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  2. Workmen's Ladder Grip.

    The accompanying cuts show a device being made by Messrs. A. E. Downes and Sons, 8 Crystal Avenue Middleton Street, Hull, for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  3. Great Mysteries of Science.

    If Sir William Ramsay is right in the conclusions that he draws from recent experiments of his—and he is strongly supported by Messrs. ...

    Article : 892 words
  4. Circular Saws of Paper.

    Paper is at present used for all possible purposes in the industries and in all possible forms. It has even been possible by means of ...

    Article : 166 words
  5. Underground.

    In an illustrated article in the popular "Mechanics Magazine," Mr. Leo L. Redding, states that from a million and a half to a million ...

    Article : 722 words
  6. The Unsanitary Roller Towel.

    Friends and users of some of the time worn and almost historic roller towels in the lavatories of the Custem House, Sub-Treasury and other ...

    Article : 433 words
  7. Why We are Using Our Touch.

    The sense of touch is very likely to heroine a lost art. A thousand labour saving devices now take the place of motions which formerly ...

    Article : 553 words
  8. Tiger in a Balloon.

    Russian papers from the Far East report (says the "Daily Citizen") a thrilling adventure of American balloonibts with a tiger. ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. Making Small Coil Springs

    Procure a nut, having a small thread that will admit the size of the wire to be used in making the spring. Cut a small notch to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  10. Quebec's New Industry.

    There is talk of the establishment of a new industry in the Province of Quebec—no less than the making of that epicurean delicacy, ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. He Liked Oysters.

    "When I was in the produce business years ago," said an old merchant, "I had, among my country shippers, a German by the name of ...

    Article : 485 words
  12. Laconic Letters.

    Some amusing instances of laconic letters are given by Mr. Seton in his "Gossip About Letters and Letter-Writers." Lord Berkeley ...

    Article : 292 words
  13. Puzzle of a Piglet.

    Mr. Caleb Peaslee gazed at his pig speculatively. It was a little pig—"Hardly make a meal for a growing boy," Mr. Peaslee had said ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. Dr. A. R. Wallace.

    Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace, the associate of Darwin, Spencer, and Huxley as a pioneer of the theory of evolution, died at his home, Old ...

    Article : 851 words
  15. "Every Picture Tells a Story."

    Potatoes grown with (right) and without beans as the previous crop. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  16. He Asked for It.

    The following bit of repartee must either have cleared the air or brought, on a storm. Which result followed is not stated. ...

    Article : 185 words
  17. Worth a Bullet.

    In some reminiscences of the late Boer War, Colonel Kekewich, who so gallantly defended Kimberley for 126 days, tells the following story. ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. SHE SAVED SOMETHING.

    A noted music-teacher was giving a lesson to a talented but careless pupil, and was rapidly becoming impatient with her. Finally, at a ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. LACE INDUSTRY FOR QUEBEC.

    To the ninny flourishing industries of the Province of Quebec, Canada, it is possible that the manufacture of lace, and lace making machinery, ...

    Article : 154 words
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