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  2. Miscellaenous.

    On some parts of the coast of Sumatra and the neighboring islands the fishermen test the depth of the sea and also the nature of the bottom by the noises they hear on ...

    Article : 153 words
  3. Humor. The Reason Of It.

    Our plans la life go oft askew, And plain's the reason why; We bight off more than we can chew And fly our kites too high. ...

    Article : 38 words
  4. Farmer. Exercise Stallions.

    Exercise, exercise, exercise! is the key to vigorous, robust health in man or beast, and especially is this true of horses, A very common mistake on the part of stallion keepers ...

    Article : 220 words
  5. Traveller.

    A very exciting and sanguinery contest between a huge alligator and several head of cattle occurred recently, a few miles below Kissimmee, Fla, on the bank of Lake ...

    Article : 924 words
  6. Science.

    Elements of Man. — Chemically considered, man is composed of thirteen elements —five being gases and eight solids. In a man weighing 154 pounds, the oxygen, according ...

    Article : 917 words
  7. Ladies Column. Bachelor's Hall.

    Hurrah! hurrah for Bachelor's Hall; The Queen's away and I'm monarch of all; I don't have to hang up my coat or my hat, And when I get lonely I talk to the cat, ...

    Article : 321 words
  8. Health.

    Under tbe title of "The Influence of 'nipning' upon Health," Dr. Harley, the English hepatologist and nephrologist, discusses, in the January number of the Provincial ...

    Article : 1,261 words
  9. Plenty of Holidays Now.

    The man who struck for more holidays has now the entire 365 and 6 heurs in which to enjoy himself. Who says nothing is achieved by strikes? ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. He Is a Bore.

    Who lives that doesn't know him well, The man to whom you cannot tell A single thing he doesn't know, Who to your story, joke, or pun ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. Lighting a Cigarette.

    There is a fashion even in so small a thing as lighting a cigarette. In Cuba it is customary among gentlemen for one to place the cigarette between his lips, light it, take a ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. Something In It.

    Mesmerists claim that they can cure disease by stroking with their hand the part of the body affected; There seems to be some ground for the claim, for it is a fact, ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. Harness Draught Stallions.

    By nil means put the harness on the draught stallion, and let him earn his feed at work in the team during the winter season; or if you cannot do this conveniently, give ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. Ineligible.

    Youth—"I have come to ask you for the hand of your daughter." GIRD'S FATHER—"What are your habit's?" Y.—"I am a rechabite." ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. On His Best Behavior.

    A young man always shows at his best during courtship, and this in spite of the fact that during that period he is usually miss managed. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. Measuring While Asleep.

    The ordinary freaks of a somnambulist are strange enough to excite wonder; yet now and then the sleep walker performs a deed which not only astonishes but suggests that ...

    Article : 239 words
  17. Just As Often.

    As often as men rush to cheer And aid a suffering brother, As often on this earth we hear One woman praise another. ...

    Article : 35 words
  18. Working Should he Universally Adopted.

    The custom of working the draught stallion when not doing service in the stud is almost universal throughout the Percheron and Boulonnais breeding districts of France, ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. Extenuating Circumstances.

    Husband (gravely): "There you are again, Jennie, snapping me up for the least little thing. I do wish you would be a little more amiable. It doesn't make home an ...

    Article : 808 words
  20. How To Cook Husbands.

    A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Some women go about as if their husbands were bladders, and blow them up. Others keep them constantly in ...

    Article : 407 words
  21. Subjects For Thought.

    It is highly important, in educating a girl to be an efficient self-reliant woman, that her hand should be trained to be useful. Of course the details of her education should be ...

    Article : 695 words
  22. Four Epitaphs.

    In Greenwich Churchyard appears the following epitaph on the landlady of the Pig and Whistle, who departed this life 1789: Assign'd by Providence to rule a tap, ...

    Article : 598 words
  23. Plush Handkerchief Case.

    I have just finished a handkerchief case. I took a piece of cardinal plush, seventeen inches long, ten inches wide. I worked on one end in pink satin a single rose and bud, ...

    Article : 356 words
  24. Birds Signs of Fortune.

    Swallows were regarded as a sign of good luck on shore,but the bird-nature was strong in these graceful creatures. A reputation for virtue troubled them, and so they went ...

    Article : 399 words
  25. Controlling A Horse by Electricity.

    Prof, H. H. Harrison, of the veterinary school of Harvard College, has, according to the Electrical Review, completed some interesting experiments of the now device for ...

    Article : 253 words
  26. Cooking Recipes.

    AMERICAN BISCUITS.—One quart of sifted flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, one-half tablespoonful of lard rubbed Well into the flour, one-half teaspoon of salt; dissolve the ...

    Article : 187 words
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