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  3. BOOKSELLING 2000 YEARS AGO.

    At least some of us at times find it hard to realise how bookselling was done in days when there was no printing, and when those who were rich and cultured enough to collect books ...

    Article : 800 words
  4. ANCIENT FORTRESSES.

    In an interesting ana copiously illustrated article on the old fortifications of the town of Nicosia in Cyprus, a writer" to the "Builder" says: ...

    Article : 752 words
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  6. THE GREAT SEA FIGHT.

    As a really human document few books more absorbingly interesting have recently Teen published that Captain Valdimir Semeneff's thrilling description of his personal experiences in the ...

    Article : 963 words
  7. THE FAMOUS BOX TRICK.

    Various attempts have been made to give a correct explanation of the modus operand employed by myself in the famous box trick. It will be as well, before explaining "how it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,178 words
  8. THE DRAUGHT OF A TOBACCO PIPE.

    Some investigations were recently undertaken by the paternal, Bureau of Agriculture at Washington, to determine scientifically the burning qualities of tobacco leaf, and the ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. MILITARY DISCIPLINE IN THE KITCHEN.

    At Lambeth (London) County Court, Captain Hutchinson, army officer, of Holmdene Avenue, Herne Hill, was sued by Ellen Johnson, house maid, for illegal dismissal ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. SIMPLE AND PURE.

    He was Journeying from Gundagai, a simple; artless man; He was coming down to Sydney on the train. His beard was full of grass seeds; and his ...

    Article : 275 words
  11. AN EXPERIMENT IN SOUND.

    The school bell and good legs are all that are needed for this experiment, says a writer in the "Scientific American." Students who make it find it easier, as a rule, to Understand ...

    Article : 493 words
  12. "TIRED" HAM.

    A case heard at the recent Warwick Assizes had some curious points Wm. Henry Pratt, brass founder's manager, Acocks Green, travelled in September last by ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. SHALLOW DRAUGHT.

    Senator Penrose was discussing Philadelphia's need of a deeper channel in the Delaware for ships. "You know," he said, "how often ships get stuck in the mud of the Delaware now. ...

    Article : 120 words
  14. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.

    Professor Poe, of Norfolk County, Virginia, claims to have perfected an apparatus which will bring the apparently dead to life It restores vitality by pumping carbonic acid gas ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  15. MUSIC BAD FOR THE EYES.

    An oculist tells us there are two lines' of work which produce great harvest, for both the oculist and the optician. One is music, particularly piano-playing, The Planist's head, as ...

    Article : 229 words
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