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  2. Short Story

    "Change partners." We were dancing a waltz cotillon and I, smiling, held out my hands to John Lorton,, who left my Cousin ...

    Article : 1,941 words
  3. FIRM AND FIELD.

    It has been frequently asserted that extensive cultivation on the lighter classes of land does not sufficiently remunerate the farmer for the expense ...

    Article : 248 words
  4. HERO WORSHIP IN JAPAN.

    There is a life-size statue of the late General Nogi in plaster on exhibit in the art department in the Taisho Exhibition, now ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. HEIGHT OF OCEAN WAVES.

    Regarding the greatest height of waves reported by different observers, Lieutenant Raffi, of the Jules Henry, recently noticed waves of 66 feet in the ...

    Article : 131 words
  6. PLANT FOOD.

    The chief use of fertilisers is to supply plant food. It is good farming to make the most of the natural resources of the soil and of the manures ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. SCAVENGING IN PARIS.

    Quite an elaborate system is soon to be put into operation for disposing of the great amount of household waste of the city of Paris. At present there ...

    Article : 288 words
  8. A GOOD LIME-WASH.

    A good lime-wash is made as follows :--Take half a bushel of fresh lime and slake with water in a tub, covering it in during the process to ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. STUDY WIRELESS AT THE SUN'S ECLIPSE.

    Wireless telegraph signals, it is well understood, show greater intensity at night than in the daytime, an[?] recent investigators have learned that a ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. MAKING PLANT FOOD AVAILABLE.

    This also is the principal means by which the plants get a better supply of plant food, especially mineral matter, that forms part of the plant food ...

    Article : 215 words
  11. SCIENCE NOTES.

    A series of towers armed with quick- firers for defence against attacks by aircraft are being erected around Portsmouth Harbour and elsewhere ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. DARING JAPANESE WHALERS.

    Many of the Japanese whalemen are most expert and daring men. After a whale has been cornered, harpooned, and is slowly giving out from ...

    Article : 360 words
  13. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The surface of the Caspian, which lies 88ft. below sea level, has, since June, 1910, been continually sinking, without a plausible explanation having ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. MEXICO'S GREAT SEAPORT.

    Until the present trouble arose between the United States and Mexico, the average person probably knew little about Tampico, ...

    Article : 536 words
  15. A GERMAN RECORD

    The "Tagliche Rundschau" states that the engines of the new battle cruiser Seydlitz will be capable of developing 89,738 propeller horse-power, ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. SELECTING DAIRY HEIFERS.

    To get the best dairy cows is every dairyman's desire; but few know how to get them, either by breeding or purchase, for the reason that they do ...

    Article : 387 words
  17. THE RECORD BATTLESHIP.

    The most powerful battleship in the world is being built at Walker, on the Tyne, for an unnamed foreign nation. The vessel will be 620 feet long and ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. TELEPHONES EVERYWHERE.

    The one American, perhaps, who made tlie best use of the telephone was the late E. H. Harriman. He piled up a railroad fortune of £12,000,000. and ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. BATTLESHIP v. SUBMARINE.

    At the Naval Architects' Congress at Newcastle, England, recently. Professor Biles discussed the question of battleships versus submarines. ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. Odds and Ends

    Yes, George, the ring is a perfect dear ; but the stone has a flaw. I know it, my dear ; but love is blind. Yes, but not stone blind. ...

    Article : 294 words
  21. ENORMOUS STRENGTH OF SHRAPNEL.

    The shrapnel, says an investigator, is really a flying cannon, which shoots its charge while in flight or explodes on contact. Its speed of 500.000 feet ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. For Boys and Girls.

    When Geoffrey Wentworth became a Grammar School boy, and had a cap with a badge, and a satchel over his shoulder, he was at first a very proud ...

    Article : 1,635 words
  23. POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVE.

    What is probably the largest sudden increase in the size of locomotives has taken place in a new freight locomotive, built to serve as a pusher over ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. DISSIPATING FOG BY WIRELESS.

    The North Railroad Company in France is making experiments on the use of wireless waves for clearing away fog. It is well known that electric ...

    Article : 197 words
  25. SALT AS A FERTILISER.

    Common salt is nearly always found in the tissues of plants, although it has been proved by "culture" experiments that it is not essential to their ...

    Article : 324 words
  26. CURIOUS LIFE-SAVING SUIT.

    A German engineer has invented a very peculiar life-saving device. It consists of a water-tight canvas suit in the shape of a bag, with sleeves for ...

    Article : 194 words
  27. No Worry.

    "How about that little bill?" asked the doctor. "Why, doctor." said Hardup, "only a little while before you sent it in you ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. Of Some Use.

    Country Minister. "My dear brethren, I do wish you would bring your children to church--bring even the very youngest ones. If they are too ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. AN ELECTRIC RAZOR.

    For the benefit of the man with heavy beard and tender skin a razor has been invented which cuts the heard by a chopping action. An ...

    Article : 249 words
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