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  2. THE PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO.

    The tobacco plant usually grows from three to fourteen feet in height, according to climate and other conditions. The young plants are first ...

    Article : 250 words
  3. THE SHIPS OF DESERT.

    Mr. Herbert Vjvian, writing in "Pearson’s Magazine," gives some interesting facts about camels. In North africa they are very common, ...

    Article : 510 words
  4. ABBREVIATION’S ARTFUL AID.

    The Bard, at times, Is stumped for rhymes. Without the least excuse. He could defy ...

    Article : 275 words
  5. A WHITE FARM.

    To own a farm and breed animals of some sort is the ambition of most wealthy men both here and abroad, and there are few millionaires who ...

    Article : 562 words
  6. HOW IT FEELS TO BE BURIED ALIVE.

    There is a whole lot of difference between fasting in a collin with a whole lot of people looking down at you at 10 cents per look, and doing ...

    Article : 1,936 words
  7. DIVERS’ INVENTIONS.

    Several striking developments have recently taken place in the diver’s art. Thanks to the famous firm of ...

    Article : 359 words
  8. A CHEAP FEED.

    A poor man, locally reputed to be a "button or two short," called one day at a farmhouse whilst the good wife was dishing up a huge plate of ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. THEN THE FARMER GROWLED.

    "Patsy, me boy,” said Farmer O'Reilly, sternly, "where's the donkey and the cart?" Patsy had just returned from ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. ISLE OF UNREST.

    San Domingo refuses to remain pacified, and to-day the land is in the throes of a revolution, led by half a dozen chiefs, of whom every ...

    Article : 802 words
  11. SALT-PLOUGHING.

    There is a remarkable salt bed in California, at Salton. This deposit lies in a depression almost three hundred feet below the ...

    Article : 264 words
  12. DISUSE OF HAIR POWDER.

    During the last years of the 18th century the price of grain in England was very high. Bo much flour was used as hair powder that ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY.

    The total production of petroleum during the past year far exceeds that of any previous period of similar duration. This great increase over ...

    Article : 272 words
  14. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    The deepest part of the Mediterranean is near Malta. The depth is 14,136ft. The intervals between the meals of ...

    Article : 468 words
  15. CITY OF DEATH.

    A peculiar light is thrown on the official announcement stating that “peace is re-established in Russia” by the following graphic description ...

    Article : 447 words
  16. MICE AS GAS DETECTORS.

    One of the most dangerous gases with which human beings have to contend with is carbon monoxide as it is exceedingly poisonous and at ...

    Article : 404 words
  17. TRICKS WITH THE HANDS.

    HOW A PIECE OF PAPER CAN BE MADE TO STICK TO THE PALM. Hold your hand in a horizontal position palm downward. Place a ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. DIPHTHERIA CARRIED BY CATS.

    An interesting report as just been published concerning the possibility of the infection of diphtheria being carried by cats. Micro-organisms ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. WHEN TAFFY CROWS OLD AND DEAF.

    was passing a country cottage one day last summer, when an old Welshwoman standing at the door called out, "Surr! Give me that ...

    Article : 177 words
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