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  2. IN THE GARDEN.

    EARLY FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS. For some weeks past many gardens have been exceedingly gay with the de[?]iduous but distinctly ornamental, profusely flowering ...

    Article : 1,657 words
  3. POULTRY.

    Question relating to fancy or commercial poultry keeping, diieascs, etc., should be addressed to "An[?]ons," "Herald" Office. Inquirer.—As all fowls are sold at auction rooms, ...

    Article : 555 words
  4. SEPTEMBER REVIEWS.

    Several of the reviews have articles with the heading "Towards Educational Peace." There is a quaint irony In each case, because peace is the last thing any of the writers ...

    Article : 1,280 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Although no comprehensive law of periodicity has yet achieved acceptance, there is no doubt as to the periodic change of climate within given areas, and it can usually be seen that ...

    Article : 222 words
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  7. THE PRESSURE OF LIGHT.

    The first attempts to measure the pressure of light were made in the 18th century, when the corpuscular theory was all but universallyaccepted. When this theory was abandoned ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS.

    Many years ago a ship's captain who had noticed the peculiarities of some ducks in India brought a few of them home to farming relations in county Cumberland, England. ...

    Article : 776 words
  9. THE FLOW OF MARBLE.

    Adams and Coker record an interesting series of experiments on the effect of great pressure on marble. A cylinder of the rock 2 cms. in diameter and 4 cms. high was placed ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. SEA-GOING SUBMARINES.

    The submarine is undergoing rapid development. The lntest representatives of the type in the United States Navy have accomplished some remarkable records. They hove a fair ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. LIQUID GAS.

    An interesting American development is the supply of liquified illuminating gas. It Is sold and delivered in steel cylinders like those familiar in the case of oxygen and ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. LIGHT PRESSURE AND COMET TAILS.

    The peculiar form of comet tails led Kepler nearly 300 years ago to suppose that the sun's rays exercised a pressure on vapour, and thus repelled it from the sun. This idea has, of ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. MYSTERY OF A FIVE-SHILLING PIECE.

    It is not often that one finds a suggestion of mystery in the report of the year's work at the Mint. This year (says the "Pall Mall Gazette") there is ground for curiousity in ...

    Article : 367 words
  14. MAGNETIC STORMS.

    An American observer prophesied specially active sunspot phenomena for the past week, and weather conditions have indicated that he was right. Storms on the sun do not ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. EXPORT DUTY ON ORES.

    Sir,—In your issue of 28th inst, and under the heading "A False Step," there appears a letter on the above subject which contains a statement, or inferencc, which conveys a wrong impression of what ...

    Article : 253 words
  16. A SINGLE BOX OF CUTICURA OINTMENT CURED THREE.

    "My husband has suffered for years different times with this distressing complaint—burning, irritating, rash on his arms, legs, and down the centre of his buck. The had tried other remedies but it did no ...

    Article : 274 words
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