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  2. SCIENCE NOTES.

    We picture a gas as a swarm of minute material particles, moving in rapid and indiscriminate motion, and actually occupying only a small part of the space in which they are ...

    Article : 500 words
  3. POULTRY.

    Questions relative to fancy or commercial poultry keeping, diseases, etc., should be addressed to "Ancona," "Herald" Office. Perhaps the most unsatisfactory feature of ...

    Article : 612 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 4,904 words
  5. BURNT REFUSE AS PLANT MANURE.

    Perhaps it would be well to say at once that it would be better to call this manure "charred refuse," for refuse burnt leaves nothing but ashes, and is a waste of valuable ...

    Article : 302 words
  6. HUMPHRY DAVY.

    The career of Humphry Davy is one of the most interesting in the biography of science. He was born in 1778, at Penzance, and at 15 became apprentice to a surgeon. When 19 he ...

    Article : 283 words
  7. DOUBLE FLOWERS.

    Whatever may be the cause of the double flower phenomenon, whether from the influence of cultivation, hybridisation by insect agency, or atmospherie changes, such ...

    Article : 320 words
  8. IN THE GARDEN.

    The whole family of flowering begonias must rank first and foremost; they are very hardy, very graceful, and roward us for any little extra care bestowed on them by ...

    Article : 394 words
  9. THE ELECTROM THEORY.

    We most readily think of the electrons as the apparently ultimate constituents from varying numbers of which the chemical atoms have been built up, for those happy accidents ...

    Article : 522 words
  10. EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,219 words
  11. THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    The Dowager Countess of Mayo, who has become an octogenarian, has survived by close upon 35 years the tragedy of Port Blair in the Andamans, which followed so closely ...

    Article : 997 words
  12. DOUBLE CINERARIAS.

    With many amateurs having a little glass cinerarias are very popular, for they are not difficult of culture, and produce in abundance flowers particularly varied and ...

    Article : 502 words
  13. A TRAP FOR RADIUM.

    Thirty years or more ago Sir James Dewer and Professor Tait discovered the remarkable absorbing power of charcoal for gases —especially of charcoal made from ...

    Article : 218 words
  14. CARDINAL LOBELIA.

    This handsome herbaceous plant is but seldom seen in thoroughly good condition. Its bold, erect habit and strikingly brilliant flowers render it eminently adapted for situations ...

    Article : 587 words
  15. RATS AND PLAGUE.

    The connection between rats and the spread of plague has been very thoroughly discussed. But though on the evidence such a connection appeared plain, it proved impossible to ...

    Article : 315 words
  16. A BIRD'S TAIL.

    In days long passed birds flew about with long lizard-like bony and fleshy tails, with feathers inserted in a row on either side. But this type of tall gradually disappeared, ...

    Article : 262 words
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