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  2. A JOURNEY ACROSS SIBERIA.

    In the early days of exile to Siberia, and up to 1858, murderers and robbers were branded on the forehead and cheeks; the knout was freely used, and punishments were ...

    Article : 2,744 words
  3. FOOD AND WORK.

    It is found that hard work is best performed under a liberal supply of flesh food. This does not conduce to obesity; it nourishes the muscles, and gives energy to the body. ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  4. FOOTBALL AND THE MASSES.

    It is arguable that football is ousting cricket as the national game. Its popularity is easily understood. For the masses it has many advantages. Thus, thousands can spare its hour ...

    Article : 895 words
  5. A FINAL RECKONING.

    The last thing before the party started Reuben went into the house. Mr. Barker was going to remain behind; he was past middle life, and the expedition was likely to be a very ...

    Article : 5,795 words
  6. CLAIRVOYANCE.

    In a book, privately printed, a posthumous work, the late Mr. Leslie gives some very good examples of Zulu clairvoyance. Mr. Leslie, a missionary, wished to know what ...

    Article : 1,042 words
  7. LORD BERESFORD'S RESCUE OF A FRENCH WARSHIP.

    The Daily Chronicle says:—A private letter from H.M.S. Undaunted, at Jaffa, dated the 4th of May, and received in London on Wednesday, brings the news of a splendid ...

    Article : 472 words
  8. THE PERFUME INDUSTRY.

    Since flowers nowhere flourish as in Australia, and the manufacture of perfume from them has here only just begun, these observations of Thomas Grimm, a correspondent of the ...

    Article : 582 words
  9. A DIFFICULT CASE.

    There is a certain learned Judge who sits the London High Courts of Justice who says patent medicines, or, what he is pleased to term them quack medicines," should never be used, except on ...

    Article : 496 words
  10. MACHINE GUNS AND CAVALRY.

    Magazine and machine guns would seem to sound the knell of possible employment of cavalry in battle. No matter how dislocated are the infantry ridden at so long as they are ...

    Article : 481 words
  11. THE GUILD OF ALL SOULS.

    The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes:—"Comparatively few people even among the members of the Church of England are aware of the quiet ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. THE REASON WHY.

    No watch can be no easily repaired as the Waterbury. The fact that its parts are interchangeable, that they can be easily obtained, constitute an advantage in re-adjustment which is not possessed by ...

    Article : 247 words
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