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    ONE OF LONDON'S NEW MOTOR OMNIBUSES. The motor omnibus, by reason of its rubber-shod wheels, and of the higher coefficient of friction on a road than on rails, can be stopped much more quickly than a tram, ana can swerve past anything in the line of collision. From the trading ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.

    Here is a sketch of the famous leaning tower of Pisa, in Italy, which leans a little more than six feet in eighty. The works of this tower were begun in 1174, and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    IT'S QUITE SIMPLE WHEN YOU KNOW IT. Oh, what a naughty bird, whatever makes him sweat so?" Well! my dear, [?] ain't quite fame yet, and everybody swears when they're wild." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    A HANDY YOUNG MAN. "Let not thy right hand know what thy left doeth." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BEHIND HIS BACK.

    The pair of spectacles here depicted are made on a principle that was invented by a famous Austrian detective. They are intended to enable the wearer to see what ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    Evey four years one of these great asylums has to be built in order to cope with the increase in insanity in London. The cost of such an asylum is about half a million. There are sixteen miles of corridors ina building of this kind. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. BUT ’TWAS USELESS.

    Little Thomas a hair was wet, and it was painfully apparent to his motheers eye that he had Willie Jones's trousers on. "Thomas," she said splemnly, "you ...

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  10. A NEW BASEBALL CATCHER.

    An ingenious apparatus shown in the accompanying illuitration is intended to save the catcher's hands. The doors on the front of the box are ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    ONE YEAR'S WRECKS OFF THE BRITISH COAST. The four little maps shown above give an eloquent idea of the number of wrecks and distressed vessels that the lifeboat men have to deal within the course of a single year. The dots do not represent all the wrecks. If one took the entire map about twice as many dots would he needed. According to the most recent map usual by the "Lifeboat Journal," there were 4357 vessels wrecked or damaged on the coasta of the British Isles during 1903. There are 302 lifeboats in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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