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  2. Agricultural, &[?]

    Professor J. W. Sandon, writing to the American Agriculturist, says:—I have given some facts illustrating the effect of the position of the manure in the ground on the relative ...

    Article : 687 words
  3. A SINGULAR TRIAL.

    On April 15th, 1815, a curious case was tried in the Prerogative Court, before Sir J. Nichol. A man named Job Taylor, Staff or quater-master in the Royal Artillery, was ...

    Article : 324 words
  4. Out of the Same Batch.

    A rustic looking man sat in a smoking car of the Omaba train one night, when another, rural-looking person came in. "Is this seat taken!" asked' the new. ...

    Article : 400 words
  5. A BEAUTIFUL IMPOSTOR.

    Next to the reign of Beau Nash, in the last century, perhaps that of the Princess Cara- boo, in the earlier part of this, forms one of the most important and sensational incidents ...

    Article : 1,322 words
  6. THE FIRE OF FRENDRAUGHT.

    About six miles from the thriving market- town of Huntly, in Aberdeenshire, stands the mansion-house of Frendraught, built on the site of and incorporating the ruins of the ...

    Article : 2,702 words
  7. The "Sagacity" of Love.

    A young sub-lieutenant; in India left his regiment on sick leave and put up at the best hotel, not a hundred miles from Poona, where he was immediately smitten by the ...

    Article : 350 words
  8. CHARMED BY A SNAKE.

    A lady in Graniteville. Nevada country, California, relates an incident of a little child having been charmed by a rattlesnake, a follows :—"On Sunday last I was working in ...

    Article : 284 words
  9. The Pretty Widow and the Masher.

    Not many days ago a charming young widow of our acquaintance happened to find herself alone with a 'highly-scented young coxcomb of the masher type in a first-class ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. WISE SAYINGS.

    A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head. "Women," said Lamartine, "have more ...

    Article : 829 words
  11. The Sleeping Beauties.

    You pair of sweet creatures, You brace of old cats, Just like two snoozing together old rats. How queer must the dreams ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. Facetiae

    A man who goes out on a bender may get in straitened circumstances. The Queensland papers talk of nothing but their artesian wells. A great bore. ...

    Article : 834 words
  13. His Solution.

    A certain captain, who has been noted for his bravery in the field, resigns his command in his own household. Once when at home waiting orders, his linen was consigned to his ...

    Article : 785 words
  14. CAPTAIN MAYNE REID.

    Captain Mayne Reid, the well-known novelist, has recently died, at the age of 67. His story is almost as varied and full of adventure as any one of his own novels. He. was the ...

    Article : 599 words
  15. The Dude's Prayer.

    Oh, barber, spare that young moustache, Nor touch a single hair; Your razor, brush, and other trash, Must never venture there. ...

    Article : 143 words
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