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  2. AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

    The hay harvest is well forward in the early districts, and in many instances stacking has commenced. It goes without saying that the yield is very light; the average will not ...

    Article : 1,055 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Use genuine Magic Soap (stamped with a heart pierced with an arrow). Wash your clothes in 20 minutes without rubbing, and avoid imitations as you would the—. Sole ...

    Article : 44 words
  4. THE AUTHOR OF "ROBERT ELSMERE."

    There is not much that until within the last five or six months Mrs. Humphry Ward was unknown, save to the few. Even to short a time ago as 1885 her name found no place ...

    Article : 861 words
  5. A BUNDLE OF LOVE LETTERS.

    This audacious piece of book-making frankly appeals to the numerous class of persons who desire to pry into matters which ought to have been kept secret. Mr. "J. T. Merydew" makes ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  6. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    It is not often (says the Berlin correspondent of The Times) that an election speech in Germany has much interest for an English reader, but an address which has just been ...

    Article : 1,833 words
  7. A CHAT WITH A FRENCH DETECTIVE.

    A French newspaper representative recently had a long conversation with M. Gustavo Mace, who was Director of Criminal Investigations in Paris from 1870 to the end of March, 1884. He ...

    Article : 1,800 words
  8. LADIES' COLUMN.

    Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's name will always be associated with the work that made her famous, "The Gates Ajar." She was born at Andover, Mass., August 31, 1841, and was the daughter ...

    Article : 844 words
  9. A HORSE CASE.

    It was a horse case in Cornwall. Horse cases are difficult to deal with, and in the course of the trial a horsey-looking witness was put in the box. ...

    Article : 200 words
  10. A CORNISH STORY.

    Hicks met a man in Bodmin one day, and said to him, "You are not looking well. What is the matter" The man, who was a well-known character, said, "I've had an ...

    Article : 275 words
  11. DISADVANTAGE OF PETTICOATS.

    Husband (who has advertised for a typewriter expert): Did many call to-day, my dear, in answer to the advertisement? Wife: Yes, quite a number; but there was ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. THE WRETCH.

    Passenger (to street-car driver): I suppose, my friend, that your hours are long and hard and your life full of trials? Driver: Begorra, it is that, sorr. But I ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT LOVE?

    Magistrate: "Madam, your husband charges you with assault." Madam: "Yes, your honour; I asked him if he would ever cease to love me, and he was so ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. A GHOST STORY.

    Home was, as usual, with his friend Edwin in the woods. The two boys wore both great readers, and when either of them had found anything in a book that interested him, it was ...

    Article : 729 words
  15. A VERY DIFFERENT QUESTION.

    Clerk: Perambulators? Yes, sir. We have just got a new stock, satin-lined, silk-trimmed, silver-plated iron-work, full-jewelled handle, etc., only £10. Step this way, please. First ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. NOT ENGAGED.

    It was at Harvard class day, and as she had a ravishing gown she was in a blissful frame of mind. Besides, she was almost as good as engaged to Tom Burns, to" whose spread she ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. THE INDUSTRIAL LIFE OF THE FUTURE.

    As to the natural conditions upon which depends the geographical distribution of industries in a given country, it is obvious that there are some spots which are most suited for the ...

    Article : 893 words
  18. THE PRESERVATION OF FOOD.

    The perishable nature of all animal and vegetable substances, says a writer in The Queens, together with the unavoidable irregularity in their production, imposes upon us the ...

    Article : 1,708 words
  19. FRAGMENTS OF FUN.

    LECTURER: "I will pause until that young man in the back of the hall stops whispering." Young Man (cordially): "Go on, Sir; you are not disturbing me at all." ...

    Article : 671 words
  20. The Growth of Jerusalem.

    The Neueste Nachrichte[?] [?]us dem Morgenland, a German newspaper published in Palestine, states that the city of Jerusalem is growing in size and population at a remarkable rate. Its ...

    Article : 271 words
  21. Savage Races.

    At a meeting of working men at the drill-hall, Bath, on the evening of September 8, Sir John Lubbock spoke of the mental condition and ideas of savage races. He said our empire ...

    Article : 530 words
  22. Scraps.

    The Portsmouth Board of Guardians have built a swimming bath, holding 20,000gal. of water, for the use of the pauper children, all of whom are to be taught to swim before they ...

    Article : 401 words
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