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Gladys saw it coming-in fact, had been dreading it for some time-but now that it was an accomplished fact, instead of going off into hysteries or ...
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MISCELLANEOUS.
For a German woman marriage with a foreigner is a precarious business. She becomes a foreigner, and is liable at and time to summary expulsion from ...
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FARM AND FIELD.
On the basis of the continuous' manuring experiments bosun in 1896 in the experimental Sold of the agricultural station, the following conclusions ...
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ROYAL TAPESTRIES.
* King .Alfonso hab lcut to tlio Anglo-Spanish Exhibition at Korl'n Court-the Tunes tsjiostrios from tlie Boyal Palaco in Madrid. These, tuo most famous tapestries iu the world have been valued for insurance at £260,000. . Tlieir total length is nearly 300 ft., Mi that thc,v cannot bi; Imng in the Huyal I'nvihon, iu> »ub originally, in-tondod. Sonio of tliom will be disr plavod in that section of the EmpreBs Hnll nou knonn as tlio ltoral Hall. ...
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LARGEST CANON IN THE WORLD.
What, is claimed to be the largest cannon in the world is now undergoing its firing trials on the Krupp range at Mappem. The band of the gun ...
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NICKNAMES IN THE NAVY.
In the American and English navies, as well as in the merchant marines, are found nicknames for surnames and titles of officers that hare been in use ...
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SCIENCE NOTES.
Lieutenant G. G. Gordon, R.N., who has completed a model submarine at St. Catherine's, Ontario, has sent it to the British Admiralty for trial. The ...
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THE HICHEST TUNNEL.
liver since tho discovery of Suulh Amorici; the gri>at Andean cluiiu of mountains, vliich runs from end to i-nd of the continent, lias fortnod a for-midablc barrior to intercourse between tho nattoti6 inliabitin^ it. Indeed, it lias actually boou simpler for {>eoplo living in tile Argentine to mnko a long sea voyage in order to roach their ...
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Misunderstood.
The young husband looked very awkward and embarrassed as he strode up to the hotel clerk and said, in a quiet voice: ...
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FACTS ABOUT FUR.
The costliest sable is the Yakutsk (Russian) skin that runs "silvery"- that has, in other words, a number of equally distributed white or silvery ...
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EVE-PRESERVING CLASSES.
Sir William Crookes recently read a paper before the Royal Society of London, in which he points out how the injurious ultra-violet rays of the sun ...
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Sardine and Kherklm Sandwiches.
These are most appetising. Required: Slices of brown or white bread and butter, three boned sardines, salt and pepper, the yolks of two hard-boiled ...
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SOIL FERTILISATION.
The law of minimum in soil fertilisation was first propounded by Liebig, and is accepted as an axiom of to-day. Every soil contains a maximum of one ...
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ATLANTIC FOC TESTS.
Some result's of much interest to navigators aro likely to bo obtained from tho tests conducted on the Canadian Northern B.M.8. Royal George, on a vojaco from Avonmouth to Quebec mid Montreal. Tlip liner was fitted with the Marconi Bellini Tosi aparotus, which is de- ...
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
There was once a little boy whose father was a surly and ill-tempered man, who never gave his children either good teaching or good example. And ...
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PIANG-TOUCH.
It is usually considered that no mechanical piano player, however excellently constructed, can reproduce the exact efforts produced by human touch. ...
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UNSINKABLE SHIPS.
Mr. John Welch, of Newcastle, has completed and published a specification of a ship which is claimed to be unsinkable. The skip consists of an outside ...
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Odds and Ends.
"Is hi- a mutt} (t)i)\vr.s;Uioti:iliKiP" "11 o'k aII i igljt u lii'ii the w outlier's ..hanging." ''Is it It.'in! In roail my facrt?" slio :ifiktx}. "No, it's quite siinplo,1" he ro-jIkhI Then it was at! off. ...
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MODEL OF A CATHEDRAL.
A model of Colocno cathedral-onu i of tlie architectural wonders of the; world-which covers a ground epaco of' thirty-two square feet, has just boon i completed by William Pollit, fl Roeh-; dnle labourer, aftor twenty-four jears1 work. Not u tangle nail lias been U6cd : in the model, but tbo whole lias been ; canned out or selected wood, and seve-. ral pocket knives hnvo been worn out. | •Some of the pieces of wood used arc so j ...
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HOLLOW STEEL BARS.
A recent discovery about the production of hollow stool bare promises much, such bars have important advantages for many mechanical ...
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DEATH TOLL OF THE ALPS.
Alpine mountain climbing is about to begin again, and, soon the report of the season's first fatality is sure to come in, just as ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING DAIRY COWS.
She should never be stinted of succulent food during the whole of the milking period, not even for one day. If, for instance, there is a scarcity of ...
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BY TRAMCAR TO BETHLEHEM.
The running of tJ*amu*a^*6 in Jerusu- { lem is at last materialising. A forty years' concession . has boon granted. According to the contract, tho "Sun-da; at Homo" stotei*, four separate routes of tramway aro obligatory, liiey will all start from the Jaffa Gato, the lines running outsido tho city walls through tho uew parts of Jerusalem which uavo sprung up to tho north and west of tho old city within tho past thirty years. 1Hte first liuo will ...
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MOTOR CAR ILLUMINATION.
A British accessory manufacturer has attacked the automobile illumination problem in a brand-new manner. Instead of using four lamps, two of them ...
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Tha Simple Truth.
"It was simply a question of veracity between us," said the oldest inhabitant. "He said I was a liar, and I said he was one." ...
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TESTING CIGARS.
A well-known eigar-expert has been dispelling some popular misconceptions anent the fragrant weed. He alluded to the belief ...
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Moths.
A teacher noticing the boy's interest in the study of insects, and especially of moths, advised him to find a book in the library upon the ...
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£10,000 FOR HALF AN HOUR'S ENTERTAINMENT.
The Khodirc's tour through (lie Delta, which his Highness rocoiitly romploted. lias shown m a remarkablo manner tho wealth of the landowners in the provinces ol the Nile. In many placOB private individuuK doconitod tho roads over which the Klicxlive motored for distancos of sove-tul miloa. ...
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A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
What is said to be the most wonderful clock in the world is n St. Petersburg. It has 95 faces, and indicates simultmteously the time of day at 30 ...
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Where was the Flea?
The superintendent of a Sunday school was illustrating for the children the text. "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into ...
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