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  2. Short Story A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

    "An actress, of all the people in the world exclaimed Miss Fleming, with a shudder. "I certainly would never have received her if I had known be ...

    Article : 1,240 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The largest cathedral in England is that of York, the area of which is 63,800 square feet, St. Paul's being the second largest, with an area of ...

    Article : 196 words
  4. "RADIUM" HOTEL IN SWITZERLAND.

    The first "Radium" hotel in Europe is to be opened this summer at Orselina, in the canton of Ticino (states a London journal). Dr. Haslebacher ...

    Article : 125 words
  5. A PROFITABLE PRACTICE.

    Under-drainage tends to remove all these unfavourable conditions. It is a very profitable practice, although the work may seem expensive at the time. ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. THE MOTOR-CAR EXPRESS.

    A novel form of passenger service is to be found in California. A narrow gauge railroad runs from Caldor to Diamond Springs, and to provide ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

    What is believed to be the perfect skeleton of a man, dating back at least 10,000 years, has been discovered on the banks of a ravine in the Willow ...

    Article : 118 words
  8. THE LURE OF NIAGARA.

    Numerous notoriously foolhardy attempts to win the fleeting favour of fortune's fickle smile have been made in connection with Niagara Falls. Ever ...

    Article : 343 words
  9. FODDER NUTRIENTS.

    The most important element in fodder for dairy stock is that chemically described as protein. All the bones and tissues of an animal contain ...

    Article : 354 words
  10. THE EMPTINESS OF SPACE.

    When we speak of outer space, the space between star and star, as being empty of matter, it is rather interest ing to see exactly what we mean. We ...

    Article : 207 words
  11. NEW USE FOR RADIUM.

    A new use for radium has been discovered by M. Szilard, whose invention was described at a recent meeting of the Academie des Sciences (says ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

    "I shall run away," said Pepper. "Lots of people would be glad of a smart little chap like me." He sat on the corn bin in the stable, ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  13. ORIGIN OF TRIAL BY JURY.

    A trial fay jury is an occurrence of which we read every day, but how many of our readers know the origin of such a trial? ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. PLATINUM DEPOSITS.

    Important deposits of platinum have been discovered at Wenden, Westphalia, in a region previously well known for its deposits of other metals. A ...

    Article : 287 words
  15. Odds and Ends.

    "Did she return your love?" Said she had no use for it." "You say you're a moving picture hero" "Yes, my wife makes me go to ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. A KING'S REBUKE.

    King Louis of Bavaria has rebuked a deputation of aristocratic ladies who begged him to become the patron of certain asylums for sick animals ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. POINTS IN CREAM MAKING.

    Fresh cream never should be mixed with that which is already in the can until it has been cooled to the same temperature. It is best not to mix ...

    Article : 272 words
  18. FARM AND FIELD. ORIGINAL ARTICLE

    Drainage improves the ventilation of the soil, so that when the ground water is lowered, as is done by underdraining, the roots of plants penetrate ...

    Article : 185 words
  19. A WONDERFUL GUN.

    The War Office authorities will shortly have the opportunity of testing a new machine gun, for which great capabilities are claimed. It is the ...

    Article : 260 words
  20. THE ANSWER.

    "There is but one thing in the world that we can put our faith and reliance in with confidence, children," said theSunday school teacher. "Who can tell ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. ELECTRIC STERILISATION.

    The sterilisation of milk by electricity without injury to flavour or nutritive quality bids fair to become a regular practice. Recent attempts to kill ...

    Article : 256 words
  22. RECOGNISED IT.

    "This," smiled the fond young as she passed a plate of dessert to her husband, is cottage pudding, I made it myself." ...

    Article : 54 words
  23. SCIENCE NOTES. H[?]RNS CLEAR STREETS FOR FIRE ENGINE.

    The instant a fire alarm is turned in, in Oakland, Cat., a warning electric horn at downtown street corners for an unimpeded run by the fire apparatus. ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. AN EASY ONE.

    Visitor (genially): "So you're deep in the mysteries of grammar, are you? Well see if you can give me a sentence containing the verbs 'sit' and 'set.'" ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. RAIN-WATER AND SOIL.

    When the soil water is lowered the soil receives other benefits, one of the principals being that more good is made of rain-water. The sinking of ...

    Article : 171 words
  26. A STUDIOUS TRAVELLER.

    They were talking about the speed of trains. "Oh, that's nothing, that's nothing at all," said an American gentleman. when several striking facts had ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. PRIMITIVE PAPUANS.

    An interesting account of an expedition undertaken recently by Judge Murray, Administrator of Papua, to the head waters of the Vetapu, has been ...

    Article : 308 words
  28. TEMPERATURE IN HIGH LATITUDES.

    Dr. Harker, F.R.S., superintendent of Eskdalemuir Observatory, reports regarding a meteorological balloon ascent from the observatory that the ...

    Article : 97 words
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