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  2. SECRETS JEALOUSLY KEPT.

    Some employers are so jealous of their trade secrets that, sooner than run the risk of that secret being discovered by rivals, they prefer to do ...

    Article : 210 words
  3. HARVEY'S GREAT DISCOVERY.

    At 10 o'clock on a bright spring morning in 1616, says Dr. Osier in a recent work, an unusually large company was attracted to the new ...

    Article : 334 words
  4. WHYS WITHOUT ANSWERS.

    Dr. Donaldson Smith, who crossed Central Africa, some time ago, discovered that the whole of the centre of that continent is gradually drying up. ...

    Article : 599 words
  5. THICK AND THIN SOWING.

    Most of the leading agricultural seedsmen give information in their catalogues as to the quantities of different kinds of seeds that are ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Who amongst the ladies has not stood, first on one foot and then on another, for a wearying half-hour or more whilst a new frock was being ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  7. THE WOMEN WE WANT.

    It is easy enough to be pleasant When life flows by like a song; But the man worth while is one who will smile ...

    Article : 182 words
  8. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Dick: Come on and go down the street with me, Jack. Jack: All right, old fellow. Wait till I finish this letter to my dad. ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. SINGULARITIES.

    In the criminal classes of Naples are many who are able to enter the best society. Speaking of the upper strata of the Camorra, a writer in the ...

    Article : 318 words
  10. FACIAL STUDY.

    "A photographer was asked if there is any special reason why most photographers show the left side of the face and not the right. "There is a ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. DO INSECTS FEEL PAIN?

    The views of most people regarding the feelings of insects and other lower organisations is probably that expressed by Shakespeare in the words ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. POULTRY BREEDING.

    The breeding of poultry on the farm is not as general as it should be, nor is the subject ever given a thought, as a rule, when figuring on the most ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. Ready to Help.

    I She weighed close upon twenty stone, but she insisted on entering the crowded tramcar, and as she stood and swayed with the movement of the car. ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. THE GENTLE CYNIC.

    No man ever acquires polish from being rubbed the wrong way. We might forgive the fellow who knows everything if he would only ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. ORGIES IN NEW GUINEA.

    Of the unpleasant drinking customs of certain, nations in New Guinea, Walter Goodfellow writes:—"We did not find the people down ...

    Article : 246 words
  16. MIXED THE MEDICINE.

    Although in perfect health, James Mund, of a certain house—which it is not necessary to mention—in Battersea, is always taking medicine. The ...

    Article : 316 words
  17. In Scottish Dialect.

    An elderly Scotsman bad been convicted of drunkenness and sentenced to fourteen days. The warder handed him a bucket of water in his cell ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. THE UNLUCKY OPAL.

    Never was jewel subject to more severe and long-continued censure than the beautiful opal. Not only did superstition attach all manner of ...

    Article : 361 words
  19. THE HAND, THE EAR, AND THE BRAIN.

    Professor F. W. Mott, Pathologist to the London County Council, in a lecture on "The Brain, Righthandedness, and Speech," at the Royal Institution, ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. A Rousing Response.

    At a provincial theatre not long since the curtain rose on an empty stage in the second act of a play, and by-and-bye a meek-looking young man ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. FUNNY "ADS."

    "Bulldog for sale; will eat anything; very fond of children." "Wanted, a boy to be partly outside and partly behind the counter." ...

    Article : 157 words
  22. FOR THE HEALTH.

    Redness of the nose is a disfigurement which may occur from one of several causes, each differing widely. Primarily, it is often due to temporary ...

    Article : 655 words
  23. Not Recorded in History.

    "Now, children," said the schoolmistress, "I want to see what you know about history. Why did James IV. wear an iron belt?" ...

    Article : 612 words
  24. A TRUE ROMANCE.

    A number of years ago some miners in Wales, in exploring an old pit that had long been closed, found the body of a young man dressed in ...

    Article : 222 words
  25. He Got the Job.

    A hardware store advertised for an errand boy. As it happened, the boss was talking to a customer when a boy came in. Thinking he wanted to buy ...

    Article : 213 words
  26. Broken Very Gently.

    A gentleman who had been away from home was met at the station by his groom, who greeted him very miserably. ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. Retaliated.

    One of the professors at a certain university has often been spared much embarrassment by his quickness at repartee. ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. GREATEST OF MAGNETS.

    A large American city, in which are many iron and steel works, boasts the possession of the biggest, magnet in the world. ...

    Article : 203 words
  29. Quite Professional.

    Patient (to pretty Nurse): Will you be my wife when I recover? Nurse: Certainly, Patient: Then you love me? ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. Too Cautious.

    "Can you change a five-pound note?" asked a man of a Hebrew clothier. "No, I gan't shange no note!" was ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. The Wicked Man.

    There was a certain village church at which it was the custom not to commence service until the squire had taken his seat. ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. I Wouldna Give a Copper Plack.

    I wouldna gie a copper plack For ony man that turns his back On duty clear; I wouldna take his word or note, ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. A Steady Flow.

    A truly eloquent parson had been preaching for an hour or so on the immortality of the soul. "I looked at the mountains," he declaimed, "and ...

    Article : 64 words
  34. Cool.

    The talk in the club had been of cool deeds on the battlefield, when the member who rarely spoke broke in on our conversation. ...

    Article : 130 words
  35. Crushed!

    A certain militia battalion—the "Terrors"—possessed but a very small band. The commanding officer's feet —he was a burly farmer—were— ...

    Article : 274 words
  36. Dangerous.

    "Won't you try a piece of my wife's angel cake?" "Will it make an angel of me?" "That will depend on the kind of a ...

    Article : 290 words
  37. No Crushing for Her.

    Lady Orator: Women of England, what is man? Nothing but a worm, which we must crush as we would crush ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. Scathing.

    General Sam Houston was once drawn into a somewhat heated political discussion with a physician who held decidedly different views and ...

    Article : 108 words
  39. On and Off.

    Yeast: Hasn't the color of your wife's hair changed? Crimsonbeak: No; she's had that same hair, on and off, for four years. ...

    Article : 197 words
  40. More Puny Puns.

    "You may be sharp," said the thread to the needle, "but I notice you are always getting it in the eye." "Don't brag!" retorted the needle. ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. Made No Difference.

    A man travelling to Glasgow on a through express one day last week left his seat in the crowded dining car just after he had ordered his ...

    Article : 125 words
  42. Not in Church.

    A well known vicar gives a curious experience, as follows: It was his custom to point his sermon with either "Dearly beloved brethren," or "Now ...

    Article : 84 words
  43. Song and Surgery.

    A singer and surgeon, I say, Betray a not distant relation, For one yearns for grand oper[?] And one for a grand operation. ...

    Article : 28 words
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