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  3. SCIENCE

    M. Camille Flammarion has received from, the Lowell Observatory a number of spectrograms giving evidence of the presence of water vapors in the ...

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  4. INVENTION

    New flies produced by a Sheffield firm are stated to be the result of much experimenting, in which a special chrome steel has been developed. Under test, one ...

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  5. TRADE

    The most expensive lace manufactured to-day is valued at £1000 a yard ...

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  6. MONEY

    The three attempts which Sir Thomas Lipton made to win the America Cup cost him. for yachts alone, £100,000 ...

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  7. HUGE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

    The value of the live stock handled in the Chicago markets during the last 12 months is valued at about £68,000,000 ...

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  8. A PIANO-MAKER'S FORTUNE.

    The estate of Mr. John Brinsmead, the "father" of the pianoforte trade, and founder of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons, Ltd., who died on February 17, aged ...

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  9. GENIUS AND INSANITY.

    Dr. Joseph Grassot, in combating the theory that genius and insanity are allied, says that the "common truuk" which unites superiority and neurosis (nervous ...

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  10. FROZEN RABBITS.

    Imports of frozen rabbits into the United Kingdom from Australia during the first three months of the year were 42,651cwt. against 33,076cwt. for the ...

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  11. SEEING BACKWARDS.

    M. Soulie. a retired French naval officer, has invented "periscope spectacles," by means of which the wearer can see what is going od behind his back. These ...

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  12. HOW LONG DO BANK NOTES LIVE.

    What is the life of a Bank of England note? According to an official of the Bank, the average life or period that a note was out was. for a £5 note ...

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  13. A TEST OF SIGHT.

    The Pleiades, a group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus, have long formed an interesting teat of vision. To ordinary eyesight six stars are visible ...

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  14. RUBBER GROWING IN HAWAII.

    Rubber-growing has beep receiving considerable attention lately in Hawaii. One company recently imported 210,000 seeds of Hevea Braslliensis, 190,000 of which ...

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  15. TO REPLACE EMERY CLOTH.

    A Vienna firm has recently placed on the market brushes made of glass, which are to replace emery cloth for cleaning and polishing the commutators of dynamos and ...

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  16. LIGHT VISIBILITY.

    A light of one-candle power is plainly visible at a distance of one mile, and one of three-candle power at three miles. A ten-candle power light has been seen ...

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  17. REAL ESTATE PROFITS.

    The increase in the value of New York real estate is shown by the partition among eight members of the Chanler family of land bought as a form in 1838 ...

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  18. BRITAIN'S BUTTER IMPORTS.

    The latest statistics show that Britain imports 50,000 tons more butter than ten years ago, and that prices are higher. All this, despite the fact that the market ...

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  19. FOR OBSERVING LIVE INSECTS.

    An Instrument, has been invented which permits of the observation of live insects while in their freedom. It is in the form of a modified terristial telescope, in which ...

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  20. HOW SCIENCE SEEKS TO COMBAT CANCER.

    Professor Czerny, of Heidelberg, computes that on an average 40,000 persons succumb to cancer annually in Germany alone. Treatment by Rontgen rays and ...

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  21. LORD ROTHSCHILD'S HUMBLE ANCESTOR.

    Lord Rothschild owns to-day over 15,000 English acres, and of money millions beyond count (says the "Clarion") yet his great-grandfather, Anslem Mayer de ...

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  22. DENMARK PUSHING BACON.

    Denmark is pushing the bacon export trade just as vigorously as dairy products. Although covering an area of less than 15,000 square miles, and part of it ...

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  23. A NEW METHOD OF MAKING PLANTE PLATES.

    Mr. Joseph Bijur, of New York, has invented an improved process of treating negative pole Plante plates for storage batteries, for which it is is claimed that ...

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  24. HEALTH

    In the absence of other water sterilisation, Dr. Riegel, or the Austrian Array finds citric held or lemon juice, effective. In a shallow vessel in sunshine, 0.6 of ...

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  25. TRAVEL

    The first "skyscraper" in Britain will be built at Liverpool, where the tion have authorised the construction of an office building rising to a height of ...

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  26. GOUT AND CONSUMPTION.

    Sir Dyce Duckworth, in his address to the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, said that many persons were constitutionally predisposed to rheumatism and gout, but ...

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  27. GERMANY'S TRADE.

    Gorman imports for the first quarter of 1908 amounted to £108,110,000. as compared with £100,045,000 in the corresponding quarter of 1907. , The value of the ...

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  28. WORLD'S RICHEST SQUARE MILE.

    Mr. W. Wagstaffe, who has been a member of the City Guardians for forty-three years, and who was entertained to dinner at the Waldorf Hotel and presented with ...

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  29. ANOTHER GREAT CANAL.

    Progress is being made with the plan for the construction of a canal which will connect Leipzig with the North Sea, and enable goods to be transported between ...

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  30. OUR SCHOOLS

    The Church of England Grammar School for Girls stands in its ,own beautiful grounds, on the heights or Darlinghurst, overlooking the city and harbor. This fine ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  31. FRENCH INDIRECT TAXATION.

    Official returns of French indirect taxation in 1907 have Just been issued. The profit made by the State in the year on the sale of clears, cigarettes, tobaccos ...

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  32. GOOD AND BAD EMOTIONS.

    The effects of good and bad emotions are well illustrated by Maudsley, who says a "disordered emotion may act upon the animal life, the organic life, and the ...

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  33. DESTRUCTION OF FAMOUS SCOTTISH CASTLE.

    Monzie Castle; near Crieff, Perthshire, was gutted by fire on April 15. The servants and estate staff worked energetically to save the valuables, and most of ...

