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  2. Horticulture.

    One of the greatest troubles orchardists, nurserymen, professional, and amateur petitioners have to contend with, is the loss of labels attached to fruit trees, and valuable varieties and species of trees and shrubs. Wooden labels, ...

    Article : 1,729 words
  3. Impoundings.

    BOZE.—White bull, brown neck, brown spots on legs, [?] over H near rump, about 2 years. Will be sold on the 19th September. BENDEMEER.—Chestnut horse, broken, long tail, near hind foot white, apshis-marked, like IMJ (I writing capital—the IJ blotched) ...

    Article : 3,851 words
  4. Scientific, &c.

    We illustrate to-day a system of mining which has never yet been attempted in the Australian colonies, but which is adopted very extensively in California. The plan is to wash, not, as in Australia, merely the alluvial drift, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 579 words
  5. Conversation at the Bottom of the Sea.

    While on the subject of acoustic wonders, it may be interesting to our readers to hear of another practical use to which the telephone has been put. It seems that a French war-steamer has lately been engaged in towing an old ship ...

    Article : 227 words
  6. Alligator Wrench.

    The cut shows a wrench which is said to entirely suspersede gas-tongs, and to be invaluable to engineers, gasfitters, blacksmiths and jobbers of all kinds, as it will grip and hold fast any nut or bolt which will go between the jaws, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 381 words
  7. Healing Raw Surfaces.

    Nearly a year ago (says the English Mechanic) Dr. G. F. Waters, of Boston, stated that bicarbonate of soda, if applied to a burned or scalded surface, promptly subdued the pain. He performed a somewhat impressive experiment, ...

    Article : 310 words
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