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  2. Short Story

    "I used to know Miss Graburn when she was a little girl," he said. "I told me. I should like to call on her. Can you give me her address?" ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  3. INTERESTING WAR NOTES

    As might be expected from an inventive nation such as America, Uncle Sam's soldiers and sailors are equipped with a number of ingenious devices. ...

    Article : 441 words
  4. For Boys and Girls.

    It really was too irritating for words. The apple tree in the garden next door was covered with the most gorgeous green apples. They were simply ...

    Article : 1,232 words
  5. FARM AND FIELD

    Soil fertility is a term that lends itself to many interpretations. Expressed in practical terms it can only be really measured by the capacity of ...

    Article : 613 words
  6. SNAPSHOTTING SHELLS.

    Through a wonderful invention which solves the problem of the highest speed photography, it has been found possible to photograph shells in actual flight. ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. FERTILISING ORCHARDS

    "You might just as well hope to always have money in bank by repeatedly drawing cheques on your account without making deposits, as to hope ...

    Article : 246 words
  8. AVIATORS' SAFETY PARACHUTES.

    The energies of practically all the inventors of parachutes for airmen have been directed towards the development of a device for the airman alone, the ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. TRENCH NEWSPAPERS.

    A striking example of the British soldier's amazing cheerfulness in the face of hardship and danger is provided by the statement that the "Tommies" ...

    Article : 514 words
  10. SCIENCE NOTES.

    A motor-car without wheels has been specially designed in England for passing over rough ground and climbing steep hills. Instead of wheels the car ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. BATTLE BLUNDERS.

    "Considerable delay occurred after the capture of the Neuve Chapelle position. The infantry had been greatly disorganised. The delay would not ...

    Article : 474 words
  12. FIRST STEAM BATTLESHIP.

    In comparison with the Dreadnoughts of the present day, the "Demologos," the first steam war-vessel ever built, furnished some interesting ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. CAS IN WAR.

    An English newspaper points out that the radical way of dealing with the lethal gas which, the Germans are launching against our troops, so as to ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. AERIAL TORPEDOES.

    Germans outside the Polish fortress of Ossoweic are trying air torpedoes as a means of destroying the reinforced concrete forts. The torpedoes are a ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. FEEDING COWS WITH LUCERNE.

    What to feed along with lucerne is a common question in this State now. In reply, where lucerne, green or cured, constitutes the bulk of the feed, beet ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. WHAT OLD MEN CAN DO.

    Dr. Osler is reported to have said that a man is too old at forty, and that it sixty he ought to be chloroformed. The world's work to-day, we mean the ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. Items of Interest.

    Nothing is conquered until self is overcome.—Chinese Proverb. All is not false which at first seems, a lie.—Southey. ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. AERIAL TORPEDOES.

    Germans outside the Polish fortress of Ossoweic are trying air torpedoes as a means of destroying the reinforced concrete forts. The torpedoes are a ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. MANURING FOR PROFIT.

    A crop of two tons hay extracts from the soil about 701b. of nitrogen, an equal quantity of phosphoric acid and 16th. of potash. A question often asked ...

    Article : 445 words
  20. INVENTORS' LUCKY ACCIDENTS.

    How to make starch from corn (maize) was discovered accidentally by Thomas Kingsford, a mechanic. One day he threw a mess of corn meal into ...

    Article : 241 words
  21. A FEMALE FIGHTER.

    Colonel Alexandra Koudasheva, commanding the Sixth Ural Cossack Regiment, is the only woman who actually commands such a body of men at the ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. AMAZING WAR AUCTION.

    In Christie's famous auction rooms, in London, dukes and duchesses, celebrated actors and actresses, and leading artists and collectors recently bid ...

    Article : 487 words
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