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  2. Miscellaneous.

    THE date tree requires not only abundant irrigation but great solar heat. The Arabs say that it stands with its feet in the water and its head in the fires of Heaven. The ...

    Article : 473 words
  3. Natural History.

    So far as the feathered race is concerned, the parrot tribe takes the precedence in Australia, and it is from its ranks pets are most taken. In my time I had parrots of all ...

    Article : 2,469 words
  4. Agriculture.

    "DOCTORING" FARM ANIMALS.—It is a poor practice to be continually dosing animals. When we see a farmer frequently visiting the drug store for medicines for ...

    Article : 782 words
  5. Household.

    I KNOW that childrens' company is apt to make some trouble to a home-mother, but it is a kind of trouble that pays. It makes children so much happier to have their ...

    Article : 481 words
  6. Science.

    A RECENT conversation with a parent has convinced me of the importance of calling attention to a very curious phenomenon in the relation of growth to education. ...

    Article : 1,830 words
  7. Humour.

    "How d'ye do?" he asked, with a grin of familiar recognition. "Don't seem to know me, do ye? I was in here last fall, and give yer some anecdotes about some ...

    Article : 764 words
  8. BURIED ALIVE.

    A CASE of burial before death was made known in State Fe recently, or at least evidence of the probable occurrence of that shocking mistake leaked out and reached the ...

    Article : 977 words
  9. SILK ADULTERATIONS.

    [A simple test, showing quality and value of all silks.—Cracking, greasy, and dull wearing silks easily detected.] HAVING proved by numerous experiments ...

    Article : 884 words
  10. SAYING MOTHER.

    THE farmer sat in his easy chair Between the fire and the lamplight's glare; His face was ruddy and full and fair, His three small boys in the chimney nook ...

    Article : 540 words
  11. A PROVINCIAL IDYL.

    'WAY down east, not far from Picton, As the train I journeyed by Stopped, I heard the car-door click to And a maiden met my eye, ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. THOUGHT HE HAD 'EM.

    THE other night Professor Denton lectured at Dashaway Hall on Reptilian era, illustrating the forms of extinct monsters by the use of a stereopticon. About nine o'clock old ...

    Article : 148 words
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