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  2. THE POULTRY RUN.

    This is a useful adjunct in the poultry yard. Common colds may be cured by dipping the heads of the affected birds once a day in water colored ...

    Article : 132 words
  3. MATHEMATICS OF A PACK OF CARDS.

    Every card-player probably has wondered at times how many combinations it is possible to make with the fifty-two cards of the pack. In a game of ...

    Article : 372 words
  4. ODD SUPERSTITIONS.

    It has been wisely remarked that an ancient and universal belief is not to be ignored; odd numbers have always and everywhere been held in peculiar ...

    Article : 198 words
  5. THE "CUT-PURSE."

    The words "cut-purse" and "pick-packet" are historical. When purses were suspended from the girdle, thieves cut the string or thong by ...

    Article : 244 words
  6. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    St. Sebastian is the patron of soldiers. He was a soldier in the Roman army under Diocletian, and was martyred for being a Christian. ...

    Article : 861 words
  7. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS

    What to do with the house plants is a difficulty when the family goes away for a short visit. In order that they may not lack water, the following ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. IDENTIFIED BY VEINS.

    Identification of persons by the vein patterns on the back of the hands is claimed by Professor Tamassia, of the University of Padua, to be the best ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. ALARM FOR HEATED BEARINGS.

    A novel alarm for hot bearings consists of a small tube and bulb containing mercury, so arranged that rise of the mercury with temperature closes ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. A WORD ABOUT DUCKS.

    For hardness there is no young stock to beat ducks and geese; but even they, to do well, require some attention. Ducklings must be guarded ...

    Article : 209 words
  11. TRANSFERRED.

    A pretty flower-girl screamed out her wares in such a shrill, penetrating voice that the occupants of the offices around found it a great annoyance. ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. SO MUCH FOR FACES.

    They were enthusiasts in physiognomy and phrenology, and were travelling by train. On the opposite seat was a man of commanding figure ...

    Article : 222 words
  13. WHY SNOW IS WHITE.

    The pure white lustre of snow is due to the fact that all the elementary colors of light are blended together in the radiance thrown off ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. WHY SHE WEPT.

    Adolphus Thespian Macready was playing the lead in that great drama of tears and laughter, "Thrust from Her Father's Doorstep; or, The Girl ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. MANAGEMENT IN WARM WEATHER.

    The poultry-keeper should endeavor to keep disease out of the poultry yard by paying strict attention to cleanliness in the houses and runs. ...

    Article : 293 words
  16. TEARS AND BLOOD.

    A French scientist has recently published some curious facts concerning the nature and purpose of tears. "When a human being gives way to ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. NO SUNDAY TRADING.

    Farmer Jones was a firm believer in keeping the Sabbath; he regarded it as his duty to show others a good example. ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. DIDN'T LIKE THE TUNE.

    Outside the village hostelry a travelling musician was coaxing "The Lost Chord" from a battered brass instrument. The landlord unchained his ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. WHAT THE POTATO DID.

    No one ever suspected when the Indians of South America placed in the hands of the Spanish invaders of their country the tuber which we now call ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. POOR BELLA.

    Two silly old gossips decorated the doorstep one day recently. It transpired that they were settling their own affairs for once in a way. Bella's ...

    Article : 157 words
  21. COMBS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE.

    It cannot be stated with accuracy when combs became an indispenable requisite of the toilet, but they appear to have been of Egyptian origin. The ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. PATS WISH.

    When Patrick M'Ginnagan became a member of the police force a delegation of his friends burst in upon him while he was at dinner and presented ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. ONE WAY OF SETTLING.

    Three commercial travellers meeting at an hotel one winter evening had a hearty supper together. Supper over, the three found some difficulty in ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. REASONABLE.

    Lunatics frequently return amusing answers. One day a keeper was out walking with a number of harmless inmates, and the party met a ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. WHERE HE LEARNED.

    Pat was out of a joh. He did not mind much where he found one, as he had not any trade to call his own— not if he spoke the strict truth, that is. ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    A pint of kerosene in a gallon of whitewash makes an excellent insecticide. Eggs are colored by a pigment ...

    Article : 270 words
  27. HELD OFF BY VAPOR.

    It is impossible to throw a few drops of water on a red-hot stove. The water can never touch the stove at all. What is seen is a few drops ...

    Article : 235 words
  28. HARD TO KILL.

    Cheese maggots are usually bred from eggs deposited in the cheese by a fly called Piophila Professor Alessandrini has been studying these larvae. ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.

    Wilson: "I despise a hypocrite." Tomson: "So do I." Wilson: "Now, take Jackson, for example; he's the biggest hypocrite on ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. HAD NO CHOICE.

    A "Tommy" lying in hospital, beside him a watch of curious and foreign design. The attending doctor was interested "Where did your ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. TWO IN THE SHADE.

    At a party one evening a married lady was entertaining the assembled company with an account of their first quarrel and how, after making it up ...

    Article : 68 words
  32. POST-MORTEM CHAT.

    Two Irishmen were working on the roof of a building one day when one made a misstep and fell to the ground. The other leaned over and called: ...

    Article : 85 words
  33. SAME AS BEFORE.

    As the prison-van was going up to the station the other day, a would-be wit standing on the flags hailed the driver as follows: ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. IMPROVEMENT.

    Cinema Operator: "What shall I do with this film? There is a tear in it that cuts right through the hero's nose?" ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. NOT PAMPERED.

    Doctor (to Mrs. Perkins, whose husband is ill): "Has he had any lucid intervals?" Mrs. Perkins (with dignity): "'E's ...

    Article : 32 words
  36. DOUBTFUL.

    "Mamma, is papa goin' to die an' go to heaven?" "Why, Bobby, what put such an absurd idea into your head?" ...

    Article : 29 words
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