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  2. DIVING FOR CRAYFISH

    In a pretty little land-locked bay in the far North the blue surges of the Pacific break in a smother of foam on the guarding reef of rocks. Pohutukawa trees, rich in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 917 words
  3. HERE & THERE

    A man named William Hearn, aged fifty-two, told a London magistrate last month that he had twenty-two children—eighteen boys and four girls. ...

    Article : 45 words
  4. SMILE SEED

    New Arrival: "I suppose you have music at the hotel?" Hotel Clerk: "No; but we have a band." It is hard to say which is the most helpless, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,419 words
  5. MUTINY VETERAN'S BIBLE.

    In accordance with the last wishes of an Indian Mutiny veteran, his Bible was carried on his coffin at his funeral in Colchester (Eng.) last month. It was lost during the Mutiny, but ...

    Article : 61 words
  6. OLD PARCHMENTS.

    Old parchments of all descriptions always fetch good prices. Dealers have invented a process for removing the ink, and eventually the cleaned parchments in many cases come back ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. INDEX TO COST £40,000.

    A complete index of the names of every corporation in New York is being made under the supervision of the Secretary of State. Every certificate of incorporation will be gone over ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. DAMMING THE MISSISSIPPI.

    work is being prosecuted on the great dam, seven-eighths of a mile long, across the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa. The structure will rise 32 feet above the river bed, and along its ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. ANCIENT ADVERTISING.

    The first newspaper advertisement appeared in Great Britain in 1642. In Greece advertising was done by public criers. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans were the first to use ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. A RAINLESS TRACT.

    Peru has hundreds of square miles along its coast of rainless country. In this tract rain is never known to fall from one century's end to another. Yet the region is not entirely barren ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. EIGHT MEN BURIED IN MOLTEN METAL.

    A blast furnace catastrophe recently occurred at Duisburg, Germany; as the result of which eight men were killed. It is supposed that a portion of the molten iron ore set in ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. BIRD'S NEST OF METAL.

    In the Museum of Natural History at Soleure, in Switzerland, there is said to be a bird's nest made entirely of steel. There are a number of clock-making shops at Soleure, and in the yards ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. AN ALPINE GARDEN.

    The highest garden in the world is said to be the Alpine Garden of Botany, which was laid out by the late Canon Chanoux, formerly Rector of the Hospice of Little St. Bernard. It is ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. ARTIFICIAL WOOD.

    Still another matter of much contemporary inquiry and anxiety relates to the increasing scarcity of wood—particularly the hard woods. Many men are to-day making and selling ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. A CURIOUS TAX.

    The Viennese are subject to a form of impost unknown in other lands, the "sperrgeld," or door-opening tax. They all live in flats, and the street entrance is invariably bolted at 10 p.m. ...

    Article : 159 words
  16. PRIZE AERIAL ENGINE.

    A meeting of the joint committee of aeronautical bodies, representing the Aeronautical Society, the Royal Aero Club, and the Aerial League, was held last month at the offices of ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. THE STORAGE OF COAl.

    Experiments have been made in Germany with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coal from deterioration after, it has been mined.' The "coal experimented with consisted ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. A NEWSPAPER MUSEUM.

    One of the most curious museums in the world is that containing hundreds of thousands of newspapers at Aix-la-Chappelle. This quaint museum-library was founded some seven or ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. SALT FOR DUST LAYING.

    As a general rule the roads in and around French towns are tarred at the commencement of the Summer in order to abate the dust nuisance. It has, however, been found that ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. OBJECT TO ARMED AIRSHIPS.

    A numerously-signed memorial has been issued by the International Arbitration League, protesting against the use of aerial vessels in war. The memorialists appeal to all ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. THE "STONE FOREST" OF CALIFORNIA.

    California, among many other natural wonders, contains a "Stone Forest." This is located in Sonoma County, only a few miles from the little resort of Calistoga Springs. This ...

    Article : 280 words
  22. THE OPIUM PROBLEM IN CHINA.

    Some unexpected results are found from the movement against the production of opium in China. In the Yunnan, one of the provinces where opium was produced in large quantities ...

    Article : 191 words
  23. "DEAD" MONEY.

    A curious industry in China is the manufacture of mock-money for offering to the deal. The pieces are only half the size of the real coins, but the dead are not supposed to know ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. BOY WITH TWO STOMACHS.

    At an inquest at Winchester (Eng.) last month on a twelve-year-old boy named Sidney James Coombes, who died in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Dr. Methven, the house ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. THE NATIONAL TOBACCO BILL.

    A statement on the National Tobacco Bill for 1911 has been prepared for the British Anti-Tobacco and Anti-Narcotic League by Mr. R. P. Moncrieff, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The amount ...

    Article : 218 words
  26. A STATUE WROUGHT IN CONCRETE.

    Reinforced concrete as a constructional material is coming more into favor (says "Chambers' Journal"). Recently it was pressed into Service for statuary, purposes, a fine piece of ...

    Article : 217 words
  27. TRUMPET MAJOR'S LAST CALL.

    A touching deathbed scene, recalling Thackeray's description of the death of Colonel Newcombe, occurred at Windsor Cavalry Barracks, in England, last month. The trumpeter of the ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. ILLITERATE RUSSIA.

    To-day in Russia all shops have their signs. Outside the taker's shop, beside his primed name—printed name, by the way, often quite unintelligible to himself—is a picture of white ...

    Article : 274 words
  29. A CURIOUS PRIVILEGE.

    In connection with the King's recent visit to Cheltenham, it is interesting to recall that Lord Kingsale possesses the hereditary privilege of standing covered in the presence of the ...

    Article : 97 words
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