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  2. Great Show of Table Poultry in England.

    The dead poultry show at the Agricultural Hall has eventuated in a great success. Over 1,000 birds were exhibited, and considerably more than 7,000 persons paid for admission ...

    Article : 710 words
  3. AGRICULTURAL.

    Professor Cooke, of the Vermont Experiment Station, in an address before the Ayrshire association at its annual meeting in New York, referring to the much disputed question whether ...

    Article : 344 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    If you were like the daybreak, And I were young as you, And it were early May-break. And buds were pushing through; ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  5. THE YOUNG FOLKS

    One calm autumn night The stats were so bright, And the leaves at my window were tapping. An old witch flew past ...

    Article : 146 words
  6. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    The mongoos attacks and kills the full grown snakes whenever it finds them, and it seeks out and devours their eggs. It is a perfect picture of savage ferocity ...

    Article : 208 words
  7. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    If a girt is a good match, it is easy for her to kindle a fame in a man's heart. When Women Vote.—Mrs Vows (in the next polling booth): "It must be taking ...

    Article : 2,547 words
  8. Women in Churches.

    An English champion of her sex, Mrs Butler, makes one of her beat points in connection with the severely repressive laws which St. Paul lays down for women. The ...

    Article : 150 words
  9. Holland.

    In one of the towns of Holland is a cottage —or rather a cabin—so memorable that no traveller sets his foot in the place without a dozen guides being desperately anxious to show ...

    Article : 1,442 words
  10. Mr Edison's Kinetoscope.

    Twenty-five years ago the zoetrope. or wheel of life, which presented silhouetted figures in motion, was regarded as a great optical wonder; but in these days of ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. Home and Fireside.

    THE RIGHT OVEN.—By using the following tests, cue may be reasonably sure of getting the proper heat for the various kinds of takings. For sponge cake and pound cake, have heat ...

    Article : 1,420 words
  12. Estimating the Weight of Pigs.

    There is no satisfactory way of arriving at the weight of live pigs by measuring them, but anyone desirous of trying it cut measure the pig in the same way as if it were a bullock. ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. The Role of Science of East Africa.

    An address was delivered at Vienna on 28th September by Dr Oscar Baumann, who put the question, What can Africa offer the German empire in compensation ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. The Best Dairy Cow.

    It matters not what the breed rosy ho, so long as the cow gives plenty of rich milk continuously or at least ten months after calving. The bet cow is that no which breads regularly, feeds ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. Ladies' Gossip.

    The visit of Prince Christian of Denmark to London is believed to be connected with a project for his betrothal to one of the daughters of the Prince of Wales. Such a marriage would ...

    Article : 764 words
  16. Popultry Yard Scratchings.

    Don't forget to collect the eggs daily. Don't keep your egos in a warm room. Don't forget to study our business column Don't leave the drinking water out in the ...

    Article : 297 words
  17. Davonshire Cider, and How to Make It.

    In order to make pleasant and aromatic cider, the apples must first be reduced to a fine Pulp. destitute of lumps, if [?] fine, the juice cannot be forced out except by means of a ...

    Article : 521 words
  18. Long Distance House Moving.

    A curious case of house moving was recently witnessed in Oregon. A man who owned a residence at Seattle, which cost him 5,000dols. to erect, removed to ...

    Article : 129 words
  19. New Bread.

    According to an eminent Russian bacteriologist, although new bread may have its disadvantages in the matter of digestion, it certainly has compensating ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. Study to be Worthy of your Parents

    "You are old, father dear," the young pep said; " Your muzzle has turned quite grey: But your ears they always lie close to your ...

    Article : 289 words
  21. A New Home Game.

    Among the newest of indoor games is " Football at Home." It is a simple game and highly exciting, although it does not introduce any of the bone-breaking ...

    Article : 261 words
  22. Effects of Deep Sea Pressure.

    It is not unusual for battles of champagne to be dipped and trolled in salt water, when there is no ice on shipboard, in order to get the wire to a palatable temperature, ...

    Article : 437 words
  23. Hints for Home and Farm.

    It is very important in all pickling to use only cider vinegar; the manufactured kinds often contain very harmful acids. Jellies may be easily covered by pouring ...

    Article : 487 words
  24. "Here's a State of Things."

    A peculiar state of things prevails in some parts of Belgium, especially in the neighborhood of Gaud. There, among the working classes, that inversion of the roles of the sexes ...

    Article : 289 words
  25. Horticultural Hints.

    In planting a vineyard, we are doing a work that is expected to last for generation, hence everything connected with it should be done in a manner to insure good and permanent results. ...

    Article : 321 words
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    There is in the latest volume of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, which contains the Kenyon papers, an interesting letter from Mr John Walter, the founder of the ...

    Article : 179 words
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    Lady cricketers and cyclists (says the London "Daily Telegraph'") have already become familiar "eights," but football played by women has hitherto been ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. About Warts.

    A doctor writes to a London paper:— Within the last month a little boy was brought to the office of the writer, and found to be literally covered with warts. His face— ...

    Article : 176 words
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