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  2. Advertising

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  3. LIFE-PRESERVING GARMENT FOR AVIATORS.

    A great deal of attention is being directed these days to the question of guarding aviators against accident. One method of doing this is illustrated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 301 words
  4. THE ALLEGED ENGLISH SPIES IN GERMANY.

    CAPT., B. F. TRENCH, R.M.L., LIEUT., VIVIAN BRANDON, R.N. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  5. A WAGGON AS TELEPHONE-BOX AND A PENCE FOR WIRES.

    The usual method in treeless districts is to make use of the top strand of a barbed wire fence for making telephonic connection. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  6. IMPROVED FISH HOCK.

    In order to make sure of catching such fish as merely nibble on the bait and do not become firmly hooked thereon, an inventor has devised a hook, such as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 258 words
  7. UNIQUE WATER BICYCLE.

    A curious foot-power craft has made its appearance in the waters about New York, which, for lack of a better name, might be called a "water bicycle." It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  8. POLICE EYE-GLASSES,

    Another German has invented what h[?] calls "police eye-glasses," On the side next the face they have tiny concavi[?] mirrors which may be extended sideway[?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  9. THE ELECTRIC EYE.

    Professor Rosing, of the Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg, declares that, after 15 years of incessant labour he has succeeded in constructing an ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. OBSERVING AN ANCIENT CUSTOM IN ESSEX.

    In the little parish of Berden in Essex there is a very old St. Nicholas Day custom, which used to be observed in many places in England, of electing one of the children of the village to rule over them as bishop for one year. After a service in the parish church the boy bishop, wearing cope and mitre and carrying a crozier ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  11. COMBINATION WALKING-STICKS.

    Although it is prohibited to carry arms in France the respectable citizen has nevertheless to protect himself from time to time against the apaches in Paris and elsewhere. For this purpose armourers are supplying different arms such as daggers, revolvers, swords, and whips hidden in a harmless-looking walking-stick, which is in great demand. In the case of the bayonet-stick a simple movement brings the weapon out of the upper part of the stick, while the walking with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 120 words
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