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    For fire-resisting doors armoured, wood is taking the place of iron in many warehouses and factories. The armoured fire door is made of several thicknesses of seasoned pine ...

    Article : 98 words
  3. THE FIRST LEGION OF HONOUR.

    The first Cross of the Legion of Honour was won by a young French Dragoon officer, Lieutenant Bryant, for a particularly daring exploit while reconnoitring with seven ...

    Article : 218 words
  4. BURYING PARTIES AT WORK.

    Horrible scenes have been witnessed on the battlefields of Belgium after the fighting. Near [?]est, where the German cavalry made such desperate charges, through the ...

    Article : 308 words
  5. A WOMAN PROBLEM.

    Thee are 800,000 more women than men in Germany now. When one present conf[?]ation terminates there must be a vast increase in the already alarmin gexcess of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  6. THE GYROSCOPE COMPASS.

    The gyroscope compass, invented some years ago, seems to have now proved a practical instrument. It is based on the principle—already applied in the automatic ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. RAILWAY [?]ROISM.

    On 29th July a pusher locomotive of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad jumped the track near West Pawling, New York, was thrown against the side of a ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. SAVING THE HERO OF LIEGE.

    Dr. Dillon tells this amazing story of a German attack on the Belgian commander at Liege:— "General Leman was conferring with the ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. ANIMALS WEEP.

    Many animals weep, and usually for the same reasons that men and women do. All the cud-chewing animals have this power—calves indeed shedding tears very easily. ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. GERMANS IN UNITED STATES.

    American politicians have to be chary of offending the Germans residing among them, who outnumber even the Irish. The German immigrants into the United States during ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. FIRST POSTAGE STAMPS.

    The adhesive postage stamp had its origin in England as a direct outcome of the postal reforms introduced by Sir Rowland H[?] whose master mind created not only the ...

    Article : 274 words
  12. OYSTER SHELL WINDOW PANES.

    On the west coast of India is found a species of oyster, the shell of which consists of a pair of roughly, circular plates about six inches in diameter, thin and white. At ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. WAR ON PIGEONS.

    The British authorities intend to confiscate or kill all pigeons owned by alien enemies in the United Kingdom. This strong action follows upon information sup[?]ed to ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. GERMAN SOLDIERS' EQUIPMENT.

    The equipment of the German soldier seems to be far more complete than that of the other belligerents. Their grey uniforms are almost invisible at a distance of 600 yards. ...

    Article : 259 words
  15. JAMAICA RUM.

    Jamaica rum 214 years old is promised to the directors of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy of the University of Pennsylvania at the centenary of he institute in 1992. At ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. AN AFFLUENT DERELICT.

    Acting on information to the effect that a madman was at large near View Pointy Kyneton, Victoria, Sergeant O'Brien and Constable Ruedi visited the locality in a cab ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. SOLDIERS MADE IMBECILE.

    Among the troops of the conscript armies are thousands of men who have no heart for fighting—men of nervous, shrinking temperament, who have been taken from their ...

    Article : 188 words
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