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  2. WHAT THE BELLS SAY.

    The inscriptions on church bells are often interesting, and especially so are those in the county of Gloucestershire. Perhaps the most quaintly amusing is ...

    Article : 187 words
  3. CRIME AS A PROFESSION

    "Crime is inside her gates," is the picturesque phrase used by tho compiler of an official report on crime in London, issued by the United States Department ...

    Article : 885 words
  4. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NOTES.

    These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 104. AGRICULTURAL. ...

    Article : 551 words
  5. VITAL STATISTICS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 835 words
  6. A DAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE.

    Brianna, as hostess, bustled about, bringing in things from the kitchen, for Underwood never sat up unless specially desired, and Mickey sat by Phil's side and watched ...

    Article : 3,255 words
  7. DAIRYING.

    The separation of cream from milk mainly depends on the amount of centrifugal force which is brought to bear on each particle of butter fat, so that, ...

    Article : 215 words
  8. MOTOR CAR FOR DIVERS.

    A diving motor car or submarine sledge for the use of divers while at work in the depths of the ocean is among the latest devices being used ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. "WHAT DID I GET OUT OF IT."

    "Eddication," remarked Very Weary Willie to his brother-tramp, as they lay by the side of dusty hedge—"eddication is rot." And he emphasised his ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. THE NEWLY-CALVED COW.

    To the dairy farmer it seems a loss of money to exclude the milk of the newly-calved cow from the separator, but the fact is the percentage of butter ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT.

    Dr. Cluckie, the ophthalmic surgeon of the Victoria Eye Infirmary, Paisley, draws attention in his report to the large increase of defective vision in the ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. HEAVIEST AMERICAN BRAIN.

    Dr. Edward A. Spitzka, the brain specialist, credits the late Edward H. Knight with having the heaviest American brain on record. Mr. Knight was ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. ARTIFICIAL EBONY FROM OAK WOOD.

    Consul William H. Hunt (U.S.A.), St. Etienne, France, describes the following as a good process for converting oak wood to artificial ebony:—The blocks ...

    Article : 192 words
  14. WHEAT AVERAGES AGAIN.

    'A week or two ago in making a comparison between tho average wheat yield in this State last year, and the average yields on the farmers' experiment ...

    Article : 431 words
  15. MAN AND WOMAN.

    In the beginning a man may consider a woman in everything, and her sighs affect him, but later he considers her in silhouette, and her size affects him. ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. SHIPWRECKED KITTEN.

    An electric launch put out from a wharf near Trent Bride on 22nd December for the special purpose of rescuing a shipwrecked kitten which was ...

    Article : 260 words
  17. LOVE-LETTER DATED 300 B.C.

    An Egyptian love-letter of the third century before Christ, written on papyrus by a priest to a priestess of the Temple of Amena-Ra, and just ...

    Article : 251 words
  18. POWER OF MUSIC.

    Music will not reform character, but it will often so operate on it as to facilitate the work of more directly moral agencies. Tranquility of soul is ...

    Article : 201 words
  19. There Wore Two.

    Here is a story told of Patrick O'Mara, a private in the 9th Regulars: Not long age he went to the colonel, who was a sever disciplinarian, for a two weeks leave of obsence. ...

    Article : 208 words
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    Advertising : 232 words
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