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  2. Advertising

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  3. SCIENCE

    A peculiar phenomenon in connection with n wireless-telegraphy station is the formation of light fogs, which seems to be accounted for (says a Science Journal) by ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. TRADE

    Amateur shopkeeping is not proving the wild success it was anticipated to be, and the New Year will probably see several "lady" shopkeeper follow in the footsteps ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. INVENTION

    Valkanel, a new artificial paving stone that is being in leading German cities is a mixture of crushed basalt of similar rocks with a small percentage of ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. RECOGNISED MERIT.

    Large bequests to employees are stated to be the feature of the will of the late Mr James Mark Wood, shipowner, of Liverpool, who has left estate valued at ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. STRIKING MEDICAL RESEARCHES.

    The lines along which medical and surgical research will probably progress during 1909 were sketched out recently by a staff physician of one of the great ...

    Article : 218 words
  8. A COMPRESSED AIR TYPEWRITER

    A novelty recently shown at the Berlin Exhibition of inventions was a compressed air typewriter, which is without springs and lovers, and claims to have 80 per ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. A LEATHER TRIUMPH.

    Our position in the markets of the world in regard to boots is stronger today than it has over been, and if in a year when the general trade of the country ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. SMALL BEGINNINGS.

    The great department stores of Mr. Wanamaker. in New York and Philadelphla, are the gigantic development of a small clother's shop which £400 would ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. AEROPLANE WITH FLEXIBLE WINGS.

    M. Max des Mouceaux de Gyvray, a noted French inventor, has been conducting remarkable experiments at Cannes with an aeroplane which is constructed absolutely ...

    Article : 171 words
  12. HOW TO OBTAIN FRESH WATER FROM SEA WATER.

    A common method of getting salt from sea water is to place liquid in shallow vats, and expose it to the sun until the water is evaporated. Someone has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 155 words
  13. WHAT THE MOTOR IS DOING.

    Mechanical traction seems to be curiously influencing the value of real estate Grass and market-garden land near London is declining in rental value owing to ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. NEGATIVE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ENDLESS REPRODUCTION.

    Professor Lippmann, who has just received one of the Nobel Prizes for the discovery of color-photography, says that he expects to be able to reproduce on paper ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. CO-OPERATIVE SHIPYARDS.

    At an extraordinary general meeting of Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company at West Hartlepool, held recently, in connection with Sir Christopher ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. HALLEY'S COMET.

    At' the monthly meeting of the British Astronomical Association, held last month at Sion College, Dr. Smart road a paper on Halley's Comet in 1910. Since ...

    Article : 369 words
  17. AN IMPROVED WINCH.

    A recent invention provides an improved type of hoisting winch, such as by riggers. It consists of a rectangular frame cast in a single piece. Mounted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 272 words
  18. BENEFITS OF PATENTS ACT.

    An instance of the advantages that the Patents Act is conferring upon British labor comes from the scientific instrument trade. A new invention, the Snook ...

    Article : 229 words
  19. TRAVEL

    The Dalai Lama, who left Peking on December 21, hopes to reach Lhasa in June. His visit has witnessed the end of his temporal power, but he has been treated ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. RELIGION

    The return showing the number of Congregational ministers and Evangelists in the British Isles has now been completed. According to this there are now 3198 ...

    Article : 96 words
  21. MONEY

    Official statistics made up to the end or June last show that the deposits and cash balances in Irish joint-stock banks have increased every year since 1888, with the ...

    Article : 127 words
  22. THE BEATIFICATION OF JOAN OF ARC.

    At a meeting of the Sacred Congregation of Rites held in Rome, when, a decree approving of the miracles and acts of Jona of Arc was read before the Pope, the Holy ...

    Article : 86 words
  23. GREAT HONOR FOR EXPLORER.

    Dr. Sven Hedin has had a reception in Japan winch is probably unprecedented in its enthusiasm. He was treated as if he were a prince. The Emperor gave him ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN NEW YORK.

    An attempt is being made by the New York City authorities to compel Sabbath observance here on the lines of the English Sunday. Following the agitation ...

    Article : 160 words
  25. £31,000,000 A YEAR FOR PENSIONS.

    There has just been published an American list representing 1,006,052 pensioners to whom last year the enormous sum of £31,000,000 was paid. The pension habit ...

    Article : 139 words
  26. HEALTH

    Dr. Paul Reynier has made a communication to the Academy of Medicine concerning the good results which he has obtained by cinnamate of sodium in ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. BRITISH AND GERMAN TRADE.

    Our correspondent, writing from Operto, calls attention to the new commercial treaty which awaits ratification, between Portugal and Germany, He says: ...

    Article : 275 words
  28. AN HONORED BAPTIST MISSIONARY.

    A name which will be long honored and remembered by the Baptist community is that of tho Rev. J. J. Fuller, a veteran missionary, who has just passed away in ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. A FLOATING SLUM.

    Stand beside the Imperial Custom House at Canton and let the eye range down the river towards Hong Kong. As far as the sight can reach lie boats, boats, and again ...

    Article : 274 words
  30. BARNATO'S BEQUESTS.

    Mr. Henry Isnac Barnato (formerly known as Henry Isaacs), of Upper Hamilton-terrace Maida-vale, W., and of Austin Friars, E.C., merchant, formerly a public ...

    Article : 176 words
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  32. PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM DETHRONED.

    At a meeting of the Greek Synod in Jerusalem a few weeks ngo, Mgr. Damlanos, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, who had declined, to resign, was ...

    Article : 169 words
  33. RESTORED TO LIFE BY HEART MASSAGE.

    A remarkable operation on the heart has been performed. The case was that of a boy whose vital organs ccased to act during an operation which was being ...

    Article : 179 words
  34. DECLINE OF PAROCHIAL MISSIONS

    Why is it that parochial missions nowadays fail to draw as much as formerly? The Rev G. V. Sampson, Canon-Missioner of Truro, does not think that lack of ...

    Article : 250 words
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  36. DOCTORS' DIFFICULTY WITH GENERAL BOOTH.

    General Booth's operation for cataract bids fair to prove entirely successful. Last month he had the sound eye uncovered, and was allowed to use it, while ...

    Article : 212 words
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