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  2. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    What is a primeval forest, Pat? A place where the hand of an has never set foot. You say Miss Peach inherited her ...

    Article : 786 words
  3. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    An explanation of the improvement of European agriculture in recent years has been sought, and in Germany it is attributed to soil stimulation from ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

    "Johnnie," asked his teacher, "can you give us a sentence using the word 'income' in it?" Johnnie hesitated a moment; then ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. THE POULTRY RUN.

    There are several important advantages in giving fowls their freedom. In the first place, there can be no doubt that poultry with unlimited space over ...

    Article : 292 words
  6. RANDOM HEADINGS.

    As Tennyson grew older he very much objected to people trying to help him too much. He believed in children and grown-ups doing all that was ...

    Article : 282 words
  7. CONJURES' SECRETS REVEALED

    The strides made in science within the last score of years, recently remarked Mr. Howard Thurston, an American conjurer, to a ...

    Article : 367 words
  8. NEW, ODD, INTERESTING.

    An ordinary railway engine is equal in strength to 900 horses. A [?]rned German estimates the force of a thunderbolt at 50,000 ...

    Article : 623 words
  9. INSANITY IN ANIMALS.

    Insanity in the human subject is supposed by some to have no analogy in the lower animals. Yet many causes, according to a scientific writer, will ...

    Article : 236 words
  10. A FEW RIDDLES.

    What is the smallest bridge in the world ?—Bridge of your nose. What is it you cannot get out of a bottle?—More than you put in it. ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. ASPARAGUS ANALYSED.

    Asparagus belongs to the family of plants—Liliaceoe—that includes onions looks, and garlic. Each of those vegetables contain a small quantity of ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. WILLIAM'S CHOICE.

    "Remember, William," said the stern parent, "if you disobey me again I shall be compelled to give you a whipping." ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. SIGNALLING BY MIRRORS.

    A novel signalling system is being tried on German railways. Parabolic mirrors about eight and a half feet long are fixed on an axle, on which ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. THE FINAL STRAW.

    Gazing down upon them was the silvery summer moon. They sat in a secluded corner of the pier, ravenously devouring the love-light that glinted in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 170 words
  15. COMPLETING THE INFORMATION.

    Little Egbert, aged five, had accompanied his mother on a trip to the city. They made the journey by tramcar. Presently the conductor came round ...

    Article : 721 words
  16. WORSHIPPING A SACRED TOOTH.

    At Kandy, in Ceylon, is kept Buddha's tooth, which is the object of the unbounded reverence of more than 400,000,000 people. ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. THE TIMES OF FEEDING.

    I believe that many people are under the impression that in order to be successfully with poultry one must get up at an unearthly hour to attend to their ...

    Article : 291 words
  18. A NEW PRINTING INK.

    As the carbon of ordinary printing inks does not bleach in using printed materials for new paper, a French firm has patented a special ink. The ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. NEVER AGAIN.

    Johnny was not often allowed to go calling with his mother, because he had an embarrassing way of asking their hostess if she had 'anything for ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. A TELEPHONE TIME SAVER.

    A new device that will be welcomed by many persons who make frequent use of the telephone in intended to save the time usually wasted in ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. WHAT THE MAID KNEW.

    For a long while the young man sat waiting in the drawing-room, anxious and impatient, restlessly crossing and recrossing left leg over right, and ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. THE VALUE OF FRESH AIR.

    Most of the more modern houses, hutches, and coops relieve the poultry-keeper of much of his responsibility in the matter of ventilation, provided ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. AN ESKIMO WASH.

    Eskimo mothers sew their babies into layer upon layer of clothing, the tiny inner garments being fashioned of the skins of eider ducks, with the feathers ...

    Article : 195 words
  24. HUMAN BAROMETERS.

    Much has been written on the relations between weather and disease, and in medical literature there is no lack of carefully-drawn curves showing ...

    Article : 346 words
  25. THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPHIC MARVEL.

    X-Ray photographs can now be taken at a single "flash" by means of an improved apparatus, which embodies all the most recent advances in ...

    Article : 199 words
  26. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

    Mr. Skruge was very angry. He eyed his wife with the pained expression of a man who finds that he is not appreciated. ...

    Article : 143 words
  27. SAVING THE COLOURS.

    A true story is told of a French dog who became one of the most loved followers of Napoleon. Moustache (as the soldiers called the dog) was in the ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. CLEANLINESS AMONG CHICKENS.

    Cleanliness in all things appertaining to chickens is of the greatest importance, and unless this is attended to, it is small wo[?] if they suffer a serious ...

    Article : 173 words
  29. NOT SO GREEN.

    A recruit for the police force was walking up and down the road, when he picked up a shilling. Later on he met the sergeant, and said:— ...

    Article : 254 words
  30. CONUNDRUMS.

    What kind of face should an auctioneer have?—One that is for-bidding. When does a farmer double up a ...

    Article : 254 words
  31. NOT HIS CUE.

    The two ladies had been to the opera at it local theatre, and, going home in the tram, they discussed the evening's amusement. ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. THE JEW SCORED.

    An American whilst walking through the streets of London noticed a large 9 displayed outside a shop kept by a gentleman, from Jerusalem. Being ...

    Article : 200 words
  33. A PRIZE WORTH WINNING.

    Russia is inviting the attention of the men of letters of all countries to the fact that the most valuable literary prize ever offered is now open to ...

    Article : 125 words
  34. REMARKABLE FAMILY HISTORY.

    One of the most remarkable family histories on record is contained in a letter received by the Unite States Commissioner of Pensions, who has ...

    Article : 120 words
  35. SPEED OF ANIMALS.

    No animal is known to have exceeded the speed attained by the horse. Instantaneous photographs of one famous specimen showed the full ...

    Article : 120 words
  36. APPEARANCES DECEIVE.

    A man lay groaning and writhing by the roadside, when up dashed a constable, but all he could get out of the sufferer was this:— ...

    Article : 120 words
  37. A PHRASE ILLUSTRATED.

    The custom of giving banquets for men only, and then allowing the banqueters' wives—hungry and thirsty —to look down on the feast from a ...

    Article : 94 words
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