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  2. FACTS AND PANCIES.

    Every inch of rainfall above four inches in Dakotas, California, Washington, Kansas, and Nebraska in May and June means an increase of ...

    Article : 875 words
  3. BULLET WOUNDS.

    Medical observation it exercised over the facts that in all bullet wounds it has been found that the aperture which the bullet has made ...

    Article : 344 words
  4. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world are the kettle-bridges, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders. The materials ...

    Article : 359 words
  5. WHY MEN DIE.

    It has been said that few men die of old age, and that almost all persons die of disappointment, personal, mental, or bodily toll, or accident. ...

    Article : 284 words
  6. AEROPLANE AND EAGLE FIGHTS.

    While sailing along on the last part of his flight in the Paris-Madrid aeroplane race, on May 25, 1911, for a £4000 prize given by the "Petit ...

    Article : 305 words
  7. THE POULTRY RUN

    Where, scaly leg is rife, it should receive instant attention. The best remedy is to soak the bird's legs in tepid water for half-an-hour, dry ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. WHY WE STAND ON ONE LEG.

    Naturalists have distinguished us from the higher animals by the fact that we stand upright on two legs. But do we? Watch a crowd standing ...

    Article : 227 words
  9. BROODY HENS.

    Broodies should be fed only en hard grain and grit. The best fond is a mixture of wheat and corn. Every hen should be taken off hernest and ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. DIPHTHERIA.

    Diphtheria is one of the most congious of all poultry diseases, and mere fact of a bird being in perfect health will in no way make it ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. THE WANDERING JEW.

    "The Wandering Jew" has been supposed by some te be merely a term , symbolic of heathenism. Others assert that when our ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. ALREADY SUPPLIED.

    Entering a fashionable hairdresser's establishment, the hard-faced man proceeded to open a bulging handbag which, he carried. ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. SOON DISPOSED OF HIM.

    A certain general, who is very. small in stature, was sting to adjudicate upon some manoeuvres which were to take place some little ...

    Article : 156 words
  14. CAN'T BE DONE.

    You can't stand for five minutes without moving, if you are blindfolded. You can't stand at the side of a ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. CONCRETE EXPERIMENTS.

    The behaviour of iron embeidded in concrete was recently noted [?] the examination of a portion of the reinforcement of a concrete building ...

    Article : 134 words
  16. THE USUAL THREAT.

    His face twisted into an expression of acute thought, the postman stood for a moment gazing at the suburban residence where he had just delivered ...

    Article : 104 words
  17. PICKING THE LAYERS.

    Early maturity is a good guide. Some pullets will turn in to lay at five months; others from the same parents will hang on up to seven and ...

    Article : 215 words
  18. RATHER A SHOCK.

    With an idea of testing his pupils' knowledge of their mother-tongue, a schoolmaster wrote on the black-board the well-known proverb, "A ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. THEN SHE WAS ANGRY.

    A lady went into a chemist's shop one morning and laid down a prescription, which was duly dispensed. As the chemist was wrapping up the ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. INDIAN HERALDICS.

    Alert Bay, an old Indian village of Vancouver Island, Alaska, possesses the most complete collection of totem poles to be found anywhere on ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. THE SUNFLOWER AND ITS USES.

    This gorgeous and prolific plant is utilised in many ways in Russia. The seed are eaten in large quantities, raw or roasted, and the oil ...

    Article : 178 words
  22. A SHOT THAT MISSED.

    A candid, friend sald to Boweley: "Do you know why you are like a donkey," "Like a donkey?" echoed Bowsley, opening his eyes wide. "I ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. ARTIFICIAL PERFUMING OF FLOWERS.

    Flowers are perfumed artificially by watering them with an alcoholic solution of the corresponding essence, using a little glycerine to fix ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    It has been my experience with confined fowls that improved results in fertility and hatching percentages may be obtained if the male bird is ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. WHY SHE DIDN'T GO.

    Wife wanted to go away on a visit, and hubby didn't want her to. But he was much too wise to say so. "Don't you think you might manage ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. WHAT A WASTE.

    Lonely and aloof they stood amid the desert sands-the world-famed Pyramids of Egypt. And the American tourist, who was a successful ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. ALL THAT MATTERED.

    Volubly, and with little regard for truth, the guide told his victims all sorts of stories as he led them ever the old castle, and they were getting ...

    Article : 138 words
  28. BANANA FIBRE CLOTH.

    This material-little known as yet-is prepared in China by unrolling the stalks of the banana when abo[?] a year old and steaming them over ...

    Article : 215 words
  29. A DISAPPOINTMENT.

    When an English peer was the principal guest at a dinner given in New York, the little daughter of his host, who had been stealing ...

    Article : 134 words
  30. HOPELESS.

    Young Jack was talking to the new visitor soon after her arrival. He, eyed her critically for a few momenta, then looked up and said: ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. THE "DEVIL-FISH."

    Fish to which this fiendish title has been applied, weighing up to two hundred pounds, are sometimes caught by the japanese. These fish ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. THE WRONG GUESS.

    The young man produced a small, square box from his pocket. "I have a present for you," he began. "I don't know whether it will ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. HIS GUEST.

    "Yon say you are a wanderer over the face of the earth?" we asked the shabby, sad-eyed man with the utterly hopeless air. ...

    Article : 56 words
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