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  2. FLYING MACHiNES.

    Captain H. J. Coningham writes as follows in the "Daily Mail":—The eyes of the whole aeronautical world have been focussed on the lonely series of important tests, prior to passing the official trials authorised by the United States Government. This is no ordinary flying machine, ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    If [?] man has his board fence painted white it immediately suggests to the boy a piece of charcoal; if black, a piece of chalk. Grace: I hear that Charlie and Helen have ...

    Article : 808 words
  4. LADIES' COLUMN

    Roast Fowl and Chestnut Stuffing.—Required: A good-sized fowl, one quart of Spanish chestnuts, pepper, salt, and flour, slices of salt pork, two and a ...

    Article : 191 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The House of Commons is to have a reporting staff of its own which will cost the nation about L12.000 a year. At present the Reporting is done by ...

    Article : 777 words
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    Advertising : 511 words
  7. AN IMPERIAL NOVELIST.

    According to the "Westminster Gazette" of 23rd May, Grand Duke Michael, the cousin of the Czar, has written,, under the title "Never Say ...

    Article : 853 words
  8. HINTS FOR THE COOK.

    When cutting a beefstake pudding, if the gravy proves, to be a little short, add some boiling water or stock and stir, carefully into the meat. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 252 words
  9. WILL DISPUTE.

    Mr Joseph Gornall, a builder and contractor, of Bolton, commenced business in a small way, but when he died in September last he left a fortune of over ...

    Article : 330 words
  10. A REMARKABLE CASE.

    Physicians state it as their opinion that there is no parallel in medical records for the phenomenon of nature that was disclosed recently in a city ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. BEAR'S WARM COAT.

    When Secretary Root was at Panama on his return from South America a newspaper man asked him how long he thought the American occupation of ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. SNOWSTORM DERBYS.

    Bloomsbury's and Hermits were the snowstorm Derbys; but in the case of the latter there was not the heavy fall that so many are fond of describing. ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. NEWEST SEA TERROR.

    Though the naval manoeuvres now in progress may prove many definite points in ocean warfare, tactics may shortly be modified in some points by a new ...

    Article : 496 words
  14. A COMMON IMPULSE.

    Man, he likes to make a speech, An' make it good an' long; Bird, he hops upon a limb, An' wants to sing a song. ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. TOILET HINTS.

    Nothing conveys the impression of youth so much as a supple figure, and exercise and careful diet will do much to prevent the undue putting on of flesh ...

    Article : 417 words
  16. MARBLE IN NEVADA.

    Veins of marble of untold value have been discovered in the eastern part of Nevada, says the "Inter-Ocean." The exposures of the marble occur in ...

    Article : 408 words
  17. THE EXTENT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.

    It was nine miles from anywhere, and the motor had broken down. "Do you know anything about automobiles?" asked the owner, speaking to a man in a gig ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. KILLED IN A CIRCUS RING.

    A horrible double tragedy occurred at Venice on 16th May:—(says "Lloyd's Weekly") during the performance at a travelling circus. Among the performers ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. RECIPROCITY.

    "I declare," complained Mrs Duzzlt, "I shall certainly have to punish the children." " What have they been up to now?" inquired the husband. ...

    Article : 134 words
  20. HER REVENGE.

    Two ladies, who lived near one another, were great friends until one managed to secure an exceptionally good cook. The other, actuated by envy, and making sure of the ...

    Article : 106 words
  21. HAD HE BUT KNOWN.

    A good story of George Westinghouse, the Pittsburg inventor and organiser, is that when he had completed his airbrake he submitted it to Commodore Vanderbilt, with the object of ...

    Article : 294 words
  22. FRANKNESS.

    An Irish 'Squire in one of the interior counties of Pennsylvania was seen to shoot into a flock of chickens with a rifle. One of the birds fell headless to the ground, and a ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. DISEASE FROM FLIES.

    The danger of the house fly has been again announced by the Chicago health department. Dr. C. St. Clair Drake said that last year perhaps 1500 deaths ...

    Article : 145 words
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