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  2. Facts & Fancies.

    India is blessed-- or perhaps cursed-- with the largest congregation of itinerant beggars of any country in the world. These mendicants, or ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. WHEN DUCKS EAT THEIR FEATHERS.

    One bad habit which ducklings of four to five months old sometimes have is a propensity for feather- eating. First it will be noticed that ...

    Article : 210 words
  4. The Farmer.

    One often sees the question raised in the agricultural press whether better results are obtained by sowing cereals thick or thin, and both ...

    Article : 455 words
  5. American Humour.

    The dark figure waited patiently in the deep shadow of the alley until the sauntering policeman was swallowed up in the gloom. The streets were ...

    Article : 152 words
  6. Science Notes & News.

    A wireless telegraph station near Berlin claims to have succeeded in maintaining wireless communication with a steamship during the ...

    Article : 77 words
  7. CANINE JUSTICE.

    In his voyage of Polar exploration Commander Fiala observed among his dogs a sort of government quite independent of that of their ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. CANDLE- POWER OF SUN AND STARS.

    Mr. Nordmann, who has estimated the light and heat of the sun and the stars by a new method, has presented to the Paris ...

    Article : 148 words
  9. A SMOKELESS LOCOMOTIVE

    The smokeless locomotive has been invented once more. This time the discovery is reported from Chicago. An example of the new ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. THE CHINAMAN'S FUNERAL.

    The ostentation common to the rich Chinese is ever observable in their funeral obsequies. Even if by chance a man should desire an ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. A GOOD DAY FOR WARS.

    There was nothing in sight down the road. The Major sat tilted against the wall of the general store, reading yesterday's paper. It was a clear, warm ...

    Article : 238 words
  12. TRIALS OF BUFF ORPINGTONS.

    A great number of amateurs keep Buff Orpingtons for show purposes nowadays, for, in addition to their show popularity, they are among ...

    Article : 259 words
  13. HOW FAR THE BLOOD TRAVELS.

    It has just been calculated that, assuming the heart to beat sixty- nine times a minute at ordinary pressure, the blood goes at the rate ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. METAL ALLOYS.

    The alloys of iron with metals other than those which enter into the composition of cast iron and steel have been little studied. In ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. A FEW CURIOUS TAXES.

    Henry VIII. taxed beards, and graduated the tax according to the status of the wearer. For example, the Sheriff of Canterbury was ...

    Article : 192 words
  16. THE MIGHTY AMAZON.

    On the map of South America there is a vast territory covered with dense tropical forest through which flows the Amazon and its ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. HOW FROST KILLS PLANTS.

    The Swedish botanist Lidfors has proposed a new theory to explain the killing action of frost on plants, as well as the fact that ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. CHIN MASK.

    This rubber chin mask is presumably designed to take its place among the many devices for the preservation and beautifying of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  19. SELF- MADE MARTYRS.

    "What's a martyr, father?" asked the only scion of the Morse household, aged eight. Mr. Morse answered him with ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. The Camera.

    These arise from putting into contact with the unvarnished film of the negative a printing paper which contains some form of silver. ...

    Article : 402 words
  21. The Poultry Run.

    When the time comes for the hen to leave her charges one or two courses should be adopted. Either the birds may remain in their ...

    Article : 223 words
  22. THINGS WHICH YOU SHOULD KNOW.

    When hens lay soft-shelled eggs it is a sign that they are too fat. Cut down the amount of grain and feed more vegetables and green ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. THE SUN'S BRIGHTNESS.

    How bright is the sun? No two authorities agree. According to an estimate made by C. Nordmann, the effective temperature ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. FLOWER NAMES.

    It is interesting to know how certain flowers received their names. Many are named after people. For instance, the luchsias were so called ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. TURKISH HOTEL RULES.

    An interesting study of the habits and morals of a nation might be made, basing the researches wholly on hotel regulations. In "The ...

    Article : 279 words
  26. A BOON FOR CAPTAINS.

    Wonderful possibilities are claimed for a Swedish invention, called the photographone, by means of which sound waves can ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. PEN POINTS.

    If properly kept and judiciously applied to land, poultry manure is worth one-half the cost of the food the fowl gets, and yet little account ...

    Article : 246 words
  28. LOOKING OUT FOR HER RIGHTS.

    In Washington some years ago there was a coloured woman who demanded all that was due to her. On one occasion, at a period when less care was ...

    Article : 315 words
  29. CHINESE CONJURING SPARROWS.

    The following account is given by a traveller who saw a sedate old gentleman, sitting at a street, corner in Hong Kong, put one of these birds ...

    Article : 288 words
  30. MORE THINGS NOT TO BE DONE.

    Don't forget that eggs are porous, and contaminated surroundings will very quickly spoil them. Don't forget that if a brooding ...

    Article : 180 words
  31. A HANDY FUNNEL.

    A funnel has been devised which will support a tin of petrol whilst filling the tank of a motor boat or car. The funnel has a long piece ...

    Article : 190 words
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