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  2. SHORT STORY.

    Somehow I do not remember if I have ever mentioned my sister, the Duchess of Teddington. It was considered, when she married, that she had made a very grand ...

    Article : 3,602 words
  3. INTERESTING WAR NOTES.

    It is not always policy to acknowledge a defeat. A little coolness at the critical moment sometimes saves the day. In a close encounter during the ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. FARM & FIELD.

    Some theoretical scientists talk as if crops could be continually cultivated by the application of artificial manure alone, being apparently under the idea ...

    Article : 315 words
  5. LEGUMES AND NITROGEN.

    It is not correct to say that the nitrogen added to the soil by ploughing under a crop of clover costs the market price of the hay which might ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. THE ORIGIN OF THE KHAKI APRON.

    Of the thousands of gallant soldiers who have wron the khaki apron over the kilt, and of the millions of people who have seen it worn, probably few know ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. WAR-TIME ORGANIST.

    Our women have nobly taken the places of men who have been called to the Colours, and are doing work formerly regarded as outside their sphere. ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES

    At Drammen, Norway, now zinc works are about to bo started for the extraction of an by an electric wet process invented by a Belgian engineer, ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. A PRIVATE ARMY.

    Most of the 250 Highland "giants" who compose the Duke of Atholl's private army are now at the Front. The Highlanders have always been "bonny ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. CULTIVATION OF CARROTS.

    It is often said that this prolific and useful crop is not grown so extensively as it might be with advantage. The plant resembles in composition the ...

    Article : 365 words
  11. INTERIOR OF CONCRETE WORK.

    Some successful experiments in photographing the iron reinforcements of concrete work with Rontgen rays, recently made by Inspecting Engineer ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. MUNITIONS.

    Mr. Montagu, in the House of Commons, submitted an interesting statement on the activities of the Ministry of Munitions. The following are a few ...

    Article : 611 words
  13. WAR SUPERSTITIONS.

    Professor Archenhold, of the Royal Astronomical Society, Berlin, has organized an interesting exhibition, which is being patronized by all classes of ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. WHAT IS T.N.T.?

    What is T.N.T.? This is a question harboured by the minds of practically all close followers of the present European war. A few recognise it as a ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. PHOTOGRAPHY IN WARFARE.

    Another use for photography in war has been found by the Serbians in connection with their prisoners. The Bulgars, with the remembrance of their ...

    Article : 231 words
  16. WILD BEASTS.

    There is a Bristol citizen who urges in the press that wild beasts at Clifton Zoo should not be fed coram populo. Another correspondent takes up the tale with a remarkable ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. FEEDING FARM HORSES.

    Experiments have been carried out in Victoria with the object of ascertaining the relative value of various rations for farm-work horses in respect ...

    Article : 225 words
  18. AN ELEPHANT STORY.

    Elephants, according to the story books, always were larky animals, fond of a practical joke when it did not turn against themselves. One of these lumbering, ...

    Article : 285 words
  19. WASHING AWAY OF SOIL.

    The Federal Geological Survey is authority for the statement that an average of 95 tons of soil and loose rock are washed into the ocean every ...

    Article : 331 words
  20. BELLS AND SHELLS.

    According to official Austrian figures, up to the end of August no fewer than 15,200 church bells had been melted down for munitions in the Dual ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. DIGESTIBILITY OF SILAGE.

    With regard to the question of the digestibility of silage against that of the original crop from which it is produced, it is generally recognised, ...

    Article : 240 words
  22. AN ABNORMALITY.

    'Land and Water' for last week gives an illustration of a curious [?] in the shape of a double head of a calf, which was recently born in Scotland. The head is ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. THE HADDOCK.

    There is a popular belief that the haddock, was the fish which St. Peter took as tribute money on the shore of Genesaret, and that the dark spots behind the fine of the fish ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. NOTHING WASTED IN FRANCE.

    What becomes of old sardine-tins, tomato-tins, meat-tins, fruit-tins, and tins of all kinds? In France, where nothing is allowed to go to waste, they ...

    Article : 192 words
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