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  2. PLANTS SPEAK OF THEIR ANCESTORS.

    It is well known that certain plants bear much simpler leaves at first than in later life, and usually the transitional changes are gradual. It ...

    Article : 207 words
  3. SELF-FEEDING HOPPER.

    A good, useful, and reliable selffeeding hopper can be made by any farmer who has a little experience of amateur carpentry and the necessary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  4. ACCIDENTAL INVENTIONS.

    The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb, ...

    Article : 650 words
  5. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    An American has arranged an indestructible phonograph record in combination with a loudspeaking telephone instrument on his motor-car. ...

    Article : 909 words
  6. MAKING OLD NEWS NEW.

    Making old news seem timely was one of the diversions of Dr. Jean Charcot, the French explorer, during his two years isolation in the ...

    Article : 252 words
  7. OLYMPIC.

    At last the wonderful "Olympic" has traversed the Atlantic, and has caused as much amazement in the land of skyscrapers as it did in ...

    Article : 1,643 words
  8. LIFE AMONG THE MOORS.

    In the courtyard of his house we met the kaid, a grey-haired, venerable-looking old man, full of dignity, looking worthy of all respect and ...

    Article : 819 words
  9. EDUCATING A CHIMPANZEE.

    Prof. Garner has been before the public for many years. Nearly two decades ago he made his first bow to the public. During the whole of this ...

    Article : 751 words
  10. A DIAMOND IN A POTATO.

    Hidden safely, in an ordinary potato there reposed for over a year, undiscovered, a pure white gem valued at something over six hundred ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 246 words
  11. WHY LITTLE MEN HAVE BIG APPETITES.

    Lecturing at the Sorbonne, M. Louis Laqicque has endeavoured to explain the mystery of why little men often eat much more ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. OSTEOPATHY.

    The term "Osteopathy" conveys little or no meaning to the majority of English readers, both medical and lay, but in America this system of ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. MISSIONARIES WANTED.

    A missionary writes from the Fiji Islands as follows:- "Our small force of brethren seem to be absolutely unable to [?]ope with ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. DAUNTLESS.

    "He cleared the sill at a bound and vanished in the darkness!" related Romance, breathlessly. "But," scoffed Realism, "only a ...

    Article : 96 words
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