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  2. MISCELLANEOUS. MORGANATIC MARRIAGES.

    In the British Royal Family morganatic marriages have been very frequent, especially in the eighteenth century, and it was to check these ...

    Article : 156 words
  3. FARM AND FIELD. ORIGINAL ARTICLES.

    A manure is a substance which increases the fertility of the soil and causes it to grow larger crops. It is only since the beginning of the 19th ...

    Article : 393 words
  4. Short Story

    Melancholy!—melancholy was not the word for it! Who would not he grim and glum, I asked myself, as I stared out into the stormy night from ...

    Article : 3,823 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES. MOTOR-CAR AND MOTOR-BOAT.

    A Scotch engineer has succeeded in building a combination motor-car and motor-boat. The craft has already undergone successful trials around and ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. TIMING THE ACTION OF THE HEART.

    At a meeting of the Court of Governors of the London Hospital a few days ago it was stated that the heart department had been placed ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. A FUNERAL MOTOR CAR.

    A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral car that is far more than a hearse, for, in addition to the space for the casket and flowers, there are ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. NOVEL LIQUID METER.

    The Leinert liquid meter is an automatic measurer for water, petroleum, sugar juice, and other liquids, measurements being made by weight and ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. THE ARMY AUTOMOBILE IN SERVICE.

    An armoured automobile was lately given some actual work in operations in Morocco, this belonging to the Spanish army. The present car is provided ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. GEAR SHIFTER.

    The electric gear shifter now has become fairly common, and there are several devices of the kind operated by compressed air. Now, however, ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. Odds and Ends.

    "Did you see any sharks when you were crossing the Atlantic, Mr. Butts?" asked Miss Mills. "Yes," replied Butts, sadly. "I ...

    Article : 250 words
  12. POTASH AND POTATOES.

    It is well known that nitrogen is most essential for cereals, phosphate for turnips and similarly that potash is the great requisite for potatoes. This ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. MOLASSES FOR MINES.

    Mr. Launcelot Ussher, of South Africa, has introduces a new dust-laying preparation for use in mines, the base of which is molasses. It is ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. AN "UNSINKABLE" SHIP.

    Mr. Caine, of Trapp, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, a retired sea captain of many years' experience, has constructed and patented a model ship the ...

    Article : 398 words
  15. FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE

    Mr. Karl Reichert, of Vienna, has constructed a fluorescent microscope which is of advantage in certain cases. The lighting of the object to be ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. LIME WATER FOR CALVES.

    Lime water is so easily made and is so useful on the farm that it is a wonder that a supply of it is not kept for some purposes such as treatment ...

    Article : 164 words
  17. Not Quite.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  18. NEW TYPE OF CYCLE-CAR.

    There has been placed upon the market lately a cycle-car which has an unusually novel method of power transmission. The vehicle is propelled ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. The Answer.

    "Miss Ethel," said a shy young man, "if I were to throw you a kiss, what would you say?" "I'd say you were the laziest man I ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. Just So!

    She: "I don't see why you should hesitate to marry on £500 a year. Papa says my gowns never cost more than that." ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. FERTILISING MICROBES.

    Professor Bottomley delivered a lecture on "Bacteria of the Soil" recently. In the soil, he said, microbes were comparatively few near the ...

    Article : 326 words
  22. EGYPTIAN DONKEYS.

    To see our local Mayor riding on a donkey would doubtless cause endless amusement, but this happens every day in Egypt. There the donkey is ...

    Article : 404 words
  23. True.

    Isaac (seeing the sights of the city for the first time): "Say, pa, why do they call this 'ere building the Exchange?" ...

    Article : 30 words
  24. "TASTELESS MEDICINE" CUP.

    An ingenious Frenchman has invented a cup which will mask the taste of nauseous medicine. It is called a pomponnette. This vessel holds twice ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. Had the "Pull" There.

    Sue: "You said you were going to marry an artist, and now you are engaged to a dentist. Fio: "Well; isn't he an artist? He ...

    Article : 40 words
  26. Not Always.

    Visitor (at the National Gallery): "Why, them's the very same pictures I saw here the day before yesterday. Attendant (dryly): "Quite likely." ...

    Article : 34 words
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