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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    Korean paper is so strong and dense that it can be used to cover umbrellas. Barbed wire was first used by the British in Matabele War. ...

    Article : 773 words
  3. HUMOROUS COLUMN.

    Said the Englishman: 'Yes, we go very, very fast on our railways. Why, only the other day I sent a telegram ten minutes before the train started to ...

    Article : 124 words
  4. CHINESE STRUCTURES.

    The Chinese, structures that impress the engineering odserver most strongly are the bridges, the pagodas, the city walls, and certain details of building ...

    Article : 188 words
  5. CAUSE FOR DECLINING.

    It was love at first sight, and the youth In his ardour at once gave the rein; ...

    Article : 187 words
  6. CHASED BY A SEA-SERPENT.

    There is no doubt about it this time. The sea-serpent has really and truly been seen—and struck. It was seen by and struck by ...

    Article : 374 words
  7. Very Hot Feet.

    Some time ago two brothers accepted an invitation to spend their holidays at a friend's house in the country. Whilst there, not knowing anything ...

    Article : 93 words
  8. LORD ROBERTS' SECRET.

    Julian Ralph, the well-known war correspondent, set himself the task of defining Lord Roberts' secret of suc­cess; and he decides that it is this— ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. Met His Match.

    Apropos of counsel brow-beating witnesses in murder trials, a case is recalled where the lawyer looked at the doctor who was testifying, and ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. IN THE JAWS OF DEATH.

    YES, sir. I've seed mighty queer times, and run acrost a heap of queer characters in this 'ere land. There'll never be nothing like ...

    Article : 2,264 words
  11. A New Disease.

    A Sydney servant girl was sent on the day of Cronje's surrender to a fishmonger's for some snapper. The city rang with the news, but Mary ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. SOUTH AFRICAN STORMS.

    The thunderstorms of South Africa are very violent in character, and no wet season pauses without its record of lightning accidents. The natives ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. A BOOKKEEPING TYPE-WRITER.

    The latest improvement in the type-writer is a machine which can be used to do bookkeeping. This is a most important improvement, as the ...

    Article : 261 words
  14. Preparing for Emergencies.

    Last year, while staying with a friend near Dublin, a visitor saw two brawny Irishmen rolling up their shirt sleeves and preparing for a fistic ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.

    A remarkable discovery has been reported by the party making the permanent survey of the railway extension from Atherton to Mount Garnet in ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. THE ORIGIN OF MAN.

    Professor Wilhelm Boelsche, of the University of Leipsic, Germany, claims to have discovered the secret of the origin of human life. After years of ...

    Article : 426 words
  17. Dear Bit of Meat.

    A Yorkshire butcher got married, and took his bride for a week to Filey, where they spent the honeymoon. On their return, he placed her on ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. Deserved Kicking.

    Jones (rushing into station): 'Is this my train?' Porter (a wit): 'No; it belongs to the railway company.' ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. MARRY AND LIVE LONG.

    That is what the eminent Dr. Schwatz, of Berlin University says. "Marry and live long," he phrases it. The statistics he adduces show that if ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. GROWTH OF GERMANY.

    The growth of Germany since the war with France is the most remarkable phenomenon of modern Europe. Since the treaty of peace was signed in ...

    Article : 161 words
  21. What He Meant.

    A man was getting off a very poor nag that he was riding in George-street the other day, and an urchin said to him: ...

    Article : 71 words
  22. A WILL MADE 2,500 YEARS B.C.

    In the olden days when Egypt was a Queen among nations, her wise men left little for lawyers to do with their affairs, after their death. We read ...

    Article : 179 words
  23. Not a Surprise.

    Amiable Hostess: 'Well, now you are here, I hope you will stay to lunch with me?' Gushing Visitor: 'Oh, thank you ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. EXTRAORDINARY FORECAST.

    Since the murder of King Humbert, attention has been drawn to a book of horoscopes published in Paris in 1885, in which July 29, 1900, was predicted ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. Worse Still.

    Old Gentleman (to railway porter): 'Porter, the rain in dripping in from the lamphole all over my clothes.' Porter (reassuringly): 'No, sir; it's ...

    Article : 61 words
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