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  2. FARM & GARDEN.

    No. 96. The Hy[?]cinth (continued)—Nar[?]ssus—Daffodil—Varieties—White Nar[?]issus—The Jenquil—Propagation—Seeds —Soil—Chrysanthem[?]ms—Chinese and ...

    Article : 1,113 words
  3. HOW AMERICAN WARSHIPS ARE MANNED.

    Captain Sigsbee's account of the destruction of the Maine in Havana Harbour [?]incidentally throws light on the manning of American battleships[?] Appendix G gives ...

    Article : 136 words
  4. SHORT STORY.

    There was probably no prettier, happier, and more charming country girl in Italy than Mona Campetti. Graceful as a fawn, vivacious as a wood-nymph, innocent as a ...

    Article : 2,571 words
  5. SKETCHER.

    A remarkable scientific discovery has been made by an undergraduate woman student. For a year she has been doing research work in botany, and has obtained results so ...

    Article : 788 words
  6. PERSONALITIES.

    The Queen is said to be one of the greatest of match-makers. Not long ago she wished to arrange a marriage between a lady and gentleman of the Court. The lady was not ...

    Article : 957 words
  7. EGYPT AND THE GREAT NILE RESERVOIR.

    One of the grandest engineering works ever conceived has just been inaugurated by the laying af the foundation-stone, at Asso[?]an on the Nile, of a vast granite dam ...

    Article : 233 words
  8. MUD AS MEDICINE.

    A Yankee quack has been telling the gullible that 'In my stupendous investigations of animal life I hare discovered that dogs, horses, pigs, etc., were not troubled ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. A SAMOAN LEGEND.

    The Samoans say that there was a time when their s[?]stors ate everything in a raw state, and that they owe the in luxury of cooked food in Ti'iti'i, the son of Talanga, ...

    Article : 413 words
  10. DOES CO-OPERATION MEAN LOSS OF INDIVIDUALITY?

    Only the week before last we were discussing the value of co-operation, and in continuation af that subject it might be added that the combined efforts of a ...

    Article : 675 words
  11. NOCOTINE IN TOBACCO SMOKE.

    Professor Kissing appears to have quite upset the theory that there is little or no meotine in tobacco smoke. He employs a bottle half full of water rendered faintly acid ...

    Article : 170 words
  12. TRAVELLER.

    Here is a literal translation of a Chinese inkmaker's advertisement in a Canton paper: —'At the shop Shan Wang, very good ink, fine fine; ancient shop, grandfather, and ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. PHONOGRAPHYSTERIA.

    Recently, numerous business houses have availed themselves of the phonograph for correspondence purposes, dictating letters to this familiar spirit, and then handing it over ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. A Story of Invisible Ink.

    I started life as apprentice to a chemist, where I learned many chemical mysteries; finally I became a law student; and it was my knowledge of chemistry—a science of ...

    Article : 1,631 words
  15. AN ENGLISH CLERGYMAN

    recently spent a holiday in one of the towns of New England, visiting an American colleague. One day, while the host was absent from home, a young negro couple ...

    Article : 121 words
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