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    "No," laughed the girl. "If you with have the basket from me, it's there." Saule nudged Wyllson hard, and whispered, "Look here, let her go. I ...

    Article : 2,117 words
  3. INTERESTING WAR NOTES.

    The Antwerp museum is unique in its way. There is nothing like it in all Europe. It consists of a multitude of rooms—each of which contains objects ...

    Article : 332 words
  4. FARM AND FIELD.

    What does tillage or cultivation of the soil do? It improves the physical condition of the soil it stirs the soil to a proper depth, thereby facilitating ...

    Article : 215 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES.

    The use of electric fans by a fire department in putting out a blaze is surely novel. In Boston not long ago a fire broke out in the basement of a ...

    Article : 130 words
  6. ARMOURED CANADIAN SOLDIERS.

    Like knights of old, the Canadian troops for tie front are equipped with armour. It will be in the form of a spade, to be carried on the back when ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. IMPROVING SOIL TEXTURE.

    Tillage improves the texture of the soil by forcing the soil particles which render the soil more mellow. Soil worked to a friable condition is more ...

    Article : 202 words
  8. EXPERIMENTS UPON CONCRETE.

    The surface of concrete is frequently treated by the use of the pounding rod with enlarged circular end so as to compress the material at the surface. ...

    Article : 300 words
  9. GERMAN ADVANCE CHECKED BY A BELL.

    There is one little episode in the early history of this war which will remain for all time as a glorious example of duty, and will appeal to the loyal ...

    Article : 230 words
  10. AVIATORS' LUCKY EMBLEMS.

    Lieutenant Rainey of the Royal Flying Corps recently flew over the Channel to Deal in a damaged aeroplane to obtain a new mount, carrying ...

    Article : 364 words
  11. THE "LIFE" OF A BIG GUN.

    What is the life of the big guns that are playing so great a part in this ear? A big battleship gun is used up after firing a hundred rounds. If each ...

    Article : 137 words
  12. GREEN MANURING.

    Green manuring is effective both on sandy and hoary clay soils, and, indeed, in all soils deficient in humus. On sandy soils its effect is to ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. WHAT A MONITOR IS.

    The description of the type of warships joining in the coast battle as monitors has puzzled the general public, but the monitor is not a new ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. £16,000,000 PER WEEK.

    In the course of on article on "No Naval Battle—Why?" which appears in the current issue of the "Fortnightly Review," Mr. Archibald Hurd ...

    Article : 279 words
  15. GIRDLED TREES.

    Trees are girdled for the purpose of killing them. It has often been observed, however that not all trees die immediately after they are girdled, ...

    Article : 314 words
  16. COMMON SENSE IN FARMING.

    The land is like a bank. If you do not put money into it, you cannot draw any out, except as as overdraft, and an overdraft has eventually to be met. ...

    Article : 658 words
  17. WAR PROPHECIES.

    Military exports ore of the opinion that war will continue for a couple of years. They are not always right in their prophecies, however. They told ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. FAMOUS WAR-HORSES.

    No man has a greater regard and love for his horse than Lord Kitchener, and when his equestrian statue was being erected in Calcutta, he told the ...

    Article : 278 words
  19. HOW THE RANGE IS FOUND.

    One of the most important instruments used on a warship is the range-finder, for without this instrument it is practically impossible to aim the guns ...

    Article : 244 words
  20. FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVE.

    The Admiralty has purchased a fireless locomotive for service at one of the explosive depots, where absolute safety from fire is of the first ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. FAMOUS GENERALS AS PROPHETS.

    The late Lord Wolseley, when he net out for the Ashanti War, predicted that he would hoist the British flag in Kumasi on February 5th. He ...

    Article : 375 words
  22. WAR SPORT: NEWEST GAME ON EARTH.

    The French aviators are whiling away their monotony just now—if there is such a thing as monotony for those gallant gentlemen—by means of new ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. ANIMALS WHO FIGHT WITH SOLDIERS.

    The news that the pet coat of the 2nd Battalion of the Welsh Regiment has been killed in the. Battle of Aisne reveals the fact that the soldiers are ...

    Article : 405 words
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