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  2. Amusing Stories

    "Now," said the photographer to the young man, "it will make a much better picture if you put your hand on your father's ...

    Article : 434 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The cost of the Commonwealth display at the Panama Exhibition will be over £60,000. In March there were 87,216 old-age ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. SCIENCE NOTES.

    The day is approaching when seagoing submarines of high surface-speed will accompany the main fleet on the high seas. Great Britain is building, ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. Short Story

    "Blessed are the weak," Miss Baird quoted with a mocking laugh. "Do you always turn the unsmitten cheek for a second slap. Mr. Trevor?" ...

    Article : 1,385 words
  6. FARM AND FIELD.

    A selection of five mixtures is submitted. Number one is a seeding per acre of half a bushel each of rye, corn, dun peas, and Cape barley, with 7lb. of ...

    Article : 403 words
  7. QUEEN MARY'S FLAG.

    A strange flag fluttered from the lagpole over Buckingham Palace while the King was at Newmarket the other week, and on examination it was found ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

    Aunt Ena's dog is called Spoof. He isn't really much more than a puppy. Aunt you see lives with our grandma and Uncle Fred. She is mother's ...

    Article : 2,305 words
  9. STEEL HARDENING PROCESS.

    Steel hardening by a spray of compressed air is the plan adopted for certain special work in a German establishment. For hardening only in ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. FIRST BRITISH IRONCLAD.

    The ironclad Egmont, which was the first iron vessel built and fitted out in a British naval dockyard, having been constructed at Chatham half a century ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. THE FLEETS THAT COUNT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 words
  12. THE STRESS OF SEA WAVES.

    In a recent lecture before the Royal Institution at London on modern ships Sir John Lyle drew attention to the fact that, when the waves are ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. WEIGHT OF THE SOUL.

    The weight of a human soul, according to a prominent Massachussets physician, has been discovered. The human soul, says the doctor, weighs ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. LAMINATED GEARS.

    The gear-wheel has undergone but very slight changes in its production or design for many years past. Manufacturing methods are carried out upon ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. THE ROYAL KITCHENS.

    The kitchens at Windsor Castle are perfect in all their arrangements. The chief kitchen is a fine room, with a lofty ceiling, and is lined with white ...

    Article : 152 words
  16. NITROGEN IN ARABLE SOIL.

    The question of the relative value of "fallow," and particularly its effect on the stock of nitrogen in the soil in comparison with the increase of soil ...

    Article : 383 words
  17. Odds and Ends.

    Mistress: "I want you to go and look for a nice place for me" Bridget: "To be sure, marm; and while I'm out I'll look for one for myself, for I'm as ...

    Article : 303 words
  18. A Useful Collection.

    Frau Schultz was calling the the, parsonage. "What beautiful buttons you are sewing on your husband's waistcoat!" she ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. ELECTRIC AUTOMATA.

    A well-known Spanish engineer is occupied with some very interesting inventions in the new government mechanical laboratory at Madrid, of ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. HOW FAR A MAN CAN SEE DISTINCTLY.

    Some interesting experiments have been made in the German army with the object of discovering at what distance the recognition of one soldier by ...

    Article : 163 words
  21. What He Left.

    Residing in a little village is a lawyer who is famous for drawing wills, in which branch of business he has long enjoyed a monopoly ...

    Article : 127 words
  22. STRAIGHT RAILWAYS.

    The route selected for the proposed race between an aeroplane and an express train-- from St Petersburg to Moscow-- is the most favourable that ...

    Article : 170 words
  23. FERTILISERS AND FEEDING.

    Every farmer knows that artificial manures increase the quantity of crops produced but it is safe to say that very few have considered the effect ...

    Article : 298 words
  24. HYDRAULIC TRAIN STOPS.

    The sudden stopping of trains at terminal stations has long been a source of continual annoyance to travellers, and in many cases has been ...

    Article : 332 words
  25. SET RIGHT.

    "Yes, Mr. Flagg," said the father, warmly, "you are a man after my own heart." "Excuse me, Mr. Joblots," said the ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. Quite True.

    The vicar of a mining village sent a pair of boots to the cobbler's for repairs, but Bill, who had been imbibing rather freely, ...

    Article : 140 words
  27. A QUICK-CHANGE ARTIST.

    A youngster in school was busy drawing. The teacher, to appear interested, approached him and said kindly:-- ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. WORLD'S FINEST POST-OFFICE.

    "A Palace in Pink" is the description which has been applied to the new post-office at New York, which has just been completed at a cost of ...

    Article : 379 words
  29. WILLIE'S CHOICE.

    Little Willie got a baby brother the other day As the family moved in the best circles only, they told him that an angel had brought the "little ...

    Article : 53 words
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