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  2. INVENTION

    Trials have been made at St. Petersburg with a new engine of war which is alleged to throw a weight of two tons a distance of four miles. Enormous ...

    Article : 78 words
  3. SCIENCE

    It is said that Ekeberg, the Swedish discoverer of tantalum, gave that name to the metal because of the tantalising difficulties that he encountered while ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. At Sydney's Churches

    It could hardly be expected, with such a pleasant atmosphere as is to be found of an evening at Coogee. that the accommodation of churches at the popular ...

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  5. TRADE

    Rome may at last be made a seaport. The idea of building a canal from Rome to the sea like that at Manchester, England, has been abandoned and instead it is ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. TRAVEL

    The Peary Arctic Club, of New York, has received word that Commander Penry's vessel "Roosevelt" struck an iceberg with serious damage. Commander Peary states ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. RELIGION

    The English Church is the greatest fact in our history. It was here long before the English, realm came into being; it has exercised an immense influence in the ...

    Article : 78 words
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  9. SPAIN'S BUOYANT TRADE.

    In spite of the world-wide depression, Spain is experiencing a period of decided prosperity. The spirit of rejuvenation has extended to the navy, plans for the ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. ELECTRICITY IN THE HOUSEHOLD

    Electricity is slowly but sorely making big way into the household. The latest is the electrical fireless cooker. The cocker is provided with steatite radiators ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. PRICKLY PEAR AND MOSQUITOES.

    M. Sanzcan do Puyberncan, a French physician, has made the discovery that the loaves of the common prickly pear, if chopped upon and thrown into water ...

    Article : 81 words
  12. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

    The anniversary celebrations of the Gleaners' Union in connection with the Church Missionary Society were held in London last month. Bishop Oluwole ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. IN SEARCH OF RARE BIRDS.

    The Zoological Society, encouraged apparently by the success which has attended Mr. Scth Smith's mission to Australia in search of animals, have sent a ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. CRADLE ROCKED BY ELECTRICITY

    An engineer in Chicago has had some lively experience in home life. He married a lady graduate in medicine, and later he found that when his wife was on ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. TRANSMUTATION OF COPPER

    Madam Curle's announcement that she has been unable to obtain experimental verification of Sir William Ramsay's discovery of the transmutation of copper to ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. THE COST OF A PANAMA HAT.

    Panama bats are made in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, but never in Panama. The value of a Panama hat is chiefly the cost of the labor expended in making it ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. A GREAT CANADIAN RAILWAY.

    A section of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 65 miles in length, connecting Winnipeg with the new town of Wainwright, in the province of Alberta, has ...

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  18. MR. TAFT'S TESTIMONY TO FOREIGN MISSIONS.

    Very strong testimony as to the value of foreign missionary work has recently been given by the Hon. W. H. Taft, President of the United States. Speaking ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. PENNY-IN-SLOT TURNSTILE FOR STATIONS.

    A ponny-in-slot turnstile for use at exhibitions and stations is being experimented with. It consists of a box 3ft high and it square, attached to the turnstile. In ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. POPULARITY OF TALKING MACHINES.

    With the population of the United States reckoned at 80,000,000, and with an average of five persons to a family, it has been figured that one family in every ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. ENERGY CONSUMED FOR LIGHT.

    In a lecture delivered by Sir James Dewar on "Flame" before the Royal Institution in London, be showed the large amount of energy expended in the produce ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. "ROUND THE WORLD IN FORTY DAYS."

    The marvel of to-day becomes the matter of fact of to-morrow. It does not seem to some of us so very Ions ago since we wondered at the flights of imagination ...

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  23. ON XMAS EVE.

    THE SMALL REVELLER (with his comrade's hat on in mistake) : "By Jovesh, the darkerst Crishmas eve I ever experienced in all me natural." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. A HANDY WRENCH.

    The wrench illustrated herewith is particularly adapted for removing nuts from, axles, and is fitted with means for holding the nut to the wrench, so that it will not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 185 words
  25. MONEY

    Colonel Seely, M.P., Under-Secrctary for the Colonies, stated recently that gin is still used as a medium of exchange in parts of the delta of the Niger, although ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. THE CHURCHES OF LONDON.

    A century ago there wore 100 churches within "the square mile" of London City. Now there are little more than half that number. It has been suggested that 30 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 122 words
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  28. CHINESE WIRELESS.

    According to the "Far Eastern Review," a Chinese gentleman named Hu Chuen has obtained a patent on an improved method of wireless telegraphy, simplifying the ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. WIRELESS TELEPHONY AT SEA.

    A successful test of wireless telephony was recently conducted between the cruiser Furious and the schoolship [?] Both vessels were steaming at ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. WHERE FIREWORKS ARE MADE

    There is a factory, in London where 300 men and women are employed in manufacturing fireworks the whole year round. At this factory 500 tons of manufactured ...

    Article : 90 words
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  32. GERMANY PAYS £12,500 FOR, A WAR BALLOON.

    The German War Office has bought the Parseval airship built by Messrs. Schueliert and Co. for the sum of £12,500. Aeronautical' experts who were ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. KINEMATOGRAPH TOY.

    An interesting and scientific toy is Illustrated herewith. It is a kind of kinematograph, having a picture-sheet having a series of pictures in successive rows ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  34. ATLANTIC POOL PROFITS.

    Returns of the trade of the different lines in the Atlantic Passenger Conference show that the present year has been more successful for British than for German ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. THE EVOLUTION OF THE DOVETAILED BOX.

    The accompanying engraving illustrates a salf-locking double dovetail which cannot be pulled off in either direction. On one of the pieces the tenons are chamfered ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  36. PALING'S.

    We happened into Paling's, the well-known music warehouse on Saturday morning, when It looked as if the whole world of musical enthusiasts were there ...

    Article : 319 words
  37. PREPARATIONS AT LOWES.

    That nothing succeeds like success" is a truism which this year's business at their establishments in George-street, opposite Q.V. Markets, is forcibly bringing ...

    Article : 233 words
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  39. MILLIONS SPENT IN HUNTING.

    The material benefits which bunting and shooting confer on the rural districts of England were discussed by Mr. Howard Martin in his presidential address at the ...

    Article : 102 words
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