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  2. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Until recently the supply of rubber was confined to Brazil and a few climbing plants of Africa. The great demand for the substance, however, has led to extensive planting, chiefly ...

    Article : 297 words
  3. POULTRY.

    Questions relative to fancy or commercial poultrykeeping, dis[?]es, etc., should be addressed to "Anco[?], Herald Office." C. S. A.—Send full address for reply. ...

    Article : 1,065 words
  4. JURY SYSTEM.

    A small, innocent-looking measure is the Juries Act Amendment Bill which the Minister of Justice has brought before Parliament. It consists of but one operative clause, but ...

    Article : 512 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 496 words
  6. JOHN OLIVER HOBBES.

    Passing through town a few days ago, I suddenly came upon the broad sheets of the evening papers with in large type, "John Oliver Hobbes' Memoir." I rushed to buy a paper ...

    Article : 1,089 words
  7. THE SPEED OF ANIMALS.

    Eighty miles an hour is apparently not an uncommon speed for a bird to get up; and this easily beats anything terrestrial animals can do. Antolopes and other wild animals are ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.

    According to Professor Sylvanus P. Thompson, Great Britain spends about £20,000,000 annually on artificial light. England led the way both in gas and in electric lighting. ...

    Article : 375 words
  9. RECKLESS MOTOR-CAR DRIVING.

    Sir,—The sooner the "bill" for regulating the speed of motor cars is brought into force the better for safety of [?]re and limb. In support of this statement, I witnessed a ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. BURNING ECZEMA.

    There is hardly anyone connected with this church, from minister down, that does not know how I suffered from Eczema," said J. W. Shellard, of the Church of England, ...

    Article : 943 words
  11. THE VALUE OF REST.

    What food is to the body sleep is to the brain. This axiom was laid down by Dr. A[?]land, who opened a discussion on the physiclogy of sleep at the British Association. Sleep ...

    Article : 293 words
  12. EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 596 words
  13. PROFESSOR RAY LANKESTER.

    For many years Professor Ray Lankester [?]as been recognised as a foremost zoologist, [?] whom foreign academies hastened to do [?]onour. Up to 1898 he was Professor of ...

    Article : 390 words
  14. SUNDAY TRADING.

    Sir,—Will you kindly let me draw your attention to Mrs. Nolan's letter of the 19th and present another view of Sunday trading to the public. The thanks of all broadminded ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.

    Mr. G. S. Fitzwalter, Charleville (Q.[?], writes:—"I have much pleasure in testifying to the excellent qualities of Chamberlain's Colloc, Cholera, and Dlarr[?] ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. CASES OF THE BLOOD.

    The presence of gases in the blood was first [?]monstrated by Boyle in 1636, who found that gave of bubbles when exposed in the vac[?] of an air-pump. Mayouw guessed that ...

    Article : 566 words
  17. CRAZED WITH BURNING ECZEMA.

    "I was troubled with eczema in some way or other from childhood. About three years ago the trouble was confined to my right hand. I consulted two physicians, but received no benefit from them. In the ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. PERSISTENT CONSTIPATION

    Is generaly aggravated by violent purgatives, because they weaken the organs acted upon. The gentle, reliable, and pleasant laxative, California Syrup of Figs, has a totally different result. It is at once a ...

    Article : 125 words
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