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  3. MURDER BY TELEPHONE.

    The following "story" is told by the "Sun":—"An attempt to commit a murder by means of a telephone is reported from Mascara, in Algeria. The manager of the electric lighting station, ...

    Article : 96 words
  4. SECRET MARRIAGES.

    Not long ago the victim of a street accident—a you is gentleman—was carried into a London hospital unconscious. As bis hours were evidently numbered, a message was sent to his ...

    Article : 596 words
  5. THE HEART UPSIDE DOWN.

    An American exchange says:—"Mrs. Charles Conover, of Nanuet, New York, while sitting in a chair on a piazza during a severe thunderstorm, was shocked into unconsciousness for ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. A NOVEL PHOTOGRAPH.

    An enterprising photographer arranged matters so that a train was made to work the shutter of a camera, the shutter being controlled by an electro-magnet, in whose circuit a contact was ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. MOTOR-CAR CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

    The exhilarating effects of a rapid automobile ride of 30 to 50 miles are urged by an English physician as likely to exert great benefit upon consumptives. Appetite is increased, sleep ...

    Article : 54 words
  8. SNOW BULWARKS.

    Snow is an effective material for military defence. In late tests a wall 4ft. thick wan absolutely proof against the very penetrative rifle used by the Norwegian army. ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. NATURAL ANTISEPTIC SOAP.

    A natural antiseptic soap is found in bituminous rock in the Caucasus. It is called petrolan, resembles a dark-colored ointment, is soluble in ether, does not turn rancid, and has an active ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. A QUAINT CEREMONY.

    The quaint and ancient ceremony of weighing in the Mayor and Corporation took place a few weeks ago at High Wycombe. Immediately after the election of Alderman Birch as Mayor he and ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. QUITE NATURAL.

    This is not one of many inventions. The speaker spoke from bis heart; and if others have said anything like it, he and they were guiltless of plagiarism. He was a trooper home from the ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. ARRANGING FLOWERS.

    Have you seen or beard of the new floral aid wire stands which, placed in an open bowl, enable one to arrange flowers in it to the best advantage and with the greatest ease? It is ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. A LADY LIEUTENANT.

    The only woman who ever held a commission in the United States Army has just retired into unofficial life. First Lieutenant Anita Newcomb M'Gee was appointed Acting Assistant-Surgeon ...

    Article : 90 words
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