The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-12

low corn. also give them DreaQ soaked III
warm water or milk. and give them cab
bage or lettuce cut up fine and with fine
gravel and fresh water to drink and to
battle in. With the above treatment eggs
| will hatch and the birds will thrive.
A. S.
am nineteen years old and a 'year-old
| teacher of public schools
| In response to the request of Il S.
enclose the poem entitled "Whisperin'
| Bill" To A. A. c." recommend HUI
morous Recitatons by Best Authors,
| and Famous Comic Recitations." F. NJ.
| Lupton. %, % and q City Hall Place,
| New York, is the publisher of both. Price
! ten cents each. a. X. q.
(The lines await the requisition Of IL.
| S.'-Editor.)
| A correspondent asks for good book
| on chicken raising. We lave two w-ch
| are so admirap-y suited to the beginner.
/ in every way, that senu her the names
in case she should like to buy them.
| They can be purchased at any seed or
| book store.
/. "Biggle Poultry Book" so cents. This
| is beautifully illustrated and a handy
pocket volume.
@ Farm Poultry" by Professor George
! Watson. OF the Pennsylvania State Col
! legez of Agriculture.
I shall at any time be glad to recon-
| mend several poultry papers which only
| cost 25 cents yearly, and are puonshed
monthly, to your correspondent Their
value is beyond price, Cat least that
price,. +. r.
fl
No. Z.
'B. H." May goth. copy the following:
| Chicago Auditorium. Chicago. 10000;
/ Bolshoie Theatre, ST. Petersburg. 1900,
| with ST. ~at-ersburg third. Chicago fourth
and fifth, and ST. Peters 1urg sixth.
..star'-I naturally infer by the ques-
| ton that the reverse OF current is equally
as strong as the ordinary currnet II this
be true. then the car will travel, after 1t
| is under full Roadway, and the current
| is reversed, the exact distance which the
car already travelled while getting under
! full Roadway Or, to state 1t somewhat
| differently. if the current be truned on
gradually, and it takes 100 yards to get,
under full speed. an@ II the current be
reversed in lie same manner. 1t VIII take
| exactly 100 yards to stop the car (all other-
] things being equaD-
| IT is an axiom in physics that the eX-.
act equivalent of the power used in put
| ting anything in motion mus. be used to
| overcome lat mementum.
If the argument be raised that as soon
| as the car wheels turn backwards the car
must necessarily be going backwards. /
| would call attention to a locomotive
! driving wheels. when it is desired to stop
a train They will sometimes stop and
| slide, sometimes go backwards. but the
! train travels the exact distance 1T took
/ it to acquire the velocity with which it
/ had been moving. Gearing out all ques-
| tions of brakes, friction. air pressure.
roadbed level OF road. etc.) j. NJ. S.
One of your correspondents asks for a
book giving some information on coal
mining. Such information as young peo-
/ pie can understand is to be found in a
! book called Goal and the Coal Miners. % 8
| by Homer Greene, published by the
Houghton-Miflin Company. C. E. T.
NO. 9.
In days OF yore when camellias were in
the heyday5 of their popularity raw cot
ton was used plentifulIy in packing
| flowers. because the ..japonica.'' as the
camellia was quite frequently called was
SO easily bruised, and the bruise showed
| so Soon It was similar in appearance
to iron mould" in some kinds of white
goods. and the raw cotton was found to
be the best material in which to pack
them. Camellias. however, are not used
so much in these days. nor is the raw
: cotton for packing flowers used so much.
We find that flowers freshly cut from
the plants do not give so much satisfac-
ton when placed In my lady's boudoir or
other room In the residence or; f0issbf