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  2. YANKEE HUMOUR.

    Mr. Edison recently declared that he was one hundred and ten years old, on the basis of the amount of work he had done, calculating it at ...

    Article : 334 words
  3. WORLD'S ROUGH DIAMONDS.

    Weekly sales of uncut diamonds are not held in London throughout the year. The London Diamond Syndicate, an association of some ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. JAP AND EUROPEAN ART.

    To appreciate Ja[?]an[?]se art the Englishman has to go a long way towards denationalising himself. It is a truism that the East and the ...

    Article : 322 words
  5. AFTER-DI[?]ER DELUSION.

    This is far too good and puzzling a trick to be lost sight of, for while appearing simplicity itself, it is exasppratingly difficult to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 566 words
  6. GARDEN NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 272 words
  7. THE FARM.

    Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are very widely distributed in nature, as they are present in almost all soils containing sufficient organic matter ...

    Article : 1,060 words
  8. A BROAD HINT.

    Familiarity with modern weapon has not bred contempt in the minds of a certain cruiser on the African coast a few years ago, the ...

    Article : 513 words
  9. AN EPISODE OF RODRIGO.

    On the 18th of January, 1811, two wide breaches were effected in the walls of Cuidad Rodrigo by the British Army under Wellington. The ...

    Article : 681 words
  10. VARIATION OF WOOL.

    It would not surprise even the man in the street to be told that the quality of wool varies in distinct and easily recognisable quantities in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 491 words
  11. CHARLES DICKENS.

    A note of the 29th of May, 1970, was the last I ever received from Dickens. It followed me to Exeter, and closed thus:—"You and I can ...

    Article : 672 words
  12. STINGINESS REBUKED.

    There was one thing that Emperor Nicholas I. of Russia, who was fanatically loved by his subjects, held in particular aversion—viz., wealth, ...

    Article : 391 words
  13. A DOUBLE SUNSET.

    Ten to one you would say there is no place where the above oscurs, but the very curious astronomical phenomenon really occurs in the ...

    Article : 266 words
  14. THE MAN WHO SAVED INDIA.

    The impeacument of Warren Hastings at the bar of the House of Commons for alleged maladministration of Indian affairs, which ...

    Article : 320 words
  15. A QUAKER'S WAY.

    A young Quaker had been for some time casting diffident glances at a maiden of the same persuasion, while she, true to the tenets of her ...

    Article : 148 words
  16. THAT HABIT.

    "What galls me," says the man with the disturbed eyebrows, "is one of these fellows who tells you a joke and then repeats the point. ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. REVENGE.

    "Papa says if I give up my singing lessons he will present me with a pair of diamond earrings." "You have never worn earrings, ...

    Article : 55 words
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