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  2. The Poultry Run.

    One of the troubles that chickens are heir to is that of cramp. This is a source of annoyance to the poultry-keeper. The first symptoms of cramp ...

    Article : 236 words
  3. For Young Folks.

    I wonder where the days all go, And what makes other days? Some hurry by, and some are slow, But not one ever stays. ...

    Article : 158 words
  4. New, Odd & Interesting.

    Postcards first came into use in 1870. A judge's wig only weighs two ounces. Butter fetched £1 10s. a pound ...

    Article : 719 words
  5. THE AQUILINE NOSE.

    An interesting statement is that of Dr. Louis Robinson as to the origin of the aquiline nose, which feature he asserts is requisite to a full ...

    Article : 270 words
  6. SUNSHINE STORAGE.

    Has the sunshine really been harnessed at last? Can its life-giving properties definitely be utilised for supplying motor power? ...

    Article : 531 words
  7. Science Notes and News.

    A gas engine erected several thousand feet above the see level did not give the power expected, and it was suspected that the deficiency was due ...

    Article : 88 words
  8. Random Readings.

    Sir Henry Thompson, in his book, "Food and Feeding," writes as follows:— "The value of a cigarette at the ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. Wise and Otherwise.

    Mrs. Gnaggs: "I'll never forget the night you proposed to me. You acted like a perfect fool!" Mr. Gnaggs: "That wasn't acting." ...

    Article : 848 words
  10. ORIGIN OF "HORSEPOWER" AS A POWER UNIT.

    The multitude of automobiles, motors and power-machinery of all kinds in our days has caused the word horse-power to become part of the ...

    Article : 310 words
  11. A COIN TRICK.

    Take two pins, one in each hand, and pick up a coin with them by pressing one to each side of the edge. When you have got it firmly held ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. BUILDING UP A STRAIN.

    Most poultry-keepers at some time or another cherish the idea of building up a strain of fowls that will embody all the best qualities and at the same ...

    Article : 666 words
  13. THE DEATH OF "JOHN COMPANY."

    After the performance of the ceremony of establishing Delhi as the capital of India, we are told by Mr. John Finnemore in "Peeps at Delhi and the ...

    Article : 327 words
  14. HOW THE ITALIAN FLAG WAS SAVED.

    Some years ago there was war between Italy and Austria. During that war a group, consisting of ten Italian officers and twenty-five men got ...

    Article : 349 words
  15. DEALING IN FUTURES.

    Barney Regan was in the draper's bargaining for a "ridy-made shute at the shmallest price goin'." When ideas of value had been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  16. TONGUE PRESSURE RECORDED.

    An apparatus for making records of tongue pressure, for use in the treatment of defects in speech such as the occluded "s," in ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. MAN OR WOMAN: WHICH WOULD YOU BE?

    One hundred girls of the highest education were asked the question—"Would you prefer to be a man or a woman?" ...

    Article : 592 words
  18. CHARACTER TOLD BY THE LIPS.

    People who have studied the subject claim that the mouth is the most instructive feature in the face. They say that not only does it originally ...

    Article : 211 words
  19. WEATHER DETECTOR.

    By means of a modified wireless set recently installed in the observatory in Lyons, France, M. Flajolet has been able to note atmospheric electrical ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. THE MONTESSORI SYSTEM.

    Probably the greatest triumph in the Montessori method of education, as explained in "The Montessori Method," by Maria Montessori, is the ...

    Article : 358 words
  21. BRIGHT SAYINGS.

    Some children were telling their father what they got at school. The eldest got reading, spelling and definitions. And what do you get my little man?" ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. OXY-BENZOL BLOWPIPE.

    A new type of blow-pipe, [?]aimed to have several advantages over the oxy-acetylene, and oxy-hydrogen system, has recently been placed on ...

    Article : 275 words
  23. A GOOD EXAMPLE.

    Master: "An abstract noun is the name of something you can think of, but not touch. Can you give, me an example, Wilkins?" ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. TWO QUAINT MISUNDERSTANDING.

    Little Katie rushed into the room breathless. "Oh, mother, don't scold me for being late for tea, for I've had such a disappointment," she cried. "A ...

    Article : 165 words
  25. A BARRISTER CANNOT SUE.

    A barrister recently sued a district council in Dublin for the recovery of fees for work done as an advocate. The Judge who tried the case, in ...

    Article : 259 words
  26. A REGULATED PRESS.

    Some of the laws that regulated the Turkish Press in the days of Abdul Hamid have just been published. Certain definite subjects were laid ...

    Article : 224 words
  27. POTS AND PANS.

    Writing of the improvement of the status of Oriental women, Saint Nihal Singh, in the "Edinburgh Review," quotes by way of contrast some old ...

    Article : 214 words
  28. THE COLDEN VOICE.

    [?] announced to have signed an engagement [?] a twenty-five days' season at Bue[?]res, for which he is to be paid £16,800. This works out ...

    Article : 144 words
  29. WHERE LIFE IS SIMPLE.

    Among one of the Eskimo tribes, life has been reduced to exceedingly simple terms. Social problems do not trouble them, and there is no labour ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. COST OF DISCOVERING AMERICA.

    Documents which have been recently discovered at Palos, in Spain, Rive some interesting particulars of the outlay made by Colombus, on his ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. DOLLS STUFFED WITH BANK NOTES.

    The Bank of France is destroying the soiled notes it has recalled. The notes are placed in a large vat, and then, under the supervision of ...

    Article : 96 words
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