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  2. The Farmer.

    Several rules, both negative and positive, the "Farmers' Gazette" remarks, that the well-known breeder, Robert Pratt, considered should ...

    Article : 263 words
  3. American Humour.

    Doctor Hauteur gazed at the mendicant curled up in one of his office chairs. "What do you want?" he demanded. ...

    Article : 78 words
  4. Science Notes & News.

    One of the latest inventions is that of a machine for recording and indicating any departure of a vessel from its true course. The ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. Facts & Fancies.

    Fire is an essential in some wedding celebrations. In Persia the service is read in front of the fire. In Nicaragua the priest, taking the ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. WHAT RELIGION COSTS.

    The religion bill for America amounts each year to £20,000,000. This is the amount paid to the ministers of religion of all ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. HOUSE FULL.

    A new system makes it possible for the ticket-teller of a theatre to know just which seats are in use and which vacant. Each seat is ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. PREMATURE REPENTANCE.

    The sick man seized his wife's hand in his feeble grasp. "Please tell me the whole, awful truth at once," 'he begged, gaspingly. ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. AN ACCESSORY.

    Newspaper readers are often a little uncertain as to the meaning of the terms "accessory before the fact" and "accessory after the fact." ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. CUTLERY WITHOUT STEEL.

    At the meeting of the American Chemical Society at San Francisco in July, Mr. Elwood Haynes, of Kokomo, Indiana, described a new ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. HOW NATURE SOWS DEEPLY.

    The gardener sows many of his seeds and bulbs deeply. Nature, without hands, does this work in her own wonderful way. As a ...

    Article : 257 words
  12. HAMLET TO DATE.

    To beef, or not to beef? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the human corporation to suffer the stings and ...

    Article : 129 words
  13. A WONDERFUL INVENTION.

    A test on the Illinois Central Railroad of a new device for picking up and delivering mail by fast trains is about to be made. If it will do all ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THE LATEST FLY-CATCHER.

    The ordinary fly-trap is not pleasing to the eyes, despite its utility, so a Frenchman has devised a novelty. It resembles a wind-mill in ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. SLANG OLD AND NEW.

    One meaning of the word "lobster" is "a gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable fellow." This meaning is supposed by most ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. WHY RAIN FOLLOWS LIGHTNING.

    The downpour of rain that sometimes follows a flash of lightning is usually supposed to be due to the coalescence of fine drops on losing ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. Tie Poultry Run.

    One often sees ducks and fowls together, but I am convinced that this is not a wise proceeding. There are many reasons why it is better to ...

    Article : 244 words
  18. SOUNDED BEST WHEN SILENT.

    In a railroad office in West Philadelphia there is an old and trusted clerk of Celtic extraction, who keeps his associates in a constant state of good ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS.

    Mr. Marconi has made an important discovery regarding long-distance wireless telegraphy as the result of experiments recently carried ...

    Article : 238 words
  20. MOVEABLE PERCHES.

    Many poultry-keepers make the great mistake of fixing their perches to the sides of their poultry-house so that they cannot be moved for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 249 words
  21. FLOORING OF HOUSE AND SHED.

    In the first number of Wright's Book on Poultry—published by Cassell's—will be found some sound advice on the flooring of the house ...

    Article : 491 words
  22. LONG-LIVED BIRDS.

    Some birds live to a great age. The age of ninety is known to have been reached by a grey parrot, and there are many statements of birds ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. The Camera.

    Indian ink, which is often recommended for blocking-out negatives, has the drawback that if it is applied over any large surface in a ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. JOYS OF WOMANHOOD.

    "You women," exclaimed the disgusted brother, "simply have a glorious time doing nothing! My word, I envy you your idleness!" ...

    Article : 191 words
  25. CLUCKS.

    Do not keep more hens than you have roof for. The profitable hen has a dry, well-ventilated, clean house. ...

    Article : 281 words
  26. READY-MADE TOOTHBRUSHES.

    One of the most curious plants in the world is what is called the toothbrush plant of Jamaica. It is a species of creeper, and has nothing ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. RAISING THE WIND.

    A stenographer has just invented an ingenious desk tool that not only performs the work of the ordinary eraser, but blows away the particles ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. CHOOSING THERMOMETERS.

    A photographer's experiences of tank development are given in the "Bulletin of Photography." He tells how his negatives came out ...

    Article : 281 words
  29. THE NUTRITIVE WALNUT.

    History reveals the interesting fact that the ancients held the walnut in such high esteem that they classified it as food only for the gods. ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. THE FLORAL TREATMENT.

    She was unquestionably a stout woman. She occupied more than one person's share of space in the street car, and quite overshadowed her trim ...

    Article : 198 words
  31. CURES FOR DRUNKENNESS.

    A novel method is that adopted in Norway for turning a drunkard from the error of his way. The patient is placed under lock and key ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. COWS PUMP WATER.

    An inventor in Kansas has hit upon the ingenious scheme for making cattle do their own pumping when they wish for a drink of water. The ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. HOW AGE IS MADE.

    In Europe, especially in France and Germany, there exists a trade in cobwebs to be applied to bottles of wine thought to call for that ...

    Article : 116 words
  34. ABOUT PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

    A writer in the "Poultry World" has some good advice to give on the breeding and management of the ever-popular Plymouth Rock. There ...

    Article : 530 words
  35. AN OIL TEST.

    A good test for oil is to place single drops in line upon a piece of plate glass, about 8 inches wide and 24 inches to 30 inches long, one end ...

    Article : 161 words
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