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  2. Science Notes & News. FINDING PEARLS WITH RONTGEN RAYS.

    A suggestion was recently made that Rontgen rays be used to ascertain whether an oyster contains pearls. In this way, it will be ...

    Article : 97 words
  3. "LORNA DOONE."

    "'Lorna Doone' to a Devonshire man is as good as clotted cream, almost." This was a saying that delighted the heart of Blackmore, ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. The Poultry Run. IDEA FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

    When chicks are being reared in foster-mothers it is generally a difficult thing to keep the chaff or other floor material used out of the ...

    Article : 203 words
  5. TITLES TO ORDER.

    The little republic of San Marino charges £1000 for a dukedom and £750 for an earldom. Italy makes these very reasonable terms: For ...

    Article : 228 words
  6. Facts & Fancies.

    Consols might be called the National Debt, for they are the stock which is issued by the British Government when it wants to borrow ...

    Article : 895 words
  7. OLD TIME ILLUMINATION.

    In these days of ingenious electric illumination and display, it is amusing to read what the subjects of George II. considered a dazzling ...

    Article : 229 words
  8. The Farmer. TRAINING A YOUNG HORSE.

    There is nothing more important in the education of young harness horses, says "Argus" in "Farm and Home," than that they should be ...

    Article : 411 words
  9. UNIQUE BRIDGES.

    Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world are the kettlebridges, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders. The materials ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. MALINES FOWLS.

    The Malines, well known in Brussels as the Poulet de Bruxelle, are unsurpassed as table birds, and mature more rapidly than any other ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  11. Anecdotes from Ireland. A USEFUL LESSON.

    Shopwalker: "Are you fretting attended to, madam?" Countrywoman: "Thank yez koindly, sorr, they're doin' furst-class. 'Tis ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. THE LATEST WONDER OF SCIENCE.

    Man is on the eve of a totally new development in his notions of the mysterious thing called life. This is due to Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the ...

    Article : 634 words
  13. INVENTION BY MILITARY EXPERTS.

    During military manoeuvres the lack of efficient observation facilities has been often felt. German military experts have overcome this difficulty ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. CAN'T BE DONE.

    You can't stand for five minutes without moving, if you are blindfolded. You can't stand at the side of a ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. A GREEDY LOOK.

    Mick Cushley, while putting the cows out to graze early in the morning, met a tourist from an adjacent watering place, who enquired the way ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. DEVELOPMENT OF FOWLS.

    It is quite possible to have highclass and pure-bred fowls and yet to breed from them birds that are worthless, for want of care in ...

    Article : 488 words
  17. GYROSCOPE FOR MOTORS.

    A gyroscopic device for the prevention of the skidding of motor cars has recently been invented and tested. The gyroscope used for ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. MEN WITH PRODIGIOUS MEMORIES.

    There are many stories of wonderful efforts of memory. Joseph Scaliger, the famous scholar, committed the whole of Homer to memory ...

    Article : 285 words
  19. DEHORNING CALVES.

    One of the simplest and easiest ways of dehorning calves is by the use of caustic potash. The method of procedure is something like this: ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. A GOOD OMEN.

    Mrs. Kelly went with her daughter to Dublin for a day's outing and also to purchase a wedding outfit for the latter. On the return home, the ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. A PNEUMATIC PLANT.

    A labour-saving device of great ingenuity is being used in Germany. This invention is a pneumatc plant used for the mechanical tamping of ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. NO SMOKE.

    O'Dwyer has imbibed some of the progressive spirit of the age, and now known in his native village as "a pushful koind of man in iny soort av ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. COWPOX.

    Wash the udder with a solution of half an ounce of granular hyposulphite of soda twice daily; use a similar solution for the washing of ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. ILLUMINANTS AND THE EYES.

    According to scientists, the least injurious of present-day illuminants is the acetylene flame, for the reason that it is the nearest approach ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. WHAT IS A GOOD DAIRY COW?

    Sometimes we might be asked to define a good dairy cow. Some would dwell long on one point and some on another. The following ...

    Article : 236 words
  26. CATCHING THE EXPRESSION.

    They were distressing a recent attempt at burglary at the village store, when one spoke of the annoyance as well as loss occasioned by such ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. A CHEESE FRUIT.

    The Philippines produce two delicious fruits entirely unknown to Europe and America. One is the durian, whose remarkable qualities ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. IMMUNITY TO SERPENT VENOM.

    Experiments by MM. Billard and Maublant recorded in the "Comptes Rendes" of the Biological Society of Paris show that the common duck ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. A SUITABLE SUBJECT.

    Maria came indoors from her "kaielien wid Misthress Dogherty" in a somewhat irritated frame of mind, which soon made itself apparent in ...

    Article : 98 words
  30. ELIMINATING THE FLICKER IN MOVING PICTURES.

    Flicker in moving pictures is said to be practically eliminated by a cinematograph which employs two projection lenses, converging on a ...

    Article : 65 words
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