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  2. SYSTEM FOR VENTILATING TUNNELS.

    The main objection to crowded steam railway tunnels is the lack of proper ventilation. Steam and smoke obscure the danger signals, thus endangering the lives on the train, and the air ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 461 words
  3. COWBOY PREACHER.

    The Rev. S. G. Bettes; "Cowboy Preacher," of Parkersburg (U.S.A.), is a picturesque character. Standing upon an improvised pulpit on a street corner or on the Courthouse steps, he hurls with ...

    Article : 397 words
  4. NAIL-HOLDING IMPLEMENT.

    A man who has evidently experienced the difficulties of tacking down a carpet or hammering small brads and nails in inconvenient places has invented a simple hand implement adapted to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 209 words
  5. NEGRO TURNS WHITE AND DIES.

    William H. Weeks, a colored bariber, who was until August 20 a patient in Bellevue Hospital, died that evening in the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's Island, New York. ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. ONE-ARMED WOMAN BURGLAR.

    A one-armed woman burglar was on trial in Vienna on August 26, charged with 39 burglaries. The evidence showed that she is an expert criminal, who earned a princely income by ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. ABUNDANT SYMPATHY.

    "Don't you sympathise with the people who are complaining of high prices?" "I do," answered the monopolist. "It shall never be said that I was derelict in the matter of ...

    Article : 72 words
  8. ANOTHER SHOCK.

    Brown: "I understand the German Emperor says he will never consent to his son entering into a morganatic marriage." Jones: "Great Scot, man! Has Morgan got a ...

    Article : 41 words
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