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  2. LUCKY DAYS.

    The belief in the special luck, bad or good, attaching to certain days of the week, is as old as the hills. Some great men have believed that ...

    Article : 305 words
  3. THE POULTRY RUN.

    The occurrence of liver disorders among poultry is traceable to overfeeding or feeding on foods too rich in starchy matter. With a view to ...

    Article : 273 words
  4. RECORDING FAMOUS VOICES.

    Billy Williams, [?]e well-known music-hall comedian who died recently, possessed a beautiful singing voice which produced remarkably clear ...

    Article : 418 words
  5. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    Russia lacks only ten longitudinal degrees of stretching half-way round the earth, and possesses one-sixth of landed area of the planet. Perhaps ...

    Article : 868 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS.

    It is reported that an experiment is being made with a material that heretofore has been a waste product of glass factories for road-making. This ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. THE EYES OF THE SUBMARINE.

    Of all the equipment of submarine vessels, the most important is the periscope, a simple device that serves as the eyes of the craft when it is ...

    Article : 314 words
  8. AMERICAN HUMOUR

    Up-to-Date.—Kind Stranger: How old is your baby brother, little girl?" Little Girl: He's a this year's model." ...

    Article : 859 words
  9. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DOORBELL.

    A pleasing novelty has been devised in France to take the place of the jingling alarm-bells on doors. A plate screwed on the top of the door serves ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. ELECTRIC POWER FOR PLOUGHING.

    Some interesting experiments are to be made in the application of electric power for ploughing and other agricultural operations in Italy. The ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. ON EGG-EATING

    This vice is frequently noted in suburban poultry yards. Why? Because the restricted accommodation causes the fowls to be crowded into ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. THE DRINK CURE.

    "Cassidy," said the head of a large drapery establishment, eyeing him sharply, "you've stopped drinking, haven't you?" ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. WOMAN'S WIT.

    During one of the wars which kept Germany in constant trouble for many years, two Princes, brothers, were fighting on opposite sides. The ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. SAWDUST AS FUEL.

    An electrical power-station is about to be erected at Gusne, in Sweden, at which sawdust from a sawmill in the neighbourhood will be used as fuel. ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. THE ANIMATED FOGHORN.

    A big transatlantic liner was proceeding through a dense fog off the banks of Newfoundland, when suddenly the loud squealing of a pig was ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. PATCHING BATTLESHIPS.

    After the conflict, Jack Tars have several methods of stopping the incoming water when a battleship has been hit below the water-line. For ...

    Article : 214 words
  17. A MODERN DANGER.

    The case was one of assault and battery. The witness had just given his story of what he had seen, when the ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. WHAT FLAGS MEAN.

    The flags displayed by vessels in port have quite a language of their own. Flags half-masted mean death. A yellow flag means that the vessel is ...

    Article : 155 words
  19. NOTES FOR THE NOVICE.

    Intestinal worms cause a large number of deaths among chickens. The are a dropping of the wings, and a general debilitated appearance; the ...

    Article : 286 words
  20. THUMBS OF APES.

    The gorilla and chimpanzee, which belong to the higher order of apes, have many points of resemblance to man; but there is one thing they ...

    Article : 228 words
  21. A WONDERFUL ROSE.

    Many wonderful things are done by the Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese in raising flowers. One of their most remarkable productions is known as ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. AEROPLANE DARTS.

    One of the most extraordinary weapons is the aeroplane dart, a French invention that both French and German aviators have used with ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

    It was a sad and sorry day for Pottleby, of corn-plaster fame, when, having made his pile, he decided to buy an estate in bonnie Scotland, and ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. ALSO AND LIKEWISE.

    A Scottish bachelor farmer, a little past bis prime, finding himself hard up, thought the best thing he could do would be to marry a neighbour of his ...

    Article : 118 words
  25. HE TOOK THE HINT.

    "What is your name?" asked the new teacher of the first boy in line. "Tom." said the boy. "No, it isn't Tom; it's Thomas." ...

    Article : 24 words
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