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  2. HAY AND STRAW PRESS.

    A correspondent to an Australian paper writes:- -"I enclose a sketch and description of a simple haypress, which I have found very useful. Our ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 229 words
  3. THE REVOLUTION IN MONACO.

    The strike of the French railway workers, the trial of "Dr." "Crippen, the movements of the ex-King Manuel, M. Clement's air voyage from "The Graphic" ...

    Article : 1,160 words
  4. "THE ORDER OF THE BATH."

    'Excepting amongst the Hindus, the Greeks, and the Romans, bathing and baths, and even ordinary drainage, are comparatively recent features of ...

    Article : 281 words
  5. OVERTHROW OF THE BRAHMANS OF KAMBODIA.

    The rise and fall of the Brahmans who penetrated into further India and there built the vast stone temples of Kambodia is graphically des- ...

    Article : 658 words
  6. THE DAIRY.

    The dairy cow does more than bring financial success to the dairy farmer. She makes him a better citizen than he would otherwise be. ...

    Article : 335 words
  7. HOUSEKEEPING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

    Romance has shed such glamour over the lives and doings of the great lords and ladies of the Middle Ages that it is interesting to realise how ...

    Article : 484 words
  8. AGRICULTURAL HORSES.

    Under the above heading every kind of horse "which is used on a farm for any purpose whatever may be included, although the draught breeds, ...

    Article : 635 words
  9. THE FIGHTING MAN.

    Some thrilling examples of the courage of the old time sailor are given by Commander E.Hamilton Currey, R.N.,in an article on The ...

    Article : 1,159 words
  10. FOR SPLITTING TREE STUMPS.

    The usual method of removing stumps of trees from the ground is to split them by the use of a wedge or a blast of dynamite. The accom- ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 173 words
  11. "RAT CATCHER TO THE CITY OF LONDON "

    Mr._ Philip Gibbs contributes to "The Graphic" an article entitled "Rats and a modern Pied Piper." We quote from it the following extract: of it still goes about' his work, ...

    Article : 604 words
  12. HOW LONG SHOULD A COW BE MILKED?

    This question is interesting. One farmer kept returns extending over several years, and said that his. cows produced alittle over 73 per cent, of ...

    Article : 213 words
  13. A BLOW ARRESTED.

    An organist, who on the eve of a festival was taken suddenly ill, secured a deputy to take his place. The deputy was a gentleman who played ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. HOW TO CONTROL AN AEROPLANE.

    At the present moment" probably not one person in every million of the world's population has tasted the new sensation of flying. Yet we loot ...

    Article : 576 words
  15. THE LONDON BLENDER.

    There are those who suppose that the London butter blender is an excresence on the market, as objectionable " as the fakir. There is a vast d ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. POISONING RATS.

    The following recipe for the destruction of rats has been highly recommended in England as the best-known means of getting rid of these most ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. A DYING ART.

    The art of needlecraft played a prominent part in the life of the Middle Ages. While their lords were including in their favourite pastimes ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. SELF-MADE, BUT BALD..

    Scene : A crowded railway-carriage. Bald-headed, Pompous Old Man (addressing passengers): "Talk about the poor of Australia ; it's their own ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. THE OLEOMARGARINE RIVAL.

    There is ho doubt that the industry in Australia has more to fear from the competition of "oleomargarine, when the [?] is allowed to colour ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. THE AGITATORS.

    I stood in the works at midnight, and all was still as the grave till the file with rasping accents, defiling discordance gave. ...

    Article : 253 words
  21. UNIFORM, CHEESE CASE.

    The need for a uniform cheese case has been frequently shown in New Zealand in connection with export. One of the associations has started ...

    Article : 203 words
  22. A VILLAGE WISEACRE.

    A man had created a great sensation in Wykeham by his learned discourse on "The World and its People." The village wiseacre listened ...

    Article : 199 words
  23. HIS LAST WISH.

    A solemn hush settled over the court; the judge had summed up and the prisoner received his sentence without a tremor. He was a barber ...

    Article : 149 words
  24. COOL HAND At A BARGAIN.

    Customer : "What's the price of this suit?" Clothier: Sixty shilling, an sheep at dot." ...

    Article : 135 words
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