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  2. JOTTINGS.

    The colouring of aluminium has been achieved. The first black-lead pencil was sharpened in 1565, ...

    Article : 2,430 words
  3. LADIES' COLUMN.

    Amongst Contraltos, no one is more renowned for her dressing than Miss Ada Crossley. She has a perfect figure, and wears well anything she may put on. Her ...

    Article : 1,039 words
  4. Household and Cookery

    "Constant Reader."—Pickled Cucumbers: Lay twenty-four firm and middling-sized cucumbers on flat dishes, having first rubbed them with salt. Keep then ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,260 words
  5. QUIPS

    Counsel: "Were you born in wedlock?" Witness: "No, sir; in Devonshire." Magistrate: "Did you shoot the monkey in self-defence?" Accused: "No, ...

    Article : 531 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,277 words
  7. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

    Salt sprinkled on any substance that is burning will quench the smoke and blaze. If sprinkled on the fire which is blazing from the fat or brolling chops, it will ...

    Article : 436 words
  8. MAKING CORKS IMPERMEABLE.

    For the purpose of making corks as impervious as possible, while at the same time keeping them elastic, F. H. Wundram, of Berlin recommends to ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. COOLIE LABOUR IN NATAL.

    Durban, the only port in Natal, has a somewhat dangerous bar, but has been improved by harbour works and constant dredging. A service of steamers with ...

    Article : 334 words
  10. EXPERIMENTS ON MUMMIES.

    Some very interesting experiments with the Rontgen rays on several of the mummies at the British Museum have, the London correspondent of the Birmingham ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. THE PRODUCTION OF OPAQUE PAPER.

    Soluble compounds of calclum, barium, or lead are mixed as intimately as possible with the fibres of the paper, and through suitable admixture by means of ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. THE STEADY FIGHTER.

    Savages with their endless training in war rarely anything like the fine bravery which is common to the well-bred citizens of a civilised folk, who ...

    Article : 366 words
  13. THE HEAD IN SLEEP.

    "Hints for insomnia" are not usually of much avail. The remedies are often, as the phrase suggests, worse than the evil. It is interesting to learn from a French ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. THE EVOLUTION OF ACETYLENE GAS.

    An interesting bit of history recently given in electricity, concerning acetylene gas, shows the remarkable genesis of that peculiar article. It was discovered some ...

    Article : 264 words
  15. A SURPRISE.

    On one occasion I recollect we had searched about the day being windy, for a quiet place to boll our kettle; this we had found close under the lea of a ...

    Article : 186 words
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