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  2. PLUCKING OSTRICHES.

    Six men on an ostrich farm will pluck 150 birds a day. When the plucking time comes round it is necessary to collar. the troop of ...

    Article : 173 words
  3. Facts & Fancies. AN ELIZABETHAN SAFE.

    Now carefully preserved at Greenwich Hospital is the famous Chatham chest. It is a great box curiously wrought, its iron body being ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. Science Notes & News. A COAL SAVER.

    There has been recently devised a coal saver which consists of two grates hinged together in the form of the letter "U." The grate ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. The Farmer.

    Much emphasis is properly laid upon the head of a horse, no matter of what breed he is. Besides entering largely into the whole sum ...

    Article : 455 words
  6. American Humour. THE COST OF LIVING.

    The limit of frugality appears in the hero of a story told by a writer in the Washington "Star." Mrs. Silas Long started out one fall day to get some ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. USES OF KEROSENE.

    Kerosene spells death to mites and lice if sprayed on walls, roosts, and corners. Except when setting hens there sprinkle the bottom of ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. MEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.

    A remarkable railway engine, with a saloon hitched on, recently made a very successful run from Glasgow to Gartsherrie, on the ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. MOTOR CARS TO MEASURE

    Nearly all of the large motor-car factories fit cars to their prospective users in very much the same way as a clothier alters ready-made ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. APPROXIMATE PHILOSOPHY.

    To find what is the most glaring sin of society, ask the man who has not been able to break in. He who invented wisdom died ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. INHABITANTS OF THE ABYSS.

    The recent inauguration of the Museum of Oceanography at Monaco recalls attention to the remarkable discoveries in the last few years ...

    Article : 153 words
  12. ANCIENT FORMS OF DICE.

    Dice, in various shapes, have been used in forms of worship and religious ceremonies since the dawn of history. Their earlier use was ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. BIG CUTS.

    A vineer-cutting machine made by an English firm will take logs up to 24m. diameter in lengths from 2ft. to 8ft. The blocks are ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. PRIVILEGES OF FRIENDSHIP.

    To be shown the small room in the attic so that the spare chamber may be ready for possible unexpected company. ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. RED MITES.

    The failures to make poultrykeeping a success are mostly caused by poultry vermin. Some kinds of vermin suck the blood, ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. THE SEA HORSE'S TAIL.

    Among the peculiar tailed fishes the sea horses are alone in having the tail prehensile. With it they anchor themselves to seaweed and ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. MENUS OF SOVEREIGNS.

    The ingenious writer of an article entitled "What Sovereigns Eat" states that the Austrian Emperor breaks his fast with coffee and toast ...

    Article : 173 words
  18. A NOVEL GLASS.

    The new glass produced at Baccarat, France does not break when heated to the boiling point and plunged into freezing water, and ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. FIFTY MEN AND ONE ELEPHANT.

    Interesting tests have been made to determine the respective pulling power of horses, men, and elephants. Two horses, weighing ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. The Camera. WARM RED TONES ON LANTERN PLATES.

    A special form of hydroqui[?] developer which has been used with much success for obtaining warm red tones on slow lantern ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. THE SUMMER PLAGUE OF INSECT PESTS.

    Only those who have mis-managed their fowls know the great amount of mischief that lice and other pests of the poultry yard can ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 137 words
  22. DUCKLINGS WITH SUNSTROKE.

    When running out in the sun during a hot day, without sufficient shade, ducklings will sometimes be seen to spread out on the ground ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. A DISAPPOINTING DISCOVERY.

    Anyone who imagines that life is lacking in amenities among the newsboys in the big city should listen occasionally to their talk. When these ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. The Poultry Ran. THE NECESSITY FOR SHADE.

    Shade is an absolute necessity for growing chickens. An orchard which furnishes patches of sunlight and patches of shade, with ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. A DEADLY LIQUID.

    Nitroglycerine was discovered by an Italian chemist in 1845. It is a compound of ordinary glycerine and nitric acid, and is the ingredient ...

    Article : 184 words
  26. SPEEDOMETERS AND TEMPERATURE.

    That temperature affects speedometers has been proved by experiments made by the inventor of the Jones speedometer. When ...

    Article : 96 words
  27. THE ELECTRIC HEN.

    An incubator, the design of a Bavarian, is heated electrically by means of a mesh of wires strung uniformly across the lid, so that all the eggs ...

    Article : 130 words
  28. SPOTTING OF PRINTS.

    Spotting is a necessary evil for many, since, however skilful one may be in photography, there is always the possibility of the negative ...

    Article : 344 words
  29. MAN'S IDEAL WOMAN.

    What a man wants in a woman is somewhat as follows: She must be a dream of beauty that will make Maxime Elliott faint and ...

    Article : 201 words
  30. THE VALUE OF CLEANLINESS.

    Cleanliness of the hen coops and houses is of the utmost importance. It is a great mistake to leave chickens in coops where night after ...

    Article : 128 words
  31. NO MORE WINDOW CORDS.

    An automatic sash holder recently introduced is intended to supersede weights and cords. The body of the holder is formed from strong ...

    Article : 149 words
  32. NOVELTIES IN NEWSPAPERS

    An enterprising publisher in China is about to start the first evening paper in Pekin. It will be printed in red, which is supposed to ...

    Article : 177 words
  33. TOMBS FOR SNAILS.

    Bees have a very ingenious and sanitary way of disposing of a mouse or slug that may happen, by accident or design, to find its way ...

    Article : 222 words
  34. DUCKLINGS FOR KILLING.

    Ducklings intended for killing should not be allowed much exercise, since the less they move about the more rapidly they grow. Of ...

    Article : 185 words
  35. POINTS IN EGG PRODUCTION.

    As requisites for the production of good eggs and marketing them in good condition the following may be mentioned:— ...

    Article : 182 words
  36. THE CLASS SMILED.

    If Jennie Jones had obeyed the teacher's command literally, she would have subverted the discipline of the schoolroom far more than by her ...

    Article : 108 words
  37. PLUG CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOCKET.

    To make a plug connector for use in an electric-light socket, all that is required is a burned-out incandescent lamp and some heavy ...

    Article : 178 words
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