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  2. OF LITTLE FAITH.

    Here is a good example of Madame Sarah Bernhardt's ready wit. A well-known French palmist was anxious to start practising her ...

    Article : 77 words
  3. The Fanner.

    There are at least two conditions which will cause a cow's milk to vary considerably in percentage of fat and they are as follows: When a ...

    Article : 280 words
  4. Facts & Fancies.

    An industry or art that seems to have reached us unchanged from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks is that of beating gold into thin foil ...

    Article : 934 words
  5. The Poultry Run.

    Feather-picking is invariably prompted by a craving for some material which the food does not supply, or by a desire for animal food, ...

    Article : 329 words
  6. A MARRIAGE CUSTOM.

    At a Jewish wedding a woman is put to stand on the right hand of the man, in allusion to that verse of the xiv. Psalm: "Upon thy right ...

    Article : 123 words
  7. Science Notes & News.

    Many cinematograph firms are selling their old films to boot manufacturers or leather dressers, who treat the celluloid by chemical ...

    Article : 43 words
  8. LIFE AMID ANTARTIC ICE.

    During Lieutenant Shackleton's South Polar expedition the Shallow' lakes in the neighbourhood of Mount Erebus and Terror were ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. CORROSION OF IRON AND STEEL.

    As a result of investigations of the corrosion of iron and steel, some manufacturers have been induced to produce a practically pure iron for ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. THE KOH-I-NOOR.

    The Cullinan Diamond has attracted public attention as a Crown jewel, as is befitting in an Empire ever growing and ever developing ...

    Article : 367 words
  11. A GENTLE GIANT.

    There was an old elephant named Pizarro, a great favourite with the people of Madrid. He was an enormous animal, but ...

    Article : 537 words
  12. ANCESTOR OF THE DOG.

    The origin of the domestic dog has been a much discussed scientific problem. As a writer in the "Field" points out it was suggested ...

    Article : 276 words
  13. A NEW TYPE PUMP.

    A four-cylinder tyre pump recently invented has four small cylinders, the bores and strokes being [?] and 2in. respectively. In use, the ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. TREATING A CRACKED HOOF.

    The proper place to stop the movement of a cracked hoof is at the top of the crack where the new horn is being formed at the coronary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 209 words
  15. BOTTLE BREAKING.

    The method of breaking small bottles at the place wanted with kerosene-soaked string is well known, but this method does not work so ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. THE AILMENTS OF DUCKS.

    Ducks are subject to few ailments of a serious nature. The young ducklings, however, are liable to suffer from sunstroke, ...

    Article : 295 words
  17. NOVEL EDGE-CUTTER.

    A lawn-edge trimmer recently invented consists of a long handle bent at one end to rest on the ground, and fitted with two cutting ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. UNDER-SEA TELEPHONING.

    The laying of the new submarine telephone cable between Dover and Cape Gris-Nez has extended the possible distance over which ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. MINDING CYCLES.

    The almost limitless methods of the poor to earn an honest penny are often interesting. A veteran In Paris seems to have struck out a line ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. WHEN KINGS MEET.

    Probably there are very few of us who would deliberately cut a king. "I no longer go to Cannes and Nice," said King Edward one day, ...

    Article : 367 words
  21. HORSE TALK.

    When the colt is about a week old, soft, light, leather halter with a short piece of strap attached, should be carefully fitted to his head. ...

    Article : 337 words
  22. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MINES.

    Drs. Leinbach and Loewy, two German scientists, have established an underground wireless system of communication. They have ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. HOW PRINCES TRAVEL.

    The railway administration, which spreads almost over the entire German Empire, has just issued regulations granting new privileges to ...

    Article : 241 words
  24. OATMEAL FOR FOWLS.

    The aspects of oatmeal as a generous and heating food have to be born in mind when we are dealing with its use as food for birds. None ...

    Article : 280 words
  25. THE HABITS OF ANTS.

    Eye-witnesses of the marches which ants make aver that when they come to an obstacle they go through it or over it or take it with them. ...

    Article : 151 words
  26. THE HEIGHT OF WAVES.

    Dr. Richard: Scroesby, in a succession of very careful investigations upon the mid- Atlantic in tremendously rough weather, during part of ...

    Article : 82 words
  27. SOLUTION OF GLASS IN WATER.

    Research shows that, given a sufficiently high temperature, all glass is soluble iu water. Thus under a certain pressure it dissolves at a ...

    Article : 113 words
  28. TRAMWAY LOTTERY.

    Tickets issued by the City of Mexico Electric Tramways Company are valuable. At one time the company was defrauded by employees, despite ...

    Article : 83 words
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