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  2. Agriculture.

    FRUIT trees are occasionally met with which, year after year, fail to bear fruit, or, if the bear any, only a small amount of inferior quality. The cause of such barrenness is ...

    Article : 851 words
  3. The Longest and Highest Bridges of the World.

    THE longest viaduct in the world built of stone is that which connects Venice with the mainland. Its length is about two miles and a quarter. The longest iron bridges in thes ...

    Article : 182 words
  4. Answers to Correspondent

    " JASPER "—The expression "the wreck ot matter and the crush of worlds" was probably suggested to Addison on seeing a College student waiting on a table at a summer ...

    Article : 345 words
  5. humour.

    "Gentlemen, he whom we are bearing to his last resting place was not, perhaps, a great man, nor a superior man, nor a man of great talent, nor even what we might ...

    Article : 421 words
  6. naturalist.

    NEW—not in the sense that it has never before been seen by human eyes—not that it has escaped classified description—but new in the way Mr. Darwin has presented the whole ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  7. Aluminum-coated Iron.

    DR. GE[?]ING, of Landshut, has invented a process by which ordinary iron may be renered highly ornamental. The invention—of which, however, we have heard very little ...

    Article : 279 words
  8. RECIPES.

    POTATO SOALLOPE.—Mince very finely some streaked bac[?]n or tolerably lean ham, a few favoury herbs, or, failing these, a little parsley; salt and pepper to taste. Mix with the ...

    Article : 554 words
  9. Selecting a Horse.

    THE Turf, Field, and farm, than which there is no better authority on the subject, says,that "in buying a horse, first look at his head and eyes for signs of intelligence, ...

    Article : 233 words
  10. Gone South.

    " WHAT has become of Jo[?]lah Sp[?]?" asked a man who rained up his [?] in [?] of a ramshackle farm-house in Northern Indians. ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. Work in the British Royal Mint.

    FOR the first time after more than two years the prooess of gold coinage at the Royal Mint was recently resumed. It was even remarked that the strong man who poure the ...

    Article : 224 words
  12. One Summer and Part of a Fall.

    " You are too tart." A ghastly, pie-crust pallor, that is in strange contrast to the ruddy flash of his new necktie, posses swiftly over George W. Simpson's ...

    Article : 488 words
  13. "Muscle v. Brain."

    THIS heading, which is a popular one, aptly illustrates the misconception that prevails in result of ignorance at the laws of physiological development, It is a radical error to ...

    Article : 447 words
  14. Time to Get Up.

    THEY have a great deal of fun on the [?] of Florida, with sharks. A shack will swallow anything that is thrown to him, like a [?] cian. People go out on [?] [?] ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. The Oldest Tree in the World.

    THE oldest tree in the world, so far as any one knows, is, says, Knowledge, the Bo tree, of the sacred city of Amarapoora, in Burmah. It was planted 288 B.C., and is therefore now ...

    Article : 159 words
  16. Science.

    THE underground electric railway, whose construction has been authorised by act of Parliament, will commerce near the north and of Northumberland Avenue, opposite the ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. The Abundancee off Gold.

    THE future supply of gold, even for coinage purposes,is beginning to be one of more than common interest. Ancient history is resplendent with the prodigal display of gold by the ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. Renewed His Youth

    AN Iowaman read in a medicai journal that if he would fill his pipe one-third of salt and tamp the tobacco down on it real hard, his pipe would agree more salubriously with his ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. Miscellaneous.

    MR. A. C. R[?], M.E., writes to the Scientific American from Allahabad, India, describing his application of the water level to the lining of shafting as preferable to the ...

    Article : 259 words
  20. The Juice.

    POLICEMAN Gilligan, who had been transferred to Avenue A, was asked how he liked his new beat "It's the divl's own bate intoirely," replied the imported official; but ...

    Article : 392 words
  21. Mystery of Minerals.

    IT is painfully evident even to the most advanced scientists that, in the midst of the multitude of theories, and in the best light that the slowly accumulated wisdom of ...

    Article : 472 words
  22. Bits of Midsummer Metaphysics.

    THESE suggestions as to the essence of a few metaphysical units are believed to be very suitable for members of summer schools of philosophy, and for all searchers after truth. ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. A History Lesson.

    "PA," asked Willie Jones, as he was studying his history lesson, "who was Helen of Troy?" "Ask your ma," said Mr. Jones, who was ...

    Article : 377 words
  24. A Historical Case of Acquired Automatism,

    THE venerable pianist, Franz Liszt, says the Times, has ceased to play in public on account of the stiffness of his finger-joints. The fact recalls the method by which he used to keep ...

    Article : 298 words
  25. An Elastic Lackqner.

    A LACKQUER, said to be of great elasticity, perfectly supple and not liable to peel off, is made in the following manner; About 120 pounds of oil varnish is heated in one vessel, ...

    Article : 149 words
  26. household.

    OUR milliners are still briaging out novelties, and the variety to be seen in the leading show rooms is infinite. At the Grand Prix ever possible shape and size of both bonnet and ...

    Article : 508 words
  27. Twenty-Four O'clock.

    THE Railway Reporter says that the Cleveland, Akron, and Columbus Railroad Company have recently issued a now time card, based on the twenty four hours system—that ...

    Article : 239 words
  28. English And American Advertising.

    THE Ironmonger (London), contrasting the difference between the Englishman's and American's mode of doing business, concludes that there are not a great many points in ...

    Article : 487 words
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