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  2. Torpedo Boat Destroyers.

    Many people have never seen a destroyer, or, to use the correct name, a torpedo-boat destroyer. Many of them are able to speed through the ...

    Article : 1,046 words
  3. INTERESTING PUZZLES.

    An ingenious "catch" rather than a problem is the following: Place eleven coins on the table; ask your friends to "remove five, add four ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 394 words
  4. Berlin's Boulevard.

    The Unter den Linden, which is really, in English, the "Avenue of Lime Trees," is about a mile in length, and a furlong in width. In ...

    Article : 289 words
  5. The Home.

    Few persons are aware or consider how very early in life the tempers of children begin to be formed, and consequently how soon that important part of the business of ...

    Article : 465 words
  6. The Wily Celestial.

    The negroes, the Chinese, or the Indians endure without shrinking tortures which the most hardened among us could not bear for a moment. I ...

    Article : 591 words
  7. Ladies' Column.

    At a recent inquiry into the cause of the number of mistakes made in the identification of bodies the reason given was that after death the face ...

    Article : 469 words
  8. Twitt M'Naggett's Latest.

    "We might let the house for the summer," ventured Mr. Twitt M'Naggett, "and save a great deal in that way." She was assisting at a "ways and ...

    Article : 663 words
  9. The Queen's Bays.

    The following graphic story of the Second Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) will be handed down in their regimental records:— ...

    Article : 741 words
  10. World's Greatest Gun.

    The Brisish Navy will receive a considerable accession to its strength in the two battleships—the "Queen Elizabeth" and the "Warspite." They ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. Knowledge and Ignorance.

    It may generally be observed that, in every science, a slight and superficial knowledge often makes a person vain and positive; while long and attentive study, and ...

    Article : 360 words
  12. FRUIT THE BEST MEDICINE.

    Malaria is an ailment which embitters the life of many of our countrymen in the tropical regions of Australia, and it is well to know ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. The Education That Children Give Themselves.

    There is a branch of useful training which cannot be too heedfully regarded; I mean the education that children give themselves. Their observation is ever alive and awake ...

    Article : 338 words
  14. The Indian Troops.

    The native Army consists of 2,751 officers and 161,085 other ranks. There are also 35,700 reservists. In addition many of the rulers of ...

    Article : 341 words
  15. KITCHEN WRINKLES.

    Beat up 2 eggs with 4 ounces of sugar. Mix 1 tablespoonful of rice flour with a little cold milk, and add the eggs and sugar very slowly. ...

    Article : 463 words
  16. Mr. Frith, the Artist,

    tells an amusing story of a portrait of himself by himself, which he purchased forty-five years after it had been painted. He discovered it in a shop in Great Portland ...

    Article : 323 words
  17. His Very Sad Loss.

    Two fishermen named Jones, living near each other, had met with misfortune, the one having lost his wife and the other his boat. A lady ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. A Great Adventurer.

    Giacomo Casanova, "the greatest trickster the world has ever known" and perhaps the only man who ever escaped from "under the leads," the ...

    Article : 332 words
  19. While He Talked.

    He had motored over twenty miles to a Victorian town to give his lecture on farming and how to succeed in it. After he had explained the ...

    Article : 140 words
  20. A Domestic Kitchener.

    It was a mean trick, of course, and some day she will doubtless requite him. She saw him take a piece of paper from his pocket, carefully ford it up, put it in an ...

    Article : 229 words
  21. Rifles in a Coffin.

    A very clever scheme is reported to have been carried out in connection with the gun-running exploits, when a coffin containing a number of rifles ...

    Article : 262 words
  22. Taking a Few Shillings Off.

    When the landlady entered the room he rose from his chair and said: "You have a room to let. I believe?" "Yes. sir—front room on the second, ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. Wonderful Birds.

    Two men were drinking together, when the conversation turned on how to feed and train canaries, which happened to be their profession. They ...

    Article : 164 words
  24. The Face and the Voice.

    A pretty face and a musical voice go well together but of the two the latter is preferable. The power of a truly good woman possessing such a gift cannot be ...

    Article : 132 words
  25. SURPRISING THE VICAR.

    The vicar of a well-known church was calling a short while ago on a dear old lady, one of the "pillars" of the Church to which they both ...

    Article : 145 words
  26. Translated.

    "I want a copy of Victor Hugo's master piece," said the lady who had entered the bookseller's shop. She expressed herself thus vaguely because she is nervous about ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. With Her Compliments.

    Here is a case of literal obedience to orders which produced a somewhat startling form of message. A servant of an old maiden lady, a patient of Dr. Poole, formerly ...

    Article : 92 words
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