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  2. PROFITABLE LOTTERIES.

    Although lotteries are to be abolished in France, they are still flourishing institutions in other parts of Europe. Throughout the German Empire they ...

    Article : 107 words
  3. Science Notes and News.

    What is believed to be the deepest hole in the ground has been sunk at the village of Czuchow, in Silesia, Germany, affording exceptional ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. The Poultry Run.

    There is no commoner cause of death among young chickens than the presence of ticks and other insect pests on their bodies. Very often chickens ...

    Article : 795 words
  5. CURIOSITIES IN NEEDLES.

    Needles are articles of such common use and of such small dimensions that one hardly expects to find them present any features of artistic or personal ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. INDIAN DANCES.

    A dance which lasts all day and all night, the performers eating nothing during that period, is known as the "Adoption Dance" amongst the ...

    Article : 257 words
  7. NICKEL IN THE KITCHEN.

    The use of nickel for kitchen utensils is rapidly increasing. A pure, hard metal, it is totally unaffected by food acids or alkalis, extreme heat or ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. FOUNTAIN FOR AN ORDINARY PEN.

    Take two small pens, not the straight kind, and place them together, one above the other, in the penholder. With one dip of ink 60 or 70 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  9. THE MANUFACTURE OF CAMPHOR.

    Wherever camphor trees grow you will find camphor distilleries. They are low buildings of mud brick, and their odour is so aromatic that it can ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. DEALING WITH REBELLIOUS EDITORS.

    It is interesting to note that severe measures which the Indian Governments formerly took to keep the press within bounds. In 1799 the ...

    Article : 231 words
  11. THE LOVE OF LIFE.

    Phrenologists have assigned to a protuberance under the ear the faculty of "vitativeness" or love of life and some of them assume that in ...

    Article : 330 words
  12. COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECTING CLIMATE.

    The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal a year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. NO SPILT WATER.

    A good idea is utilised by the American railroad men to prevent water spilling from a bucket while it is being carried on a moving train. ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. ACADEMY FOR DOGS.

    An enterprising person in Paris has opened an academy for dogs. The duration of the curriculum is a minimum four months, when presumably ...

    Article : 110 words
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