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  2. Short Story

    "You leave the girl alone, Mullins," King flung out hotly, his eyes ablaze Saint been here long enough to understand the machine. Let her ...

    Article : 2,086 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Beggars in China are taxed, and have certain districts allotted to them in which to make appeals for charity. The water in an old, disused tin mine ...

    Article : 43 words
  4. FARM AND FIELD.

    Probably the most difficult animal to feed is the milch cow. This class of stock has been developed to such a high pitch—its natural instinct of ...

    Article : 404 words
  5. 50,000 UNCLAIMED MEDALS.

    As showing the War Office's difficulties in distributing decorations, it is pointed out that although advertisements are regularly published asking ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. WIRELESS DIRECTION FINDER.

    The tests of the new wireless direction finder, known as the Marooni-Tosi apparatus, which was installed on the Canadian Northern R.M.S. Royal ...

    Article : 332 words
  7. COAL ENOUGH FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

    According to a calculation made by the International Geological Congress of Canada, the available supply of coal still unmined in the world is ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Some suggestive experiments were made a few weeks ago on German warships with lighted projectiles. which it is thought may take the place of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. ECHO OF LADYSMITH DEFENCE.

    The cruiser Terrible, the guns from which were landed by Sir Percy Scott, then her captain, and helped to save Ladysmith, is about to be sold out of ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. EXTRACTING CASEIN.

    An electrolytic process now serves to extract casein from milk, according to a French authority. This is carried out in the following way: In the centre ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. ELECTRIC LAMPS FOR POLICEMEN.

    For the past two years the City (London) police authorities have been conducting experiments with a view to discovering a now typo of lamp for the ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. FARM LIFE.

    The greatest drawback of farm life and at the same time its greatest advantage, is its isolation. These are pretty widely separated, but a little ...

    Article : 388 words
  13. Odds and Ends.

    "I know Mabel's engaged." "How?" "She doesn't look worried any more." "What kind of loather. makes the best shoes?" "Don't know, but ...

    Article : 319 words
  14. SCRUBBING MACHINE.

    Machinery has now invaded the field of the charwoman, for an electric scrubbing machine has just come into use. It is a little pushcart, supplied ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. ORIGIN OF THE SLIT SKIRT.

    It will no doubt interest feminine readers to learn that the slit skirt is not exclusively a feature of latter-day civilisation. It seems, indeed, to be, ...

    Article : 190 words
  16. ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

    A novel advertising device has made its appearance, which consists of a polished metal cylinder shaped liked a vase. Inside the receptacle is a small ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. COMPLETED AFTER SIX CENTURIES.

    The picturesque little town of Arezzo, on the way from Florence to Perugin in about to celebrate the completion of its cathedral, which was begun more ...

    Article : 164 words
  18. ELECTRIC LAMP INVENTOR.

    Sir Joseph Wilson Swan; who died recently was quite entitled to he called the father of modern photography. For it was he who by his ...

    Article : 307 words
  19. SOIL REQUIREMENTS.

    It must be admitted that in the application of artificial manures many practical farmers are apt to be led into mistakes which often cause the use of ...

    Article : 499 words
  20. Another Awful Mystery.

    The newsboy was running down the street at top speed, when he met the vicar of the parish. "Have you heard the distressing ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. For Boys and Girls.

    A little boy west out one morning to walk to a village about live miles from the place where he lived. In his hand he carried a basket of provisions that ...

    Article : 1,515 words
  22. Engaged to be Married.

    Sophy (who accepted Mr. Charles Fleetwood the night before): "Does Mr. Fleetwood strike von as being a sensitive man, Pauline?" ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. THE OLDEST SHIPPING SERVICE.

    There has been some discussion recently as to what shipping company holds the record of the longest continuous trading between regular fixed ports, ...

    Article : 287 words
  24. A Complicated Case.

    A corporal of a famous Irish regiment, while on n march in India, went, to the quartermaster to borrow a camel to carry a spare tent. The ...

    Article : 79 words
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