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  3. INVENTION

    An Ingenious electrician has devised a method whereby a ship can determine its distance from another vessel or from shore. The vessels as well as the shore ...

    Article : 103 words
  4. TRAVEL

    It is not generally known that it is the custom throughout London with printers, warehousemen, and other workers to wrap in paper and leave on convenient ledges ...

    Article : 119 words
  5. RELIGION

    At Lincoln (Eng.) last month the Wesleyan Conference declared that dancing, card-playing games of chance, entertainments which legally required a ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. SCIENCE

    Dr. Carroll has transplanted entire limbs from one animal to anothor, replacing the fractured paw of a dog by a paw taken from a different dog. Dr. Carroll ...

    Article : 58 words
  7. TRADE.

    A contract has been let at Ottawa (Canada) by the Department of Public Works for the erection of an experimental station in that city, to test the value of peat as a ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. WORLD'S STUDENT CHRISTIAN FEDERATION.

    The blennial conference of the World's Student Christian Federation opened at Oxford last month. Thirty national movements, comprising in all 138,000 students ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. WHY SHIPS ESCAPE LIGHTNING.

    The reason why ships are nowadays rarely struck by lightning is to be found in the increasing general use made of wire rope for ringing purposes, as well as ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. ELECTRIC FURNACE FOR STEEL.

    The question of the possible use of the electric furnace for the making of steel was discussed at the recent annual meeting of the British Iron and Steel ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. MACHINE FOR BORING OVERHEAD HOLES.

    A recent patent that should be of particular interest to electricians and plumbers covers a machine for boring holes through overhead beams, which does not ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. POSITION OF WOMEN IN AFRICA.

    In Africa agriculture is almost entirely the world of the women, but individually they are not compelled to work nearly so hard as some of the peasant women or ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF TEARS.

    A French scientist has recently published some curious facts concerning the nature and purpose of tears. "When a human being gives way to sorrow," he ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. THE CREED OF ATHANASIUS.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" last month contained a very interesting article on Convocation and the Athanasian Creed, in which we are told that the ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. POWER FROM WASTE STEAM.

    One of the lending Belfast ship-building firms has recently given an order for an exhaust steam turbine to be manufactured by the Brush Electrical ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. INSULATION OF ARMATURE COILS.

    A new method of testing insulation of armature coils has been devised, which is known as the "slot method." The dielectric is pressed into a laminated iron ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. A ROYAL DUKE IN THE HIMALAYAS.

    An Interesting letter has been received from the Duke or Abriuzl'a expedition in the Himalayas. It was written on June 1, at a height of 18,500 feet ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. THE ORIGIN OF FEAR.

    There are instances on record, writes an authority of men who with their bare hands, have held and baffled an ugly bull; but it was only the pressure of grim ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. TEMPERANCE REFORM IN CANADA.

    For some time past there has been a vigorous campaign carried on in the province of Manitoba on the subject of temperance reform, and the matter received ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. SECTIONAL AUTOMOBILE TYRE.

    A new automobile wheet, which is drawing much attention abroad. is shown in this illustration. The feature of the invention is the fact that, the pneumatic tyre ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  21. PROTECTION OF TRADE MARKS IN JAPAN.

    The examiners of the Japanese Patent Bureau appear to be devoting considerable care to seeing that persons do not obtain registration for marks which do not belong ...

    Article : 282 words
  22. THIRTY CITIES TO BE CONNECTED BY AIRSHIP LINES.

    The German aerial navigation company has really projected five airship lines, and proposes at the very start to connect at least 30 cities. It will erect its first ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. THE KING ON SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.

    "In recent years the supreme importance of higher scientific education has, I am happy to say, been fully recognised in England; and as time goes on i feel ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. PROPORTIONATE GIVING.

    It is a recognised fact that proportionate alms-giving and contributions to Church fluids is not evenly distributed among, all classes, and that, as a general ...

    Article : 166 words
  25. WHY THE OSTRICH WALTZES.

