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All Round
The peace of Europe having been once again disturbed, and the tiny state of Montenegro being again involved, it is ...
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Short Story
I'll tell you what it is, Gill," said the elder of Father Grimes's sons to his brother, as he rubbed his honest, toil-hardened hands together, and ...
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SCIENCE NOTES.
To make an incombustible linoleum, an experiment is being made by a manufacturer in Germany. He is adding magnesium carbonate to the pulp ...
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QUEENS WHO COMMAND REGIMENTS.
Although it is not an unusual thing for Royal ladies to be appointed honorary officers of famous regiments, it is quite an innovation for the ...
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Netherlands still holds the record for the export of oysters. The average quantity exported and consumed locally during the season is said ...
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LIME AND FERTILISERS.
The use of nearly all fertilisers, nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic, has a tendency, more or less marked, to deprive the soil of its stock of lime. By ...
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GOLF-BALL LIFTER.
A golf-ball lifter, the object of which is to save the strain of bending the body to pick the ball out of the hole, has been introduced, says Chambers's ...
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WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP.
The most powerful armour-clad warship in the world is now being built at the new Armstrong yard at Walker-on-Tyne for "a foreign navy." This ...
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AN IMPROVED BRUSH.
One of the objections to brushes used upon extremely hard surfaces is the liability of the hairs to become detached under the pressure and friction exerted. ...
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YACHT'S 2,319-MILE TRIP.
The 110-ton schooner yacht Las[?], of the Royal Nova Scotian Yacht Club, recently arrived at Southampton, having covered the 2,319 miles from ...
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DOUBLE CREAM CHEESE.
Wrap the thick cream in n fine-textured linen cloth, secure the four ends and suspend the whole in a convenient place where ventilation is good and the ...
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RADIUM IN THE UPPER AIR.
Hess, of the Vienna Radium Institute, has recently published the results of some remarkable experiments. He has investigated the penetrating ...
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ROUND THE WORLD BY AIR.
Three American airmen have entered for the air race round the world which is being organised in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition at ...
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Odds and Ends
Mrs. Angler: "Are you sure you caught this fish?" Mr. A.: "Of course." Mrs. A.: "It smells very strong. ...
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EARLY BETHROTHALS.
Bethrothals often take place in early childhood, and are regarded as binding and sacred. Marriage between Montenegrins an ...
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BLIND DOCTOR'S FEATS.
Medical wonders are being accomplished by a blind practitioner. The sightless doctor is Mr. Jacob W. Bolotin, who was recently appointed junior ...
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MILK AND SMELLS.
As an instance of the influence that strong, unpleasant odours can have on milk even before being drawn from the cow, the following case is reported. ...
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FLAMELESS HEAT.
Professor William A. Bone, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, has bit on a manner of gas heating that may greatly change ...
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MANNERS.
The new office boy was sent by his master with a note to a clergyman, and told to wait for an answer. On his return his employer said: "Well, John ...
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THE REASON.
"Does Shacknasty Johnson live near here?" inquired a traveller who was journeying across the Oklanomo prairie. "No," replied the man addressed, a ...
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FARM AND FIELD.
Experiments have been carried out by the experts of the Agricultural College with regard Jo manuring and milk production. A poor field, which had ...
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AUTOMATIC FIRE-ALARM.
Mr. James G. Jackson, Glasgow, has invented a new automatic fire-alarm, designed to minimise the danger of fire from the grinding dises or millstones in ...
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Maggio was the housemaid at Johnnie's mother's house, and Johnnie said she was the very nicest housemaid they had ever had. ...
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UNITED STATES OWNS 8,000
According to a report recently received by the National Geographical Society the United States now owns exactly 8,000 islands, supporting a ...
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Postponed.
Says a rural editor in the West: "Owing to the overcrowded condition of our column's a number of births and deaths are ...
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Followed Directions.
Mahoole, "Ain't yez th' wan that towld me niver to dhrink wather widout boilin'?" Physician: "Yes, sir." ...
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LIFE-SAVERS.
A policeman entered the house of a publican one morning and informed him that it would be necessary to hold an inquest there in the afternoon. ...
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WONDERFUL WIRELESS.
Recent wireless telephone experiments in France have attained results that may have a far-reaching importance. With a transmitting station set ...
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CONUNDRUMS.
When are soldiers not soldiers?.. When they are mustered. How many neckties had Job?—He had three miserable comforters, and ...
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