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  2. LIME THE MAIN CAUSE OF OLD AGEING.

    Dr. D. W. de Lacy Evens, Surgeon to St. Saviour's Hospital, London, has attacked the question of old age from a new point of advantage. He takes up the fact ...

    Article : 134 words
  3. Poetry.

    Oh, woe is me, through all my days! Wisdom and Wealth I both have got, And name and fame and great men's praise But Love-- ah, love ! I have it not. ...

    Article : 92 words
  4. Art and Literature

    Pascal tells us that there are two extremes, ' to exclude reason and to admit only reason.' Passing into the later extreme George Eliot's fine intellect became ...

    Article : 1,517 words
  5. THE ASPARAGUS BED

    There is nothing in my garden that had been a greater source of satisfaction, or that has given better or more constant returns for the labor or expense bestowed upon it, ...

    Article : 922 words
  6. A CITIZEN OF COSMOPOLIS.

    What is the name of your country-- where Is the land of your love that you left behind ! And what is the country to which you fare, And what is the hope that you have in mind ! ...

    Article : 243 words
  7. WORTH KNOWING.

    Prospectors when out of reach of assayers to test their ore, can, by the following method, determine whether the rock to be tested carries mineral or not : When you ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. TO ELSINORE.

    The chance of travelling in Denmark in a train called ' express' was of itself alone almost enough to tempt me to take the run from Copenhagen to Elsinore. Nothing ...

    Article : 957 words
  9. Farm and Garden.

    If the grass begins to give out try a few cabbages for the chickens and hens. Refuse cabbages, those that fail to make good heads, can be bought cheaply, and they furnish a ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. MEDICAL VALUE OF WATER.

    Persons bat little accustomed to drinking water are liable to have the waste products formed faster than they are removed. Any obstruction to the free working of natural ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. The Duke and the Commoner.

    Edward's sister was all that he had not been,--peaceable and gracious, indulgent towards all mankind, and, what was stranger still, to all womankind as well. She was ...

    Article : 2,385 words
  12. GIVE THE HORSE A BATH.

    Nothing so refreshes a tired animal, biped or quadruped, as a bath. The profusely perspiring horse discharges an enormous quantity of waste matter through the skin, ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. SEA WATER.

    Some recent observations on sea-weter show how singularly clear it is of bacteria. At a distance of a mile and a half from the shore. Giaxa finds only ten of these pestilent ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. FLOWERING BEGONIAS.

    Rich sandy soil suits flowering begonias best. The tuberous varieties have larger flowers, but the old flowering kinds are much grown and are useful for variety. ...

    Article : 279 words
  15. Humour.

    A painful business-- Tooth-drawing. No man goes through so many trials to the course of his life as one of her Majesty's judges. ...

    Article : 627 words
  16. The Traveller.

    The public clocks of Paris ! They are a[?] innumerable as the puff balls of the ' what's o'clock,' whose tiny moons mingle with the gold stars of the dandelions which intrude ...

    Article : 297 words
  17. PRUNING.

    It must be remembered that the vine bears its fruit on shoots ef the same year's growth, from eyes on the previous year's wood. It is necessary to understand this, because we ...

    Article : 427 words
  18. Popular Science.

    Sound travels through the air at the rate of about 1090 feet per second; and through water at the rate of about 4700 feet. ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. DANGEROUS DERELICTS.

    There are, according to the most recent official reports, fifty derelict vessels floating to the Atlantic Ocean that are regarded as dangerous to navigation. The larger ...

    Article : 379 words
  20. CONSOLATION FOR FAT PEOPLE.

    A physician, in a recent newspaper article, points out that fat people endure most Mads of illness much better than thin people, because they have an extra amount ...

    Article : 84 words
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