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  2. Agriculture.

    Now, were it net for this peculiar property of soils, soluble plant food would be washed out of the reach of the roots of plants, or perhaps out of the soil altogether; but by its ...

    Article : 1,487 words
  3. Miscellaneous.

    IT should be understood by the public, as it is known to the profession, that the aim of exercise is not solely to work the organism which is thrown into activity, though that is ...

    Article : 577 words
  4. Lorraine.

    "Are you ready for your steeple-chase, Lorraine, Lorrée, Barum,Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree. ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. Science.

    AMONG other uses to which electrical currents are applied, the purification of mercury seems to be likely to take a very important place; a place so important, indeed, that the subject ...

    Article : 2,184 words
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    ONE evening, when peither of them had a sou, in his pocket, Balzac said to Jules: "Szndeau. I must have twenty francs, to go to the Duchess of S—'s ball. Murder ...

    Article : 270 words
  7. Chlorine as Plant Food.

    A GERMAN exchange says that chlorine is a very important nutrient for plants. To all appearances the chloride of potassium exceeds the nitrate in nutritive value as long as ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. Humour.

    A DRAMATIC author to one of his confreres: "How is it you did not attend the funeral of " But did attend it, my dear boy." "I did not see yen, and your name did not ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. Killing Rats by Electricity.

    AN American boy, twelve years old, recently cleared his father's cellar of a pest of rats. Out of some fruit-jars he constructed a battery of three Leyden jars, which he connected and ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. Sketcher.

    THE remains of Howard Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home," have recently been taken from Tunis, where he died, and was reinterred in America with imposing ...

    Article : 2,263 words
  11. A Boy who Opposed the Advancement of Medical Science.

    Dn. IKE was called to see old Ned's son, and after several visits the doctor said to the anxious father: S" Ned, I dean wanter distress yer, but dat ...

    Article : 277 words
  12. Leg Music and Heart Music.

    ONE of the young men began playing on a violin, or rather "fiddling." Presently he struck up some jig-the " Arkansas " some- thing. A German professor involuntarily ...

    Article : 575 words
  13. TWO SIRENS.

    Two dear little maidens, a blonde and brunette. Who flirt and coquette, And cast rougish glances that make yon ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. Artificial Flowers Around a Pulpit.

    A CLERGYMAN, who was supplying for the day a pulpit which was decked with "artificials," happened to bring into his sermon an illustration on the growth of the flower from the ...

    Article : 307 words
  15. Bill Nye on Boxing.

    I HAVE just returned from a little two-handed tournament with the gloves. I have filled my nose with cotton Waste so that I shall not soak this sketch in gore as I write. ...

    Article : 1,039 words
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