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  2. EXPERIMENTS IN PORK PRODUCTION.

    Mr. J. H. Grisdale, Agriculturist at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, has issued in the form of a special bulletin, the results of a series of ...

    Article : 435 words
  3. HUMOROUS COLUMN

    Paul Kruger was driving through Pretoria eyeing his prisoners. Evidently his coachman had taken a drop too much, for he fell from the seat of the box. ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Capetown Docks are lit with electricity throughout. Contrary to popular belief, excitement causes much less insanity than monotony. ...

    Article : 967 words
  5. WHERE IS HE?

    Lives there a man in Australia now, Who does not morn and evening vow, If only this or that were done, All battles must be surely won? ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. THE FATAL LILIES, OR The Lady of Larchton Mere.

    As she recalled his kindly greeting and the touch of his lips on her face, the girl's heart warmed to him. She laid her hand upon his arm. ...

    Article : 2,916 words
  7. Tale of the Indian Mutiny.

    All the world has rung with the story of the taking of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi. Miss Gertrude Bacon writes in the current "Temple Magazine":— ...

    Article : 363 words
  8. The Parson was Innocent.

    A young student was paying a visit to an old clergyman friend who was the proud possessor of a beautiful daughter. While he was there his old friend was ...

    Article : 225 words
  9. Some Hints on Etiquette.

    Here are twelve rules for the guidance of a mother-in-law:— Do not address remarks at your son-in-law instead of to him. ...

    Article : 251 words
  10. The Sweep Spoke Out.

    A pompous old clergyman who had been absent from his parish to spend the summer holidays met on his return a comical old chimney-sweep with whom ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. A Japanese Fad.

    A curious fad has to some extent seemingly taken root in Japan. This is nothing more nor less than the alteration, by the surgeon's knife, of the shape of ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. Provisions for the Mayor.

    A verbatim copy of a letter from a chief magistrate of a certain corporation: "Dear Sur,—On Monday next, I am to be made a Mare, and shall be much ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. A Battlefield Covered with Mummies.

    The great war between Chili and Peru is already ancient history, crowded out of mind by the more recent civil war in Chili; but a traveller who has just ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. Antiquity of the Heliograph.

    The heliograph so successfully used for signalling during the Boer War is one of the most ancient message-conveying instruments known, a form of it having ...

    Article : 264 words
  15. The Negro's Thumb.

    She had never been to a dinner party before, and so was a bit nervous. When the ice came, small cakes were passed with them. Most of the cakes were ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. Didn't See the Joke.

    A man who was engaged to a milkmaid one day called to see her. He knocked at the door, and on its being opened, said: ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. Nurses in Time of War.

    Speaking of volunteer nurses in time of war, a soldier says: "Some of the nurses are wise, and some foolish; some few careless; most ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. Easily Answered.

    'My boy,' said her Majesty's inspector to a Board-school youngster, 'suppose your father gave you a shilling to buy a pound of sugar at 2½d. per pound, and a ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. A Smart Reply.

    It often happens that a lawyer meets his match in court, and in desiring another's confusion secures his own. The following is a good instance:— ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. No Wonder.

    One day an Irishman, when passing a baker's shop saw in the window the words "Excellent pies sold within," and he went in and bought one. He tasted ...

    Article : 76 words
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