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  2. MISCELLANEOUS.

    New gowns were worn each hour during their voyage in the "Olympic" from Southampton to New York by Miles. Helene Dupre and Annette ...

    Article : 271 words
  3. Short Story

    Across the little gate-legged table the gaze of the two old friends met, to set them smiling. "So you thought I'd forgotten you, ...

    Article : 2,713 words
  4. STOCK MANURE.

    The manure from a horse averages yearly 601b of nitrogen, 301b of phosphoric acid, and 621b potash; calculating these constituents at their ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. SINGLE BOAT DAVIT.

    Ono of the chief disadvantages of the common system of launching life boats lies in the use of two separate tackles which must be operated ...

    Article : 326 words
  6. BLOAT IN CATTLE.

    Float in cattle is duo to indigestion, in ordinary instances, and commonly induced by the eating of green, or wet, or frosted clover or alfaifa. In ...

    Article : 499 words
  7. Made the King Laugh.

    A King of Prussia who reigned about the beginning of last century was noted for his geniality, and often in the course of his walks through the ...

    Article : 249 words
  8. LARGEST WORKING MODEL.

    In order to give a bird's eye view of the Panama Canal, the largest working model in the world is being constructed for the Anglo-American ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. THE ENGINEERS.

    War is now a science. Victory in the future will depend not only on the strongest and bravest soldiers, but upon the cleverness of the engineers, ...

    Article : 390 words
  10. Odds and Ends.

    Matchmaker Aunt—"Well, Mr. Airy, still talking of providing my niece with a gilded cage?" Mr. Airy—"On the contrary I was asking Lily how she ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. FARM AND FIELD

    Crops of leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, vetches, clover, lucerne, etc., do not exhaust the soil in the same way as many other, such as ...

    Article : 361 words
  12. NEW USE FOR HYDROPLANE.

    A detective at Miami, Florida, who owns a hydroplane, with which he is wont to amuse the guests at the fashionable hotels, recently gave a ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. Wireless Waves and Birds.

    Observations made in sections of the world where there are many wireless stations indicate that birds are disturbed in a singular way by the ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. SCIENCE NOETS.

    Small rivers with their bonds and twists, and inland lakes affording no opportunity for long runs have not neretofore been available for ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. The Strenuous Life.

    The spinster: How many Masonic lodges did you say your husband belonged to? The Wife: Fifteen. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. A Queer Fish.

    The marine sunfish (Mola mola) is one of the querest animals known, having its body lopped off just behind its perpendicular dorsal and an all fins, ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. Prepared.

    Nervous lady: Now, be careful how you drive, cabby and go slowly over the stones, for I hate to be shaken about. And mind you pull up at the ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. ITEMS OF INTEREST

    The best part of beauty is that which a picture cannot express.—Bacon. Confidence in another man's virtue is no slight evidence of one's own.— ...

    Article : 177 words
  19. DEHORNING.

    Dehorned cattle are almost invariably quieter and more contented then those armed for offence and defence. This is particularly the case when they ...

    Article : 290 words
  20. LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL LOCKS.

    An important work now nearing completion is the great locks of the Government canal at Salmon Bay, by means of which shipping will be able ...

    Article : 318 words
  21. Laughter in Court.

    "Do you know the prisoner well?" asked the lawyer. "Never know him ill," replied [?] witness. ...

    Article : 84 words
  22. Strength of Egg-shells.

    Most people are aware of the power of egg-shells to resist external pressure on the ends, but not many would credit the results of tests recently ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. Tick Tack Tact.

    It was getting late and the maiden was bored, but the youth stayed on. Manners forbade her to request that he should depart, but her ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. Concert Given by Wireless.

    A novel concert was heard the other day at the wireless station on the Eiffel Tower, the giver of the entertainment—a tonor—being some 225 ...

    Article : 218 words
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