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  2. SCIENCE.

    England's latent gun is the most powerful weapon in the world. It will ensure the supremacy of Great Britain over the seas for many years to come. It is known as ...

    Article : 214 words
  3. SHORT STORY.

    'S[?]y what you will of 'en, our passon in a gentleman. E dosn't hold with amoosement, nayther fur himself not fur we, but he is a gentleman, after that.' ...

    Article : 3,641 words
  4. TRAVELLER

    Was Holland ever the principal commercial power of Europe?—It was, About the middle of the seventeenth century the commerce of Holland reached its greatest ...

    Article : 218 words
  5. FARM AND GARDEN.

    To Prevent Smut in Grain; It is said that a very effective treatment both for barley and oats is Jensen's hot water method, which consists in steeping the ...

    Article : 1,228 words
  6. VARIETIES

    There is talk, with varying comments, in the military clubs about a curious scandal in a certain cavalry regiment. As the story reaches us a young gentleman who passed ...

    Article : 277 words
  7. ARTIFICIAL BLACK LEAD.

    Black lead, or graphite ia, at everybody knows, a form of carbon, the other forms being diamond and charcoal. All three occur more or less pure in nature, and all ...

    Article : 192 words
  8. ANOTHER WONDER FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    To cross the Atlantic on the bottom of the ocean is Simon Lake's new plan with his new submarine boat the Argonaut. A year ago he made a thousand-mile trip ...

    Article : 1,247 words
  9. GROWN BY ELECTRICITY.

    Amongst the future uses of electricity, is likely to be its employment in horticulture. So, at least, an electrician whose opinion on the point was sought confidently avers. ...

    Article : 176 words
  10. HOTEL SERVANTS AND TIPS.

    According to a London paper, there is a freemasonry among hotel servants, and they have their methods of communication not unworthy of being mentioned with wireless ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. LARD ROSES AND LILIES.

    'Ever seen laid roses? No; then look here.' In a moment a rose of lovely design was fashioned from a block of pure lard, a slip of ...

    Article : 316 words
  12. THROUGH A CHOLERA WAVE.

    'One of the most awful incidents that I remember in my experience in the East,' said a warrant officer recently, 'was that of a cholera wave which swept down one side ...

    Article : 197 words
  13. TOO ENTERPRISING.

    Microscopical research has its advantages within certain limits, but those limits must not be overstepped, as was the case with a certain scientist not very long ago. ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. HOUSEKEEPER.

    CLEANING WHITE STRAW HATS.—White straw hats may be cleaned with ammonia water, then dried and pressed. Ben[?]ne and naphtha will remove the ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. A BANK OF ENGLAND LEGEND.

    The Bank of England possesses some singular traditions and experiences. Here is an anecdote from an authentic source, although it relstes to something that ...

    Article : 254 words
  16. TO PICKLE MUSHROOMS.

    To a quart of mushroom buttons add a little pounded mace, white pepper and salt. Rub the skin off the buttons with a piece of fiannel and a little salt; put the buttons ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. DESIGNED BY NATURE.

    One of the many natural wonders of Orisona, scenery made accessible by the opening up of rail and state roads is a remarkable natural bridge, in the Tonto ...

    Article : 171 words
  18. CRANBERRY JELLY.

    To each quart cranberries, allow one quart water, and a pound of Demerare sugar. Put the cranberries, picked, into a pan with the sugar and water, boil quickly ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. BRAVE FOR TRUTH.

    In Jerusalem, daring the [?]eless civil wars which has followed the division of Alexander's empire, one old man named Oniss had lived a life so high and humble ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. ENGLISH OMELETTE.

    Two eggs, on teaspoonful of finely chopped onion, salt, pepper, two ounces of butter. Beat the yolks and while separately, the latter to a suff froth; [?] the herbs ...

    Article : 81 words
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