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  3. TRAVEL

    A journey of 2419 miles on an Arab pony has just been accomplished by Mr. J. H. Bill, a British Consul in Southern Persia, who has reached home in Staffordshire ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. TRADE

    Thousands of frozen pigs, eggs,lard, ducks, and salmon have arrived at Liverpool on board the steamer Lizanka from China (says London "Times" of December 2). ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. SCIENCE

    One of the principal drawbacks of wireless telegraphy is the fact that no very efficient call system has been invented which will serve to call an operator who ...

    Article : 146 words
  6. HUGE RAILWAY MAP.

    Although Germany and England lead the world in the art of map-making, we doubt (says the "Scientific American") it they have ever produced a single map which ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. PEARLS FROM COCOANUTS.

    Cocoanuts from the Malay Peninsula sometimes produce pearls that are highly prized by the natives. They are not unlike the pearls of the oyster in ...

    Article : 96 words
  8. MOVING PICTURES OF THE AURORA.

    One of the chief difficulties in observations of the aurora is due to the continual movement of the luminosity, rendering measurements of its height, etc., ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. JAPAN'S GROWING SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

    Particulars of the Japanese home-built merchant marine show that whereas in 1890, Japan possessed but thirty steamships of 6800 tons total, ten years later ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. NEW YORK'S TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

    Statistics recently given out by the Rapid Transit Company show that during the past five years there has been a phenomenal growth in the passenger traffic ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. AN ANCIENT SCIENTIST.

    "Physical Science in the Time of Nero" is the title of a recently issued book, which is a translation of the "Quaestiones Naturales" of Seneca. Considering the ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. WOOD FOR PAPER MAKING.

    The quantity of wood used in the manufacture of wood pulp for paper making in the United States in 1909 amounted to 4,000,000 cords, at a cost of £1.100,000. ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. HEALTH

    At a meeting of the Medical Society of Copenhagen last month, Professor Thorkild Rovsing claimed that he had obtained important results by treating ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. RELIGION

    Worshippers in a London synagogue a few weeks ago had a novel experience. As 'a Jewish bridegroom was being called to the reading of the law a shower of ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. AERONAUTICS

    To Mrs. Bessie Raiche, of Mineola, Long Island, belongs the honor of being the first aviatress in America. Mrs. Raiche made a series of short straight-line flights ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. WHAT MAN'S REAL FLIGHT CALLS FOR.

    Man has not yet succeeded in flying by the method of nature, but in an address to the Liverpool Aeronautical Society, Mr. W. P. Thompson suggests that this would ...

    Article : 301 words
  17. INVENTION

    An interesting invention which is credited with the virtue of reducing the possibility of drowning to a minimum was the object of a demonstration at the ...

    Article : 80 words
  18. WORLD MEAT TRUST.

    A "world Trust ia meat" is the significant prediction made from Washington on the basis of official information disseminated by the Department of ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. A ZEPPELIN MEMORIAL.

    Osnabruch is to have a monument to mark the spot where the Zeppelin VII. came to grief. A huge block of stone is to support a bronze statue, and is to be ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. IS YOUR HOUSE PROPERLY LIGHTED ?

    The "Lumeter" is an instrument designed measure the surface brightness of illuminated objects, and it gives a simple means of studying the distribution of ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS.

    A most vigorous campaign is being made against the inroads of tuberculosis by the women of California. Every parlor in the State has been officially notified ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. DR. HAECKEL AND THE CHURCH.

    Dr. Ernest Haeckel, the famous naturalist, has formally seceded from the Prussian Lutheran Church. In reply to an inquiry, Dr. Haeckel stated that his ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. CHAVEZ'S PRIZE-MONEY.

    The aviation committee which had charge of the Brigue to Milan trans-Alpine race has paid to the brother of George Chavez, who died at Domo d'Ossola ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. SMOKING PIPE.

    The purpose of this invention is to provide a pipe bowl of plastic material with a reinforcement which will not only strengthen the bowl, but will also serve ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  25. CALIFORNIAN WINE IN ITALY.

