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  2. THE POULTRY RUN.

    Any fowl you like to breed will come in as a table fowl, but there are some much better than others. Some people really act as if there was no ...

    Article : 749 words
  3. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Willie: Pa, what does discretion mean? Pa: Picking out a small man when you are looking for trouble. How are you petting along in the ...

    Article : 824 words
  4. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING.

    Tailless cats, with purple eyes, are common in Siam. The earliest known cookery book was printed in Venice in 1475. ...

    Article : 682 words
  5. RANDOM READINGS.

    January 5 is famous in the annals of Greenwich Hospital, it being the first of the three days in 1806 during which the body of Nelson lay in state in the ...

    Article : 160 words
  6. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    What strange animal has no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tooth, and no jaws? Why, the common earth-worm. But as is the case with blind men, a worm ...

    Article : 117 words
  7. A PAINTER AND HIS MODELS.

    Adolf Friedrich Menzel, the famous Gorman artist, was an untiring worker, as many of his models can testify. Once at work on a painting, he became ...

    Article : 298 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    Bullets of paper or tallow have been found to be productive of far greater damage than metal ones when used for short distance firing. During some ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. CORUNNA.

    On January 11, 1809, Sir John Moore's army, worn out and harassed by the long march from Salamanca to the coast, arrived at Corunna. On the ...

    Article : 422 words
  10. HOW THE SOLDIER WATCHED.

    He was made of wood, and his red coat and black hat were beautifully painted by the by maker. In his arm he carried a gun, and his vigilant eye ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. EBONISING WOOD.

    The following hint is given by a writer in "Photography and Focus"—Any wood which will take a good surface can be [?]bonised, and in this way ...

    Article : 180 words
  12. PROPOSALS BY FLOWERS.

    In remote Alpine hamlets and villages, especially in the Bernese Oberland there still exist ancient and pretty customs of proposing marriage ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. STRANGLING FREEDOM.

    Someone has said that in Germany it takes one half of the nation to control the other. Certainly no foreigner visits the country without being struck by ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. FUMIGATION OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

    The results of experiments made in Russia during the post four years in the disinfection of railway carriages by steam and formalin, the latter being ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. CONCERNING PERFUMES.

    Perfumes have combined in idealising life, through the ages, and in very early days they played a part in religions rites. Incense appeared in pagan ...

    Article : 296 words
  16. THE HANDY BOX.

    "Grandmother, do you know where I can find a little bit of wire?" asked Marjoric, running in from the shed where an amateur circus was in ...

    Article : 581 words
  17. DOWNWARD PRESSURE CUTS CAN.

    The accompanying illustration shows a can opener which performs its operation when a downward pressure is exerted upon it. A circular hole, 2¼in. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  18. BOILING WATER WITHOUT FIRE.

    It is possible to make a pail of water boil without putting it on the fire and without applying external heat to it in any way. In fact, you can make a ...

    Article : 356 words
  19. ORIGIN OF "DEADHEADS."

    Exactly how our language came into possession of the word "deadhead," which is so frequently used in connection with the theatrical business, is not ...

    Article : 204 words
  20. THE VALUE OF THE COCOANUT.

    Over eighty separate methods have been found for the utilisation of the cocoanut, with its fibre covering and its products. Every year about eight ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. LEOPOLD'S HOT SIT-DOWN.

    "If it had not been for his English mother the Kaiser himself might not be on the very best terms with the bath, or at least with the daily tub." ...

    Article : 347 words
  22. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    Start brooder chicks at a temperature of 95 deg.; their own warmth will send it up to 100 dog., and this will be right for the first fow days. After that, a ...

    Article : 295 words
  23. TRACES OBLITERATED.

    Into Mr. Toddles' study marched the detective. "You sent for me, I understand," said he [?]vely "to [?]ectigate a her ...

    Article : 100 words
  24. STILL WATERS.

    Blank had a reputation for polished manners. Politeness is all too scarce in these rush-away times—so much so that it is always greeted with surprise. ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. HOW WARSHIPS COMMUNICATE.

    Every battleship at sea has its wireless installation adjusted so that it can send and receive signals and messages to other squadrons at sea or in harbour ...

    Article : 277 words
  26. SCARED HIM.

    Footpad (presenting pistol): "Fork over yer rhino, and be quick about it!" Near-Sighted Editor: "I beg your pardon?" ...

    Article : 248 words
  27. AFTER THE EXAMINATION.

    The following "howlers" appeared in a recent issue of the "Daily Colonist," Victoria. Vancouver Island.—"The tropic of cancer is a painful ...

    Article : 229 words
  28. JUST BEING DECIDED.

    A Scottish minister, being one day engaged in visiting some members of his flock, came to a house where his gentle tapping could not be heard ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. A REMARKABLE TOAD.

    The toad of Surinam, Dutch Guinna, is very remarkable in one respect. It first awakes to life while on its mother's back. When the eggs are laid the ...

    Article : 193 words
  30. CHINESE FINANCE.

    It is an established custom in China that a new company must pay dividends to its shareholders from the first year of its existence, and this ...

    Article : 144 words
  31. MISUNDERSTOOD.

    The life of the junior reporter on a local paper is not exactly all "beer and skittles." That, anyhow, was the opinion of the young man on the ...

    Article : 120 words
  32. HOW DISAPPOINTING FOR [?]EM.

    A small boy seated on the curb by a telegraph-pole, with a tin can by his side, attracted the attention of an old gentleman who happened to be passing. ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. CAVES IN CUBA.

    The wonderful caves of Bellamar, Cuba, to the cast of Havana, are located on a plateau as level as a table-top, which presents no signs of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. CONGRATULATIONS.

    "They say Sally Simpson is married—at last." "Who's the happy man?" "Her father, of course!" ...

    Article : 22 words
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