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  2. AGRICULTURAL. Do Cows Hold Their Milk?

    In the discussion of this question, it will be safe to refer to the principle, as a noted mathematical teacher once said to his pupils when they got hold of a knotty problem-for there is ...

    Article : 1,029 words
  3. THE LADIES’ COLUMN Bring Donald Back.

    Oh, white, white, light moon, that sailest in the Long down upon the whirling world, for thou art up so high. And toll me where my Donald is, who sailed ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. THE YOUNG FOLKS A Tender-hearted Arab.

    Said Ali Ben Hassan, a kind hearted man, “ I’ll treat my poor camel as well as I can. “ To temper the heat, I will shade the poor fellow ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOUR

    “ Willie, do you know what tho Easter season is especially noted for?” “ Yes’m; its the only season of tho year when the hens lay colored eggs. ...

    Article : 1,336 words
  6. POPULAR SOIENOE. RECENT INVENTIONS.

    One objection that has frequently been urged against the incandescent electric lamp is that it cannot be graduated, or in the language of the household, be “ turned down.” ...

    Article : 218 words
  7. GENERAL BREVITIES

    The finest turquoise comes from The black diamond is so hard that it cannot be polished. Men with grey or blue eyes are usually ...

    Article : 1,392 words
  8. The Story of Two Tigresses.

    " I have such a headache to-day,” said a young soldier named Percy Churchill, to his companion, James Montgomery. “ It is the heat, I suppose,” returned the other, ...

    Article : 503 words
  9. A Parliament of Women.

    We are on the eve of a colossal parliament of women, remarks our London correspondent. From all quarters of the civilised globe delegates of the Women’s ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. Lord Hopetoun.

    The return of Lord Hopetoun to his ancestual halls, near Edinburgh, after a more than five years s[?]journ by the fragrant waters of the Yarra, was made ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. Footpath Advertisements.

    It has frequently been seriously proposed to advertise on the clouds, but we haven't arrived at that stage yet, though in France they have devised a method of printing on or ...

    Article : 211 words
  12. She New Woman.

    The latest development of the new woman (writes our London correspondent on the 24th March) is the douning of knickerbockers and the playing of ...

    Article : 187 words
  13. For Street Cars.

    If it were only possible to adopt an American method in Melbourne the passengers on our street cars would have every cause to feel grateful. For its introduction would ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. Bold Dickie

    Dickie was a brave, bold bird; And said he one suuny day, “ Life in our small nest is dull; I shall fly far, far away.” ...

    Article : 76 words
  15. Murder Through Jealousy.

    Edmund Kesteven, a frame-work knitter, was hanged at Nottingham a few weeks ago for the murder of Sarah Ann Oldham, at Sutton-in-Ashfield, early on Chriatmas ...

    Article : 298 words
  16. Useful Hints.

    New wood work requires 1lb, of paint to the square yard for three coats. such as buckics, ect. To harden wood, cut the wood the shape ...

    Article : 927 words
  17. Evil Begets Evil.

    A half-starved fox, who was rambling near the seashore, happened to spy a party of young crabs just coming out of the water. “ Delicious morsels! ” exclaimed Reynard, smacking his ...

    Article : 352 words
  18. A Hand Apple Picker.

    Mr A. B. Nicholson supplies the following information and illustration to the "Australian Field”:—Ae the season for picking winter apples is now on, orchardists will find the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  19. Electricity for Cooking.

    Slowly, but surely, is electricity for cocking and heating purposes finding an increased number of friends and admirers. And the bachelors’ wants, in the shape of a ...

    Article : 279 words
  20. Beasts as Mind Readers

    "Do you think animals communicate together?" was asked of Hagenbeck the lion “ They put their heads close together and seem to have a sort of sign language. ...

    Article : 411 words
  21. Misspent Hours.

    Don't you think it a pity In our daily walk of life To spend so much of our precious time Iu envy, malice and strife:— ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. Flax Culture.

    “A practical treatise on flax culture, explaining the whole system and methods,” is the title of a moat useful publication to landholders that has just been issued by Mr J. J. Wilson, ...

    Article : 326 words
  23. About the Elephart.

    The elephant is the largest, strongest, and (except perhaps the dog), the most intelligent of animals. It would he very terrible if this enormous beast fed on living creatures; but it does ...

    Article : 380 words
  24. Electric Plant for Wineries.

    We havo to go from home to learn. But if win[?] producere in a benighred country like Algeria can find economy in the use of an electric light and power plant in the ...

    Article : 175 words
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