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  2. Another Dose of Turk.

    Russia is holding up a warning finger to the "Sick Man." The Secretary of State of U.S. America recently did the same. Pre[?]umably we are in for another dose of "Turkey ...

    Article : 282 words
  3. Scented Cloth.

    A very charming novelty in the form of scented cloth is desig[?]ed for ladies' dresses. The cloth retains its fragrance so long as there is a fragment of the material left; ...

    Article : 138 words
  4. Dont Be a " Drifter."

    Half the world is adrift. Most people, especially those in cities, are drifting, withone aim or purpose, living an unplanned, hand-to-mouth existence. ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. The Modern Sea Devil.

    Just at the moment when the adoption of the submarine by the British Navy is attracting general attention, an interesting book is published by Mr. Grant Richards, ...

    Article : 291 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,798 words
  7. A Telephone Exchange.

    In Berlin a legal decision was recently rendered which is of interest to every business man in every country who uses a telephone. A merchant one day sent an ...

    Article : 187 words
  8. Rather a Good Appetiser.

    It is reaily wonderful the number of widows who marry. Any man not being married to a widow, wonders what it is like to always have to eat his meals with the ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. The Feast of Trees.

    A unique and useful custom recently instituted in Borne ia the "Festa degli Alberi," or "Feast of the Trees." Its object is the gradual re-afforestation of the ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. What a Brick You Are.

    A gallant little midshipman (says a writer on " Hotels as Homes " in the " Corn[?]ill Magazine"), once offered the magnificent individual who had been " valeting " him ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. Declining Knowledge of the Bible.

    One of the resolutions adopted by the National Educational Association at Minneapolis was the following:—"It is apparent that ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. A Clerical Pig Charmer.

    The Rev. S. Baring-Gould, the versatile and delightful author, tells many quaint and amusing tales of life in [?]is little Cornish parish. One of the most amusing ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. The Era of Electricity.

    London omnibus companies appear to be doomed. Their profits are shri[?]king, and amalgamation schemes are regarded as the preliminary to winding up. The prospect ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. A Fire-Eater's Death.

    One of those absurd bets which are made periodically in public houses all over the globe has led to the death of Pierre Leplas, who was well known at fairs in Paris and ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. Moderation or Total Abstinence.

    A certain canon was recently asked by a lady of bis acquaintance to address the young women of a society in which she was interested. She was an ardent abstainer, ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. The Land of Topsy-Turydom

    The Rev. E. J. Hardy, M.A., Chaplain to the Forces, Hong Kong, writing in " Chambers Journal," says that for one coming for the first time to China everything seems to ...

    Article : 384 words
  17. The Culture of City Trees.

    Paris is said to lead the world in the culture of city trees. The success of the French capital is due not so much to an admirable soil climate as to a well-organised system of ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. The Duke and the Pressmen.

    Despite the questionable taste of newspaper representatives' invitations to the Coronation ceremony—they were practically supposed to have their respectability ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. Jews Who Wear Pigtails.

    It is not generally known, says the New York "Tribune" that there is a colony of Jews in China—Jews who wear pigtails, bear Chinese names and speak the Chinese ...

    Article : 649 words
  20. " B P.'s" Patent System.

    One of the greatest attractions at the teachers' conference held at Johannesburg was General Baden-Powell's address on Habits of Observation. The general said ...

    Article : 431 words
  21. The Writing on the Wall.

    Charitable expenditure £1,000,000 per annum, and every prospect of further increase. Population of 1,400,000. Analyse these figures. They mean, roughly says the ...

    Article : 397 words
  22. Spendthrift Londoners.

    A London clergyman complains of the decrease of thrift among the working people of London. Though they are doing well for the present they are not putting ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. A Ghastly Taste.

    It seems a pity that British tourists to Paris should lay themselves open to such charges as the [?]Figaro" is bringing against them. Our contemporary, which ...

    Article : 206 words
  24. A Shark Story.

    The following little story comes from a " down south " reporter. He writes:—A country candidate for Parliament, who is what may be termed rather " rocky " on ...

    Article : 262 words
  25. To Petrify Plaster.

    A process has just been patented by a Russian-Canadian in the United States which is said virtually to turn plaster of Paris into stone. According to one of the ...

    Article : 223 words
  26. FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    There were 5,739,657 farms in the United States in 1900, these having total value of no less than £3,473,893,801. Of this sum £2,732,185,845, or 78.6 per cent., ...

    Article : 187 words
  27. For Future Centuries.

    After its life in the arts, M. D[?]tte tells us, a metal is gradually returned to the earth—in most cases in its original form. Iron and tin are ...

    Article : 97 words
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