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  2. THE SCIENCE OF THE WINDS.

    It was, the author of the "Sailors' Hornbook," a Mr. Piddington, of Culcutta, who is responsible for the term cyclone. He put it forward as ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  3. HOW GEESE ARE FATTENED.

    The following method of goose fattening is adopted by farmers. Geese in good condition should be shut up in a quiet place, shaded from light, ...

    Article : 152 words
  4. THE RETIRED BURGLAR.

    "One night in the dining-room of a house where I was making a short call." said the retired burglar, "I found the gas still burning ...

    Article : 891 words
  5. ANCIENT RELICS OF HOLY WRIT.

    Some very interesting manuscripts have been discovered in the vaul[?], of the Jumi-and-Kebar Mosque, in Damascus. Relying on ...

    Article : 268 words
  6. TOBACCO DUST IN THE GARDEN

    Last summer we were induced to try tobacco dust on melon and cucumber vines as a protection against parasitic insects, and we are ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. IN THE WORLD OF STARS.

    There are now estimated to be about 120,000,000 stars in the visible heavens, but the ratio of fainter ones is not what might be expected ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    Out of 13,000 species of fish only 2,275 belong to fresh water. The annual rainfall at Cape Town is 30in., as against 26in, in London. ...

    Article : 441 words
  9. PROFIT IN KEEPING SHEEP.

    More land can be put to grass for pasture and hay land, and more sheep Kept on the products of such land with less labour than when ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. STONES THAT LIVE.

    The most curious specimens of animal or plant life in existence are the so-called "living stones" of the Falkland Islands. These islands are ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. AT A CROWDED POLITICAL MEETING.

    Many years ago Mr. Chamberlain was delivering a rousing political speech in Bir[?] The hall was so packed that not one more human ...

    Article : 171 words
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