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  2. Science & Progress.

    When, after a friendly dinner, you desire to favor your guests with a little magic at home, you can introduce the problem of the three lucifer matches. With your penknife ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 347 words
  3. LIVE STOCK

    Form United States agricultural department's report on the sheep industry we copy picturesque illustrations of Merino sheep in three countries. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 372 words
  4. FRUIT AND FLOWERS

    Of recent rears attention has been repeatedly called to the odd and beautiful water plants offered by florists. Where one's grounds include a stream or pond ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 402 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,745 words
  6. The Eggs of the Bobwhite.

    Perhaps no bird in America, certainly no other in Michigan, equals the common bobwhite, or quail, in the number of eggs it sets upon. This species not infrequently lays 18 ...

    Article : 161 words
  7. Brick Paving Laid on Gravel.

    The city engineer, Mr. W. M. Whitten of South Bend, Ind., reports in a letter to Municipal Engineering on brick paving laid on a foundation of rolled gravel. He claims ...

    Article : 127 words
  8. Improving Strawberry Beds.

    Many varieties of strawberries are like to become too crowded in the rows the second season and consequently give only small, inferior berries. A remedy for ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. Chemical Coated Nails.

    The holding power of the wire nail has, says The Age of Steel, been accentuated by the advent of the chemical coated wire nail. This nail is described as somewhat ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. Layering the Carnation.

    Young plants are perfectly hardy, but when old they are injured in the winter. Vick recommends procuring a succession of young plants either from seeds or ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. Starting an Apiary.

    Hives and frames being ready for the bees in the spring of the year, beginners must go into the market and buy their bees for the new apiary. If economy is ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. Protection From Rust.

    According to a German electrician, articles of steel and iron can be protected against rust by coating them electrolytically with peroxide of lead. A satisfactory ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. Rose Caterpillars.

    The worms that cut rose leaves and ruin, the appearance of the foliage there crushing them between the thumb and finger, or they can be in a great measure ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. Points About Fruit.

    Melon vines must be well watched and protected from bugs. Netting or wire screens are preferred by some gardener[?] to any application of insecticides. ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. Misdeeds of a Submarine Worm.

    The teredo is a small but offensive submarine worm which annually causes many thousands of dollars' worth of damage to ocean telegraph cables. It will eat its way ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. Machine For Aflixing Stamps.

    The announcement is made of a little machine for affixing stamps to letters and circulars, and by its means the process can be carried on with extraordinary rapidity. ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. A Craze Dying Out.

    Speaking on the white bull question, a southern Shorthorn fancier says the craze for red which dominated the United States is now dying out, and the other ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. The Word Mufti.

    Mufti is an Arabic word, signifying an expounder of the law, and is the name of a religious and civil functionary who is to be found in every large town of the Ottoman ...

    Article : 60 words
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