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  2. LADIES' COLUMN.

    Among the many unnecessary griefs of children is the ridicule to which they are subjected on account of their mother's rules, fads, negligences, etc. Most ...

    Article : 272 words
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    Advertising : 1,523 words
  4. A SHOWER OF RAIN.

    There is nothing in Nature more common than a shower of rain, and nothing, probably, which gives rise to such diversity of sentiment. The farmer and ...

    Article : 1,520 words
  5. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    A rustless kettle has been produced by a Birmingham firm. The body is of wrought iron, but has a lining of copper. The side seam of the outer body is ...

    Article : 44 words
  6. AIR AND GAS PUMP.

    An aeroplane engine exhibited at a recent show was fitted with a rotary pump for supplying the mixture of gas and air, under a slight pressure, to the inlet ...

    Article : 59 words
  7. WAGNER ON HIMSELF.

    At the close of the month (cabled the Berlin correspondent of the "Westminister Gazette," on April 15) will be issued by a Munich publishing firm in two ...

    Article : 831 words
  8. A NOVEL FOOT-WARMER.

    An enterprising Canadian concern has placed a unique combined heating and illuminating device on the market in the guise of a lantern foot-warmer. It is ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. THE PRESERVATION OF THE TEETH.

    Five minutes' attention to the teeth every day will do much towards preserving them. They should be thoroughly brushed, night and morning, with ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. THE DRESS ALLOWANCE.

    An original club exists in New York, where the members, who are all what is known as "business women," pledge themselves to restrict their expenditure ...

    Article : 181 words
  11. THE SAND TEST.

    Testing aeroplane wings by means of sand has recently been demonstrated in a prominent aeroplane works. The machine is inverted, and a quantity of ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. HOW CAMPHOR IS MADE.

    Wherever camphor trees grow (says "Science Siftings") you will find camphor distilleries. They are low buildings of mud brick, and their odour is so aromatic ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. WHEN WOMEN MARRY.

    Women have always been Instinctively occupied with the race, and when their choice in marriage is reasonably free, tend to marry men of character and ...

    Article : 320 words
  14. TASTE OF MEN AND WOMEN.

    From a series of experiments recently made it evident that the average person can taste the bitter of quinine when one part is dissolved in 152,000 parts of water. ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. A BOON TO PHYSICIANS.

    Garment designed to protect doctors and surgeons from the influence of the Xrays—which cause cruel suffering to those whose skin is often exposed to them— ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. TESTING A CHILD'S INTELLIGENCE.

    Colour perception is recommended by Dr. Warburg, of Cologne, as a reliable test of intelligence. In his experiments, coloured yarns pinned on cards were ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. FRIENDSHIP VERSUS COURTSHIP.

    A man may court the friendship of a woman without being the least little bit in love with her, and many men, more particularly those who have do sisters, ...

    Article : 334 words
  18. SAFE FROM FIRE.

    A new French case for protecting money. Jewels, and important papers from fire consists of two, asbestos boxes of different size, one being placed within ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. STAINED-GLASS THEATRE CURTAIN.

    The first stained-glass theatre curtain to be constructed, and intended for the National Theatre of Mexico, in Mexico City, was recently on exhibition in New ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. A SOCIALIST ARMY.

    M. Jaures, the French Socialist leader, favours the idea of a national militia in preference to a standing army. The military education of the citizens is to ...

    Article : 320 words
  21. MUSIC AND AVIATION.

    It appears from a communication read at the Paris Academy of Sciences by M. Carpentier that a musical ear is important for an aviator. Metal wires are ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. WHY PRETTY WIVES BECOME PLAIN.

    One reason why the average woman wears out and grows old and plain is that, although a mistaken idea of duty, she lays out for herself at the ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. MARINE MICROBE LAMPS.

    In France, by the cultivation of luminous marine microbes in a liquid medium contained in little glass vessels, there have been produced some of the most ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. YOUNG DAUGHTERS.

    All women should have an early training commensurate with the greatness of the work that they only can perform. Let young daughters be garnished with ...

    Article : 278 words
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