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  34. ONE RESULT OF A RATE WAR.

    As the result of a "rate war" among the steamship companies trading from Brazil to Europe, the Dutch liner Amsterlland saling from Rio de Janeiro on April 30 ...

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  35. A NEW RACE PERIL.

    A new race peril is brought to notice by Professor Karl Pearson from his investigations in England on the inheritance of consumption. He finds that the ...

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  36. RUBBER INDUSTRY.

    Detailed reports received from the Black Sea coast and the Caucasus affirm that endeavors to cultivate and naturalise there the indiarubber tree known as ...

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  37. RELIGION

    Though 16,000 native Christians were massacred in China in 1900, since then 160,000 members have been added to the Protestant Churches ...

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  38. POLAR EXPEDITIONS.

    Captain Robert Scott, of Discovery fame, and Lieutenant Barnes, who was one of Captain Scott's officers, are conducting a series of experiments with motor ...

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  39. ENGLAND'S MEAT SUPPLY.

    Mr. Millman, the clerk and superintendent of the London Central Markets, gives, in his annual report, some interesting information as to the increasing ...

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  40. THE LATE CARDINAL MANNING.

    A movement has been initiated in England to raise funds for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument over the tomb of the late Cardinal Manning in ...

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  41. DRUGS TO CURE CRIMINAL.

    Medical treatment of criminals aimed to cure their moral deficiency has progressed so far that physicians have decided that a degeneration of the brain tissue ...

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  42. BISHOPS IN MUSIC HALLS.

    On a recent Sunday evening a number of services, arranged by the Bishop of London's Evangelical Council, were held in various London music halls. In almost ...

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  43. THE "ARMY" IN BUSINESS.

    The Salvation Army has gone into the freezing business pretty extensively at Tauranga (N.Z.). A plant has just been opened at Te Ope, Tauraoga, and it is ...

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  44. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

    The financial report of the Church Missionary Society shows receipts in the year ended March 31 last amounting to £376,104, but only £372,S97 is available to meet the ...

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  45. ENGLISH NONCONFORMISTS.

    The yearly statistical returns of several of the Nonconformist bodies published in England recently do not this year indicate many increases in church ...

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  46. RADIOACTIVITY IN THE EARTH.

    At the Royal institution last month the Hon. H. J. Strutt lectured on "Radioactive Change in the Earth." Lord Rayleigh was in the chair. Mr. Strutt ...

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  47. JAPANESE AND CHRISTIANITY.

    What ever the motive which actuates them, numbers of Japanese come to the missionaries for information, and special services always attract outsiders (says an ...

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  48. £3,000,000 FOR SHIPS.

    It was officially announced in Liverpool last month that the White Star Line has placed, orders with Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, for two large steamships ...

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  49. PREACHED 9000 SERMONS.

    Few Anglicans or Nonconformists can boost of such a remarkable record as the Rev. Thomas Lord, a retired minister, who has recently entered upon his 101st ...

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  50. MEMPHIS TO BE EXPLORED.

    The most-important excavations ever attempted in Egypt are to be begun shortly in Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, under the direction of Professor Flinders ...

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  51. WHEN NOT TO EAT.

    A good dinner at night is necessary for those whose pleasure or work keeps them up very late. but for ordinary folk, who dine at 6. and go to bed at about 10.30 ...

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  52. SALVATION ARMY SELF-DENIAL.

    The proceeds of tho Salvation Army's week of self-denial in England amounted to £72,670 2s, which is an increase of £17 2s on last year. Mr. Bramwell Booth ...

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  53. IMPROVED ELECTRICAL WIRE.

    A new wire of special advantages in electrical industries is obtained by a Parisian metallurgist through a perfected process of welding copper to steel wire. Great ...

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  55. HISTORIC RELIC IN DANGER.

    Mont Saint Michel, one of the most curious and picturesque relics of the Middle Ages in France. is threatened with destruction. The construction of the ...

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  56. DANGER OF HOME CURES.

    Dr. Henry T. M. Whitting of England, has reported the death of an old woman who upon a friend's advice took oil of sage to cure asthma. By a blunder she ...

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  57. VEGETATION DESTRUCTOR.

    Mr. Burwell, of the Railway Department, Townsville, Queensland, has secured a patent for burning all vegetation growing within a distance of eight feet ...

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  59. STEAM CONSUMPTION METER.

    A German patent has recently been taken out by Herr P. Weller for a steam consumption meter consisting of a small alternator whoso magnet wheel is built ...

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  60. BREAD AND BUTTER.

    Bread and butter is the food for muscular work, according to Dr. E. F. Willoughby. a London physician. The perfect diet for those who are neither faddists ...

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  61. COAT OF MAIL.

    Interesting experiments have taken place in St. Petersburg with a bullet-proof coat of mail. Invented by Colonel Chemerzin. which effectually protects the body ...

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  62. WEATHER FORECASTS BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    A new use of wireless telegraphy to promote more accurate forecasts of approaching storms and other atmospheric changes was proposed by M. Bigourdan at ...

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  63. THE CARE OF THE EYES.

    A well-known oculist states rest— —of eyes, body and mind—is one of the most important factors in treating disceased or strained eyes. Avoid also wind ...

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  64. HOT WATER AND SURGERY.

    It si said to have been discovered that the secret of Japanse surgery is due to his persistent use of hot water rather than to any bonafide skill ...

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  65. MILKSTONE.

    A considerable industry is being built up in the United States in the manufacture of galallth, or milkstone, which is cheaper than celluloid and is ...

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