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  2. Short Story

    I'll tell you what it is, Gill," said the elder of Father Grimes's sons to his brother, as he rubbed his honest toil-hardened hands together and ...

    Article : 2,095 words
  3. SCIENCE NOTES.

    To make an incombustible linoleum, an experiment is being made by manufacturer in Germany. Ho is adding magnesium carbonate to the pulp ...

    Article : 119 words
  4. QUEENS WHO COMMAND REGIMENTS.

    Although it is not an unusual thing for Royal ladies td o appointed honorary officers of famous regiments, it is quite an innovation for the ...

    Article : 455 words
  5. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Netherlands still holds the record for the export of oysters. The average quantity exported and consumed locally during the season is said ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. LIME AND FERTILISERS.

    The use of nearly all fertilisers, nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic, has a tendency, more or less marked, to deprive the soil of its stock of lime. By ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. GOLF-BALL LIFTER.

    A golf-ball lifter, the object of which is to save the strain of bending the body to pick the ball out of the hole, has been introduced, says Chambers's ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP.

    The most powerful armour-clad warship in the world is now being built at the new Armstrong yard at Walker-on-Tyne for "a foreign navy." This ...

    Article : 111 words
  9. AN IMPROVED BRUSH.

    One of the objections to brushes used upon extremely hard surfaces is the liability of the hairs to become detached under the pressure and friction exerted. ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. YACHT'S 2,319-MILE TRIP.

    The 110-ten schooner yacht Lasca, of the Royal Nova Scotian, Yacht Club, recently arrived at Southampton, having covered the 2,319 miles from ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. DOUBLE CREAM CHEESE.

    Wrap the thick cream in a fine-textured linen cloth, secure the four ends and suspend the whole in a convenient place where ventilation is good and the ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. RADIUM IN THE UPPER AIR.

    Hess, of the Vienna Radium Institute, has recently published the results of some remarkable experiments. He has investigated the penetrating ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. ROUND THE WORLD BY AIR.

    There American airmen have entered for the air race round the world which is being organised in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition at ...

    Article : 120 words
  14. Odds and Ends.

    Mrs. Angler: "Are you sure you caught this fish?" Mr. A.: "Of course." Mrs. A. "It smells very strong." ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. BLIND DOCTOR'S FEATS.

    Medical wonders' are being accomplished by a blind practitioner. The sightless, doctor is Mr. Jacob W. Bolotin, who was recently appointed junior ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. MILK AND SMELLS.

    As an instance of the influence that strong, unpleasant odours can have on milk even before being drawn from the cow, the following case is reported. ...

    Article : 443 words
  17. FLAMELESS HEAT.

    Professor William A. Bone, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in Loudon, has hit on a manner of gas heating that may greatly change ...

    Article : 174 words
  18. MANNERS.

    The new office boy was sent by his master with a note to a clergyman, and told to wait for an answer. On his return his employer said: "Well, John, ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. THE REASON.

    "Does Shacknasty Johnson live near here?" inquired a travellor who was journeying across the Oklanomo prairie. "No," replied the man addressed, a ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. FARM AND FIELD.

    Experiments have been carried nut by the exports of the Agricultural College with regard to manuring and milk production. A poor field , which had ...

    Article : 359 words
  21. AUTOMATIC FIRE-ALARM.

    Mr. James G. Jackson, Glasgow, has invented a new automatic fire-alarm, designed to minimise the danger of fire from the grinding discs or millstones in ...

    Article : 161 words
  22. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

    Maggie was the housemaid at Johnnie's mother's house, and Johnnie said she was the very nicest housemaid they had over had ...

    Article : 1,034 words
  23. UNITED STATES OWNS 8,000 ISLANDS.

    According to a report recently received by the National Geographical Society the United States now owns exactly 8,000 islands, supporting a ...

    Article : 254 words
  24. LIFE-SAVERS.

    A policeman entered the house of a publican one morning and informed him that it would be necessary to hold an inquest there in the afternoon. ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. WONDERFUL WIRELESS.

    Recent wireless telephone experiments in France have attained results that may have a far-reaching importance. With a transmitting station set ...

    Article : 191 words
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