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  2. Questions Answered? Information on all Subjects.

    H. W.: Bell metal is the variety of bronze from which bells, etc., are made. The chief requisite of good bell-metal is that it shall give a pure, full sound, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 216 words
  3. PORTRAIT PUZZLE

    A. B.: This question has been answered scores of times in this page. He Is looking at a portrait of his own son. ...

    Article : 27 words
  4. FRESH BUTTER

    C. M. S.: Fresh butter has a pleasant odor, and is of an equal color throughput its substance. If it smells sour, the buttermilk has not been well washed out, ...

    Article : 108 words
  5. ALPACA

    A. B. J.: Alpaca is a species of llama popularly known as the Peruvian sheep, an animal intermediate between the camel and sheen, having long silky hair. ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. THE CHEROOT

    X. Y. Z.: The cheroot is a species of cigar imported from Manila, in the Philippine Islands, distinguished by simplicity of construction as well as delicacy ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. BELATA GUM

    W. F. C.: Belata gum is an exudation from' the bullet tree, Minusops balata. As regards its properties it stands midway between gutta percha and caoutchouc, ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. GAS BRACKET

    A. D.: In a home where it was customary to use an overhead gas fixture for the attachment of the gas iron for Ironing clothes, it was found that mantles were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  9. DAYS IN EACH MONTH

    F. S.: In the the calendar of, Julius. Caesar the distribution of days in each month was more convenient than at present. The calendar began with March, ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. ANTIFRICTION GREASE

    I B. L. P. : Following is a method of preparing antifriction grease: Good plumbago (black lead), finely powdered and gifted, so as to be perfectly free from ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. HARDENING STEEL

    S. H.: The hardening of steel consists of first heating and then rapidly extracting the heat. It follows that this latter Dart of. the process' may be ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. AMBER

    Smoker: Amber is found, in detached pieces on the sea coast, and is dug up in alluvial soils. That of commerce comes chiefly from the southern coasts of the ...

    Article : 209 words
  13. THE SHIP EXPERIMENT

    H. R.: When did the ship Experiment arrive in Sydney (it was some time before 1804)? A ship named the Experiment arrived in Port Jackson from ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. CARE OF THE HAIR

    Subscriber: 1. It is evident that your hair needs a good tonic. Although falling hair Is often the result of ill-health, it is not always so, and in your case it ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. EXTRACTING SILVER AND GOLD

    Inquirer: Nearly all the silver and gold contained, in copper mattes may be extracted by treatment with hot dilute I sulphuric acid, when the copper forms a ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. DRILLING GLASS

    F. L. W.: The method usually recommended for boring a hole of considerable size in glass is by means of a copper tube fed with emery and turpentine. ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. PRESERVED GINGER

    B. W.: Tho preserved ginger of commerce is prepared in the following manner: Well wash the roots, and steep in water for several days, changing ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. BACON CURING

    J. K. (Coolamon): A pig that is to be killed should be kept without food for twelve or sixteen hours. When the are large it is usually best ...

    Article : 491 words
  19. CALF DRINKING TROUGHS

    H. W. O.: It is a common thing to feed all the calves from the one trough. This system has two objections of importance. In the first place, the strongest calves. ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. GUARDING A CAMP CHEST

    Inquirer: Unless a camp chest is secured to the ground so that it is difficult for marauders to carry it away, it cannot ha left at unguarded camps without some ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 98 words
  21. LAYING OUT A KITCHEN GARDEN

    J. J.: The site for a kitchen garden should, if possible, be an easterly one. A square piece of land (size according to requirements) should be selected and ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. THE TEETH OF SHEEP

    H. C. D.: The lamb when born is either without incisor teeth or has only one The teeth grow very rapidly, and before the lamb Is a month old it has ...

    Article : 304 words
  23. CARBONS

    Reader: The rods first used for the electric light were of wood-charcoal, quenched in water or mercury; they burnt with brilliancy and regularity, but too ...

    Article : 310 words
  24. WATER RATES

    Wardlow: Ordinary water rates on assessment must be paid whether a meter is fixed or not. The ordinary water rate is 712d in the £ per annum on the ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. SOUR MILK

    E. L. C. (Wee Waa): What is generally called sour milk by the average farmer, may be anything but the right type of sour milk, as has been recommended. ...

    Article : 161 words
  26. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 39 words
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