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  2. FARM AND FIELD

    It is time that non-essential industries were curtailed, especially when the most essential industry of all—agriculture—is being handicapped to ...

    Article : 303 words
  3. Short Story

    "I hate women," said Robert, viciously. "As to widows—" Miss Celia smiled. "That's rash," she retorted. ...

    Article : 2,060 words
  4. VILLAGES FOR THE WOUNDED.

    A new village, one of the by-products of the war, is about to arise in Hampshire. It is the first of the villages which the Minister of Pensions ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. LINSEED FLAX.

    Farmers, especially in districts with an assured rainfall, should give some attention to flax-growing. The tendency will be, after the good prices ...

    Article : 340 words
  6. FISH STOPPED BY ELECTRICITY.

    Where rivers from which fish are taken in large quantities are used for irrigation, as on the [?] coast of North America, a huge loss takes ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. WRONG TIME TO TALK.

    "Clerks will please refrain from discussing their war experiences until after 5 p.m.." Is a notice in a London shipbroker's office. When asked for an ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. Humour

    Stern fathers and timid lovers still claim our attention on this terrestrial ball, but mothers usually save the day in come way. ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. SCIENCE NOTES.

    The orchestra pit in some theatres is under the stage, yet the demands of certain plays, for example, pantomimes, require that the musical ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. LINOLEUM: MAKE YOUR OWN.

    Three sheets of strong, brown paper [?]ted together, with a top covering of ordinary wall-paper, make an excellent, inexpensive, sanitary ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. A KICKING COW.

    The following is an American farmer's method of dealing with a kicking cow. Writing to a farm journal, he says:—"I built a feed-box to the wall ...

    Article : 219 words
  12. Miscellaneous

    The Muskerry Foxhounds were stopped recently by an ambushed crowd of Sinn Feiners. The horses, men and hounds were beaten with ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. SHE WAS BUSY.

    A lady came down from upstairs and asked the manager of the hotel if she could get a glass of water at once. ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. MAST TURNING LATHE.

    Heretofore masts have had to be shaped by hand, a task which is very laborious and requires skilled workmen. Recently, however, a machine ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. WHY THE MILK TURNS SOUR.

    When the milk goes sour most [?]eople blame the milkman; but nine [?]imes out of ten the jugs and Basins in which the milk is kept are in fault. ...

    Article : 363 words
  16. KAISER'S NEW BID FOR FAME.

    It is now the ex-Kaiser's ambition to be known as a great engineer. He has studied the plans of the Dutch Government for draining the Zuyder Zee and ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. BREAD FROM COTTON SEED.

    A highly nutritious flour suitable for human consumption can be produced from the residue of the kernel of the cotton seed after the oil has ...

    Article : 197 words
  18. WONDER IF IT HAPPENED.

    Her dear little brother came into the somewhat darkened room where sat his sister with Mr. Jones. "Do you know what I think, sister, ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. DISTRIBUTING WAR TROPHIES

    One thousand German machine-guns have been distributed to various towns in England as war trophies. Twenty towns have refused machine guns as ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. DIARRHOEA IN HORSES.

    As a rule this trouble can be traced directly to some error in feeding. Among the most common causes are sudden change of food, unclean or ...

    Article : 278 words
  21. AS A LAST RESORT.

    "Well, doctor," said the patient who was an incessant talker, "why in the world don't you look at my tongue, if you want to, instead of writing ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. THE HUSBAND SHORTAGE.

    An authority states that there are over a million and a-half women in Great Britain who will have no chance of marriage for the reason that there ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. IT WASN'T CATCHING.

    A kindergarten teacher tells the following story of a recent experience that she had with one of her little tots: The rules require, when a child ...

    Article : 155 words
  24. SOFT COLLAR BOOM.

    A New York correspondent, referring to the question of the probable effect of the release of millions of soldiers and sailors on men's fashions, ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. CHEAP FUEL.

    The search for a fuel that will be cheaper than petrol, and equally as efficient, so far, appears to have attained no satisfactory result. Tests ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. LEMON BUNS.

    Ingredients: 1 lb. flour, 8 ozs. o ugar, 6 ozs. of butter, [?] eggs, ¼ gil of milk, grated rind of a lemon, ¼ tea spoonful of essence of lemon, 1 pice ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. NOT ON THE MAP.

    "You say you left home on the tenth?" asked the lawyer. "Yes, sir," replied the witness. "And came back on the ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. VITAMINES IN FRIUT.

    A leading article in a recent number of the "Gardener's ,Chronicle" refers to the valuable food substance known as vitamines. It should be ...

    Article : 265 words
  29. GIRLS IN REVOLT.

    Much amusement has been caused by the story of the adventure of some girls who were in a sort of house of correction in Paris. They revolted, ...

    Article : 101 words
  30. THE FORD OF THE AIR.

    A most important development is the production of a low-priced, most useful aeroplane, which is the equivalent of a Ford automobile. It is a ...

    Article : 121 words
  31. HE KNEW HIS PEOPLE.

    Just before the collection was taken up one Sunday morning, a negro clergyman announced that he regretted to state that a certain brother had ...

    Article : 174 words
  32. HE DID HIS BEST.

    A young lady at a summer hotel asked an artist friend, who was spending his vacation there, if he would mind doing a small favor for her. ...

    Article : 479 words
  33. EGG CUTLETS.

    Ingredients :—Some hard boiled eggs, sausage meat, egg, broadcrumbs, flour, salt and pepper, some brown gravy, [?]hopped parsley. ...

    Article : 150 words
  34. BOUND TO CHAIRS AND ROBBED.

    An audacious robbery occurred in the Rue de Tourelles, Paris. An aged couple, named Martin, who kept a grocery shop, were shutting up at about ...

    Article : 110 words
  35. NATURAL GAS GUSHER.

    Right up in the wilds of Athbasca, on the river of that name, in North-West Canada, here is a natural wonder—a gas "gusher" shooting 80 feet ...

    Article : 158 words
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