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  2. DERELICT, AHOY!

    The dismasted, battered hulk of a derelict, floating so low in the water as to be almost level with the waves, is, of course, a very ...

    Article : 778 words
  3. Trapping Criminals Through their Pores.

    Medical attention has been recently directed to "poroscopy," a method of criminal and statistical registration of mankind which will no ...

    Article : 300 words
  4. Tobacco, Foe of Germs.

    While it has long been known that tobacco smoke is a valuable proventive against infection during the epidemic of a contagious disese, it ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. To Catch the Fowls.

    Nothing is more disturbing than to attempt to catch an active fowl running loose in a meadow with no aid but your own pair of hands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 134 words
  6. Germ of Whooping Cough.

    That whooping cough is caused by the bacillus pertussis, discovered by Drs. Bordet and Gengou, has now at last been proved beyond ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. Why Nervous People are Happiest.

    Nervousness is n high tension of the nervous system. It is rather desirable than otherwise to be several degrees nervous. Well controlled ...

    Article : 443 words
  8. Lures Mosquitoes to their Death.

    Mosquitoes in Epping Street have become such a pest that fears of malarial fever inspired the District Councils to call a conference ...

    Article : 798 words
  9. Beverages for the Nation.

    Norwegians are one of the most temperate of Northern nations, consuming but 46½ pints of beer and 4½ of brandy per head of ...

    Article : 236 words
  10. Living for Over 300 Years.

    Quite erroneous is the popular belief that a toad can live for hundreds of years, even when buried in rock or earth. At the same ...

    Article : 748 words
  11. Sport for the Million.

    A lioness broke loose from her cage in a local menagerie in Brussels, and ran through the streets in which were many children ...

    Article : 650 words
  12. Fire-Eating Commander.

    There was a Nelson-like Welshmain named Gri[?] in the reigns of king William and Queen Anne. Griffith was a poor fisherman, ...

    Article : 269 words
  13. Device for Cutting Corrugated Iron.

    The accompanying illustration shows a wrought-iron block which is very useful in the emitting of corrugated iron. Fig. 1 shows the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  14. BLAZING SHIPS.

    The recent terrible disaster in mid-Atlantic to the British liner Vol[?]rno has, unfortunately, been paralleled a number of times. Fire at ...

    Article : 703 words
  15. For Fat People.

    With the awakening of scientific medical men to the great possibilities offered by electricity; striking developments are to be expected. ...

    Article : 294 words
  16. Absent Treatment for Plants.

    A firm of foreign florists gave an interesting demonstration during the summer. It consisted of a huge tin pair of water standing in the ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. A Shark Detective.

    In 1799, the brig "Nancy" was captured by a British warship as a suspected slaver. Her release, however, by the prize court at ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. MRS. MALAPROP'S CAR.

    "I have," said Mrs. Malaprop, "a beautiful car, with a cymbeline body, dispatchible and denounceable rims, epileptic springs, electric starter, ...

    Article : 78 words
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