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  2. The Druids' Annual Festival AND Melbourne Hospital Bazaar.

    By its continuous selection, year after year, Easter has come to be acknowledged as the one holiday period that is the especial property of the Anelent Order of ...

    Article : 760 words
  3. FARM AND GARDEN.

    A resolution to have nothing on our tables that is not rained on our farina was passed by an Illinols farmers' club last year. At a recent meeting of the club, ...

    Article : 124 words
  4. CHILDREN'S COLUMN.

    Since Willie goes to school, the days Are always fall of peace, And in a hundred little ways The cares of life decrease. ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. Gems of Thought.

    A golden chain may chafe as badly an an iron one. Mountains of difficulty always appear steeper at a distance. ...

    Article : 411 words
  6. Health Notes.

    An diphtheria in a disease caused by dirt, it is necessary to nee that all sanitary arrangement are good, and that the water supply is not tainted. During an ...

    Article : 284 words
  7. A NIHILIST'S SACRIFICE

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    Article : 664 words
  8. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Why is a butcher's cart like his stockings?—Because it holds his calves. The inhabitants of the earth need not always be grave, but it would be a terrible ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. SALT FOR THE COWS.

    One of the uses of giving cows salt, especially in hot weather, is that it sets and preservation in the system. Everyone accustomed to test milk can tell by its ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. A BOY'S ESSAY ON WASPS.

    A wasp is the smartest insect that flies anywhere. He comes when he pleases and goes when he gets ready. One way a wasp shows his smartness is by attending ...

    Article : 181 words
  11. SHEEP FERTILIZATION.

    Sheep are the boat of all animal fertilizers, as they return to the soil more fertilizing matter from a given amount of food. Another consideration is that they ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. WHAT CAUSES THE "BLUES."

    Many people suffer much from the "blues," and if there be any of my readers who have experienced the malady, they have my sincere sympathy. At the ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. ORCHARD NOTES.

    Apples are bout gathered when the stalk easily separates from the fruit. bearing spur, or when the seeds have turned brown. The former in the best ...

    Article : 203 words
  14. KNEW MR JOHNSON WELL.

    He was one of those garrulous old follow a whose only aim in life comes to be to strike up conversations with strangers in public places. He was seated In the ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. ONE OF NATURE'S GENTLEMEN.

    The tramcar, running from town to one of the largo suburbs was unusually crowded on the particular night on which I was obliged to travel by it. Before it ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. THE HOME DOCTOR.

    Oily medicines can easily be taken from a spoon that la very hot, as the oil slips off quickly. Sleep can frequently be induced by ...

    Article : 248 words
  17. Look for the Bright Side.

    Learn to look out for the little pleasures of life, and think of them instead of dwelling on the dark aide. Very possibly no great joy will come to you, but there ...

    Article : 276 words
  18. HENS SAVE NEBRASKA.

    All honor to the American hen, says Mr Wellman in a Chicago journal. She has saved the day in Nebraska. She has proved herself the friend of the poor, the ...

    Article : 327 words
  19. A MAN AND HIS WIFE.

    A man was seen leaving his model dwelling, while from the window above his wife poured after him ceaseless volleys of what is politely known as "langwidge." ...

    Article : 214 words
  20. Household Hints.

    Mildew and ink can be removed by salts of lemon, which can be bought at any good druggist's. The directions are usually given on the box; but if not, ...

    Article : 492 words
  21. A Clever Coachman.

    The late Lord Mansfield told the fol. lowing anecdote about himself from the Bench. Ho had turned off his coaohman for certain acts of peculation, not ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. Robert Louis Stevenson.

    An amusing story about the late Mr R. L, Stevenson, the celebrated writer of romance, has recently come to hand. The story is related by a familiar friend of the ...

    Article : 262 words
  23. Ingenuity of Cuban Women.

    The expedients of the women of Cuba are varied, and as curious as they are varied. In the woods, without training, without tools, with only the coarsest ...

    Article : 553 words
  24. A Remarkable Timepiece.

    Japan possesses sea a remarkable timepiece. It is contained in a frame 3 feet wide and 4 feet long, representing a noonday landscape. ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. PREVENTING ROUP.

    To prevent roup is something not very easily done, as the fowl are affected by the weather. In cold, dry seasons, the roup does not prevail as much as in ...

    Article : 202 words
  26. A Narrow Escape.

    The[?] sough Wintest [?] was geting up its [?] ...

    Article : 15 words
  27. Polly's Guitar.

    Tink—Pling—Plang—Plung! ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. Five Points of Beauty.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  29. "Marry, Come Up."

    A middle aged Welch market woman visited a theatre for the first time in her life, and was much interested in the piece, which was founded on Kingsley's ...

    Article : 151 words
  30. Lincoln Never Forgot His Mother's Words.

    Abram Lincoln never forgot his dead mother's request to close his lips against intoxicants. Once, when he was a member of Congress friend criticised him for his ...

    Article : 234 words
  31. Dresden China.

    [?] my [?], With many [?] laden, Ever [?] at other end, A [?]. ...

    Article : 7 words
  32. In Praise of Apples.

    If the heads of famllies could only be induced to anbatitute the apple—sound, ripe, and luscious - for the plea, cakes, and sweetmeats with which their children ...

    Article : 164 words
  33. A NOVEL LETTER.

    The following unique epletle was found on a suburban tramoar recently:—. "Dear John,—This is wrote you to let you know, how all the family la, John, ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. A Mountain of Alum.

    A natural curiosity, consisting of a mountain of alum, is to be found In China, 12½ miles from the village of Liou Chek. It has a diameter of not less than ...

    Article : 117 words
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