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  2. HEALTH

    A crystalline body which he calls tricho. toxin is regarded by Dr. Delos S. Parker as on active agent in producing baldness. It is carried fn the blood, being chiefly ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. SCIENCE

    The tear of a little girl crying with toothache. denoting Pain The tear of the same child after being refused permission to have her own way ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
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  5. INVENTION

    A simple little tool for testing levels, setting out and measuring slopes, proving vertical, &c, is shown in the accompany in illustration which is almost ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  6. CATS AND DIPHTHERIA.

    In reporting to the Warminster (Eng.) Council two of the most malignant cases of diphtheria that he had ever seen, the medical officer of health said that he could ...

    Article : 100 words
  7. A MACHINE THAT WORKS LIKE A MAN.

    A machine that turns out 100,000 perfectly-made cigarettes a day, collecting the tobacco at one end, shredding it, removing the dust, rounding it in the ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. THE TEETH.

    Absolute cleanliness is the only certain means of preventing decay of teeth. They must he brushed not only alter every meal, but night and morning and as often ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. ROPE BELTS.

    A flat rope or belt is shown in the accompanying illustration. It consists of two sets of longitudinal strands, 6, 7, and two cross-strands, 10, 11, Interwoven with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  10. TRAVEL

    The oldest tree in the world is to be found in the Isle of Cos. on the coast of Asia Minor. It is a piatane under the shade of which Hippocrates, the father ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. ENORMOUS WATER SLIDES.

    Near the St. Lawrence River, in Canada, there is a water-slide three miles long for conveying pulp-wood to the railway. It is capable of moving nearly 8000 ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. OIL-TRAPS FOR STEAM GENERATORS.

    A simple form of oil-trap has been Invented by Mr. E. J. Clarke, 1305, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It comprises a baffle-plate. 9, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  13. AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE.

    The average duration of life is :—In Norway 50 years, Britain 45, Belgium 44, Switzerland 44. France 43. Austria 50 Germany 39, Italy 30. Bavaria 36, Spain ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. RUBBER IN EUCALYPTS.

    At the Royal Society last week Mr. Menry G. Smith, F.C.S., road a paper in which he mentioned that he had discovered that some of the eucalyptus ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. TOURIST'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL.

    A Berlin tourist, stated to be a doctor, had a fearful experience whilst climbing the Glyder Mountain in the Snowdonian Range. He left Penygwryd on Sunday ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. PRESERVING MOUNTAIN SCENERY

    Nearly all the principal mountains in New Zealand that are of interest to tourists and sight-seers have been permanently reserved by special Acts of the ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. RU-MOS.

    A new drink which is distinctly different from anything of the kind which has before been placed on the market, has made its appearance, it is attracting ...

    Article : 517 words
  18. THE DEPTH OF SLEEP.

    An attempt to measure the depth of sleep has been made by Dr. Sante de Sanetis, in Rome, with the aid of a specially designed instrument which prods the ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. A LAKE THAT CHANGES COLOR.

    There is a small lake in Monterey County, California. that changes its color four times every year. It is prettily situated, full of fish and writer fowl, and ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. RELIGION

    A good share of the "white man's burden" will be borne by missionaries in India during this time of distress caused by the famine, which is now very serious ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. NEW AND CHEAP ILLUMINANT.

    A new discovery has been made whereby it should be possible for a householder to purchase a bottle of illuminating gas. The illuminant may be sold by the pound at ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. WHY BLACK BIBLES.

    Why should our Bibles always be bound in black ? was a very pertinent question put by Bishop Tugwell. fresh from his fields of labor in Western Equatorial ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. TRADE

    Last year Japan imported wool from different countries to the following extent : Australia £571,645, England £435,458, China £176,053. France £160,084 ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. MONEY

    Mr. Stewart Clark, the well-known thread manufacturer, died recently, leaving a fortune of over two millions sterling. Of this sum he left £25,000 to charities ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. MEGASS PAPER.

    The "Barbados Agricultural Reporter" refers to a sample of paper pulp made in the Island of Trinidad from megass-crushed sugar-cane. It states that the ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. ARTIFICIAL EGGS.

    Artificial eggs are now produced in France. A French chemist has produced a plausible imitation which is liable to deceive anybody but an expert. The shell ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. WEALTH IN PICTURES.

    Mr. Aleck George, an East Ham pawnbroker, is congratulating himself on having lent £15 on seven old pictures to a needy customer ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. MEDICAL OPINION.

    Ask your doctor what soap he recommends for the skin, and he will uphold the opinion of the highest medical authorities on the skin, viz., Dr. Redwood, Ph.D ...

    Article : 61 words
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