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  2. AMBIDEXTERITY

    Quite recently we said, on the authority of Sir James Crickton-Browne, that ambidexterity--i.e., the ability to use either hand with equal facility--is injurious to the brain, ...

    Article : 821 words
  3. OZONE

    Sir E. Kay Lankester, F.R.S., writes as follows in a London contemporary:-- Fifty years age people were very fond of talking about "ozone," and the word, is used ...

    Article : 2,127 words
  4. A NATIONAL QUESTION

    In the "Nineteenth Century" the Earl of Meath asks, "Have we the gift of our forefathers ?" He thus defines his word:-- The writer understands by the word ...

    Article : 656 words
  5. OVER NIAGARA WITH BLONDIN

    Charles Blondin, the French ropewalker, though he died in bed at a ripe old age in 1897, performed feats that no other man has ever dared emulate. There are few things ...

    Article : 1,134 words
  6. SOME GREAT JEWEL ROBBERIES

    It is true that there are theoretical anarchists, whose lives are as good and pure as the lives of any other citizen. Of these I do hot speak here--they have only incidentally ...

    Article : 2,102 words
  7. PREACHER-PUGILIST

    Mr. Albert Shakesby, the plucky evangelist, whose gallant rescue from drowning of a Sheffield young lady visitor at Filey we recorded in a recent issue, is not althogether ...

    Article : 751 words
  8. "ALICE IN WONDERLAND"

    In the great quadrangle or court of Christ Church College, in Oxford, England, many a stirring event has taken place, and many a distinguished man has lived and ...

    Article : 660 words
  9. DOGS AS DAIRYMAIDS: HOW THE CHURN IS DRIVEN IN GERMANY

    At some of the farms in East Havelland the churn in driven by dog-power. Outside the dairy wall-stands a little receiving table with shallow steps placed radially. The axis of this wheel is inclined in a slight angle, and the disk in accordingly lifted to the same degree. The axle of this wheel is connected by pinions with the driving shaft of the churn this, chaft passing through the dairy wall. The dog is fastened by a chain in such a way that he cannot advance as he runs and consequently the moving ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 173 words
  10. A MIGHTY NIMROD

    The term rightly describes Sir Henry Seton-Karr, who is to be Unionist candidate for Berwickshire at the next, general election in the old country. Sir Henry is a man ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. KISSED THEM ALL

    A famous statesman prided himself on his success in campaigning, when called upon to reach a man's vote through his family pride. On one of his tours he passed ...

    Article : 241 words
  12. A QUEER WAY TO CATCH RABBITS

    The plea of some men recently brought up in a police court in the old country on suspicion of having been poaching may have appeared curious to many people. The ...

    Article : 252 words
  13. ANOTHER INJUSTICE

    It was a very mixed company, indeed, and they were making a lot of nasty remarks about stipendiary magistrates. "It's sickening," said one. "They won't let you ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. LOVE'S FOLLIES

    When lulled in passion's dream my senses slept, How did I act?--e'en as a wayward chils; I smiled with pleasure when I should have ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. AT THE WAR OFFICE

    It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon when the War Office clerk reached his home in Brixton. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair dishevelled, and he reeled almost ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. WON BY ALENGTH

    "Well, Bobby, how is your sister?" asked the parson. "Oh, She's sick in bed; hurt herself terrible," replied the youth. ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. HOME

    Dear home in England, safe and fast, If but in thee my lot lie cast, The past shall seeth a nothing past To thee dear home if won at last; ...

    Article : 57 words
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