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  2. The Farmer.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  3. Facts & Fancies.

    The enormous population of the Chinese Empire and the tremendous struggle for existence that perpetually goes on among its teeming ...

    Article : 1,202 words
  4. Science Notes & News.

    There is not much fear that the world will be deprived of cutting tools when the supply of iron gives out. It has been discovered that ...

    Article : 223 words
  5. American Humour.

    Tenderfoot (aghast): "You're not lynching: that man?" Arizona Ike: "Well—er—we don't refer to it in that unrefined way. We call it showin' ...

    Article : 459 words
  6. BALD AND HAIRY PIGS.

    The pig's coat is never paid much attention to in judging its points on market days. Indeed, it is rarely mentioned; yet the coat is an ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. SHOE WHICH FITS THE TOES.

    A novel shoe in use in Germany has partitions to separate the toes. These terminate in soft pads pressing against the foot, so that the ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. CHICKS DEAD IN SHELL.

    Apart from the causes of "dead in shell" trouble being attributed to unreliable hens or poultry incubators, there are several ...

    Article : 540 words
  9. MAKING CONTINUOUS CONCRETE PIPE.

    A novel machine for making continuous concrete pipe consists of a tubular body of casing mounted on wheels. The pipe-forming ...

    Article : 165 words
  10. THE VANISHING STRING.

    If you place a block of ice on a tressle or other narrow support, and lay across it a piece of string weighed at both ends in such a manner ...

    Article : 196 words
  11. The Poultry Run.

    The hen that lays is the hen that pays. That is a fairly safe sort of statement to make, and the hen that pays best is the hen that lays when ...

    Article : 772 words
  12. THROWING OFF PAIN.

    A method of throwing pain off on a short circuit has lately received attention. It is claimed that a leading physician has been ...

    Article : 259 words
  13. ELECTRIC MOUSE TRAP.

    An American novelty recently introduced in France is a humane mouse-trap which electrocutes its victims. The mice are killed ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. THE EVOLUTION OF MAN.

    Professor Henri Douville has found that changes of temperature and habitat offer a plausible explanation of the evolution of man from ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. BICYCLE WITHOUT CRANK.

    An inventor in Austria has just perfected a unique crankless bicycle, for which a large saving of power is claimed. Two long levers and ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. Words of Wisdom.

    Know thyself, then be thyself. Everyone ought consciously to have an aim in life. Some people will cry over milk ...

    Article : 162 words
  17. STORY OF A GIBRALTAR SENTRY.

    A late Governor of Gibraltar, who was also a strict disciplinarian, was in the habit of making surprise visits to the sentries at night. Once he ...

    Article : 257 words
  18. WON'T COME OUT.

    A non-pullable nail has been invented in France. The point is slit through its centre to nearly two-thirds the distance to the head, ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. GLACIATION DECREASING.

    According to recent observations in Antartic regions, glaciation, although still more severe than in the Arctic, seems to be ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. CURING A KICKING COW.

    The illustration shown herewith is a capital device for a kicking cow. Put a three-fourths-inch rope around cow as shown, twist ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  21. HEART STITCHED.

    A young Bavarian mason has just made an amazing recovery from a knife wound of a character that is generally regarded as fatal. ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. SENTIMENTAL AND REAL SORROWS.

    When we have grown old and the fires of passion are all burnt down to ashes, and the hopes and desires and fears of youth all laid to rest, ...

    Article : 163 words
  23. THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.

    Everybody has heard of that strange celestial light which appears after sunset in the late winter and in spring, and before ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 11 words
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