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  2. Music and the Drama.

    The production of " La Mascotte" on Saturday night, at the Royal, was as brilliant a success as when the opera was presented for the time in this city, and the same stage, towards the close of last ...

    Article : 1,413 words
  3. KEROSENE FOE CANCER.

    A correspondent, writing from Senth Creek, says positively that kerosene cures cancer, and that tumours also succumb to this easily-applied substance. The mode recommended is to apply a cloth ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. Scientific and Useful.

    THIS device is described by the "Scientific American" as being entirely automatic and positive. There is no steam pressure in the cup, consequently the cup can be of glass, which will pormit of seeing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 229 words
  5. Notes and Queries.

    SIR,— I often notice in your journal paragraphs concerning curiosities, &c. I have new (preserved in spirits) two chickens perfectly formed in every respect and quite disconnected, and they were both ...

    Article : 147 words
  6. A TERROR TO LINEN.

    I have been much annoyed for the past nine or ten months by come post which destroys household linen, and all attempts to discover what the post is. or to prevent its ravages, having failod, I trust, if ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. WHEN DO SNAKES DIE?

    I cannot understand any educated or reasoning person believingin this old fable, viz, " that snakes do not die until sundown." I have bad a good deal of experience of bush life, and have during that ...

    Article : 711 words
  8. SURGICAL LECTURES TO "WORKING MEN.

    I beg your permission to say that I most heartily applaud the " deputation of working men," for soliciting the aid of Professor Alexandor Stuart, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, in connection with ...

    Article : 603 words
  9. IMPROVED FRYING-PAN.

    The engravings show a novel frying-pan recently patented in America by Mr Oliver E. Worden, of Pierre, Dakota Territory, for use where stoves or ranges are adoptod for cooking. The design of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  10. REDUCING FAT BY EXERCISE.

    As a general rule it may be said that the most offective exercises for reducing weight are those which act most effectively on the respiratory organs. Running, for instance, is far more quickly effective in ...

    Article : 822 words
  11. AN AUTOMATIC GAS-MAKING MACHINE.

    The Martin gas-making machine advertised in our columns, is at once one of the simplest and least costly contrivances of the kind we have seen. It is a colonial contrivance too, having been perfected and ...

    Article : 138 words
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