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  2. THE BOOTBLACKS OF CAIRO.

    The humours of the streets of Cairo form a prominent feature of Mr. Douglas Sladen's book on Egypt, and his description of the ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. The Farmer.

    The million dairy cows of Denmark are confined almost exclusively to two breeds—the Danish red of Zealand and the islands, and the ...

    Article : 519 words
  4. INDIAN PRINCES.

    India is governed by the British, but only part of it is governed directly by them. Of the 1,766,642 square miles of India, 690,000 ...

    Article : 365 words
  5. THE SMALLEST GLASS BOTTLE.

    What is regarded by skilled artisans as the smallest perfect glass bottle ever blown has just been turned out by one of the blowers ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. Science Notes & News.

    To bend metal edgewise take a block of metal, and round it to the form of which the metal strip is desired. Get a grooved roller ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. The Poultry Ron.

    If the average poultry raiser would give his sitting hens half as good attention as the incubator requires there would be fewer ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. Facts & Fancies.

    Easter Day.—Easter Day always falls in a cycle of thirty-five days from March 21st to April 25th. Since the establishment of the ...

    Article : 824 words
  9. "DRY" WINE AND THIRST.

    There is a curious lay impression, that the so-called "dry" wine conduces to thrist, a literal meaning, no doubt, being associated with the ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. THE WYANDOTTE OF TO-DAY.

    Of all the larger breeds of poultry the Wyandottes stand among the foremost in public favour, both as exhibition and utility fowls. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 635 words
  11. HOW DIAMONDS ARE SET.

    Few people outside the jewellery trade have any idea how the brilliants they buy and wear are fastened into their settings, and a ...

    Article : 449 words
  12. ANIMALS AND THEIR FOOD.

    An ordinary man eats his own weight in food in about six weeks. Monkeys of the higher order consume their own weight in ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. LUCKY BALLET-DANCERS.

    It may not be generally known that children trained to become ballet-dancers in Russia are educated, clothed, and fed at the expense of ...

    Article : 337 words
  14. VEGETABLE WAX.

    According to the "Revue Scientifique," some quasi-desert districts in the north of Mexico possess a little plant which the natives call ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. ANCIENT INKSTANDS.

    An inkstand that was probably in use three thousand four hundred-odd years ago is now exhibited in a Berlin museum. It is of ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. ARTIFICIAL GEMS.

    As the demand has grown for gems and ornamental stones, efforts ply artificially. Defective specimens receive special treatment, inferior ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. THE INBREEDING PROBLEM.

    As inbreeding has produced many of the most vigorous, prolific and meritorious animals of which we have any record, it would seem to be ...

    Article : 379 words
  18. COSTLY CHINESE FISH.

    The most beautiful and costly fishes in the world come from: China, and the rarest and most expensive of all is the brush-tail gold ...

    Article : 326 words
  19. A WONDERFUL LAND.

    One of the most notable land purchases in history was the purchase of Alaska by the United States. This region, one of the ...

    Article : 291 words
  20. ARTIFICIAL FURS.

    A new process for producing artificial furs is described in "La Nature." The raw pieces of felt are frozen, and the skin carefully ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. A LAW-OBSERVING NATION.

    In China, excepting the cities controlled by foreigners and in the foreign compounds of the Chinese cities, every member of a family ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. NEW SOLDERING PROCESS.

    Soldering aluminium with ordinary snider is the purpose of a recent Norwegian patent. The parts to be soldered first cleaned with ...

    Article : 120 words
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