    A commercial house in Milan will shortly undertake the importation of California wine into Italy. It is reported that the first consignment has been ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. BARBER'S CRAMP.

    A barber who has temporarily, had to give up his occupation because of a very unusual nervous disease called "barber's cramp," was recently shown at a London ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. MARINE AVIATION IN FRANCE.

    The French Naval Minister has orders that the cruiser Foudre is to be rebuilt as an auxiliary to marine aviation. A platform 126ft. in length is to be erected ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. A CHINESE PASTOR.

    Mr. Ch'eng Ching-yi, who was elected by the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh to be China's representative on the permanent committee, has just been ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. THE PROGRESS OF SURGERY.

    Tho wonderful progress made in surgical science is well illustrated by the accounts of two operations—one from the London Hospital and the other from the ...

    Article : 293 words
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  31. NAVAL OFFICERS' AEROPLANES.

    The committee of the Royal Aero Club (London) has offered to place two aeroplanes at the disposal of the Admiralty for the use of naval officers at Sheerness ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. GIGANTIC ELECTRIC SIGN.

    What is said to be the highest electrical sign in the world was recently erected by the Prudential Insurance Company at Hoboken, New Jersey, where it can be ...

    Article : 124 words
  33. RELIABLE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

    To add to the horrors of a steamship collision at night, it often happens that the water reaches the dynamos, putting the lighting system out of commission, and ...

    Article : 160 words
  34. APPENDICITIS AND THE KNIFE.

    A number of medical practitioners in America have for many years held to the theory that the appendix has a function to perform in the human body, and the ...

    Article : 155 words
  35. SCOTTISH MARRIAGES.

    Dr. Pearson Muir, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of [?]land, giving evidence before the British Divorce Commission, said the idea that in ...

    Article : 129 words
  36. WAR OFFICE AEROPLANES.

    The Henry Farman biplane which has been purchased by the British War Office successfully passed the tests imposed by the Government last month at Chalons ...

    Article : 91 words
  37. HOUSEHOLD UTILITIES—A WINDOW TENT.

    The accompanying illustrations shows, in section, a folding window tent which may be conveniently applied to an ordinary bedroom window, and when not in use may ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  38. SEA-WATER CURES.

    For a considerable time past patients have been treated at the Dispensaries Ma[?]ns in Paris by M. M. R. Quinton by means of isitonic sea water, or plasms ...

    Article : 318 words
  39. VERTICAL BALANCERS.

    The principle of wing warping constitutes one of the great claims in the Wright patent, and, moreover, the Wright brothers regard machines fitted with any ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. KAISER ON RELIGION.

    The Berlin papers publish accounts of some remarks on "Throne and Altar," said to have been made by the German Emperor last month. While his Majestty ...

    Article : 194 words
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  42. TESTING ITALIAN AIRSHIPS.

    The most severe tests to which the Italian military airships have been subjected was commenced late last year, when "No. 2" left Bracciano, near Rome ...

    Article : 197 words
  43. MONEY

    The King has scut from the State Apartment Fund at Windsor Castle £750 to the Kins Edward VII. Hospital at Windsor, £200 to the Mayor of Windsor's Relief ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. A FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

    The object of the invention here illustrated is to provide a bed which may be folded into small compass and which may be contracted or expanded laterally to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 108 words
  45. £405 FOR FOUR PRINTS.

    At Messrs. Sotheby's rooms, London, last month, four prints by Albrecht Durer realised £405, the chief being a fine impression of Adam and Eve, and a study ...

    Article : 48 words
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  47. THE NEW COINAGE.

    One issue of the "London Gazette" last month contained a proclamation by the King concerning the design of the new coinage. The gold coins—five pound, two ...

    Article : 128 words
  48. INSURING AVIATION SPECTATORS.

    The management of the International Aviation Tournament at Belmont Park took out insurance against the possibility of injuring the spectators; with Lloyds of ...

    Article : 155 words
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  50. SPECIAL CORONATION COINS.

    The five-pound and two-pound pieces which are to be struck in connection with the new coinage will form a special Coronation issue. Only a limited number will ...

    Article : 153 words
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