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  2. FARM AND GARDEN.

    The best soil for asparagus is a warm, sandy or gravelly one with good drainage A soil with hardpan bottom will answer, if worked deep and underdrained with tile, ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. WINNING A WIFE IN AUSTRALIA.

    After lunch Joe came round to the from struggling to hold the three horses Stepping forward, Jack took the bridle of "Sterling" from his hand. The horse ...

    Article : 4,895 words
  4. THE HOME CIRCLE.

    GRAVY FOR TURKEY.—Wash the giblets in salt and water, dry them in a cloth, and cut them in small pieces. Melt an ounce of butter in a frying pan, throw in the ...

    Article : 645 words
  5. USEFUL INFORMATION

    The oldest mathematical book in the world is called the "Papyrus Rbind." It is in manuscript, of course and was written, by one Ahmes, an Egyptian, who lived in ...

    Article : 341 words
  6. GRAVE AND GAY.

    "You don't look like ye'd had very good luck at dat house," said Plodding Pete. "I got a cake," replied Meandering Mike. "Den what yer lookin so sour about ?" ...

    Article : 631 words
  7. MAKING AND PLANTING GRAPE CUTTINGS.

    Cut the graph vines in the autumn as soon as they have dropped their leaves Make the cutting six or eight inches long; if short jointed there may be three or four ...

    Article : 200 words
  8. ALUMINUM.

    Alumina abounds in nearly all clays, the clays at Boulder, in Colorado, showing as high as 34 per cent of alumina. This alumina is the oxide of aluminum, which ...

    Article : 277 words
  9. THE AGES OF TREES.

    A writer in a German paper commenting upon the reputed ages of old trees in Europe, makes the following remarks:—The story of German forest trees reaching ...

    Article : 203 words
  10. OLD IRON FOR WOOLLY BLIGHT.

    A correspondent writes:—Mr Krull, the German Consult at Wanganui, having some apples badly affected with American blight, by the advice of Mr Abraham, of ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. ORCHIDS ARE DEAR TO-DAY.

    At least, choice specimens are. Messrs. Sander recently paid Mr. R. H. Measure two hundred and fifty guineas for a fragment only of the Cyp. Sanderæ, which ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. SHORT SERMONS.

    It is not necessary to belittle one man, even by implication, to present another in his just proportions. One reason why some people find it so ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. APPARENT WASTE IN NATURE.

    Upon this interesting topic Mr Meehan, a well-known writer on Horticulture, has well said that we discover nothing in the behaviour of plants to indicate that they ...

    Article : 225 words
  14. A PHYSICIAN'S TRIALS.

    "The life of a village physician has its trials," said one a few days ago, "and I may add," with a twinkle in his eye at some recollection, "its compensations, too." ...

    Article : 400 words
  15. THE EMPERORS'S TEST.

    The late Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, was a man of most democratic tastes and was progressive in all that he did. When visiting this country during the Centennial ...

    Article : 395 words
  16. KILL OR CURE.

    Apropos of the numerous medical quacks that have recently been prosecuted and exposed in this colony, the following anecdote is instructive:— ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. MANAGEMENT OF RASPBERRIES.

    It is not generally known that the raspberry cane is hardy just in proportion to the amount of healthy leaves which will continue healthful to the last. If the ...

    Article : 209 words
  18. KEEPING HER DOWN.

    Mrs. Lowerten—"Well, Sally, I s'pose we've got to call on that now neighbor. Just take your scissors and cut some sort of a hole in the middle of our visitin card." ...

    Article : 129 words
  19. ACCURACY CARRIED TOO FAR.

    A ship once went on a cruise, and the captain determined to keep an accurate account of the voyage in his log book. One morning the first mate, who had been ...

    Article : 222 words
  20. ADVICE TO WIVES.

    Christian women, when your husbands and sons return to you in the evening after buffeting with the waves of the world, let them find in your homes a haven of rest. ...

    Article : 254 words
  21. MOTHER AN OLD FOGY.

    She—"Mamma is opposed to you because you never minded your mother and were never considerable with your sisters." He—"Perhaps you would rather marry ...

    Article : 51 words
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    Advertising : 145 words
  23. A DIFFERENCE OF DIALECT.

    "Gadsby, the evangelist, who went West, was shot dead recently." "How did it happen?" "During a camp meeting he turned ...

    Article : 40 words
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