Bureau tells of an experience with ball lightning in Hudson Bay in 1867. The ...

    Article : 449 words
  4. CABS IN GERMANY.

    The whole cab service is regulated in such a way, as to make people in this country envious of German institutions. In most countries a ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. IN A THEATRE GALLERY.

    The packed, excited, noisy patrons go up to the high roof like the side of a mountain ; they shout and whistle and appeal to each other ...

    Article : 347 words
  6. TREASURE ISLAND.

    The story of how Admiral Pallister went looking for pirates' treasure on the sandy islet of Cocos, in the Pacific, 556 miles west of the coast of ...

    Article : 668 words
  7. THE SUPERNATURAL IN INDIA.

    It was my good fortune in the month of April some 15 years ago, to meet with an individual who undoubtedly possessed a certain power ...

    Article : 697 words
  8. FOREIGN NEWS AND NOTES.

    Any one attending a spiritualist seance in Bohemia. is liable to a fine of £8, according to the decree which has been issued by' the Governor of ...

    Article : 629 words
  9. DWARFS OF THE CONGO FOREST.

    Sir Harry Johnston contributes a most fascinating paper to the February number of 'the "Pall Mali Magazine" on the ape-like men whom ...

    Article : 397 words
  10. SOME AWKWARD PRESENTS FOR ROYALTY.

    Royalty, as can well be understood are the recipients of all kinds of curious and unexpected presents— some of them being very valuable ...

    Article : 609 words
  11. ANCIENT FOLLY.

    Why the ancient pagans dedicated the first of April to Folly. and why the Christian world followed their example, are points which learned ...

    Article : 285 words
  12. THE PRESERVATION OF EGGS.

    On no subject, says the "Lancet " is there a greater conflict of opinion than on the preservation of eggs. Some urge that the newly-laid egg ...

    Article : 465 words
  13. UNKNOWN LANGUAGES.

    The aborigines of the Malabar Inlands employ a perfect whistling language, by which they can communicate with each other over large ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. ECCENTRIC BLUE-STOCKINGS.

    Lady. Mary Wortley Montague, "the English woman of letters of the eighteenth century as she was ponderously called by Boswell. clung ...

    Article : 257 words
  15. THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN INSCRIPTION IN CHINA.

    One of the most interesting monuments of ancient Christianity in China is the Nestorian or Syra-Chinese monument which stands one ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. TRAINING ELEPHANTS TO WALTZ.

    The task of training elephants is one that requires muscle as well as persuasion and intelligence. If an elephant is to be taught to ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. SEBASTOPOL A NAVAL PORT.

    Sabastopol till lately supplied the markets of the United. Kingdom, with some 360,000 tons of agricultural produce annually, and during a ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. NEW OFFICE BOY.

    He was our new office boy and had just returned from the post with a beaming countenance. Manager: "Well, you succeeded ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. A DEFINITION.

    Small Boy. "Pa, what are prejudicies ?" Papa : "Other people's opinions, my son." ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. OPPOSITION.

    Little Willie: I wanted so much to peep through the keyhoie last night when you were in the parlour with Mr Hangon." ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. SALT FOR TOOTHACHE AND NEURALGIA.

    Common salt, stuffed up the nose in doses of four grains, has been reported by Dr. George Leslie to have remarkable effects upon the nerves of: ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. QUESTION AND ANSWER.

    "Why is King Edward the seventh?" "Because [?] are" (E.R) ...

    Article : 19 words
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