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  2. A DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS.

    NEXT evening (Saturday) I repaired once more to the Hall of Harmony. The affair had taken such hold on my mind that I could think of nothing else, and my law books had to retire into the background. My choosing a profession had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 6,582 words
  3. SCIENTIFIC & USEFUL

    THERE is more in a heap of coal than most persons are aware of. Besides gas, a ton of gas coal will yield 1,500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water, and 140 pounds of coal tar. Destructive distillation of ...

    Article : 136 words
  4. CHAPTER IV.

    For the next week I kept to sundry good resolutions I had made the Sunday evening after my drive with Georgie Majendie, and the "Hall of Harmony" saw me no more. Price and I, about that time, were in quite a vortex of ...

    Article : 897 words
  5. A Monster Gun.

    WHAT must be considered the heaviest gun at present in existence has been just shipped at Antwerp for Italy. It was manufactured by Krupp, is 46 ft. long, weighs nearly 116 tons without the breech piece, and ...

    Article : 138 words
  6. To Tell the Age of Eggs.

    WE recommend the following process (which has been known for some time, but has been forgotten) for finding out the age of eggs, and distinguishing those that are fresh from those that are not. This method is based upon ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. Chinese Straw Shoes.

    WE understand that Dr. Macgowan has sent to the Agricultural Bureau, through Consul-General Kennedy, of Shanghai, a collection of shoes made of rice straw, and worn by laboring people in the south of China. ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. Ingenious Financiering.

    ONE of our foreign contemporaries relates the following method adopted by the people of Guernsey for providing themselves with a new meat market, which they very much needed, but had not the means at hand to ...

    Article : 382 words
  9. Linen Gloss.

    To produce a good gloas on linen, pour a pint of boiling water upon two ounces cf gum arabic; cover it, and let it stand over night. A teaspoonful of this is added to the starch. ...

    Article : 39 words
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