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  2. MEETING UNCLE SAM.

    Let me say at once that there is no reason why we should not copy American methods in so far as they approve themselves to us. Indeed, there is every reason why we should ...

    Article : 1,391 words
  3. SERPENT BREEDING.

    France was the first country to find a use for the serpent in the introduction, very charily at first, of trimmings of the skins of reptiles on shoes, belts, bags, and hats. ...

    Article : 841 words
  4. 50,000 ACRES.

    The largest wheat farmer in Australia. If Mr. F. W. G. Liebe, of Wubin, Western Australia has not already achieved that distinction, he is certainly well on the road ...

    Article : 1,504 words
  5. HOW TO BE HEALTHY.

    Anyone who has watched native women walking with pitchers or baskets on their heads must have noticed the rhythm of their hip movements. With each alternate step ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  6. LUTHER BURBANK.

    Contributions of new fruits, flowers, and shrubs, to the wealth of the world that may exceed the value of the introductions he made during his whole lifetime make up the legacy ...

    Article : 1,567 words
  7. LUTHER BURBANK'S GOLDRIDGE EXPERIMENT FARM.

    This gate was never left open during Mr. Burbank's lifetime, because of the intensive work going on beyond; and the few persons who actually entered did so only by the very special permission of the plant breeder himself. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. BEN.

    Five little chickens sweet, And one mother hen, A puppy dog with floppy feet. All belong to Ben. ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. ALFRED GILBERT.

    Michelangelo, whilst creating his stupendous masterpiece, "The Last Judgment," was hampered and worried because he could not complete it quickly. Pope Jullus the Second ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  10. FLOWER FASHIONS.

    Hollyhocks And stocks And phlox Make such pretty fairy-frocks, ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. DOROTHY PERKINS.

    Dorothy Perkins sits on a fence, And climbs up the old apple tree; She never has any hard lessons to learn, How I envy Miss Dorothy P.[?] ...

    Article : 157 words
  12. HENRY KENDALL.

    There has long been a literary doubt whether Henry Kendall, Australian poet, was named Henry Clarence Kendall. His three books of poems—"Poems and Songs," Sydney[?] ...

    Article : 443 words
  13. GRAFTON'S TREES.

    The eulogistic remarks of Mr. Amery on the occasion of his recent visit, with regard to the tree-lined streets of Grafton are especially appropriate just now, as during the ...

    Article : 475 words
  14. PROTEGT WILD FLOWERS.

    Our laws are seeking to protect The bushland flowers, so gay. Now, if you steal Boronia, You'll surely have to pay. ...

    Article : 185 words
  15. IN ST. PAUL'S.

    Alfred Gilbert's memorial to Randolph[?] Caldicott. The child holds a medallion portrait of the Children's Friend. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  16. ANIMAL EMOTIONS.

    The nerve centre which controls our emotions has been found, Dr. Walter B. Cannon, physiologist, of the Harvard Medical School, told the psychologists who met at Springfield[?] ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. MR. LIZARD.

    One sunny afternoon Mr. Lizard, whose home was in a cool, shady fernery, sallied forth through the garden to find a quiet warm spot where he could have forty winks undisturbed. ...

    Article : 347 words
  18. A PRAYER.

    Lord God, if Thou wilt hear in Thy high Heaven. And grant the boon I beg Thee to bestow; Then give to me Thy greatest gift of courage. ...

    Article : 173 words
  19. WET MORNING.

    I lay abed in a delicious state Of drowsy warmth, and heard the sullen rain Drum on the roof the while an open gate Creaked in a wind that sobbed as though in ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. MY GARDEN.

    A hundred flowers, in gorgeous disarray, Bedeck my garden plot— Iris and lavender, prim rosemary, And frail forget-me-not. ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. AWAKENING.

    Awhile I bloomed. And had the light of joy in my young heart— Friendship to me was sun and song and lovely misty rain. ...

    Article : 45 words
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