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  2. THE HORTICULTURIST.

    Not much can be done in the orchard this month, excepting the harvesting and storing of late winter apples and pears. Fruit may be allowed to hang ...

    Article : 469 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Trivet: "I hear that you have been spending some time at a health resort." Dicer: "Yes, I'm just out of the hospital." ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  4. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    According to Herr Gericke, the German forester, trees in Germany have certainly lived to the age of 570 years. Pines in Bohemia, Norway, and Sweden ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES.

    A late magistrate in Colombo used to have his flogging sentences carried out in open Court, as an example. Vienna possesses a large number of ...

    Article : 1,309 words
  6. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Who bad the bringin' o' ye up. An' gold ye besle, bite, an' sup, Aye cuddi'd ye se cosie up?—Yer mither! ...

    Article : 301 words
  7. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

    Among all the members of the Front Opposition Bench, there is no one who rose more rapidly and steadily in public estimation during the last Parliament ...

    Article : 1,367 words
  8. SUSPENSON BRIDGES.

    The worlds largest suspension bridges are small beside the mammoth bridge which is now being constructed over the Hudson River. It has a clear span of ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. ELECTRIC RAILWAY AT NIAGARA.

    According to the "Electrician," an electric railway worked by power obtained from the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power Company is being constructed ...

    Article : 177 words
  10. USEFUL HINTS.

    Colored flannels should be washed in barely tepid water, in which a good piece of ammonia and a handful of melted soap has been dissolved, and ...

    Article : 838 words
  11. SUGAR FROM COTTON.

    Few of my readers have any idea of the various uses to which the ordinary cotton plant can be applied. Not only has it served for centuries to clothe ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. THE VINEYARD.

    The different varieties of grapes cultivated in wine-making countries amounts to some thousands, each of which yields a distinct kind of wine in a ...

    Article : 284 words
  13. AN AUTOMATIC GAMBLER.

    There is an element of chance about every automatic machine. On a penny being inserted into the inviting slot, an article may be delivered in exchange ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. A STRANGE PLANT.

    There is a plant found in India which destroys the power of appreciating sweetness. This plant, the Gymnema sylvestie, grows in Assam and on the ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. The Dead Summer.

    I know the summer time is dead And chilly autumn reigns instead, Because to-day The wind blows cold, the birds are still, ...

    Article : 273 words
  16. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Where space permits, nothing in this department can equal a small lawn or grass plot, either for comfort or effect. The lawn or plot should always be ...

    Article : 308 words
  17. A BIG GLASS.

    When the year 1900 comes round, there is to be held in enterprising Paris an exhibition which it is intended shall rival even the great show at Chicago. ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC MUSIC.

    There is a bad time coming for those who have not a grain of sympathy in the whole of their make up for music as dispensed by their next door ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Frames and glass structures of all kinds should be put in good repair, and made quite tight to prevent draughts of cold air. Artificial heat must now be ...

    Article : 238 words
  20. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt.

    The rumor of the engagement of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter of the present head of the house of that name, suggests in the secrecy which is ...

    Article : 1,660 words
  21. After a Thirty Days Trance

    The Imperial Theatre, adjoining the Royal Aquarium, was crowded one night last month when (says "Westminster") Mr Fricker awoke Johnson after ...

    Article : 292 words
  22. An Angler's Guisc.

    A member of the Old Company of Lowestoft Beachmen made a curious catch the other day. While rambling along the beach; he observed a huge fish ...

    Article : 243 words
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    The German Emperor had better beware; the astrologers have their eyes on him. Mr T. L. Henley writes to "Light" stating that in September, 1888. he set ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    In addition to the hardy vegetables that are generally grown at this season, there are several others which will be found either useful or profitable. Among ...

    Article : 859 words
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