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  2. AGRICULTURAL.

    Mons. de Vilmorin has reoently made to the Societe Nationale d’Agriculture do France a very interesting communication upon some potato-growing experiments which he has been ...

    Article : 689 words
  3. POPULAR SCIENCE. Harnessing Niagara!

    At last the efforts of the Yankees, to harness the Niagara Falls, or, in other words, to utilise the enormous power running to waste at Niagara, have been crowned with success. At ...

    Article : 339 words
  4. THE YOUNG FOLKS. Kisses for Growing.

    'Come here, my will-o’-the-wisp, Let me kiss the top of your head, Right in where the corn silk is nodding. In here, so you’ll grow,” mamma said ...

    Article : 116 words
  5. POLITICIANS AND THE TRUTH.

    Galileo is credited with the observation that all truth lies in the alphabet. Unhappily, so does all lying. Which the [?]ommon source tarnishes forth in the ...

    Article : 988 words
  6. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. Till Ethel Came.

    Till Ethel came I thought the hall Extremely dull—the maidenS all Most plain—the men a dismal lot Of bores—the rooms extremely hot. ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. WIT AND HUMOUR

    The man of note is one who never pays his debts. She: "Do yon think there is any reason why a joung lady should not ride a bicycle ...

    Article : 1,155 words
  8. Love Between Mothers and Daughters.

    Says a writer to an American paper, it seems to me that there should be between mothers and daughters, a closer bond of sympathy than exists among the majority. There is love ...

    Article : 470 words
  9. The Mariner and the Boy.

    "I suppose,” said Tommy, as he seated himself at the mariner's side—"I suppose you’ve seen plenty of cannibals in your day?" ...

    Article : 1,334 words
  10. Bread in Ancient Days.

    Among the ancient Greeks bread was not simply an adjunct to but an essential portion of the principai meal of the day. The chiefs of the heroic period lived almost exclusively ...

    Article : 416 words
  11. The Definition of a Girl Bachelor.

    “What,” said the lady of the old school, looking up from her magazine, “what is the girl bachelor?” The only example of that type of femininity ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. [?] of Salt on the Animal System.

    It is well-known that herbivorous animals are fond of common salt, and this is as true of wild animals as of those domesticated by man. Carnivorous animals, on the other hand, either have ...

    Article : 412 words
  13. Anthrax.

    Anthrax (says Pro[?]essor-Axe)is a vegetable parasite, rod-shaped, and extremely minute. it is regarded as one of the lower fungi, and consists of an elongated ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. Ladies’ Gossip,

    The London County Council on Tuesday decided to appoint a woman inspector under the Infant Life Protection Act. Lady Duff has received a letter from Sir ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. The French Revolution.

    One of the effects of the new ideas which gave birth to the Revolution wits to lessen the due respect of children to their parents and teachers. Another ...

    Article : 441 words
  16. Wife-hunting.

    It seems that an entirely new field of industry has been opened to the energetic young man that will no doubt be emulated by the clever young woman. This idea ...

    Article : 270 words
  17. Horses With a Tendency to Shy.

    When a horse shows a tendency to shy at anything, he should be held in by a firm and gentle hand and spoken to kindly. It possible held his head directly towards the object, and ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. Poor Millionaires.

    Pity the unhappy millionaire! Mr Andrew Carnegie, preaching once morehis gospel of wealth and its responsibilities. has a difficulty in perceiving how ...

    Article : 274 words
  19. One Link.

    For me—to have made one soul The better for my birth: To have added but one flower To the garden of the earth: ...

    Article : 183 words
  20. Value of Intelligence in Cattle

    A well-known breeder helds that the ideal cattle to breed froth should have, in addition to the best, beef-making and milking qualities, good brains. When he sees an animal rushing ...

    Article : 257 words
  21. Home and Firesids.

    TO RENOVATE OLD CLOTHES.—To restore the freshness to any kind of worn clothing, make some strong, warm soapsuds and plunge the garments into it. Souse them up and down, ...

    Article : 1,730 words
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