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  2. A MOUSTACHE THAT MADE A FORTUNE

    The story of how a man made a fortune out of a moustache is as interesting as it is remarkable. Some twenty years ago there was ...

    Article : 694 words
  3. IN BAGHDAD.

    Here on the balcony of my Baghdad coffee-shop it is very pleasant. Twenty feet sheer below the Tigris flows broadly, slowly past. ...

    Article : 198 words
  4. OPIUM.

    Opium is the milky juice which exudes from the seed-pods of the "papaver sommferum," the somniferous, or white, poppy. ...

    Article : 562 words
  5. FOREIGN SEAMEN ON BRITISH SHIPS.

    British ships are no longer manned by Britons.The hordes of foreigners, who infest the Ser[?] —Europeans of every race, Lascars—indians and ...

    Article : 180 words
  6. LADIES COLUMN.

    Horseradish will afford Instantaneous relief in most obstinate cases of hoarseness. The roots, of course, possesses the most virtue, though the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 680 words
  7. PRESERVING FRUITS.

    The following essay for preserving fruits for winter use appeared in the "Garden," and is intended more particularly for the benefit of ...

    Article : 1,256 words
  8. JERSEY AS A FARMER'S COW.

    The milk of the Jersey produces on the average of a large number of trials 11b of butter per 2 gallons or 201b. of milk, but this by no ...

    Article : 632 words
  9. OLD-TIME PILGRIMAGES.

    The old-time pilgrimage was touring and sight-seeing at its best, notwithstanding many disadvantages, and there were more wonders to be ...

    Article : 348 words
  10. TOMB OF OMAR KHAYYAM.

    Professor A.v. Williams Jackson, of Columbia University, in his new book just published, tells of a visit be paid to the tomb of Omar ...

    Article : 712 words
  11. LURING WILD ANIMALS.

    The Indians have a call or tole for nearly every animal. They can bring a fox right up to within 20 yards by making a sibilant noise ...

    Article : 332 words
  12. THE COLISEUM.

    The Coliseum is of brick, faced with stone. The Pantheon is brick, a coarse grey brick in texture like a potter's sagger; and its dome, the ...

    Article : 311 words
  13. JAMIE'S RETORT.

    One of the worthies in a Fife V[?]lage happened to be working in b[?] garden With a very small space. when a neighbour came on the scene, ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. POULTRY NOTES.

    A stale egg will sink in water. Stale eggs are glassy and smooth in shell. The boiled eggs which adhere to the ...

    Article : 163 words
  15. HAD LOST OTHERS.

    A man was brought up at the local police-court by a farmer, and accused of stealing some ducks. The tenner said he should know them anywhere, ...

    Article : 111 words
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