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  2. AGRICULTURAL.

    In the discussion of this question, it will be safe to refer to the principle, as a noted mathematical teacher once said to his pupils when they got hold of a knotty problem—for there is ...

    Article : 999 words
  3. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    Oh, white, white, light moon, that sailest in the sky, Long down upon the whirling world, for thou art up so high, ...

    Article : 149 words
  4. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    One objection that has frequently been urged against the incandescent electric lamp is that it cannot be graduated, or in the language of the household, be "turned down." ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. GENERAL BREVITIES

    The finest turquoise comes from Persia. The black diamond is so hard that is cannot be polished. ...

    Article : 1,243 words
  6. THE YOUNG FOLKS

    Said All en Hasian, a kind hearted man, "I'll treat my poor camel as well as I can. "To temper the heat, I will shade the poor fellow ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. WIT AND HUMOUR

    "Willie, do you know what the Easter season is especially noted for?" "Yes'm; its the only season of the year when the hens lay colored eggs. ...

    Article : 1,475 words
  8. The New Woman.

    The latest development of the new woman (writes our London correspondent on the 24th March) is the donning of knickerbockers and the playing of ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. Electricity for Cooking.

    Slowly, but surely, is electricity for coking and heating purposes finding an increased number of friends and admirers. And the bachelors' wants, in the shave of a ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. The Story of Two Tigresses.

    'I have such a headache to-day." said a young soldier named Percy Churchill, to his companion, James Montgomery. "It is tie heat, I suppose," returned the other, ...

    Article : 499 words
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    Oh, white, white, light moon, that sailest in the sky, Long down upon the whirling world, for thou art up so high, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  12. Useful Hints.

    New wood work requires 11b. of paint to the square yard for three coats. Unslaked lime cleans small articles of steel, such as buckles, etc. ...

    Article : 970 words
  13. Footpath Advertisements.

    It has frequently been seriously proposed to advertise on the clouds, but we haven't arrived at that stage yet, though in France they have devised a method of printing on or ...

    Article : 201 words
  14. Greatest Wheel on Earth.

    The greatest wheel on earth now exists, not in America but in England. Not but what more gigantic ones may be built in days yet to come. But at the present moment ...

    Article : 291 words
  15. Electric Plant for Wineries.

    We have to go from home to learn. But if wino producers in a benighted country like Algeria can find economy in the use of an electric light and power plant in the ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. Bold Dickie

    Dickio was a brave, bold bird; And said he one sunny day, "Life in our small nest is dull; I shall fly far, far away." ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. Evil Begets Evil.

    A half-starved fox, who was rambling near the seashore, happened to spy a party of young crabs just coming out of the water. "Delicious morsels!" exclaimed Reynard, smacking his ...

    Article : 343 words
  18. Lord Hopetoun.

    The return of Lord Hopetoun to his ancestral halls, near Edinburgh, after a more than five years sojourn by the fragrant waters of the Yarra, was made ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. Overhead Letter Cars.

    An underground pipe is connected between the Melbourne Post Office and the Exchange for the conveyance between the two places of letters and telegrams, and in the future it is ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. A Hand Apple Picker.

    Mr A. D. Nicholson supplies the following information and illustration to the "Australian Field":—As the season for picking winter apples is now on, orchardists will find the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 177 words
  21. Fashion Notes.

    Largo crowds of shoppers anxious to secure good bargains has been the rule at some of the large Melbourne drapery establishments, and remarkable prices meet ...

    Article : 348 words
  22. Misspent Hours.

    Don't you think it a pity In our daily walk of life To spend so much of our precious time In envy, malice and strife? ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. Armor-piercing Shot.

    The penetrative power of armour-piercing shot is frequently a matter of debate or exaggeration. But some of these death-dealing instruments made by Messrs T. Faith and ...

    Article : 214 words
  24. Beasts as Mind Readers

    "Do you think animals communicate together?" was asked of Hagenbeck the lion tamer. "They put their heads close together and ...

    Article : 426 words
  25. Murder Through Jealousy.

    Edmond Kesteven, a frame-work knitter, was hanged at Nottingham a few weeks ago for the murder of Sarah Ann Oldham, at Sutton in Ashfield, early on Christmas ...

    Article : 305 words
  26. Flax Culture.

    "A practical treatise on flax culture, explaining the whole system and methods," is the title of a most useful publication to landholders that has just been issued by Mr J. J. Wilson, ...

    Article : 477 words
  27. About the Elephant.

    The elephant is the largest, strongest, and (except perhaps the dog), the most intelligent of animals. It would be very terrible if this enormous beast fad on living creatures; but it does ...

    Article : 475 words
  28. For Street Cars.

    If it were only possible to adopt an American method in Melbourne the passengers on our street cars would have every cause to feel grateful. For its introduction would ...

    Article : 233 words
  29. A Parliament of Women.

    We are on the eve of a colossal parliament of women, remarks our London correspondent. From all quarters of the civilised glebe delegates of the Women's ...

    Article : 174 words
  30. Interpreters.

    The lark sings—bathed in sunshine— "O,Love is joy and gladness." In shade the nightingale complains, "O,Love is pain and sadness." ...

    Article : 51 words
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