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  2. ROMANCE OF QUININE.

    Nearly three hundred years ago the Countess Cinchona. the young and beautiful wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, lay at death's door of ...

    Article : 273 words
  3. A Threefold Threat.

    "You are sure you'll feel safe here" said Arden. with solicitude. as he was bidding his guest good. night in one of the small, plainly ...

    Article : 4,218 words
  4. BEST MAN AT A WEDDING.

    Do you know why the bridegroom's attendant at the wedding is called "best man" and how he happens to be such an important factor at a society ...

    Article : 283 words
  5. WHEN A WHALE BLOWS.

    Since a whale breathes air when it is below the surface the breath must be held. for If water should be taken into the lungs the animal would ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. THE SCIENCE OF THE GERMANS.

    What are really remarkable about the German lines which the British recently captured are some of the communication trenches and the ...

    Article : 298 words
  7. NOTHING NEW.

    By the use of trenches In the present war the opposing soldiers are adopting means of offence and defeace that long antedate the ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. Helping Our Soldiers—Position of the Y.M.C.A.

    So much is being heard nowadays concerning the work of the Y.M.C.A. in every sphere of military operations that Inquiry is frequently made ...

    Article : 309 words
  9. A False Alarm.

    A story at the expense of Sir George Reid. M.P., is told by his political opponents: but. as it is not ill-natured, it is worth repeating. ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. ABOUT TIDES.

    The tides are due to the attraction of the heavenly bodies, chiefly the moon. There are two floods and two ebbs every twenty-four hours ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. SOME SINGULAR CALCULATIONS.

    It has been estimated by a scientist that in a lifetime of seventy years a man grows nails which, if it were possible to preserve them uncut. ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. WHO WROTE "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD?

    Probably very few people could say who wrote the famous "Mother Hubbard" lines, and fewer still know where the writer is buried. The ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. VALUE OF BORIC ACID.

    A physician writes to "Farm and Fireside" saying "that the very best disinfectant known to science does not seem to be known to some people at ...

    Article : 205 words
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  15. No Exemption.

    Young Eligible: "There's something wrong with my heart, doctor. I fear I'm not going to live very long." The Doctor "Nonsense, man! Give ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. Something to Gaze Upon.

    Not long ago, a stock of crockery was sold at auction. and Mrs. Wilson attended the sale. When she returned her face was radiant with joy. ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. CANADA'S FIRST FARMER.

    The first farmer settler in Canada Who lived on the produce of the soil was Louis' Herbert,' an apothecary from Paris who landed at Quebec in ...

    Article : 199 words
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