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  2. OF INTEREST TO DAIRYMEN.

    Have you ever milked a cow with sore teats? If you have you know the trouble they are to the cow and the milker. It you have not, may you ...

    Article : 533 words
  3. FOR ELLA'S SAKE.

    Few people would have recognised in the grey-haired, seedy-looking man who was aimlessly wandering about Balham one gloomy afternoon a few days before ...

    Article : 3,110 words
  4. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    Especially in the country, where it is difficult to buy fresh fruits in winter for dessert, and where the presence of unexpected visitors is frequent, it is well to ...

    Article : 1,205 words
  5. OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

    Who runs about the house at night, Giving the rats and mice a fright She has a little coat of fur; She makes a sleepy little purr; ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Frank Hopkins, an American citizen, conceived a new cure for intemperance. At an early hour the other morning Mrs. Hopkins rushed out of her front ...

    Article : 822 words
  7. HAIR BALLS IN CALVES.

    Hair balls are accumulations of hair taken into the stomach by calves while licking each other. It is difficult to lay down rules for the prevention of ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. A PARROT STORY.

    Many years ago, in Honduras, when a gentleman named Captain Etchberger was in command of the ship "Eldorado," his wife, who was with him, was given a ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. FEARLESS AND HONEST.

    A Scotch lad arrived at Euston, the brightest, yet the loneliest, passenger by the Loudon and North-Western Company's Express. He was barely ...

    Article : 442 words
  10. A Story of Lord Roberts.

    Lord Roberts is generally known as a man of infinate tact, yet on one occusion he "put his foot in it" to such an extent as to reduce helf a hundred persons to ...

    Article : 318 words
  11. PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES

    The spider wears a plain brown dress, And she is a steady spinner; To see her, quiet as a mouse, Going about her silver house, ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. THE GENERAL PURPOSE COW.

    The "general purpose cow " is one of the chimeras that is sought for but will never be found by the man who wants a large "veater" once a year, 20lbs of ...

    Article : 201 words
  13. A KIND LITTLE SISTER.

    "Oh, Charlie, dear, don't make such a noise with your drum!" "Why not, Kitty I'm a soldier home from the war!" and six-year-old Charlie ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. NORWAY'S DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

    But I may say a few words regarding Norwegian horses and cattle in general, says a writer. These little horses, or rather ponies, are friendly little ...

    Article : 310 words
  15. CHEWING THE CUD.

    The food is received into the first stomach, passes into the second, and finally into the fourth, where it is digested. The simple facts are these:— ...

    Article : 393 words
  16. A Savings-Bank Incident.

    In New York recently a savings-bank had an account which had been on their books for fifty years. This particular bank was very anxious to get rid of the ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. THE CZAR'S CHILDREN.

    The Czar and Czarina of Russia are springing up their little daughters in the most simple and hardy manner, notwithstanding all the grandeur and the ...

    Article : 375 words
  18. EXPLOSIVE ADVICE.

    It is said of the Rev. Archibald Brown that, when staying at a certain popular watering-place, he made the acquaintance of a minister who, though ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. AN INTERLOPER.

    It is much more common to hear people sentimentalise over the dignity of labour than to see them courteously receiving the labouring man or woman ...

    Article : 368 words
  20. Maxims for Men in Dealing with Women.

    Never say to your wife, " Before I was married, I used to do this, and do that." She will resent it. Before you were married is a long period in your life in which ...

    Article : 326 words
  21. ANTHRAX AND SOIL INFECTION.

    A scientific writer, in referring to diseases of animals, which arise from certain bacteria infesting the soil, states: ...

    Article : 339 words
  22. The Knot in the Thread.

    We all know the story of the little girl who was trying to sew, but with every stitch something seemed to go wrong. When the mother bent over ...

    Article : 221 words
  23. STEEPED IN LITERATURE.

    A traveller says that in no other country has he ever seen such reverence for literature in every form as exists in China. A printed word is regarded ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. A LONG-HIDDEN WILL.

    A curious discovery has just been made by Mrs. Fuller. of Yately. Hampshire, into whose possession there recently passed a richly embroidered ...

    Article : 146 words
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    During a melodramatic performance a lady began to sob violently. Anxious husband: "Come, my dear, this is too much for your feelings." ...

    Article : 69 words
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