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  2. LIME VALUE IN SOIL.

    Some recent experiments on the use of [?]ime will prove of interest to agriculturists. At a Pennsylvanian station during a long serios of years it ...

    Article : 187 words
  3. LAZY MEN OF GENIUS.

    In[?]e has produced a good many works of genius. James Thomson not only wrote his famous "Seasons" but also a very characteristic poem. ...

    Article : 447 words
  4. TEA ADULTERATION.

    A new method of detecting adulteration in tea comes from Switzerland. It involves an examination of the stomata (the passages on the ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Eddie Morris, the well-known American comedian now appearing in England tells the story of an Irishma[?] who came home one night with [?] ...

    Article : 512 words
  6. Womans' World. ECONOMIZE BY EATING SLOWLY.

    A plate of catmeal porridge contains a certain amount of food elements very useful to the growing child. If that plate of porridge is ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. "PIGSKINS" OF COWHIDE.

    "Hero of the pigskin" sounds fine in a description of some red-hot 'varsity game; in fact, but one objection can be raised to the phrase— ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. ROCK CAKES.

    Half pound of flour, 2 oz[?] each margarine, sugar, and currants, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, [?] teaspoonful of salt, a little milk. The ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. GAOL IN SOLID ROCK.

    One of the oddest gaols is at Clifton, Gradain Country, Arizona, which lies in an important copper region. This gaol comprises four large ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. FACTS RIGHT[?] CONCLUSIONS WRONG.

    Many speakers in Parliament and elsewhere get their facts all right, but the conclusions they draw from these facts are frequently all wrong. ...

    Article : 134 words
  11. WATCH HIS LAUGH!

    The leopard cannot change his spots nor the laugher his laugh. It is as characteristic as his nose or the colour of his eyes. No polish or ...

    Article : 329 words
  12. BEEF OLIVES.

    This is by no means the costly dish it is thought to be. Cut [?] of stewing beef in thin slices, and cut these again in strips about 1 ½[?]n, wide and ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. NUMBERING A CROWD.

    It is remarkable how the average civilian over-estimates the number of persons in a big procession. Taice, for example, a recent demonstration ...

    Article : 250 words
  14. AIR NETS OVER PARIS.

    Paris is preparing in various ways to make things hot for the Germans in the great air raids expected in the future. Some of these preparations ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Nail holes in wood may be filled by mixing sawdust with glue till it is the consistency of stiff paste. Press this compound into the holes, and it ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. LIVER SOUP.

    Wash ½[?]. sh[?]p's liver, and cut it first into slices and then again in small pieces. Fry this, with one small minced onion, 1 tablespoonful ...

    Article : 167 words
  17. NOT CHANGED MUCH.

    The librarian at a certain museum was engaged in catalog[?]ing and arranging some ancient books that had just arrived from Egypt, when he [?] ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. QUEEN'S BLOOMS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    A pretty, story comes from West Ham. The Queen sent two parcels of flowers to Queen Mary's Hospital for the East-end for display in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. FOOLING THE HUNS.

    According to exchanged prisoners who have been restored to their own people, after enduring the hardships of captivity in Germany, one of the ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. LOW UPPERS AND SHORT SKIRTS.

    A decree has been published by the Italian Minister of Industry, with the object of lessening the quantity of leather used in bootmaking, ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. HAIR WORTH £2 A WEEK.

    The scale of pay of the living exhibits who display their charms in the shop windows of the hair wash manufacturers was revealed in a case ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. BURGLARS TERRORISE BERLIN.

    The great, and increasing, insecurity of life and property an Berlin, in particular, and in general throughout Germany, is a subject attracting ...

    Article : 194 words
  23. WINDFALL FOR Y.M.C.A.

    Gors-y-Gedol, the ancestral home of the Vaughan and Mostyn families, with an estate of nearly 4000 [?]res, has been given by the present owner ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. HOW I "HELD UP" THE KING AND QUEEN.

    Captain W. Mack, an American insurance agent "in real life," who is now the agent of the United States Government's Insurance Board, for ...

    Article : 594 words
  25. INSECTS AS AERONAUTS.

    According to Lieut. Depret Bixio, of the French Army, who is a naturalist as well as a flying man, many insects follow captive balloons [?] ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. PITY FATHER.

    "Now, that is one of the most pathotic things I have ever seen," said the rich and benevolent gentleman who stood with a friend watching a ...

    Article : 136 words
  27. A REAL SHERLOCK.

    The creator of "Sherlock Holmes" [?]ells an amusing story against himself. During a lecture thorugh the ...

    Article : 160 words
  28. WHY HE WAS POPULAR.

    When the Slocum Tennis Club held a carnival in aid of war funds,[?] everybody began to talk about Blinkers. ...

    Article : 175 words
  29. DESERTERS HIDE FOR TWO YEARS.

    When two brothers were charged at Enfield (England) with being deserters, it was said they had been hiding in a bedroom for two years. ...

    Article : 115 words
  30. WHERE, OH WHERE?

    As the troop train halfed, a big, husky negro poked his head out of the window and asked:—"Say, boss, what town you[?]all call dis?" ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. MAN'S SUPERIORITY.

    Papa: "See the spider, my boy, spinning his web[?] Is it not wonderful? "Do you reflect that, try as he may, no man could spin that web?" ...

    Article : 58 words
  32. VERY UNCERTAIN.

    Sam: "Didn't you buy de horse dat you was lookin" at, John?" John: "Naw; I was kind of uncertain [?]bout his age. He had one ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. IT DID NOT.

    Magistrate: "Now, sir, what have you to say for yourself? Why did you steal this gentleman's purse" Prisoner (sobbing): "Well, your ...

    Article : 37 words
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