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  2. AN EARTHQUAKE STORY.

    The "Kolnische Zitung" tells this story. A hundred Dutchmen under the command of a captain were employed in the Java forests. One Jan ...

    Article : 726 words
  3. POISON IVY.

    Poison ivy has long been a mystery' both to scientists and laymen; why and in what manner, it causes the peculiar rash and irritating ...

    Article : 766 words
  4. BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD.

    What may be done in the way of building up a superior milking herd is well illustrated 'in the case of the Sparrowvale Farm, the name given to ...

    Article : 878 words
  5. WIT AND HUMOR.

    "Little girl, have you lived here all your life?". "Not yet." What is better than presence of mind in an accident ? Absence of ...

    Article : 732 words
  6. GROUND LIMESTONE FOR ACID SOIL.

    An exhaustive comparison between limestone and quicklime has been issued by the head of one of the American experiment stations. After ...

    Article : 795 words
  7. EDUCATIONAL PICTURES.

    There is a class of picture which I am afraid, is already doomed; to failure as. an educational aid I refer to the processes, of manufacture and the ...

    Article : 233 words
  8. SUNLESS ROOMS.

    A room which does not admit sunshine is dark and gloomy, and must have a decided effect on the spirits of its occupants. Parents will often ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. PUGNACITY AND PATRIOTISM.

    To confuse pugnacity with patriotism. mere physical courage with love of one's country, is a" common and perhaps pardonable error, but it is none tne ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. ONE COW TO THE. ACRE.

    In the course of au editorial dealing with intensive farming "the Taranaki "Herald" draws a comparison between the methods of Danish and Taranaki ...

    Article : 347 words
  11. THE HOME FARM.

    "Hoard's Dairyman": -- We don't know what the cave man called his cave, but wo are pretty sure that lie didn't call it "Home.'" To him it ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  12. CARE OF HORSES.' SHOULDERS.

    Horses' shoulders need attention during hot weather. Having had quite a little experience myself with sore shoulders, I" thought maybe it ...

    Article : 521 words
  13. HOW TO MAKE BORDEAUX MIXTURE ADHESIVE.

    At the last March meeting of the Academy of Sciences. Messrs. V: Yer- morel and F. Danthony indicated the results of investigations carried out by ...

    Article : 627 words
  14. CLOVER' FOR PLOUGHING IN.

    The plant used for ploughing in is red or broad clover, and the seed should be carefully selected. Cow grass or perennial red clover produces ...

    Article : 389 words
  15. COOLING PREPARATIONS AND ICE BOXES.

    It very often happens that people in the country or elsewhere not." in close proximity to an ice factory desire some method of quickly cooling an article for ...

    Article : 434 words
  16. TO PREVENT SORE SHOULDERS.

    A correspondent of the "Breeders' Gazette" gives the' following method for preventing sore shoulders on horses:--"We have tried for about ten ...

    Article : 296 words
  17. METHOD OF ADVICE.

    "I can't, get that woman to take any fresh air,' 'complained the young physician. "You don't word your advice ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. DESTROYING GRASS AND WEEDS ON PATHS.

    Experiments as to the efficacy of arsenite of soda for killing grass and weeds on garden paths were recently' carried out by Mr. H. C. Coggins, ...

    Article : 340 words
  19. "I BELIEVE"-- AN EVERYDAY CREED.

    I believe in my job. It may not be a very important job, .but it is mine. Furthermore, it is God's job for me. He has a purpose in my life with ...

    Article : 545 words
  20. NOT AN OLD MASTER.

    A visitor to a stately ancestral nome was being shown round by an old retainer. He paused before a picture. "Exquisite!" he exclaimed. "An ...

    Article : 381 words
  21. A USEFUL PRESENT.

    A well-known painter walking down St. James's street met Sir Herbert Tree coming out of a club, says the 'Manchester Guardian." Sir Herbert ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. HOMES FOR BOTH CATTLE AND HUMAN BEINGS.

    Some very unpleasant facts are revealed in tho second volume of the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the provision of medical ...

    Article : 278 words
  23. THE EXPERT.

    The Sultan of Turkey, says the "Argonaut," once played a joke at. the expense of some medical experts at Constantinople. ...

    Article : 218 words
  24. STATESMEN.

    Mother: "I gave each of you boys an orange. Charles, you said you wouldn't eat yours till after dinner, and you. Jack, said the same. Have ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. WATERPROOFING TARPAULINS.

    Several correspondents have asked us to furnish them with a suitable recipe for rendering tarpaulins -thoroughly waterproof. By the courtesy of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  26. THE LONG BOW.

    The "Brooklyn Eagle" tells a tale of Father Bernard Yaughan, who recently returned to his home in England after a loner visit to America. A ...

    Article : 106 words
  27. THE NERVE DOG.

    The "Washington Herald" gives the following:-- "Our product is thoroughly tested before leaving the factory. No man ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. EXCITING FISHING.

    A man was telling a friend of his about a proposed fishing trip to a loch in Scotland, which he had previously visited. ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. A REST CURE.

    "Now" said the physician to the distinguished poet who had summoned him, "you are not in good shape, and I must absolutely forbid all brain ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. TOO MUCH ON.

    Customer (to his barber)-- "Your hair restorer has made my hair come out more than ever." Barber-- "Ah, you must have put too ...

    Article : 41 words
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