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  2. Short Story

    "The business," said Mr. Rawlden "is confidential." There was an ensuing pause, during which the two men took ...

    Article : 3,632 words
  3. FARM AND FIELD

    In order that a farmer can get a clear conception of the advantage of the use if chemical fertilisers on the soils cultivated by him, it is strongly ...

    Article : 148 words
  4. ANIMAL SUPERSTITIONS.

    The Japanese have many curious superstititions about animals, the chief among which is their belief in the supernatural power of foxes. There ...

    Article : 129 words
  5. QUEENS WHO SMOKE.

    It is widely known that Queen Mary is very much opposed to women smoking and Her Majesty discourages the habit as much as possible. ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. ALUMINIUM MONEY.

    The fact that the Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles. owing to the shortage of currency, has issued aluminium counters for small change is another ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. HINTS TO CARDENERS.

    Seed-saving is an interesting feature of gardening, and one which is not carried on nearly so extensively as it ought to be, especially in view of the shortage ...

    Article : 380 words
  8. VALUE OF LUCERNE.

    The Professor of Agronomy at the Wisconsin Agricultural College, U.S.A., holds that through raising lucerne at farmer can realise £20 per acre in feed ...

    Article : 476 words
  9. PAPER SUBSTITUTES FOR CLOTH.

    It was announced last November by the Austrian Ministry of War that paper vests and foot coverings lad been received for the forces in the field, and ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. VALUABLE POSSESSIONS.

    Among the Royal treasures of Persia is a pine set with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, to the value, it is estimated, of no less than £100,000. This ...

    Article : 284 words
  11. RICH PROVINCES.

    Quite apart from strong sentimental reasons, French people want to get their lost provinces of Alsace-Lorraine back because of their actual value. ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. Miscellaneous

    The youngest major in the British Army is said to be Major Gregson, of the 3/3 Monmouthshire Regiment, now stationed at Oswestry. He was ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. A PROUD GRANDMOTHER.

    With fourteen grandsons serving in the Army, Mrs. Wear, aged ninety, who lives in an almshouse at Cosham, near Portsmouth, has received a letter of ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. END OF THE WORLD.

    A new kind of end of the world has been imagined by M. Louis Rabourdin, a French scientist. Sometimes it has been suggested that the world will ...

    Article : 483 words
  15. MOLASSES FOR STOCK.

    Some experiments upon feeding molasses are of interest. In order to ascertain what is actually the value of sugar in stock feeding, the Yorkshire ...

    Article : 450 words
  16. PERISCOPE ON SIGNAL-BOX.

    Although the periscope has become familiar to the general community chiefly from its association with submarine and trench warfare, it has been ...

    Article : 439 words
  17. JAPAN'S CHANCE.

    The banishment of German shipping from the ocean highways has had a remarkably stimulating effect on the Japanese shipping trade. Its latest ...

    Article : 41 words
  18. HEIGHT OF A ZEPPELIN.

    Here is a short and easy way of determining the height of a Zeppelin. A piece of wood two inches long and a quarter of an inch wide would ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. BLUE UNIFORMS BARRED.

    Among other steps taken by the Canadian hospital authorities towards bringing back to health men who have been invalided home from the Front ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. LIVING AEROPLANES.

    It would be a mistake to suppose that the bird's wings enable it to fly. If wings spelt flying, any of us could attach a pair and soar into the air. The ...

    Article : 221 words
  21. ADVANTAGE OF LECUMINOUS PLANTS.

    One advantage in growing a leguminous plant for this purpose is that it does not rob the soil of nitrogen as does non-leguminous crops, but on the ...

    Article : 244 words
  22. DRY DOCKING A WARSHIP.

    One of the operations a naval office dislikes more than anything else is locking a big warship to undergo repairs. It is one of the most difficult ...

    Article : 220 words
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