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  2. New, Odd, Interesting.

    Bullets were formerly made of stone. Cloth stretches five per cent. in the process of bleaching. In Morocco there are practically no ...

    Article : 718 words
  3. The Farmer.

    There is no reason why the milk output should fall away to nothing in winter. It is all a matter of feeding, except in the high lands, where ...

    Article : 149 words
  4. COMFORTABLE BERTHS.

    Wolves have long been extinct in France, yet there are a hundred lieutenants de la loureterie whose nominal duty it is to keep these ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. THE PAPER BAG COOKERY.

    That the popularising of this particular method of cooking food may be looked upon with favour by the medical profession as a hygienic ...

    Article : 217 words
  6. STORIES OF A JESTER.

    Every nation has its typical jester around whom crystallise all the floating stories of a people. Thus England has its Joe Miller, Germany its ...

    Article : 798 words
  7. Wise and Otherwise.

    A good appetite is a gift from the gods—if they send the wherewithal to satisfy it. To the man afflicted with a paucity ...

    Article : 923 words
  8. For Young Folks.

    A match has a head but no face, A watch has a face but no head. A river has a mouth but no tongue, A boot has a tongue but no mouth. ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. SMILE BACK.

    Go and stand up before the glass and smile to the boy or girl you see there. Doesn't the boy smile back? Doesn't tho girl look pleasant, too? ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. The Poultry Run.

    Many of my readers may be contemplating the hatching out of a few bantam chickens, and a few hints may be helpful. Bantams are ...

    Article : 703 words
  11. WOMAN'S HOTEL CLUB.

    Home comforts, amusement, and genial surroundings are to be provided in New York for girls earning salaries of from £2 to £3 a week ...

    Article : 276 words
  12. CASEIN AND FAT IN THE MILK OF COWS OF DIFFERENT BREEDS.

    Tho Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm have in the past two or three years been investigating the relative amounts of ...

    Article : 321 words
  13. THE DISCONTENTED VIOLET

    In a corner of a garden grew a violet, and though it was a bright spring morning she was not happy. "Oh, if only I were a ...

    Article : 412 words
  14. Science Notes & News.

    It is stated that the inventor of the whistling buoy, that god-send to the sailor, got his first idea of the device from seeing a small boy ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. CONCRETE EXPERIMENTS.

    The behaviour of iron embedded in concrete was recently noted in the examination of a portion of the reinforcement of a concrete building ...

    Article : 133 words
  16. APPLYING PRESSURE ON PATCHED INNER TUBES.

    The motorist when making a tire repair on the road can apply sufficient pressure on a patch by using two blocks of wood as shown in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 93 words
  17. HOW TO USE THE SCYTHE.

    First of all, you must get the blade set at the right angle. You can test this by reaching out with your left foot as far as you can, so ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. WATCH YOUR WATCH.

    Jewellers say that a watch should be oiled at least once in two years, and wound at the same time daily, for by doing so you establish in the ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. A STORY OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

    Perhaps you have read about Mary Queen of Scots in your books at school? If so, you will know that she lived a very long time ago, ...

    Article : 312 words
  20. THE ELECTRIC EEL.

    Invention during the next two or three centuries will probably be in the direction of imitating the wonderful economy and the simple direct ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. THE CURFEW BELL.

    Tho word curfew is derived from the Norman word "carrefou," and is now considered by us to mean the signal for extinguishing fires. ...

    Article : 392 words
  22. DISTEMPER IN DOGS.

    The early symptoms of distemper have been described dozens of times, but there are still many people who are, perhaps, unable to recognise ...

    Article : 253 words
  23. ORANGES AS MEDICINE.

    There is no doubt that pure fruit juice is one of the best blood purifiers and system regulators which we possess—indeed, there are many ...

    Article : 300 words
  24. MARVELLOUS AUTOMATIC MACHINES.

    Tho automatic machines of Germany supply wholesale food and drink at very moderate prices. You find ranged along the wall a large ...

    Article : 142 words
  25. WATCH THE NEW BIRDS.

    The introduction of new birds among our poultry is absolutely necessary for the infusion of fresh blood and the prevention of ...

    Article : 201 words
  26. THE PENNY.

    The penny is first mentioned as an English coin in the days of Ina, the king of the West Saxons, who reigned A.D. 688, and its name was ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. A BIRTHDAY PUZZLE.

    The Court of Appeal at Cologne has just had a curious case under consideration. A railway passenger had taken a half ticket for his son, ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. FLYING KITES IN JAPAN.

    In Japan there is an annual feast day for boys, when each house having made children hangs out strings of paper carp which, inflated by the ...

    Article : 258 words
  29. NEW SAND BLAST.

    A new form of sand blast for removing the scale from wire or flat steel, etc., has been invented in America. The body of the machine ...

    Article : 126 words
  30. RESPONSIBILITY.

    To live at all means to be responsible. The influence of one's personal example in a responsibility laid upon every man, woman, and child ...

    Article : 63 words
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