    The so-called waltzing performance of the ostrich is familiar to all in South Africa, but few outsiders have ever heard of it. It consists of a rapid whirling ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. A MUSICAL NOVELTY.

    A novelty in the way of musical instruments has recently been exhibited in England. This rosembles a piano, but the wires. Instead of being struck with ham-mers ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. NOVEL PIANO-VIOLIN.

    A new musical instrument, known as the piano-violin, has been devised in Australia. It looks like a harp plays like a piano, and sounds like a violin. The upper ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. MONEY

    Princess Toussoun, an Egyptian, re-cently sold to Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt, the well-known millionaire, her Pekinese dog Elsworthy Khedive at a price which works ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. A BISHOP ON EVENING COMMUNION.

    The charge delivered by the Bishop of Chichester to his diocese has now been published as a "brochure," with the title. "The Church of England. Catholic and ...

    Article : 219 words
  30. ADJUSTABLE ELECTRIC LAMP BRACKET.

    This electric lamp bracket was designed to meet the requirements of physicians, surgeons, opticians, dentists, and draftsmen. The bracket is made of steel, is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  31. A BILL SYKES INSURANCE CO.

    Perhaps the most curious insurance company in the world is one stated to have been established in New York for insurance against imprisonment. The ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. A BURGLAR'S AND FOOTPAD'S TERROR.

    A remarkable invention which will become the burglar's terror and every householder's treasure, has just been perfected in the form of a neat-looking ...

    Article : 250 words
  33. HEALTH.

    Purify the sinks, especially during the warm weather, or they will become foul. Dilute some common sulphate of iron in the proportion of lie to four gallons of ...

    Article : 96 words
  34. AMERICANS SPEND 1½ MILLION IN LONDON.

    The army of Americans who annually visit London spend alone about a million and a half sterling. While hotels and boarding-houses get the lion's share of ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. MARVELLOUS ELECTRIC CLOCK.

    One of the largest electric clocks in existence has just been exhibited. It is a marvel of beauty and workmanship. The pendulum weighs over 3000lb. The ...

    Article : 228 words
  36. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLY ORDERS.

    We hear so much in the present day of the inadequate supply of clergy (says an English exchange), that it would appear inopportune to propose just now any ...

    Article : 227 words
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  39. ANAEMIA INFECTIOUS.

    The discovery has been made that some forms of anaemia are infectious, and Dr. William Hunter says that in severest anaemias infection is a great, "fact." for ...

    Article : 102 words
  40. ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT TO CURE WOUNDS

    Dr. Richter says that sunlight has been proved to have an undoubted healing effect upon various kinds of wounds. Dry air and sunlight are, however, not to be ...

    Article : 237 words
  41. A LADY'S BEQUESTS.

    The Bristol (Eng.) Charily Trustees have received the sum of £16,500 under the will of the late Mrs. Boddam Castle, or Clifton. The interest on £10,000 is to be divided ...

    Article : 107 words
  42. SMALLEST WOVEN BASKET IN THE WORLD.

    This woven basket, so small that it is necessary to use a magnifying glass to appreciate the skill of the workmanship, is claimed to be the smallest in the world ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  43. PATENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  44. WHAT THE DEFICIENT BLOOD NEEDS.

    The blood enriching properties of iron are manifest, says an authority. Manganese is likewise an arterial oxygenator According in some notable experts ...

    Article : 135 words
  45. HOME-MADE SCOOPS.

    Small scoops for use in dipping meal, flour, salt and sugar may be made from old baking ponder or fruit cans, as shown in the accompanying sketch. If a fruit ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 158 words
  46. "SEEING DOUBLE."

    A scientific writer has given his opinion why drunken men see double. In the first place, it is essential that the "elevated" party must have two good eyes. No ...

    Article : 311 words
  47. SALT-FREE DIET AS A DISEASE CURE.

    Professor Lindsay has read a paper on the absence of salt from the diet as a curative agent in such diseases as dropsy, emphysema. pulmonary caratah ...

    Article : 153 words
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