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  2. For Young Folks.

    'Oh, shadow, shadow, come with me; The day is dark and drear. And I should like your company ...

    Article : 162 words
  3. Facts & Fancies.

    The first person, so somebody has discovered, to grow potatoes in the open field in Scotland was Thomas Prentice, a day labourer, in ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. MANDARINE ORANGES.

    Mandarines are more favoured by ladies and children than by the mere man, who probably object to the preponderance of pips in these small ...

    Article : 342 words
  5. New, Odd, Interesting.

    A whale of average size yields about 2000 gallons of oil. Many children in Japan are taught to write with both hands. ...

    Article : 348 words
  6. The Farmer.

    Talked your horse and teach him to obey your voice as well as the reins. This may prove valuable if, as sometimes happens, the lines ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. ABOUT BLUE ORPINGTON DUCKS.

    The Blue Orpington duck is an offshoot of the Buff Orpington duck. While thhe latter were in the early stages of their making it was found ...

    Article : 192 words
  8. THE SEA OF ARAL RISING.

    The attention of geographers has been attracted during recent years to a remarkable rising in the Sea of Aral. This slightly brackish lake ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. MOTHER SILVER SPECTACLES.

    When Mrs. Silver stopped one day to think about herself, she found that she was past the age at which most people begin to wear ...

    Article : 573 words
  10. ELEPHANT CEMETERIES.

    The great bulk of the supply of ivory tusks hoarded by native chiefs in Africa, and shrewdly dealt out by them to traders in such a manner as ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. HINTS FOR THE DAIRY.

    The following are a few good rules to observe, soys the "Small Holder," Eng., if farmers and dairy-men wish to preserve their milk from ...

    Article : 289 words
  12. THE RIGHT KIND OF GREEN FOOD.

    Every poultry-keeper must, of course, use just that kind of greenstuff which is most easily procured, always providing that it is suitable, ...

    Article : 241 words
  13. A RUSSIAN STORY.

    Once there was a mother who had a son by the name of Pavluba. One Sunday morning she said to him: "My dear son, I hm going to ...

    Article : 954 words
  14. A HORRIBLE PAIR.

    There is a crab which becomes partner in a shell with a horrible creature possessing a squirming, wormlike body armed with ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. AN ALMOST RUSTLESS IRON.

    One pf the great drawbacks to the use of iron for many porposes is its tendency to rust. And this appears to be greater in the form known as ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. THE BUFF ROCK.

    This is one of the great American varieties that has made great head-way during recent years, but the zenith of its popularity has not yet ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 141 words
  17. SEALS LIKE ICE LUMPS.

    Little seals are snowy-white at first--the better to hide on the white ice on which they are born. Only their eyes and the tins of their noses ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. WASHING FOR SHOW.

    A white bird should never be shown without having first been washed. Wash in three waters at least, ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. WHEN SOLID IRON FLOATS.

    Experiments have shown that if a ball of solid iron be lowered into a mass of liquid iron by means of a metal fork, the ball at first sinks to ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. Wise and Otherwise.

    "Have you ever written on an empty stomach, Mr. Poet?" "Excuse me, sir, I'm a poet, not a tattoo artist1" "A little change of heir," remarked ...

    Article : 494 words
  21. The Poultry Run.

    Producers would do well to consider the fact that it pays to send clean fresh eggs to the market. Too many of ours are either dirty ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. MEALS FIVE HOURS LONG.

    Four hundred years ago the practice seems to have been two meals a day. It seems nowadays like alternately starving and over-eating. In ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. BEAUTIFUL EYES.

    A popular [?] the beauty and brilliancy of many actresses' eyes to the use of belladonna. This is quite wrong. The effect is obtained by the ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. A FEW DONT'S.

    Don't send eggs to market unless they are clean and of inviting appearance. Don't forget that the flavour of ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. CURIOSITIES OF SMELL.

    No substance that refuses to dissolve in water has an odour. It is the actual substance, itself, floating in particles in the air, that appeals ...

    Article : 122 words
  26. AVERTING COLLISIONS AT SEA.

    According to a recent press report, steamships of the French trans-Atlantic line are using the apparatus invented by Signors Bellini and Tosi, of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. A POPULAR DUCK.

    An Indian Runner duck has become a very popular breed of late years, because it matures rapidly, and is a very prolific layer. Those ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. Science Notes & News.

    Many naturalists experience difficulty in preserving valuable egg shells. One of the most effective ways of preserving them is as ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. THE ROYAL STURGEON.

    The sturgeon is included as a "Royal fish" in an Act of Edward II., which assigns to the Sovereign "all wrecks and whales)" whilst the ...

    Article : 176 words
  30. A NOVEL CORKSCREW.

    A unique self-pulling corkscrew has recently appeared on the market. The screw has a head similar to that of a thumbscrew, and ...

    Article : 101 words
  31. AN ODD NOBILITY.

    The titles of Duke of Marmalade, Count of Lemonade, and Earl of Brandy, were real title, bestowed by a genuine monarch on three favourites ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. HOW A HEN PERCHES.

    It is interesting to know how a hen perches, and why it is safe for her to do so, and l am indebted to an American writer for the ...

    Article : 333 words
  33. PLAGUES OF MICE.

    In many of the American States an active campaign is being carried on against mice, and especially field mice, which are such a menace to ...

    Article : 283 words
  34. DRINKING DEW.

    Dew, which, according to the poets, has always been the favourite beverage of fairies, is now utilised for the more prosaic purpose of ...

    Article : 109 words
  35. LAND BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

    The idea of a former land connection between Europe and America receives support from geographical and other considerations. In the ...

    Article : 170 words
  36. DETECTIVES 2000 YEARS AGO.

    It is the fashion of the general reader nowadays to credit Edgar Allan Poe with being the originator of the detective in fiction. But the ...

    Article : 206 words
  37. LUMP MONEY.

    Writing from the interior of China, a traveller says: "Currency is primitive to a degree. Lump silver only is used and copper "cash." Coined ...

    Article : 89 words
  38. ORE FROM LAKES.

    The bottoms of many Swedish lakes are covered to a thickness of 6in. or 8in. with fragments of iron ore of the size of peas. This lake ...

    Article : 205 words
  39. KITCHEN VENTILATOR.

    A novel ventilating system has recently been developed, which consists of a small electric fan connected to the window-sill in such a manner that ...

    Article : 94 words
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