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  2. THE WIDE WORLD.

    Recent arrivals at the London "Zoo" Reptile House include some examples of the rough-keeled snake (Dasypeltis scabra) of South Africa. This is quite a ...

    Article : 244 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    A newspaper which states that snails are making their way as an article of food, adds, with an air of originality, that "their progress is slow." ...

    Article : 1,258 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Take a small dose of calcined magnesia, say, one teaspoonful, daily in water during six weeks. It cannot hurt, and it is cheap. ...

    Article : 356 words
  5. MAY DAY IN PARIS.

    Sixty thousand troops were on duty in the streets of Paris on Tuesday. and May day did not pass without much tumult, the worst disorders, taking place at ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  6. THE GARDEN.

    Planting and pruning are the operations which now demand attention in the orchard. The soil in most districts is in fine condition to receive the young ...

    Article : 550 words
  7. HOW I BEAT MADRALI.

    Georges Hackenschmidt defeated Ahmed Madrali in a contest for the wrestling championship of the world at Olympia on Saturday, 28th April, ...

    Article : 622 words
  8. A JEALOUS TORTOISE.

    It has long been believed that the tortoise had no other feeling or emotion than a desire to live. Its energies, it was thought, were all devoted to this ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. LADIES' BRIDGE PARTIES.

    From New York on 6th April the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The anti-bridge crusade in Georgia ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. "SPOTTED FEVER" EPIDEMIC.

    The Dusseldorf correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 1st May:— An epidemic of "spotted fever." or ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. THE LADY ANGLER.

    Lady anglers are largely on the increase this year, and numbers of them t are already in the country in enthusiastic quest of salmon and trout. ...

    Article : 346 words
  12. USEFUL HINTS.

    Brooms that are dipped into scalding soapsuds once a week will have their bristles so toughened that they will wear much longer than brushes that are not so ...

    Article : 427 words
  13. "TRUST NO ONE."

    There are some caustic reflections upon human nature in the article by Sir Henry Smith, ex-Commissioner of the City of London Police, in "Blackwood" for May. ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. SHE BOUGHT THE JEWELLERY.

    "Yes, marm, it is; real gold, every bit of it: eighteen English carat, or I'm a Spanish onion!" "Go on with you!" said the cook at the back door; "if it was ...

    Article : 222 words
  15. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    In all well-managed kitchen gardens there should now be an abundance of good vegetables of all sorts, as the weather conditions of late have been most ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. MARTHA'S LADY DOCTOR.

    Martha. the infant gorilla at the Zoological gardens, is a most puzzling patient Only one thing has been found to suit her — white of eggs. ...

    Article : 251 words
  17. LADIES AT SWIMMING GALAS.

    At a meeting of the Public health Committee of the Cork Corporation on 1st May a discussion took place with reference to the admission of ...

    Article : 225 words
  18. "THE SENSATION OF DEATH."

    The Bishop of London recently told his hearers how he thought it must feel to die. The 'British Medical Journal" has this week something to say on the ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. TO RESCUE CHILDREN.

    Fire broke out on 23rd April in the Roman Catholic convent and school at Torgan, in Silesia. Most of the children and others escaped, but two were ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    No time should be lost in cultivating the flower beds just now. This class of work is always seasonable, where the soil is fit for it. It has been an ...

    Article : 321 words
  21. HOMELY FARE.

    An Exeter Stew.—For this recipe it does not matter how freshly killed the meat is, nor yet how coarse and sinewy a piece falls to one's share. For by ...

    Article : 541 words
  22. THE KAISER AND THE PEASANT.

    An amusing anecdote about the Kaiser is told by the "Frankischer General-Anzeiger." While visiting his chateau, Schlitz, ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. THOSE WICKED PLANETS.

    Among the many possible agencies suggested as operating to bring about seismic and volcanic disturbances have been the attraction of the moon (which ...

    Article : 295 words
  24. SIX MILLION BIBLES.

    A remarkable year's record was announced at the Bible Society's annual meeting at Exeter Hall on Wednesday, May 2nd. During the. year nearly six ...

    Article : 366 words
  25. THE STORING OF FURS.

    It is by far the wisest plan not to attempt to store costly or delicate furs at home, but to send them to a furrier's, where they will have every possible ...

    Article : 379 words
  26. THE SEISMOGRAPH.

    Professor John Milne's seismograph, the instrument which recorded the San Francisco earthquake in the Isle of Wright, is as simple as it is unerring. It ...

    Article : 451 words
  27. THE CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Owing to the exceptional mildness of the season little work has hitherto been necessary in the conservatory. There is, however, plenty of time yet to regulate ...

    Article : 229 words
  28. THE REAL REASON.

    C— was quite a genius and a perfect know-all. No subject could be broached in his presence on which he did not present himself as an authority. On a certain ...

    Article : 284 words
  29. BATTERSEA PARK FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    According to the "Westminster Gazette." had Mr Birrell been called upon to bring in his Education Dill half a century ago he probably would not leave ...

    Article : 132 words
  30. A SEA VETERAN.

    The captain and crew of the steamer Knight Commander, which was sunk in the Pacific in July, 1904, by the Russian Admiral Yesen are still seeking ...

    Article : 416 words
  31. WRIT SARCASTIC.

    A postmaster in a small country town recently exercised his ingenuity, and found vent for his humor at the same time, by posting up at new set of rules in his office. They ...

    Article : 244 words
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