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  2. Facts & Fancies. HOW THE UNITED STATES GROW.

    The original area of the United States was only 800,000 square miles and the population 4,000,000. Since then the area has extended ...

    Article : 89 words
  3. The Farmer.

    The first co-operative dairy farm in Denmark was started in 1882. There are to-day 1482 co - operative farms,, with ...

    Article : 414 words
  4. American Humour. HALF-WAY.

    As a gentleman was having his luncheon in the coffee-room of a certain large hotel he was much annoyed by another visitor, who during the whole ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. Science Notes & News. THE £25,000 AIRSHIP.

    The airship America, in which Mr. Wellman made the unsuccessful attempt to fly from America to England, is 184ft in length, with a ...

    Article : 86 words
  6. EASY BOOTS.

    A novel German boot, has partitions to separate the toes. These terminate in soft pads, pressing against the foot, so that the thrust ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. NOTHING IN A NAME.

    "Look here, waiter," said Mr. Grouch, scowling deeply over his plate, "I ordered turtle soup. There ain't even a morsel of turtle flavour in this." ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. SIMPLE TIDE-MEASURING DEVICE.

    A simple apparatus is used for measuring the height of tides. A wooden block slides easily in a grooved post. To the block a ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. THE PROVIDENT USE OF COAL.

    Professor H. E. Armstrong, referring in "Engineering" to the consumption of coal in domestic use and in the gas industry, ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. THE TREE OF MOURNING.

    Everybody knows that the cypress is a symbol of mourning, but this fact is seldom acted upon. In Italy, however, it is difficult to find ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. A REMARKABLE LIBRARY.

    Probably the finest collection of Bibles in the world is that in the library of the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea-square, New ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. THE SIZE OF THE FLOCKS.

    Let me speak seriously to you once more about overcrowding. If you can't make a small number pay, then take it-from me that you won't ...

    Article : 351 words
  13. NOT THAT KIND OF FATHER.

    A certain ensign in the Navy had an overwhelming desire to marry the daughter of a Rear-Admiral, who was noted in the Service as a frank, not to ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. THE PATRON SAINT OF SKATERS.

    The origin of figure-skating is attributed by the Dutch, the first figure-skaters, not to a man, as one might have expected, but to a ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. HOW MILK POWDER IS MADE.

    The processes currently employed for making milk powder are based upon drying by heat. In a process recently devised in France by ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. WHAT IS RADIUM?

    What is radium? It is possible, says a writer in the "Hospital," that many of us will not be able to answer this question, not as the ...

    Article : 205 words
  17. MIDDLE NAMES FORBIDDEN.

    It is a curious fact that middle names were once illegal. The old English law was very definite as to the naming of children, and, ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. A CRITICAL AUDIENCE.

    When the first "musical soloist" was added to the year's programme of the "Bushby Entertainment Course," there were grave misgivings as to the way in ...

    Article : 298 words
  19. NEARLY 250 YEARS LATE.

    Few people are aware that it was decided during the reign of Charles II. to build a magnificent Royal mausoleum adjoining Westminster ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. ANCIENT THRESHING METHODS.

    The method of threshing corn in parts of Sicily is considerably antiquated. The farmers generally make their threshing-floor on a flat ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. The Poultry Run. THE POPULAR MINORCA.

    A writer in the "Poultry World" gives some valuable tips on the qualities of Minorcas and the mating of them. As an egg-producer, ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. AEROPLANE DEVELOPMENT.

    M. Ellehammer, a Danish inventor, has constructed a monoplane, which, it is claimed, can be used in a strong wind. The monoplane ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. The Camera.

    There is one mistake in focusing which is very frequently made. The worker selects his object of chief interest and, with a large stop, gets ...

    Article : 405 words
  24. THE WHITE ORPINGTON.

    This variety was introduced in 1896, and at first the rosecomb was the most popular. Since then that type has been superseded by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  25. BLUE LEGHORNS.

    The best feature about blue leghorns is that they are very good layers of large white eggs, which average six or seven to the pound. ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. AN ENGINE CLEANER.

    An electro-mechanical cylinder cleaner for petrol and other engines has recently been introduced. The device consists of a small ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. THE SILVER WANDOTTE.

    The silver wyandotte has for the last twenty years occupied a prominient place among our popular breeds. It has never enjoyed the ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. A LABOR MONOPOLY.

    "I suppose Ellis Forbes is as valuable a man as ever?" said a former resident of Cedarville, returning after an absence of five years. "Nothing in ...

    Article : 310 words
  29. HOW SHAKING HANDS ORIGINATED.

    Shaking hands is a relic of barbarism. It became the custom in the days when everyone carried a dagger in his belt and when one ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. HELP FOR ENTOMBED MINERS.

    A device which manufactures breathable air, when required, for miners caught in mine accidents has been invented by an American ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. CHIMPANZEE ARRESTED.

    As twenty work-girls came out of a dressmaker's shop in the Rue Boileau, Paris, at midday, an arm encircled the waist of one of them. ...

    Article : 209 words
  32. TRAINING FOR THE SHOW PEN.

    Every fancier who has a bird worth showing, is thinking about showing it, and some valuable advice for the training of birds for the ...

    Article : 350 words
  33. A FEW PEN POINTS.

    Whitewash in the hen - house buries both the mites and their eggs Give it a trial. Every poultry yard should have a ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. USEFUL TREES.

    The "breadfruit" of Ceylon is a remarkable tree. Its fruit is baked and eaten by the natives as we eat bread, and is equally good and ...

    Article : 250 words
  35. MEERSCHAUM.

    Meerschaum is a compact, early mineral—hygrated magnesium silicate. It is grayish white, or white with a faint yellowish tint. ...

    Article : 118 words
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